The Song Dynasty was the king for thirteen years before he knew that he was Tianlong.

Chapter 12: Assassins
Li Xian's face showed a look of reminiscence: "This assassin's martial arts is not only powerful, but also an opponent that I have never encountered in my life."

Zhao Ti's expression changed: "Mr. Li was seriously injured. Did he leave the assassin behind?"

"If I had stayed, I would not have ended up like this. The reason is that I was careless at the time, otherwise the assassin would not have been able to enter the camp so easily." Li Xian sighed.

"Among thousands of soldiers and horses, the assassin injured Prime Minister Li and was able to escape?" Zhao Ti was very surprised.

"The assassin's martial arts skills have reached perfection, and she came here with the determination to kill him. However, she did not expect that the old minister is also good at martial arts, and his skills are not low. He actually survived in her hands."

"If Mr. Li is unlucky..."

"The two states of Lan and Hui may not be safe, and the Xihe Road army led by this old minister may also be completely destroyed!"

"It's so..."

"I took three palm strikes from the assassin, but she only took two needle strikes from me. Her palm strikes were extremely powerful, and the injuries from my two needle strikes were far less than those from the three palm strikes. They barely caused her too much damage. She then used all her means to leave in the dark. If it was daytime, I might be able to keep her, but unfortunately it was night..."

Zhao Ti was somewhat puzzled. The Sunflower Manual was extremely fast and invisible, and sometimes it wouldn't even collide with the enemy's weapon. Under such circumstances, it was really unbelievable that the opponent could still hit Li Xian with three palms.

"Mr. Li, what weapon did the assassin use?"

"With just one Frost Sword."

"Use a sword?" Zhao Ti frowned. "I heard from Guard Zhou that Li Xianggong was famous for his flying needle skills in the past. His speed was as fast as a wild goose's claws in the snow and his momentum was like a hundred ghosts walking at night. How can an assassin resist this ghost step and flying needle shuttle?"

"I'm ashamed to say this..." Li Xian showed a bit of unwillingness on his face: "She is good at a special kind of light skill, as if she is walking on water, floating like a fairy, which is not inferior to the Phantom Step recorded in the treasure book, and even surpasses it."

“Walking on the water, floating like a fairy?” Zhao Ti was stunned.

"This is also the reason why she dared to go deep into the army to assassinate the old minister. However, she may not be able to hurt the old minister with just her light footwork. The key is..."

"What is it?"

"Yes..." Li Xian said with a bitter look on his face: "This assassin has practiced a kind of magical martial arts, which has no image and no trace. He can actually imitate the old minister's red thread flying needle trick!"

"What?" Zhao Ti raised his eyebrows.

"And she imitated it so vividly. Although she used a sword, it was almost exactly the same as when I used the sword. If she was not a woman, I would really suspect that she had also practiced the Sunflower Manual..." Li Xian said with a dazed look in his eyes.

"The assassin is a woman?"

"Yes, she only had a veil covering her face, and nothing else was covered. Her figure was so graceful that she could be recognized at a glance."

Zhao Ti's expression was uncertain.

"It was because she suddenly imitated my martial arts that shocked me, causing me to be vulnerable. She attacked me with her extremely fast body movements and hit me three times in a row. I fought back with two needles, but they missed my vital parts. I decided to die for my country in desperation, and she shouted, "Fire with crossbows and arrows, don't worry about me." Only then did she retreat and escape from the camp. Perhaps... or perhaps she thought that those three palm strikes would definitely take my life."

Zhao Ti looked at Li Xian and said, "Mr. Li, don't you know this woman's martial arts?"

Li Xian said, "How could I know her? I spent the first half of my life in the palace, and the second half in the military. I have only been a passer-by in the martial arts world, so my experience is really limited. The martial arts that the woman imitated from the treasure book were extremely strange. Later, I figured out that it should be a special kind of internal force. As long as you remember the moves, you can use them. It is difficult to tell from the outside. I am afraid that most martial arts in the world can be disguised."

Xiao Wuxiang Gong, it must be Xiao Wuxiang Gong! Apart from Xiao Wuxiang Gong, there is no other such skill in the world. Zhao Ti raised his eyebrows.

Xiao Wuxiang Gong is extremely powerful, and its characteristic is that it has no form and no trace. As long as one possesses this skill and knows other martial arts moves, one can imitate other people's unique skills. It is difficult for people who have not learned that unique skill to distinguish it.

As for the light skill that seemed to be walking on water, floating like a fairy, which was not inferior to the Phantom Step in the Sunflower Manual, and even surpassed it, what was it? Could it be the Light Footstep on Water?
Zhao Ti’s mind was racing with thoughts. If this was the case, the identity of this female assassin was not difficult to guess!
"Mr. Li, the opponent used a palm to hurt you at the end. What was so surprising about that palm?" "That palm was not only ruthless, but also quite magical. When used, it can split the air and move, as if a white rainbow pierces the sun, with uncertain curves and straightness, and white rainbow light flashing. It seems to be facing the enemy head-on, but in fact the palm power is wandering without direction! After this old minister was hit by the palm, I tried every way to heal it in the past few years, but it couldn't be cured. I just barely managed to hang on to my life."

White Rainbow Palm Power, this is White Rainbow Palm Power! The woman's name has already jumped out in Zhao Ti's mind.

Li Qiu Shui, the one who assassinated Li Xian was actually Li Qiu Shui!

Li Qiu Shui is a Chinese name. She was born in the Mo Zang family of the Liugu tribe of Tubo. Her real name is Mo Zang Qiu Shui.

After she left Wuliang Mountain, she went through many twists and turns and finally returned to the Xiaoyao Sect. She married the Western Xia Emperor Li Yuanhao and gave birth to a son, Li Liangzuo, the Western Xia Emperor Yizong.

She was the Grand Empress Dowager of Western Xia. It was impossible for her to sit idly by while the Song Dynasty launched five-way attacks on Xia. Perhaps the one manipulating the war behind the scenes was not Queen Dowager Liang of Western Xia, but this Grand Empress Dowager.

Li Xian continued, "I was seriously injured and carried back to Tokyo after the defeat of the five armies. I went to the palace to talk to the late emperor about this matter. The late emperor was silent for a long time and finally told me to keep my mouth shut and not to tell anyone else. I knew in my heart that if I told him about this, no one in the court would believe me and I was afraid that he would add more charges against me."

Zhao Ti nodded: "The late emperor had good intentions."

Li Xian said: "Later, the late emperor acted on his own and saved the old minister in the court, but it made the court officials hate the old minister even more. The late emperor died young, and the old minister gradually came to the current result. However, I have lived until now, and I have lived enough. I just want to go to serve the late emperor as soon as possible..."

Zhao Ti was silent for a while, looking at Li Xian's haggard appearance, and said: "Mr. Li, there is no need to be like this, you should take good care of your health."

"I am an old minister who knows my own business. I appreciate your kindness, Your Majesty. There is no need to comfort me." After saying this, Li Xian stopped talking.

Zhao Ti looked at the deathly look on Li Xian's face, sighed softly, stood up, and called everyone outside to come in.

Tong Guan saw that Li Xian looked unwell, so he hurried over to support him and fed him a pill. Only then did Li Xian feel better.

Zhao Ti nodded to Bai Zhan, and Bai Zhan took out a sandalwood box from the bag on his back and brought it to the couch. When he opened it, it was full of gold leaves.

Zhao Ti said, "Mr. Li, take good care of yourself. I will not disturb you any more and will come to visit you another day."

"Master, see the king off..." Li Xian saluted on the couch.

"No need." Zhao Ti said, "Daofu, serve Mr. Li well and don't go out."

After he finished speaking, he led his men away. In the room, Tong Guan looked at Li Xian and whispered, "Godfather?"

Li Xian reached out and stroked the Sunflower Manual, sighed and said, "Since you have seen it today, I will just pass it on to you."

Tong Guan was overjoyed and immediately ran to the couch and kowtowed. Li Xian said again: "If the King of Yan gets interested in you and asks you for this treasure book in the future, you must never give it to him. I think the King of Yan is really good at martial arts. If he really castrates himself to practice this treasure book, then even a hundred deaths will not be enough to atone for this sin!"

Tong Guan kowtowed continuously: "I'll spare it, I'll spare it!"

Zhao Ti returned to the car, having memorized all of the 30,000-word Sunflower Manual. After traveling through time, he had the gift of photographic memory and hearing everything he saw. No matter what it was, he would remember it after seeing it once, and would never forget it after hearing it once.

It was already dark by now. The carriage returned to the gate of Prince Yan's Mansion. Big red lanterns were hung high, illuminating the area in front of the mansion as bright as day.

There were more than a dozen people lying crookedly under the lanterns. There were guards and servants. All of them had bruised faces and blood on their bodies, and they were screaming in pain.

Bai Zhan was shocked when he saw this, jumped off the carriage, and walked forward quickly: "What happened? Who beat you like this?"

(End of this chapter)