Under the moonlight, the figure wielding the long saber was like a tiger in a flock of sheep. The saber light danced as if it was chopping melons and vegetables. There was not even the sound of weapons clashing. None of the dozen or so black-clothed men were a match for him.
As for the man with the longbow, it did not affect his performance at all. He stood in front of the courtyard gate. If someone broke through the defense line of the swordsman, he would casually shoot an arrow. With the sound of the bowstring, someone would fall to the ground, clutching his throat. After twitching a few times, there was no more sound.
The strange thing was that these people knew they were no match for him, but they did not seem to care. They charged forward without fear of death, even if they were just throwing their lives away.
"Death warriors?"
The people surrounding them looked at each other, nodded slightly, and quickly joined the battle.
In just a moment, only one of the dozen or so black-clothed men was left standing. A man grabbed the neck of the leader and asked coldly, "Who sent you?"
After he asked this question, there was no response for a long time. At this moment, someone walked over and put his finger under the nose of the black-clothed man. He shook his head and complained, "You brat, you don't know how to hold back. He's already been strangled by you, why are you still asking?"
The man released his hand, and the black-clothed man's corpse fell straight to the ground.
He squatted down and pinched the man's mouth. He stood up, shook his head, and said, "He committed suicide by taking poison. Who would be so generous as to send so many death warriors at once?"
After years of traveling in Jianghu, they naturally knew of the existence of death warriors.
Those nobles' families would usually raise death warriors. These people would work for their master and were instilled with the idea of loyalty from a young age. For the master's orders, they could even disregard their lives and carry out most of the missions were assaults or assassinations.
Although these people also had their own thoughts, they only knew to be loyal. Even if they learned martial arts from a young age, their achievements were extremely limited. However, when there were a lot of them, their fearless aura would give people a headache.
Today, if it were not for the two Heaven-ranked experts and the godly archer, the remaining people would not be able to stop them.
The blade-wielding man frowned and said, "Call someone over and clean this place up."
Before they could do anything, the sound of footsteps came from the entrance of the alley. More than ten figures quickly walked over. As they got closer, they saw the corpses on the ground. Someone immediately pressed the weapon on his waist and shouted, "Who are you people?"
When they saw another person appear, their expressions finally changed. The blade-wielding man saw a grey-robed old man in the crowd and involuntarily clenched the long blade in his hand. He glanced at the person beside him and the latter immediately understood. He took two steps back and took out a bamboo tube from his waist.
"And who are you?" The man nodded as he looked at the figures in front of him and asked.
"This is the work of the Secret Intelligence Bureau. Put down your weapons immediately!" Seeing that the courtyard door behind them was not open, the Secret Intelligence Division general who had spoken was slightly relieved. He turned to look at the person opposite him and immediately said.
"Secret Intelligence Agency?" Hearing these three words, the expression of the knife-wielding man visibly relaxed, but he still looked at him suspiciously and asked, "The Heavenly King covers the Earthly Tiger?"
"We're on the same side."
When the people of the Secret Intelligence Division heard this, they immediately put down their weapons. The general was about to step forward when he saw the man opposite him raise his long blade in front of him.
After a moment of shock, he said, "Chicken stewed with mushrooms."
When the man heard this, he put away his blade and cupped his hands in salute. "Excuse me!"
The general shook his head and pointed at the corpses on the ground. "It's fine. We should be more vigilant. What exactly is going on here?"
"They're all men of sacrifice." The man glanced at them and said, "Coming at this time should mean harm to the two ladies. Since the Secret Intelligence Division is here, I'll leave the rest to you to handle."
"That's how it should be." The general nodded and waved his hand at the people behind him. "Bring the corpses back."
The Emperor attached great importance to the case of the son of the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites. He had strictly ordered the Secret Intelligence Division and the Supreme Court to solve the case within a time limit. However, they had not obtained any useful clues from the Assistant Minister of Justice, so the case had not been solved. The Secret Intelligence Division had been paying attention to the movements here, which was why they had been able to arrive so quickly after discovering the abnormality.
Although they had arrived a step too late and there were only corpses left, for the Secret Intelligence Division, it made no difference whether they were corpses or living people.
"It's all thanks to you tonight." The general cupped his hands in salute again.
One could imagine that if it weren't for these people, if something had happened to the two ladies, not to mention how they would explain it to Lord Li, the punishment from the Emperor would probably not be light.
The man waved his hand and said, "You're too polite. Our duty is to protect the two ladies. However, you need to carefully investigate the identities of these people."
The general smiled and said, "Don't worry. Leave the rest to us."
The people retreated far away and watched as the figures moved under the moonlight without making too much noise. Soon, all the corpses had been taken away by them.
"Here …" The general pointed to the ground.
One of the men waved his hand and said, "Leave it to us."
After the people of the Secret Intelligence Division retreated, faint sounds could be heard again.
"We're lucky today. We actually ran into them."
"I don't know how many points we'll get this time. If we have enough, we'll go ask Miss Liu to give us a few pointers. I really didn't expect to have the opportunity to get pointers from a grandmaster in my lifetime …"
"Haha, good luck to you. Mr. Lu is so stingy. I think you'll have to save up more …"
"It can't be. I killed more than a dozen men of sacrifice this time …"
"Bah, shameless guy. You even want to take credit like this …"
…
Not long after, a room in the courtyard was lit up. Xiao Cui came out with a beautiful sheep pillow in her arms. She passed through the moon door and stood in the courtyard for a while. She murmured, "It's so late at night. Why are you making so much noise? Can't you let me sleep …"
She complained and yawned again. She could barely keep her eyes open. She turned around and walked back. The only light in the room was quickly extinguished.
…
"Ah, what's going on? Was there a flood last night?"
Early in the morning, a sleepy girl opened the courtyard door and stood on the bluestone that had been washed until it was spotless.
"Miss Xiao Cui, why did you get up so late today?"
A voice came from the front. Xiao Cui turned her head and looked at the lazy waiter sitting in front of the opposite teahouse. She curled her lips and said, "I don't know which bastard is making noise in the middle of the night … By the way, here, has this place been washed?"
The waiter nodded, rubbed his shoulders and said, "Yes, the shopkeeper said that it's not clean outside, and it will affect the customers' mood to drink tea. He asked us to wake up before dawn and rinse the entire alley with water. It's really tiring …"
Xiao Cui did not continue to talk. After thanking him, she turned around and walked into the courtyard.
She did not believe the waiter's words. He was the laziest person in the entire alley. He only knew how to sleep all day. How could he suddenly become so diligent?
However, after the ground was washed, it looked much more pleasing to the eye …
In the Hall of Diligent Government, Emperor Jing was holding a report just presented by the Intelligence Division. He sighed and said, "Is it really Li Xian?"
"I haven't disciplined him all these years. Is it right or wrong?" Murmuring, he crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it aside. He said, "Pass down the order. Tell the Supreme Judiciary and the Intelligence Division to stop investigating this case."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Chang De bowed and said.
The King of Shu's faction had suffered a heavy blow this time. His Majesty's power in the imperial court was almost completely wiped out and almost reached a critical limit. If he suppressed them too much, there would be a big rebound.
Emperor Jing thought for a moment and asked, "Is there a vacancy for the position of Minister of the Ministry of Rites?"
Chang De said, "His Majesty just demoted the Minister of the Ministry of Rites the day before yesterday. He hasn't been appointed yet."
Emperor Jing thought for a moment and said, "Forget it. Chen Yunshan is the Minister of the Ministry of Rites. He is no longer loyal to the Chen family. Pass down the order to the Ministry of Personnel. Chen Yunshan will be appointed as Minister of the Ministry of Rites …"
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