son, don't mess around

Night fell, and in the imperial city, rows of hurried footsteps rushed past.

The lights were brightly lit and the heavily armed imperial guards were searching for the assassin's whereabouts in the imperial city in a tense and orderly manner.

In the dark night sky, there are countless imperial cities dedicated to expert spies. Above the imperial city, sword energy spreads freely.

A thin black shadow hid its figure in the darkness and landed silently in an empty and abandoned yard.

After making sure there were no pursuers behind him, he fell to the ground, breathing heavily.

The originally thin body seemed to be about to collapse at any time, his face was red, and his rapid breathing was accompanied by a hint of paleness.

"Grandma's, I almost died!"

The thin-faced monkey gritted his teeth, his face full of joy of surviving the disaster. If he hadn't been extra thoughtful, I'm afraid things would have gone badly wrong tonight!
Thinking of this, the thin-faced monkey quickly sat down cross-legged on the ground and began to exercise to regulate his body.

In that confrontation just now, he almost died there!
The mysterious female master who suddenly appeared had unfathomable martial arts strength, at least close to the second level. It was pure luck that he survived.

At the moment, I only feel that my blood and energy are surging all over my body, and I feel as if my internal organs have been displaced. It is obvious that I have suffered a serious injury.

"Who is she?"

The thin-faced monkey squinted his eyes and his expression gradually became serious.

There are not many second-grade masters in the world, especially a woman, which is even rarer!

Could it be that she is the eldest princess? !
But the thin-faced monkey quickly shook his head again. The opponent's aura and martial arts power were not similar to each other. More importantly, the eldest princess had no reason to kill the third prince!
So, who is it?

The thin-faced monkey thought for a moment, but couldn't come up with a result.

"Grandma, it doesn't matter so much, let's leave alive first!"

After sitting on the ground and tending to his injuries, the thin-faced monkey got up and prepared to leave the palace first.

There was a big chaos in the palace tonight. There were imperial guards everywhere, and probably even the masters of worship came out. He had to leave the palace quickly before he was discovered. .

The thin-faced monkey made up his mind and was about to leave. Leng Buding suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure in the corner of his eye.

"Who?!"

This instantly startled him, his expression suddenly changed, he suddenly became alert and turned his head to look.

I saw a figure quietly appearing in the courtyard not far ahead.

Wearing a long black dress and holding a black umbrella, she appeared in the courtyard with a cold temperament and looked at him expressionlessly.

The thin-faced monkey's pupils shrank suddenly, and he didn't even notice when the other party appeared.

His heart immediately sank, and he suddenly became alert: "I wonder if the heroine... can you give me some advice?"

"Don't you recognize me?"

A cold voice came.

The thin-faced monkey was stunned.

He raised his head again and squinted at the beautiful figure in black clothes in the courtyard ahead.

The patter of rain fell on the black umbrella, forming a rain curtain as it fell. Under the rain curtain, a cold and pretty face gradually emerged.

Cool and noble!
Without any emotion, she just looked at him quietly.

When he saw this beautiful face, the thin-faced monkey was stunned. The next second, his expression suddenly changed.

"Yes, it's you?!"

He quickly recognized the identity of the woman in front of him - Jiang Zhiyuan!

That maid with unfathomable martial arts skills next to Prince Lin? ! !
The thin-faced monkey's heart suddenly sank. Without any hesitation, he turned around and ran away!

Must run!
This woman's martial arts skills are far beyond what he can compete with!
The other party's sudden appearance here must be directed at him.

However, after he turned around and ran a few steps, a majestic breath suddenly came from behind him.

The thin-faced monkey's pupils shrank even more, and his whole body became tense, not daring to be careless at all. Not caring, he rolled on the spot and quickly dodged to the side.

"boom!"

There was a loud sound, and even though the thin-faced monkey had already dodged quickly, he was still affected by the majestic aura and rolled around on the ground twice, his face pale.

The injury that was already injured became more serious.

Before the thin-faced monkey had time to get up, the paper kite holding a black umbrella landed quietly in front of him, staring at him expressionlessly.

"If you run again, you will die!"

The thin-faced monkey was frightened and immediately gave in.

"Woman, spare your life... don't kill me, I will say anything..."

"..."

In the imperial city.

On the other side, Liu Su avoided the tracking of several imperial guards and fell into a high-walled palace courtyard.

Beyond the wall, there was the sound of hurried footsteps.

"Here, the assassin just ran this way!"

"Chase, we must not let the assassin escape!"

"..."

After the footsteps outside the high wall gradually faded away, Liu Su breathed a sigh of relief. There was a hint of annoyance in those cold eyes.

I thought that because of her deep lurking ability, she would definitely be able to kill the third prince with one blow, and then leave calmly.

Unexpectedly, she still overestimated herself, and she didn't expect that Oriole was behind her.

What is the origin of the thin-faced monkey?
Why are you hiding in the dark to protect the third prince?
Liu Su frowned and couldn't understand this.

There is too much chaos in the palace tonight, and I don’t know how many forces are involved in it. However, none of this has anything to do with her.

The plan to assassinate the third prince had failed. Now, for Liu Su, it was time to think about an escape route and how to get out of here.

The palace is full of forbidden troops searching and patrolling, and many masters appear. The longer she stays here, the less safe it becomes.

What's more serious is that after her failed assassination was exposed, the palace gate has been sealed, and a dragnet must have been set up there.

After thinking for a moment, Liu Su couldn't think of a better way, so Liu Su simply didn't think about it too much. I can't control that much, let's get out of here first.

Having made up her mind, Liu Su hid in the darkness and walked towards the palace gate. But as soon as she took a step, she heard another rush of footsteps coming this way.

"This way, search carefully!"

"She must be here!"

Liu Su didn't expect that the imperial guards outside turned back and headed towards the courtyard where she was hiding. The situation was urgent, Liu Su's eyes turned cold, and his right hand had already fallen on the hilt of the sword.

Since we are going to be discovered, we have to fight our way out.

Just as Liu Su reached out to draw his sword, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind: "Come here quickly!"

Such a familiar voice made Liu Su startled.

At the same time, a hand appeared from behind Liu Su, and before Liu Su could react, he pulled her into the corner next to her.

When Liu Su took a closer look and saw this familiar face right in front of her, she finally came to her senses.

She looked at Lin Jiangnian who had appeared in front of her in shock: "You, why are you here?!"

"You can be here, why can't I be here?"

Looking at Liu Su's stunned eyes, Lin Jiangnian said angrily: "Do you know what you are doing tonight?"

"I……"

Just as Liu Su was about to say something, the courtyard door was opened, rows of hurried footsteps approached, and imperial guards holding torches poured into the courtyard.

"Shh, keep your voice down, don't get discovered!"

Lin Jiangnian spoke softly.

Liu Su opened her mouth but said nothing.

Only then did she realize that she was being held in Lin Jiangnian's arms at some point. The two of them were hiding in a corner of the courtyard. She raised her eyes slightly and stared at Lin Jiangnian's face.

Why is he here?

Did he...know something?
At this moment, Liu Su's mind was a little confused.

He even forgot about the dangerous situation at hand and stared at Lin Jiangnian for a long time.

Lin Jiangnian observed the Forbidden Army guards who were searching the courtyard not far away. It was dark now, it was still raining outside, and his vision was blurry. After the Forbidden Army guards failed to find any clues in the courtyard, they quickly left and went to other places. Local search.

"gone!"

Lin Jiangnian breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to see Liu Su staring at him with burning eyes.

"How will you be here?"

"Why are you here!" The two said almost in unison.

Lin Jiangnian stared at her: "Should I ask you this question? Why are you here tonight?"

"You suddenly dismissed me tonight and drove me away... You didn't just come here just to come, right?"

Lin Jiangnian quickly remembered that he was originally going to accompany Liu Su on New Year's Eve tonight, but she suddenly changed her attitude and drove her away.

Now that the two meet here again, the answer is self-evident.

Hearing this, Liu Su obviously felt guilty and avoided Lin Jiangnian's eyes.

"me……"

"I have something very important to do!"

Liu Su gritted his teeth.

"What's important?"

Lin Jiangnian stared into her eyes: "Kill the third prince?"

Liu Su was slightly startled and raised her eyes unexpectedly: "You, you saw it?"

"if not?"

Lin Jiangnian said angrily: "If I hadn't seen it, were you still planning to hide it from me?"

"Humph!"

Faced with Lin Jiangnian's "cynicism", Liu Suyou wanted to refute, but couldn't.

Admittedly, it was her fault tonight. Now that I met Lin Jiangnian, I felt inexplicably guilty about being caught red-handed.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Lin Jiangnian looked at her: "Why are you here? And why did you want to kill the third prince?"

Listening to Lin Jiangnian's somewhat domineering tone, Liu Su bit her lip, feeling a little dissatisfied.

But in the end, there was no sound.

After a moment of silence, she glanced at him slightly: "Can't you guess the reason?"

"Your leader's order?" Lin Jiangnian naturally guessed it.

Liu Su and the third prince had no grievances, so there was no need to get involved tonight unless...

"You know and you still ask?!"

Liu Su pouted.

"Is this why you left me tonight?"

Lin Jiangnian saw that she still looked confident and said angrily: "You pushed me away just to kill the third prince?"

Liu Su did not refute and acquiesced.

"Why did your leader want to kill the third prince?"

Lin Jiangnian frowned. He had never heard that the leader had any grudge against the third prince?
Do you have other agendas, or do you just want to muddy the waters?

"I don't know."

Liu Su shook her head. If the leader hadn't suddenly appeared tonight, she wouldn't have known what the grievances between the leader and the third prince were. Although she is a saint of the Celestial Sect, she is not clear about many matters in the religion.

She also didn't expect that the third prince would rebel tonight!
Liu Su, who witnessed everything while hiding in the dark, was shocked!

The leader's order also asked her to eliminate the third prince after his rebellion failed.

"how about you?"

Liu Su suddenly realized something, raised her eyes and stared at Lin Jiangnian with suspicion on her face: "Why are you here?"

She didn't expect Lin Jiangnian to be here tonight either, so...

"The third prince conspired to rebel, and you were involved in it?!"

"What are you thinking? That I can join in the same deeds with her?"

Lin Jiangnian said angrily.

"The third prince rebelled. How could I miss such a big drama?"

"So you're here to watch the fun tonight?"

"almost!"

Lin Jiangnian nodded, he was here to watch this big show tonight. Unexpectedly, this drama has twists and turns, and it is indeed... a bit exciting!
"only you?"

Liu Su asked abruptly.

Lin Jiangnian lowered his eyes and saw Liu Su's dark and bright eyes staring at him faintly.

Lin Jiangnian's expression remained unchanged: "Why do you ask this?"

"You didn't come alone, right?"

Liu Su had obviously seen through something and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Why?" Lin Jiangnian's expression remained unchanged... How could this girl guess so accurately?
"Ah!"

Liu Su sneered, how could she not understand Lin Jiangnian?
This guy is most afraid of death!
When she was at Prince Lin's Mansion, she could see this guy's cautious behavior as if he was walking on thin ice, his caution and fear of death.

Tonight the three princes rebelled and there was chaos in the palace. With Lin Jiangnian's martial arts skills, it would be dangerous for him to join in the fun. If he accidentally ran into some master of the Imperial Guards, he would probably be in trouble.

Not to mention that he had a grudge against the third prince. Once discovered by the rebels, the third prince would probably laugh out loud in his dreams.

Therefore, there is no way he came alone!

The thoughts in Liu Su's mind were short and fast, and she quickly thought of someone.

"She came with you, right?!"

Liu Su stared into Lin Jiangnian's eyes.

Lin Jiangnian: "..."

He had to admire that in some aspects, this woman's intuition was really accurate.

It's a bit scary!
Seeing Liu Su staring at him fiercely, he asked. Lin Jiangnian did not deny it and nodded.

"Yes, she came with me!"

"What about her?"

Liu Su looked around, but didn't see Zhiyuan's figure, and sneered: "What? She didn't dare to see me? Did she run away?"

Seeing Liu Su's unforgiving tone, Lin Jiangnian shook his head: "She went to help me with another thing!"

"Oh."

Liu Su spoke expressionlessly and glanced at him: "Then go find her."

After saying that, Liu Su struggled out of Lin Jiangnian's arms and prepared to leave.

Just as he turned around, Lin Jiangnian grabbed him again: "Where are you going?"

"What does it have to do with you?"

Liu Su looked coldly and glanced at her hand that was grabbed by him: "Let go!"

Lin Jiangnian naturally didn't let go, and sighed helplessly: "Are you jealous too?"

"I did not eat!"

"Then don't leave in a hurry!"

"Leave me alone?!"

"..."

While the two were still entangled and confronting each other, not far away from the palace wall, a black shadow fell silently in the courtyard.

"Ouch!"

Along with a soft scream, something was thrown to the ground casually.

A paper kite wearing a black skirt and holding an umbrella landed in the courtyard, and her eyes fell on Lin Jiangnian and Liu Su in the corner.

His eyes stayed on the hands of the two people who were pulling together and holding tightly.

He stayed for a moment without speaking.

Zhiyuan looked away and landed on Liu Su.

The two women looked at each other, and at this moment, the world seemed to be a little quieter.

...(End of chapter)