After rebirth, I cried and criticized the prince

Chapter 132 Blocking the Knife

Yuan Xu and Helan Xuenuo tacitly pulled off their masks. Yuan Xu bowed and said, "I am Yuan Xu from the Yuan Mansion."

Helan Xuenuo followed suit and saluted, "I am Helan Xuenuo from Helan Mansion." She wanted to say that she was a female knight who had donated several carts of gold and silver to him.

Yuan Mansion? Helan Mansion? These were the generals' mansions of the capital, both large and small, prestigious names. Chen Shi'an remained on guard and didn't return the greeting. "But are they the Yuan and Helan Generals' Mansions in the capital?" He was completely bewildered. How could he have provoked two military officers' families to come here, claiming to be saving him?

They both nodded.

Helan Xuenuo looked out the window and listened for any movement. There were some footsteps outside the window, and she knew they were coming! If she continued to dawdle like this, it would be difficult to deal with the assassin. She stepped forward and took Chen Shian's hand. Chen Shian pushed it away defensively. Yuan Xu reached out to catch Helan. Helan Xuenuo said helplessly, "You are so weak, if we really wanted to kill you, we would have killed you long ago! It's not us who want to kill you now! Hurry and hide behind the screen, you will know who wants to kill you later!"

Chen Shian was confused for a moment, but he came back to his senses and roughly understood something. He had a very good brain.

Yuan Xu listened attentively to the noise outside the window, his expression becoming tense. He put on his mask and said in a low voice, "Prefect Chen is coming... they are coming."

Chen Shian took a few steps back and hid behind the screen.

Yuan Xu pulled Helan Xuenuo's mask up as well. After putting it on, she walked over to the bed and fiddled with it for a while, until it looked like someone was lying on it. She gestured to Chen Shian to silence him, "Remember, don't come out no matter what happens."

The two of them sat at the yellow pear wood table where Chen Shi'an had sat before. They seemed relaxed, but their hands were actually positioned to quickly retrieve their weapons. Helan Xuenuo carried her Gentleman's Bow today. It was relatively small, so she slung it along with her deer bone arrows.

They extinguished the candle.

In less than three minutes, many dark shadows had already sneaked in, making quite a noise, but none of the guards on duty in the post station noticed it. Helan Xuenuo thought that it was possible that the post station was already full of their own people.

Sure enough... in the end, a few guards on duty crawled in, and they seemed to be in the same group as these assassins.

After they came in, the leader blew out the candle, startled the two men in black sitting in the room, drew his sword and prepared to fight.

At this time... Yuan Xu stood up and saluted, saying, "You are finally here. The Second Prince sent me here to meet you. The Qingzhou prefect has been dealt with by us."

The leading assassin stopped drawing his sword mid-air and exchanged puzzled glances with the people around him. According to their plan, the Second Prince had not sent anyone to pick them up. He asked in confusion, "Didn't the Second Prince say that he would send anyone to pick us up!" No... If they could deal with the Qingzhou prefect, why would they send their group to assassinate him again at such a large scale? He realized that he had fallen into a trap.

The sword hanging in the scabbard was drawn again, and he said ruthlessly, "Are you trying to trick me?" He stabbed with the sword. Yuan Xu pulled Helan Xuenuo back. The leading assassin stabbed in the air, and his anger grew. "Even if you tricked me, what does it matter? You must have been sent by the Queen! Today, I will make sure you never return!"

He ordered, "Attack!" Everyone behind him drew their swords, and Yuan Xu engaged them. Helan Xunuo was shielded behind Yuan Xu. She rarely experienced such close combat, and she felt a little intimidated. Yuan Xu was easily able to handle the eight or nine assassins, though he was a little tired. Their attacks were directed at the vital points. The leader possessed the most powerful martial arts skills.

She also wanted to laugh a little. Yuan Xu's method of getting the real murderer out was too crude. Just from this one sentence, she knew that it was the Second Prince who wanted to assassinate Chen Shian.

At this time, there was a noise outside the house. Someone was shouting to protect the prefect, but he was reluctant to open the door.

It turned out that the elite soldiers sent by the palace to escort Chen Shi'an had a fight with the guards who had mixed in with the post station.

Helan Xuenuo took out the gentleman's bow from behind her and shot at the people on the side. The room was not big, and several people were hit by her shot and fell to the ground.

Yuan Xu smiled and praised, "Very good." As he was praising, several swords stabbed at him again, and he started fighting left and right again.

When the leading assassin saw Helan Xuenuo shoot and kill several of his brothers, his eyes became bloodshot and he began to turn his target towards Helan Xuenuo.

The room was too small for him to use his skills. He tried to kill Helan Xuenuo several times but was beaten back by Yuan Xu. Helan Xuenuo was drawing the arrow with the bow and stabbed his left arm.

He looked out the window, his gaze fixed on the bed. His main purpose today was to kill the Qingzhou prefect on the orders of the Second Prince. He retreated behind a few people, ran towards the bed, stabbed it with a sword, and some cotton wool flew out. He pulled open the mattress and found that there was no one inside.

He turned around and shouted, "We've been tricked!" When he was about to turn over and escape through the window, he found that there were also various fights outside the window. Their side was at a disadvantage. There were many men in black mixed in, and they seemed to be helping these elite soldiers of the palace.

He found that there was no way to retreat, so he made up his mind and attacked Helan Xuunuo and Yuan Xu together with other assassins. At the same time, another group of assassins climbed in from the window.

While Yuan Xu was fighting, he asked Helan Xuenuo worriedly, "Can you do it?"

Helan Xuenuo nodded, picked up a sword from the ground, and joined the battle. After training with Yuan Xu for so many days, she was no longer a weak person, but a real helper who could help Yuan Xu repel the enemy.

Several assassins were fighting with Yuan Xu. One of them realized that Yuan Xu was protecting Helan Xuenuo, so he took the opportunity to draw his sword and stab Helan Xuenuo. When Helan Xuenuo was about to dodge, the door behind her was kicked open, and a tall man in black came in. Even though he was covered in black cloth, he still looked very imposing. She was pulled into the arms of the man in black, just in time to avoid the sword.

Originally… Helan Xuenuo couldn't tell if the person who kicked the door in was a friend or foe. When he pulled her away to dodge the sword, she knew for sure he wasn't an enemy. And he was being unnecessary; she could have dodged even if he hadn't been needed.

The man in black held her in his arms and fought with other assassins. Helan Xuenuo tried to break free, but his grip was too strong, and it was obvious that he was a man with great martial arts skills.

She suddenly felt that this person was very familiar. When she looked up at his eyes again, she was sure that he was Gu Shicheng! Even if she died, she would never forget his eyes!

Why was Gu Shicheng here again? Did he come to rescue Chen Shian as well? What exactly was he planning to do? Could it be that... he also... his choice today... was to choose the Third Prince?

When Yuan Xu turned around, he found that Helan Xuenuo was hugged by the man in black. He tried to pull her out of the man in black's arms. The man in black was fighting with someone and his hands never relaxed for a moment, holding Helan Xuenuo tightly.

Helan Xuenuo bit his arm, he smiled and loosened his grip, and Yuan Xu pulled Helan Xuenuo out.

Helan Xuenuo was no longer distracted. She took out the gentleman's bow and continued to help Yuan Xu shoot the assassin.

And on the other side of the screen, there was indeed no movement... Every time the fight was about to reach the screen, Helan Xuenuo and Yuan Xu beat them back.

The assassins were clearly at a disadvantage and began to flee out of the window. The situation was now clear.

Only one person was left in the fight... the leading assassin.

The leading assassin rushed forward and hugged Yuan Xu like a madman. Even though his body had been pierced, he still struggled to cling to Yuan Xu, catching Yuan Xu off guard. He took out a knife and was about to stab Yuan Xu.

Helan Xuenuo was very frightened when she saw this, and subconsciously stretched out her hand to block the knife. But at this moment, Gu Shicheng knocked the assassin's knife away before her, leaving a big gash from the palm to the elbow, a very deep scratch, which was shocking.

Yuan Xu kicked the assassin away. When he looked back at Helan Xuenuo, he found that it was the man in black who blocked the knife for him... He was also puzzled about the identity of the man in black, as his clothes did not look like his.

At this moment, Helan Xuenuo lost control. She didn't understand what Gu Shicheng was doing. She yelled at Gu Shicheng, "What are you doing? I can do it! I don't need your help!"

Gu Shicheng's eyes were filled with confusion, and his heart ached. He was completely unable to feel the obvious wound on his arm. He said in a slightly hoarse and trembling voice, "I'm afraid... afraid... that you'll be hurt..."

His vision suddenly went dark, and he fell to the ground with a loud bang.

At the same time, the sounds of fighting outside the window and door gradually died down.