I am the villain in the book

If anyone else had made this choice, the two assassins would likely have suspected a trap.

Following the assassin who was just trying to kill you to meet the mastermind behind it all?

Who in their right mind would do that?

But when it happened to Wei Changtian, everything seemed somewhat reasonable.

The two assassins clearly knew of Wei Changtian's various rumors.

A troublemaker who dared to kill even the Prime Minister, never suffering a loss since childhood, feeling that no one dared to touch him, acting so recklessly was also understandable.

But even so, they maintained their basic vigilance.

They quietly glanced at their two comrades cut into two pieces not far away, and said in a low voice:

"Young Master Wei, we can take you there now, but... I wonder if you can discard your saber?"

"Discard my saber?"

Wei Changtian was stunned for a moment, then asked disdainfully, "Afraid I'll kill you?"

The two assassins didn't feel ashamed, and nodded calmly: "We are only protecting ourselves. Young Master Wei's martial arts are unparalleled, and we admit we are no match."

"Hahahaha!"

Wei Changtian seemed very pleased with the flattery, but after laughing twice, his expression became full of sarcasm: "I can discard my saber, but what about you?"

"We will naturally also discard our sabers to reassure you."

The two assassins immediately guaranteed: "If you are worried, the three of us can do it together..."

"Alright, alright, stop dawdling, you're acting like a damn woman."

Wei Changtian waved his hand impatiently, then decisively drew his saber and threw it forward with force.

"Swish!"

A streak of silver light flashed over the heads of the two assassins, then "噗嗤" it pierced into the mud more than ten zhang away behind them.

"..."

Looking at Wei Changtian's empty scabbard, the two assassins nodded at each other, and then threw their own sabers behind them as well.

"噗嗤噗嗤!"

Three long sabers were inserted diagonally into the ground, the hilts all trembling slightly.

And the two assassins finally breathed a sigh of relief.

They were indeed somewhat afraid of Wei Changtian's saber technique, which was ridiculously powerful, but they absolutely didn't believe that the latter could beat them in hand-to-hand combat.

Even if they took a step back, even if they were no match in hand-to-hand combat, they wouldn't be killed on the spot, and they could still escape.

"Young Master, please follow us."

The distance between the two sides was reduced to within five zhang for the first time, and they were still getting closer.

The two sides were less than a zhang apart, Wei Changtian suddenly raised his head and asked a question with a smile that made the two assassins' hair stand on end.

"In the Shun Wang Manor... are there any survivors?"

"Thump!"

The two assassins stopped immediately like wooden stakes, and a look of astonishment flashed across their faces.

"We... we don't know what you're talking about."

"Then it seems there are no survivors."

Wei Changtian nodded to himself, and asked, "Then do you know where Princess Rou'an is?"

"..."

This time, the two assassins could no longer hide the shock in their hearts, both widened their eyes and subconsciously took half a step back.

It was understandable that Wei Changtian could guess that they had slaughtered the entire Shun Wang Manor, after all, Wei Changtian's carriage was parked next to the Wang Manor just now, and it was possible that he had noticed something.

But how did Wei Changtian know that Ning Yukē was missing?

Unless Ning Yukē, the only survivor, was with Wei Changtian?!

"Thump, thump, thump!"

Retreating three steps in a row again, the muscles of the two assassins' bodies instantly tightened, and their internal energy circulated frantically within their meridians.

They stared at Wei Changtian's every move like frightened birds, ready to run away at any time.

"Never mind if you don't want to say..."

However, on the other side, Wei Changtian just shook his head with a relaxed expression.

He had gotten the answer he wanted.

These assassins really didn't know that Ning Yukē was with him—at least apart from these two, others didn't know yet.

Now that he had confirmed what he needed to confirm, then it was time...

"Gentlemen, go to hell."

After calmly saying the last sentence, a section of saber hilt suddenly appeared in the empty scabbard as if by magic.

"What?!"

The two assassins were inevitably stunned for a moment when they saw this unbelievable scene before them.

And in that instant, Wei Changtian had already drawn his saber at an extremely fast speed, and then swung it in the air.

"Chī la!"

The close-fitting soft armor made a chilling cracking sound, and the two assassins looked down blankly, only to see a faint bloodstain on the exposed skin.

"This is..."

"Pūchī!"

Fresh blood spurted like a pillar, shooting into the air.

In the blink of an eye, two more corpses were divided into two and fell to the ground with a bang.

Moonlight, alley walls, blood, broken corpses...

"Hū..."

Looking at the scene before him, Wei Changtian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

That's right, from the very beginning, he had no intention of meeting the mastermind behind the scenes. Everything was to counter-kill these four assassins.

He first let Zhang San turn into the alley, and took advantage of the enemy's momentary "loss of vision" to jump off the carriage, and then ambushed in the corner to wait for an opportunity to sneak attack.

Although the result of the sneak attack was not ideal, only killing two.

But Wei Changtian didn't expect that these two assassins would recognize him.

So he used the plan to his advantage, and finally achieved his goal without much effort.

"Young Master, are you alright?"

On the other side, Zhang San, who had been hiding around, suddenly appeared and ran over in a hurry.

"I'm fine."

Wei Changtian shook his head and threw the long saber back to him.

This second saber was Zhang San's. He put it into the Starry Sky Scabbard before jumping off the carriage, but he didn't expect it to actually come in handy.

"Young Master, I wasn't being greedy for life and afraid of..."

Zhang San grabbed the long saber flying in the air, anxiously wanting to explain something.

"No need to say anything."

However, Wei Changtian waved his hand and interrupted: "Knowing how to adapt to the situation, you did a good job this time."

Wei Changtian wasn't speaking sarcastically.

According to the original plan, if he didn't succeed in one blow and really started fighting with the assassins, then Zhang San should immediately stop the carriage and come over to help.

But Zhang San probably also noticed the change in the situation at the time, so he didn't rush to show himself, which was a smart move.

"Thank you for your praise, Young Master."

Seeing that Wei Changtian understood him, Zhang San didn't explain any further, but asked in a low voice, "Young Master, then what shall we do next..."

"Is Ning Yukē still in the carriage?"

"Yes, before I got out of the carriage, to prevent the princess from running out of the carriage and encountering any danger, I sealed her acupoints."

"Well, this is not a place to stay for long."

Wei Changtian nodded, and directly picked up the two sections of the broken corpse on the ground, one in each hand.

"Put the corpses in the carriage, let's go."