No matter how hard Li Ye calculated, an unexpected incident disrupted his plan and prevented him from wielding the butcher knife that he had gently put down again.
On the eighth day after entering Baiyu City, Ma Feihu told Li Yenan that the city gate had been rebuilt and asked him to go over and take a look.
Li Ye led Nalan Yu and Mu Mu out of the city lord's mansion and headed towards the south city gate. Xia Yunlan was worried about his safety and quietly followed him with some of his men.
The eldest prince, Tang Qiuyu and others stayed at the City Lord's Mansion. Li Ye told him not to leave the City Lord's Mansion until the city gate was completely closed.
However, at a certain moment shortly after Li Ye led the two of them to leave the city lord's palace, it should be said that it was half past, when everyone was taking a rest.
The City Lord's Mansion, which had been quiet for several days, was finally breached by a group of men in black. More than thirty men in black emerged from nowhere and rushed into the door of the City Lord's Mansion amidst a burst of shrill sound of arrows.
A dozen guards fell outside the gate with arrows in their bodies.
Dozens of feather arrows drew arcs and shot out from under the steps of the City Lord's Mansion, piercing the cold air and the sleepiness of everyone in the City Lord's Mansion because they heard the shrill roars of the guards.
Although the people who stayed in the city lord's mansion were well prepared for the attack, they still fell into chaos.
Amidst a hail of arrows, the guards on the steps shouted in terror, looking for a place to hide. After all, they were far behind the well-trained killers.
The sharp arrow pierced the solid door panel of the City Lord's Mansion and could no longer penetrate deeper.
More feather arrows penetrated the bodies of the guards, splashing out blood flowers. In an instant, the city lord's mansion screamed again and again, and in the blink of an eye, more than thirty men in black rushed towards the back of the wing.
The innermost room of the City Lord's Mansion is the eldest prince's room, and the outermost room is that of Li Ye, Nalan Yu, Mu Mu, and Xia Yunlan. It happens that these people are not in the City Lord's Mansion, which creates an opportunity for the black-clothed killer to break through. .
Tang Qiuyu, Hua Tianxia and others were attacked almost at the same time, but due to Li Ye's repeated warnings, their reactions were relatively faster.
Tang Qiuyu took out Qiushui Wuhen, and Hua Tianxia also took out his long sword. The two ignored the arrows flying around them and ran towards the outside of the eldest prince's place.
Xia Wutong and Yeluyan were also awakened by the shouts. In an instant, they jumped from the bed to the door, each took out their own weapons and rushed out as fast as possible.
"Sister Yelu, rush out and set off fireworks!" In the critical moment, the first thing Xia Wutong thought of was not to save his brother, but to ask Li Ye for help.
Yeluyan nodded with her, and the two of them squatted down. If two ghosts rushed out of the door, they rushed to the edge of the door in a short time.
With a flick of his hand, Yeluyan lit the fire in a calm manner. With a sound of "chirp!", a firework rose into the sky and exploded in mid-air.
Many of the injured guards of the City Lord's Mansion and the attacking killers in black saw the fireworks. When these desperate men in black reacted, they fired a burst of arrows at the two girls hiding in the corridor.
Nalanyu, who had not yet reached the south city gate, looked at the fireworks in the sky, took Li Ye's hand and ran back. "No, something happened in the house."
Li Ye also responded at this time, took Mu Mu's little hand and said: "Don't rush in for a while, take a bow and arrow, come out and kill one by one!"
Seeing the fireworks blooming in the sky, Li Ye felt a surge of anger in his heart, thinking that you guys are so evil that you actually lurked into White Jade City.
In the city lord's palace, a man in black who was running at the front gave the order. "Ignore the others and go find the eldest prince!"
At this moment, Tang Qiuyu, who rushed over after hearing the news, stopped the leader of the men in black, took out Qiushui Wuhen, stood up, and shouted to the guards around him to wake up the black-clothed guards who stayed in the mansion.
In order not to disturb Li Ye and his party, Xia Yunlan specially arranged his brothers to a side room of the city lord's mansion, which became another favorable opportunity to kill people and attack.
In just an instant, the city lord's mansion was filled with the sound of killing swords and arrows. Now that they had rushed in, they could no longer use bows and arrows and could only engage in close combat.
And these killers in black were even more anxious, just because they heard the fireworks outside the door and knew that the people left behind sent a distress signal to the army in the city.
Listening to more and more calls outside the city lord's palace, the leader in black seemed to have a premonition that the assassination operation would fail. He looked at Tang Qiuyu in front of him and said coldly: "What a pity!"
"Go to the back!" Tang Qiuyu was worried about the safety of the eldest prince. Apart from her, there were many practitioners in the world, as well as the black-clothed guards who came after hearing the news.
Hua Tianxia didn't speak, looked around carefully, then found a gap and ran from behind Tang Qiuyu to the wing room behind the city lord's palace.
"It's freezing cold. It's a pity that there are too few people. Otherwise, this weather would be a good time to kill people." The leader in black sighed.
Tang Qiuyu ignored him, but rushed forward without hesitation, and in an instant he had swung the Qiu Shui Wuhen Sword.
In an instant, the swords met in the air and made a harsh sound.
Is this really a killer? Tang Chao Qiu Yu shouted, she felt that the cultivation level of the man in black in front of her was not inferior to hers.
Her heart suddenly "thumped".
In just an instant, the two of them had exchanged dozens of moves. Blood splattered on Tang Qiuyu's arm, and she was injured.
Seeing that he was about to succeed, the man in black roared, and the long knife in his hand was about to strike Tang Qiuyu, who was injured in his right hand. He could only find the target to assassinate the woman in front of him first.
Tang Qiuyu suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness. This was the most dangerous crisis she had encountered since her debut.
Suddenly, a rope with cold light was wrapped around the neck of the leader in black, and a person appeared behind him.
"Put down the knife, or I'll kill you!" Tang Qiuyu looked up and saw that it was the bodyguards in black who were resting in the side room who heard the noise and rushed over.
The black leader ignored the cold light on his neck, but retracted his long knife and slashed at the person behind him.
Tang Qiuyu only heard a "click!", a blood arrow rushed into the air, and a human head flew towards her.
Even Tang Qiuyu, who had experienced countless killings, couldn't help but almost vomited when he saw the scene in front of him.
"Hurry up and protect the Grand Marshal from behind!" Even if that was the case, Tang Qiuyu was not worried about the safety of the eldest prince.
To put down the chaos in the imperial city, the focus lies on the eldest prince.
At this time, there must be no trouble.
There was no time for her to feel the disgust of the black-clothed leader being beheaded. She glanced at a group of black-clothed men in the city lord's palace from the corner of her eye, and continued to charge forward with her sword in hand.
Li Ye is not here, and neither is Xia Yunlan. She has to hold up the sky.
In less than half a quarter of an hour, the black-clothed killers of the City Lord's Mansion were fighting with the black-clothed guards who had caught wind of the situation.
Tang Qiuyu looked at the situation that was gradually stabilizing in front of him, and suddenly remembered that his disciple was also in the house.
"Not good!" he thought to himself, holding his sword and rushing toward Xia Wutong's room.
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The killing scene in the city lord's mansion was extremely bloody and brutal. Countless blood arrows splashed in the air, and screams one after another rang out in the empty city lord's mansion.
Less than half an hour after the killing, the remaining twenty or so black-clad killers rushed over from all directions, preparing to rush to the wing behind the city lord's mansion.
After losing the command of their leader, they plan to make a desperate move!
The killer, who had become somewhat numb to life and death, inspired unprecedented courage at the last moment of life and death. Holding the weapon in his hand, he fiercely charged at the black-clad bodyguards who were equal in number to them.
A long sword pierced the chest and abdomen of a killer, and blood spattered and flowed downwards.
Immediately afterwards, the three killers rushed into the crowd, brandishing their long knives, and charged at the enemy in front of them at the risk of their lives.
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A bright sword light flashed.
The sword light flashed, leaving no trace on Qiu Shui. Tang Qiuyu's sword carried Chi Chi sword energy and slashed at the three killers who were rushing towards Xia Wutong and Yeluyan.
One killer's head was dismembered in front of her, and the other two killers saw something was wrong and ran away in panic.
"Buzz!" sounded, and the two killers who had not yet run out of the corridor were killed by Li Ye, who was driven back. The iron arrow shot through the chest of one killer, and then shot into the chest of the other killer. .
Mu Mu, who was standing outside the City Lord's Mansion, let out a sharp scream, and then, arrows flying from the iron bow in her hand flew towards the killer who ran out of the City Lord's Mansion.
Nalan Yu held the knife beside her to protect her.
Xia Yunlan rushed into the city lord's mansion like a bolt of lightning, killing everyone he encountered without mercy.
The city lord's mansion was breached, and the guards guarding the gate were injured or dead. Some of the injured and fell to the ground had even given up the attack.
But the moment they saw Li Ye and Xia Yunlan rushing in with the men in black, they instantly became extremely brave. They took their own weapons and ran towards the house as hard as they could.
Except for the black-clothed bodyguards led by Xia Yunlan, the average guards in the mansion were not as good as these killers.
Not to mention Xia Wutong and Yeluyan, Hua Luoyu was already blind and slightly injured at this time.
However, the fact that they have been able to hold on until now and avoid being succeeded by the killer in black for such a long time is all due to the ruthlessness in their hearts and their confidence in Li Ye, Xia Yunlan and others.
Although there were many assassins and there were too few when the city lord's palace reacted, once the black-clothed guards in the side room reacted, they changed the overall situation in an instant. This was the trump card that Li Ye and the eldest prince had in their hands.
The city lord's mansion is full of dangers, with splashes of blood everywhere, and a group of killers seems to have reached a desperate situation.
At this moment, Tang Qiuyu's shrill cry rang out from the city lord's mansion: "Wutong, don't scare me!"
Hearing the shout, Li Ye and Nalan Yu gave up chasing the black-clothed killer, and instead ran in the direction of Tang Qiuyu's shout.
"Brother Xia, go see the Generalissimo first and order all the brothers to wipe out the incoming killers!" Li Ye felt that something had happened to Xia Wutong and roared from the bottom of his heart.
"Don't worry!" Just two simple words came into his ears from the depths of the City Lord's Mansion.
Hearing Xia Yunlan's voice, Li Ye felt relieved and continued to look for Tang Qiuyu.
Hearing Tang Qiuyu's shouts, the eldest prince who was staying in the room wanted to rush out, but Hua Tianxia grabbed him. He looked at him with a serious mood and said softly: "You can't go out."
Everyone in the City Lord's Mansion knew how important the eldest prince was to them.
The eldest prince was so anxious that he looked at Hua Tianxia and said, "Something happened to my sister!"
Hua Tianxia looked at him and nodded, saying, "I know, but Mr. Tang is nowhere to be found."
It means that as long as she is here, you don't have to go out.
In the blink of an eye, she heard Li Ye's roar again, her eyes lit up, and she looked at the eldest prince and said, "The little guy is back, you can stay here with peace of mind."
The eldest prince also heard the roars of Li Ye and Xia Yunlan and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and was about to speak.
"Hey!" With a sound, the door was pushed open hard, and Xia Yunlan rushed in like a strong wind.
"As long as nothing happens, Marshal!" Xia Yunlan looked at the two people in the room and breathed heavily.
After all, when the emperor left, he entrusted his children to him and Li Ye.
"Thank you for your hard work, Commander Xia. Should we go out and take a look now?" The eldest prince looked at Xia Yunlan and thought that he was finally safe.
Xia Yunlan looked at him, shook his head, and replied: "Waiting for news from the Imperial Master."
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