Chapter 178 Thrilling

Xiang'er's proposal did not get Zhong Min's approval. In Zhong Min's view, this was not the most dangerous moment. Moreover, she still had many things to investigate clearly and many questions to figure out. How could she just run back like this?

Moreover, the intelligence network had only just recovered, and while it could continue to function without her, she still wanted to expand it, spreading it throughout the capital and even connecting with other places. In Mo Yan's hands, maintaining it was easy, but further development was still a bit lacking.

As for danger, how could she go out and not experience any storms or take any risks? Not to mention that she has Xiaowu and Xiaoliu, Chu'er and Xiang'er, and even masters like Qin Ke secretly protecting her. Even if she had nothing, she couldn't easily retreat.

Therefore, she did not allow anyone to write to Xiao Mingzheng to tell him about the situation here. If the master knew about it, he would definitely ask her to pack up and leave immediately and return to Muzhou. Although she missed him very much now, she always felt that it was not the right time to go back.

Seeing that Zhong Min did not agree, the others naturally had no choice but to be extra careful and try their best to let Zhong Min go out less. In addition, according to Zhong Min's instructions, they secretly found another place to live in case of emergency.

After half a month, everything seemed to be quite normal. Although he went out less often, he couldn't hide in the yard all day. He still went in and out from time to time. Fortunately, he didn't encounter any trouble. Everything was normal at the intelligence network as well, but Ning Zhiyuan had obviously strengthened his defenses. Some important intelligence from various parts of the capital was tightened a lot, and a lot of information was blocked in advance.

Zhong Min felt that Ning Zhiyuan's move was quite clever. Using defense as offense and blocking the source was equivalent to setting up an overhead intelligence network. Fortunately, they were still able to obtain some valuable information from various newly added invisible channels and slowly summarize it. It was a bit slow, but in the face of the current severe situation, it was better than doing nothing, and the risks faced by the intelligence network were also much smaller.

Early in the morning of that day, Zhong Min packed up and was about to go out for a walk. He hadn't been out for several days and was almost feeling suffocated. In addition, he received a message from Muzi Teahouse that there might be some important information that required a meeting.

Just as I was about to go out, Xier suddenly ran over and said that Ruyi was missing. At this time of day, Ruyi usually just woke up and stayed in her nest, refusing to move. But when Xier went to check just now, she was not there at all. The nest was cold and it was obvious that she had been gone for a long time.

When Zhong Min heard this, she asked Xier to go look for her first, but Xier said she had looked everywhere, including in the yard and outside, but couldn't find her. Xier had always been taking care of Ruyi, so her love for Ruyi was no less than Zhong Min's, maybe even more so. That's why she got anxious when she didn't see her.

"Don't worry, it's a cat, it has legs, it might have gone somewhere to play." Zhong Min didn't take it too seriously: "Ruyi must have gone out to find a companion, maybe she'll be back soon, and who knows if she'll bring us another one, haha!"

Hearing what Zhong Min said, Xier couldn't help laughing. Zhong Min was right. Now it was the time for the cat to call for love. It would probably be too boring to stay here all day. So she didn't worry about it anymore. Ruyi was very smart and could find her way. She would definitely not get lost.

After leaving the house, Zhong Min took Chu'er and Xiang'er with her and headed towards Muzi Teahouse. These two girls would follow her whenever she went out, saying that having more people around meant more reassurance. Zhong Min naturally understood their good intentions, so she didn't refuse.

After walking for a while, they suddenly felt something strange. There were very few people on the street, and occasionally they saw two people running past in a hurry. Chu'er and Xiang'er naturally became alert, and Zhong Min was also a little nervous, but Xiaowu and Xiaoliu had not come forward to remind him, so he thought there should be no problem.

Just as I was thinking about it, a dozen men in black suddenly appeared from nowhere on the empty street in front of me. They were holding swords and their faces were covered, as if they had been waiting for a long time.

"Who are you?" Chu Er said, protecting Zhong Min behind him, and asked the black-clad men who were blocking their way, "What do you want to do?"

As she spoke, she winked at Xiang'er beside her, and Xiang'er responded immediately, as if they had reached some tacit understanding.

Zhong Min only then realized that they were in real trouble. The men in black in front of them looked murderous and it was obvious that they were not robbers. Xiaowu and Xiaoliu had not been seen yet, so she guessed that something must have happened.

Sure enough, the group didn't say a word, but directly attacked Zhong Min and the other three with their weapons.

Seeing this, Chu'er and Xiang'er naturally no longer hesitated. They said something to Zhong Min at the same time, and then took the initiative to fight with the group of people, blocking their attacks for Zhong Min.

This was Zhong Min's first experience directly facing such a bloody massacre. The men in black were extremely ruthless and skilled. Although Chu'er and Xiang'er were highly skilled in martial arts, they were ultimately outnumbered. Soon, Chu'er and Xiang'er were at a disadvantage, repeatedly forced to retreat, and rarely managed to fight back.

"Young master, run!" Seeing this, Chu'er snatched a sword from the opponent's hand, and while speaking, he used all his strength to stop the group from attacking Zhong Min.

Seeing this, Zhong Min knew that with her skills, she would only be a burden to Chu'er and Xiang'er, so without hesitation, she turned around and ran. However, the group was too numerous, and within a moment, several of them appeared in front of her and stopped her.

One of the men in black swung a knife and attacked Zhong Min. Zhong Min had no time to stop, let alone dodge. When the knife was about to hit her, Xiang'er was quick-witted and pulled her behind him, avoiding the sword.

"Be careful!" She said as she protected Zhong Min behind her and continued to fight with the others. The group quickly surrounded Zhong Min and the other three, and slowly narrowed the encirclement.

Chu'er and Xiang'er were already struggling to deal with so many masters, and now they had to protect Zhong Min together from behind, which made them feel even more powerless and unmotivated.

Suddenly, the opponent came with a sword. Chu'er had to forcefully dissolve it because she was concerned about Zhong Min. Just as she managed to dissolve it, she saw that the man turned the sword into a palm and hit Chu'er in the chest. Chu'er had no way to avoid it this time and took the palm firmly. He fell to the ground and spit out blood.

"Chu'er!" Zhong Min hurried over and wanted to help Chu'er, but before she got close, she felt a cold sword energy coming from behind, and a smell of death came instantly.

"Young Master, be careful!" Chu'er and Xiang'er shouted at the same time, but at this moment, they had no time to resolve the situation. The sword was very fast and was about to pierce Zhong Min, but they were powerless and could only watch it all happen.

Zhong Min didn't even have time to turn her head. She seemed to feel the pain, but she had no time to react. It turned out that death was so simple!

Just when she thought she was doomed, she heard a crisp collision, and then the sword that was about to penetrate her body changed its trajectory at the moment it almost touched her skin.

Before I could figure out what was going on, I heard a few more collisions, and then the swords in the hands of the men in black fell to the ground one after another.

"Who is it?" A man in black was obviously also shocked. As he spoke, he looked around, trying to find the master who had attacked secretly just now.

This kind of technique could only be performed by a first-rate master. After all, they were all top-notch fighters, yet that man was able to knock all their weapons down in just a few breaths.

"It's me!" A familiar voice sounded from the sky. Zhong Min suddenly became excited. He looked towards the voice and saw Qin Ke's figure.

As soon as the voice stopped, Qin Ke had already floated in front of her. Seeing this, the expressions of those people changed drastically and they called out "Sir" in unison.

"I'm no longer your master," Qin Ke said calmly. He then looked at Zhong Min, sized her up and down, and said, "I'm late. Are you okay?"

Zhong Min shook his head vigorously and said excitedly, "It's not too late, I'm fine. It's just that Chu Er must have been badly injured trying to save me."

While speaking, Xiang'er had taken the opportunity to go over and help Chu'er up. Chu'er shook her head with difficulty, saying that her injury was not serious and asked Zhong Min not to worry.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen with me here." Qin Ke patted Zhong Min's shoulder and comforted Zhong Min repeatedly.

Then, he adjusted his gaze again, looking towards the men in black, and said in a stern tone, "Go away. If you dare to hurt her again in the future, don't blame me for not remembering our past brotherly love!"

When the group heard this, although they were unwilling, they understood that even if they were combined, they would not be a match for Qin Ke. Therefore, they did not hesitate any longer, looked at each other for a while, picked up their weapons, and quickly left and disappeared.

"Brother Qin, thank you!" Seeing that the danger was temporarily lifted, Zhong Min couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If Qin Ke hadn't arrived in time, they would definitely not have been able to save their lives.

It was obvious that the group of people were secret agents of the court, and they were here to deal with her. It seemed that her identity in the capital had indeed been exposed long ago, and there were indeed more than one or two groups who wanted to kill her.

"Silly girl, why are you thanking me? Let's go and take that girl to my place first. She has serious internal injuries and needs to be treated quickly." Qin Ke said, "Your place is no longer safe."

Zhong Min nodded and went over to help Xiang'er and Chu'er.

"Oh no! Xier is still at home!" She suddenly looked up at Qin Ke and said anxiously, "Is Xier okay? She's home alone. Oh, and Xiaowu and Buliu too. I don't know what's happening to them now!"

PS: Thanks to Toushi Lianyi for the pink vote, and thanks to Chenchen Zhou Xiaoxi and Beifeng Fantasy for the evaluation votes.