Empress, she is beautiful Lu Ziye

The curtain blocks the view, but it is also an excellent concealment.

When the wave of arrows stopped, the red curtain was riddled with holes. The assassin drew his sword and rushed forward, fighting with the dark guard.

There were only four secret guards who followed Xiao Rongxi out today, and they sent out a signal for help as soon as they discovered something was wrong, but it would take some time for the reinforcements to arrive, and the other party obviously wanted to settle the matter within this period of time.

Xiao Rongxi was besieged, and Nan Zhen's side was not much better.

Just now the two were scattered by the arrows, Nan Zhen rolled on the ground with her waist bent, and was about to start to go in his direction when a long knife came straight towards her.

She hurriedly leaned back to avoid it, took a whirling step, and when she turned around, she drew out the soft sword wrapped around her waist, and collided with the long knife.

Wherever the sharp weapon passed, the curtain was completely broken, shattered into pieces, and scattered in the air, and the sight suddenly became clear.

The theater troupe is fake, and the troupe has been replaced long ago. Now the doors and windows of the whole troupe are closed. Except for them who are trapped here, the rest are all assassins, a total of 30 people.

"Shh!"

Nan Zhen hit the assassin's wrist with a sword, and when the pain in his hand was slow, she flew forward and cut his throat to kill him.

The blood spurted out immediately, splashing a few drops on her face, which was still warm.

Nan Zhen frowned slightly in disgust, facing the people who continued to surround her, and kept moving towards Xiao Rongxi's direction.

Just when the two were about to meet, the dark guard suddenly shouted, "Be careful, Your Majesty!"

At some point, a person squatted in the courtyard on the third floor, holding a bow and crossbow, aiming in the direction of Xiao Rongxi.

The surrounding assassins trapped him, even if he was injured, he would not retreat, just to create opportunities for the people in the courtyard.

When the dark guard found out, the crossbow arrows had already been fired, faster than ordinary arrows, and they arrived in the blink of an eye.

Nan Zhen hurriedly flung out the dark dart in her sleeve, but was blocked by a person flying from downstairs——

Even if you die under the dark dart, you can't let people destroy the direction of travel of the crossbow.

"His Majesty!"

Both Xiao Rongxi and the hidden guard were restrained, unable to dodge in time, the crossbow arrow was aimed at his chest, the huge impact made Xiao Rongxi startled, and he fell back unconsciously.

Seeing this, the people on the courtyard frowned, "Let's go!"

After speaking, no one disappeared.

They came here for the assassination, as long as Xiao Rongxi died, the rest were not important.

How could he live with such strength sinking into his chest?
When the remaining assassins heard this, they all retreated and flew out of the pear garden as fast as they could.

"Stop chasing," Nan Zhen stopped the movement of the hidden guard, looked at Xiao Rongxi who was half leaning on the table leg, and asked, "The wound is in this position and it's not suitable to move it, you guys have the pear garden guarded, and then call Yu Huaishan over. "

Nan Zhen's eyes were scarlet, but her tone was calm enough, the dark guard listened to her words very much, and left after responding, but was stopped by Xiao Rongxi.

"and many more."

Several people's eyes focused on him, and they saw that he was holding the part where the crossbow bolt connected to his body, as if he was about to pull it out.

The hidden guard hurriedly stopped him, "Your Majesty, no. The position where the arrow enters the body is so dangerous, pulling it out will be life-threatening."

Xiao Rongxi smiled, and in the next second, let go of her hand.

The crossbow arrow lost its support and fell by gravity. There was blood on the tip of the arrow, but it was not the blood on his chest, but the blood from the scratch on his palm.

The fabric on the chest was punctured, revealing a little bright yellow inside.

Nan Zhen had sharp eyes, "This is..."

"It was the peace talisman given by the old monk I met in the restaurant that day." Xiao Rongxi took out the talisman and showed it to her.

The talisman paper had been crushed, and when it was unfolded, there were no runes, but something strange was wrapped inside, which was actually a piece of iron.

The old monk asked him to carry it with him, Xiao Rongxi was naturally obedient and did not slack off, he put it on his chest today, when the crossbow arrow came, it just hit the iron plate and saved him from disaster.

The situation was urgent just now, in order to deceive the people in the courtyard, he intentionally pierced his palm with a crossbow arrow, and blood oozes out.

But the other party really didn't expect that there was such a coincidence in this world, and thought that he was bound to die, so he hurriedly withdrew.

Nan Zhen took it and spread it in the palm of her hand, "No wonder when I got the peace talisman, I felt a little different from the usual ones. It turned out to be useful here."

Thinking about it, the old monk had already expected that there would be a disaster in Xiao Rongxi, so he sent the talisman early.

"Cough cough." Xiao Rongxi suddenly coughed twice, stood up with Nan Zhen's strength, his lips turned white, "Go back to the inn first."

Although the talisman blocked the fatal injury for him, Xiao Rongxi also suffered a lot of shocks, and his breath was a little unstable at the moment.

Before leaving, he still did not forget to say, "Take that crossbow with you."

Bows and crossbows are military equipment, and it is not allowed to manufacture or buy them privately. The origin of the bows and crossbows in the hands of the opponent is worth investigating.

Everyone avoided the eyes and ears and returned to the inn, and the dark guards guarded the surroundings, not even a bug or fly could fly in.

Yu Huaishan was checking Xiao Rongxi's pulse, and stopped after a while, "Your Majesty has used his internal strength. Although the bow and crossbow did not directly hurt the body, it still has an impact, so there may be some reactions in the past two days. You need to rest more. I will grab some medicine later. , Borrow the shop's stove to fry it, and take a nap after His Majesty takes it."

"Well," Xiao Rongxi straightened his sleeves, "Let the two hidden guards of the Fei School follow you when you go out."

Yu Huaishan is skilled in medicine but not in martial arts, it is too dangerous to go out alone.

Fei Liu: "Yes."

Afterwards, Xiao Rongxi explained a few more words before looking at Nan Zhen who had been sitting silently at the round table.

She was holding the crossbow and looking at it seriously.

Xiao Rongxi raised her legs and walked over, sat down beside her, and looked at the body of the arrow with her hand, "What's the matter, can you see anything?"

"This." Nan Zhen handed him a white veil.

The handkerchief had just been used to wipe the crossbow bolts, and there were faint blood stains on it, and there were some oil stains on it. It felt like lard, slippery, and smelled it carefully, and could smell a scent.

Xiao Rongxi took it over and looked at it, frowning, "Poison?"

"Not necessarily," Nan Zhen shook her head, "When Doctor Yu left just now, I asked him to identify it, and he couldn't see what it was, and it didn't look like an ordinary poison. He took some to test and wait for the results Only when you come out will you know."

Xiao Rongxi nodded and put down the veil.

Both of them are not good at poisons, they only know common poisons, but they can analyze the crossbow in front of them.

"If I remember correctly, the management of bows and crossbows and other equipment is very strict, and all those used by the army must be registered in the register. They are not allowed to move or store them privately, and they are not allowed to be manufactured. Those assassins may have connections with the soldiers of the court. ?”

Xiao Rongxi stroked the irregular, crack-like mark on the arrow tail, and carefully observed the arrow, "It's not clear where the crossbow came from, but this arrow is not made in the military."

Nan Zhen: "Is that made in private?"

"En." Xiao Rongxi continued, "But the iron is very common, and I can't see where the source is at the moment."