But so what?
Your Highness will always be the cruelest person to her.
If it weren't for His Highness, how could her entire family have been exterminated?
How could her "good sister" from a humble background decide her life or death?
All power is in His Highness's hands.
At this moment, it's just a small favor.
After all, her brother was exiled to the frontier, and his final fate would probably be to die there. Even his body would remain forever in that place far from home, with only his head being brought back by the accompanying guards and buried in a cenotaph.
Gu Mu looked at the four men in black in front of him, his eyes burning with fighting spirit.
Even before he transmigrated, he had always envied the elegant fighting styles and the back-and-forth exchanges of power seen on television.
He finally transmigrated into the body of someone with fighting skills, but he had never actually fought a proper fight before.
As God can see, he really just wanted to complete the mission, get the reward, and have a good fight with the man in black.
How could anyone know that the girls in female-oriented novels have so many worries!
He shielded Shen Ling and Youyou behind him and drew his sword from behind.
He wasn't worried about Shen Ling and Youyou's safety because the unseen assassins were secretly protecting them.
"Come on, let me know who you are." The sword was drawn, making a crisp sound. Gu Mu's next words quickly enraged them. He said coldly and disdainfully, "You dogs who only know how to use low-class tricks. You play games."
"The Regent has delivered himself to our doorstep, hehehe..." One of the men in black glared with ferocious eyes: "Really, he doesn't know his own limitations!"
Come on! We're not afraid of you!
After all, this body had been trained in martial arts thousands of times, and Gu Mu had the memory of the moves in his mind. After yesterday's warm-up, he had become much more proficient today.
One against four, they fought fiercely.
Those men in black didn't gain anything either.
But they were tasked with killing the regent, and if they failed to deliver, their master wouldn't be so easy to deal with.
So, the four men in black exchanged glances, bypassed Gu Mu, and attacked Chen Ling and Youyou behind him.
"Since you've stepped forward to protect them, I refuse to believe you won't stop me from killing them!" The black-clad man pointing his sword at Chen Ling grinned maliciously.
"Oh no!" Seeing that the sword was about to pierce Shen Ling's heart, Youyou rushed upwards.
Even Shen Ling was momentarily dazed.
In this life, does Your Highness really intend to kill her so soon?
Could it be... that His Highness saved her so that the man in black would use her to threaten him, and then His Highness would refuse, forcing the man in black to kill him in a fit of rage?
She wondered why His Highness had come to save her.
His Highness could never have had any feelings for her.
The title of husband and wife is nothing but the most ironic joke in the world.
Oh……
She quietly slipped her hand into her sleeve, where a delicate little dagger was hidden.
She had been learning martial arts from a master since she was a child. If she hadn't been too obedient in her previous life, how could she have ended up like this?
But she is not the same person she used to be!
Gu Mu saw what the two men in black were doing.
He kicked the man in black in front of him away, used the momentum to lean back, and blocked the man's attack with a long sword.
"Are you alright?" Although Shen Ling was ruthless, she was still a girl, and Gu Mu was worried that she might be frightened.
After defeating the men in black, he immediately turned around and asked.
He saw that there was a mist in Shen Ling's eyes, swirling with moisture, and the corners of her mouth were slightly downturned.
It's like she suddenly felt very wronged.
It seems they were genuinely frightened.
However, this look, which is quite different from her usual appearance, is actually quite cute.
Gu Mu thought to himself in a rather unethical way.
At the same time, the guards who had been instructed by Gu Mu arrived and immediately surrounded the four men in black.
Originally, Gu Mu could fight these men in black to a draw even when facing four opponents.
Now there are five more guards, each with strength comparable to the man in black.
The masked men in black looked at each other, a hint of fear in their eyes... Were they going to die here?
But soon, a hint of surprise appeared in their eyes: "That person has arrived!"
A figure in blue appeared in the distance, wearing a bamboo hat that covered his entire face.
He was incredibly fast, arriving in front of everyone almost in the blink of an eye.
He did not draw his sword, but instead used the scabbard to block the attacks of the five guards.
With his other hand behind his back, he looked extremely relaxed.
This person's skills are unfathomable. Gu Mu realized this almost immediately.
But he did not draw his sword, clearly indicating that he did not want to kill anyone.
At least, I don't want to kill anyone right now.
Sure enough, after stopping the five guards, the young man in the green robe whispered to the four men in black behind him, "Go."
The four men in black escaped too quickly, and because the young man in green robes slowed them down, the guards couldn't catch up.
The young man in the blue robe also managed to escape the encirclement with ease.
"Stop chasing them." Gu Mu waved his hand, signaling the guards to return.
There might be an ambush ahead; if the guards continue to pursue, they may be defeated one by one.
"Damn it! They got away again!" The guard was clearly furious; this was the second assassination attempt they had made since arriving in Jiangnan.
Clearly, they won't give up until they achieve their goal.
"Your Highness, I implore you to return to the capital as soon as possible!" A guard suddenly knelt down, holding his sword with both hands, and said respectfully.
After all, it was far from the capital in Jiangnan, and the regent was only accompanied by five guards, which was really too unsafe.
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