Crossbow arrows shot in from the window one after another, suppressing everyone in the box.
Several assassins dressed as clerks took this opportunity and rolled toward where Liu Xiu was. At the same time, several people shook their arms and focused their daggers on Liu Xiu.
Sha! With the sound of being unsheathed, the Red Sky Sword appeared in Liu Xiu's hand, and he swung the sword outwards.
Ding ding ding, the daggers that flew towards him were all bounced away. An assassin rolled over to Liu Xiu, grabbed a crossbow arrow from the ground, and stabbed Liu Xiu's eye socket viciously.
Liu Xiu held the sword in front of him.
Bang! The arrowhead of the crossbow pierced the sword of the Red Sky Sword, exploding a cloud of sparks. The assassin retracted the arrow and stabbed again, but he was faster, and Liu Xiu's sword was faster. He was one step ahead, and the blade pierced the opponent's
chest.
The assassin groaned and fell to the ground. Another assassin rushed towards Liu Xiu, and the dagger was still stabbed at Liu Xiu's face. Liu Xiu had no time to draw the sword, raised his hand upwards, and locked the opponent's dagger-holding wrist tightly.
The assassin used all his strength to press the dagger downwards, while Liu Xiu grabbed the opponent's wrist and pushed upwards with all his strength. The sharp edge of the dagger dangled in front of Liu Xiu's face, which was quite frightening.
Long Yuan, who was nearby, was about to step forward with his sword, but several crossbow arrows flew out of the window, forcing him to squat down again.
Liu Xiu curled up one leg and pressed it against the opponent's lower abdomen. Then he shouted loudly and kicked the opponent outward with all his strength. The assassin's figure bounced into the air. While the other person was still in the air, he was hit by several bullets flying in from the window.
The crossbow arrows were nailed to his body.
Crossbow arrows don't have eyes, so they don't distinguish between friend and foe. After the assassin hit several arrows in a row, he fell to the ground with a thud, only twitched a few times and then stopped moving.
Seeing that two of their companions died in Liu Xiu's hands, the remaining assassins realized that today's operation was no longer successful. They reacted very quickly, whistled at each other, and then rolled outwards.
Long Yuan and others were not willing to let them go, so they imitated the assassin's movements and rolled after them.
Liu Xiu shouted: "Xuying, protect Lihua!" As he spoke, he squatted down, kicked hard with his feet, and like an arrow from a string, he broke open the window and jumped out.
The moment he broke out of the window, dozens of crossbow arrows flew towards him. Liu Xiuren was in the air, swinging his sword continuously, jingling, and clusters of sparks suddenly appeared around him, and dozens of crossbow arrows were fired at him.
fell to the ground.
The box was on the second floor, not too high from the ground. After Liu Xiu broke the window and got out, her body fell and landed firmly on the ground.
On the roof of the shop opposite, a dozen men in black suddenly stood up. They walked to the edge of the eaves, looked down from above, and continued to shoot crossbow arrows at Liu Xiu who landed on the ground.
Liu Xiu walked across the street while waving the Red Sky Sword in his hand.
Ding, ding, ding, ding! There was another series of crisp sounds, and dozens of crossbow arrows were knocked down. When Liu Xiu was approaching the shop, he raised his arm outwards, and the sword in his palm was hung with strong wind, and he shot out, hitting a target in the middle.
The chest of a man in black.
The man screamed and fell on his back.
Liu Xiu took two steps in three steps and came to the eaves of the shop. He kicked his feet hard and jumped up. He was in the air. He grabbed the edge of the plaque with both hands and used inertia to pull it upwards. His whole body moved forward again.
Bounce for a while.
This distance was just enough for him to grab the eaves of the house with both hands. With a strong effort from his waist and eyes, he turned over and jumped onto the roof.
A man in black was about to pull out the Red Sky Sword from his companion, but Liu Xiu had already followed him. While running towards him, a crossbow arrow flew out of his body.
The man in black didn't even see clearly where on Liu Xiu's body the arrow was shot. When he realized what he meant, it was already too late to avoid the crossbow arrow.
Poof! The crossbow arrow hit the man in black's left eye socket, and the tip of the arrow poked out from the back of his head.
Before the body of the man in black fell to the ground, Liu Xiu rushed forward. As he walked past, he pulled out the Red Sky Sword from the body, and then slashed with all his strength to the left and right.
Ding ding ding, several crossbow arrows fired from both sides were knocked to the ground.
Soon enough, Liu Xiu jumped out of the box and onto the rooftop opposite. It took only a blink of an eye.
These assassins using crossbows obviously did not expect Liu Xiu to be so fast and agile. People were stunned for a moment, then threw away the crossbow arrows in their hands, drew out their swords, and attacked Liu Xiu.
Before the two sides could fight, another person jumped up from under the eaves, Long Yuan. Long Yuan roared and came forward with his sword, and joined forces with Liu Xiu to fight against the assassins.
In the box, several assassins dressed as waiters ran out. Long Zhun, Long Bu, Xu Ting and Xu Fei chased them out. In the box, only Yin Lihua, Xu Ying, Zhang Kun, Luo You and others were left huddled in the corner.
Two brothers, Li Zichun and Li Ziyu.
Xuying watched the fight on the rooftop opposite, clenching his fists tightly and his heart in his throat. If Liu Xiu hadn't told him to protect Yin Lihua, he would have rushed over to help.
Just as he was paying attention to the fight on the opposite side, a soft snapping sound suddenly came from above the roof.
Xu Ying's body suddenly shook, and he immediately realized that something was wrong. He hurriedly took Yin Lihua's arm and moved back, bang, bang, bang. Three crossbow arrows shot down from the roof, all of which were nailed to where Yin Lihua was just now.
On the mat.
Wow!
The opponent's attack missed, and the tiles on the roof were shattered, causing a big hole in the roof, and three figures fell from the air.
The man in black who was the first to fall into the box did not look for anyone else, and went straight to Yin Lihua, stabbing her neck hard with the sword in his hand.
Xuying pulled Yin Lihua behind him and protected her behind him. At the same time, he raised the sword in his hand outwards.
With a bang, the opponent's thrusting sword was deflected away, and the other two men in black rushed forward from the left and right. The two swords drew two long silver lines in the air and dodged towards Xuying's left and right weak ribs.
Xuying took a deep breath, and struck out a sword to the left and right as fast as lightning. Ding ding! The two stabbing swords were bounced away again. Before Xuying could take a breath, the opponent's sword came again. This time
It was coming straight to his chest.
He shouted loudly, fought with all his strength, and fought three assassins in black on his own.
Xu Ying is a master of the Xu generation in Yi Qi Sect. When he, Xu Ting, and Xu Fei took refuge with Liu Xiu, they were still not among the masters in the entire Yi Qi Sect.
After years of training by Liu Xiu's side, with Xuying's current strength, even if they return to Yiqimen, they can still be regarded as the top masters in Yiqimen.
Xu Ying was one against three, and even if he did not have the upper hand on the scene, it would not be easy for the three opponents to defeat him. The two sides went back and forth, and the civil war in the box became a mess.
Just when Xuying was trapped by three black-clad assassins, a waiter dressed as a boy poked his head out of the box.
He looked around the box, and when he saw Yin Lihua huddled alone in the box, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he walked in quietly from the outside, pulled out the dagger from his sleeve, and went straight to Yin Lihua.
go.
Although Liu Xiu is their primary target, Yin Lihua, Liu Xiu's favorite concubine, can also be regarded as their secondary target. If they can kill her, they will naturally gain something.
The assassin approached Yin Lihua step by step. Zhang Kun was focused on the battle between Xu Ying and the three assassins, and did not notice the assassin at all. Luo You did.
Now Luo You is faced with a difficult choice, to save or not to save. Of course she can pretend not to see anything, continue to huddle in the corner, and let Yin Lihua be assassinated.
But after all, she is not the kind of extremely cold-blooded person. Not only did Yin Lihua save her, she also took good care of her during her stay in the West Palace. She was full of hatred for Liu Xiu, but full of hatred for Yin Lihua.
gratitude.
She couldn't help but watch Yin Lihua die in front of her without doing anything. Furthermore, if Yin Lihua died, she wouldn't be able to escape her involvement, and she would probably be executed for not being able to protect her master.
.
Of course, she can also choose to escape now, but it would be a pity. Being able to enter the interior of Luoyang Palace is such a rare opportunity, and how much important information can be grasped at the first time. If it is wasted like this,
Is it not a pity?
In an instant, Luo You had a lot of thoughts, weighed the stakes, and finally decided that he still wanted to save Yin Lihua.
In fact, to put it bluntly, the so-called weighing the pros and cons is just to find a reasonable reason for one's true inner thoughts. Luo You doesn't want Yin Lihua to die, it's that simple.
Just when the assassin was about to approach Yin Lihua, Luo You, who was huddled in the corner, suddenly shouted, jumped out from the corner, hugged the assassin, and used his own inertia to knock him to the ground.
, and then the two of them rolled outward together, rolling directly from the box to outside the box.
The assassin looked at Luo You in disbelief and said in surprise: "You..."
"Brother, Yin Lihua cannot die!" This assassin was one of Si'a's dead men. He was a disciple of Tian Xi and was from the same sect as Master Luo You. The two of them naturally knew each other. Before the assassin could speak, Luo You
You lowered her voice and said urgently: "I am now a maid next to Yin Lihua. I can get a lot of information, but I can't send it out!" As she spoke, she quickly pulled out a handkerchief from her lapel and stuffed it into the assassin's hand.
In his hand, he said urgently: "There is no time, senior brother, leave quickly!"
The assassin frowned, looked at Luo You, then looked at the handkerchief in his hand, finally gritted his teeth, listened to Luo You's words, and whispered: "We will find a way to contact you."
After saying that, he pushed Luo You away, ran out quickly, jumped to another box, broke the window and went out. He was on the street, and he disappeared after just a few steps.
When the assassin escaped, Luo You took a deep breath and hit her head hard against the wall. Then, she leaned against the wall and slowly slipped to the ground, motionless.
When Zhang Kun ran out, he saw Luo You lying on the ground with blood on his head, and the assassin had disappeared.
Zhang Kun was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward, pushed Luo You's body, and said sharply: "Luo You? Luo You? Don't... don't die!"
In a panic, Zhang Kun checked Luo You's breathing. Fortunately, the breath was warm, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
Outside the tavern, Liu Xiu and Long Yuan worked together to fight against more than a dozen assassins. The two sides only fought for half a quarter of an hour. They felt that it was difficult for their side to win, and the assassins began to think about retreating.
Just at this time, a long whistle sounded nearby. Upon hearing the sound, the assassins retreated one after another. They did not run in one direction, but scattered and ran in different directions, southeast, northwest and northwest.
No matter how fast Liu Xiu and Long Yuan were, they couldn't catch up with everyone on the other side.
Seeing that the opponent was about to run away, Liu Xiu and Long Yuan chased each other. Liu Xiu chased after an assassin and slapped the opponent on the back of the head with his sword. The assassin hurriedly lowered himself down and rolled from the roof to the ground.
He stood up from the ground, turned around and continued running. Liu Xiujian jumped off the eaves quickly, chased after him again, and swept his neck with a sword.
The assassin lowered his head to dodge, and Liu Xiu's kick hit the opponent's lower back. The assassin grunted and flew forward.
He fell far away and hit the wall with his head before he came to a stop. He looked at the assassin again, his head was bruised and bleeding, and his eyes were blurry.
Liu Xiu came to him and grabbed his neck. Before he could lift the assassin off the ground, the assassin bit hard and shattered the fangs in his mouth. His body only twitched a few times, and then he stopped moving.
