Seeing that familiar figure, Zuan sighed inwardly, "With your outstanding appearance, even in coarse linen clothes, you don't look like an ordinary commoner at all."
Whether it's the alluring charm in your brows or the surging waves of your eyes, they all betray you.
Many men around her couldn't help but glance at her, and a few even pretended to be jostled by the crowd, trying to get close to her.
However, every time he was about to get close to her, it was as if he was blocked by an invisible wall of air, making it impossible for him to touch her body.
Zu An knew that Pei Mianman didn't want to attract too much attention, so she had stopped using her powers; otherwise, these men wouldn't have been able to get within a ten-foot radius of her.
If she's in a bad mood in the middle of nowhere, she might just unleash a black flame that could burn all those lecherous scoundrels to ashes.
Seeing that he had noticed her, Pei Mianman gave him a sweet smile: "I thought you would have a terrible time after being arrested, but I didn't expect you to be sitting in such a luxurious carriage with a beautiful woman by your side. I'm so envious."
Zuan knew she was speaking to him through telepathic communication, but unfortunately his energy was suppressed and he couldn't respond. So he simply said, "It would be even more perfect if Da Manman were with me."
Given the other party's cultivation level, they should be able to hear it.
As expected, Pei Mianman blushed slightly: "You always like to give people random nicknames. Chu Yan should really teach you a lesson. Oh, I almost forgot you two are no longer husband and wife."
Zuan: "..."
This woman, does she have to sound so gloating? You're supposed to be Chu Yan's best friend.
"Big Manman? What Big Manman?" Huang Huihong, who was outside the carriage, couldn't help but turn around and ask. Obviously, what Zuan said had not escaped his notice.
Just as Zu An was about to say "What's it to you?", he suddenly heard Pei Mianman's anxious warning: "Watch out!"
Out of the corner of his eye, Zuan caught a glimpse of a dark light shooting out from the crowd.
The dark light was so fast that it appeared in front of Zu'an almost instantly after it was seen shooting out.
For a moment, he could even smell the metallic aura and killing intent emanating from the black light. He didn't know how to describe that killing intent; it was a feeling that made one's whole body go cold and one's hair stand on end, as if one was about to die.
Zu An was startled. Before he could react, he summoned a strong wind and teleported away, pulling Zheng Dan a foot away.
The instant he moved away, the dark light struck his previous afterimage, grazing right past the tip of his nose.
Zuan's heart pounded. Although he had faced death many times before, this was the first time it had come so suddenly and caught him completely off guard.
Only then did he see clearly what that dark light was: a uniquely shaped bow and arrow, now stuck in the wall of the carriage. The specially made carriage had been pierced by it, and its tail feathers were still trembling violently. One could imagine that if one were hit by this arrow, half of one's body would probably explode.
"Ah Zu!" Zheng Dan finally reacted, her pretty face turning pale with fright. She hurriedly reached out to touch his body to check if he was injured.
Just then, another streak of dark light shot out, clearly not intending to give him a chance to catch his breath.
However, Huang Huihong had already realized that he had been distracted by asking Zu An and hadn't expected that his momentary weakness would be exploited. Now, how could he let the other party act so recklessly?
With a roar, he took out the Soul-Hooking Chain and lashed it at the dark light.
With a crisp snap, the dark light was shattered, and Huang Huihong was shaken, clearly feeling the immense force involved.
At this moment, the embroidered-robed envoys and imperial guards around them also reacted and chased after the source of the dark light.
"Ah!" The onlookers screamed in terror when they saw the assassination attempt and scattered in all directions, turning the street into chaos.
Seeing that he was alright, Pei Mianman smiled at him and then left with the crowd. Otherwise, being caught and questioned by the Imperial Guards would have been quite troublesome.
"We'll meet again soon." Before leaving, Pei Mianman transmitted her voice with an indescribable meaning.
It was an ordinary sentence, but the way she said it always made people overthink.
Zu An's expression was somewhat strange. These words seemed familiar. They were the same words Xue'er had said to him when her scheme was exposed and she left the Chu family. He wondered how Xue'er was doing in the capital now.
"What exactly happened?" King Liang and Liu Yao rushed over upon hearing the news, accompanied by Sun Buqi and others from the Wu King's Mansion.
"Someone just tried to assassinate me in the crowd..." Huang Huihong gave a rough account of what had just happened. He was still a little scared. He had only been distracted for a moment and the other party had seized the opportunity. If Zu'an had really been shot to death right under his nose, he would have been very guilty.
"Where is the assassin?" King Liang's face was ashen. He had just been happily planning to go to the city to soak in a hot spring and find some well-behaved maids to dance with, but now this whole mess had happened. Didn't all these plans fall through again?
“My men have already gone after them, but the scene is so chaotic, I’m afraid…” Huang Huihong hesitated.
Just then, the embroidered-robed messenger who had just chased after them returned: "The assassin was very fast and blended into the crowd, so he quickly disappeared from sight."
Sun Buqi, who was standing nearby, hurriedly said, "Immediately issue the order to seal off the city gates. We must capture this damned assassin!"
Liu Yao sneered, "An assassin who can escape the pursuit of the Embroidered-Robed Envoy and the Imperial Guards, how could a mere city gate possibly stop him?"
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