Chapter 140 King, when do you think we can make things happen?
Li Qing's heart moved, he noticed something strange, and he immediately listened attentively.
The rustling sound was very audible, mixed with the sound of the wind, and was almost inaudible, but with his sharp ears and eyes, he still heard something unusual.
The sound... was like the sound of someone's shoes rubbing against mud bricks when they climbed the courtyard wall.
Li Qing became wary and immediately looked at the wall.
The house was not big, and he was sitting at the door, only a dozen meters away from the courtyard wall. However, it was so dark that he could hardly see his hands, and he was not sure if there was anyone lying on the wall.
However, Li Qing did not move. He was dressed in an ink robe and blended into the night. As long as he did not move, the other party could not detect him.
Li Qing mobilized the true energy in his body, and his energy and spirit climbed to the best state, and he stared at the courtyard wall without blinking.
Sure enough, there is someone!
His heart trembled. Although it was very blurry, he still saw the blurry black shadow on the wall moving slightly.
Li Qing was so high-profile, it was not that he never thought that someone would kill him, but he did not expect that the other party would use such means.
Under the emperor's feet, assassinating a court official is simply an act of daring.
He still didn't move. He still wasn't sure how many people there were on the other side, whether the yard was surrounded, and whether there were thermal weapons.
Although the firearms of the Ming Dynasty were far inferior to those of later generations, it was still possible to kill him if the other party fired a few shots at him secretly.
At the critical moment of life and death, Li Qing's adrenaline surged rapidly, and his five senses became more acute.
About a quarter of an hour later, the figures on the courtyard wall started to move. They moved very lightly. One by one, they climbed over the wall and jumped into the courtyard.
Under the influence of infuriating energy and adrenaline, Li Qing's vision became sharper and he could faintly see the clothes of these people.
They were all dressed in night clothes, with black cloth covering their faces and a black scarf covering their heads. Only an inch wide of their faces was exposed, exposing their eyes.
After the group of people entered the small courtyard, they did not immediately come forward. Instead, they observed for a while before moving slowly and slowly approaching.
One step, two steps, one step, two steps...
The steps are light and the movements are uniform.
They were getting closer, and they were getting closer. Although their movements were very light and slow, they were only a dozen meters apart, and they arrived in front of Li Qing in a short while.
At this time, they also discovered something unusual, but before they could attack, Li Qing took the lead.
"Bang--!"
Too fast, too sudden.
The moment the men in black noticed someone sitting at the door, Li Qing took action the next moment, leaving them no time to react.
The man at the front bore the brunt of the attack and felt as if his body had been hit hard by a big bull. Before he could react, he swung high and flew back quickly.
"Crack...poof..."
Li Qing didn't hold back at all with this kick, he just rushed to kill him.
The man in black was in the air and spurted out a mouthful of blood. His whole chest collapsed and his body flew out, hitting five or six people. He fell to the ground and twitched a few times, then stopped moving.
Li Qing succeeded with one blow, did not hesitate for a moment, and punched again.
"Pah——"
A powerful and heavy punch hit the man in black's heart hard. The man in black stooped, his heart was shattered, and a big hole opened in the night walker behind him.
It’s a long story, but in reality it’s just the gap between lightning and flint.
After two consecutive attacks, Li Qing did not attack again. Instead, he dodged his body and moved away from the previous position, fearing that someone was secretly shooting.
The man in black was frightened and angry. He thought he was bound to succeed in an assassination, but unexpectedly, before he could kill them, he killed two of them and immediately took out his dagger and pounced on them.
Li Qing immediately retreated. In the chaos, he couldn't see the opponent's small movements at all, so he could only open and close.
At the same time, constantly change positions to prevent someone from making a cold shot.
The two sides said nothing and moved to kill each other.
A dagger was stabbed at an angle to kill the general. Li Qing turned sideways slightly, stretched out his left hand to clasp the man's wrist, and with a strong force, he suddenly raised his knee and struck the man on the chin.
"Kachacha..."
The mandible was shattered, the upper and lower teeth collided violently, and a small part of the man's tongue was bitten off by himself. The extreme pain made him unbearable anymore.
"Oh……"
The screams pierced the silent night sky, and the next moment, Li Qing snatched the dagger from him and sealed his throat with a knife.
The group of people came to kill him again, with deadly blows.
Li Qing plucked onions from a dry land, stepped out of the encirclement, threw the dagger in his hand with his backhand, and stabbed it directly into a man's head.
In less than ten seconds, Li Qing killed four people one after another.
Strictly speaking, this was Li Qing's first time killing someone, but he didn't have time to experience the feeling of killing someone. He immediately moved away after succeeding.
He picked up the bamboo pole used to dry clothes and swept away thousands of troops with one strike.
"Crackling..."
He used too much force and split the bamboo pole into several pieces, but the effect was also very significant, hitting a group of people with one pole.
Li Qing changed his position again, but there was still no movement in the darkness.
He gradually believed that the people in front of him were the ones who assassinated him, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Just when he was relaxing, a big man in black suddenly shouted: "Go to hell!"
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
The sound of a powerful crossbow piercing the air came. Li Qing did not dare to be careless and immediately jumped up to avoid it. One of the arrows pierced his face and scratched his face, and he dodged narrowly.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
As soon as his feet touched the ground, another series of sounds broke through the air.
Li Qing fiercely raised his energy and jumped up again, but this time he was not as lucky as last time. One arrow penetrated his arm directly, and the other penetrated his thigh.
The distance between the two sides was too close, and the firing speed of the crossbows was so fast that he could not completely avoid it.
Li Qing retreated suddenly and distanced himself again. At the same time, another series of arrows were shot at him. He turned over and threw himself to the side. All the arrows were shot at the position where he was just now.
The arrow was inserted into the ground, its tail trembled slightly and made a clanging sound, showing its power.
There was such a big movement in the yard, which naturally shocked the sleeping girls.
"If someone wants to assassinate you first..." Lianxiang's face was as white as snow and her voice was trembling.
Wan Ling covered her mouth with her little hand and said softly, "Keep your voice down, don't distract sir."
Hong Xiu got up and wanted to light the wax, but Wan Ling stopped her.
Lianxiang asked anxiously, "Are we just going to watch?"
"There are bad people in the courtyard. Once we go out, not only will we die, but if we are kidnapped and used to blackmail Mr., it will be a disservice." Although Wan Ling was also very scared, she was relatively calm.
"Then what should we do?" Hongxiu asked.
Wan Ling opened her mouth, but couldn't think of a good idea for a while.
"I'm going to deliver weapons to sir." Lianxiang was impatient and rushed out of the room. The two women couldn't hold her back even if they wanted to.
Lianxiang ran to Li Qing's house, touched the Xiuchun knife and ran out. Wanling and Hongxiu held her back.
How can I give it to someone who is blind and unable to tell who is who?
At this time, the man in black noticed the noise in the room, and two people immediately rushed to the room.
Li Qing scolded lightly, jumped up from the ground and jumped over the two of them. As soon as he landed, he turned around and kicked the two of them back.
His body was injured, and his physical strength and energy were severely depleted. He himself was also shaken back a few steps by the force of the counterattack, and fell into the living room.
"ah……"
A woman's unique high-decibel scream sounded.
"Don't make any noise and give me the knife."
"Sir?" Lianxiang hurriedly handed over the embroidered spring knife, "Sir, are you okay?"
Li Qing didn't have time to pay attention to her, took the embroidered spring knife and rushed out.
"Changlang~"
With the knife in his hand, he became much more confident. By now, he was basically sure that he was the only one to assassinate these people. Although he was injured, he gradually calmed down.
More than half of the men in black suffered casualties, but the tragic death of their companions made them extremely angry. At this moment, there were only six people left, but they still refused to retreat.
Li Qing also showed his anger, and his sword skills were wide open and closed. If he was rubbed, he would be injured, and if he was touched, he would be disabled.
A quarter of an hour later, Li Qing killed four more people, but he was still on the verge of collapse. Not only was his physical strength severely exhausted, but he was bleeding from his wounds constantly due to the strenuous activity.
What's even worse is that the arrow was actually poisoned, and his left arm and right leg were numb, and it was still spreading.
"Huhuhu..."
Li Qing was breathing heavily, big beads of sweat were dripping down, and his face was extremely pale.
"Assassinating an official of the imperial court is a major crime against the nine clans. How dare you?" Li Qing said coldly, "Who instigated you?"
"Don't try to delay time." A man in black stabbed with a dagger, "You have killed so many of our brothers, you must die today."
"Pfft..."
The embroidered spring knife came out of his hand, pierced from the chest to the back and poked out. The man in black was very close to Li Qing, but he couldn't make any next move. His body swayed, and he fell to the ground and kept twitching.
The remaining man in black turned around and ran away. Fourteen of the fifteen people died. Even though Li Qing looked like he was at the end of his rope, he did not dare to gamble anymore.
"Want to run?"
Li Qing sneered, snatched the dagger from the man in black in front of him, threw out a small Li flying knife, and stabbed the man in the back of the head accurately.
"Plop~"
The man in black fell to the ground, twitched a few times and then stopped moving.
Li Qing gasped, "Light, light the lamp!"
After a while, Hongxiu held a candle and the three women walked quickly. When they saw that he was covered in blood and his face was pale, they started crying.
"He's not dead yet, why are you crying?" Li Qing took a breath, "What time is it now?"
Wan Ling sniffed and said, "Maybe when I'm ugly."
Li Qing nodded, "It's still an hour and a half before we leave the palace gate. Wanling, go to my room and get my tooth tag, and go..."
After taking a breath, he said, "Go to the Zhenfu Division and tell the yamen on duty to find Liu Qiang and Liu Qianhu. Tell Liu Qiang to guard the palace gate.
As soon as the palace door opened, he immediately entered the palace and met the saint, saying that I was about to die.
Ask the emperor to send the imperial doctor quickly...quickly, go quickly."
"Okay, sir, just hold on, my maid will go right away."
Wan Ling wiped away her tears, went back to her room, took the Zhen Fu Shi tooth sign, and hurried out the door.