At midnight, most of the lights in Xiapi City had disappeared, and a few barking dogs could be faintly heard in the empty streets. However, a night watchman passed by holding a torch, which alerted the domestic dogs.
Xuzhou's officialdom was reorganized, and the new county magistrates from various places were inexperienced when they took office, so there were naturally some problems. However, as time went by, the new officials gradually became proficient in their business, and Xuzhou was quickly stabilizing after the initial chaos.
As a county governed by California, Xiapi County has basically had no troubles in its government affairs, and its public security has improved rapidly after the Li family and the Wang family were wiped out.
As the core of Xiapi, the Prefect's Mansion is naturally heavily guarded. Not to mention at night, even during the day, few ordinary people come here. The police officers patrolling are used to Anyi here, and patrols are also done as a routine.
Unexpectedly, the dark figure hidden in the shadows flashed across the street after they passed by, and quickly disappeared into the shadows on the other side of the street.
It is impossible to say when the assassin profession began to rise. However, throughout the history of China, there is always a lack of their presence. After all, although the risks of this profession are high, the benefits are also quite high, and for the assassins’ financial backers, assassins are also a
This is a very practical method. The risk is usually not high for the funder. Once successful, the rewards are huge. This cheap and practical method is difficult to eradicate completely.
The Chu family's residence was still some distance away from the prefect's mansion, and its defenses were relatively lax. Several figures approached quietly like this, and quickly climbed over the wall when there was no one around.
The governor of a county and the core figure under Lu Bu's command, how could the defense at home be so lax?
And after doing such a big thing, he can survive until now? This is really a miracle, and it is also something that the assassin does not understand. Such a simple method, those Xuzhou nobles have never thought of? Or are the Xuzhou nobles really so simple and honest?
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After thinking this way, an assassin suddenly felt something shaking in front of his eyes, and subconsciously became vigilant. He was horrified to see a pigeon with snow-white feathers, standing on the ground for a foot, staggering out of the side of the garden. He was confused.
He glanced this way.
Monster!? It saw us!
The hearts of the five assassins instantly became entangled. Assassins are good at assassinations. They can't fight monsters head-on.
"Gugu~"
The giant pigeon cooed twice in this direction, and then continued to stagger to the other side of the garden under the stunned gazes of the five assassins. Its white feathers were particularly eye-catching in the moonlight, attracting everyone.
With their eyes wide open, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when the giant pigeon disappeared behind the trees.
"Gu~"
The next moment, the pigeon poked its head out from behind the tree and looked here, and the five assassins subconsciously took a step back.
"Plop~"
An assassin's head followed his retreat without warning, rolling down from his neck, and blood spurted out as if he had just reacted.
There was a gentle breeze, and the summer night wind also carried an unspeakable heat wave. However, the four living assassins only felt a chill rising from their tailbones.
When was the person killed?
No one knew, but they knew that they had been exposed. The seemingly lax defense of the Chu family was actually a hidden internal crisis. No wonder the massacre of the Xuzhou nobles had been going on for so long, and Chu Nan was still living happily.
retreat!
Without any hesitation, the four assassins obviously had rich assassination experience. They missed Xingzo once they saw him, and they didn't even realize where the opponent was hiding. Assassination was impossible, and they chose to retreat without hesitation.
The next moment, a black figure seemed to suddenly appear in front of them, and punched out four times in an instant. The four assassins had no ability to parry, and they felt a huge force hitting themselves, feeling that the bones in their chests were completely shattered.
, and flew out involuntarily.
The originally dark courtyard suddenly became brightly lit, and a man who looked like a black tower strode out, frowning at the four people on the ground. A man next to him leaned over to check for a moment, then turned around and said, "You're still alive."
"Take it down first, don't disturb the lord's rest, Monster Ant, you go and get rid of the body, otherwise the girl Lu Yi will see it tomorrow and give you a headache." Zhou Cang waved his hand, obviously this is not the first time he has dealt with this kind of thing.
Things are done very skillfully.
But at this moment, a sound broke through the air, and under the night cover, a cold light suddenly appeared, shooting straight towards Zhou Cang's chest.
"Peng~"
The sharp arrow hit Zhou Cang's chest hard and then bounced away.
"There are assassins!?" Zhou Cang's eyes narrowed, and he waved his hand: "Turn off the flames!"
Although he is not good at night fighting, there are many in this yard who are good at night fighting, and his duty is to protect Chu Nan.
At this moment, four more sounds of piercing the air were heard, an arrow cluster went straight towards Zhou Cang's throat, and the other three were shot at the three Chu family generals who were about to turn off the fire.
"Ding~"
Zhou Cang swung his sword and swung away the sharp arrows aimed at him, but at this moment, a cold light shone on, and a figure appeared in front of him at some point. A short sword in his hand flashed an icy cold light in the night sky.
Faintly, there was a sword energy that was not emitted.
Zhou Cang raised his knife to seal the vital parts of his throat, and allowed the dagger to stab his chest, but he was shocked in his heart. This sword energy was not something ordinary assassins could display.
"Chi~"
The dagger pierced Zhou Cang's chest. Although it did not penetrate completely, it broke Zhou Cang's ribs.
"Humph!" Zhou Cang roared angrily, and slashed at the opponent with his backhand, but the opponent shrank back like a monkey and retreated into the darkness.
"Chi~dang~Peng~"
The assassin who had just retreated into the darkness had no time to launch an attack. He suddenly became alert and leaned forward. There seemed to be a non-reflective knife scratching through the darkness. There was a burning pain on his back. He raised his hand to block the attack with his dagger.
This time he saw the knife clearly. It was a knife full of serrations, without any reflection, but so sharp.
Before he could rejoice, he felt a pain in his vest and was hit by something. His body was blown away like a cannonball and landed at Zhou Cang's feet.
The assassin wanted to raise his sword to kill himself, but Zhou Cang had already stepped down with one foot, stamped hard on the back of his hand, and pushed him hard. The assassin grunted, but the hand holding the sword was directly crushed by Zhou Cang's foot.
The heartbreaking pain turned out to be just a groan?
A chill suddenly flashed through Zhou Cang's heart. The assassin who came this time was obviously not on the same level as the ones who came before. The other party wouldn't be the only one, right?
Lord!?
Kicking the assassin unconscious, Zhou Cang turned around with his knife and ran towards the inner courtyard, shouting loudly: "Lord, there is an assassin!"
In the room, Lu Lingqi, who had already fallen asleep, was the first to notice something strange and had already put on her clothes. Chu Nan woke up when he heard the sound and saw flames bursting out between Lu Lingqi's fingers, and quickly stopped it.
"Madam, don't be anxious. We can ask Zhou Cang to warn you. I'm afraid what's coming this time is unusual." Chu Nan gently shook his head at Lu Lingqi: "Be careful of falling into a trap. Put on the clothes I prepared for madam."
In addition to armor, Chu Nan also strengthened Lu Lingqi's defense with top-notch clothing, including underwear, underwear, tops, undershirts, and skirts. Although not as good as armor, they are hard to be damaged by ordinary swords.
He is also planning to strengthen a batch of silkworms to make better silk for better clothing, but this plan has not yet started.
Lu Lingqi now obeyed her husband's words and quickly changed into clothes. As for Chu Nan, from head to toe, including the clothes he slept in at night, they were all reinforced and he could just put them on.
On the other side, Zhou Cang rushed over when he saw Chu Nan's lack of response.
In the room, hearing the sound of Zhou Cang approaching, Chu Nan helplessly cursed an idiot. The moment the other party knocked open the door, a sound broke through the air, and a dozen sharp arrows hit the couple's bed.
, there were four black shadows rushing towards this side at the same time.
"The three of us are invulnerable with all our clothes!" Chu Nan followed his words and covered the three of them with a layer of freshness. But he still felt it was not enough and continued: "Within a quarter of an hour, the three of me will be made of copper skin and iron bones!"
The moment the words were spoken, the awe-inspiring righteousness in his chest quickly disappeared, and then quickly recovered.
"Within a quarter of an hour, the three of us will be able to see clearly at night!"
"The three of us are as light as swallows within a quarter of an hour!"
"The three of us can take action twice as fast within a quarter of an hour!"
"The three of us will be immune to all poisons within a quarter of an hour!"
"The three of us can be invulnerable to fire and water within a quarter of an hour!"
"Within a quarter of an hour, the three of us..."
Seeing that his hiding place had been exposed, Chu Nan kept spouting truth. Taking advantage of the fact that this was Xiapi City, he was popular among the people, and his aura of awe was endless, and he added more than twenty words to the three of them in one go.
Follow.
At this moment, Zhou Cang and Lu Lingqi felt that their bodies were light, the energy and blood in their bodies were rolling, and their energy was rising. At the same time, their eyes were bright. In the darkness, they could see as clearly as day.
The four assassins who rushed up had a black line above their heads. All the hidden weapons and poisons thrown out were immune to the three of them. The weapons that attacked the three of them were also blocked by Zhou Cang in an instant.
"..."
The assassin wants to scold his mother. Is this a great scholar? How can he use so many words and tricks in one breath? How afraid of death must this person be!?
There was no time to think about it. The mission had failed at this point. They were afraid that they would not be able to escape. The four of them immediately wanted to commit suicide.
"Catch them alive!" Chu Nan shouted.
"Here!" Zhou Cang roared, and took action twice as fast as usual. It was as fast as lightning, and he grabbed the weapons of three people in an instant. As for the fourth one, because he couldn't control his strength, he wiped out the opponent the moment he grabbed the weapon.
His neck, Chu Nan couldn’t save him from this situation.
Chu Nan crouched and reminded: "There is another shooter! The mantis and the demon ant have already gone after him. Zhou Cang will follow and try to catch as many alive as possible!"
As for Lu Lingqi, Chu Nan was not sure if there was an ambush outside and could not take risks.
"Here!" Zhou Cang didn't care so much. He felt that he could challenge Lu Bu now! He agreed and rushed out, his figure quickly disappearing into the night.
"Madam, come to me!" Chu Nan waved to Lu Lingqi, preparing to add a few more buffs to the two of them...