Chapter 11 The Weird Yan Shijiu

When Huo Gan's idea of ​​"birthday boy" was completely healed, the Qingyuzhou banquet day arrived.

The island is covered with colorful flowers and has low and continuous houses. It is a place where dignitaries often come to visit.

The eight large ships of the Huo Gang were spread out in all directions, towering over the water at the edge of the island.

The Han family only brought two or three small boats for protection, which made them seem much weaker in comparison.

Huo Gannian and the Han family members were having a banquet in a low building by the water. Ye Yan and Hua Jue were guarding Huo Gannian, while Yun Chen was on duty at the hall door, which was second only to the two of them.

The door to the hall was closed, and Yun Chen could not see what was going on inside. He could only hear the singing and dancing. It seemed that the dance troupe was specially hired by the Han family to please Huo Gannian.

Although the atmosphere seemed peaceful at first glance, Yun Chen looked around and saw that all the guards were concentrating and alert, not daring to relax at all.

On a boat not far away, one could vaguely see thugs from the Huo Gang, fully armed and constantly patrolling.

The Huo Gang has always wanted to swallow up the Han family and its business dealings, take over the salt business that offers the most power and profit, and make a big step forward in their fight to become the richest man.

The whole country of Nan knows about this "little" plan.

The Han family naturally knew it too.

But how could they be willing to give up all the wealth they had, so they sincerely invited Huo Gannian to meet them and begged him to show mercy.

If it succeeds, the Han family will naturally be happy;

That won't work. Even a rabbit bites when it's angry. It's very likely that they will turn against each other and fight on the spot.

Therefore, even though the Han family had adopted the lowest possible attitude and served them with fine wine and delicious food, the guards of the Huo Gang still did not dare to relax.

Yun Chen stood guard at the hall door for two hours. Hua Jue came out from the side door with his face swollen like a pig's head and took over the shift with Yun Chen.

"Be calm when you go in, and give the young master eight coins!" Hua Jue's mouth was badly swollen, and his words were not clear when he spoke.

Yun Chen glanced at him and said, "Shut up, you sword thief."

Hua Jue was so angry that his face turned red. He wanted to curse, but Yun Chen hit him on the nose with a door panel, so he had to give up in disappointment.

Yun Chen entered the main hall. As soon as he walked in, he felt a warm breeze blowing on his face. The whole hall was filled with the fragrance of the dancers' cosmetics and the aroma of food, wine and meat.

Yun Chen hadn't eaten in the morning and felt his stomach rumbling.

She walked up to Huo Gannian and stood behind him, quickly looking around the hall, taking in the seating arrangement, entourage, age and appearance of all the guests.

Perhaps it was because Yun Chen's appearance and temperament were so outstanding that a pair of eyes in the guest seats kept following her.

Yun Chen looked in the direction of her gaze and saw a young man in white clothes looking straight at her and smiling. When he saw her looking at him, he did not hide his feelings at all, but instead smiled even more wildly.

Yun Chen was unhappy, but he couldn't get angry.

At this moment, Huo Gannian, who had been looking straight ahead, suddenly spoke as if he had eyes on his side:

"Master Yan, why are you staring at my guards?"

The young man in white chuckled softly, waving his folding fan leisurely, and said with a smile:

"Your guard is so handsome, I like him."

The people from the Han family sat opposite Huo Gannian on the high seats, and they clearly saw that Huo Gannian's face had turned cold.

The Han family was worried and felt that they shouldn't have brought Yan Shijiu, who had just joined the salt merchants not long ago. They couldn't afford to anger Huo Gannian at this moment.

Before the Han family could speak, Yan Shijiu closed his folding fan again, dusted off his white clothes, pointed at Yun Chen with the fan, and said frivolously:

"Master Huo, how much is this guard? I'll buy it."

Huo Gannian sneered, "Both the man and the sword are priceless—you can't afford it."

After saying that, Huo Gannian didn't look at Yan Shijiu again, but continued talking and drinking with the Han family.

Yan Shijiu was embarrassed in public, but he was not angry. Instead, he looked Yun Chen up and down carefully, nodded, and said to himself:

"Indeed, the most I can afford is a sword."

This didn't sound like sarcasm, it even sounded like a compliment. But Yun Chen still frowned in displeasure, only to see Yan Shijiu raise his eyebrows at her again, revealing a bright smile that seemed to have a hint of "teasing" in it.

"Go and switch shifts with Hua Jue." Huo Gannian tilted his head slightly and said in a low voice.

Yun Chen took the order and left, passing by Run He who was carrying some snacks to the table. At the same time, Huo Gan Nian casually reached for some snacks and picked up a piece of black pear cake.

Outside the main hall, seeing Yun Chen coming out so quickly, Hua Jue couldn't help but look down on him:

"He's just a country bumpkin who's not worthy of being on the stage! This scene must have scared Xining!"

Yun Chen didn't respond at all, he just walked to the guard post with his sword in his arms and said:

"Just shut up and save your energy. You'll have your turn later."

Even though Hua Jue looked down on Yun Chen, he was well aware of his duty as a guard. He immediately understood the meaning of Yun Chen's words. He guessed that she had noticed something when she entered the hall just now.

But Hua Jue still had some doubts. He had been a guard for many years and was very experienced. He had been in the hall for two hours and didn't notice anything unusual.

How come this pretty boy discovered the problem after just a short while in there?

Hua Jue straightened his face and said seriously:

"What are you doing here, Ning Kancu? If there's any hidden danger, you must report it to Ye Yan immediately."

"I can't explain it, I just feel like there are a lot of fish in the water today." Yun Chen took out some crumbs from his waist and threw them into the water around him.

Hua Jue was speechless. Yun Chen was probably the first one to bring fish food with him when he went out as a guard.

After cursing "lunatic", Hua Jue hurried into the hall.

Yun Chen stared at the debris that had been floating on the water for a long time, and slowly narrowed his eyes.

She threw the remaining crumbs into her mouth, then gestured to Ye Yan, who was not far away and had been staring at her and Hua Jue, afraid that they would fight again.

Yun Chen raised his index finger, turned his wrist, drew a circle in the air, then made a knife gesture with his backhand and gestured at his neck.

Ye Yan instantly understood what Yun Chen meant, and his expression suddenly changed.

Soon, all the thugs and guards of the Huo Gang around began to quietly move towards the main hall.

Yun Chen leaned against the hall door and heard someone laughing inside, then cursing, then Huo Gannian said something, then someone else shouted loudly.

Before Ye Yan brought his men over, a loud shout suddenly rang out in the hall, followed by the sound of tables and chairs being kicked over and the sound of swords clashing.

Yun Chen kicked open the door of the hall, drew his sword and flew out, aiming at the Han family guards, killing one with one sword, and rushed to Huo Gannian in three or two steps.

All the Han family guards had drawn their swords, and the Huo gang guards stood in a circle facing outward, surrounding Huo Gannian and resisting the attacks of the Han family guards.

Yun Chen took the lead in launching an attack.

She kicked down the Han family guard closest to her, then used the momentum to fly up, did a somersault in the air, stabbed one man to death with her sword, picked up a dagger on the ground, threw it out, and stabbed the attacker behind Hua Jue to death.

The attacker's knife grazed Hua Jue's heart and fell to the ground.

Hua Jue was stunned for a moment, his eyes drooping unnaturally.

The hall was filled with murderous intent and blood was splattered everywhere.

Yan Shijiu, however, stood aside in a white robe, his face calm. He was even cracking some melon seeds in his hand, looking amused.

"Be careful, don't hurt yourself." Yan Shijiu instructed Yun Chen.

Yun Chen was too lazy to pay attention to the weird Yan Shijiu. She slashed the throat of a Han family guard with a sword, and immediately moved close to Huo Gannian with Hua Jue, defending the outside with all her strength, and assisted the other guards in carrying Huo Gannian in a wheelchair and retreating out of the hall.

I had just taken two steps when I suddenly heard the sound of rushing water.

Dozens of short, thin, dark-skinned frogmen suddenly emerged from the water around them and jumped ashore to kill us.

Fortunately, Yun Chen had noticed something was wrong a long time ago. When she entered the hall to guard, she was standing near the back of the hall, close to the water, and she kept hearing the sound of fish spitting bubbles on the water surface.

She was very good at swimming. From the size of the bubbles, she felt that it was a big fish. But from the number of bubbles, it seemed like there were several big fish gathered there at the same time, which was not very common.

She threw fish food into the water, but saw that the food just floated on the surface and no fish came to eat it. She guessed that there was an ambush in the water.

Fortunately, she was alert early and asked Ye Yan to be prepared and mobilize.

Those frogmen came ashore with knives in their pockets, and most of them were killed by the Huo Gang guards as soon as they showed their heads.

However, the Huo Gang guards in the hall failed to get the news in time and were caught off guard by a few nimble frogmen.

One of the two guards who were carrying Huo Gannian was dragged by the frogman and accidentally slipped, loosening his hands from holding the wheelchair.

Huo Gannian's body tilted, and then he and the chair slid to the side.

The guards of the Huo Gang watched helplessly as their master drew a graceful arc in the air like a flying fish.

Then it flew straight out of the window and fell into the water with a "splash".