Xiangshui River.
On the river bank, there was chaos.
After the reinforcements from the Confucian sect and the royal family arrived, they immediately assisted the imperial army to rescue the princes on the river bank, and then evacuated the crowd as much as possible.
Inevitably, some assassins hiding in the crowd also escaped and left with the evacuated people.
Everyone knows that the assassin is most likely hiding among the people. Evacuating the crowd is equivalent to letting the tiger return to the mountain. However, the number of people is too much. If they stay, the hidden danger will be too great. Evacuation is a last resort.
In such a chaotic situation, it is impossible to cover everything. We can only choose the lesser of two evils.
"Brother Li."
On the river bank, Bai Wangyu, who was helping to stabilize the situation, saw someone walking slowly in front of him and asked, "How are you doing over there?"
"The assassin has been caught, and the Queen is safe."
Li Ziye stepped forward, glanced at the evacuating crowd, and asked, "Old Bai, have you caught the rat who shot the arrow?"
"No."
Bai Wangyu shook his head and replied, "Since we came, that person has never made another move."
"So careful."
Li Ziye sneered and said, "That man is not weak. I took two arrows from him. If my martial arts hadn't given him a certain amount of restraint, I might have been shot into a hornet's nest by him."
"Tai Chi Jin?" Bai Wangyu asked.
"Um."
Li Ziye nodded and said, "I'm a professional when I get beaten."
"Professor Li."
While the two were talking, not far away, Murong hurriedly walked in wearing a loose robe and asked, "How is the queen mother?"
"The Queen is fine."
Li Ziye replied, "The sword worshiper has escorted the queen back to the palace, so the princess can rest assured."
"That's good."
Murong breathed a long sigh of relief. Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he continued to ask, "Where is my cousin, how is he?"
Li Ziye fell silent when he heard the Ninth Princess's inquiry. After a moment, he answered truthfully, "The situation is very bad. The Crown Prince's divine treasures and meridians were all severely damaged, and his spiritual consciousness was severely damaged. I used the soul-suppressing beads to help him stabilize his mind." He has regained his spiritual consciousness, but whether he can escape from death depends on his life."
Murong's heart trembled when he heard this, and he clenched his delicate hands tightly. After taking a few breaths, he suppressed the sadness in his heart, bowed respectfully, and said thank you, "This time, thank you Professor Li."
"Your Highness, don't do this."
Li Ziye stretched out his hand to lift the ninth princess in front of him, and said seriously, "For me, these are all things I should do."
Murong straightened up, nodded, and said softly, "I understand what Professor Li means, but this time is different. Murong, I will always remember my life-saving grace!"
"Your Highness, you're welcome."
Li Ziye responded, took a step forward, and reminded in a low voice, "This time there is some trouble. These people are obviously well prepared. What happened tonight should be just the beginning. When the princess returns, she will ask Her Majesty the Fourth Prince to be more careful. He is the prisoner." The country is not easy to do."
When Murong heard the former's reminder, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he nodded and said, "I will definitely bring Mr. Li's words."
"In troubled times, in everything, it's best to be careful. Your Highness, I'll find the assassin first. I won't say more, but you should be careful." Li Ziye reminded him again, and turned to leave without saying another word.
Murong looked at the former's back, a complex look flashed in his eyes.
Today, she discovered that, unknowingly, this Professor Li had become so powerful.
"Brother Li."
In front of the crowd, Bai Wangyu looked at the person in front of him and asked, "Are you going to find that assassin?"
"Give it a try."
Li Ziye scanned the crowd and replied, "Idle time is idle."
"Be careful."
Bai Wangyu said seriously, "We know too little about these assassins, and we don't know how many tricks they have hidden."
"rest assured."
Li Ziye smiled faintly and responded, "I can't fight. I can't run away. I'm the best in the world."
After saying that, Li Ziye stopped talking and walked in the direction where the crowd was being evacuated.
Just now, only he and Jian Zongsong took the man's arrow, and they were the most familiar with the assassin's aura. As a civil servant, Jian Zongsong had a mission, so he was the only one who could find the assassin.
Based on the information he currently has, he can basically deduce the origins of those assassins, but if he wants to confirm, he still has to test it again.
"Young Master."
Not long after walking in the direction where the crowd was evacuating, a familiar voice sounded from behind, reminding, "That person is nearby."
Li Ziye was not surprised when he heard the voice behind him. He glanced at the crowd around him and asked via voice transmission, "Approximate distance."
From behind, Xuan Ming said in a concentrated voice, "Between fifty feet and one hundred feet, the specific location cannot be determined. Judging from the direction where he shot the three arrows and the speed of the crowd, he should be within this range." .”
"knew."
Li Ziye nodded in response, looked far away, and began to carefully search for suspicious people based on the information given by Xuan Ming.
It is actually not that easy for a warrior to perfectly disguise himself as an ordinary person, unless he undergoes special training, like Xuan Ming and the others.
However, except for the killers of Yanyu Tower, no one should be so boring.
The gap between professionals and amateurs is not that big.
Otherwise, if any cat or dog could grab an order in their spare time, professional killers like Xuan Ming and the others would have starved to death long ago.
After following the crowd for about a quarter of an hour, Li Ziye finally spotted an unusual figure in the crowd in front of him when he saw the intersection at the end of the street.
Looking from the back, we can see a very young figure. Perhaps in order to conceal his identity, he always bows forward deliberately to make himself less conspicuous in the crowd. More importantly, the young man is holding a coarse cloth bag in his hand, because the position is relatively low. , can’t see clearly what it is.
Soon, the crowd dispersed in front of the intersection. Li Ziye followed quickly and said via voice message, "Xuan Ming, let's separate. If I'm wrong, you can still have a little more hope."
"yes!"
Behind him, Xuan Ming took the order and walked in another direction.
At night, after the crowds dispersed through the intersection, they gradually became less crowded and moved much faster.
Another quarter of an hour later, after passing through several intersections, the traffic was diverted again. There were not many people left in front of Li Ziye.
The coarse cloth package in the young man's hand can also be clearly seen.
The rectangular and slender package looked about three feet long, and it didn't look like it could hold a large bow.
Li Ziye frowned. Although he had doubts in his heart, he did not feel that his judgment was wrong.
Even if a man's intuition is not as evil as a woman's sixth sense, it should not be so unreliable.
On the street, as they got further and further away from the Xiangshui River, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians in front of and behind them.
Until there were only two people left walking on the same street, one behind the other.
"How long will you plan to follow?"
In an alley far away from the Xiangshui River, the young man in front turned around, stared at the person behind, and asked calmly.
