Chapter 513 (First Update)
Fifteen minutes later, the murderous atmosphere in the forest subsided.
Nineteen out of the twenty men were gone, leaving only the last man in black kneeling trembling in the snow.
Gu Jiao looked down at him, the tip of her red-tasseled spear pressed against his heart: "Where is the powerful assassin by your side, Prince Consort?"
The man in black was taken aback by what he heard. Perhaps he hadn't yet recovered from the massive carnage, and it took him a while to realize what Gu Jiao was saying.
He swallowed hard, his voice trembling as he said, "Young hero..."
Wait, this isn't a young hero!
It's a girl!
Yes, she is clearly a girl!
Even without voice change, there is still a big difference between the boy's and girl's voices. She was so scared by the boy in front of her that she forgot to listen carefully to his voice.
The fear in the man in black's eyes did not lessen just because the other person was a girl; on the contrary, he was even more frightened.
What kind of girl could be so terrifying?
These are probably assassins that only nobles of the Yan state possess, right?
The assassins originated from the Yan Kingdom. The other five kingdoms would spend a lot of money to hire or buy assassins from the Yan Kingdom, but none of them were the most powerful. Only their son-in-law obtained a noble assassin from the Yan Kingdom by chance.
"Young...Aunt..."
The man in black was unsure whether to address the other party as "young hero" or "young lady." After hesitating for a while, he finally stammered, "Are you asking about Tianlang?"
"Sirius?" Gu Jiao repeated calmly.
What a talent! To have such a flashy name.
Gu Jiao noticed that a hint of fear involuntarily surfaced in the man's eyes when he mentioned Tianlang.
"Is he very capable?" Gu Jiao asked.
The man in black said, "What, what do you mean by 'powerful'? Even the combined assassins of the Prince Consort and the Prince Yi are no match for him alone!"
Gu Jiao wasn't sure if the assassins under the command of the Prince Consort and the Prince Yi were all at the same level as the four from earlier. To be honest, those four weren't weak, but they weren't particularly strong either.
On the contrary, the three Dragon Shadow Guards that Tang Yueshan had mentioned earlier were all injured by this assassin, which made Gu Jiao take notice.
Gu Jiao wasn't sure if his ability to defeat three Dragon Shadow Guards meant he could only defeat three, or if there were only three Dragon Shadow Guards for him to fight.
Regardless of the type, this assassin's power is terrifyingly strong.
"Where is Sirius?" Gu Jiao asked.
"At, at the Prince Consort's residence," the man in black said tremblingly. Perhaps guessing that Gu Jiao might not understand, he explained further, "It's not far from the Prefect's residence. Just go out the main gate of the Prefect's residence and walk two miles east."
Gu Jiao killed him with a single shot, and as usual, she looted the valuables from the group. She then chose a horse as her mount and galloped towards Lingguan City.
She didn't know if she was infected or not, but she still took some precautions before entering the city.
The entrance to Lingguan City had been breached by the Gu family army, and the two sides were engaged in fierce fighting within the city. Gu Jiao took a detour and went directly to the prince consort's residence.
The war had not yet spread to this area, but news of the fighting must have spread throughout the city. Every household kept their doors and windows tightly shut, and the streets were deserted, with not a single civilian in sight.
Gu Jiao's horse hooves echoed loudly on the long street, and reinforcements were constantly arriving from the direction of the prefect's mansion.
Gu Jiao did not engage them in direct combat.
Her goal is Sirius.
As they approached the Prince Consort's residence, Gu Jiao dismounted and left the horse in the alley.
Gu Jiao had passed by this place the last time she came to the prefect's mansion in Lingguan City, but at that time she did not know that this was the prince consort's mansion.
There are differences, though.
At least when she passed by before, there weren't many soldiers guarding the place, but this time there was almost an entire army surrounding the mansion.
This move is somewhat intriguing.
The battle for Lingguan City has begun, with the Gu family army at the city gates, ready to fight the remnants of the previous dynasty to the death. Every soldier is crucial, yet the prince consort has ordered so many heavily armed troops to guard his residence.
He feared that he was not only guarding against Gu Changqing and the Gu family army, but also against his own uncle and the soldiers of Chen.
Once the remnants of the previous dynasty are defeated, Princess Ning'an will become their only bargaining chip to blackmail the Zhao Kingdom's court. Prince Yi must want to capture Ning'an to use as a shield, or to trade her with the Chen Kingdom's army.
Gu Jiao observed from the alley across the street for a while when suddenly several guards rode up and stopped in front of the gate of the Prince Consort's mansion. The leader took out his token and said to the heavily armed guards, "The Prince Consort has ordered that the princess be moved to a safe place!"
The guards made way for them.
Several guards entered the mansion.
Since Princess Ning'an is to be transferred, the man named Tianlang should also accompany her to escort her away.
Gu Jiao decided to wait for him to come out and then take advantage of the opportunity to make a move on him on the way.
Gu Jiao waited in the alley for about fifteen minutes before the guards rode out again. The leader spoke first, saying to the soldiers, "You will come with us to escort the princess away!"
"yes!"
Soldiers, please dismount.
Gu Jiao's gaze turned cold.
Soldiers lined up on both sides, and soon a tightly closed carriage drove out of the mansion.
The person sitting in the carriage must be Princess Ning'an.
Gu Jiao's goal was clear: to kill Tianlang.
As for Princess Ning'an, if there's still a chance after killing Tianlang, she'll take her with her.
But she wouldn't give up killing Sirius just to save her.
After the carriage left the mansion, a jet-black steed emerged from behind the threshold with the heavy sound of its hooves, and a man dressed in black armor sat on its back.
Even while sitting on horseback, one could still see that he was tall and upright, much taller than the average man.
Like Gu Jiao, he wore a helmet with an iron mask, revealing only a pair of cold and piercing eyes.
From a distance, his eyes appeared blood-red, radiating a murderous aura that made people want to back away.
The moment he rode out on his horse, the surrounding horses stirred restlessly.
Gu Jiao stared at him intently, gripping the red-tasseled spear tightly in her hand.
Several more carriages then emerged from the mansion.
After they left, Gu Jiao went to the alley to get her horse.
To avoid being discovered, Gu Jiao kept a distance. The snow had stopped, and there were footprints everywhere in the snow, so there was no need to worry about losing her.
However, this group wasn't entirely brainless. They roughly guessed that tracks in the snow would easily reveal their whereabouts, so they split into two groups after walking for a short while, and then into four groups at the next fork in the road.
"No wonder there are so many carriages; they're all used to deceive people."
However, Gu Jiao remembered not the carriage tracks, but Tianlang's hoofprints.
His horse was larger than the average fine horse, and its hoofprints were deeper.
It sounds simple, but it's not so easy to distinguish which hoofprints are deeper or shallower among a bunch of messed-up and damaged ones. Fortunately, Gu Jiao had received tracking training in the organization.
She followed the hoofprints of the Heavenly Wolf through the city of Lingguan and arrived at the quieter, more desolate outskirts.
Just as they were passing a small hill, Sirius's hoofprints suddenly disappeared!
Gu Jiao frowned.
The next second, a chill rose from the soles of her feet, and a murderous aura invaded her relentlessly!
Gu Jiao suddenly swung her red-tasseled spear and blocked the attack from above!
A loud clang rang out as weapons clashed violently, sparking tiny golden flashes in the night!
It's Sirius!
He found her!
He decided to wait here and kill her!
Unable to withstand the immense pressure, the horse neighed painfully twice and galloped forward!
It was this running that caused Gu Jiao to lose her balance. Gu Jiao leaned back and kicked Tian Lang's chin!
Sirius slapped the sole of her boot with his palm!
Gu Jiao used the momentum to flip backward, her red-tasseled spear touching the snow, which helped her stabilize herself after the mid-air flip!
Gu Jiao stood warily in the snow, holding a red-tasseled spear.
About ten feet away from her stood the burly, imposing, and menacing Tianlang.
Gu Jiao realized that she had underestimated his stature.
His weapon was also a red-tasseled spear, the same size as Gu Jiao's, but clearly, his spear was inferior to Gu Jiao's.
His gaze fell on Gu Jiao's red-tasseled spear, and he narrowed his eyes slightly, seemingly somewhat surprised.
Gu Jiao followed his gaze and looked at the red-tasseled spear in her hand. That attack was truly terrifying; if it had been any other weapon, it would probably have broken in two long ago.
There wasn't even a tiny crack on her red-tasseled spear.
Her sworn brother was loyal enough to give her an unparalleled divine weapon!
Tianlang stared intently at Gu Jiao's red-tasseled spear, his eyes revealing an undisguised craving and predatory look.
He's got his eye on her weapon!
Gu Jiao wiped the snow that had splashed onto her helmet from the ground, her cold and stubborn eyes looking at Tianlang.
Very well, I've taken a liking to your fate too!
(End of this chapter)
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