Chapter 226: Catching the Assassin

Jianqiu's kung fu is not weak, but he is still slightly inferior to the secret guards of the Fourth Prince's Mansion.

However, she was fighting and retreating at the same time, obviously trying to delay time, and the secret guards were not able to cope with it with ease.

It was not until a cluster of fireworks flew into the air from Jianqiu's hands that Liangpin regained her confidence and said with a smile, "Our people are about to arrive, Shen Anan, your death is coming."

"Really?" Shen Anan was noncommittal. "Are you so sure it's me, and not your death date?"

Liangpin thought she was talking about herself, and immediately said, "You'd better not do anything to me. When the people come later, you still have hostages to negotiate with them?"

Shen Anan said again, "Are you sure?"

Her eyes passed over Liangpin's bloody shoulder blade and she said coldly, "Why didn't I see that the maid took you seriously?"

"That arrow just now was so fast, accurate and fierce that I thought you two had a grudge against each other."

Liangpin choked again, and her pale face turned red.

Liangpin was a weak woman, and she was so badly injured that she had no ability to move. Shen Anan simply put away the dagger and threw her on the grass.

Said to Jianqiu in mid-air, "Are you waiting for reinforcements?"

Jian Qiu took the time to give Shen Anan a cold look. It was during this gap that he was kicked in the abdomen by the secret guard and fell down.

"Despicable." Jianqiu said viciously, holding her stomach.

The secret guard was about to kill her, but Shen Anan stopped her. She walked towards Jianqiu and asked condescendingly, "I'll give you a chance to live. Tell me, what plans does the emperor have today?"

Jianqiu closed her eyes and said nothing.

The secret guard immediately placed his long knife on her neck.

"Death warrior?" Shen Anan squatted down and looked at her, "Then if you were caught, shouldn't you bite your tongue and commit suicide immediately?"

Jianqiu suddenly opened his eyes and stared at her coldly, "My people will be here soon. Are you waiting for the Fourth Prince's guard Qingfeng to come and rescue you?"

"Oh, I'm not afraid to tell you that they were stopped by the commander of the Royal Guards at the foot of the mountain. No one can save you today."

Even if they all die, the emperor's order will definitely be completed! !

"Qingfeng?" Shen Anan raised her eyebrows. "Didn't Qingfeng return to the capital early this morning? Did you recognize the wrong person?"

"Impossible." Jianqiu's pupils widened. "My people saw him and his men sneaking into the mountains with their own eyes."

“Oh,” Shen Anan blinked, “Then he probably passed by and went back from the foot of the mountain.”

Jianqiu was stunned for a moment, staring at Shen Anan blankly.

"Li Huaiyan, are you waiting for Li Huaiyan? Last night, he..."

"Don't wait for him either."

A look of confusion appeared in Jianqiu's eyes. At this moment, footsteps were heard not far away.

"Hey, the person I'm waiting for is here." Shen Anan raised his hand and pointed at the person who came.

Jianqiu looked back, and when she saw Ling Chenyi's face, her pupils suddenly widened.

Prince Ling? How is that possible? Didn’t he return to Beijing?

After a while, she suddenly turned around and looked at Shen Anan, "The eldest princess' illness is fake, you deliberately calculated it? This is deceiving the emperor, does the Yongning Marquis's Mansion want to die?"

Ling Chenyi raised his foot and kicked Jianqiu hard in the chest, "This prince just came back from the capital. You are just a servant, who gave you the courage to speak nonsense."

He kicked with such force that blood immediately oozed from the corner of Jianqiu's mouth.

Shen Anan seemed to smile.

The capital city does need someone to guard it, but it doesn't necessarily have to be Ling Chenyi, and the people she brought this time must have been targeted by the emperor a long time ago.

So, this morning, Qingfeng and Ling Chenyi went back to Beijing and came to Lingshan respectively. Ling Chenyi, who was not calculated by the emperor, was her weapon to break the impasse.

"The person you are waiting for is dead." Ling Chenyi threw a wooden sign to Jianqiu.

When she saw the wooden sign clearly, the last glimmer of hope in her eyes shattered and turned into ashes!

The Imperial Guards must still be looking for Qingfeng, and their people had already been pinned down by Ling Chenyi and his men on another hillside! !

Shen Anan held the short knife in his hand and squatted beside Jianqiu.

She closed her eyes, without a trace of fear on her face, waiting for death to come.

"Let me do it." Ling Chenyi had just opened his mouth when a stream of warm blood splashed on the back of his hand, leaving a winding trail of red on the tender grass.

Jianqiu fell softly to the ground.

Shen Anan pulled out the dagger with force, and the blood on the tip of the knife kept dripping down, splashing blood on her hands and face.

Turning around, she looked at Concubine Liang who was curled up.

"Don't, don't kill me, don't kill me, I can tell you what you want to know."

She bent her knees and slowly backed away.

"Assassin, there is an assassin."

"Come quickly, protect the emperor."

"Imperial Physician, call the Imperial Physician."

A shrill scream was heard.

Shen Anan quickly put away the dagger and looked in the direction of the sound. A dark mass of heads were approaching quickly on horses.

"The emperor has been assassinated, quickly summon the imperial physician."

Shen Anan immediately made way, stood behind Concubine Liang and shouted, "Concubine Liang has been assassinated, quickly summon the imperial physician."

The group of people were stunned and immediately reined in their horses. They saw Liangpin who was shot by an arrow and Jianqiu who was lying on the ground with a knife piercing his throat.

The emperor had fainted at this time and was being supported by someone. He had an arrow in his shoulder. Behind the emperor, a man covered in blood was hung by the waist on a horse.

During the bumpy ride, Shen Anan vaguely saw the man's face, Shen Yunbai! ! ! !

How come he is here? So, the one in Langyue Lake is fake! !

"You take the emperor back first, I'll cover you." A general dismounted and walked towards Shen Anan.

At this time, Liangpin had no time to explain anything. She wished she could just pounce on the general and stay away from the devil Shen Anan.

"Your Majesty, are you okay?" The general stretched out his hand, then retracted it awkwardly.

This is the emperor's woman, he cannot touch her.

Liangpin's eyes were filled with tears, and she was a little annoyed, "Do I look like I'm okay?"

"...I will send someone back to call them back." After he said that, he went somewhere else to find Ling Chenyi to find out what had happened.

Concubine Liang gritted her teeth in anger, and the pain from the wound on her shoulder made her body spasm.

Shen Anan suddenly squatted down in front of her, which frightened her so much that she screamed and immediately stepped back.

The general and Ling Chenyi on the other side both looked over.

Shen Anan, "...I brought medicine, does your Majesty need me to stop the bleeding for you?"

"No need." It's good enough that she didn't kill her.

Liangpin looked at her with wariness and fear in her eyes. The knife she had stabbed at Jianqiu just now was enough to scare her to death.

Shen Anan could only withdraw her hand and turned around to give the general an innocent smile.

"Fourth Prince's Consort, you and Concubine Liang have been together all this time, why do you..."

"You want to ask why I'm not injured?" Shen Anan deliberately startled, pointed at Jianqiu on the ground and said, "It's all her credit."

"The assassin was originally coming for me, but the maid fought hard and blocked the attack for me, but unfortunately she died at the hands of the assassin."

"You are bullshit."

Under Shen Anan's cold gaze, Liangpin swallowed the last word.

She would endure it for the time being and wait until she returned to the palace to complain to the emperor, who would then seek revenge on her.

"I see." The general nodded.

After waiting for a while, there was finally movement at the foot of the mountain. Liangpin thought that someone was coming to carry her back. A look of surprise appeared in her eyes, and she urged the general to bring the people over.

The one who didn't want to come was the commander of the Royal Guards.

As soon as Liangpin saw him, her eyes were spitting fire. If he had not neglected his duty and let Ling Chenyi in, this consequence would not have occurred.

The man obviously knew the plan. Seeing this, his face turned pale and he said, "Lady Liangpin."

"You're a waste." Liangpin cursed and gritted her teeth.

The commander of the Imperial Guards pursed his lips and dared not explain in front of everyone. The general asked, "Aren't you guarding the mountain? Why are you here?"

"Oh, I heard some noise on the mountain. Someone said the emperor was assassinated. I was worried, so I brought people up to check it out."

He clearly saw Qingfeng walking towards the foot of the mountain, but he watched for a long time without seeing anyone. It was not until he heard shouting from the top of the mountain that he thought something had happened...

He didn't dare look at Liangpin's ugly blue face.

"By the way, the emperor was assassinated, have the assassins been caught?" asked the commander of the Imperial Guards worriedly.

The general shook his head solemnly. "The emperor was injured, and everyone was busy protecting him, so the group of people escaped. However, I have ordered the mountain to be closed, and I will definitely catch them."

"How is the emperor doing?" the commander asked anxiously.

"Fortunately, he was rescued by a young man who sneaked up the mountain to hunt. He blocked an arrow for the emperor and his life is not in danger."

After hearing this, Shen Anan suddenly raised his eyes and looked at the general who was speaking, "The young man you are talking about, is it the one on the horse just now?"

"That's right, but he's seriously injured. I don't know if he can be saved."

If he could be rescued, he would be extremely wealthy and rise to a high position in the future! !

Shin Yunbai saves the emperor? Shen Anan narrowed her eyes slightly, and immediately understood that the so-called assassin was probably directed and acted by the emperor himself in order to keep Shen Yunbai in the court and give him a legitimate official position.

Does he really believe Shin Yunbai? How dare you keep such a disaster by your side?

At this time, the commander of the Imperial Guards immediately said after hearing this, "Then I will immediately take people to the mountains to search for people and will definitely catch the assassin."

The general cupped his hands, and the two men reached an agreement in an instant.

"What are you catching!" Liangpin said suddenly, looking at the commander of the Imperial Guards with a constipated expression as if she was looking at a fool.

The latter frowned.

It's no wonder that he didn't understand the situation. After all, his superiors only told him what he needed to do in the middle and didn't tell him the entire plan.

So he didn't know that the so-called assassin did not exist.