Lin Xiner knew that she had no ability to parry and could not hide, so she simply did not hide and sat on the chair calmly, calmly facing the unknown unexpected events.
The tip of the sword was pointed directly at Lin Xiner's throat, but it stopped within an inch of approaching.
Lin Xiner was like an old statue, sitting still and calm, without any panic or fear.
The man holding the sword did not expect Lin Xiner's lack of counterattack. This was completely different from the arrangement before he took action. Would it change his plan to come here?
Lin Xiner calmly stared at the person in front of her, who was wrapped in black from head to toe, with only the holes for her eyes exposed.
Lin Xiner immediately thought of the man who assassinated Leng Muran that day. He really didn't know men and women as Ximen Hen said.
However, she was sure that this person was not the same person as Ximen Hen said. She had also encountered the person who knew the hidden arts when she was at Wulip Peak. Although she had lost her martial arts at this time, she could still tell that the two had different skills.
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Scapemate was a word that came to Lin Xiner's mind with a flash of inspiration.
At this moment, Ximen Che, who was standing by, picked up the tea cup on the table and struck the sword.
The tea cup shattered in response, and the sword deflected with the sudden force. Immediately afterwards, Ximen Che flew in front of Lin Xiner and fought against the black shadow that broke into the room.
A tender call sounded outside the house, and soon the footsteps of palace guards rushed to Yunxiao Garden.
This time, the guards arrived in time, rushed into the house, and forced the black figure outside to surround him. Ximenche took the opportunity to avoid it, leaving the black figure to the guards to deal with.
"I didn't expect the guards to come to Yunxiaoyuan very quickly." Lin Xiner stood up and walked to the door, seeming to say casually.
"The bold assassin has been looking for you for many days, and we must capture him today!" Ximenche realized that this was another opportunity to express himself.
Last time, the assassin escaped from Ximen Hen's hands, and this time he must not escape from him again.
Last time, the assassin's target was Mu Ran, but he failed to stop him in time. This time, if he wanted to assassinate Lin Xiner, he could not continue to stand by and watch.
Lin Xiner stared closely at the besieged black figure.
On the way to Cuizhu Pavilion, which was still close to Jinyang Palace, the guards got the news and besieged the assassin, but they were half a beat too late. This time, she lived in Yunxiaoyuan, which had not been lived in for many years, so quickly.
It was truly extraordinary to be able to recruit guards and control the assassin in time.
Is it because the assassin is not good at escaping, or is it because the guards got wind of it when they were tracking down the assassin, or is it because the palace has been on guard all the time in the past few days? Or all three.
"Leave alive!" Lin Xiner reminded.
When she said this, she already had a bad premonition.
Since he is a scapegoat, he will definitely die. What is uncertain is only the way of death.
Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, the assassin bumped into the sword of a guard. The long sword pierced his chest, and the bloody sword tip came out from his back.
She could see clearly that the assassin bumped into the sword by himself. He could have avoided it, but he did not avoid it and died under the guard's sword in this way.
The guards saw that the assassin was killed by them, and they only regretted that there was no one left alive, but for them it was considered a great achievement.
After being nervous for many days, I could finally breathe a sigh of relief and return my orders to the Emperor.
"Look who it is?" the guard leader ordered.
A guard stepped forward and pulled off the man in black's hood.
"Isn't this the third prince's father-in-law?" Someone recognized him.
"That's right, it's the person in front of Third Emperor Brother." Ximen Hen followed.
The person in front of Ximen Yin?
Lin Xiner walked over and looked at the assassin. With his red lips and white teeth, he really looked like a eunuch.
Squatting down, Lin Xiner fumbled around the face and pulled off a human skin mask.
"It turned out to be a lie. I will report this to the Emperor immediately." Seeing this, the leader of the guard hurriedly said.
With that said, he ordered people to carry away the assassin's body.
"Should we go take a look?"
After everyone dispersed, Ximen Che asked Lin Xiner.
Lin Xiner walked to the stone bench in the garden and sat down.
"No need, the emperor will handle it." Lin Xiner said.
It was obvious that this was an arrangement for sending an assassin to her door to die, in order to hand over an assassin and give an explanation. Since the cloaked man sent her a dead man, she didn't have to press hard on him. This matter was decided by
He did it.
It was not the time to stir up a big storm, and she still had to wait for news from Yi Yao to cultivate new strength to deal with the demonic sound messenger, not just the cloaked man.
At present, she will not rush to poach the cloaked man with all her strength, and will not let the Demonic Sound Messenger sit back and watch her and the cloaked man deal with each other while all the arrangements are not in place.
He has set up all the bureaus, but he is not the one who can finally take charge.
Ximen Jinglie's troubles were gone, and the people in the palace could finally relax and no longer be surrounded by rumors of catching the assassin.
However, the atmosphere in Cuizhu Pavilion suddenly became tense, and this tension was contained in the infinite silence in the entire Cuizhu Pavilion.
It was extremely quiet in the Cuizhu Pavilion.
No one working in Cuizhu Pavilion expected that the person who had been with them was pretending to be an assassin. Fortunately, the assassin did not attack them, which was quite a fluke.
Only Ximen Yin himself knew that the eunuch had actually been replaced by someone from Southeast's imperial palace. The real one had been taken out of the palace by Southeast long ago. There were no bones left. The fake replacement was specially for him.
A dead man who would die for him at any time.
This is what he was referring to, besides the eunuch who served him, he was the second person to die.
Now, he sent that subordinate out and ordered him to die in order to suppress the storm rising in the southeast. Compared to a dead soldier, such a death was insignificant.
But an assassin appears, and someone must be the scapegoat.
And this step, just used by him, can also solve some problems for him...
However, there was a slight deviation in the plan.
Ximen Yin originally wanted the "assassin" to die in Lin Xiner's hands when he attacked Lin Xiner, but Lin Xiner did not take action at all, and the assassin even fought with Ximen Che.
Ximenche was also present when he went to the southeast to assassinate Muran. I wonder if he could sense the changes in the assassin's moves and recognize that he was not the same person?
He was not afraid that Lin Xiner would find out something suspicious, but he was afraid that Ximenche would be unable to suppress the situation and come out first to cause chaos.
If Lin Xiner is suspicious, she will not act rashly and will only compete with him secretly. If Ximenche finds out something, he will not be able to hold back his anger. If the emperor finds out, this lie will need more lies to make up for it.