Li Zhan controlled the reins with one hand and kept his other hand on her waist. His eyes were deep as he glanced at the swaying shadows of the trees in the woods.
"Grabbing the lead?" He chuckled, his voice thinly etched with sarcasm. "Some people, I'm afraid, don't even see the target clearly before they rush to shoot."
As soon as the words fell, several dark shadows suddenly fell from the treetops!
"Protect the prince!" As soon as the personal guards roared, Shen Shuyi heard the sharp sound of vibrating bowstrings coming from behind him.
In the chaos, Shen Shuyi suddenly realized that something was wrong.
The assassins who besieged Li Zhan were ruthless in their attacks, and every move they made was aimed at her vital points. However, whenever their weapons were about to injure her, there would always be inexplicable obstacles, either the assassins themselves slipped, or they were accidentally hit by their companions' scabbards.
What was even more bizarre was that another group of masked men suddenly rushed out from behind her, aiming directly at her throat!
Shen Shuyi heard the sound of breaking wind coming from behind. She turned around almost instinctively and saw a crossbow arrow tempered with black blood pointing at Li Zhan's back.
“Be careful!”
Chen Shuyi used all his strength, turned over and pounced on Li Zhan's back. The force of the pounce caused both of them to stumble and fall to the ground on horseback. The crossbow arrow flew past Li Zhan's shoulder blade, but a sharp sword flew towards Li Zhan in mid-air.
Shen Shuyi groaned as a sword slashed into his back, and blood instantly soaked his white riding uniform.
At this time, another assassin rushed over and wanted to kill Shen Shuyi as well. The assassin's eyes froze and he shouted angrily at the people next to him.
"court death!"
"Kill Li Zhan!"
Seeing Shen Shuyi injured, Li Zhan pulled him into his arms and chopped off the assassin's wrist with a sword in one hand.
The assassin was also crazy and confused.
Isn’t the person pretending to be Princess Xuanhua one of our own?
How could she help the Regent block the sword? !
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