When Su Wen appeared in the banquet hall, he seemed relaxed, but in fact, his spirit was already in a tense state.
He secretly observed many people, and also suspected several courtesans around him, but he focused on Hua Qianxun, but he did not expect that Jiang Meiren, who had always kept a low profile, was the one trying to cause sabotage.
Su Wen also discovered that when Jiang Meiren attacked him, the flow of time in the surrounding environment seemed to slow down, and only Jiang Meiren was not affected.
Perhaps this was the reason Jiang Meiren dared to attack him directly in this environment.
“It’s awesome!”
Su Wen also secretly made a judgment on Jiang Meiren's ability.
"Click!"
With a muffled sound, Jiang Meiren attacked Su Wen with lightning speed, a flash of astonishment flashed in her eyes.
She unexpectedly discovered that the short knife was only half an inch away from Su Wen's chest and could no longer penetrate. An invisible barrier separated her and Su Wen in different spaces.
"Xia Gui!"
Jiang Meiren frowned and thought of the key.
This is the world in Xia Gui's painting. Only Xia Gui can isolate her from Su Wen at this time by moving the spatial layout of the world in the painting.
"It's hard for me!" She screamed again, clenched her fist with her left hand, and punched it forward!
"Don't harm Grandmaster Su!"
Hua Qianxun reached out to stop Jiang Meiren, and Xue Hongyu also tried to reach out to pull Jiang Meiren away. Both of them had certain extraordinary cultivation levels, but compared to Jiang Meiren, their strength was still far behind.
Jiang Meiren threw the two of them aside with her backhand, and struck again. The short knife in her hand burst out with a green dark light, and in an instant, the space between Su Wen and Jiang Meiren was pierced.
But the joy in Jiang Meiren's eyes quickly disappeared.
She once again discovered that there was more than just one layer of space between Su Wen and her, and she still could not hit Su Wen directly.
"hateful!"
Jiang Meiren was furious and felt that something bad had happened.
Generally speaking, even if Xia Gui had the purpose of protecting the guests, it was understandable that he had given Su Wen a layer of protection. However, Su Wen had more than one layer of protection. This only meant that Xia Gui might have realized that there was something wrong.
A great danger has come, and Su Wen has been blessed with more protection.
This also means that her actions are likely to be prejudged, and the failure of this current assassination seems inevitable.
"No, it will never fail!"
Jiang Meiren gritted her teeth and took two steps back. In an instant, a small hand crossbow appeared in her hand, and she decisively pulled the trigger towards Su Wen.
There was a cloud of black smoke wrapped around the hand crossbow. When the crossbow arrow was fired, the black smoke wrapped around the crossbow arrow and hit Su Wen.
"defense!"
Su Wen calmed down in his heart.
The bead string on his wrist burst out with a milky-white brilliance, covering his whole body. The crossbow arrow penetrated the space, but was completely blocked by the light and fire.
"It's indeed the 'Black Arrow'!"
Xu Xuanbao and Yan Jiuan gritted their teeth and shouted: "It turns out it's you!"
Lu Chen, however, had a gloomy face and remained silent. He walked around behind Jiang Meiren and struck down with a palm!
He was extremely angry with Jiang Meiren.
Jiang Meiren was obviously from the Yan Kingdom, but she was the first to attack him secretly. For several months, the power of the "black arrow" had made him miserable.
Now that Jiang Meiren appears, he won't be polite!
"It's you!"
Yan Shiliu also screamed out loud.
He never expected that the person who deliberately planned to destroy the murals in the flag pavilion would be the oiran of the Yan Kingdom, Jiang Meiren!
"How is this going?"
Just seeing this scene, Yan Shiliu was not only shocked, but also filled with doubts.
He clearly realized that Jiang Meiren had only shown the power of Sequence Three. With her strength, even if a forbidden object was close to her, it would be difficult for her to successfully attack an extraordinary person like Xu Xuanbao, and it was even more impossible for her to escape unscathed after a sneak attack.
"Save her life!"
Xiong Qiong took a step forward and blocked Lu Chen's blow. At the same time, he stretched out his right hand, clasped Jiang Meiren's wrist, and said sternly: "What a thief, why don't you catch her without mercy, otherwise I will have many ways to torture you." , when that time comes, you will definitely be unable to survive or die!"
"Dog thief!"
Jiang Meiren tried to break free from Xiong Qiong's control, but found that she couldn't move even a little bit with all her strength. However, she still had no idea of surrender. Instead, she aimed the "black arrow" at her heart and made a "peng" sound. A crossbow arrow pierced her heart, and the bright red blood spread out, dyeing it into a miserable blood flower.
"you dare!"
Xiong Qiong shouted angrily.
He never expected that Jiang Meiren would despise his authority so much and even dare to commit suicide the moment he caught her!
"It's not easy to die!"
Grabbing Jiang Meiren's hand, she immediately sent a supernatural power to her.
However, Xiong Qiong soon discovered that while the "black arrow" penetrated Jiang Meiren's heart, the power of darkness quickly contaminated her bloodline and eroded the remaining vitality.
What makes Xiong Qiong even more troublesome is that this dark aura can actually follow his power aura and erode towards him. His cultivation level is not weak, so naturally there is no need to worry about the fatal impact of this dark aura, but it can be removed. It was very troublesome, so I had to let go of Jiang Meiren.
"ah……"
"What happened?"
"Jiang Meiren is so bold!"
"..."
From Jiang Meiren's attack on Su Wen to her decision to kill herself, the whole process took less than ten seconds, and many guests around her didn't even notice what was happening.
By the time everyone slowed down, Jiang Meiren had fallen into a pool of blood.
Xiong Qiong grabbed it with his big hand, and the crossbow that Jiang Meiren was holding on to fell into his hand.
"Black arrows" are taboo objects. As long as the person you want to attack is locked in your heart, the crossbow arrows will be condensed on their own, without the need to install arrow clusters.
Xiong Qiong thought, and a crossbow arrow was generated from it. He sighed, and after the crossbow arrows dispersed, he said in a cold voice: "Yes, this is the 'black arrow'. It is this bitch who secretly commits the murder..."
Having said this, he stopped talking.
The fact that Xu Xuanbao and three others were injured was only circulated in a small area and was not known to the public.
For the safety of the three of them, Xiong Qiong did not dare to speak freely and exposed the secrets of the three. You must know that the three of them have occupied high positions in the literary world for many years, and there are many people who cannot stand them. If it is known that they are in a period of weakness, they will not be able to deal with it. There will be some people who feel that they cannot win in poetry and prose, so take this opportunity to get rid of them and remove these three stumbling blocks.
"Fa, what happened?"
Ye Qiniang's face was earth-colored.
Although Jiang Meiren was violent and hurtful in front of her, she couldn't believe what she saw.
Xia Gui narrowed his eyes and stared at Ye Qiniang: "Jiang Meiren attacked Grandmaster Su in full public view and was executed by Xiong Lingyi on the spot. Didn't you witness this process?"
"Yes, yes, the slave family saw it..."
Ye Qiniang took a deep breath, suppressed the panic in her heart, and looked as usual: "Wanyunlou will definitely investigate this matter carefully and give an explanation to Grandmaster Su... As for Jiang Meiren..." She hesitated in her voice and looked at Lu Chen and Yan Shiliu glanced at each other.
No matter what, Jiang Meiren is from the Yan State. How could Jiang Meiren want to commit murder against Su Wen? Does it have anything to do with them? What is their attitude? Ye Qiniang must have a record. She can't set the tone randomly, let alone check it.
Something bad will happen to the country of Yan.
Although Wanyun Tower is considered an extraordinary force, one must be careful when offending a dynasty like this, otherwise it will not be easy for Wanyun Tower to continue operating its huge business in the Yan Kingdom.
Yan Shiliu glanced at Ye Qiniang coldly: "It's true that Jiang Meiren is from the Yan country, but this matter has nothing to do with our Yan country. As long as Wan Yunlou is fair and just, we will boldly investigate. If there is any need for help, I, Yan
Congress is fully committed to helping.”
"I understand." Ye Qiniang was relieved and immediately called the servants to prepare to remove Ye Qiniang's body.
But Su Wen shook his head and said: "Master Xia, take the body to a quiet place. I always feel that there are still doubts about this matter, and we need to look for clues from the body."
"Okay... what about this banquet?"
Xia Gui asked bravely.
Painting the walls of the Flag Pavilion was related to his promotion. Being disturbed by Jiang Meiren, he didn't know whether he had successfully completed the ceremony or not.
"Haven't all the normal procedures been completed?"
Su Wen frowned and said: "Jiang Meiren wants me to die, but I can't agree to her. As for poetry, she didn't make any request herself... Now that she can't speak, she can only wait until the end of the scroll to write the last poem.
Fill it in your painting."
"well!"
When Xia Gui heard this, his brows suddenly widened.
As long as he can successfully complete the promotion ceremony, he is not very interested in what happens here. Moreover, this promotion is constantly turbulent. Although it seems that there are many variables, it actually enriches his paintings. He is promoted to painter Ya Sheng.
The power that can be obtained at different levels may be stronger.
"Master Ye, please stay and continue to host the banquet." Su Wen nodded to Ye Qiniang and looked at Xu Xuanbao and others. Their attitudes were obvious. They did not want to miss the details of the investigation of the murderer and wanted to participate.
Xia Gui immediately used his magical power and transferred several people to an empty boat.
"Master Xia's magical power is really wonderful. If Master Xia is promoted to the sub-sage level, even a saint will not be able to take advantage of it in your paintings."
Su Wen admired Xia Gui's ability very much.
"No matter where you are, the power of the saint is unpredictable. Maybe you can smash the world in my painting with just a raise of your hand... I don't dare to hope that I can compete with the saint. This is disrespectful."
Xia Gui said with a smile.
Although Jiang Meiren's body was lying in front of him, Xia Gui was in a pretty good mood.
Now that the mastermind behind the scenes has been defeated and killed, his promotion to Sequence Six is a certainty, without any surprises.
Su Wen also agreed to write an inscription for him, which stabilized his realm. Coupled with his friendship with Xu Xuanbao and the three of them, and with the three of them contributing another effort, the position of "Painting Saint" was already confirmed, and he felt naturally comfortable.
Su Wen got straight to the point and said to everyone around him: "Jiang Meiren is not the real mastermind behind this. She is too weak."