It's getting dark and it's not a good time to set off.
The ship happened to be docked in a neighboring village, and Yue Yichuan ordered everyone to observe martial law. Candles and lanterns were lit inside and outside the cabin, making the area brightly illuminated.
It is rare for children from fishing villages to see so many lanterns. They chase and play in groups of two or three on the shore or use the light to catch small fish and shrimps on the shore.
What a lovely night.
Zhu Xuxing set up a table of chess and played it with Xu Zhihuai to relieve his boredom. The white and black sides were going back and forth, and the chessboard was almost full, but they still couldn't tell the winner.
Xu Zhihuai looked out the window in ecstasy, listening to the children's laughter with a pleasing expression.
Zhu Xuxing followed her gaze and then looked at her face: "Qingshan is not tired of three glasses of wine, and only one game of chess can be played in a long time. You and I have been playing chess for a long time, and your mind is not on the chessboard at all. How about we make a draw." "
Xu Zhihuai came back to his senses and turned his eyes. Before he could speak, he saw Yue Yichuan coming to report hurriedly: "Your Highness, Wei Li's carrier pigeon has arrived again. He said he would meet up with Your Highness as soon as possible." As soon as he finished speaking, the chess piece in Xu Zhihuai's hand accidentally fell down. , making a "pop" sound.
Her pupils were trembling slightly and her expression was nervous. Anyone could see how scared she was of Wei Li.
Zhu Xuxing caressed her palm: "Don't be afraid, it's safe here."
Xu Zhihuai nodded slightly, lowered his eyes and said: "Your Highness has something important to discuss, why don't I go back to the room first..."
Zhu Xuxing's expression became even gentler: "Okay, then you can rest early."
Xu Zhihuai left in a hurry, and when he heard Wei Li's name again, he felt a sudden chill rising behind his back.
She couldn't sleep and wanted to open the window to look at the scenery and listen to the children's laughter.
It was a pity that the children had run away. She lowered her eyes and looked at the water. As she looked, she suddenly noticed that the dark water surface was wrinkled with layers of ripples, and there was also the sound of gurgling bubbles, as if something was swimming.
Maybe it's a big fish...
As soon as this thought occurred, Xu Zhihuai was stunned.
Using the light of the lantern, she carefully identified it, and then she discovered that the dark thing was moving slowly. It looked like a humanoid, with slender limbs.
Something's not right!
Before Xu Zhihuai could speak, he saw a strange face glowing with water emerge from the water. It jumped up suddenly, like a big black fish breaking out of the water, and rushed towards Xu Zhihuai, its movements were fast and violent.
Xu Zhihuai was knocked to the ground and was knocked unconscious.
That's not a fish, it's a human being, a living human being.
He covered her mouth and nose with wet hands, and her breath smelled of waterweed.
Frightened, Xu Zhihuai looked at the man's mottled face and couldn't see his appearance at all, but the whites of his eyes were very large, different from ordinary people's, like the whites of fish eyes.
Xu Zhihuai was lying on the ground, unable to call for help or move. He only kept kicking the wooden board with his feet to make a sound. The assassin noticed that she was asking for help, stared at her with a pair of hollow and strange eyes, and struck her with his palms. face door.
He actually has six fingers!
Xu Zhihuai was so frightened that his blood ran cold.
She quickly turned her head, and the man's sword missed her, hitting her ear hard. Flying dust mixed with sawdust blinded her eyes, making her ears ring.
After escaping one disaster, there is still another disaster.
Another person broke into the house...
Accompanied by buzzing tinnitus, the surroundings were full of messy noise.
The figures are swaying, the steps are messy, and the space is full of swords and swords.
Xu Zhihuai huddled on the ground, wrapping his hands around his body and not daring to move. In panic, he spotted a pair of black official boots from the corner of his eye.
In an instant, the outcome is decided.
The black official boots were splashed with blood, and he walked slowly to Xu Zhihuai.
When fear struck, Xu Zhihuai bravely raised his eyes and found that the person coming was Wei Li.
His brocade clothes were stained with dust and there was blood between his brows. He looked down at her: "You are very lucky." After saying that, he propped up his long sword on the ground, squatted down, and pinched Xu Zhihuai's trembling chin with his blood-stained hands. Observe carefully: "Fortunately, the appearance is not broken."
Xu Zhihuai was stunned, his body still stiff from fear, even blinking was difficult, and his dark pupils were trembling uneasily.
"There is an assassin..."
Wei Li turned his head and pointed at the collapsed body on the ground, and said coldly: "Xu Zhihuai, it seems that I saved you again." After saying that, he smiled evilly, stood up and left.
Xu Zhihuai didn't want to look directly into his eyes, nor did he want to look at the corpse on the ground. His eyes were wandering and he didn't know where to look.
Her hair was messed up, her dress was soaked, and her sleeves were stained with blood from nowhere. She looked pitiful and embarrassed.
"Zhihuai!"
Zhu Xiuxing almost ran over.
Fortunately, he was unscathed. Behind him, Yue Yichuan's face was also stained, and his robes were slightly torn in some places.
It seemed that a fierce fight had just occurred outside.
Xu Zhihuai's face was pale, he looked at the prince pitifully, and threw himself into his arms.
"It's okay, it's okay."
While Zhu Xuxing comforted her softly, he caught a glimpse of the bloody corpse on the ground and quickly turned around and ordered: "Send someone to clean up this place and see if there are any survivors."
Yue Yichuan nodded and accepted the order.
Unexpectedly, Wei Li outside the door said calmly: "The people your Highness wants alive are not on this ship. They are all dead soldiers with poison in their mouths. If you want to try, just try the people in the village."
Everyone looked sideways when they heard this, but Xu Zhihuai's breath was suffocated, and an ominous premonition suddenly arose.
Zhu Xuxing obviously had something to say. Seeing Xu Zhihuai's frightened appearance, he first carried her back to the bed, then turned around and put down the curtain, trying to keep her as clean as possible.
Although Zhu Xuxing had just been attacked by an assassin, he remained calm and said to Wei Li in a steady and calm tone: "How can people in the fishing village be suspicious? You have seen it. These assassins are well prepared and are definitely not hiding in the countryside." The reckless man in the wild village.”
Wei Li stepped in with a firm and serious tone: "Your Highness, how could such a low-key and well-thought-out sneak attack happen without an internal agent? If the internal agent was not in the village, he would be on the boat. From the time His Highness set out for the capital, I laid an ambush all the way to hide His Highness's whereabouts. , I have taken care of all those who followed the clues and did not misplace any of them. It is obvious that these people have been waiting to ambush here today. "
Zhu Xiuxing frowned: "Do they know my ship will dock here?"
Wei Li smiled coldly and said: "How difficult is this? Your Highness set out from Jinmen and deliberately avoided those bustling ports and docks on the way, and only took a short rest in such a sparsely populated and remote place. What we can think of, others will naturally do the same. You can guess. Maybe it's not just here, they have already placed spies in all the ports on the way from the capital to Huaizhou."
These words were not completely unreasonable. Yue Yichuan couldn't help but also said: "Your Highness, the assassin tonight is indeed not an ordinary person. If we don't find out, it will be really dangerous."
Zhu Xuxing thought for a while and asked Yue Yichuan to clean up his wounds before going to interrogate Wei Li with him. He also told him to watch over Wei Li and not allow him to kill innocent people indiscriminately and beat him to death.
Yue Yichuan nodded and accepted the order, with a troubled expression on his face.
