Seeing that the situation was not right, the secret guard quickly showed up and fought with the man in black. The strength of the secret guard and the man in black was similar, and it was basically a draw.
But it is really inconvenient for Lu Xingzhou to take Shen Liyue with him. Shen Liyue does not know martial arts, and Lu Xingzhou has to divide his attention to protect Shen Liyue.
After a struggle, Lu Xingzhou was obviously much weaker than the other party's reckless attitude.
Suddenly, a man in black took advantage of Lu Xingzhou's unpreparedness and stabbed Shen Liyue. Lu Xingzhou sensed the danger and quickly turned around to block Shen Liyue behind him, while swinging his sword to block the man in black's attack.
However, this blow still injured Lu Xingzhou, and blood flowed from his arm. Seeing this, Shen Liyue was shocked and hurriedly supported him.
"Are you okay?" Shen Liyue asked anxiously.
"I'm fine, let's go!" Lu Xingzhou pushed Shen Liyue and signaled her to leave.
Chen Liyue gritted her teeth, knowing that she couldn't hold Lu Xingzhou back at this moment, so she turned around and ran away.
When the secret guards saw Shen Liyue leave safely, they also used their Qinggong skills to follow her to ensure her safety.
The man in black was obviously coming for Lu Xingzhou, but when he saw Shen Liyue leave, he didn't chase after him.
Seeing this, Lu Xingzhou felt relieved. As long as the man in black didn't attack Chen Liyue, he would have nothing to worry about.
Lu Xingzhou gathered his thoughts and rushed forward with his sword.
Lu Xingzhou's swordsmanship was sharp and every move was deadly. For a while, he forced the man in black to retreat again and again.
However, the men in black were numerous and coordinated well with each other, and with the injury on his arm, Lu Xingzhou gradually felt overwhelmed.
Just then, Lu Xingzhou heard a familiar flute sound.
He felt a stir in his heart, knowing that someone was helping him secretly.
The sound of the flute is like the sound of nature, gentle and melodious, but it contains murderous intent.
When the man in black heard the sound of the flute, his movements suddenly slowed down.
Lu Xingzhou took the opportunity to launch a counterattack and stabbed a man in black in the chest with a sword.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the other men in black fled.
"Leave someone alive!" Lu Xingzhou ordered, but those men in black were all death warriors. They had already hidden poison under their tongues. Seeing that they were about to be captured alive, they bit off the poison pills hidden under their tongues and died on the spot.
Lu Xingzhou was not too surprised. These people dared to assassinate him, so they must have been well prepared.
The secret guard was worried, so he checked the bodies of the men in black on the ground one by one, and only after making sure that no one was alive did he report to Lu Xingzhou.
"Your Highness, there were twenty-four people in total, all dead. This..."
"Forget it." Lu Xingzhou waved his hand. "Take their bodies back and search them thoroughly to see if we can find any clues."
"Yes." The secret guard clasped his fists and left with the bodies of the men in black.
Lu Xingzhou turned around and looked at the frightened Shen Liyue, feeling very worried: "How is it? Are you okay?"
Shen Liyue's face turned pale and she shook her head, "I'm fine, but you are injured."
Lu Xingzhou looked down at his arm. A lot of blood had flowed from the place where he had been stabbed by the sword, and the blood that fell on his silver robe was even more shocking.
"Nothing." Lu Xingzhou said calmly, "These minor injuries are nothing."
Shen Liyue had seen Lu Xingzhou's skin. Lu Xingzhou had many scars on his body. Shen Liyue asked about it, and Lu Xingzhou said that they were left from practicing martial arts.
But now think about it, how can practicing martial arts cause so many scars? I guess Lu Xingzhou said that because he was afraid that Shen Liyue would worry.
"It's so heartfelt."
Suddenly a voice sounded, and Shen Liyue looked up at the tree, and saw a pretty girl sitting on the treetop, looking at them.
"Who are you?" Shen Liyue was alert. She was afraid that this woman was in the same group as the man in black.
"That's a ridiculous question." The girl pouted. "If it weren't for me, your prince would have been entangled with them for who knows how long."
"Don't be naughty, Xiangling." Lu Xingzhou said to the girl, "Yue'er doesn't recognize you."
Xiang Ling jumped down from the tree and landed steadily on the ground.
Lu Xingzhou then introduced her to Chen Liyue: "This is my junior sister, Xiang Ling. Xiang Ling, this is Princess Yi."
Logically, Xiang Ling should have saluted Chen Liyue, but she didn't. She walked over to Lu Xingzhou and said, "Master received news that you would be ambushed on your way back to Wangjing, so he ordered me to wait here. Now that the matter has been resolved, can we go back?"
"Master is back?" Lu Xingzhou asked.
Xiang Ling nodded: "I'm back."
Lu Xingzhou frowned: "Master knew that there would be an ambush here, so who sent them?"
Xiang Ling shook her head. "Master didn't tell me. You can ask yourself when you get back. Are you leaving or not?"
Lu Xingzhou turned around to look at the broken carriage on the ground, then looked at Chen Liyue and asked Xiang Ling, "Our carriage broke down, how did you get here?"
Xiang Ling pointed to the two horses in the distance and said, "I brought Jueying here."
Jueying is Lu Xingzhou's horse, and he is not used in Wangjing City on weekdays. He has been raised by his master.
Lu Xingzhou asked Chen Liyue, "I'll take you back on horseback, okay?"
Shen Liyue nodded, and Lu Xingzhou helped Shen Liyue onto the horse.
On the way back, Xiang Ling rode her own Jiaoyue, while Lu Xingzhou and Shen Liyue rode together on Jueying.
"Senior Brother, you are walking too slowly!" Xiang Ling couldn't help but complain.
Lu Xingzhou explained, "Yue'er has never ridden a horse before, so walk slowly for fear that she will get shaken."
Chen Liyue was just about to say that there was no need to accommodate her, but Xiang Ling, as if playing a prank, went around behind Lu Xingzhou and raised her whip to hit Jueying.
Jueying felt pain and ran forward.
Shen Liyue was startled and exclaimed.
Lu Xingzhou grabbed the reins tightly and quickly controlled Jueying.
"Xiang Ling!" Lu Xingzhou was a little angry. He had just said that he was afraid that Shen Liyue would get shaken, but Xiang Ling still did this.
Xiang Ling wasn't afraid of Lu Xingzhou and stuck out her tongue. "Who told you to walk so slowly? Jueying is going to be unhappy."
It was already evening when they returned to Wangjing City. Lu Xingzhou said goodbye to Xiang Ling at the city gate and told him that he would go to the palace to meet the emperor tomorrow and then visit his master. Xiang Ling nodded and rode away on Jiaoyue.
Shen Liyue looked at the girl in red clothes on the silver-gray horse, thinking about something.
"It's getting late. Let's go back home first and go to the palace to see our father and mother tomorrow." Lu Xingzhou said behind Shen Liyue.
Shen Liyue nodded in agreement.
Back at the palace, the servants were very happy to see Lu Xingzhou, especially Manager Jin and Nanny Song, who almost cried when they saw Lu Xingzhou and Shen Liyue return safely.
When she got closer, Nanny Song saw the bloodstains on Lu Xingzhou's clothes again.
"What happened?" Nanny Song asked worriedly.
"It's just a minor injury, don't worry about it, Madam Song." Lu Xingzhou comforted with a smile.
How could Nanny Song believe him? Lu Xingzhou was like this in the past. He would get injured outside and come back saying he was fine.
Nanny Song quickly asked someone to invite the court doctor to check on Lu Xingzhou.
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