The Prince's Mansion is not far from Beggar's Street. Xia Shang locked his position and just walked to the end of this street, turned left, and walked through three alleys to reach the back street of the Prince's Mansion.
The situation was unclear at the moment, and Xia Shang regretted it a little.
Although he was careful enough when he came to find Jizi, he was still followed by the Japanese.
The Japanese people's tracking ability was very good, but Xia Shang still underestimated them.
Fortunately, this is the capital of Dahua, and it is our home court. If the Japanese make any noise, people from all walks of life will come to stop them.
Seeing that the long street has reached three forks, next to the left fork is a deep alley surrounded by two courtyard walls.
The alley is very narrow, just big enough for the three people of Xia and Shang to pass by side by side. There are many plum trees in the courtyard wall, their branches are interspersed above the head, and the little moonlight is blocked.
Xia Shang took the two girls into the alley, walked a few steps and put down Xiao Sang who was holding him.
Xiao Sang was hugged and bumped all the way, feeling dizzy. He leaned against the wall of the courtyard and gasped. He looked back at Xia Shang: "Why... why don't you leave?"
Xia Shang pulled Jizi who was hiding in his robe to his side, looked up at the swaying tree shadows above, frowned, and suddenly shouted: "Come out, Lingsi!"
As Xia Shang's voice fell, the shadow of the tree overhead shook violently.
Xia Shang blocked the situation with both hands and took the two women back more than ten steps.
Then, a black figure embracing a samurai sword appeared where Xia Shang was.
Looking closely, I found that the black figure was wearing night clothes, with his face covered, only a pair of eyes exposed, and his whole body exuded a cold aura, which made people shudder.
Xia Shang looked at this person, feeling a little strange and doubting his own judgment.
But the man in black took the initiative to tear off his mask at this time, revealing his face.
Xia Shang's pupils shrank, this person was really Ling Si.
"Is it really you?!"
"You are more sensitive than I thought, and you can actually sense that I am following you."
Xia Shang said nothing and motioned to the two women behind him to step back.
Xiao Sang frowned: "No, there must be a misunderstanding. Ling Si will not harm the princess. He must be here to save the princess."
Xiao Sang's voice was very low, but Lingsi still heard it and responded from a distance: "Yes, I just want to save the princess. If it weren't for this, I'm afraid you would have
I don’t know how many times I have died.”
Xiao Sang responded loudly: "This is a misunderstanding. He is not a bad guy who kidnapped the princess. He is just protecting us. You must not do anything!"
Lingsi didn't respond, just looked at Xia Shang, as if waiting for his attitude.
"Hand over the princess and I can pretend that nothing happened."
"I can hand over the princess, but not now."
"You don't have the final say in this matter. You should also know that in my hands, you have no chance of winning."
Xia Shang's expression became serious, and you quietly placed a small stone on the tip of your foot. He put his left hand behind his back and pressed it on the trigger of the dark crossbow. The infuriating energy in his right hand had begun to gather.
"You all stop, I...I'll go with him."
Jizi, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke in a low voice, then came to Xia Shang and stood between the two of them.
Yoshiko lowered her head, her expression unreadable, but judging from her tone, she must be very embarrassed.
"Ji Zi, you..." Xia Shang looked a little surprised.
"I believe Lingsi, he will not harm me. He must have his purpose in doing so."
"But……"
Ji Zi stopped Xia Shang from continuing and walked towards Ling Si's direction without looking back.
"Princess, wait for me." Xiao Sang also followed.
Xia Shang was left standing there blankly.
Ling Si did not move, and kept his previous posture, staring at Xia Shang, for fear of what he would do next.
Xia Shang seemed a little depressed. After all, the real owner had spoken, but the other party still believed in his own people, not himself.
"Let's go." Jizi quickly arrived in front of Lingsi, said two words lightly, and then walked behind Lingsi.
Lingsi's eyes did not move, he still kept hugging the katana, and did not even look at Yoshiko.
Yoshiko seemed to have noticed Lingsi's weirdness, her head hidden under her robe tilted slightly, as if asking.
However, at this moment, Ling Si suddenly drew his sword and stabbed Ji Zi at his side without any warning!
Yoshiko reacted quickly, turning slightly to one side, and the blade of the knife scraped across her chest.
It looked like he was dodging, but he was still a moment slow, and a deep bloody mouth was left in front of him. Yoshiko also tried his best to dodge.
He lost his focus and fell to the ground.
Xia Shang's pupils shrank, he kicked out the pebbles with his toes, and with a punch of his right hand, a burst of purple energy was released like a mountain roaring and a tsunami, and at the same time, the dark crossbow was launched.
The three moves before and after were done in one go. This was Xia Shang's most direct and rapid reaction by taking advantage of the environment and his own abilities.
However, Ling Si in front of him just raised his katana into the sky, and a wave of air burst out instantly, immediately scattering the hidden weapons and stones launched by Xia Shang. Only the powerful purple energy rushed out of the air wave towards Ling Si.
attack.
Although Xia Shang's zhenqi was strong, the attack was too single and direct. Lingsi easily moved a step to the left, and the purple energy fell into the void and disappeared into the deep long alley.
Xia Shang was about to attack again, but Ling Si's knife had already landed on Ji Zi's neck.
"If she takes one more step forward, I will kill her with one knife!"
A cold voice came, and Xia Shang stopped his attack instantly, stared and shouted: "You are really not generous, she is your young lady!"
"Miss? Do you really think I'm that easy to deceive?" Ling Si sneered, "If she was really a miss, the knife just now would have killed her, but she escaped the fatal injury. That kind of reaction and
Speed is obviously not what a real lady has."
"You actually used your own knife to test the authenticity of your own lady? What if she didn't hide away?"
"I have been observing all the way here for a long time. At such a long distance, the lady followed you without any pause, and there was something wrong with what she just said. The real lady would not follow me. She would step forward and ask me to leave, but she
But he directly said that he would follow me. How could I not discover such a huge flaw?"
"Lingsi, you are so self-righteous! You think you know your lady very well, but you don't know her at all! It's really Jizi who is by your side now! You must not mess around!" Xia Shang shouted loudly
Roaring, looking very excited.
On the other side, Xiao Sang also rushed over and threw herself beside Jizi, crying loudly: "You are crazy! You dare to hurt the princess! She is a real princess!"
Lingsi could ignore Xia Shang's words, but as Xiao Sang, the princess's personal maid, what she said was a bit unsettling.
Ling Si finally frowned and turned his head to look at the woman being controlled by his sword.
The woman was still hiding in her robe and couldn't see her face, but Ling Si saw a very familiar amulet beside the woman!