Chapter 23: Dog Emperor, there is an assassin!

Yun Zhao and Zhao Yuanying were startled and turned back suddenly——

Xiao Jin had been standing in the corridor without anyone noticing. His dark dragon robe made his figure look like an abyss. His gaze was unfathomable as he stared silently at the mother and daughter hugging and crying.

Yun Zhao's heart was pounding, but she managed to remain calm on the surface. "No! Mother is just worried about her daughter and repeatedly urged me to serve His Majesty wholeheartedly."

Xiao Jin's eyes shifted slightly, landing on Zhao Yuanying: "Madam... do you feel that your daughter has been wronged by entering the palace?"

Zhao Yuanying turned aside to wipe away tears, his voice still choked with sobs: "Your Majesty, you are too kind. It is Ah Zhao's blessing to serve Your Majesty. If there is anything inappropriate, please forgive me."

"The Duke will be reinstated soon, madam, don't worry." Xiao Jin said this, turned around and left.

Yun Zhao froze in place, and Zhang Fuan stamped his feet anxiously: "Oh my little ancestor! Why are you still standing there? Follow me!"

Yun Zhao looked back at his mother reluctantly and trotted after her.

The imperial carriage set off.

Yun Zhao had been holding it in for the entire journey, but he couldn't help himself any longer. He leaned closer to Zhang Fuan and lowered his voice, "Eunuch, I have nothing of my own, so why did I have to enter the palace? If I were a hostage, wouldn't my brother be more suitable?"

Zhang Fuan's eyelids twitched wildly as he stole a glance at the motionless chariot curtain. "My lady! Be careful with your words! Your Majesty's thoughts are like the winding Yellow River. How dare I, an old servant, guess? I only know how to be loyal and do my duty, not asking why!"

Well, it was useless to ask. Yun Zhao was depressed and just followed the chariot like a wallflower.

As dusk fell, the team was pitifully thin, with only Xiao Jin, Zhang Fuan, Yun Zhao and a few guards left.

It’s still far from the palace and far from home.

Yun Zhao's heart was filled with alarm bells: [The tyrant's enemies are everywhere. In this desolate wilderness... could it be that we've run into an assassin? I cry out to heaven and earth, but no one answers... Help!]

Her "crow's mouth" has just been opened -

“Whoosh!”

A poisoned arrow tore through the twilight and shot straight at the imperial chariot!

"Damn Emperor! There's an assassin! Protect the emperor--!!!" Yun Zhao's scream resounded through the sky, harsher than an alarm.

Xiao Jin in the chariot: "..."

Zhang Fuan was so frightened that his fat body flew to the front of the chariot like a cannonball: "Protect the emperor! Protect the emperor!"

"Swish, swish, swish!" More than twenty black shadows descended from the sky like ghosts, surrounding the small team in an instant!

Yun Zhao pressed his back against the cold chariot wall: [It's over! I've lived this life over again, and the end result is being tied to the dog emperor and turned into a hedgehog?! What a loss!]

The flash of swords and the shadow of sabers are coming towards you!

At the critical moment of life and death, the dormant tiger blood of the general in Yun Zhao's body suddenly boiled!

I've been wandering around in the underworld for too long, I almost forgot that I can fight too!

A cold light flashed in her eyes, and instead of retreating, she advanced, seizing the opportunity to snatch an assassin's knife in a flash!

“Swish! Snap! Puff—!”

The blade flashed like a streak of silk, the moves were ruthless and tricky, without any fancy moves, all aimed at the vital points! In the blink of an eye, the five assassins lay flat on their backs without a sound, and they even saved a young guard who was almost stabbed.

[Where did that lackey Zhou Si go?! He wasn't deliberately letting the King of Qin kill the dog emperor and take the throne, was he? Tsk, the dog emperor, attacked from all sides, would drag others down with him even if he died!]

The curtain of the chariot was violently flung open with a loud crash! Xiao Jin emerged with a gloomy expression, clearly devastated by the double blow of the assassination attempt and Yun Zhao's "voice of the heart." His rage was surging, and he charged into the fray with his bare hands, punching with ferocious force and drawing blood with every blow!

Yun Zhao knocked down someone who was blocking his way, and when he saw an opening, he grabbed Xiao Jin's belt from behind. "Don't worry, do you understand the human wave tactic? You'll be exhausted to death! The wind is strong and you're running!"

Xiao Jin was about to smash the assassin's nose with a punch when he was suddenly pulled away and staggered: "How dare you! I..."

"Stop talking nonsense! Let's go!" Yun Zhao poured his inner strength into his legs, exerting all his strength, grabbing the emperor like a chicken. With a "whoosh", he soared into the air, stepped on the assassin's confused head, and in a few leaps, he jumped onto the roof of the nearby house! The target was clear - the nearest Prince Jin's Mansion!

Xiao Jin’s inner thoughts:???

Half of the assassins were entangled by the remaining imperial guards, and the other half were staring at the rooftop.

Zhang Fuan climbed out from under the sedan chair, covered in dust and dirt, patting his chest and chanting: "Ancestors, please bless me... I was scared to death..."

The night wind was blowing on the roof of Prince Jin’s Mansion.

Xiao Jin stood firm, his dragon robe slightly disheveled, his face as black as the bottom of a pot. He glared at Yun Zhao, who stood with his hands on his hips, panting heavily. "Why are you pulling me down?! I'm afraid of a few petty thieves?!"

Yun Zhao was exhausted like a dog. He rolled his eyes and gasped, "Ha...ha... not afraid? Then don't breathe! Stand there and don't move! Wait for them to come up and chop you into pieces for dumplings?!"

Xiao Jin was furious and laughed, "Don't you curse me to die every day? Why didn't you just stand by and watch when this opportunity was given to you by heaven?"

Yun Zhao glared at him like he was a fool: "Am I crazy?! If you die, won't the entire Yun family be the first to be dragged out as a sacrifice and take the blame?! With a large army under their command and a strong motive, they'll be the perfect scapegoat! What did my parents, brothers, and brothers do to offend anyone?!"

Xiao Jin choked, "...You're quite 'foresighted'! And you said you weren't familiar with Old Seven? But when you were escaping, you remembered his roof!"

Yun Zhao was almost laughing with anger, pointing at the faint outline of the Qin Palace in the distance: "Your Majesty! Open your noble dragon eyes and take a look! Apart from the Jin Palace, the nearest one is the Qin Palace! Are you planning to walk into a trap and give Xiao Yan a 'surprise gift package' so that he will directly accept the throne?!"

Xiao Jin: "..." He coughed tactically, "If we let the assassin go, how can we track down the mastermind?"

[What the hell! It's obvious with just your toes that it's the embarrassed Prince Qin and the Queen Mother! Why even bother investigating?! The dog emperor got kicked in the head by a donkey!]

Yun Zhao completely gave up on trying to communicate, brushed off the dust, and said unhappily, "Alright, alright, alright! Take your time investigating! I'll go to the Prince of Jin's mansion to get some tea to calm my nerves. Please help yourself!"

Before she finished her words, she had already done a somersault in a rather awkward position, and crawled into the backyard of Prince Jin's Mansion.

Xiao Jin looked at the disappearing figure, his back teeth clattering, but in the end, with a gloomy face, he resigned himself to his fate and jumped down.

"Shua!" A cold light flashed, and as soon as the two men's feet touched the ground, they were surrounded by the guards of Prince Jin's Mansion! The tip of the knife pointed directly at them, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Yun Zhao's spine instantly straightened, his chin raised, and he spoke with full confidence: "What are you standing there for? Tell your Prince Jin to come out immediately! Open your eyes wide and take a look. Who is this? Your Majesty! Don't you recognize him?!"

The leading guard sneered, the tip of his knife nearly touching Xiao Jin's nose. "Huh? Your Majesty? Your Majesty, can you sneak down from our prince's roof in the middle of the night like a thief? Who are you trying to fool?"

A sharp-eyed guard nearby slapped his thigh suddenly: "Ouch! Why does this girl look so familiar! Isn't this Miss Yun!"

He had an excited look on his face, as if to say, "I've finally found someone I know!" "No doubt about it! Miss Yun is a frequent visitor to our mansion! She never comes in through the main gate, but always climbs over the highest wall to come in and have a drink and chat with the prince. She knows the place like a pro!"

"You still have some sense!" Yun Zhao quickly responded, trying to save the situation. "Yes, it's me, Yun Zhao! Go and invite..."

Before she could finish her words, a freezing gaze fixed on her.

Xiao Jin tilted his head, his lips curled up in an extremely "nuclear-hearted" arc. His voice was as slow as if he were sharpening a knife: "Oh? 'Climbing the wall'? 'Drinking'? 'Familiar with the place'?" He emphasized each word, his eyes like icy cones. "Yun Zhao, you call this... 'an average relationship'? Hmm?"

The rising tone of "Hmm?" was like a small hammer hitting Yun Zhao's forehead, and her eyes went dark.

At this moment, another upright guard scratched his head and interjected with confusion, "That's not right, Miss Yun? When you came here before, you always climbed over the wall alone to visit the prince and 'reminisce', but you never... never brought another man with you? Especially... this guy?"

He belatedly glanced at Xiao Jin's face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot, and his voice became smaller and smaller.

Yun Zhao clutched her forehead in despair, her heart awash with rage: [You idiots! You murderers! I'm done for today! Even the grass on my grave will turn green with anger from you!]