#147 - On the brink of exposure - I am the villain in the book

“Neigh!!!”

A piercing horse cry cut through the night sky.

Almost at the same time Wei Changtian shouted "Go!", the black carriage suddenly rushed out of the alley and galloped forward along the empty street.

It wasn't that Zhang San reacted quickly, but just as that gust of night wind blew, he, like Wei Changtian, sensed something was wrong.

Although it was very faint, there was indeed a faint smell of blood in the wind!

“Gong, Gongzi...”

Ning Yuke, who didn't know what had happened, widened her eyes in the constantly bumping carriage and asked in a trembling voice, "What, what's wrong? Why are we running?”

“Did someone from the Royal Palace discover us?”

“Are we going to...”

“Shut up if you want to live!”

Wei Changtian didn't have time to explain these things to Ning Yuke at the moment. After shouting sternly, he slightly opened a crack in the curtain and squinted out.

Sure enough, four black shadows were running along the eaves, closely following the carriage, and judging from their reaction time, they should have been watching them for a long time.

Damn it, how could this happen?

These assassins had obviously succeeded in the Royal Palace, but why didn't they make any noise?

Doesn't Ning Qingyu have any experts under his command?

Or is it that the strength of these assassins has crushed the Royal Palace guards?

Wei Changtian couldn't figure out the key to it for a while, and the current situation didn't allow him to think about these irrelevant questions anymore.

The most important thing right now is how to get out of this predicament!

Calm down!

Taking a deep breath and closing his eyes, his brain began to analyze the current situation rapidly.

First of all, these assassins probably don't know that Ning Yuke is in his carriage, otherwise they would never have sent only a few people to chase after them.

Secondly, he shouldn't have been exposed either.

After all, this carriage was specially found by Zhang San to pick up and drop off Ning Yuke, and it has nothing to do with him.

That is to say, the reason why these people are chasing him is most likely just because they sensed something was wrong and wanted to kill him to prevent any leaks.

So, the question is.

What should he do?

Because he was going to Yanyun Mountain, Wei Changtian specifically didn't let the sentries follow him tonight, and only had Zhang San by his side.

Can the two of them defeat the four assassins opposite them?

Wei Changtian wasn't sure.

Or if it really doesn't work... escape to the Suspended Mirror Division or the yamen?

Presumably, even if this group of assassins were bold, they wouldn't dare to take action in such a place.

However, if that's the case, his identity will inevitably be exposed, and Ning Yongnian will be able to find out that he is related to tonight's events with a little investigation in the future.

Wei Changtian absolutely didn't want to see this kind of thing happen, and what's more, judging from the movement outside the carriage, he was afraid that he would be caught up soon, let alone whether he could escape to those two places in time.

Damn it, if that's the case...

“Zhang San!”

Suddenly opening his eyes, Wei Changtian ordered Zhang San, who was driving the carriage:

The night was as dark as ink, and the four men in black were almost one with the darkness.

Just as Wei Changtian had guessed, they really didn't know who was sitting in this carriage, and they were chasing after it purely to kill anyone who might have seen something.

Even if they knew Wei Changtian was in the carriage, they might not have even bothered to chase after it.

But now...

“Hurry! We must not leave anyone alive!”

One of the men in black shouted in a deep voice, and the black carriage in front was getting closer and closer, and it had changed from the initial small black dot to being able to see its outline clearly.

Although people in the previous life could never catch up with a car no matter how fast they ran, this is after all a world of cultivation.

Unless the horse pulling the cart is a demon, a sixth-rank martial artist can run faster than a horse.

“Swoosh!”

The four men in black exerted force under their feet again, suddenly shortening the distance again.

And at this moment, they saw the carriage suddenly make a turn, and unexpectedly rushed into a small alley next to it, rubbing against the wall.

Compared to the wide road, this kind of small alley can accommodate a car, but it will definitely greatly affect the speed of the carriage.

If they had time to analyze calmly, the four assassins should be able to detect the abnormality at this moment.

But unfortunately, at this critical moment, they were all too busy to think about it. In a few breaths, they rushed to the entrance of the alley, and then continued to chase after the carriage that was still galloping forward.

“Da da da! Da da da!”

The rapid sound of horses' hooves echoed in the narrow alley, and the moonlight shone down, reflecting the shadow of the galloping carriage and people on the side wall, just like a shadow play with the alley wall as the screen.

But I don't know if the master who performed the shadow play made a mistake. I saw that at a certain moment, two of the four figures suddenly stagnated, and then they were cut into two pieces from top to bottom.

“Puchi!”

The gushing blood splashed all over the alley wall, and the two corpses, divided into two, continued to fly forward for a distance with inertia, and then fell to the ground with a "plop plop" in the unbelievable eyes of the other two accomplices.

“Fuck!”

The two assassins who were lucky enough to survive immediately stopped, and their rich combat experience allowed them to lock onto the person who made the move in the blink of an eye.

Cyan tight-fitting long shirt, long hair tied high, right hand holding a knife, left hand holding a scabbard...

The two were stunned for a moment, and almost subconsciously blurted out:

“You, you are...”

“Hmm?”

Wei Changtian asked in a cold tone: "You know me?"

“...”

The two assassins looked at each other, and one of them immediately said loudly: "Young Master Wei, this matter may be a misunderstanding."

“Misunderstanding?”

Wei Changtian's expression gradually became ferocious: "I don't think there is any misunderstanding, even if there is, then you can wait until you get to the underworld to tell the King of Hell!”

“Pa!”

Taking a step forward, Wei Changtian grinned and raised his knife as if preparing to strike again.

Although the two assassins took a slight step back, their faces were not panicked.

If it wasn't a sneak attack, they were confident that Wei Changtian would never be their opponent.

But even if they could beat him, if they didn't have absolute certainty of killing him, they wouldn't dare to attack this Young Master Wei in front of them.

This matter is too involved, far beyond what the two of them can bear.

“Young Master Wei, we really didn't know that the person in this car was you. I don't know if you can let the two of us go this time. Within three days, someone will come to your door to give you a satisfactory answer.”

“Let you go?”

Wei Changtian narrowed his eyes: "Who is your master?"

“This...”

The two assassins probably knew that if they didn't say that name, Wei Changtian would never let them go. After hesitating for a moment, they finally replied in a deep voice:

“Young Master Wei, we are serving... the Ning family.”

“The Ning family?”

Wei Changtian's expression immediately became uncertain.

And his reaction was exactly what the two assassins expected.

Although there are many people with the surname Ning in Da Ning, there is only one that can be called "the Ning family", even a prince can't.

Sure enough, after about five or six breaths, Wei Changtian finally made a "difficult" choice.

“If you are really from the Ning family, I might be able to spare you.”

“But who knows if what you said is true or false, it's better to just...”

“Young Master Wei! How dare we talk nonsense about this kind of thing!”

One of the assassins hurriedly interrupted: "If you don't believe us, we can take you to see someone now!”

“Who?”

“You'll know when Young Master sees him!”