It was a dark and windy night... well, but the moon today was really big, and it shone brightly, and those who didn't know thought it was snowing.
"Young Master Xiao, do we really want to break into the palace today and kill that dog prince?"
The man in black next to him looked up at today's moonlight and asked worriedly.
"Yes. The Dog King killed my sister three years ago. Today I must take revenge. I will cut off the Dog King's head on the anniversary of my sister's death!"
The leader of the man in black is a young man with a tall and tall figure. His face is covered and cannot be seen clearly, but under the two sword-shaped eyebrows exposed is a pair of piercing and determined eyes.
The man known as Xiao Shaoxia pressed the hilt of the sword on his waist and gritted his teeth as he talked about the crimes of the Dog Prince.
When he thought of his sister, whom the whole family held as a treasure, suddenly and inexplicably died in Prince Le's Mansion, he couldn't hold back the killing intent and anger in his heart.
"The hatred for killing my sister is irreconcilable. If I hadn't been trapped in Duanmu Mountain and then had to be treated for a year in Huitou Valley due to serious injuries, I would have come here long ago."
"This... well, Young Master Xiao is so heroic that he can easily capture the dog prince who kills the rich and unkind people."
Although he said this, the man subconsciously glanced behind him and looked at a black-robed man hidden among the many heroes. The latter gently nodded his hand downwards to express his agreement.
"Everyone..."
Xiao Shaoxia turned around and cupped his fists, and the dozen heroes in front of him all returned the favor at the same time. Most of them had received favors from this Xiao Shaoxia. In addition, the Xiao family in Jinling was famous, so they all came with various motives. To help out.
"You are all true men with warm hearts. For the sake of Xiao's personal affairs, you are willing to break into the dragon's pond and enter the tiger's den. Xiao will thank you in advance for such a great favor."
Everyone nodded in praise.
People in the world of martial arts sometimes just want to gain fame, hoping that they will be famous enough to be admired and pursued as heroes and heroes wherever they go.
Sometimes, for the sake of a "name", many people in the world who have never met each other can draw swords against each other, and even make life and death documents, insisting that one person will live and the other will die.
"Young Master Xiao, you don't have to be polite. That dog prince has done many evil things. The people of Jiangcheng and even the entire Jiangzhou are too angry and dare not speak out. They always hope in their hearts that someone can come and save them..."
This man is very good at talking. He cleverly turned Xiao Shaoxia's personal revenge into making decisions for the people of Jiangzhou. In this way, although what they did remains the same, they will receive much more praise.
As soon as this man said these words, many passionate people in the world widened their eyes and pulled out the weapons they were holding in their hands. The bright snow-white blades reflected the bright moonlight in the sky.
"That's right, we will make the decision for the people of Jiangzhou!"
"Kill the dog official! Kill the dog prince! We will rob the rich and give to the poor..."
"Yes, yes, that's what a great knight should be."
Everyone was talking to each other, with their hearts surging and their blood boiling. They wanted to rush into Prince Le's Mansion right away, chop off Lord Dog's head and hang it on the city gate.
By then, the people of Jiangcheng will not praise them greatly, and then we will make a congratulatory name and wear flowers, so that everyone in the world will know that I am a person of this rank.
"However, assassinating the prince is a serious crime. Even if we succeed, the court will definitely not let us go. They will definitely issue a sea arrest document to arrest us, and even offer a heavy reward..."
Xiao Shaoxia poured a basin of cold water over his head.
Well, everyone bowed their heads and was speechless for a moment.
Well, the man on the side who had been encouraging everyone was also speechless. He finally managed to inspire the heroic spirit in everyone's hearts and gave them the confidence to break into the palace. Now that it's over, Xiao Shaoxia's words extinguished the raging flames that had finally risen in everyone's hearts.
Some people looked at each other and already had the intention of retreating in their hearts. There is an old saying in the world that a single person cannot fight against power, which means that a person is alone after all. You cannot defeat four people with just two fists. If you offend the power, you will never be able to escape unscathed.
The Jinling Xiao family is a well-known martial arts family in the world. When it comes to prestige and strength, it is definitely the top group in the world, but...
If we really talk about power, is there any greater power than the Great Qi Court in the capital of Da Qi? And you didn’t mean to kill someone randomly, or offend the county magistrate or something.
Prince Le is a dignified prince, if he dies in his own hands. Da Qi's court was furious and directly sent out heavy troops to encircle and suppress him. Not to mention the powerless little fish like himself, even the "Foshan Xitong" from the Jinling Xiao family or the more powerful ones could only kneel down and wait for death like a pug.
nonsense. No matter how powerful a master of martial arts is, he can block ten with one and a hundred with one, but the court can easily mobilize hundreds of thousands of well-trained troops. When the time comes, no matter what martial arts master you are, you will only be able to fight with a sword. The mountain was trampled into a puddle of mud in the sea of people.
"Hey, we are overthinking. You said that even if you cut off the head of the dog prince, who would know that it was our brother who did it? Even if the court wants to investigate, how can they investigate without evidence? Even if the dog emperor dares to send an army to encircle and suppress the Jianghu forces , he can’t wipe out all the forces, can he?”
After thinking for a long time, this man said something to calm everyone. Seeing that everyone's expressions softened, he felt a lot more at ease.
It's a pity that if something happens to Prince Le, the Emperor of Da Qi may really step into the arena and crush all the so-called arena forces.
"Yes, yes, who knew it was our brothers who did it?"
"That's right, the emperor can't be good at fortune-telling. With one pinch of his finger, he will know that the person was killed by our brothers... Oh my, the murderer is you, you, and you."
Someone said that, and later he deliberately imitated the old voice, pretending to be an old blind fortune teller, and pointed in a circle with trembling fingers.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
It made everyone laugh for a while.
Xiao Shaoxia looked up at the sky and calculated the time in his mind. He felt that it was almost midnight, so he said in a deep voice:
"Everyone, the time has come."
"good!"
"Kill the dog officer!"
"Robbing the rich and giving to the poor..."
After saying that, everyone ducked across the street and came under the wall outside Prince Le's palace, hiding in the black shadows.
"Walk!"
For a moment, the leader Xiao Shaoxia took a breath, and then climbed up the wall like a flexible civet cat, climbed over the wall easily, and then fell silently like a ball of cotton.
He scanned the surroundings with sharp eyes and found no trace of anyone for the time being.
The place he landed in was a side courtyard of the palace, which was quite far away from the main hall of the main residence. Because of this, the defense of this place could be said to be the most lax, so Xiao Shaoxia chose this place.
"Tweet, Tweet, Tweet, Tweet..."
Xiao Shaoxia pinched his lips with his fingers and made a chirping sound like a sparrow. This was to tell his companions who were still outside the wall that this place was safe and they could come in.
Hearing the cry of the sparrow, several more people jumped into the wall behind Xiao Shaoxia. Everyone was secretly holding their own weapons, with excitement and a little greed in their eyes.
"Let's go, be careful not to alert the palace guards..."
Xiao Shaoxia took the lead and walked out, and the knights-errants lined up behind him like followers.
He didn't notice that there were two missing people among the people who came in.
One is the person who always confuses everyone, and the other is the man in black robe who never speaks.
"They went in, and they didn't know if it would work. They were all very impassioned, but their brains were not very good..."
The man who had been talking for a long time glanced sideways at the man in black robe, who was squatting in the corner very calmly. His hearing was very good, and he could not hear the footsteps of Xiao Shaoxia and others before he slowly stood up.
"Sir, can they do it?"
The man continued without waiting for the man in black robe to speak:
"I think 80% of the time, I don't know how many times I've done this kind of thing over the years. None of those so-called impassioned fools came out alive when they rushed into Prince Le's Mansion. Now, counting on my fingers, I'm just a kid. There are almost a thousand Jianghu people sent in, and I don’t know where Prince Le’s Mansion has buried these dead people?”
Blah blah blah, blah blah blah.
This man was not bothered and kept talking, probably because he wanted to show off in front of his leader.
The two walked through the shadows of the night and finally came to a secret door.
After entering, the man actually continued:
"Sir, do you think we should send a message back to the capital? We have been sending Jianghu people to Prince Le's Mansion for several years, but it has not produced any results. How about..."
Bang.
A hand stretched out from under the black robe like lightning and clasped directly on the man's neck. Then, when the latter didn't even cry out for mercy, he simply pressed hard with two fingers.
Click.
The throat was crushed into pieces by the strong finger force. The man's eyes suddenly bulged, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. He still didn't understand why he was killed until his death.
"You talk...too much."
The man in black robe waved his hand, and two men also wearing black night clothes came out from the corner. Without a word, they dragged the man who had collapsed on the ground like a dead dog.
…
Lewang Mansion, midnight.
Logically speaking, Prince Le and Princess Le should have gone to bed long ago, but something happened today, so they were busy until midnight.
Prince Le, who was less than thirty years old, only wore a simple and elegant robe embroidered with flying dragons in gold silk at home, and a white jade crown on his head. A white-sheathed sword hangs diagonally from his waist. This sword was made by the Nangong family.
It's a pity that what happened to the Nangong family happened too suddenly. Prince Le went to Beijing again to meet the emperor and was not in Jiangcheng. Otherwise, the Sima family would never be allowed to occupy the magpie's nest in a grand manner.
"Okay, be obedient and drink the medicine."
With soft eyes, Prince Le personally picked up the medicine bowl and brought it to his mouth, blowing on it gently. When he felt that the temperature of the medicine was right, he spoke softly.
There is only one person in the whole house who can make the majestic prince speak so gently.
Princess Le.
Princess Le came from a well-known family. It can be said that she has been proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting since she was a child. She has a gentle and kind temperament, but she has one bad problem, that is, she has been weak since she was a child.
For several years after marrying into the prince's palace, Princess Le was always on the sickbed. Prince Le invited all the famous doctors in the world. No one could completely cure Princess Le's illness. Anyway, it could only be delayed.
Until three years ago, an unknown old man with a white beard suddenly came to Prince Le's residence. He used his special prescription and medicinal bath to cure Princess Le's chronic illness in three months. Prince Le had originally planned to He rewarded the old man heavily, but he didn't expect that the latter waved his hand, then a tiger fell from the sky, and the old man rode the tiger and flew away.
Later, it was rumored that it was the medicine prince who was able to subdue tigers hundreds of years ago and cure the diseases of the emperors at that time, who cured Princess Le's incurable disease.
Later, Prince Le specially built a Temple of Medicine King in a geomantic treasure place in Jiangcheng. Inside, he enshrined Prince Medicine, the master of immortality, with a huge tiger lying at his feet.
"No...it's painful."
Princess Le became more and more like a child. She pouted and refused to drink the soup handed over by Prince Le. Her eyes looked at the dark soup with a look full of disgust.
"Good medicine tastes bitter. You see how hard you have gone through today. It scares me so much. Just drink the medicine and go to sleep."
No matter how powerful and domineering Prince Le was outside, in front of his wife, he could only be kind and soft-spoken.
"You're not blaming me..."
Princess Le rolled her eyes, then stretched out her jade hand to pat her slightly swollen belly, which almost made Prince Le tremble with fear.
"If you bully me, I will beat your son!"
"No, no, no, no... never."
While the two were talking, they suddenly heard a burst of noise, and then mixed with the sound of shouts and the sound of the wind being fired from a crossbow.
Bang!
A figure with an arrow knocked open the door, and with the chilly wind that filled the courtyard, it rushed towards Prince Le who was sitting upright. The sharp sword dazzled people's eyes.
"Lord Dog, please give my little sister her life!"
Xiao Shaoxia already had the belief that he would die. He didn't care about the crossbow behind him, he just wanted to chop off the head of the dog prince who killed his sister.
Snapped!
Prince Le felt like his hands were empty.
Princess Le had already taken the first step to grab the soup in his hand, and then threw the bowl and the bowl at the attacking assassin in black.
The soup splashed all over the assassin, and the blue and white porcelain bowl hit the assassin directly on the forehead, causing him to stagger.
Even though Prince Le has a sword hanging from his waist, in fact he doesn't know any martial arts at all. Every time he went out, he was escorted by three thousand guards. Secretly, the old emperor also left dead soldiers to protect him, so he didn't need to practice martial arts at all.
The assassin was distracted by the porcelain bowl, but he was distracted for only a moment.
Xiao Shaoxia could be said to be extremely jealous when meeting his enemies. The sword in his hand was buzzing. He didn't think about other moves at all and just stabbed at Prince Le again.
Sa——
There was a sword cry, and the cold light sword on Prince Le's waist was unsheathed.
However, the hilt of the sword is held in the hands of the pregnant Princess Le. The sword carefully forged by the Nangong family, even if it is not as good as the Qingxiao sword of Nangong, is still rare and top quality.
The cold light flashed, and there was only a click.
The long sword in the assassin's hand was broken into two pieces, and the sharp half-sword tip fell to the ground with a clang. At the same time, the assassin's heart dropped to the bottom.
Then he saw Princess Le sheathing her sword with a familiar move. The latter had a wry smile on her face and shook her head, making a crisp sound when the steps on her head hit her.
The woman took a step back and bowed to salute.
"Second brother."
