This guy is obviously a professional assassin.
Even if you want to save yourself, you have to do it when the enemy is least prepared, not now when everyone is on edge.
At this moment, Xie Jian's eyes drifted towards the screen, then quickly returned as if nothing had happened: "Student will remember this. By the way, Master, Duke Yu is injured, and Lord Tang cannot accompany you to the hot springs in the forest. The carriage is ready, so you have to go alone."
"That's fine. I'll go later. If you have nothing else to do, go down first."
"Yes." The teacher and student looked at each other, and Xie Jian stepped back.
When it was completely dark, an hour later, Chen Heng was taken hostage on the way to the hot springs, looking for an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
At this time, it was already night.
A moment later, the assassin stopped the carriage in front of a forest.
"Hot springs? There's no such thing as hot springs in the enclosure." The assassin sneered and held Chen Heng at arm's length, retreating into the forest. "By now, the place you're talking about hot springs must have been ambushed, waiting for me to fall into their trap, right?"
Chen Heng had no choice but to be dragged back step by step. Although she didn't know whether what the assassin said was true or not, if Xie Jian already knew about the assassin, it was very likely.
"Let her go, and no one will chase you when you leave here." Lu Ji'an's face looked a little pale.
The assassin sneered, "You both must die."
When Chen Heng heard this, she opened her eyes wide. Since everyone was going to die, there was no point in worrying about it. Just as she was about to close her eyes and take a gamble, a dart flew out from Lu Ji'an's hand and hit the assassin right between the eyebrows.
The assassin slowly fell down, but even so, a thin bloody mark was still left on Shen Heng's neck.
"Are you okay?" Lu Ji'an came over and looked at her with concern.
Shen Heng's hands were shaking with fear, and she was on the verge of death. She didn't dare to look at the death of the people behind her. She only looked at Lu Ji'an's face: "I'm fine, sir, do you know martial arts?"
"Some."
"Then why didn't you take action just now?" Why did she have to run so far? She was worried all the way.
Seeing that she was fine, Lu Ji'an began searching the forest for something. "If this assassin wants to get the message out, he must have marked the way. Even if he dies, the person who picks him up will know everything."
Seeing Lu Ji'an searching for the mark tree by tree, Chen Heng was stunned for a long time: "So, you actually let this assassin escape on purpose to lure out the people behind him and then follow the clues to find the culprit?"
Lu Ji'an looked at Chen Heng in surprise. She could understand this? Although it wasn't that simple, it was almost there.
"Just now, the assassin's sword was pointed at my neck. If I wasn't careful, I would have been killed." Shen Heng was still in shock.
Lu Ji'an's eyes showed apology: "Although it was dangerous just now, he won't kill you unless you are in a safe place."
She said she was so confident, but she was afraid of the worst. Shen Heng thought of the last time she went to Nanming, when Xie Jian grabbed her neck, and this great judge only came out at the last moment.
She is not so sensitive and can understand their arrangements.
Just, don't you know how to comfort her? Then Shen Heng exclaimed: "Are you hurt?"
Half of Lu Ji'an's shoulder was wet, but because of the dark color of his clothes, it was not very noticeable in the dark.
"It's okay. The assassins must have left a mark here." Lu Ji'an carefully checked the places where the assassins had passed. "If you have nothing to do, please help look for it."
Chen Heng: “…”
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