A team of patrolling guards ran quickly past Wang Xiaohai and Princess Zhou Shuyi. Their armor made a clattering sound, and the red tassels of their spears fluttered in the air, rhythmically moving like music.
The trajectory of a long spear was obviously different from that of other soldiers. It was slowly tilting, and then - the spear came out like a dragon, and rushed towards Princess Shu like a ray of light!
This change of tactics was unexpected and difficult to guard against. Princess Shu is in a critical situation!
If it was Lin Cun or Li Wu standing next to Princess Shu, Princess Shu would probably be in great danger!
Fortunately, Wang Xiaohai was standing next to Princess Shu. The moment the spear approached, he slapped out with a speed beyond human limit, splitting the spear in two. The direction of the spear tip changed, and it flew past Princess Shu's bangs and fell to the ground with a "clang", creating a crack.
"Fellow believer?" A helmeted soldier from the Royal Guards was a little surprised. "Why are you trying to stop me?"
The guards noticed something was wrong and stabbed their companion with their spears.
The assassin jumped up, stood on tiptoe on a row of spears, and kicked in the air, kicking away all ten guards who were besieging him. Then he grabbed an intact spear and continued to stab Princess Shu.
Wang Xiaohai kicked the broken gun on the ground, grabbed it with one hand, and held the assassin's spear like using a stick.
"Get up!" Wang Xiaohai lifted the spear with force, and then the broken spear sank rapidly. He supported the gun with his left hand, and the broken part shot towards the assassin like lightning.
"Master!" The man was hit in the chest by a broken gun, and his whole body flew into the air and fell far away.
The broken gun in Wang Xiaohai's hand continued to break into three pieces. He had no choice but to throw away the only remaining piece of the gun. The assassin was stabbed in the chest by Wang Xiaohai but was not seriously injured. Instead, he staggered to his feet, turned around and ran away!
"This guy must be wearing some precious clothes like gold-thread armor!" Wang Xiaohai guessed the reason immediately, but he couldn't chase the assassin. If he left Princess Shu there, she would be dead if another person came!
"The palace is not safe either. Let's hurry to the ancestral temple." Princess Shu's face was a little pale.
The two of them walked side by side, and Princess Shu kept a distance from the patrolling imperial guards.
"Don't be afraid. You don't have to hide when you see people. I'm right next to you, so why are you afraid?" Wang Xiaohai said unhappily, "Don't you believe me?"
"No, it's just that after being bitten by a snake, people will subconsciously stay away from snake holes when they see them." Princess Shu explained, and then stopped dodging.
"It was just my negligence just now." Wang Xiaohai said, "I didn't expect that there were assassins in the Royal Guards. I will pay attention next time."
Princess Shu thought: You are not serious at all. You have been dozing off all the way. How can you be alert to fight the enemy?
It took Wang Xiaohai a whole night to ride to the capital. He didn't sleep because of the fire and the conversation last night, which meant he hadn't slept for two days. He was just an ordinary person now, so he was a little sleepy. An ordinary person who had been riding a bike for two nights would probably fall asleep, so it was normal for him to be unable to concentrate.
"There are only three countries in this world: Zhou, Jiang, and Yu." Princess Shu kept talking to Wang Xiaohai on the way to prevent him from getting bored and dozing off. "Are you from Jiang or Yu?"
"Neither. How do you know that there are only three countries in the world? Maybe there are other hidden small countries?" Wang Xiaohai and others were restricted in Zhou State and could not go to other countries.
"You haven't been to school, have you?" Princess Shu asked, puzzled. "The teachers at the academy will tell you that the territory of the three countries is a huge landmass surrounded by an endless ocean. The ocean is boundless and no one has ever reached the other side. You don't want to tell me that you came from the other side of the ocean, do you?"
"Maybe the other side of the sea is not infinitely far away, but your current ship is too slow and cannot withstand strong winds and waves, and you don't have enough food reserves to cross the sea. If you can sail on the sea for more than ten or even dozens of years, you can reach the other side of the sea!" Wang Xiaohai said casually. He didn't know how far the other side of the sea was. If it was like the Black and White Star Sea before, it would probably take a large ship equipped with 100,000 people, and your descendants would have to multiply on the sea to reach the other side.
"But there are sea monsters on the sea that are a hundred meters long. Even a boat won't be enough. We need the ability to defeat them," Princess Shu said. "Ah, let's not talk about that. Let's think about where the remaining half of the tiger talisman is."
"You'll find out when you test others." Wang Xiaohai said, "It's either your royal brother or those queens."
The two were walking up a sloping staircase. There were about two hundred steps, and there was a rest platform every thirty steps. On both sides of the platform were statues two people tall. The statues had bright eyes, as bright as candlelight. Wang Xiaohai believed that they were inlaid with rubies.
A team of palace guards hurried down the steps again, and Princess Shu involuntarily moved closer to Wang Xiaohai.
The Royal Guards glanced at the two men and passed by them directly.
"The captain was holding a token. I guess he was going to arrest someone," Wang Xiaohai said. "They only paid attention to our appearances, and their gazes stayed on us twice as long as others. Does that mean they were trying to confirm whether we were the criminals?"
"Really? I didn't even notice it," Princess Shu said. "Go to the top of the stairs, and then walk straight for half a mile to reach the Ancestral Hall. Could something have happened in the Ancestral Hall?"
“It’s really possible!”
Wang Xiaohai believed that many of these bastards who participated in the marriage proposal were still in the palace, but they just didn't take action. These guys all knew some simple disguise techniques, so it wouldn't be a problem for them to disguise themselves.
As he walked towards the stairs, just as Princess Shu had expected, an accident occurred ahead. Wang Xiaohai saw billowing black smoke from half a mile ahead.
Princess Shu hadn't exercised like this for a long time. After reaching the top of the stairs, she felt her legs and feet were sore and numb, her heart was beating faster, and she was gasping for breath.
"It would be great if I had a sedan chair. Although I'm a princess who's not favored by my father, I'm still a princess after all. I usually have a sedan chair when I go out. This is the first time I've walked so far." Princess Shu complained.
"You have to think about how your mother was murdered, and then you will be motivated," said Wang Xiaohai.
"That's right, I want revenge, to make those who killed my mother guilty, and to make those who despised me regret it!" Princess Shu mustered her strength and continued walking towards the ancestral hall.
A large group of soldiers carrying water were running past Wang Xiaohai and Princess Shu, probably going to put out the fire.
They soon arrived in front of the ancestral temple. The fire in three of the four corners of the temple had been extinguished, and only the last one was still burning. Nearly a hundred soldiers were busy in front of the temple, taking buckets of water to put out the fire.
Wang Xiaohai suspected that the fire was set by his fellow bride-seeking people. The Zhou Kingdom had really encountered a great disaster!
There was also a large group of people wearing white mourning clothes standing in front of the hall, both men and women, crying with tears on their cheeks, but Wang Xiaohai thought that most of them were crying fake tears!
Princess Shu walked up the steps to the palace with tears in her eyes.
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