“Dead, dead?!”
Gu Chaosheng's eyes were filled with horror and disbelief, and his whole body was trembling.
H-How is this possible?!
Both Duan Tiande and Yue Pingsheng were renowned martial artists, each possessing unfathomable martial arts prowess and unique skills. Yue Pingsheng's twin blades were unrivaled, while Duan Tiande was even more remarkable, his inherited Duan family swordsmanship renowned throughout the land, even rivaling the swordsmanship of kendo.
How could the two of them die?
Gu Chaosheng couldn't believe it, but Prince Lin was right in front of him, and he was still safe and sound.
Doesn't that mean...
The assassination really failed? !
Gu Chaosheng looked shocked. Even though he was always calm, he finally panicked at this moment.
"No, impossible!"
Gu Chaosheng spoke in fear.
He still couldn't accept this fact and struggled to get up. But as soon as he moved, a sharp pain in his chest pierced his chest, causing him to convulse and almost fall apart, with a fishy-sweet taste in his mouth.
"puff!"
Gu Chaosheng spat out a mouthful of thick blood and his face turned pale.
He was seriously injured just now.
"Don't struggle, you can't get away!"
Lin Jiangnian looked at Gu Chaosheng, who had almost lost his fighting ability, and shook his head slightly.
Gu Chaosheng also realized this at this time. So many of them came to assassinate Prince Lin tonight, but in the end they failed.
He underestimated the Prince of Lin, and even more so the masters around the Prince of Lin!
Now that Lin Jiangnian is still here alive, no matter whether Duan Tiande and Yue Pingsheng are alive or dead, it means that their assassination plan has failed!
It’s not a good place to stay for long!
Thinking of this, a sharp light flashed in Gu Chaosheng's eyes.
“Go to hell!”
Gu Chaosheng suddenly snorted coldly and pounced towards Lin Jiangnian.
The attack was extremely fierce and sudden, like a surprise attack.
Lin Jiangnian was prepared and dodged Gu Chaosheng's attack slightly.
But Gu Chaosheng suddenly changed his offensive, stood up suddenly, jumped up, rushed out of the crowd, and fled towards the window of the inn.
Now that the assassination plan has failed and he is seriously injured, his life might be in danger if he continues to stay here.
It’s better to retreat first!
However, just as Gu Chaosheng ran to the window, a sharp sword energy suddenly attacked from behind. Gu Chaosheng was horrified and did not dare to block it. He suddenly turned over and jumped out of the window sill.
He rolled on the ground in a mess, and when he was about to get up, a sharp sword blade was suddenly pressed against his neck.
Gu Chaosheng's whole body trembled violently. Just as he was about to make a move, a cold voice came over: "If you move again, you will die!"
The cold tone was full of murderous intent, which made Gu Chaosheng's pupils shrink, but he still did not sit there and wait for death.
He failed in his assassination attempt on Prince Lin tonight. If he surrenders and falls into the hands of Prince Lin, he will surely die!
Gu Chaosheng didn't believe that the Prince Lin would spare his life!
In this case, he must find a way to escape no matter what.
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Chaosheng burst out with a strong desire to survive. Despite his injured body, his tremendous internal strength surged out.
However, the next second, his whole body suddenly stiffened!
His pupils widened as he stared in disbelief at the cold and unparalleled beautiful woman in front of him!
There was a clearly visible bloodstain on his neck, with blood flowing down his neck. Gu Chaosheng's body was stiff, his eyes were filled with horror, as if he had not expected the other party to attack him as soon as he said so.
His blood ran cold and he fell down unwillingly.
"How did you kill him?"
Lin Jiangnian's voice came from the side. He glanced at Gu Chaosheng, who was lying on the ground with his eyes wide open. He turned his head to look at Zhi Yuan, who was holding a sword and looked cold. He sighed softly: "If we keep him, maybe we can pry something out of him!"
Zhiyuan didn't say anything, but slowly turned around and looked at a corner not far away in the inn.
There is another person in the corner not far away!
Sikongli.
At this moment, Sikong Li also looked embarrassed and had injuries on his body. His face no longer had the high-spirited look he had not long ago, but was replaced by paleness and fear.
Especially when Lin Jiangnian and Zhiyuan's eyes fell on him at the same time, Sikong Li's face was extremely pale at this moment, without a trace of blood. His frightened expression made him shaky and almost unable to stand.
The panic in his eyes was hard to conceal!
"Hey, there's another one?"
Lin Jiangnian raised his eyebrows, remembering that there was still a survivor in the inn. He narrowed his eyes and looked Sikong Li up and down. "What about you? Do you want to live?"
Sikong Li's eyes were filled with fear. Witnessing Gu Chaosheng's tragic death with his own eyes had deeply shocked him, and he could hardly hide his fear. After years of fame, he had finally achieved his current status and position, so naturally he was unwilling to willingly die.
The situation is hopeless now, the assassination failed!
He has no choice!
“I, I…”
Sikong Li swallowed hard and spoke tremblingly: "Tonight, this, this is all a misunderstanding... I, I didn't want to come, it's, it's them..."
"This, this is all a misunderstanding..."
"Misunderstand?"
Lin Jiangnian narrowed his eyes, and his smile widened: "So, do you want to live?"
Sikong Li's face froze. He had been famous for many years and was a big name in the martial arts world. It was too humiliating for him to beg for mercy in public, such as wanting to live.
His expression changed again and again, but in the end he didn't say anything.
"It seems that your determination to survive is not strong enough!"
Lin Jiangnian glanced at him and sneered.
The next second, the kite beside him moved.
The sharp sword energy and the rippling green light, the murderous intent approached in an instant.
Sikong Li's face suddenly changed, and he rushed to fight back hastily, but the moment he was touched, he was shocked by the sword energy and retreated seven or eight steps. His body was in turmoil and he spat out several mouthfuls of blood.
When he looked up, the longsword with a green glow had already landed on his neck. The sharp edge was exposed, and the murderous intent was ready to be unleashed!
Sikong Li was terrified, and the last bit of hope he had finally disappeared.
Tonight, tonight I'm afraid...
"Since you don't want to live, then I will send you on your way."
Lin Jiangnian sneered and waved his hand.
The next second, murderous intent locked onto him again!
"Wait, wait..."
Sikong Li spoke with difficulty and slowly raised his head. At this moment, he had lost all his fighting spirit. The fear of death on his neck enveloped him, making his heart tremble and shudder!
He doesn't want to die!
He still wants to live!
He still has so much wealth and glory to enjoy!
The next second, Sikong Li suddenly fell to his knees on the ground, his head lowered, his voice hoarse but with a hint of deep trembling.
"I, I don't want to die!"
"Your Highness, please spare my life..."
“…”
After late night, it was almost dawn.
This night in the small town is destined to be sleepless
The battle in the inn finally came to an end.
With the deaths of Yue Pingsheng and Gu Chaosheng, Duan Tiande's evacuation, and Sikong Li's plea for mercy, as these masters were defeated, the assassins in the inn were also defeated!
Realizing that the assassination had failed, the assassins began to retreat.
Then, the inn gradually became quiet.
What was left behind was a devastated ruin, like hell on earth.
That night, the Crown Prince's personal troops suffered heavy losses, with over half of their troops killed or wounded. The assassins themselves suffered even greater casualties. The entire inn, inside and out, was stained with blood. The remaining guards began cleaning up the battlefield, treating their wounded, and disposing of the bodies.
The entire inn was filled with an indescribable feeling of sadness.
Dawn was approaching, but no one felt sleepy.
Shen Lingjun stood in the inn with a pale face. Looking at the tragic scene around him, his heart was filled with mixed emotions.
When had she ever seen such a scene?
Why did so many people die?
In addition to the assassins and Prince Lin's personal troops, there were also many ordinary people inside and outside the inn who were implicated and died tragically tonight.
"Who wants to kill you?"
She looked at Lin Jiangnian with a pale face, seeking an answer.
"Who knows?"
Lin Jiangnian's eyes were calm, with a hint of a smile: "Maybe it's a righteous heroine like you!"
"impossible!"
Shen Lingjun gritted her teeth and said, "If I want to kill, I will only kill you and will never implicate other innocent people!"
"So, you're a really nice person?"
Lin Jiangnian glanced at her and asked, "Should I praise you a few more times?"
Shen Lingjun didn't hear the sarcasm in Lin Jiangnian's tone, and looked around with a bit of sadness.
It was difficult for her to calm down after so many innocent people died. There was an indescribable anger in her chest that was difficult to vent.
"Look, you always say that this prince has committed countless evil deeds, which are too numerous to list. But this scene before my eyes..."
Lin Jiangnian paused, his tone tinged with sarcasm, "In order to kill this prince, they implicated so many innocent people. Aren't their crimes far more deserving of death than this prince's?"
Lin's tone was relaxed, but Shen Lingjun was completely silent.
His eyes became more and more confused.
The maid behind him carefully bandaged the wound on Lin Jiangnian's back. Lin Jiangnian stood up and walked to Zhiyuan on the other side. Zhiyuan was with Lin Qingqing. Lin Qingqing's injuries were serious and she needed to rest and recover as soon as possible.
In addition, Lin Kong also suffered serious injuries.
Tonight is destined to be a tragic ending!
Zhiyuan turned her head to look at him and said softly, "It's getting late, go to bed early."
There was a hint of barely perceptible concern in his cold tone.
Lin Jiangnian didn't say anything, but just gently held her hand, feeling the touch of that cold little hand, and fell silent.
"What's wrong?"
Zhiyuan seemed to notice his abnormality and asked.
“I feel like it’s not over yet!”
Lin Jiangnian suddenly spoke.
Zhiyuan looked puzzled.
"Don't you think this is all too simple?"
Lin Jiangnian was silent for a moment, then said, "Don't you think everything that happened tonight was a little too smooth?"
Easy? Smooth?
Behind him, Shen Lingjun was stunned when he heard this and looked at the miserable situation inside and outside the inn.
How is this easy?
How many casualties have there been?
How is this simple?
Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, then thought for a moment: "You mean..."
"Among the people I met tonight, Duan Tiande, the one you fought, has the highest martial arts skills, but..."
Lin Jiangnian looked into Zhiyuan's eyes and didn't continue speaking.
But Zhiyuan's eyes were bright, and she quickly understood what Lin Jiangnian meant from his eyes.
"you mean……"
"I just had a guess!"
Lin Jiangnian's eyes gradually narrowed and became more serious.
Then, as if they had a premonition, Lin Jiangnian and Zhiyuan turned their heads almost at the same time and looked towards the stairs of the inn not far away.
Just at the staircase of the bustling inn, a familiar figure appeared and sat there quietly.
"Master, why are you here?"
Shen Lingjun saw his uncle sitting at the stairs and quickly walked over to him: "Uncle, where did you go just now?"
The inn was in chaos just now, and Shen Lingjun was so busy protecting Xiao Zhu that she didn't notice where her uncle was going. However, Shen Lingjun wasn't worried about her uncle's safety.
The person sitting at the stairs was Shen Lingjun's uncle, Mr. Shen.
At this moment, Mr. Shen leaned slightly against the handrail at the entrance of the stairs, the box he almost always carried with him still lying beside him. He half-closed his eyes and slowly looked at Lin Jiangnian who was not far away.
Eye contact!
At this moment, Lin Jiangnian finally seemed to be thinking about something.
"So, it's you?!"
Lin Jiangnian's tone was indifferent, as if he was a little surprised, but very calm.
"It's me."
Old Shen spoke slowly, his voice low and a little old, as if he was regretting something.
Shen Lingjun stopped and looked puzzled.
Uncle Master, what are you talking about?
What is he?
She looked at Lin Jiangnian, then at her uncle, her face full of confusion.
"I should have thought of that earlier."
Lin Jiangnian suddenly laughed, but his eyes were still fixed on Mr. Shen: "These people are just a decoy. And you are the real master!"
"Right?!"
Lin Jiangnian's voice was calm, but there was a hint of coldness in his tone.
The atmosphere suddenly turned cold at this moment.
Elder Shen looked at Lin Jiangnian calmly and sighed, "His Royal Highness the Prince of Lin is indeed clever!"
"clever?"
Lin Jiangnian sneered self-deprecatingly: "If this prince were smart, he wouldn't have realized this just now!"
"I have to say, Senior Shen is really good at hiding things!"
Lin Jiangnian's eyes gradually turned cold.
At this time, Shen Lingjun looked increasingly confused.
"You, what are you talking about?"
She vaguely felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't put her finger on it.
Elder Shen said calmly, "If not for this, how could His Royal Highness let down his guard?"
"There were so many opportunities along the way, why didn't you take action?"
"The time has not come yet!"
"When?"
“…”
Mr. Shen didn't answer the question, and Lin Jiangnian didn't really want to know. He looked at Mr. Shen not far away, his eyes gradually turning colder.
From the very beginning, he realized that Mr. Shen was not that simple!
But I didn't expect that he would hide it so deeply!
On the way from Zhongzhou to Beijing, Elder Shen hadn't shown any signs of abnormality. He even had a good relationship with Lin Jiangnian, and the two of them often chatted and drank together. Elder Shen would occasionally teach Lin Jiangnian martial arts, acting like a kind and respected elder guiding the younger one.
Because of this, Lin Jiangnian's initial suspicion of him relaxed a lot as their relationship became closer!
But I didn't expect that I would be fooled in the end!
Just tonight, during this assassination attempt, just when everyone thought it was over, Lin Jiangnian suffered heavy losses, with almost all the masters injured.
The real person who was hidden the most finally surfaced!
At this moment, Lin Jiangnian's tone was full of self-mockery.
"So, who on earth asked you to assassinate this prince?!"
“…”