Among the wave of men in black who appeared later, Xia Luotong saw a familiar figure. It was another personal guard beside Wu Zechen, Shen Geng!
After Shen Geng's appearance and the reactions of Lindong and Lian Ye, Xia Luotong knew that reinforcements had arrived and he was relieved.
With the addition of this wave of people, the battle quickly came to an end. The men in black who attacked them were killed and injured. In the end, only a few were able to escape, and the situation was quickly brought under control.
Xia Luotong looked at Wu Zechen, who was not far away, wielding his sword to kill the last assassin who besieged him. His expression returned to his usual indifference in an instant. The long sword shook, shaking off the blood beads on it, and returned it to its sheath. .
However, when he turned to look at Xia Luotong, his indifferent expression quickly faded away like ice and snow. A deep look of concern crept into his eyes, and he passed through the streets littered with corpses and came to her in the blink of an eye. before.
After carefully checking her back and forth to make sure she was not injured, he breathed a sigh of relief, then hugged her into his arms and held her tightly, as if he wanted to embed her into his body. .
He buried his head in her neck and took a few deep breaths. The faint medicinal fragrance of her body made him feel at ease.
After calming down, he withdrew from the crook of her neck, looked at her uneasily and asked, "Is there any discomfort? Are you scared?"
"I'm fine, don't worry. But you, being surrounded by so many assassins, are you injured?" Xia Luotong looked at him gently, her relaxed tone conveying comfort.
"I'm fine. Assassins of this level can't hurt me." Wu Zechen's eyes flashed with disdain, obviously not taking the assassins just now seriously.
Seeing the fatigue on her face, he asked, "Shall we go back to the palace first?"
The bloody scene just like that, with blood splattering and even stumps flying down, but there was no color on her face, not even the slightest sign of discomfort, which really surprised him, but these questions were all Not as important as herself.
Xia Luotong glanced at Lian Ye and others who were cleaning the battlefield, and nodded in agreement. It was useless to stay now. Free Lian Ye and others were here to deal with the aftermath and find out the truth.
The carriage had been destroyed, and Wu Zechen was too lazy to wait for his subordinates to arrange for other carriages to arrive. Since the place was not far from Prince An's Mansion, he directly picked up Xia Luotong, wrapped her tightly in his cloak, and jumped Then he climbed onto the roof on one side, moved quickly between the roofs, and headed towards Prince An's Mansion.
The cold wind howled in the winter night, but Xia Luotong, who was tightly held in Wu Zechen's arms, could not feel the slightest chill. Looking at the scene of rapid retreat on both sides, she was once again impressed by this man's lightness. If she could have it too This kind of skill would be great.
Within a moment, they returned to the palace and entered the main room. Only then did Wu Zechen let go of Xia Luotong.
Tonight in the palace, Wu Zechen had already been detoxified once, so there was no need to work anymore. Xia Luotong sat down on the chair comfortably and didn't want to move anymore.
Wu Zechen ordered his servants to serve hot tea, then sat next to her and talked to her about what had just happened.
"Who do you think sent that wave of people just now?"
Xia Luotong was a little surprised. She obviously didn't expect Wu Zechen to ask her opinion, but now that he was willing to talk to her and even listen to her own opinion, she was satisfied. At least it showed that he really cared about and valued her.
"I think it can only be those three people." Xia Luotong raised her finger and pointed to the sky, which obviously meant the highest-ranking people in the Zhou Dynasty, and the only ones she could talk about together were those three. People.
She continued: "The main reason is that the timing today is too coincidental. You were poisoned just at night, and you were assassinated on the way back from the palace. It is really difficult not to connect this. After all, if it were me, I would choose to attack when the enemy is at his weakest."
Wu Zechen didn't expect Xia Luotong to guess this so quickly. He couldn't help looking at her with a smile and nodded: "Yes, but the scope of these three people can be narrowed down."
"Can you still laugh?" Xia Luotong looked at him helplessly and distressedly. If he hadn't experienced too much, how could he have faced the assassination sent by his loved ones so calmly like him?
"I'm just used to it." The look on Wu Zechen's face showed that he really didn't care. This is a look that only appears after a person completely gives up.
Xia Luotong paused, feeling that it was inappropriate to continue talking about this topic, but couldn't help but take the initiative to hold his warm palm, squeezed it as if to comfort, and then changed the topic again: "Could it be that you have locked Target, do you know who is behind this assassination?"
Wu Zechen's expression was so relaxed that he didn't look like someone who had just experienced an interception. Because of Xia Luotong's actions, the smile on his face became a little thicker, and he held her delicate little hand with his backhand.
"You can roughly guess that he must be the prince." There was a bit of ridicule and disdain in his eyes, and it was obvious that he didn't think highly of the prince.
"Oh? How did you guess it?" Xia Luotong asked curiously.
"The level of these assassins is much lower than those sent by the woman before. If that woman takes action, she will already know my strength from the experience of several battles, so she will never send out assassins of this level. Assassins, because they can only die if they come, and they will also lose the subordinates they have finally trained."
Wu Zechen's analysis made Xia Luotong feel a little sad. Could it be that the reason behind this inference was that he had already experienced the queen's assassination many times? What about the emperor? He was able to rule out the possibility of the emperor sending assassins, presumably because he had experienced harm from his uncle, right?
I heard him continue: "The prince knows that I have been poisoned by the poison of the passing of time. The woman who poisoned me today must have known it, so he took this opportunity to assassinate me. Not to mention that he wants to capture you alive." Of course, I’m afraid it’s just the prince.”
Thinking of the prince's covetousness, both of them frowned in disgust, as if they were being targeted by foul-smelling flies.
After Wu Zechen's analysis, Xia Luotong felt that this was indeed the case, but she suddenly didn't want to talk about this topic at this moment: "Let's not talk about these disgusting guys. It's really off-putting."
After all, he was a close relative. Even though he was deeply disappointed and disliked each other, being missed and hurt like this would never make him feel good. She didn't want him to feel uncomfortable.
Wu Zechen saw what she was thinking, and the coldness in his eyes suddenly disappeared, leaving only endless tenderness.
He suddenly reached out and took her into his arms, letting her sit on his lap and lean against his chest.
