New and dark light years

Chapter 414 Of course

Zhu Huan's smile carried a hint of helplessness.

Many times... even if a son wants to show affection, he cannot approach the palace at will during such times.

Who knows if you're trying to save the emperor or have other motives?

The noise outside grew louder and louder, clearly indicating that someone was deliberately causing trouble.

I don't know who it's targeting.

Moreover, the sound waves were getting closer and closer.

Li Lin was puzzled: "Why are the Imperial Guards and yamen runners so slow to react... they still haven't brought the situation under control."

Fang said from the side, "The capital is too big; it's not comparable to a county town."

Li Lin shook his head: "Big places have their own way of governing. As far as I know, the yamen runners in the capital are scattered in various places and each has its own jurisdiction. Why is there no movement from the yamen runners in this area?"

Fang looked at Li Lin with some surprise for a moment, then took two steps back and said nothing more.

She realized that this person had some knowledge of the capital, and that saying more would only make her lose face.

Zhu Huan, meanwhile, was sizing up the personal guards around Li Lin.

These ten people appeared to be standing scattered randomly, but in reality, they maintained roughly the same distance. If attacked, they could protect their master and provide immediate support to each other.

These are clearly well-trained soldiers.

However, personal guards are usually elite troops, so Zhu Huan didn't find it strange.

At this moment, the noise grew louder and louder, occasionally interspersed with screams.

Before long, the noisy sounds reached outside the inn.

At the same time, bright lights could be seen outside the front door of the inn, indicating that a large number of torches were gathered.

Li Lin turned his head and asked, "Is the front gate sturdy?"

"You can stop petty people, but you can't stop robbers."

Li Lin stood up and asked, "How many people are still in the inn?"

"The guests are all in their rooms, and I've asked them to stay there and try to keep their doors closed so they don't come out."

As the two were talking, they could faintly hear the sound of a heavy object hitting a wooden door ahead.

Zhu Huan's expression turned somewhat ugly: "They really came for me!"

Li Lin sighed: "Whom has Your Highness offended?"

"I've already willingly degenerated into a merchant, who else could I possibly offend!"

Li Lin shook his head helplessly and asked, "Do you have any paper here? The more and the bigger the better!"

"Yes," Madam Fang stepped forward. "How much does Young Master Li want?"

Li Lin said, "The more the better, and we need to be quick."

Zhu Huan nodded to Fang Shi, who immediately led several servants out at a trot.

Li Lin said to the room, "Qing'er, Hongluan, come out."

The two men, dressed in close-fitting clothes, came out of the house.

They each held a long sword that was not yet drawn.

Upon seeing the two women, Zhu Huan turned to Li Lin and said, "I have a small secret room in the back where I can hide two more people. I'll have Yu Yan take them there to hide so they won't suffer."

Yu Yan is the same as 'Fang Shi'.

Li Lin shook his head and laughed, "It would be easy for the three of us to escape."

Zhu Huan raised an eyebrow in surprise.

He couldn't tell how powerful these two women were. Although they were quite beautiful, they had a pampered and spoiled air about them and didn't seem like they could fight.

"So, are you going to run away?" Zhu Huan asked.

"You want us to run away?"

Zhu Huan's expression was rather helpless: "At this time, forcing them to stay will only create enmity. Besides, they came for me, and dragging them down would be worse."

As the two were talking, Fang and her men brought over the papers, each carrying a large bundle.

This is a long strip of Xuan paper used for drawing, and it is very precious.

Several people jogged over and stacked the papers on the table.

Fang wiped her sweat and said to Zhu Huan, "Your Highness, the back door is also blocked."

"But there was no sound from over there."

"They're secretly keeping an eye on this place."

Zhu Huan's face darkened.

It seems the other party really wants him dead, not giving him any chance at all.

Li Lin touched the Xuan paper on the table, nodded in satisfaction, and then said to Huang Qing and Hong Luan, "Protect me."

The two women immediately stood on either side of Li Lin, placing their hands on the hilts of their swords.

It was only at this moment that a sharp aura suddenly emanated from these two people... or perhaps sword intent would be a more appropriate term.

This change surprised everyone around them.

A warrior standing nearby whispered to Zhu Huan, "Your Highness, both of these women are experts."

"How tall is it?"

"His skill level is on par with the three of us brothers."

Zhu Huan looked at him and said, "How old are you? How old are they?"

Thanks to spiritual energy and dual cultivation, Huang Qing, although already twenty years old and about to turn twenty-one, looks only seventeen.

Hongluan looked to be only about sixteen years old.

They were both so young.

Even Li Lin looked younger.

The warrior remained silent, for he too found the matter absurd.

At this moment, the sound of banging on the front door grew louder. Li Lin glanced in that direction and then focused his attention on the pile of paper figures in front of him.

He took out several paper figures from his pocket and threw them on the ground. These paper figures grew in the wind and turned into six 'Tree Fairy Goddesses'.

Unlike the previous Tree Fairy Goddess, this Tree Fairy Goddess looks more lively, and there is a bit of purple aura on her forehead.

"Paper-making technique!" Zhu Huan nodded slightly: "But the quantity is too small, it won't be of much use."

Li Lin didn't speak; he simply closed his eyes.

Then, the six tree fairy goddesses began to move.

The six of them divided the pile of paper among themselves, each taking a stack.

With swift movements of their hands, they quickly folded out paper figures.

Just then, the front gate was kicked open, and a commotion erupted.

"This place is full of high-ranking officials and beautiful women. Kill them if you want, do whatever you want. Don't hold back, hahahahaha!"

The arrogant voice rang out, and could be heard clearly throughout the large inn.

Li Lin opened his eyes: "Your Highness, please buy me another half an incense stick's time."

"it is good!"

As he watched the paper figures quickly take shape and stand to the side, Zhu Huan remembered that Li Lin also had a nickname in the martial arts world: Paper Prince.

He pointed outside and led three warriors out.

Before long, the sound of swords clashing rang out outside, and one could faintly hear someone shouting angrily, "Three people dare to come looking for death? Do they think hundreds of us are all made of wood?"

Then came several screams.

After a while, three warriors ran back, all of them bearing injuries.

At this moment, the person who rushed in had already stood in front of the small pavilion on the water.

A large, swarming group, many of them holding torches.

It looks extremely coercive.

Zhu Huan glanced at Li Lin, then stood up, walked to the door, and shouted to the group of people outside: "I am Zhu Huan, the Second Prince. Take my life, but spare the others."

The leader narrowed his eyes and laughed, "I don't care if you're some second prince or third young master, I'm just here to rob money and women... If you dare to stop us, you'll die too. If you don't stand in our way, we might spare your life."

Then, without giving Zhu Huan a chance to speak, the man pointed to the small pavilion on the water and said, "There are three beautiful women over there. Whoever grabs them first gets to keep them..."

As soon as he said that, those people came running over, yelling.

Zhu Huan looked very nervous at this moment, but he still saw that each of these so-called robbers was strong and powerful with dark skin.

This is not something that happens to ordinary people; only soldiers would experience this.

Three warriors blocked Zhu Huan's path.

Zhu Huan looked at Li Lin, about to speak.

But Li Lin had already stood up.

The six tree fairy goddesses had disappeared. Li Lin poured some water from the pot next to him into a cup, and then he condensed specks of light dust in his hands.

These specks of light slipped from his fingertips and fell into the water.

This scene is incredibly beautiful, like the Milky Way and its stars reflected in a cup.

Then Li Lin picked up the cup and splashed it into the air.

The clear water mixed with light dust transformed into countless stardust in mid-air, separating and disappearing into the piles of paper figures around them, bit by bit and strand by strand.

Then these paper figures stood up, gained color, and came to life.

Swordsmen, spearmen... and archers.

The others watched this scene with nothing but shock.

These paper soldiers walked out of the room, walked to the bridge, and formed a battle formation.

One of the martial artists swallowed hard and said, "It's a paper-crafting sorcery."

Li Lin turned to look at him.

The man was immediately slapped on the back by his companion. When he realized what was happening, he immediately bowed and scraped to Li Lin, grinning sheepishly.

The robbers who had broken in were also stunned.

They watched as a group of soldiers emerged from the small pavilion on the water, wondering how such a small building could hold so many people.

At this moment, someone was still counting the number of paper soldiers.

"Three hundred and twenty-one, three hundred and twenty-three..."

The leader of the thugs felt a chill run down his spine and roared, "Form ranks!"

Then the thugs immediately formed a cone formation.

They are very fast and quite elite.

Zhu Huan, who was inside the house, naturally witnessed this scene. He slammed his right fist heavily against the pillar beside him and roared, "Imperial Guards!"

At this point, even considering the use of forged imperial edicts, there were fewer than five people who could mobilize the Imperial Guards, and he already knew who was targeting him.

Standing behind the spiked formation, the man from before shouted, "Whose troops are you? Don't you know that, apart from the Imperial Guards, any private troops entering the capital are punishable by death?"

Zhu Huan said to Li Lin, "Help me kill them...and give my elder brother a big gift."

Li Lin nodded and then sat down.

At this moment, the paper archers in the rear began to draw their bows, and at the same time, the swordsmen and spearmen in front suddenly crouched down, giving the archers a field of vision to shoot.

The archers were standing at the back, and the opposing side did not notice that there were archers in the formation of these paper army figures.

In order to portray their atrocities, they were neither armored nor shielded. As soon as the volley of arrows fell, a third of the people standing in front of them fell.

Screams rang out one after another.

"Archers!" The thug leader shoved aside a fellow soldier who was riddled with arrows—the man he had just used as a shield—and shouted, "Second Prince, you've actually hidden a whole private army in your inn! You're dead! Hahahaha!"

Zhu Huan remained silent.

At that moment, six 'figures' silently drifted across the lake and blocked the entrance to the inn.

Li Lin said, "Your Highness, if all these people are dead, can you make them disappear without a trace, without a sound?"

Zhu Huan turned his head and looked over, grinning maliciously, "Of course you can!"

(End of this chapter)