Soon Wang Xiaohai touched something hard and took it out, which turned out to be the tiger talisman.
"Give me back the tiger talisman!" Lan Ze and Tang Ke ran back to Wang Xiaohai, and attacked at the same time with an axe and a sword.
Wang Xiaohai pressed down the third prince's hand, turned his body around, and used him as a shield in front of him.
The soft sword was about to pierce the Third Prince's throat, and the axe was about to chop off his head.
"receive!"
Lan Ze and Tang Ke stopped their attacks abruptly, and the backlash force almost made them vomit blood.
"Take it. It's not appropriate to see blood today!" Wang Xiaohai threw the third prince back to the two of them.
Lan Ze and Tang Ke reached out to catch the third prince, then lowered their arms and took a step back.
Suddenly, a silver arrow flew towards the Third Prince's back. The timing of this arrow was very good, just when Lan Ze and Tang Keli had just exhausted their strength.
Although the arrow was fast, Wang Xiaohai could easily save the third prince. However, although he promised not to kill the third prince, he did not agree to save him. Moreover, the third prince wanted to kill him just now, so it was a good thing that he did not kill the third prince Zhou Jian himself!
"Fall!" Lan Ze and Tang Ke had an idea and fell down. Although they could not completely avoid the arrow, they could save their lives.
Everyone participating in the first round only had fifteen days. What could be accomplished in fifteen days? What could be changed? Even growing vegetables takes a month to mature. So, by default, everyone chose the simplest option: assassinating those who held influence over the Zhou state.
It is much easier to build than to destroy. A house that takes half a year to build can be destroyed with just a few hammers.
As the Third Prince's body sank a little, an arrow arrived and pierced his arm directly, with half of the arrow body inserted into it.
"I'm going to die!" The Third Prince Zhou Jian's pupils dilated as he stared at his pierced arm. The area where the arrow had hit him instantly turned purple and began to spread.
The sword flashed, and Lan Ze acted decisively. In order to prevent the spread of the virus, he directly cut off the arm of the third prince Zhou Jian. The third prince's right arm fell to the ground, and blood splattered, which was black and extremely poisonous!
Tang Ke looked in the direction where the arrow came from, and saw a man with a short mustache standing on the roof of a palace in the distance. He sneered at Tang Ke and jumped down from the high palace.
"Chase!" Many guards picked up their weapons and chased after them.
Lan Ze and Tang Ke knew that they could not catch up. The distance was almost a hundred meters, and even the two of them could not catch up, let alone these guards!
"Hurry up and send him to the Imperial Hospital, and call the imperial physician!" Lan Ze handed the third prince to the two guards standing nearby.
Two guards took the third prince and ran down the stairs at an accelerated speed.
"Was Emperor Zhou also assassinated by this guy?" Wang Xiaohai asked Lan Ze and Tang Ke.
Now that the third prince has been taken away by the royal guards, the three of them have no direct conflict of interest, so they can live in peace.
"No, it's another guy from another dimension." Tank replied.
Wang Xiaohai said nothing. He walked to Princess Shu and said, "Where are we going now?"
"I want to go see my father." Princess Shu walked into the ancestral hall, and Wang Xiaohai immediately followed behind her.
The ancestral hall is filled with tablets of emperors of all dynasties of the Zhou Dynasty. They are so densely packed that they almost fill up an entire wall. In front of the tablet wall stands a long yellow pear wood table with several old incense burners on the table, with incense burning on them.
In the middle of the hall stands a huge crystal coffin with patterns of divine dragons carved on its surface. The expression of each dragon looks like it is asleep.
Lying in the crystal coffin was a man about fifty years old. His face was made up, but there were still traces of bruises under the white powder. It turned out that he had been poisoned to death.
"Father——"
Princess Shu walked over to the Emperor Zhou's coffin. Even if her father had been indifferent to her mother's death, even if he had banished her from the palace, he was still her father, and seeing him lying quietly in the coffin, she felt a pang of pain in her heart.
"Don't touch him. If you want to touch him, wear gloves first." Wang Xiaohai reminded.
Princess Shu was stunned for a moment, then nodded, turned around and lit three incense sticks in front of the ancestral tablet.
The princes and princesses outside the Ancestral Hall walked into the Hall. The sound of footsteps could be heard, and soon the Hall was full of people.
It turned out that these people were kneeling in the Ancestral Hall, but unfortunately, the hall caught fire, and everyone ran away. No one paid attention to help close the coffin lid of Emperor Zhou. It would have been too tragic if Emperor Zhou had been burned! It seems that the arsonist wanted to catch everyone in one fell swoop.
"Where are we going now?" Wang Xiaohai asked Princess Shu.
"Like everyone else, I'll sit quietly in the palace for three days," Princess Shu said. "I won't go anywhere during these three days!"
"What if you are hungry and want to go to the toilet?" Wang Xiaohai asked quietly.
"We'll talk about it when the time comes!" Princess Shu felt that Wang Xiaohai was finding fault. In the eyes of the nobles, this kind of thing can only be done but not said.
"Be careful upstairs. I suspect there are assassins near the toilet." Wang Xiaohai reminded.
The two of them found two cushions on the ground and sat down cross-legged.
"I really don't know what's going on. Why are there so many assassins?" Princess Shu said, "Could it be that Jiang Guo and his men have newly trained an assassin organization?" She seemed to be trying to trick Wang Xiaohai, but Wang Xiaohai was not so easily tricked. He laughed and did not give a direct answer.
"You should be mentally prepared. There may be more and more assassination attempts in the future." Wang Xiaohai looked around and found nothing unusual. "Luckily, you are only a princess. If you were a prince or imperial consort, the frequency would probably be higher!"
"Who is it? Who is destroying my Zhou Kingdom?" Princess Shu asked Wang Xiaohai. She always felt that Wang Xiaohai knew the truth, so she refused to tell it.
"They are not trying to destroy your Zhou Kingdom. They are just doing it for the mission." Wang Xiaohai explained simply. He did not reveal the details. After all, if the people here knew that this was just a game of the gods, they would definitely find it hard to accept.
"What mission? Is it the mission of your killer organization?" Princess Shu kept asking.
"Do you think the assassins will help you?" Wang Xiaohai replied, "Actually, they can help you. It depends on the interests. There are no permanent enemies, nor permanent friends."
"Benefits? If I give them money, they will help me?" Princess Shu seemed to understand something.
"It's not about money. They don't need money," Wang Xiaohai said. "You won't understand even if I explain too much. Just pay attention."
"Why not just let the palace guards and the imperial guards find out the assassins who sneaked into the palace one by one?" Princess Shu said in a low voice when she saw several concubines looking at her.
"It seems my original idea was wrong. I thought that after the palace was under martial law, the assassins outside would be unable to enter." Wang Xiaohai said, "But if Lin Cun and I can get in, they will find a way to get in too. There is no foolproof defense in the world. They can dig tunnels or disguise themselves to get in. It will be difficult to catch them. Too many people will make a lot of noise, and they will run away when they hear the noise. If there are too few people, we can't defeat them."
"Do you think Lincun can find the other half of the tiger talisman?" Princess Shu thought of another question.
"I believe that if the tiger talisman is in the Shangshu Mansion, he will definitely find it." Wang Xiaohai replied, "If he really can't find it, I will go look for it myself in three days."
"Thanks!"
The ancestral hall gradually became quiet and no one spoke anymore.
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