This time, not only Zhang Ren, but also Yuan Kai warned: "Your Majesty, please do not take risks, in case..."
Before Yuan Kai could finish speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang had already interrupted: "I am right here. I want to see today if there is anyone in the world who dares to do harm to me! I want to see who in the world can do anything against me." How dare you! You two stand down!"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked confident. No one in the world dared to disobey him, even if Zhang Ren was a time traveler.
Thinking that there was a peerless master protecting Zhu Yuanzhang in the dark anyway, Zhang Ren followed his instructions and stepped aside. Yuan Kai had no choice but to follow him.
Izumozi walked towards Zhu Yuanzhang slowly with no expression on his face. Zhang Ren felt an inexplicable nervousness in his heart. He didn't know why, but he always felt that something was going to happen.
Facts have proved that Zhang Ren's intuition is sometimes very accurate. When Izumoko was only three steps away from Zhu Yuanzhang, he moved his hands.
Izumoko's hand was on his belt and he pulled out a soft sword from his belt. The sword reflected sunlight that made it difficult to open one's eyes and made one feel cold all over.
"Bold!"
"Stop, thief!"
"Don't hurt Your Majesty!"
Similar sounds came one after another. The guards on the shore had been paying attention to the movements on the ship. Seeing Izumo like this, they all shouted and drew their weapons and rushed towards the dragon ship at the same time.
Zhang Ren also rushed towards Zhu Yuanzhang immediately, but unfortunately he was not close either.
Izumoko slashed at Zhu Yuanzhang with his sword, but Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be on guard. He retreated subconsciously and raised his arm at the same time.
Fortunately, Izumoko used a soft sword, which was not very powerful. When the sword fell, it only hurt Zhu Yuanzhang's arm.
Izumo's movements were not fancy, and with a flick of his wrist, he stabbed at Zhu Yuanzhang again. His movements were so smooth that Zhang Ren felt a familiar feeling, but in such an emergency, he couldn't think too much about it.
Seeing that a sword was about to stab Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Ren finally arrived. He flew over and touched the soft sword with the tip of Xiuchun Dao.
Izumoko's soft sword was very elastic, and he used the sword with more skills. Zhang Ren felt that the strong force bounced back from the sword, and it bounced him back.
Zhang Ren used his strength to flip around in the air and stood firmly on the deck. Izumo also took two steps back. The two of them were fighting in the flash of lightning just now.
Izumoko's eyes flashed with coldness. He looked at Zhang Ren and then stabbed at Zhu Yuanzhang again.
Naturally, Zhang Ren also raised his sword and faced him. After blocking the left and right blows, Zhang Ren blocked many attacks for Zhu Yuanzhang.
Izumoko also seemed to understand that as long as Zhang Ren was not dealt with quickly, there was no way to kill Zhu Yuanzhang. He was decisive, and stabbed Zhang Ren with his soft sword in the air.
Zhang Ren met him with his sword and slashed hard on the sword body. The soft sword was extremely tough and did not break. Instead, it was bent into a waning moon. The tip of the sword was directly pointed at Zhang Ren's back and drilled through the gaps in the leather armor. Got in.
He groaned, obviously injured, and he saw that there was a bright red color on the tip of Yunzi's sword.
Zhang Ren ignored the pain in his body, clenched his teeth and stabbed Izumoko's body with the knife.
Izumoko dodged sideways, and then used the reaction force on the sword blade to hit Zhang Ren's shoulder.
Fortunately, Zhang Ren was wearing Jin Yiwei's standard leather armor today. The soft sword only left a gash in the leather armor and did not really hurt Zhang Ren.
The two fought hard twice, Zhang Ren's shoulder armor was broken, and his back was even bloody. How could he not know that he was not Izuku's opponent?
This is not because there is any difference in the strength of the two people, but because Zhang Ren is facing an opponent with a soft sword for the first time and has little experience. In addition, it is also because Izuku's sword is eccentric, and the sword moves are not fancy but are fast enough.
Isn't this the same approach as Senior Sister Li Xue? No wonder Zhang Ren felt that Izumoko's movements were familiar before.
Since he was not his opponent, the best way was to temporarily avoid the sharp attack. Zhang Ren had deep internal energy and pretty good light skills. He was confident that if he turned around and ran away, Yunzi would not be able to catch up.
But he couldn't do that at this moment. Behind him was Zhu Yuanzhang, the ruler of the Ming Dynasty. Although the Ming Dynasty looked peaceful, there were surging waves in the dark. If Zhu Yuanzhang dies, God knows what kind of changes Ming Dynasty will suffer. Amid internal and external troubles, the most unlucky ones are always the people at the bottom.
Therefore, Zhang Ren could not retreat, even if he knew he was defeated, he could not retreat even half a step. As long as the guards on the shore boarded the boat, his behavior would immediately change.
Zhang Ren was analyzing the gains and losses in his mind, and Izumoko's sword also got through the gap. Zhang Ren only felt a flash of silver light, and two holes opened in his breastplate.
He took a breath and tried to use his inner strength to knock Izumo away, but this move worked on Han Qin, but had no effect on Izumo, who was quite advanced in cultivation.
Zhang Ren had no choice but to choose to exchange injuries for injuries today. Anyway, the soft sword was not powerful enough. If it did not penetrate into the gap, it would basically not cause any harm to Zhang Ren, who was wearing standard leather armor.
Zhang Ren shouted loudly, and without even looking at Yunzi's sword, he exerted all his strength and slashed towards Izuku.
Izumo dodged to the side and waved his wrist at the same time. The soft sword passed through Zhang Ren's wrist like a silver snake.
It was also protected by leather armor, and there were iron armor plates attached to it. The soft sword rubbed fiercely with the armor plates, producing bursts of sparks.
Zhang Ren, however, didn't even look at it and directly used his knife to sweep across Izuku's waist and abdomen.
The soft sword was obviously unable to block the sword's power, and Izumo could only point his toes, and instantly retreated out of Zhang Ren's attack range.
What the swordsman wanted was to be domineering. Before Izumo could stand firm, Zhang Ren had already jumped up and struck Izumo on the shoulder with his sword.
Leveraging the inertia of the body, this blade is extremely powerful and heavy.
Zhang Ren also knew that Izumoko's body was flexible, so Izumoko would probably dodge this sword attack.
But something spectacular happened, Izumoko didn't dodge, and Zhang Ren's knife without any hope hit Izumoko on the shoulder.
The knife struck so deeply that it even severed Izumoko's collarbone and shoulder blade. A large amount of blood poured out, dyeing Izumoko's Taoist robe red, and adding a touch of red to the monotonous deck.
Zhang Ren didn't understand why Izuku didn't hide. He wanted to put the knife away, but Izumo reacted quickly and grabbed Zhang Ren's blade.
After suffering such a serious injury, Izumo didn't even let out a cry of pain. The cold light in his eyes had long since disappeared, and now there was only a touch of calm.
After all, he was too seriously injured and bleeding too much. His legs seemed to have no strength and he knelt directly on the ground.
Blood began to flow out of Izumoko's mouth.
Zhang Ren's heart was filled with so much confusion that he asked: "Why? Why don't you hide?"
Izumoko did not answer, but gave Zhang Ren a shallow smile. He took a deep breath, used up the last of his strength and shouted to the sky: "Long live Duke Xuan!"
This roar resounded through the sky, and even many people by Xuanwu Lake heard it clearly.
After the long roar, Izumoko's head lowered, his hands dropped, and the soft sword fell to the ground.
Yes, Izumoko is dead, but there is peace and calm on his face.
The guards of the front office finally arrived on the ship. They surrounded Zhu Yuanzhang on three levels inside and three levels outside. At the same time, they also surrounded Izumoko on several levels.
There was an assistant officer in the front office who knew some medical skills, and he quickly bandaged the wound on Zhu Yuanzhang's arm.
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, and the guards immediately distanced themselves a little.
There was nothing on his face, but he just turned to Zhang Ren and asked, "Zhang Ren, what happened to my assassin?"
Zhang Ren put away the Xiuchundao, knelt on one knee in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Report to your majesty, the assassin is dead."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, glanced at the surrounding guards, and asked, "Did you hear what the assassin said before he died?"
The guards immediately knelt on the ground and replied in unison: "I heard it."
At this moment, only Yuan Kai made a different voice: "Your Majesty, what happened today is too strange. I'm afraid someone deliberately
Putting the blame on Duke Xuan, please let Your Majesty tell you clearly. "
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't seem to hear him, but ordered to the guards: "Search yourself."
A guard kicked Izumo's body down, groped around for a while, and actually found a sign in his arms.
The guard presented the sign to Zhu Yuanzhang with both hands, and saw the four characters "Xuan Guo Gongfu" written on it.
All noble families have a big business, and even to prevent thieves, they will recruit some nursing homes. In order to identify the nursing homes, each nursing home will also wear such a brand on their body.
The sign that reads Xuanguo Gongfu naturally comes from Li Shanchang's family.
Zhu Yuanzhang took the sign and threw it on the deck again, "Li Shanchang bullied people too much! I should have spared his life! But he didn't want to regret it and still insisted on going his own way. Now he is even more dangerous. You want to assassinate me."
Yuan Kai was still kneeling on the ground and said again: "Your Majesty, if Duke Xuan really wanted to assassinate him, how could he let the assassin carry this sign with him? This is really a frame-up, please forgive me. !」
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Yuan Kai coldly and said angrily: "I almost died in the hands of an assassin just now. How do you want me to know clearly? If this assassin was not sent by Li Shanchang, then where did the brand on him come from?"
Yuan Kai couldn't answer, so he could only continue to argue: "Xuan Guo Gong is a meritorious minister. If your Majesty wants to blame Xuan Guo Gong, it may be detrimental to the country."
Yuan Kai is not Li Shanchang's person, and has never been Li Shanchang's subordinate. He is just an extremely pure official. In his eyes, Li Shanchang has made great contributions to the country. If he kills such a meritorious official, it will inevitably chill people's hearts. I'm afraid The country will also become turbulent, and today's assassination of Yuan Kai can be seen at a glance as a frame-up, but he doesn't understand why His Majesty can't see it, and why the guards around the palace can't see it either.
