Chapter 148 Assassination
As soon as Li Mi walked out of the cabin and came to the deck, he saw this scene. Not far away was the Xuan Tao Jie, with clouds hanging thirty feet above the water, and foam flowing for nine miles and ninety miles. It was a beautiful scenery. It looks extremely dangerous.
But the two people on the bow became an extremely eye-catching sight in this dangerous scene.
Speaking of which, judging from their appearance and temperament, these two are really a perfect match!
Li Mi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and coughed lightly again. When Xiao Jinyu and Gao Changgong noticed his arrival, they smiled and said: "You two just got married, and you started to have troubles? Can you tell me something? I'll give it to you. Two commentators!”
At this time, Lu Yu also ran out of the cabin. When he saw this scene, he sneered at Li Mi: "It's none of your business. Have you never heard that beating is a kiss or a scolding?"
Li Mi suddenly became angry and glared at Lu Yu: "You kid, your mouth is as good as that of your father, who is known as the 'Eight-meter Lulang' Lu Jijiu!"
When it comes to his father, Lu Yu becomes a little unhappy. Everyone knows that although his father Lu Sidao is a learned and talented scholar, he especially does not pay attention to his own moral cultivation and likes to despise and insult others. It is precisely because his mouth betrays the truth. The contents of the conversation in the Bookstore were released to serve as the Prime Minister's West Pavilion to offer wine.
He was just a concubine of the Lu family. Although his family was very prominent, he was not favored by his mother-in-law Wang because of her status as a singer. So he sneaked into the military camp, hoping to achieve some military exploits on his own and escape from that. family.
Most of Gao Changgong's men were noble disciples like him. On this mission, most of his colleagues were selected Han warriors with strong martial arts skills or Baibao Xianbei. They were all brave men who could fight one against a hundred.
"I don't like hearing what Li Langjun said. What does my father have to do with me?"
Seeing that Lu Yu, a young man who looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, was indeed a little angry, Li Mi secretly sighed, and quickly apologized: "Sorry, sorry, it was Li who made a mistake this time!"
At this time, Fenghuang walked over nervously. Seeing Xiao Jinyu and Prince Lanling standing side by side, he unconsciously lowered his eyes to hide his red eyes.
Sensing something unusual about him, Xiao Jinyu came over and asked, "Fenghuang, what's wrong with you?"
Phoenix turned his head away and seemed to be wiping away tears.
Only then did Xiao Jinyu realize that during this period, she stayed with Prince Lanling all day long and lived and slept together at night, so she cared less about Phoenix.
"It's nothing. I'm here to tell Brother Qing that during this period of sailing, I always feel that another ship is following us, and there is something weird on this ship?"
"What's weird?" Xiao Jinyu asked.
"Brother Qing, don't you think that the owner of this merchant ship is too attentive to us? And last night, I saw two red-billed blue magpies flying out of the ship. I originally wanted to shoot one to see. But I heard that this bird is a symbol of happiness and hope. I didn’t want to be stained with blood on Brother Qing’s wedding night, for fear of being unlucky, so I let it go!”
When mentioning the wedding night, Xiao Jinyu couldn't help but look slightly embarrassed. She almost forgot that Phoenix's ears were so good that even the tiniest noise would be detected by him despite the interference of many voices.
"Red-billed blue magpie? This is a messenger bird specially used by our country of Qi. It can travel thousands of miles in a day." Gao Changgong said, his expression condensed, and asked Lu Yu, "Go and see how Zheng Yuanwu and the others are doing now?"
Lu Yu nodded and hurriedly ran towards the cabin. At this moment, the owner of the merchant ship also came over.
"As the saying goes, the dead are like a man who never leaves day and night. The scenery in Pengcheng is really full of dangers and breathtaking beauty, don't you think so?"
This is a woman wearing a veil with a somewhat enchanting figure. If you look closely, she looks like a foreign dancer.
"This lady, who are you?" Li Mi asked.
"Sorry, I deceived everyone before. The person who rented this boat was just my housekeeper. My family name is Nie. You can call me Yin Niang!" The woman said with a smile, and then turned her eyes to Gao Changgong and Xiao Jinyu, "The looks of the two of you are worthy of mention. It’s truly made by the gods, it’s so desirable that I can’t bear to be hurt!”
"Nie Yinniang?" Xiao Jinyu murmured and repeated the name, which seemed somewhat familiar.
At this moment, Fenghuang shouted: "Brother Qing, be careful—" At the same time, Gao Changgong also hugged Xiao Jinyu and quickly took action, holding a sword that was reaching out like a snake with his bare hands.
Seeing Gao Changgong's jade-white hands suddenly stained red with blood, Nie Yinniang's eyes showed surprise, and she suddenly smiled.
"The prince is really iron-blooded and tender. He protects his princess with his life, which makes the slave family very envious!"
"Chang Gong, let go!"
Xiao Jinyu's expression also changed, and she fired the sleeve arrows from her wrist at the same time. A total of three arrows were fired at Nie Yinniang, causing Nie Yinniang to immediately let go of the hilt of the sword, bend down, avoid the sleeve arrows, and jump into the center of the cabin. At this moment, there were several more arrows. An assassin dressed as a tracker came towards this side with knives and axes.
Phoenix immediately stopped in front of Xiao Jinyu and fought with the assassins.
"You are a famous assassin in the world. I have heard of your name. It is said that you only assassinate corrupt officials, but why do you work for a cruel and ruthless woman like Princess Yunyin?" Phoenix asked.
The woman stood with her sword in hand, curved her lips and sneered: "Young Master, what you said is wrong. I am just an assassin. Of course, I will sacrifice my life for whoever pays the highest price!"
"So, how much did your employer pay you?"
Nie Yinniang stretched out a hand, smiled happily, and replied: "One hundred thousand dollars can buy the lives of two people, although the slave family is really reluctant to do anything to these two fairy-like figures!"
"Money is dead, but people are alive. Your employer gave you one hundred thousand dollars, and that was only given to you once. What's more, it's still unknown whether you have the life to take the one hundred thousand dollars. What if we can give you a steady stream of wealth?"
"Young gentleman, you are a good business negotiator! Who can give me a steady stream of wealth, is it you?"
"I can't, but my brother Qing can!" Phoenix replied.
"Brother Qing?" Nie Yinniang looked at the men on the deck, "Are you referring to this handsome and extraordinary prince, or these two gentlemen?"
"No, it's her!"
Phoenix pointed his hand towards Xiao Jinyu. When Nie Yinniang was looking at Xiao Jinyu, the Phoenix man had already jumped up from the deck like an arrow from the string, jumped over several trackers, and landed on Nie Yinniang. behind.
Before the trackers on the boat could react, they saw the barbarian boy holding a dagger and pressing it on the woman's neck.
"Don't move! Get back!"
The trackers looked at each other, but Nie Yinniang still said with a smile: "Little Master, you are cheating! Do you think that if you kill me, these assassins will stop? The temptation of one hundred thousand dollars is very big!"
"Of course I know, but you are the only one who has confidential correspondence with your employer, right? If you die, who will these rabble go to for money?"
"And even if you kill us, kill the Northern Qi envoy, and kill the Lanling County Prince, how can you afford it?"
As soon as these words came out, several trackers changed their expressions and asked in surprise: "Is he the Prince of Lanling County?"
Indeed, with the prestige and reputation of King Lanling, if he really died at their hands, as soon as the wanted order was issued, there would always be some righteous men who admired his name and wanted to kill them!
Several trackers had begun to hesitate, and one of them even asked Nie Yinniang: "Nie Yinniang, what kind of employer are you who wants to kill King Lanling?"
(End of chapter)