Chapter 1540 Assassination
Due to limited transportation, even though the area of Qizhou is not much larger than a province of our dynasty, if you want to travel around the country, the time spent has to be calculated in years.
It was November when Yang Yiyi arrived in the Western Regions, and now it is June there. Li Chengxi thought that no matter how much Princess Mingzhu traveled, she should come back now.
But he didn't expect to bump into the princess's carriage on the way back to Kangping City.
Although Yang Yiyi told Wu Shaoyi about Li Yingluo and Zheng Yinping, and also about the princess, Wu Shaoyi felt very restrained when she went to say hello to Yang Yiyi. The eldest sister He Ling was even more exaggerated, and her whole body was hard, while the four younger sisters were trembling like quails.
Although Yang Yiyi is carefree, think about it, the princess is already the pinnacle of the feudal class, and anyone would tremble.
Li Chengxi looked at it and felt that Yang Yiyi still had to exchange pleasantries with Princess Mingzhu for a while, and maybe she could get on the Princess' carriage later.
The onlookers were even more curious about this matter. Although they were surrounded by soldiers and palace guards, and the onlookers were also far away, everyone still stretched their necks to look.
Watching the excitement, who doesn't like watching the excitement?
By the way, the Princess's motorcade looked bigger than before, and there seemed to be a lot more guards.
He turned the mouse wheel casually, and the higher vision could clearly see that the Princess's motorcade was lined up outside the visible range of the screen.
It felt that the Princess's security was strengthened again after the Lingyun Temple incident.
Anyway, Yang Yiyi would definitely follow the Princess later, and maybe she could get a good meal at that time. Li Chengxi thought it should be fine.
Just as he was about to switch the screen to continue playing the game, the ALT+TAB key combination had just pressed ALT, and Li Chengxi immediately said "Hmm?"
The ALT key will highlight names and interactive items, such as where a secret door is hidden.
This allowed Li Chengxi to see a dense mass of names in the woods.
As mentioned before, the road leading to Kangping City at this intersection is surrounded by woods on both sides. The soldiers blocked one side of the Y-shaped intersection, so Yang Yiyi and her carriage had to stop.
After all, people can go around the woods, but carriages can't.
But judging from the direction of these people's movement, they don't look like passers-by who are bypassing the military blockade and continuing on their way. Instead, they look like they are approaching the princess's carriage.
This... is not right.
Li Chengxi immediately right-clicked on one of the names to check the attributes. Basic information such as name, gender, and age were useless, but in the title column, it was clearly written as "Anxiangtang Killer".
No, why would the killer of Anxiangtang be here?
The reason why Anxiangtang chased Yang Yiyi before was because she was carrying secret letters to the leaders of various factions, and now the things in the Western Regions are over.
The target is not Yang Yiyi.
Li Chengxi suddenly remembered the token found in the Broken Taoist Temple. If He Ling of the Qingshan Sect hadn't gotten into any trouble recently, then the target...
It is very likely to be the princess!
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“I heard about it.”
Princess Mingzhu's eyes lit up when she saw Yang Yiyi:
“Miss Yang, you guys went deep into the Western Regions not long ago and attacked the lair of the Tianlang evil cult. Tell me about it!”
Seeing the princess' excitement, I'm afraid she would have to follow if she was there.
“Princess, we are on the way.”
Li Yingluo next to her reminded:
“Let's talk about it when we get back to the city. There is plenty of time.”
Li Yingluo and Zheng Yinping were also interested, but it was obviously not clear in a few words.
Princess Mingzhu finally came to her senses and nodded:
"Well, Miss Yang, you have to tell me about it."
As she spoke, she looked at Wu Shaoyi next to her:
"Who is this lady...?"
"I am Wu Shaoyi, from Wujia Village."
Usually, Wu Shaoyi was very generous and graceful, but now her tongue was tied when she spoke.
"Wujia Village? Oh, I remember that Rousi wrote to me not long ago and said that she had lived in Wujia Village for a while."
Speaking of which, Princess Rousi would go out to play, and she also learned from Princess Mingzhu.
Then she looked at He Ling who was hiding behind:
"Who is that lady?"
He Ling was so stiff that she couldn't speak while holding her bag.
Yang Yiyi quickly introduced:
"This is my senior sister He Ling, and the ones behind are my junior sisters."
Princess Mingzhu was obviously confused, because she heard Yang Yiyi say that she had no sect or school, so how come there were suddenly senior sisters and junior sisters?
However, although Princess Mingzhu is a hyperactive person who likes to watch the fun, she is not a person who speaks without restraint. There must be a story behind this.
So Princess Mingzhu did not ask any more questions, and nodded casually as if she had seen it before.
Yang Yiyi was about to introduce them one by one, when she suddenly felt the jade sceptre in her arms tremble slightly.
She thought it was Li Chengxi who reminded her not to forget to ask about the token.
So Yang Yiyi looked at the inner guard next to the princess:
"Brother guard, look at this token, is it something from the palace?"
After all, there are many people here, and Li Chengxi is not easy to speak. Unless he shouts, he can't remind Yang Yiyi that the assassins from the Anxiang Hall are approaching.
The inner guard was scanning the surroundings. Hearing this, he lowered his head and looked at the token handed over by Yang Yiyi. It can be seen that he seemed very surprised, and his pupils were shaking.
"Miss Yang, where did you get this thing?"
"In a broken Taoist temple on the other side of Qingyun Mountain, we found several bodies when we settled there, and one of them was holding this token tightly in his hand."
"Corpses? Are there some bodies of Jianghu people?"
Yang Yiyi nodded, and the guard's face changed, and he immediately shouted to the people around:
"Be alert!"
He turned around and picked up Princess Mingzhu:
"Forgive me for being rude, Princess, you can't stay here!"
Then he threw her into the carriage like throwing a bag:
"Quick! Escort the princess back to Kangping City!"
The guard was so angry when he saw the token that he completely ignored the princess's cry and the question of "Are you going to rebel?" from the carriage.
Li Yingluo and Zheng Yinping were also shocked, but they understood that the guard must have seen something from the token. Just as they were about to turn around and get on the carriage to let the princess stay in the carriage, they heard a cannon.
"Line up! Line up! There are assassins!"
A large group of ordinary people dressed as ordinary people but wearing masks rushed out of the woods, holding swords and knives. It was obvious that they were coming with bad intentions.
As a result, the people who were watching the excitement outside the cordon were in chaos. There were already quite a few people gathered, and now everyone was running around in a mess. The soldiers responsible for blocking the road had to prevent these people from colliding with the princess's carriage on the one hand, and on the other hand, they had to line up to deal with the assassins. For a while, they felt that they were almost too busy.
When the scene was in chaos, several sharp blades flashed in the crowd of panicked people. The soldiers who had never expected that there were bad guys among the people were chopped down on the spot, and a gap was immediately opened.
Although the carriage stopped not far from the intersection, the thieves on the civilian side were actually closer to the princess than the assassins who rushed out of the forest. They drove straight in from the opened gap, and their goal was very clear, that is, to rush to the princess's carriage!
