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Chapter 728 Sudden Assassination
Li Ke looked towards the outside of the city reluctantly for a while at the intersection, and finally turned decisively towards Chengtian Street. It was not that he gave up on Ashina Yun, but he believed in Quan Wanji's judgment that the other party would not dare to hurt Ashina Yun.

An Heihu, who was standing at the side, saw that Li Ke was not in high spirits, and advised: "Don't worry, Your Highness. Lord Quan is right. I will report Princess Ashina Yun's matter to the Emperor later. The Emperor will certainly not stand by and watch her die."

"Well, I hope so." Li Ke turned his head to look at the carriage following behind him, and went to Taiji Palace with a heavy heart.

After passing Anxingfang and then Yongxingfang, you will reach the imperial city.

Chengtian Street is located in the northeast of Chang'an City. It is the privileged area of ​​the execution ground. The markets on both sides of the street are lined with various high-end restaurants, inns, teahouses and other shops. It is almost noon, which is the busiest time for eating and drinking.

There was a constant flow of people coming and going on the street, and in front of the various shops were well-dressed dignitaries who were crowding in in twos and threes.

When Li Ke's eastern team was about to pass by an inn, a humming sound of a bowstring forcefully returning to its original position was heard amidst the bustling noise of the city.

"Your Highness, be careful."

An Heihu, who was always cautious, shouted loudly. Warning signs suddenly rose in his heart. His scalp went numb and the muscles in his body swelled instantly.

With a "swish" sound, he drew out the long sword from his waist without thinking and slashed at the black shadow that pounced on Li Ke like lightning.

With a crisp "bang" sound, an eagle feather arrow was broken into two pieces and fell to the ground.

Li Ke was stunned for a moment before he reacted. He looked towards the second floor of the inn in fear and saw two middle-aged men with braids, wearing Hu costumes and full beards. They had fierce expressions, sharp eyes and murderous intent, and were pulling crossbows towards him.

"Buzz buzz." In an instant, two more feather arrows shot towards him.

"There are assassins protecting His Highness!"

An Heihu's eyes were bloodshot, and he didn't care about anything else. He dropped his sword, jumped up from the saddle like a tiger and pounced on Li Ke, while blocking the front with his body.

"Pu Pu." Two sounds of sharp weapons entering the body were heard. One feather arrow pierced An Heihu's back, and the other hit Li Ke's right arm.

Then, due to the huge inertia, An Heihu knocked Li Ke, who was sitting on his horse in a daze, to the ground, and the two rolled into a ball.

Li Ke couldn't help but scream in pain: "Ah!"

"Your Highness, how are you?" An Heihu's own wound was more serious, but he did not go to see him. Instead, he was busy checking Li Ke's injuries. The guards behind him also drew their swords, came forward to protect him, and surrounded Li Ke and An Heihu in the middle.

Seeing this, the Hu people upstairs dropped their bows and arrows, drew their scimitars, and shouted in an awkward Chang'an dialect: "King Li Ke of Shu used 1,000 dan of grain and 500 pieces of silk to deceive the Khan. This is a great shame for us Turks. The Khan has ordered that Li Ke must be killed to avenge the Khan's shame."

"Kill Li Ke and avenge the Khan."

At the command, more than a dozen Hu people rushed out from the inns on both sides, holding scimitars and rushing towards Li Ke with fierce looks on their faces.

People on the street were stunned by this sudden scene.

After a brief moment of daze, everyone shouted in fear, then ran away with their heads in their hands. For a moment, the bustling Chengtian Street was in chaos. The flags in front of some shops were blown away by the crowd, and the street was in chaos.

The guards of the Prince of Shu's Palace no longer cared about anything else. They rushed forward like tigers, drew their swords and fought with the assassins, so that the carriage at the back was left alone in the middle of the street.

"Go and hold off the guards. Don't let them split apart."

At this time, a tall Hu man pointed at the carriage in the middle of the street and shouted angrily: "The one sitting in the carriage is the King of Shu, go and kill him!"

"Yes, General."

Most of the Hu people who rushed out surrounded Li Ke, and another two or three of them moved swiftly to the back of the carriage, pulled open the curtain of the carriage with ferocious faces, and rushed forward like hungry wolves.

Cheng Yunliang, who was in the carriage, had no idea what was going on. Suddenly, his eyes blurred and the light from outside shone in. Before he could see what was going on, a scimitar fell down with a flashing cold light.

"Ah" a shrill scream resounded throughout the street, and then the carriage shook violently. The scimitars of two Hu people fell madly, and the sharp tips of the knives pierced the canopy of the carriage into pieces as the Hu people swung them.

The sound of the blade entering the body continued to be heard, with increasingly weak whimpers in between, and finally only the creepy sound of the knife cutting through bones remained.

What happened just now was too sudden. Although Li Ke was an extraordinary warrior, as a prince, especially a prince who had just reached adulthood in his teens, he had never been on the battlefield and had rarely seen the cruelty of death. The assassination that happened suddenly in front of him really scared Li Ke, and he was unable to react for a while. Especially after An Heihu and himself were shot, they were even more panicked and frightened. Several guards desperately surrounded Li Ke in the middle to protect him.

When he saw that the other party was dressed in Hu people's clothes and mentioned the matter of Suizhou, he really thought for a moment that it was the Turks coming to avenge him for playing a trick on Jie Li.

It was not until he heard the orders given by the Hu people and the miserable screams coming from the carriage that Li Ke suddenly realized that these people had ulterior motives.

Their main target is not themselves, but Cheng Yunliang.
Thinking of this, Li Ke became furious, hugged his right arm and yelled, "Oh no, their target is Cheng Yunliang, go and protect Cheng Yunliang."

But the guards around him turned a deaf ear to Li Ke's words, still holding their swords with expressionless faces to fight against the Hu people in front of them.

When An Heihu was shot and fell to the ground, the guards remembered that their duty was to protect the King of Shu. If anything happened to the King of Shu, they would all be sentenced to death. As for others, no matter how important they were, it was meaningless to them.

Especially in this situation, Li Ke was only in his teens, but the Hu people in front of him showed no mercy and attacked him with their swords. The guards did not dare to withdraw, and they did not dare to believe Li Ke's real goal of the Hu people.

In critical moments, they can only activate the emergency mechanism and forcibly protect the safety of the King of Shu. No matter what orders the King of Shu gives, they will not listen until they are sure that the King of Shu has resolved the crisis, and then they will execute other orders.

They don’t care how important the people in the carriage are, they are only responsible for the safety of the King of Shu.

After getting rid of Cheng Yunliang, the two Hu people jumped off the carriage and shouted excitedly: "The King of Shu has been killed, brothers, retreat!"

At the command, the Hu people who were besieging Li Ke turned around and ran into the alleys on the side of the street, disappearing from the street in an instant.

In just half a cup of tea, An Heihu and Li Ke were shot by arrows, Cheng Yunliang was killed in the carriage, and the Hu people fled completely, leaving behind a messy street and passers-by who were secretly looking at this side from a distance and upstairs.

After a while, a team of soldiers patrolling the imperial city rushed over after receiving a report.

"What happened?" the team leader asked loudly.

The owner of the restaurant across the street saw that the Hu assassins had left. When the patrol soldiers came over, they pointed at Li Ke and his group and said hurriedly, "General, a group of Hu people just tried to assassinate the King of Shu, but were chased away by the guards of the palace. They went in through that street. Go and chase them, shall we?"

When the captain heard that a Hu man had assassinated the King of Shu, he quickly sent a group of men to chase him into the alley. He came over to separate the crowd and saw that it was indeed the King of Shu. The bright arrow on the other party's right arm made the captain even more frightened, and he quickly saluted and said, "Your subordinate greets the King of Shu."

"Hmph! What are you reporting for? Such a vicious thing could happen in broad daylight, in Chengtian Street, which is just away from the imperial city. Fortunately, the King of Shu is safe, otherwise you would all be exiled to the border areas, right?" The guards of the King of Shu's mansion scolded angrily.

They did not chase the assassins, but remained cautious. It was not their duty to catch the criminals. They were furious when they saw the patrol soldiers who came late. It was too dangerous just now. If those people did not know the King of Shu, they would have died here today.

The patrolling soldiers who were in charge of the security of this area secretly cursed their bad luck. The captain looked at the King of Shu who was shot by an arrow, the fallen guards, and the chopped-to-pieces corpses on the carriage, and suddenly felt a headache.

While ordering his men to find a doctor immediately, he stepped forward to check the King of Shu's wound.

This kind of knife and arrow wound is very common on the battlefield. Most soldiers know how to deal with it. The captain was relieved when he saw the wound. There was nothing wrong with the rest of the body, only the arm was hit by an arrow, and the wound was bleeding bright red, indicating that it was not poisonous.

There were no injuries to the bones or muscles, just superficial wounds, so there is no danger to life.

As long as the King of Shu is fine, everything else will be easy. After checking the scene, the captain looked at the gloomy King of Shu curiously and thought to himself that he didn't expect the King of Shu to be so cunning that he even got a "stand-in" for such a short distance.

I didn’t expect it would actually be useful.

As they were talking, another group of soldiers arrived. The captain left a few of them behind to look after the scene, while he himself led his men to chase the assassin along the alley.

No matter what, attitude is very important.

Afterwards, a large number of guards from the imperial city who had received the news came over in groups and took control of the entire street. Doctors from nearby pharmacies also came out to treat the injuries of the people in the Shu Palace.

Seeing that the situation was under control, the guards of the Shu Palace relaxed and put away their swords. One of the deputies said thankfully: "Fortunately, they recognized the wrong person and mistook the person in the carriage for the Shu King. Otherwise, it would be really dangerous today."

"Yes, yes, it's a good thing that our prince was riding a horse and they didn't recognize him. Otherwise, considering their fearless and daring spirit just now, who knows how many people would have died today?" another guard also said.

(End of this chapter)