Chapter 24 Assassination
At this moment, the princes standing by had interesting expressions.
You have to know that Xiao Wenyan and Xiao Nalan both rely on their mother being the queen, and also rely on the background of the Wu family.
He was domineering in the palace.
Many people are complaining but dare not speak out!
Especially the princes who intended to compete with Xiao Wenyan for the position of crown prince, their expressions of gloating were almost written on their faces.
"Fourth brother, that Xie Hanzi is quite interesting. These days, Longyang City is full of rumors about this Xie Hanzi. It is said that he even won the first prize at the garden party!" A chubby, round-faced prince said to a man beside him with sword-like eyebrows, starry eyes and a heroic face.
The man with a heroic face said, "Humph, how could that fool Xie have such ability? That was all the tricks of the Third Princess, didn't you see it? The Third Princess, who is not very conspicuous, will make a big splash if she doesn't make a sound. If she can really control this fool Xie, we will have something interesting to watch."
These two people were none other than the two sons of Concubine De’s palace, the Fourth Prince and the Sixteenth Prince.
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"Yi Ran, it's okay! I'm here... don't worry about them." Xie Xunfeng held Xiao Yi Ran's hand tightly.
However, it was obvious that Xiao Yiran's hands were cold.
Listening to Xie Xunfeng's comfort, Xiao Yiran forced a smile and said, "Have you made up your mind? Do you want to be with me? My father doesn't like me. I'm afraid..."
Xie Xunfeng said to Xiao Yiran, "Don't be afraid! I'm here!"
As the two were talking, they heard a eunuch shouting, "Your Majesty has arrived!"
Then, people on both sides knelt down one after another.
Seeing that Xie Xunfeng was still standing, Xiao Yiran pulled Xie Xunfeng twice.
Xie Xunfeng was still very uncomfortable with these ancient etiquettes.
After all, in his previous life, only others knelt to him.
How could he kneel down to others?
Soon, a team wearing black armor was seen coming in.
These are Daxia's most powerful heavy infantry, the Black Armor Guards!
Each of these black armored guards is over 1.9 meters tall, and some are even over 2 meters tall.
You know, this height was extremely rare in ancient times.
The armor they wore weighed forty kilograms, and the spears in their hands were nearly two meters long and were also extremely heavy.
Xie Xunfeng made a rough estimate and found that there were probably thousands of black armored guards.
Thousands of black-armored guards surrounded a huge carriage.
After everyone entered the city, the prince and officials followed closely behind.
After walking for a while, Xie Xunfeng suddenly felt something was wrong.
This feeling is innate as a killer.
In his previous life, he was the master of Shura Palace and had experienced countless assassinations.
He knew this feeling all too well.
Subconsciously, he placed Xiao Yiran in the safest possible position.
His eyes searched everywhere.
Soon, many suspicious people were found in the crowd.
After looking at the terrain again, he found that along the entire route, only the street shop at the corner ahead had an ambush set up, which was the best assassination point.
Moreover, there are a lot of assassins mixed in around now!
If they entered their ambush point, many civil and military officials and princes would surely be shot to death.
Xie Xunfeng said to Xiao Yiran, "Yan, hold my hand tightly and don't let go!"
Xiao Yiran looked at Xie Xunfeng with a hint of confusion.
Xie Xunfeng stared at a sneaky person nearby. According to his observation, this person was a small leader!
He quickly pulled out a small knife from his hand and threw it at the man.
At the same time, he shouted loudly, "There's an assassin!"
Xie Xunfeng's shout immediately alerted the Black Armor Guards.
They were veterans who had experienced many battles. They quickly formed a battle line and surrounded the carriage.
The flying knife shot by Xie Xunfeng hit the assassin's shoulder.
The assassin cried out in pain. Seeing that his tracks had been exposed, he shouted helplessly, "Kill! Kill all these Daxia bastards!"
After one person shouted, all the people who were acting sneaky around stopped pretending, pulled out their machetes, and started to kill the soldiers who were responsible for defending the roadside.
Then some people rushed towards the emperor's carriage.
Another group of people attacked the civil and military officials.
"There is also an assassin lurking in the commercial street at the corner ahead!" Xie Xunfeng shouted to the side.
After saying that, he protected Xiao Yiran behind him.
Attack the assassins who are rushing towards you!
Xie Xunfeng's knife was very fast and his figure was very strange.
If it weren't for the fact that he was still holding Xiao Yiran's hand.
He can be even faster!
Since they had seen through their plan in advance, after the Black Armor Guards took action.
Instead, it caught the assassin off guard.
Especially under the precise guidance of Xie Xunfeng.
A group of black-armored guards surrounded the shops on the street corner and caught the turtle in the jar.
They actually caught dozens of assassins lurking upstairs.
In less than an incense stick of time, hundreds of assassins were brought to justice, but of course there were certainly many who escaped.
However, their assassination attempt must have failed.
At this time, all the princes ran to the carriage and shouted, "Father...Father, are you okay?"
"Father...Father..."
It was only at this moment that Xie Xunfeng came to his senses and realized that the emperor was probably not in this carriage.
as expected.
An eunuch who was close to the emperor came out of the carriage and said, "Don't worry, my princes. His Majesty is already waiting in the palace!"
After hearing the eunuch's words, everyone had different expressions.
At this moment, there was a man in the crowd who stared at Xie Xunfeng from beginning to end.
Seeing that the emperor was gone, his brows furrowed even more and he looked at Xie Xunfeng deeply.
Then he turned around and left...
"His Majesty has ordered that everyone present must enter the palace to see him. No mistakes! No one is allowed to leave!"
Seeing this, Xie Xunfeng thought that this emperor was quite interesting.
