At this moment, Zhu Yunwen removed the damp cloth from his face to filter the air, and then said to the man in black:

Who are you?

The men in black were terrified, but after exchanging glances, they quickly made a decision.

Then they seemed to have bitten something in their mouths, and they all coughed up blood and collapsed to the ground.

In an instant, a dozen or twenty black men all fell to the ground and died.

Zhu Yunwen's guards stepped forward to check, then turned back to Zhu Yunwen and said:

"They had poison in their mouths, a very potent poison. If they bit through it and swallowed it, they would die instantly."

Zhu Yunwen frowned slightly. He had already guessed that it was almost impossible to get any useful information out of these people. He slowly began to speak:

"I knew it. No one in this line of work would give up easily and would make some moves. Sure enough... But it doesn't matter. The road ahead is long, and the fox's tail will eventually be revealed."

After saying this, Zhu Yunwen ordered his men to clean up all the corpses, and then went back to sleep.

He knew that nothing would happen tonight, but things were definitely not going to be peaceful from now on.

Since the other side sent people to kill me, they definitely didn't just send this many people.

The chances of success are obviously very small, which means they must have other preparations.

Therefore, Zhu Yunwen had to be even more careful along the way.

After Zhao Qingzhu woke up the next morning, she said to Zhu Yunwen:

"I couldn't sleep all night. I kept feeling that this matter was definitely not simple. The first assassination attempt was clearly the one with the highest chance of success."

But they only sent such a small number of people and used such a simple method, which is unreasonable and will make their subsequent assassination much more difficult.

Zhu Yunwen took a deep breath and said:

"This can only mean one thing: their subsequent assassinations will be many times more ruthless than the ones they are doing now."

Actually, this assassination attempt, although low-cost, had a fairly high chance of success. And if it succeeded, it would mean certain death for me.

Therefore, their use of such an assassination method from the beginning was wise and well-thought-out.

However, if this assassination attempt fails, they will have to face subsequent assassination attempts.

I estimate they won't carry out another assassination attempt that catches us off guard; instead, they're more likely to resort to more overt assassinations.

Although Zhao Qingzhu still didn't quite understand, she knew one thing: the assassination attempts to come would definitely be even more complicated.

She even became somewhat worried and said to Zhu Yunwen:

"Why don't we change our route and get back to the Ming Dynasty as quickly as possible? We'll be safe once we get back."

After thinking for a moment, Zhu Yunwen said:

"What we can think of now, they can also think of. This is a meticulously planned assassination. There is no way to avoid it; we can only face it. If we keep running away, it is easy for things to go wrong."

Zhao Qingzhu nodded slightly. Although she didn't quite understand, she felt that what Zhu Yuntong said made sense.

They then continued on their journey, appearing relaxed throughout, but in reality, they became much more cautious.

And so it went, one day passed, then two. Only one day remained before they were to enter the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

This day is very likely to be the most dangerous day.

Therefore, even Zhu Yunwen himself became much more cautious. Who isn't afraid of death? Even though he was considered a god-like figure in this era, he was still just a human being.

If he were to fall into some kind of trap or suffer any kind of harm, he would not escape the fate of dying.

They traveled for another half a day or so.

At noon, when the sun was at its strongest, Zhu Yunwen originally intended to let the accompanying guards rest for a while.

However, at this moment, a guard stepped forward and said to Zhu Yunwen:

"Your Highness, an unidentified army has appeared ahead, numbering approximately two thousand. They are equipped with heavy armor, carry thick shields, and possess some strange weapons."

Zhu Yunwen narrowed his eyes, then slowly began to speak:

"So this is the real show of things. Two thousand men? What a grand gesture! And they're all heavily armored and carrying shields... This is clearly a deliberate attempt to defend against the firearms of our Great Ming. Pass this on: don't be careless, treat this with utmost caution."