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Chapter 43 Night Killing Xiao Guoxing

Li Yan quickly and carefully hid in the bushes and observed slowly.

Several voices could be heard from afar.
"Okay, let's rest here first, drink some water, eat something, and then continue our journey. I was pulled out of bed by the emperor and I am doing my job on an empty stomach!" came Turichen's rough voice.

"Master Tu, what do you think this is?"

A strange guard said, "It's the middle of the night and we have to travel all night to Ningguta. We are not prepared at all."

"That's right. I just bought the Wu Xiang Ju pork elbow yesterday and I haven't eaten a single bite of it yet! I was waiting for my shift change in the second half of the night so I could have a couple of drinks. Now, it will probably stink by the time I get back!" another person complained.

The guard just now smiled and said, "Don't worry, it won't get bad. He San'er and the others will help you solve this problem."

"Hey hey hey!"

Tulichen interrupted the two of them: "Okay, I haven't complained yet, what are you guys still talking about! Who dares to delay the mission entrusted by the emperor himself? Quickly light the torches. It's pitch black here, and it's in the wilderness. Don't step on snakes or frogs or anything like that."

The other two stopped talking and started rummaging through their luggage. One of them lit a fire while the other took out a kettle and handed it to Turichen.

Li Yan watched quietly as Tulichen, accompanied by two guards, escorted another person. The person cried and wailed, "Master Tu, are you mistaken? The Eighth Master told me that the Emperor had said that as long as I tell the truth about the Crown Prince's bribery of officials in the Ministry of Justice to allow the people to die in place of him, he would forgive me this time. The Emperor said so! The Eighth Master also promised me personally that he would never punish me!"

Li Yan thought to himself, this must be Xiao Guoxing. As he thought about it, he took out a longbow from the space. This was the spoils of war that he had found in the treasury of Shen Guiyuan in Suzhou. He had raided dozens of warehouses in Jiangnan, and found gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, swords, spears, longbows, short crossbows, and all kinds of things. He even found a lot of muskets, short guns, and gold-threaded soft armor.

Li Yan didn't have the time to select carefully, so he put everything in the warehouse into the space.

The longbow that was taken out at this time had a maximum range of 500 steps, but Li Yan had tested it and found that it was a projectile, and basically had no accuracy, which meant that the arrow could be sent out. The straight-line killing distance was about 200 steps, which was about 120 meters. Now Li Yan was hiding only 60 to 70 meters away from the farewell pavilion where Tulichen was. With the 20 years of internal strength of Yue Buqun given by the system, plus the martial arts accumulated during this period, he could shoot with the help of the system.

Guaranteed that within a hundred steps, one arrow will pierce the heart.

"Sir Xiao, what you are talking about is not something that a guard commander like me can control. I only know that the emperor called me alone and asked me to escort you to Ningguta overnight and hand you over to General Shengjing for strict supervision. I don't know anything else." Tulichen said with a sigh.

Xiao Guoxing looked at Tulichen in despair, muttering, "Ningguta, how many people who were exiled to Ningguta could come back alive? How could this happen? How could this happen? Did the emperor not keep his word, or did the Eighth Master lie to me?"

Li Yan held his breath and slowly pulled the bowstring. His arm was as steady as a mountain. A powerful force formed between the bow arm and the bowstring. The tip of the arrow pointed directly at Xiao Guoxing in the distance. When he saw Xiao Guoxing was in a daze and immersed in grief, he loosened his right hand.

With a "bang", the arrow flew towards Xiao Guoxing like a black lightning at lightning speed. The deep sound of the bowstring exploded in the silent night sky.

"Who is it?" Tulichen shouted loudly, took out the knife from his waist and pulled it out with a "swish". Before he finished shouting, he rushed towards the direction where the bowstring sound came from.

Tulichen's heart sank. Tulichen was a veteran of the battlefield and was used to using swords, spears, bows and swords. Just by listening to the sound of the bowstring, he knew that it was at least a three-stone strong bow. This was not something that ordinary people could afford. Even if they could afford it, they couldn't pull it. Every person who could use this strong bow was a brave general in the army. Even when he was in the army, he could only barely pull it open. As for using it, he couldn't even shoot an arrow.

In the past few years, I have worked in the palace, lived a comfortable life, and was surrounded by intrigues and fame. My martial arts skills have long been lost, and I no longer have the ambition to fight on the battlefield. If we really meet on a narrow road, I will probably die here in the farewell pavilion! I have a beautiful wife and concubines, and several children. If I die here, what will happen to the children?
Thinking of this, Turichen's pace slowed down quietly.

When he rushed to the place where the sound came from, he breathed a sigh of relief, only to see a figure flash in the dark night and disappear in the vast wilderness. Turichen pretended to chase for a while, and then returned to the farewell pavilion. When he returned to the original place, he saw the other two guards standing back to back with their knives in their hands, looking at the dark surroundings in fear.

"Okay, everyone has run away, let's go and see what happened to Lord Xiao!" Tulichen scolded angrily.

It was so pathetic. The person I was protecting was killed before I even saw anyone.

How can I report to the Emperor?

The two men hurriedly picked up the torches and shone them, and a long arrow pierced Xiao Guoxing's chest and went out of his body. Xiao Guoxing's eyes were wide open, still with a sad and angry expression, and a face full of unwillingness. He could not die any more.

Tulichen sighed, and the other two stared at him, then asked tremblingly: "Boss, what should we do now? Do we still need to go to Ningguta?"

"The person is dead, why go to Ningguta? Bring the body with you and report back to the capital overnight. See how you will explain to the emperor!" Tulichen scolded him angrily. Fortunately, Xiao Guoxing was just a criminal. According to the decree, the emperor probably wanted him to be unable to speak.

However, if he was killed by someone else, it would be my dereliction of duty.

The two men hurriedly placed Xiao Guoxing's body on the horse, not daring to stop for a moment, and followed Turichen to the official road back to the city.

Li Yan followed the same path he came from, climbed over the city wall silently, and returned to the Tenth Master's Mansion along the dark streets.

He pushed open the bedroom door and looked at the maid who was on night watch. She was sleeping soundly. He took off his nightgown and put it in the space. He checked it carefully again. There was indeed no flaw. He walked into the bedroom and looked at Qiuyue again. She was still in the same state as when he left.

Breathe a sigh of relief, be careful and you will be safe!

As a prince, I don't have a lot of well-trained assassins to use like the fourth prince. But I can only act like a thief and go out in person. It's almost dawn. Fortunately, I have the habit of sleeping late. I will sleep a little longer tomorrow. Poor sleep will affect my health.

When a person has no shortage of food, drink and other material enjoyment, good health becomes particularly important.

(End of this chapter)