Several assassins, swords drawn, approached Ye Zhen. The guards of the Marquis's residence hurriedly drew their swords to meet the attack, but after a few moves, it was clear that the guards were no match for the assassins.
Ye Zhen brought Xing Ze and Yin Yue with her today. Yin Yue went to follow Su Shi, while Xing Ze was to protect the nun.
Seeing that one of the guards was in mortal danger, Ye Zhen said to Sui Sui, "Don't be afraid, stay close to your sister."
After speaking, she led Sui Sui to the guard's side and rescued her in time.
Sui Sui is just a child after all. She can fight off the rebels when she and her companions form a battle formation, but she would have a hard time dealing with a specially trained assassin on her own.
The nun was old and didn't know martial arts, so she could only rely on Xing Ze for protection. This gave Ye Zhen and the others a weakness, putting them at a disadvantage.
Just then, King Yun suddenly appeared with his entourage.
"Zhao Ning, who are they? Why do they want to kill you?"
His attendant joined the fight, and as he approached Ye Zhen, he asked this question.
Because of her previous suspicions about him, Ye Zhen was not pleased by his appearance; instead, she became wary. "I don't know, he just suddenly appeared."
They continued to protect Sui Sui without letting their guard down.
There were quite a few assassins, and their skills were not weak either.
The two extra people didn't make much of a difference; the King of Clouds was only average in skill, and his attendants were no match for Xing Ze.
Before long, several guards of the Marquis's residence were injured, and even Xing Ze was slashed on the arm while protecting the nun.
Ye Zhen knew that if things continued like this, lives would be lost, so he took Sui Sui to Xing Ze's side and said, "Protect them."
She snatched a sword from one of the assassins, channeled her inner strength, and unleashed a deadly sword technique, instantly killing several assassins.
The situation immediately took a turn for the better.
Just as Xing Ze was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he saw several men in black carrying crossbows walking towards them from a distance.
Along with them came a continuous barrage of arrows.
Everyone had to deal with the assassins while constantly repelling the arrows being shot at them. Ye Zhen's side also found it difficult to maneuver and was once again at a disadvantage.
Just as she was about to grab an assassin to shield her and deal with the archers, Yun Wang shouted at her, "Zhao Ning..."
puff!
It was the sound of a sharp arrow piercing flesh.
Yun Wang shielded Ye Zhen from an arrow, but was shot in the leg by a crossbow bolt and knelt down in front of Ye Zhen.
He looked up with a bitter smile, continuing what he hadn't finished saying, "Be careful!"
When Ye Zhen saw the injury on his leg, his pupils dilated in shock!
The crossbow bolts fired by the assassins all had barbs, and if the wound was in that spot, it could very likely result in a leg injury.
Xie Jinyao said that in her previous life, King Yun was disabled.
Ye Zhen did not know why the King of Cloud was crippled, but in her previous life, when the King of Cloud was crippled, she was already locked in a dilapidated house, and the King of Cloud was not injured while saving her.
In this life, the Cloud King suddenly appeared to save her, and the assassins also appeared out of nowhere...
Trying to cover it up only makes it more obvious!
The assassin was sent by the Cloud King!
He guessed that he was being suspected, and not knowing why he was going to have his leg broken, he sent an assassin to pretend to save her, thus gaining a favor from the Marquis's mansion.
The crown prince had a close relationship with the Marquis's household, and he also wanted to get closer to the Marquis's household...
Ye Zhen's face was deathly pale. The excruciating pain and humiliation of being tortured to death in her previous life made her body tremble unconsciously.
When Wang Jingshuo arrived, he saw Ye Zhen looking completely terrified and stunned.
Xing Ze and the guards of the Marquis's mansion desperately protected her.
He waved his hand, signaling his followers to go and rescue the people, while he himself hid behind the towering Kunlun slave, muttering, "Kun Kun, have I mistaken someone for someone else?"
How could Ye Zhen, who single-handedly saved the Crown Prince from numerous assassins and was remembered by the Crown Prince for many years, and was praised to the skies by his grandmother and mother, be in this state now?
Despite the doubts, we still have to save them.
Little Zeze is injured.
Kunlun slave was not good with words and was used to Wang Jingshuo's unconventional behavior. Knowing that there was no need to reply to him, he focused on leading Wang Jingshuo and shot at the assassin with a larger bow and arrow in his hand.
Ye Zhen finally came to her senses. She scooped up the Prince of Yun from the ground, and while helping him up, she leaned close to him and sniffed him slightly before pushing him to the guard beside her, saying, "Protect the Prince well."
A surge of overwhelming hatred rose in his heart.
The sniff she took when she got close to Yun Wang made her even more certain that this person was the masked man.
Yun Wang had a faint, cool fragrance about him, just like his usual public persona—unassuming and low-key, only noticeable when you got very close.
In her past life, she had smelled this scent when she bit off the masked man's ear.
Ye Zhen clenched his teeth to prevent himself from snapping Yun Wang's neck on the spot.
With Wang Jingshuo's help, Ye Zhen's situation became much easier. She drew her sword to deflect the incoming arrows, spun around and rushed to the archers, finishing one off with a single thrust.
Wang Jingshuo's eyes widened in disbelief. He jumped up and climbed onto the Kunlun slave's back. He had so much gossip to tell people.
We can't wait even a moment longer!
With swords flashing and shadows looming, nowhere is safe to go, so he could only talk to Kunlun Slave.
"Kun Kun, did you see that? She just hugged Prince Yun. Do you think she likes Prince Yun?"
No wonder he misunderstood; to outsiders, Ye Zhen's sniff looked like an embrace of the Cloud King.
"They must like each other to be so close."
And he's really quite fond of her. No wonder she was stunned when I saw her just now; she was so frightened because her crush was hurt.
Did the crown prince know that his woman had changed her mind?
Tsk tsk, I'll have to take two jugs of wine tonight to properly comfort him.
Seeing Ye Zhen's extraordinary skill and ruthless decisiveness in killing enemies, he changed the subject, "Her martial arts are really good, Kun Kun. If you were to fight her, are you confident you could beat her?"
Kunlun slave felt a bit of noise in his ears, but he was fighting and couldn't free his hands to cover his ears, so he could only turn his head slightly away from his noisy master.
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