About a quarter of an hour later, Chang Lin came over.
"Master, kill them all. Find out that these people from Southern Xinjiang were sent by the brother of the Southern Xinjiang Grand Tusi. It seems that the Southern Xinjiang Grand Tusi has been placed under house arrest by his brother. The current leader of the Southern Xinjiang rebels is the Grand Tusi's brother."
Lu Zifeng smiled when he heard this.
"The rest of the matter is General Xiao's business, so we won't get involved. Our mission is to bring His Royal Highness Prince Jing back to the capital safely. We won't worry about anything else. However, you should send someone to deliver a letter to General Xiao."
Chang Lin responded and left, and Lu Zifeng began to close his eyes and rest again.
The next morning, the team set off again, first heading northwest along the foot of the Blue Mountains, then turning northeast, and finally arrived at Anzhou Prefecture on the thirteenth day.
The remaining poison in King Jing has been almost cleared, but his body is still relatively weak. Most of King Jing's guards were killed or injured in the past few days, and now only Tianyi is left.
Speaking of which, Tianyi and Lu Zifeng are old acquaintances. When His Royal Highness Prince Jing was returning to the capital from southern Xinjiang, he passed by Luzhou Prefecture and met Lu Zifeng there. Tianyi also secretly investigated Lu Zifeng's background and even sent a letter to Lu Zifeng on behalf of Prince Jing.
"Tianyi, His Royal Highness Prince Jing is much better now. You must have been very tired these days. Take a good rest today. We will stay in Anzhou Prefecture for one night and set off again tomorrow."
Tianyi was very grateful to Lu Zifeng for sending people to rescue His Royal Highness Prince Jing this time, so he respected Lu Zifeng very much.
"Everything will be arranged by Master Lu."
When they entered Anzhou Prefecture, Lu Chun, who had arrived there earlier, had already arranged the inn.
"Master, this time we will stay at the same inn we stayed at last time we passed by. It's a small courtyard, very quiet, and more conducive to your highness's recovery."
Lu Zifeng was very satisfied with Lu Chun's arrangement. "Lead the way."
Arriving at the courtyard of the inn, King Jing got off the carriage with the help of Tianyi and Lu Xia and went directly into the house on the side.
Situ Chen frowned.
"Cousin, why are you letting Father live in the side room? Shouldn't you have placed him in the main house?"
Lu Zifeng rolled his eyes at Situ Chen. "Cousin, don't you know how many assassination attempts we've encountered along the way? Now that we're staying in the inn, if those assassins come, their first target will be the people living in the main house, not the side rooms."
Hearing Lu Zifeng say this, Situ Chen realized that he seemed to have done something stupid, and smiled awkwardly with some embarrassment.
Lu Zifeng ignored him and went straight into the main house. He was going to wait here for those people to arrive tonight.
The assassins who came to assassinate now were no longer from southern Xinjiang. The assassins he met before entering Anzhou Prefecture actually used the martial arts of the Central Plains people. This made Lu Zifeng very curious. Who else didn't want King Jing to be alive? So he planned to take action himself tonight to see if he could catch them, and it would be best if he could find the person behind the scenes.
Because it was already the afternoon when they entered the inn, Lu Zifeng and the others started eating dinner without resting for long.
At midnight, someone really came outside. Lu Zifeng mentally informed Chang Lin and others not to rush out and prepared to do it himself.
He got up quietly and stood behind the door. Not long after, he saw a bamboo tube sticking out of the window, followed by a puff of smoke blowing in.
Lu Zifeng twitched the corners of his mouth. It seemed that the poisonous smoke was useless to him, so he did not hold his breath. A quarter of an hour later, the door was pushed open, and a figure flashed in quickly. Judging from the figure, it did not look like a man, but looked more like a girl.
Lu Zifeng frowned. What did this mean? Why was there a female killer?
The assassin tiptoed to the bedside, looked at the quilt covering it, and the person under the quilt. He couldn't see clearly because of the quilt and the darkness in the room. The killer used the dagger in his hand to gently lift the quilt, and was stunned for a moment. When he was about to run towards the door, Lu Zifeng grabbed his shoulder and he couldn't move.
When she saw that she was caught, she suddenly became anxious. She flipped the dagger in her hand and slashed at Lu Zifeng's wrist. Seeing this scene, Lu Zifeng wanted to laugh, but he held it back. He released the man's shoulder and kicked the female killer in the abdomen at an extremely fast speed. The female killer's body hit the wall beside her like a cannonball, making a dull sound.
The female killer could no longer stand up because of the unbearable pain in her abdomen. She could only curl up on the ground, holding her abdomen and groaning.
Lu Zifeng then lit the oil lamp and walked up to her. Without saying a word, he directly lifted the cloth covering her face. Fortunately, Lu Zifeng had mental power, otherwise, how could he see this person clearly in such darkness?
However, Lu Zifeng was also stunned when he saw the face of the female killer clearly, because he actually saw the shadow of Situ Qiong in the face of this female killer. Situ Qiong is the eldest princess!
The female killer looked at Lu Zifeng with hatred, which made Lu Zifeng feel depressed.
"Who are you anyway? Why are you trying to kill me? Are you guilty of a crime I don't even remember?"
The female killer didn't say anything. Instead, she looked at Lu Zifeng and stopped talking, as if she had accepted her fate.
Lu Zifeng suddenly didn't know what to do. After thinking about it, and because this female killer looked very similar to the eldest princess Situ Qiong, he shouted outside.
"Go and invite Prince Jing and his son here."
Lu Zifeng then said to the female killer.
"Can you get up? If you can't, then I am willing to help you and carry you up."
As soon as Lu Zifeng finished speaking, the female killer stood up and sat on a chair beside her.
A smile appeared on Lu Zifeng's lips. Although he didn't hit the female killer hard, looking at her martial arts skills, she should be quite good, otherwise she wouldn't be able to stand up after being kicked by him. Lu Zifeng was quite aware of his own strength.
Soon, Prince Jing and Situ Chen walked in.
"Brother Feng, I heard the killer has arrived. How's it going? Have you captured him?"
Prince Jing walked in supported by Situ Chen and asked questions before he could even see clearly.
Lu Zifeng first saluted King Jing, then pointed at the female killer sitting beside him.
"Well, that's her. But Your Highness, have you noticed that she looks very similar to some people?"
Because of the dim light, King Jing could not see the female killer's appearance clearly for a while. After hearing what Lu Zifeng said, he stood up and walked towards the female killer. When he got closer, he was shocked when he saw her.
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