Chapter 374 Assassinating Yun Chen
Since the day he left Nanlijun's tent, Buyan often received some rewards that were a bit ambiguous but not excessive.
For example, there was a pair of satin boots that were standard equipment for palace guards, a crookedly embroidered gold belt, and an amulet that looked like a heart knot.
It would be a lie to say I'm not moved at all.
Bu Yan vaguely remembered the day he first met Nan Lijun a few years ago. He was on an errand for Yun Chen, and it was a rainy day on Bailu Island in Yancheng.
Everything was gray, the eaves were wet, the wind chimes were dripping, the rain made a rustling sound when it fell on the grass, and a thin layer of white mist slowly accumulated on the ground.
When Buyan was escorting Huo Gannian over, the clouds and mist just happened to part, and a ray of golden sunlight shone on the figure—
In the midst of the cold silence, only Nan Lijun was bright and dazzling, sitting there with a smile as beautiful as a flower. Her whole body seemed to be illuminated by holy light, and she smiled at them in a cunning and mischievous way.
It was just a brief glance, but Bu Yan felt that the light was as thin as a gossamer but extremely penetrating. It went straight through his clothes and flesh, found its way deep into his heart, and gently settled down.
Never left since then.
Since then, whenever there was an errand to Bailu Island, Bu Yan would be very active in doing it.
He did not covet the noble phoenix, nor did he deliberately approach it. He was content to just watch it from afar. However, as he slowly looked through the holy light, he unexpectedly saw a cold, desolate void.
From then on, whenever he looked at Nan Lijun's hidden meanings, her petty temper, her hypocrisy, he could always see through all the disguises and see the real her -
A timid, confused, lonely child, sitting in this stormy sea of scheming, hugging himself and pretending to be a strong adult.
Sometimes, just seeing her sitting there alone and smiling appropriately made him feel distressed.
When he saw her in such a miserable state in the Wangting dog pen, all the pain in Bu Yan's heart reached its peak.
At that moment, he used his armor to shield her body, and he wished he could shield her from all the swords and spears in the world.
However, loving her is all his love, but it cannot be all his heart.
So when faced with her pretended pitiful and probing steps, as usual, he suppressed the love that was growing like weeds, raised the loyal vigilance of his Huo Gang guards, and answered every question beautifully.
It was clear she was disappointed, but he had no regrets.
Because he is a personal guard of the Huo Gang, loyalty has long been deeply engraved in his lifeblood.
He was lost in thought, thinking about these things until Yun Chen on the couch moved and muttered something in his sleep, and then he came back to his senses.
He walked to the bedside and carefully checked Yun Chen. Although she was still wrapped in a blood-stained herbal cloth and smelled strongly of medicine, she had fallen into a deep sleep from coma and was no longer in danger of death.
Bu Yan felt much more at ease. He looked around the tent and checked everywhere carefully. He then looked at the team of personal guards guarding outside the tent. They were all the people that Huo Gannian had left behind to guard Yun Chen before he led the army into battle.
Seeing that everything was safe and well guarded, he walked over to Yun Chen's couch and sat on the ground, talking to himself as if he were talking to Yun Chen:
"Achen, I hope you take your time getting better this time. Based on the word 'black' you wrote on the Young Master's palm, the Young Master has deduced that the Black Scale Cavalry are colluding with Touman. He is worried that after the Black Scale Cavalry takes over the east, they will attempt to unite with the forces of Touman, the King of Xinluojiang.
The young master has led his troops to intercept them, and a fight may have already begun. The Black Scale Cavalry has fought for so long, and after battling the Thunder Cloud Pattern, only about 100,000 men remain. We now have 220,000, a huge advantage!
But Luojiang's forces are too numerous. If the Black Scale Cavalry were to join forces with them, I'm afraid the Nan Kingdom would truly face annihilation... But don't worry, with the Young Master here, Brother Ye Yan has gone, and Duan Jie is also leading the Northern Expedition Army, we'll be fine. It's best to wake up later this time, waiting until the Young Master returns triumphantly. That way, you'll suffer less hardship and pain."
Thinking back to the time when he first met Yun Chen, and then thinking about the hardships along the way, Bu Yan couldn't help but sigh, feeling puzzled:
"I really don't understand why the young master would let you go to the battlefield and risk your life like this? Shouldn't he keep you in the mansion as a precious treasure?"
Buyan didn't understand. Every time Yun Chen was injured, Huo Gannian felt heartbroken as if he was dying. Why did he still allow Yun Chen to take risks again and again?
Bu Yan began to think about this difficult problem carefully, when he suddenly heard a noise outside the tent, as if someone was trying to break in.
He quickly stood up to check, and found that it was another palace maid beside Nan Lijun.
A dozen palace servants were standing outside in a mess, led by a palace maid who stood with her hands on her hips and raised her brows, looking arrogant and dissatisfied, and was confronting the personal soldiers guarding the tent.
Seeing Bu Yan coming out, the palace maid's expression softened a little, but her tone was still unfriendly:
"No words! The princess wants you to come over and ask you something!"
Bu Yan put on a smile and said, "Princess, if you summon me, I will go right away. Next time, you can just send a soldier to pass on the message. Why would you bother to come in person for such a small matter?"
Hearing this, the maid's expression softened. "The princess gave me a lot of medicine for my wounds and ordered me to visit General Yun." Then she glared at the guards, "It's just that you have too many 'watchdogs' in your house, and they don't appreciate the princess' kindness!"
"Haha, you're joking!" Buyan quickly smiled again.
He took the palace maid to Yun Chen's bed to take a look, accepted a bunch of imperial gifts, kowtowed to thank Nanli Jun for his grace in the Eastern Palace, and after instructing the guards on the tent, he followed the large group of palace people to the princess' tent.
Buyan was talking to the palace maid all the way. After walking a long distance, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.
He stopped and asked bluntly:
"I say, when you came here just now, you brought twelve people with you, right?"
The maid looked bewildered:
"I don't remember, but it should be eleven!"
Buyan looked around again and counted quickly again.
He was sure that he couldn't be wrong, so he grabbed the maid and asked seriously:
"There should be twelve people! Where's the other one?!"
The maid was startled:
"What are you talking about? I don't understand! What's with 'eleven' and 'twelve'? Why should I bother to remember such trivial things?"
Bu Yan could see that the maid was not lying, but he was sure that when the maid went to visit Yun Chen just now, there were clearly twelve people in total! But now one is missing!
Bu Yan's heart sank, and he immediately ran back, rushing towards the tent at the fastest speed in his life.
"Achen!!" Buyan roared and rushed through the tent with such strength that he almost knocked down the doorpost. Then he saw Yunchen sleeping soundly on the couch.
A palace servant holding a knife fell to the ground next to Yun Chen. His neck had been twisted and his eyes were still trembling slightly. It was obvious that he had just been killed.
At this moment, a voice of a righteous blood guard came from the shadows on the top of the beam:
"I'm sorry, I hit him too hard. Please straighten him out."
Bu Yan went forward to check on the palace servant, only to find that his neck had been twisted a whole circle, his spine shattered, with only the skin and flesh on his neck still connected, twisted into a pretzel shape.
Hearing the sound of the crowd gathering outside the tent, Bu Yan quickly straightened the palace maid's neck, put the knife that was originally intended to kill Yun Chen into the palace maid's hand, and wiped the palace maid's neck horizontally.
The blood did not splatter, but just flowed out slowly.
Buyan looked around and saw a tray with ginseng lying on the side. He guessed that the palace servant used the excuse of delivering supplements to come back and assassinate Buyan after he left.
The guard at the door saw that Buyan had brought the palace maid into the tent once before, so he did not stop him the second time.
This set of small but deadly combos is very consistent with Nanlijun's style.
Buyan crushed the ginseng into pieces and kicked it into the corner. He checked Yun Chen again and made sure that she was completely safe. Then he bowed to the shadow on the top of the beam and expressed his gratitude.
The next moment, all the palace maids rushed in and saw that the palace maid on the ground had died in a terrible state. She was actually Nan Lijun's personal maid. They immediately screamed and wanted to report to Nan Lijun.
Buyan glanced at everyone with a cold gaze, picked up the still bleeding body of the palace servant, and said in a deep voice:
"Don't bother with your gossip, let him speak for himself!"
Bu Yan was emitting anger, and was carrying a bleeding corpse on his shoulder.
The blood slowly soaked into his shoulders, turning half of his clothes black, making him look quite horrifying.
He carried the corpse in such a swaggering manner and went straight to the princess's tent.
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