Chapter 919 Siege
The twenty masters in the room were helpers that Luo Yanzhi had spent a lot of effort to find from the martial arts world.
Each of them was a well-known figure in the underworld. The number of innocent people who died at their hands was frightening. The imperial court issued a high bounty for them, forcing them to flee everywhere under an assumed name.
Luo Yanzhi not only gave them a large sum of money as a reward, but also promised them that after the task was accomplished, he would cancel the reward for them and erase their criminal records in the government.
For this group of desperate criminals, killing people is as easy as chopping melons and vegetables. There is no psychological burden at all. Plus with the generous rewards, they are naturally tempted.
They pointed their swords at Luo Qinghan.
The sharp blade flashed with a terrifying cold light.
Eunuch Chang was so frightened that his face turned pale, but he still stood in front of the emperor without moving an inch.
He scolded fiercely: "Do you know what crime it is to assassinate the emperor? Aren't you afraid of being implicated along with your entire clan?!"
The assassins just smiled grimly when they heard this.
"My nine clans are long gone. I have no father, no mother, no wife, no children, no brothers or sisters. Even if I die, I only have one life. What am I afraid of?!"
Luo Yanzhi actually didn't want Luo Qinghan to die too quickly.
He had suffered too much humiliation at the hands of Luo Qinghan, and he wanted to take this opportunity to get it all back from Luo Qinghan.
But just now Wang Gan specifically told him to make a quick decision and not to delay any time.
Although they had ambushed a large number of people inside the Taimiao, those people might not be a match for the Imperial Guards.
Their only chance of winning was to take the emperor by surprise and kill him before the guards outside knew about it.
Once the emperor dies, the Empress Dowager will come forward and accuse him of regicide and usurpation of the throne, and Luo Yanzhi will be able to inherit the throne naturally.
Luo Yanzhi ordered in a deep voice: "Don't waste time with them, kill them quickly!"
The assassins rushed forward and slashed at Luo Qinghan with their swords!
Seeing the sword approaching him, Eunuch Chang was frightened to the point of almost suffocating. He subconsciously closed his eyes and dared not look again.
Luo Qinghan grabbed Eunuch Chang by the collar and leaped up using his lightness skills.
The two of them jumped directly onto the beam.
The assassins missed their target and immediately stopped their momentum, preparing to jump up as well.
At this moment, Luo Qinghan lifted up his wide sleeves, revealing the small sleeve arrow tied to his forearm.
He aimed the arrow in the direction of Luo Yanzhi and pulled the trigger.
The short arrow shot out with a whoosh!
Luo Yanzhi's face changed drastically and he stepped back in fear.
The short arrow flew past his cheek and stabbed into the door panel behind him.
There was a deep cut on his cheek and blood was oozing out.
His expression was distorted with pain.
He roared, covering the wound on his face.
"Kill him! Cut him into pieces!"
Luo Qinghan fired three arrows in a row, piercing through the three assassins who tried to jump up.
There were only four arrows in the sleeve, and he shot them all in one breath.
Seeing this, the assassins immediately regrouped.
Someone took out the hook wrapped around his waist and prepared to hook the two people down from the beam.
Seeing this, Eunuch Chang hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I will attract their attention while you escape."
Luo Qinghan: "No need."
He took out a small quiver from his arms and threw it into Eunuch Chang's hand.
"Here, when I ask you to do it, just pull hard to break the fuse."
Eunuch Chang naturally knew about the quiver and its use.
As soon as he saw this thing, his face was immediately filled with joy. It seemed that the emperor had been prepared for it!
He gripped the quiver tightly, ready to strike at any moment.
Luo Qinghan pulled out the soft sword hidden in his belt.
The soft and slender sword body drew an arc of light in the air, like a flexible and agile long snake.
The moment the hook was swung up, Luo Qinghan swung his sword to cut it off.
There was a crisp sound.
The broken hook fell to the ground.
The assassins used their lightness skills to fly upwards.
Luo Qinghan turned his hand and swung the soft sword upwards.
Above is the roof.
The sharp sword blade chopped off the crossbar, and the tiles covering it fell down with a clatter.
Luo Qinghan quickly pulled Eunuch Chang aside.
The falling tiles hit the assassins who were about to fly up.
The assassins were hit on the head and blood was flowing, and screams were heard one after another.
A big hole was poked in the roof, just big enough for one person to enter or exit.
Luo Qinghan pushed Eunuch Chang out first, and then jumped out himself.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they appeared, they found that there was also an assassin on the roof!
The assassins drew their swords and slashed at Luo Qinghan!
Luo Qinghan swung his sword to block and shouted to Eunuch Chang at the same time.
“Get started!”
Eunuch Chang immediately raised the quiver and pulled the fuse hard.
A slender arrow whooshed into the sky, making a sharp and piercing sound!
In an instant, everyone in the Taimiao heard the sound.
Zhao Xian was lured away by Wang Gan's men with a trick. When he suddenly heard the voice, his face changed immediately, knowing that he had fallen into a trap.
Without thinking, he chopped the person leading the way in front of him with a knife, and shouted loudly using his internal force.
"Your Majesty is in danger, go and save him immediately!"
The guards all ran towards the direction where the sound of the quiver came from.
Luo Yanzhi and the Empress Dowager also heard the sound of the quiver.
They knew reinforcements would be arriving soon.
The expressions of both of them turned extremely ugly in an instant.
Princess Hua'an fell to the ground, muttering anxiously.
"It's over. It's all over."
Even if she did not intend to murder the emperor, she did help the Empress Dowager and Prince Jingxian.
After the emperor escapes from danger, he will settle the score with them, and she, as an accomplice, will definitely suffer as well.
The Empress Dowager knew that the situation was hopeless.
She got off the bed, picked up a coat and put it on, pulled up the distraught Princess Hua An, and whispered.
"Let's go."
Princess Hua'an didn't understand where they could go now?
She was pulled out by the Empress Dowager.
At this time, Luo Yanzhi no longer had the heart to care about the Empress Dowager and Princess Hua'an.
He gripped the hilt of the sword tightly and stared at the big hole in the roof with red eyes.
Just a little bit more.
As long as he kills Luo Qinghan, the throne will be his.
Luo Yanzhi was unwilling to give up.
He rushed out of the house with the assassins, then jumped onto the roof one after another. More than 20 people besieged Lu Qinghan together.
No matter how good Luo Qinghan's martial arts were, he couldn't withstand being besieged by so many people at the same time.
Luo Yanzhi seized the opportunity and stabbed Luo Qinghan's back with the sword in his hand!
He used all of his internal strength in this sword strike. With one strike, Luo Qinghan would surely be killed on the spot.
When he thought that Luo Qinghan was about to die, Luo Yanzhi's heartbeat suddenly quickened and an excited smile involuntarily appeared on his face.
However, just when the tip of the sword was about to touch Luo Qinghan, it suddenly stopped.
It was as if there was an invisible barrier blocking Luo Qinghan behind him.
No matter how hard Luo Yanzhi tried, he couldn't move the sword forward at all.
Luo Yanzhi's smile froze on his face.
How is this possible?!
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