Just as he was about to make a move, he was suddenly kicked solidly in the back.
"You scoundrel, who do you think you are!"
Shen Tangning staggered a few steps before someone caught her. She looked up in surprise: "Chi Yan?"
Chi Yan frowned as he looked her over: "Are you injured?"
She pursed her lips slightly and shook her head, then quickly widened her eyes: "Be careful!"
The man in black swung his knife at Chi Yan, who calmly dodged to the side, the blade grazing his face as it came down.
A hint of surprise flashed in the black-clad man's eyes. He pressed forward relentlessly, but Chi Yan managed to dodge all of his attacks after a few.
One time could be considered an accident, but so many times is no coincidence.
He gradually began to see through the situation, and his eyes became more scrutinizing. This notorious playboy from Yanjing seemed to be quite skilled.
This matter is probably unknown even to the master.
Over there, Yuan Zhao finished off the remaining three men in black and turned around to see Chi Yan and the last one locked in a fierce battle, with Chi Yan also holding off Shen Tangning. Despite being unarmed, Chi Yan was holding his own and not losing in the slightest.
He raised an eyebrow in surprise and stepped forward to help.
With Yuan Zhao's help, the remaining man in black was quickly subdued. Yuan Zhao forced him to kneel on the ground, pulled off the cloth covering his face, revealing an unremarkable face.
Yuan Zhao glanced at the other party's cold expression and took the initiative to speak: "This is a suicide soldier. It won't be so easy for you to get anything out of him."
The loyalty of these assassins is extremely high, and they are usually given poison beforehand. If the mission fails, they will not survive either, all in order to keep their master's secrets.
However, he could roughly guess where this group of people came from.
Shen Tangning stepped forward, her gaze deep and unfathomable as she looked at the man in black, her tone calm: "Then kill him."
Everyone present was astonished.
The man in black's usually calm expression wavered. He couldn't help but glance at the woman in front of him. She had just put on a delicate act and he had been fooled by her.
The master's guess was correct; there was indeed something strange about this woman.
Chi Yan had witnessed her decisiveness before, and was still somewhat surprised by her decisiveness, but there was nothing to say. I won't offend others unless they offend me.
Shen Tangning knew very well whose people the other party was working for. Now that things had developed to this point, and the Third Prince had already become suspicious of her, letting the other party go would be like releasing a tiger back into the mountains.
With these people dead, there was no way to verify the facts, and the Third Prince dared not openly confront her.
Yuan Zhao nodded, asked no further questions, and swiftly slit the man's throat.
Shen Tangning's gaze fell on him, a hint of inquiry in her eyes: "Why are you here? Were you following me?"
Yuan Zhao's face stiffened, and he couldn't help but glance at her.
What kind of talk is that?
If it weren't for him, she would have lost her life here today!
“Last night I intended to go find you…” He realized he was being a bit inappropriate halfway through his sentence, glancing at Chi Yan’s squinting eyes, and had to explain, “My intention was to find you to repay a debt of gratitude, but unexpectedly, while passing through the alley near the entrance of the Chi residence, I discovered something interesting.”
Chi Yan looked at him with considerable displeasure: "Is this your excuse for showing up uninvited in the middle of the night?"
Yuan Zhao's expression was blank: "...I am an assassin, and I can only appear at night."
Shen Tangning glanced at Chi Yan and cleared her throat: "Go on."
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