Upon seeing this, the young man in the lead sneered, "Go ahead and run, do you think you can escape unscathed after making such a mess of this tunnel?"
"Dream on! Come on, kill this bastard!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Xiliang people behind him swarmed forward and brandished their gleaming scimitars at Lu Cijian.
The young man immediately tried to blow the bamboo whistle in his hand.
Lu Cijian narrowed his eyes, and with a swift stroke of his knife, he beheaded the Xiliang people while simultaneously throwing a hidden weapon that knocked the bamboo whistle out of the young man's hand.
With a "crack," the bamboo whistle broke in two and fell to the ground.
Seeing this, the young man was furious. He drew his broadsword from his waist and sneered, "You overestimate yourself. Do you think we can't take you down?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he swiftly slashed at Lu Cijian with his broadsword. The broadsword in his hand was extremely sharp, and the force of each strike made people's arms go numb.
Lu Cijian only frowned slightly.
Unfortunately, the Xiliang guards who had been relentlessly pursuing him also arrived.
In an instant, hurried footsteps could be heard from all directions in the passageway, clearly people attracted by the explosion.
Upon seeing this, Lu Cijian had a bad feeling.
That Xia leader must have run into trouble, otherwise, so many Xiliang people wouldn't have suddenly appeared on his side.
If we stay here any longer, all the Xiliang people who have just entered the tunnel will probably flock over.
The explosion in the tunnel just now was quite loud, and it will only continue to attract more people.
He needs to get out of there as soon as possible.
As if guessing what Lu Cijian was thinking, the young man just laughed and said, "I forgot to tell you, I whistled once before I met you."
How long do you think it will take those people to get here? Or rather, how long do you think it will take me to kill you, Lord Lu?
I've heard you're just a civil official; you should be happy to die by my blade.
The young man's words were full of provocation, and he seemed relaxed and carefree, not taking the person in front of him seriously at all.
If they hadn't been careless at the beginning, this person should have been dead long ago.
Lu Cijian immediately narrowed his eyes, and his grip on the longsword tightened unconsciously.
These people know his identity, but what about Mianmian...?
No, he needs to get out of this tunnel quickly.
*
Half an hour ago, inside Junzixuan.
As soon as Xie Yang burst out of the door, he shouted, "Help! Someone help! There's an assassin! There's an assassin!"
Seeing this, Jiang Yimian just smiled, without the slightest panic of being discovered. Instead, she looked amused. "What did the King of Chu think I told you so much just now?"
I'm waiting for the Xiliang people outside Junzixuan to be transferred away. What are you waiting for?
Although the two explosions from earlier were not very clear here, she still managed to catch them perfectly.
If something happens in the tunnels and there aren't enough people, the city lord's mansion needs to maintain a certain fighting force, and the most likely way to do that is to transfer some of those people away from Xie Yang.
Compared to the people of Xiyuan, Xie Yang was much more familiar to Alite, and given that Xie Yang needed something from him, Alite would certainly not dare to do anything unusual in the short term.
This gave her the opportunity to come here directly and kill the culprit.
Xie Yang was shocked to hear this, and his face turned pale with anger. He instantly understood why the other party hadn't rushed to attack him in the study, but instead had said so many unimportant things.
He got infected.
Thinking of this, he was filled with hatred and quickly got up from the ground, narrowly dodging Jiang Yimian's curved dagger, and was about to run wildly out of Junzixuan.
However, Jiang Yimian did not give him that chance. She reached out and grabbed at him, her curved dagger already aimed fiercely at his neck.
Xie Yang retreated and threw a hidden weapon at Jiang Yimian, trying to dodge the curved dagger that was stabbing into his neck.
However, Jiang Yimian simply dodged the hidden weapon by turning to the side, and without stopping, she thrust her curved dagger directly at Xie Yang.
Just then, a pebble struck Jiang Yimian's wrist with perfect accuracy. With a "thud," she felt a sharp pain in her wrist.
The curved dagger veered off course, failing to pierce Xie Yang's neck, but instead leaving a large wound on his shoulder.
Xie Yang's face paled, but he had no time to pay attention to the wound on his shoulder. He lunged forward to create distance from the person behind him, quickly got up from the ground, and ran a long way in an instant.
Jiang Yimian narrowed her eyes, looked at the person who had suddenly appeared, and slowly frowned.
Xie Yang breathed a sigh of relief instantly. Seeing Flying Eagle was like seeing a lifeline. He immediately said, "You, you hold her off. I, I'll go find Alite right now."
After saying that, he was about to run out of Junzixuan.
Seeing this, Flying Eagle quickly drew his sword and stood in front of Jiang Yimian.
Seeing Xie Yang pass through the corridor, he quickly tried to run out of the courtyard.
Jiang Yimian didn't give him that chance. She kicked a small flowerpot off the stone path, sending it hurtling straight at Xie Yang.
She dodged the longsword flying towards her from the eagle, used the artificial hill for leverage, crossed the small pond and came to Xie Yang's side, kicking him into the pond next to the corridor.
Xie Yang only had time to cry out in surprise before he plunged straight into the pond.
Flying Eagle was startled and hurriedly tried to stop her, but Jiang Yimian had already arrived beside him. With a flick of her curved dagger, she directly blocked Flying Eagle's path.
With a "plop," Xie Yang fell into the pond.
The next second, all that could be heard was Xie Yang splashing around in the pond and crying for help, "Ah, help me, glug, help me, I can't swim, glug glug."
Jiang Yimian raised an eyebrow upon hearing this. Although she was surprised that Xie Yang couldn't swim, that was all.
It's impossible for her to take the initiative to save the other person.
If this person had simply drowned, she wouldn't have had to lift a finger. However, it would be too easy for him to die so easily.
Upon seeing this, Flying Eagle's expression changed drastically. He became very anxious, and even the longsword in his hand became somewhat flustered, clearly indicating that he wanted to rescue the person.
Jiang Yimian, however, gripped her curved dagger and thrust it directly at the other person, her voice tinged with doubt, "Why did Alit let you come back?"
Given Alite's suspicious nature, he would never let Eagle off easily once he learned of the close relationship between Eagle and the leader of the tunnel.
The Xiliang guards outside Junzixuan are the best proof of this.
But not only did Flying Eagle return, he was also completely unharmed, without a single injury, clearly indicating that he had not been tortured.
It's understandable that Alite hasn't completely fallen out with Xie Yang yet and doesn't want to go too far with Xie Yang.
But for Flying Eagle, that person didn't seem like the type to release someone so easily.
Upon hearing this, Flying Eagle immediately snorted coldly, dodging Jiang Yimian's dagger as it thrust at him, and said, "Does the princess think the Khan can't see through your and Lord Lu's tricks?"
Do you think it's possible that Lu Cijian was able to cause trouble in the tunnels because the Khan deliberately allowed it?
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