"Second brother, we haven't seen each other for more than a year, right? Can we not be so mysterious when we meet?"
"What do you want? Now the second brother can't take you for a stroll. Now he has the task of patrolling the city defense, so he can't be distracted even for a moment."
"Come again? Who doesn't know that you have been coveting this important position for a long time, and you rarely grabbed some military power in Kyoto because you want to experience the high-spiritedness of your eldest brother back then." Nishang said easily, and walked to the edge of the turret with Li Xiangyang.
Feeling the beauty of overlooking Kyoto, I couldn't help but spread my arms and shouted loudly, "It's like I have the world under my control, it's really amazing!"
Li Xiangyang smiled bitterly: "I didn't know what brother was thinking before, but now I feel it for myself, and I just feel that this seat is not easy to sit in."
"You always look sad when you mention Li Xin. Do you really feel unbearable and miss your elder brother?"
Li Xiangyang did not answer and looked at everything around him silently.
"Speaking of which, second brother, you have changed quite a lot. People in Kyoto said that your hair turned gray overnight. I didn't believe it at the beginning. What exactly happened?"
"It's better to care about your second brother than to care about yourself. When will you get married?"
It was rare for Nishang to be so angry that she couldn't speak, so she looked away in frustration.
Nishang was on top, looking at the people below who were gathered around to discuss the notice, and whispered: "Who is so bold that he even dares to hit Li Zijin? Second brother, don't you help check it out?"
Nishang turned around as she said that, still thinking about how her second brother would answer, but she saw her expression changed drastically, and he grabbed her shoulders and pushed her down.
Nishang and Li Xiangyang squatted down at the same time, and felt a strong wind flying above their heads, and a crossbow arrow instantly nailed the pillar on the roof behind them.
"Escort!"
With a loud shout, the surrounding guards immediately used their tower shields to form a wall to protect Li Xiangyang and Nishang in the middle.
Li Xiangyang was very calm and patted Nishang on the shoulder: "Don't move."
Then he slowly stood up and looked down through the gap in the shield wall. He saw a man dressed as a civilian mixed in with the crowd of people posting the notice. He was walking through the crowd and arrived at the corner of the street in a blink of an eye.
The turret where the second prince was located was the highest point of the city's defenses. It was during the second prince's routine inspection, and there were countless guards patrolling the city around.
and many of his own guards.
Under such layers of protection, someone actually almost injured the second prince with a crossbow. The deputy general next to him was so frightened that he almost peed his pants, and he quickly ordered someone to chase him.
But Li Xiangyang interrupted his plan: "Okay, no need to chase."
"Your Highness, the Second Prince, the killer is so rampant, he cannot be let off so easily."
"You want to kill me with just one crossbow arrow?" Li Xiangyang turned back indifferently, took out the crossbow arrow stuck on the pillar, held it in his hand and looked at it carefully, and then sent it to the deputy general, "Hey... do you know me?"
The deputy general's face changed after seeing it: "This is... the arrow branch of a double bow..."
Nishang rolled her eyes: "It's a compound bow! It was invented by the first official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and was manufactured by the Xuzhou Army. Its speed, power, and distance are far beyond those of ordinary bows and arrows. The news has long been spread to the capital, and the court has also
There is nothing surprising about the decision to develop this thing on a large scale and strengthen armaments. Just looking at an arrow cannot explain anything."
Li Xiangyang nodded: "It is true that the identity of the attacker cannot be determined, but the appearance of this object has reminded everyone. In the past, it was impossible for bows and arrows to attack the top of the turret from under the turret. Now with compound bows, the killer
It is easier to conceal and can launch attacks from farther away. Guards on all sides must be more careful and improve the areas that need improvement."
"Yes." The deputy general responded in a deep voice, still feeling a lot of uneasiness in his heart. He thought that if Li Xin had made such a mistake, he would have killed someone on the spot to vent his anger. Now that the second prince is in power, he is not as domineering as the eldest prince at all. Although he is young,
He looks older, but his temperament is still easy-going.
"Your Highness, Second Prince, do we really not want to pursue him?" The deputy general was still a little worried.
"No, no one could have predicted what happened today, and there is no need to hold anyone accountable. As long as the same situation doesn't happen next time. Furthermore, if someone really wants to kill me, it won't be that simple. If
This arrow is just a false move, intended to divert the tiger away from the mountain, so we should remain unchanged in response to all changes."
"General, please remember that the same situation will never happen again next time."
…
Under the corner tower, the people were completely unaware of the shocking scene that had just happened around them. They still looked at the notices and talked in very low voices. They kept silent whenever strangers passed by.
But in the deserted alley around the corner, a group of gray-clothed men
The face man has already started to take action.
The killer just now ran very fast. In the alley, he had taken off the bulky coat used to hide his upper body, revealing a black body-sculpting leather jacket. The compound bow in his hand was also placed on his back, and his pace became faster.
Seeing that the end of the long alley was in front of us, and we were about to reach another street, suddenly there was a sound of piercing the air behind us.
As soon as the killer turned around, the compound bow behind him was hit and shattered by something, and with blood splashing, a crossbow arrow instantly pierced his shoulder.
This crossbow arrow was not an ordinary crossbow arrow, nor was it a compound bow crossbow arrow, but it was extremely powerful. It shattered the compound bow, penetrated the human body, and still penetrated deeply into the snow.
Under such an attack, the killer just stomped his feet, said nothing, and prepared to ignore it and leave directly.
But when he made a move under his feet, the sun shone all around, and there seemed to be a very thin thread in the air, connecting from the hands of the man in gray who was approaching, to the killer's wound, and to the crossbow arrow in the snow.
The killer's expression changed, and he immediately drew out his dagger and tried to cut off the thread that passed through his body, but it was too late at this moment.
The crossbow arrows in the snow suddenly reflected and reached the killer's eyes in an instant.
The killer's pupils shrank sharply, as if he had smelled the smell of death.
Dang!
There was a soft sound, and the returning crossbow arrow was blocked by something unknown and flew elsewhere.
The killer was sweating profusely. He had never thought that he could still be alive in such a situation. When he looked closely, he saw the flash of the knife and the thread that passed through his body had been broken.
The killer didn't see who was saving him, and he didn't have time to look, so he rushed out of the alley without thinking.
"Chase!"
Two more gray figures rushed out, trying to bypass the knife-wielding man who suddenly appeared and chase them.
Seeing two gray shadows passing over the head of the knife holder, unexpectedly, the knife holder pulled out a short knife in his left hand and threw it into the air. The short knife drew a crescent in the air, like a flash of moonlight in the daytime, and two
The gray clothes turned into countless blood flowers in the air and fell straight to the ground.
At this time, the remaining eight men in gray clothes were already three feet away from the sword holder. They all stopped when they saw that the sword holder had a long sword in one hand and a short sword in the other.
"The Yin-Yang Dual Swords, the Seven Jue Sect, the Yin-Yang Jue... how dare you interfere in the affairs of the imperial court!"