Chapter 186 Trial 7
At this time, Wei Xiao received a reminder voice, "Trialists do not have to participate in the war, but they must protect the safety of key figures. The pillar is safe, please protect the safety of the Seventh Prince next!"
The Seventh Prince is the master of the realm he is in now, and the one he delivered the letter to. Wei Xiao curled his lips. Is this asking him not to participate in the war?
Everyone is protecting this key person. This is like putting him on the line. How can we stay out of it?
"Ding! The hunter appears, please go and protect the key person quickly!"
Hunter..., there must be a new player!
Although Wei Xiao didn't understand what was going on, he still quickly rushed out of the inn and went straight to the hall of the palace.
At this moment, the hall of the palace was still brightly lit, so bright that it was almost blinding. The Seventh Prince inside was like a shining target. Wei Xiao saw the assassin holding a bow and arrow on the roof not far away.
Wei Xiao quickly shouted, "There are assassins, get down!"
With his roar, the bright lights in the hall went out instantly, and the Seventh Prince crawled directly under the table.
Just by looking at his skilled speed, you can tell how many assassinations he has experienced.
Wei Xiao also took a crossbow in his hand and shot directly at the assassin. When the assassin saw that he was exposed, he immediately fled away quickly.
Wei Xiao really wanted to know what was going on, so he chased after him.
At this time, in the hall of the palace, the Seventh Prince left the hall under the escort of the secret guards.
He was still a little nervous. "Did you find out who it was?"
"There were two people, one was the killer, and the other was the person who shouted. The killer ran away, and the person behind him chased after him."
The Seventh Prince breathed a sigh of relief, "Hurry up and get ready, we'll set off right away." They must take the enemy by surprise in order to achieve victory, otherwise if they stay here, there will probably be countless assassinations waiting for him.
Once the Seventh Prince gave his order, his subordinates naturally carried it out immediately.
Wei Xiao chased the assassin all the way to the suburbs. The person stopped and her arm was injured. Wei Xiao stood there. He did not expect that the assassin would be a woman.
"You are the pillar, right? Why do you want to help the Seventh Prince? You should be a member of the Red Turban Army, right? You should be helping the suffering common people, not these high-ranking officials who exploit the people." The woman looked at Wei Xiao, carefully studying the expression on his face.
It's a pity that Wei Xiao didn't show any expression at all. He just asked, "Are you a tasker? Or a player?"
The woman raised her eyebrows slightly. "I am just a tasker now. Only after I kill the Seventh Prince, I will become a real player."
After hearing what the woman said, Wei Xiao knew that if he didn't kill this woman, this matter would never be settled. He simply raised his hand and shot another crossbow at her. This time, the woman was hit in the center of her eyebrows and died with her eyes open.
She never thought that this ancient man could be so cruel and decide her life or death with just one sentence.
At this time, the system announced, "Congratulations to the trialist for completing the first level of the mission to protect the Seventh Prince. The rating is four stars. Please keep up the good work!"
Wei Xiao had never thought that this small mission would actually have a task star rating. According to his estimation, if he eliminated the hunter as soon as possible, he should be able to get five stars.
However, he wanted to understand a little bit about the situation, but unfortunately the woman didn't know much. However, in that woman's world, this should be a game world.
Wei Xiao sighed. He suddenly had a feeling that his Ling'er should also be in this world.
I just don’t know where she is hiding, but it’s good as long as she isn’t discovered by others.
Wei Xiao is now worried that there might be hunters trying to kill his Ling'er, but when he thinks about how powerful his Ling'er is, even if someone tries to assassinate her, they won't be able to gain any advantage.
Wei Xiao returned to the inn. As there were no more tasks to do, he slept soundly.
However, Wei Xiao still went to the palace early the next morning. After a night of preparation, the first group of people from the palace set off, and the Seventh Prince was among them.
As for the palace, a fake Seventh Prince was left to play him.
After all, he could not leave his fiefdom. Even if his royal brother summoned him, he had to go under the supervision of the imperial guards. But now the person above was trapped. Even if he wrote a secret letter, it was equivalent to entering the capital without an imperial edict, which was a capital crime.
Wei Xiao followed the Seventh Prince's team and quietly left the palace. There were quite a few people in their team, but they also had a lot of goods.
So when we arrived in Qingzhou, we had to pay a lot of money to rent a lot of boats.
Because there was too much cargo and it could not be transported all at once, the first group of people set off first. In fact, they did not carry much cargo at all, and most of the people on board were people. But they had already paid, and it was a lot, so no one cared about them too much.
With this batch of goods and the money paid, basically no one here will investigate them.
I have to say, this idea is still very good.
The Seventh Prince was following in the fleet, and Wei Xiao also sneaked on board. Since there were so many people, he simply pretended to be a boatman.
Wei Xiao spent most of his time recuperating. Since he was too lazy to move, he would just lie down somewhere in stealth.
The journey was so smooth that not even an assassin showed up.
Wei Xiao felt it was a bit strange. Could it be that his suggestion made the assassin lose his direction?
No, they should have taken action against the fake prince, right?
Wei Xiao didn't believe that the assassins suddenly disappeared, but as Wei Xiao expected, there were many more assassins this time, and the woman who was killed by Wei Xiao before was also among them. She actually came in as an assassin again.
However, although they came out with more people this time, they were ambushed by the palace and suffered heavy losses.
After all, the Seventh Prince was not at home, and he couldn't let anyone discover him, so he installed many traps in the palace, and these assassins fell into the trap.
And most importantly, the person playing the role of the Seventh Prince is his personal secret guard, who is also very skilled in martial arts, so no one can successfully attack him.
Wei Xiao had been floating peacefully on the water for more than half a month. One day, they arrived at the nearest town to Liangjing. There were only a dozen fishermen in this town, and there were seldom any passenger ships coming here. After all, most people went to Liangjing by land.
For merchants, they can import and export goods along the way by land, and business along the way is really good.
This was the first time that the town had seen such a large crowd. People in the town couldn't help but wonder; they felt that this team was a little abnormal.
When Wei Xiao saw this scene after getting off the boat, he knew that the Seventh Prince probably did not choose a proper pier, otherwise there wouldn't be so few people here.
But it’s also good this way. After they prepare here, they can go directly to Liangjing.
I just don’t know where the Seven Color Army is now. If the Seventh Prince encounters them, he will probably have a tough battle.
(End of this chapter)
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