I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 57 Coincidence?

Si Lili had carefully planned how to escape from Kyoto.

First start from the north gate, use six fake bodies to attract everyone's attention, then return to Kyoto, start from the east gate, enter the sea from Danzhou Port, and take a boat from the sea to the border of Northern Qi.

She felt that her plan was fine. Although she was almost caught by the people from Prince Ding's Mansion after returning to Kyoto yesterday, she didn't think Li Chengzong could guess that she would set out from Danzhou. Little did she know that Li Chengzong had been waiting for her for a long time, and Fan Xian would also see through her plan, change his route, and catch up with her again.

Si Lili was surprised to meet Fan Xian and Wang Qinian, but she also knew that if she continued to run like this, she would never be able to outrun them, so she decided to go with the flow and lead Fan Xian and Wang Qinian to Pijia Hill, and let the people who were waiting to pick them up stop the two of them completely.

The plan was good. Although Fan Xian and Wang Qinian sensed something was wrong, they still chased after him. After a day and night of pursuit, they finally arrived at the Armor Hill on the next day and saw Si Lili waiting for them in the pavilion.

"Master Fan has finally caught up with us!"

Fan Xian and Wang Qinian came forward, leading their horses, and asked directly, "Are you a secret agent from Northern Qi?"

"Yes."

"Li Chengzong knows that you are a spy from Northern Qi?"

"do not know."

The answer was without hesitation, which made Fan Xian stunned for a moment: "Then how did he know about the assassination on Niulan Street?"

"You should ask him about that."

"So you are now admitting that you were the mastermind behind the Niulan Street assassination?"

Si Lili chuckled: "I am a spy, not a killer. If I kill you, a person who stirs up the situation in Kyoto, it will be detrimental to my gathering of intelligence in Kyoto. Why should I kill you?"

"Who wants to kill me?"

"Mr. Fan, why don't you take a guess?"

"Li Chengzong?"

"Although I don't know what your relationship with him is, you know very well in your heart that he is not the one who wants to kill you, so you want to...well, trick me, you want to trick me and make me reflexively answer the answer you really want to know. It's useless."

Fan Xian sighed: "With him here, many tricks really don't work. Why don't you just tell me directly? For Li Chengzong's sake, I will ensure that you stay alive."

"I have nothing to do with him. My identity has been exposed now. He probably wants to kill me now. If you do this for his sake, I'm afraid I'll die faster."

Looking at Si Lili's expression, Fan Xian gave her a thumbs up and said, "Great acting! The Oscars are missing a golden statue for you."

"What do you mean?"

"You will know when you go back to Kyoto and ask Li Chengzong. Miss Si Lili, please go in."

Si Lili smiled calmly: "Fan Xian, guess why I am waiting for you here?"

When I came here, I had heard that there were bandits rampant in Pijia Hill, so now I know what Si Lili means.

"Bandits!"

"Master Fan is indeed smart."

Si Lili clapped her hands, and twenty-seven or eight people dressed as bandits, all of whom were at least sixth-rank masters, rushed out from all directions with knives in hand and surrounded Fan Xian and Wang Qinian.

Just when Si Lili thought that everything was safe and was about to leave on horseback, the black cavalry from the Overwatch Council arrived, and she was forced back by the two black cavalry teams in front and behind.

"Black Knight!"

Wang Qinian was overjoyed when he was surrounded, while Fan Xian stared blankly at the oppressive black cavalry in front of him.

As the Commissioner of the Overwatch Council, he had naturally heard of the name of the Black Knights, but today was the first time he saw the Black Knights and he was quite shocked.

Si Lili had a look of despair. The Black Cavalry had arrived, so there was no way she could escape now.

At the same time, she was even more curious about Fan Xian's true identity. Even Chen Pingping's Black Cavalry were mobilized. This was not the treatment that Si Nanbo's illegitimate son should have. He must be a prince... Wait, that's not possible!
While Si Lili was shocked, the Black Cavalry had already rushed into the field and killed more than twenty bandits above the sixth rank like harvesting straw. Si Lili was the only one left in the field, and Fan Xian and Wang Qinian also felt that the situation was safe.

However, at this moment, the ground suddenly shook again, even more strongly than the previous vibration. In everyone's surprised eyes, a group of knights in green and silver armor appeared from where the black cavalry had just rushed over. Their iron horses and golden swords, the sharp blades sparkled in the sun. The whole team was like a coldly swung knife, rushing towards this side rapidly, stirring up a cloud of dust.

The black cavalry who saw this scene immediately drew their swords and formed a battle line, facing the charging iron cavalry with murderous intent.

"Oh no, it's the Blood-Robed Guards."

When Fan Xian heard Wang Qinian's words, he immediately asked curiously, "Wang Qinian, where did these Blood Robe Guards come from? They look even more powerful than the Black Cavalry."

Wang Qinian's face was solemn as he explained, "The Blood Robe Guards are the Third Prince's men. They have countless amazing achievements. You can find out if you ask around in Kyoto. I heard that the lowest Blood Robe Guards are seventh-rank masters, and there are eighth-rank and even ninth-rank masters. They only listen to the Third Prince's orders. It seems that the Third Prince wants to protect Si Lili. We may be in big trouble today."

Before he finished speaking, three hundred cavalrymen came in a mighty force, blocking the way out. They stopped in an instant, moved in unison, dismounted, and half-knelt in salute.

"We are here to see the mistress!"

The roar of three hundred people echoed back and forth in the empty valley, causing Si Lili's heart to tremble. Finally, her heart was filled with infinite emotion and happiness. So this is what it feels like to be protected by someone?

A shadow walked out from the black cavalry team in the field and came to Fan Xian's side.

"The dean already knows about what happened in Kyoto. He has sent you a message."

"Me?" Fan Xian was a little confused.

"He told you to just go for it. Even if the sky falls, he'll push it back up. That's all. Now..."

Among the three hundred cavalrymen, the leader, Li Junxin, interrupted directly, "Chen Pingping is so arrogant, isn't he afraid of his tongue being blown away by the wind? Bah, if you let Chen Pingping come now, if he can take my mistress away today, Yingzi, I will take your last name Ying from now on."

Shadow said in a deep voice: "Li Junxin, please be polite, otherwise don't blame me for being rude."

"You're welcome?"

Li Junxin laughed loudly and said, "I saw you when you came. You only brought 100 Black Knights with you, and we have 300 Blood Robe Guards. How can you be rude to me? Don't say I didn't give you a chance. If you have the guts to let the Black Knights charge today, I will call you dad if one of the Black Knights here survives."

"Let's fight one-on-one if you dare."

"I have more people than you, and you want me to fight you one-on-one?"

Li Junxin is now also a ninth-rank master, and he also knows Shadow's strength. Even if he can beat Shadow, he will not give up his advantage. He looked at Shadow with disdain and said, "Shadow, you have gone crazy from killing people. You want a duel? Fine, you can fight three hundred of us alone."

"You are so fucking shameless!" Shadow's defense was immediately broken.

"I am shameless, so what? If you are not convinced, come and hit me."

Shadow fell silent.

We are all old acquaintances, so everyone knows each other.

The Black Cavalry was strong, but the Blood Robe Guards were so weak that 400 of them chased tens of thousands of cavalrymen and chopped off more than 10,000 heads. Not to mention that they were three against one, even if they were one against three, the Black Cavalry would not be able to withstand it. It was impossible to fight, and they could not win the argument.

For a while, the scene reached a deadlock.

Seeing this, Fan Xian stood up.

"What does the Third Prince mean by asking you to come?"

It was not an interrogation, but a normal inquiry. His attitude was quite polite. Li Junxin also said politely: "Escort the mistress back to Kyoto."

"Your Highness, do you know that Si Lili is a spy from Northern Qi?"

"I don't know whether the Patriarch knows or not. We are only following the Patriarch's orders to escort the mistress back to Kyoto. Anyone who dares to snatch her will be killed without mercy!"

The murderous words coming out of Li Junxin's mouth made Fan Xian's face turn a little colder.

At this time, Zhao Huai'en came out, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Mr. Fan, Li Junxin is a rough man and can't speak, please don't be surprised."

Li Junxin immediately became unhappy: "Zhao Huai'en, don't go too far. If you scold me again, I will talk back."

"You took advantage of the situation and scolded me. What's wrong with that? I still want to beat you up. Why don't we practice now?"

In the matter of Xingzhi, Li Junxin could not be said to have taken advantage of the situation, after all, he and Xingzhi were in love with each other.

However, when facing Zhao Huai'en, he always felt guilty.

The key is that we really can’t win by fighting.

In fact, if Zhao Huai'en hadn't trained him at the beginning, he wouldn't have been able to break through to the ninth level.

Li Junxin was speechless.

Zhao Huai'en ignored him and turned around and said, "Master Fan, when we came here, the head of the family told us that if you meet the mistress first, the credit for catching the Northern Qi spy will still be yours. We are only responsible for protecting the mistress and you to return to Kyoto safely. As for whether you can ask the answer you want to know, it depends on whether the mistress is willing to tell you."

"Thank you. Can I ask Miss Si Lili now?"

Si Lili, who was riding on a horse and was guarded by the Blood-Clothed Guards, said directly: "Fan Xian, you must know the answer. This answer may be something you cannot bear."

Fan Xian didn't hesitate too much and nodded firmly.

The two of them came to a deserted place nearby, with their backs to the crowd. Si Lili wrote two words on the ground and then smoothed them out.

After a while, the two returned to their respective camps.

Li Junxin stepped forward and shouted, "Shadow, the Black Knights have nothing to do now, why don't you leave?"

"Li Junxin, you have more people today, I admit defeat, don't let me see you alone."

Shadow snorted, said a few more words to Fan Xian, and then left with the Black Cavalry.

Apart from the Blood-Clothed Guards and Si Lili, the only ones present were Wang Qinian and Fan Xian.

Seeing Fan Xian standing there in a daze, Wang Qinian asked cautiously, "Sir, is that the name of the prince?"

In the assassination on Niulan Street, masters from Northern Qi and Dongyi City came out together, and there were also the crossbows and bed crossbows of the city guards. These were not something that ordinary people could control, so naturally the first person he thought of was the prince.

Fan Xian remained silent. Si Lili told him the answer, but he was very confused by the answer. He never expected that the person who planned to assassinate him was Lin Wan'er's second brother Lin Gong.

How difficult it is!
Seeing that Fan Xian didn't say anything, Wang Qinian didn't ask any more questions, but reminded him, "Sir, now that you know the person who planned the assassination on Niulan Street, I'm afraid our journey back to Beijing will not be peaceful. Should we follow the Blood Robe Guards?"

"Well, let's go."

Fan Xian nodded, clasped his fists towards the Blood Robe Guards and said, "I'll trouble you to take care of me on the way back to the capital."

"Mr. Fan, you are so polite. Please get on the horse."

Fan Xian and Wang Qinian mounted their horses and joined the Blood-Clothed Guards.

The sharp-eyed Fan Xian spotted Li Yi in the crowd and rode over with Wang Qinian on horseback.

"Niulan Street assassination, thank you for saving me, big brother. May I ask your name?"

"Mr. Fan, you are too polite. My surname is Li and my given name is Yi."

Li Yi grabbed the reins and bowed in return, and asked in confusion: "Master Fan, why didn't you kill Cheng Jushu at that time?"

"I fainted."

Fan Xian smiled awkwardly and asked, "Why didn't Brother Li kill Cheng Jushu directly at that time?"

"I'm leaving it for you to kill. Things like revenge must be done by yourself." Li Yi said as a matter of course.

Fan Xian was stunned for a moment, and continued to ask, "On the day of the assassination on Niulan Street, did the Third Prince send you to save me?"

Li Yi shook his head and recounted what happened that day. Wang Qinian next to him took over the conversation and said, "Sir, it seems that what happened that day was a coincidence."

coincidence?

Even judging from Li Yi's words, it was indeed a coincidence.

Fan Xian still had some doubts.

In his opinion, it all happened by chance.

Moreover, he always felt that Li Chengzong knew something.

Although it was just a feeling, he was sure that his feeling was not wrong.

The news that Fan Xian had captured the Northern Qi spy Si Lili quickly reached Kyoto.

This result was within the expectations of many people. After all, if Fan Xian did not have some real ability, His Majesty would not have intended to let him take over the inner treasury.

Of course, some people were surprised.

Fan Xian has not been in Kyoto for long, and not many people know him. In the eyes of some people, Fan Xian is just an illegitimate child from the countryside. What abilities can he have? Naturally, they are surprised that he could catch Si Lili.

As for whether Fan Xian knew the mastermind behind the assassination on Niulan Street, Kyoto didn't know. Chen Pingping would not let his Black Cavalry tell anyone, and the Blood-Clothed Guards under Li Chengzong were also very tight-lipped.

And Fan Xian, who knew the answer, would not be stupid enough to publicize it.

In short, Kyoto knows that Fan Xian has caught someone, but it is not known whether Fan Xian knows the mastermind behind the assassination on Niulan Street.

(End of this chapter)