As soon as he finished speaking, the skinny monkey suddenly turned his head and looked behind him.
However, there was nothing behind him.
Empty!
"Are you kidding me?"
The smile on the skinny monkey's face froze slightly, and he turned around and stared at Lin Jiangnian.
Lin Jiang laughed: "Are you scared?"
The thin monkey's face changed slightly, and he stared at Lin Jiangnian with cold eyes. Suddenly, he sneered: "Well, well, I didn't expect that you, the Prince of Lin, are so young, but you have some tricks up your sleeve. You are indeed the son of Lin Hengzhong!"
"But this trick won't fool me!"
The skinny monkey still had a sneer in his eyes, and that sneer gradually contained a bit more cruel murderous intent: "Tonight, no one can save you."
It would be fine if he didn't smile, but when he did, he was particularly creepy. His cold expression was like the eerie feeling of being stared at by a dirty creature in the dark night, which made people shudder and feel goosebumps all over.
Lin Jiangnian still sat there without moving, but his expression was no longer as nervous as before, instead he looked calm and composed.
He touched his back, and the pain made him gasp for air. Killing Yue Pingsheng had come at a high price.
Right now, there is no escape.
However, Lin Jiangnian didn't seem worried. Facing the skinny monkey's sinister smile, a smile also appeared on his face.
"Want to make a bet?"
The skinny monkey stared at Lin Jiangnian and sneered: "Bet? What do you want to bet on?"
"Bet you can't kill me tonight."
Lin Jiangnian raised his eyebrows, not smiling, "Do you dare to bet?"
Hearing this, the skinny monkey frowned and stared at Lin Jiangnian.
The Prince of Lin was now severely injured and had no power to resist... Even if he had the strength to resist, it would have been futile. In his eyes, the Prince of Lin was an ant that could be easily crushed to death.
But why is he so confident?
The confident smile on Lin Jiangnian's face made the skinny monkey frown. What other cards did he have?
Could there be another expert?
The skinny monkey subconsciously glanced around again. It was pitch black and empty.
impossible!
Since Prince Lin entered Zhongzhou, his background has been thoroughly investigated, both the open and secret experts and guards have been identified.
The most powerful person around him is the maid named Zhiyuan!
Right now, the maid was probably too busy to take care of herself, let alone save him!
Then, where does he get his confidence from? !
"Are you scared?"
Lin Jiangnian's eyes became more playful, as if he was mocking his cowardice, full of sarcasm.
The skinny monkey's expression suddenly turned cold. "Provocation? Retreating to advance? Do you think I'll fall for it?"
"Whether you bet or not, you will die tonight!"
The thin monkey uttered a low, sharp voice, its tone particularly unpleasant. Its thin figure, shrouded in a black robe, looked extremely funny, yet also extremely creepy.
"I don't dare to gamble, so forget it."
Lin Jiangnian shook his head slightly and sighed.
Such an indifferent look immediately made the skinny monkey's eyes sharp and filled with murderous intent.
"bet?!"
The skinny monkey stared at Lin Jiangnian and suddenly sneered: "Okay, then I'll bet with you!"
"I will let you see with your own eyes how I dig out your heart and cut off your head... I want to see if the heart of you, the Prince of Lin, is different from that of others."
Under the robe, the skinny monkey's palms, as dry as bone claws, slowly emerged, and his sharp claws exuded a bit of coldness. He smiled cruelly and stared at Lin Jiangnian.
The next second, his body flashed and he suddenly pounced towards Lin Jiangnian.
With a strong breath, the thin body suddenly approached Lin Jiangnian in a strange way, and the sharp bone claws with deep murderous intent went straight to Lin Jiangnian's chest.
At this moment, Lin Jiangnian even felt that death was approaching.
The next moment!
"ah!!!"
A sharp and miserable scream suddenly rang out.
The skinny monkey suddenly let out a sharp scream, his expression distorted.
The hand that stretched out from under his robe was cut off by some sharp weapon.
Blood is spilled everywhere!
The scene is bloody and terrifying!
The skinny monkey screamed, rolled backwards, and struggled to get up from the ground. His already ugly face became even more hideous, twisted and distorted with agony.
He stared at his severed hand in horror and disbelief. The intense pain nearly made him pass out. He quickly pressed a few acupuncture points on his wrist to stop the bleeding, tore off some cloth to bandage it, and then suddenly raised his head, staring in the direction of Lin Jiangnian with fear.
"who?"
“Who is it?!!”
"come out!!!"
His voice was ferocious and growling, and his face looked frightened and hideous.
In the dark night, there seemed to be some sound coming.
The skinny monkey seemed to realize something and suddenly looked up. Just above his head, a figure appeared on the eaves.
A man in blue!
A middle-aged man in his thirties, dressed in a green robe, stood quietly on the eaves, looking at him expressionlessly.
A mature and handsome face with sharp edges and corners. In the dark night, the eyes seemed to have a deep cold light that made people shudder.
He just stood there quietly, giving people an extremely oppressive aura.
The skinny monkey endured the pain and stared at the man on the roof: "Who are you?!"
He felt that the man in front of him looked familiar, but he couldn't put his finger on it. His wrist was in such severe pain that he almost fainted.
Thinking back to what just happened, he didn't even notice the other party's figure, and he didn't even know how the other party attacked, but his wrist was cut off?!
A feeling of terror spread in the skinny monkey's heart.
Who is this man?!
"Zheng Zhiming!"
On the rooftop, the man in blue spoke indifferently. His voice was so soft that it was almost blown away by the night wind.
"Zheng Zhiming?"
This name sounds very familiar?!
The skinny monkey tried hard to recall where he had heard this name before.
The next second, he seemed to have thought of something, and his whole body almost trembled. He stood there in a daze, his face completely dull and pale.
"Zheng, Zheng Zhiming?!"
"You, you are Zheng Zhiming?!"
The skinny little monkey looked panicked, his mind was blank, and his face was completely pale.
Zheng Zhiming!
One of the four top masters under King Lin Hengzhong!
At the age of twenty-five, he entered the second-grade Tianxuan realm, and before he was thirty, he became famous throughout the world and had a great reputation.
Zheng Zhiming was Lin Hengzhong's most capable right-hand man. He had fought alongside Lin Hengzhong in many battles and made great achievements.
This man is extremely skilled in martial arts, ruthless, and his methods are fierce and cruel, making the enemy terrified!
In recent years, he has been almost inseparable from Lin Hengzhong. It is unknown how many assassination attacks he has blocked for Lin Hengzhong. It is rumored that his martial arts skills are unfathomable, even comparable to that of King Lin.
There were even rumors that the Lin Wang Crown Prince was unlearned and unskilled, and that Lin Hengzhong, in order to preserve the Lin family's foundation, would entrust the Lin family to the hands of four masters he had carefully trained. As for the Lin Wang Crown Prince, he would be content to be a puppet prince.
And Zheng Zhiming, who has been with King Lin the longest, will naturally become the actual ruler of the Lin family in the future!
At this moment, when the skinny monkey heard the man in front of him call himself Zheng Zhiming, his face lost all color. No matter how confident he was, he would never dare to say that he could defeat a master of the Second Level Tianxuan Realm!
All masters who could reach this level were qualified to establish their own sects. Furthermore, Zheng Zhiming had already reached the Second Rank of Tianxuan at the age of twenty-five. This level of talent was even more exaggerated and terrifying than Lin Hengzhong's.
Zheng Zhiming is only in his early thirties now, what level of realm has he reached?!
Recalling the horrific experience of losing his palm in an instant, the skinny monkey's face turned pale and cold sweat streamed down his face.
With fear in his eyes, he turned around without any hesitation, jumped up without looking back, climbed over the roof, and fled into the night.
Soon, it completely disappeared into the night.
Zheng Zhiming still stood on the eaves motionless and did not chase after him. He glanced coldly in the direction not far away, then retracted his gaze and fell on Lin Jiangnian lying on the ground.
Then, he jumped down, landed steadily on the ground from the eaves, and walked slowly to Lin Jiangnian.
At this moment, Lin Jiangnian was still sitting on the ground. He looked up at him and sneered, "I thought you weren't going to show up?"
Zheng Zhiming looked at Lin Jiangnian expressionlessly without saying a word.
"You must really hope that this prince will die at his hands, right?"
Lin Jiangnian's face was slightly pale, but he still had a smile on his face, and his tone was very relaxed: "If this prince dies, you will have one less big worry, right?"
Zheng Zhiming remained expressionless, his hands behind his back. After a moment, he said calmly, "Your Highness, you're worrying too much!"
"Am I really overthinking it?"
Lin Jiangnian raised his eyebrows and suddenly sneered, "Then why did you follow me all this way and never show up?"
"When this prince almost died at the hands of Yue Pingsheng just now, why didn't you take action?!"
"What are you waiting for? Do you think I'm a fool?!"
Lin Jiangnian stared into his eyes. At this moment, the coldness in his eyes was not concealed at all, and he stared at Zheng Zhiming like a sharp edge.
Zheng Zhiming finally reacted, frowning slightly, as if he hadn't expected Lin Jiangnian's gaze to be so sharp. He met Lin Jiangnian's gaze, but remained silent.
"Then why did you suddenly come out again? Why didn't you wait until he killed me before you appeared?"
In an instant, the sharpness in Lin Jiangnian's eyes disappeared completely, and his face returned to its harmless look.
He was still sitting on the ground, looking at him with a half-smile: "Are you scared?"
"Are you afraid that I will die here and won't be able to explain to my father?"
Zheng Zhiming's pupils shrank suddenly, and then he regained his composure in an instant.
He said calmly: "Your Highness has misunderstood."
"Misunderstand?"
Lin Jiangnian chuckled twice and raised his eyebrows: "You clearly have the intention to steal, why don't you have the courage to do it?"
Zheng Zhiming remained calm: "Your Highness seems to have a deep misunderstanding of me."
"You know very well whether it's a misunderstanding or not!"
Lin Jiangnian scoffed, then slowly climbed up from the ground and dusted himself off. After a short rest and a good breath, his physical condition had recovered considerably.
Lin Jiangnian turned around to leave, but after taking two steps, he suddenly stopped and turned back to stare at Zheng Zhiming.
"You really hope that this prince will die here... You can't fool me!"
Lin Jiangnian spoke word by word, staring into Zheng Zhiming's eyes.
Zheng Zhiming didn't seem to expect Lin Jiangnian to speak so bluntly. His eyes darkened slightly as he looked at Lin Jiangnian without a trace of fear in his eyes.
Even, it's scary how quiet it is!
"You are a very ambitious person, but at the same time, you are also indecisive. People like you are destined to achieve nothing great!"
When Lin Jiangnian spoke, Zheng Zhiming's expression changed visibly, and his eyes became slightly gloomy.
From the very beginning, Lin Jiangnian knew that Lin Hengzhong had secretly arranged experts around him.
This trip to Beijing was originally a conspiracy between Lin Jiangnian and Lin Hengzhong! The conspiracy plan was self-evident, but Lin Hengzhong naturally would not completely let Lin Jiangnian go alone to venture into the world.
It was for this reason that Lin Jiangnian acted so high-profile during this journey. The master in the dark would not show up easily and would only take action when Lin Jiangnian was facing a life-or-death crisis.
At the beginning, Lin Jiangnian didn't know who the master arranged by Lin Hengzhong was. Until he went to Xunyang City, Lin Jiangnian was trapped in the secret room in the back mountain and was in danger of death, but the master in the dark did not show up.
At that time, Lin Jiangnian had already guessed a little bit. After leaving Xunyang City, Lin Jiangnian kept a low profile.
Until now, until tonight, when it finally came to this, Zheng Zhiming, who had been hiding deep inside, finally showed up!
It’s him!
Lin Hengzhong actually arranged for his most capable assistant and confidant to escort Lin Jiangnian to Beijing.
It wasn't surprising. Zheng Zhiming had already reached the Tianxuan realm many years ago, and his martial arts skills were now unfathomable. Few could rival him, and most were terrified by the mere mention of his name.
With him protecting Lin Jiangnian along the way, theoretically, it would be foolproof.
But the problem is that Zheng Zhiming is Lin Hengzhong's confidant, but not Lin Jiangnian's confidant.
What's more, the relationship between the two is not good!
As for the reason, it goes without saying.
Zheng Zhiming doesn't like Lin Jiangnian, and even... hopes he will die.
And isn't Lin Jiangnian the same?
On the way to Beijing, he almost died on the road several times, so Lin Jiangnian naturally had no good feelings towards him.
He looked at Zheng Zhiming and suddenly laughed: "Have you ever thought about a question?"
Zheng Zhiming didn't say anything and just stared at him.
"My father knew that you were dissatisfied with this prince, and even harbored murderous intentions towards him... Why did he still send you to secretly escort this prince to the capital?"
After Lin Jiangnian finished speaking, he turned around and left without looking at Zheng Zhiming's expression.
Zheng Zhiming was left standing there, his expression changing slightly.
…
late at night.
Sky.
Two figures landed on the eaves. A cold wind blew, the surroundings were in a mess, and the eaves were crumbling.
"You are no match for me."
Duan Tiande stared at the woman in front of him with extremely complicated eyes, breathing rapidly and his face was slightly pale.
His internal energy was severely depleted and he suffered minor injuries.
He didn't expect that his sword skills, which had made him famous for many years and for which he was proud, were almost broken by this little girl who was less than twenty years old!
The girl in front of him was not very old, but her martial arts skills were far beyond his expectations. Especially her sharp and strange swordsmanship, which almost made him unable to resist.
If it weren't for the support of decades of strong internal strength, he would probably have fallen flat on his face tonight.
In the dark night, the kite did not answer.
She stood on the eaves, her face pale and her breathing disordered. But she still stood there with her sword in hand, looking extremely cold and beautiful.
What answered Duan Tiande was the sharp green light.
Duan Tiande's heart sank, and his eyes darkened: "Since you insist on doing this, don't blame me for being rude!"
Just as Duan Tiande raised his sword to fight back, he suddenly felt a crisis coming from behind.
His expression suddenly changed.
…