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Seeing Xiao Shitou's panicked look, Xue Poye felt a little guilty, and said softly, "There are assassins in the courtyard, where are you going? There are murderous intentions everywhere here, so don't run around."

Xiao Shitou wanted to carry Liu Jin on his back, but unfortunately, the rush of running just now had exhausted his huge physical strength and energy, and he almost fell down again, so he could only put Liu Jin away, stood up, and faced Xue Poye with star-like eyes Li was full of vigilance, and whispered: "Master...Master!"

Xue Poye saw that his face was flushed, and under the moonlight, beads of sweat dripped down his cheeks, he sighed and asked, "Why did you leave?"

Little Shitou pondered for a while, and finally said: "Master, are you and Eldest Sister trying to harm Young Master?"

Xue Poye frowned, and asked lightly: "Why do you say that? Do you think that Master has always had other intentions for you?"

Little Shitou looked at Xue Poye, not afraid, and summoned up his courage: "But the elder sister just wanted to harm the young master. She said that she would take the young master to apply medicine and cure him, but what I saw was the same as hers. What she said was different, she threw the little master on the table without any healing at all, and that kind of eyes were the eyes that wanted to kill the little master."

Xue Poye understood that Xiao Shitou must have seen everything he shouldn't have seen, and his little head was exceptionally shrewd. Seeing the essence through the phenomenon, he quickly understood the intention of the green lady, so he took the time to protect Liu Jin come out.

Liu Jin usually scolds and beats Xiao Shitou, but he never thought that Xiao Shitou would not abandon him in a critical moment. Xue Poye loves Xiao Shitou's benevolence and righteousness from the bottom of his heart.

Xue Poye suddenly smiled, and said softly: "Could it be that you just saw that the elder sister didn't heal the young master, and just looked at her eyes, and felt that the elder sister wanted to kill him? Did you see the elder sister do it?"

Little Stone thought about it, then shook his head.

"That's it." Xue Poye sighed: "Some things, what you see may not be true, let alone you didn't see anything. Could it be that you wronged big sister like this?"

When the breeze blows, the ginkgo forest makes a low "rustling" sound.

"Tea!" Xiao Shitou finally said: "I thought about it later, the young master suddenly fell asleep, and it had something to do with the big sister's cup of tea. Master, can you deny that it has nothing to do with it?"

Xue Poye sighed in his heart, it seems that he really underestimated Xiao Shitou, this child is not only benevolent, but also extremely thoughtful, he even guessed that the problem was in that cup of tea.

Xue Poye took two steps forward, and Xiao Shitou immediately became alert: "You...don't come over!"

"Little Shitou, you don't have to be afraid, don't you think the master is a bad person?" Xue Poye sighed, and stopped walking helplessly, he didn't really want to have any estrangement with this poor child.

Xiao Shitou looked at Xue Poye's helpless and gentle expression under the moonlight, his eyes turned red, and said: "Master, you...you are a good person, but...but why do you want to harm the little master?"

Xue Poye sighed softly: "We are not here to hurt him, but to protect him."

"Protection?" Xiao Shitou was taken aback, unable to understand what Xue Poye meant.

Xue Poye looked at Xiao Shitou's puzzled expression, and could only lie in good faith: "Actually, before you went to my yard, your eldest sister and I already felt that the situation outside was not right. I'm afraid someone might harm you and the young master, so we just Let you hide in my yard first."

"That you……!"

Xue Poye stretched out his hand and said: "I know what you mean, you want to ask why we put drugs in the tea, this question is simpler, if the little master doesn't go to sleep, who can keep him, in case he If you act willfully and insist on going back, wouldn't you be being met by assassins?"

Xiao Shitou blinked his eyes, although there was still some suspicion deep in his eyes, but the nervous and angry look before had disappeared a lot.

Although it is far away from the courtyard, the screams piercing the night sky and the sound of weapons clashing come from the wind from time to time. In the thin breeze, one can also hear the guards approaching here from all over the courtyard. out of the movement.

Although Xiao Shitou thought about his age, he had a benevolent nature and a resolute and cautious personality, but he was still a child. Although Xue Poye's explanation felt a little far-fetched, he still believed it a little.

Xue Poye said again: "Stupid boy, don't even think about it yourself, we have no grievances or enmity with the young master, why do you want to kill him? Besides, this is the royal palace, if we really hurt the young master, how can we escape? Are we courting death ourselves?"

When he said this, Xiao Shitou believed it even more, thinking about it, if Liu Jin was really harmed, Xue Poye and Xue Poye would naturally have a dead end, and no one would do such a stupid thing.

"Master, I...!" Xiao Shitou lowered his head and apologized, "I blamed you."

Xue Poye stepped forward, gently touched Xiao Shitou's small head, and said softly: "There are always some things that cannot be seen from the surface, and the so-called good people are not absolutely good people. Or do something wrong because of helplessness, on the contrary, there are no absolute bad people, if bad people still have a little conscience, they will do incredible good things."

Xiao Shitou nodded obediently, and said softly: "I remember what the master said."

Xue Poye laughed and said, "When you grow up, you will understand many things."

Xiao Shitou's expression changed suddenly, and he asked in a low voice, "Master, did you bring someone here?"

"People?" Xue Poye was taken aback for a moment, and wondered, "Who?" But after asking this sentence, his increasingly sensitive hearing made him hear very light footsteps behind him. He definitely couldn't hear it, but after practicing the "Ecstasy Mind Method", his five senses have improved by leaps and bounds, and he is no longer the old Wuxia Amon.

Xue Poye clenched his longbow tightly. Although he didn't see who was behind him or how many people were there, a chill had already risen from his back.

There was a hint of fear in Xiao Shitou's eyes, but he still retreated to Liu Jin's side without hesitation and stood in front of him.

Xue Poye turned around, and his heart immediately sank.

In the ginkgo forest, several black shadows fanned towards this side, the big knife in his hand gleamed coldly, showing the sharpness of the blade, and a chill and murderous aura surged rapidly in the forest.

Xue Poye took a quick glance and confirmed that the group consisted of about ten people, masked in black and full of murderous looks.

Of course he didn't know that the murderers were divided into three groups this time.The murderers from the west and south had already broken into Liu Jin's courtyard, causing heavy casualties. However, the road to the north was far away from this side because of the twists and turns. Seeing Xue Poye and Xiao Shitou, the appearance of Xiao Shitou as a child, immediately alerted the murderers, and rushed towards them quietly in a fan shape.

"No!" The murderer's leader saw the face of the little stone under the moonlight, which was different from the portrait presented by the master, and immediately denied that it was Liu Jin.

A murderer next to him reminded: "Underground!"

Sure enough, on the ground behind Xiaoshi, there was a child in brocade clothes.

The leader only took a vague look in the dark night, and was sure that it was his target. He swung his big knife and said in a deep voice, "Kill without mercy!"

The meaning is very simple, besides Liu Jin, Xue Poye and Xiao Shitou must also be killed.

Ten wild wolves fanned forward with their fangs shining.

Xue Poye knows better than anyone else that if there is no miracle, he will definitely be buried here today. Although he did not hand in hand, Xue Poye can even imagine that these people can sneak into Liuheyuan and even Having already arrived at this place, it has already shown how clever their dark night kung fu is, I am afraid that anyone inside can tear themselves into pieces.

"Little Shitou, let's go!" At the critical moment, Xue Poye yelled, even if he only had one chance, he still gave Xiao Shitou some time to leave this ginkgo forest. As long as he went out, he might have a supporting guard.

Shoot the arrow, bend the bow, nock the arrow, pull the string, shoot the arrow!

In one go, after the baptism of "Ecstasy Heart Method", all this is twice as fast as before.

The sharp arrows are like stars, and they shoot out through the air!

Xue Poye himself may not have thought that the strength of his arrow is also several times stronger than the original strength, so after the arrow is released, the speed has reached a new height.

This height also produces a power that cannot be underestimated.

"puff"!

With a muffled sound, this extremely swift sharp arrow actually shot through the heart of a murderer. The man fell to the ground. That is to die.

Not only did the deceased not expect, Xue Poye also did not expect that his own arrow would have such power. If he knew that the deceased was actually a night killer who had been trained for many years, and his actual ability had even reached the level of a five-path master, he would be even more concerned. shock.

Xiao Shitou stayed there, and only now did he realize that his master was indeed a powerful character. In such a critical situation, he had no time to admire him, and shouted: "Master, let's go."

Xue Poye shouted: "Go quickly, if you don't go, we will all die." While speaking, another sharp arrow shot out.

Although the murderers were surprised for a moment, their figures did not stop, and they had already surrounded Xue Poye and the three of them.

Naturally, these murderers would not waste their tongues talking nonsense, so they rushed straight up. The two murderers, one on the left and one on the right, had already chopped down Xue Poye with two big knives.

These two knives are simple and fast, without any tricks, but they are very practical.

Xue Poye only saw two saber lights attacking, and it was already inevitable. Since these people made a move, they only wanted to kill the enemy with one blow, so naturally they would not leave room for it. The upper and lower roads were blocked. side, sweeping with a bow.

With a sound of "click", the longbow and the broadsword collided, and they were instantly cut into two pieces, and the other broadsword also slashed over in an instant. Fortunately, Xue Poye dodged quickly, but the broadsword had already scratched his shoulder, and the clothes were flying , cut off a piece of meat, and blood came out.

Killers have the order of killers, but unfortunately there is no rule in their order that the more can bully the less. At the moment when two murderers in black attacked Xue Poye, one more murderer raised his knife mercilessly Chopped to the small stone.

Xue Poye roared furiously. At this moment, he seemed to burst out with infinite power. Somehow, he touched the cold blade at his waist in his hand, and rushed over with lightning speed, blocking in front of the little stone, with his head It hit the murderer's shoulder heavily, and the cold blade in his hand also penetrated into the murderer's lower abdomen.

The murderer's eyes were bulging, and he didn't believe it until he died.

The murderers were also very surprised. If they knew that the person who killed their companion was just a beginner in martial arts, not even a second-hand martial artist, they didn't know how they would feel.

Avoiding one person with one arrow, stabbing another person with one knife, the well-trained murderer was killed by Xue Poye in the blink of an eye.

Xiao Shitou's face was pale, and he tremblingly said: "Master...Master...!"

Xue Poye's shoulder was bleeding, dripping onto the ground.

There was a murderous look in the exposed eyes of the leader, he held the big knife tightly, and after a few ups and downs, he actually killed himself.

With his ability, Xue Poye probably has no chance of winning at this time.

"Shhhhhhh"!

This sound is like a piercing sharp arrow, but it is fundamentally different from a sharp arrow.

This sound is more elegant and freehand.

If a voice is freehand, then what it does must not be very vulgar.

When the leader rushed towards Xue Poye, this strange sound suddenly sounded in the air that had been frozen by murderous intent. Before the murderers could react, they heard three screams, and the three murderers had turned over and fell to the ground.

In horror, their companions had already seen that the throats of the three deceased had been embedded with apricot leaves!

Green as a knife.

The sound just now was the sound of leaves breaking through the sky.

Originally pounced on Xue Poye's collar, but stopped suddenly, with horror in his eyes, he turned his head and looked deep into the forest.

In the apricot grove under the moonlight, the shadows of the trees whirled and were gloomy. In the woods, a strange shadow suddenly appeared. Although it was not very clear, everyone could see the outline of this person. The palace clothes only belong to eunuchs.

The old eunuch was like the King of Hades emerging from hell, looking at this side indifferently and indifferently, with his dry and old hands drooping, if you look carefully, you can find that those hands are shaking slightly.

He looked like a dying old man, but everyone present understood that he was certainly not a dying eunuch.

"Flying flowers chasing the moon!"

The murderer couldn't help taking a step back, and his remaining four subordinates also backed away slightly.

They are a group of murderers, already hard-hearted, not only do not care about the lives of others, even their own lives are taken very lightly, but seeing this eunuch and the strange aura emanating from him, killing people The survivors felt a fear they had never felt before.

Only real murderers can smell the breath of death, and they have already smelled this breath from the old eunuch.

"So you understand!" The old eunuch sighed softly, his voice was old and hoarse.

The leader sneered and said: "Flying flowers chasing the moon, that is a leaf-picking and killing skill that can only be mastered by warriors of the Eight Paths. It turns out that the old seniors are actually warriors of the Eight Paths. It is their blessing that they died under your hands."

"A dead person is a dead person. This is not a blessing." The old eunuch said calmly, "No one needs this blessing."

"Since the old man has become an evil, he should put aside worldly disputes and enter Kongming, why should he care about these things." The leader gritted his teeth.

The old eunuch didn't answer, but said calmly: "When people get old, they will miss many things in the world. It's not a good idea to let an old man wait quietly to die. There must be something to do."

The leader stared at the old eunuch, was silent for a moment, and finally said: "So you are that old monster in Changqing Palace!"

Changqing Palace is the residence of the eldest princess in Kyoto.

"Your master asked you to come here, just to send you to death." The old eunuch sighed: "Actually, you are also aware of this."

"Qin Wuhen!" The leader murmured, "Wuhen is heartbroken, it seems that we are bound to die in the hands of you old monster today."

Qin Wuhen is of course Eunuch Qin's name, and he had a weird smile on his face: "You are doomed to die in this game of chess."

The leader shook his body and lost his voice: "You... what did you say?"

"Only if you die, will someone feel that we have no future troubles and have let down our vigilance. Only in this way, will he take action in this flaw that is not a flaw." A cold smile appeared on the corner of Eunuch Qin's mouth: "And we We are waiting for him to make a move."

When Eunuch Qin said this, it seemed that he wanted to make these people die more clearly. Unfortunately, these people certainly didn't know that their master designed them to be dead, let alone their master's backhand. needs.

These weird conspiracies are always doomed before they begin.

The leader's broadsword suddenly shook slightly, and the four murderers approached the leader slowly. Judging from their appearance, it seemed that they were about to flee.

Xue Poye found that these people's footsteps seemed to be scattered, but the line was very clear. With a little effort, they could attack Liu Jin who was sleeping on the ground with all five knives.

Eunuch Qin walked over slowly, coughing lightly.

"kill!"

With a loud shout, the five murderers at the same time, with the belief that they must die, exerted all their strength, and the five swords turned to Liu Jin at the same time.

Xue Poye's shoulder was in severe pain, but he still wanted to grit his teeth to stop it. He raised the cold blade and was about to meet him, but found that the small stone had already thrown himself on Liu Jin, protecting Liu Jin tightly.

Eunuch Qin shook his head, raised his withered right hand, and shot out five streams of energy.

This is the strength of Tianyuan that can only be released after entering the ranks of warriors of the Eight Paths, killing the enemy invisible.

"Puff puff puff!"

There were four muffled sounds, and the energy was like sharp arrows, piercing straight into the backs of the four murderers. The four murderers had no chance to dodge.

After all, the collar is the collar, and Eunuch Qin's strength struck him, but he tried his best to dodge it. At this moment, he rolled to the ground, turned on his side, and had already slid onto the small stone and Liu Jin. Beside him, the big knife cut down again.

This was his fatal strike, perhaps his last strike in this world, and its power was terrifying.

Seeing that the big knife was about to slash on Xiao Shitou's body, and it might even hit Liu Jin, but with the sound of "choking", Xue Poye's cold blade had already struck, and when it collided with the big knife, the big knife broke in two.

The moment Xue Poye's cold blade touched the big knife, although the cold blade broke the big knife with its own sharpness, a burst of energy from the big knife rushed straight down along the cold blade, and the whole arm went numb at first, and then It was as if the whole body had been hit hard by a hammer, it was extremely unbearable, the chest rolled, and a mouthful of blood spurted out from the throat.