In my dream of returning to the Tang Dynasty, I snatched Wu Zetian from my lap.

The man in black stabbed backhand.

However, he experienced severe chest pain, which caused him to lose three or four points of his speed and accuracy.

boom!

Li Yuanchang seized the opportunity and punched his wrist.

Clang!

The female assassin's dagger fell to the ground, forcing her to resort to her old trick and throw lime powder again.

With a whoosh, lime was used to seal the eye.

However, Li Yuanchang covered his face in advance, so it didn't catch his eye.

The female assassin seemed to know Li Yuanchang's identity. She broke free from several people and seized the opportunity to capture the hostage and escape.

As they drew near, he pulled out a hairpin from the back of his head and stabbed them.

boom!

Li Yuanchang parried the attack.

The female assassin used all her strength.

The two fought fiercely within the fog of lime powder.

It wasn't until Li Yuanchang's back slammed heavily against the table that his gaze flashed and he suddenly noticed that the dangling pendant on the hairpin looked so familiar.

He was startled, then suddenly remembered something: "It's you!"

Lu Ping, a former military advisor, was murdered while on the run. His body had a crystal pendant on his hand, which was exactly the same as the one worn by the female assassin.

The female assassin remained silent, straining with all her might, her hairpin now only an inch away from Li Yuanchang's neck.

boom! !

Chi Lian arrived and kicked the female assassin in the abdomen.

puff……

The female assassin coughed up blood, slid several meters on the ground, and rolled out of the fog-shrouded area.

The quick-thinking guards slashed wildly with their swords.

Bang bang bang!

The floor was shattered by the attack, but the female assassin rolled around and dodged it all. Then, she leaped up and, like an antelope climbing a rock, climbed up the pillar to the sky.

"Oh no, she's trying to run away!"

Li Yuanchang instinctively reached for his bow and arrows, but this wasn't on horseback, and there was no quiver at all.

At that moment, Chi Lian swiftly threw out several steel needles.

During her climb, the female assassin successfully avoided three obstacles, but one still pierced her thigh, causing her to scream and nearly fall.

boom!

The next second, she smashed through the roof and rushed out into the torrential rain.

Chi Lian used the same method to leverage the power of the pillar, relentlessly pursuing him.

Li Yuanchang frowned and chased after them from the main gate.

Boom!

A clap of thunder sounded in the sky, and two women were seen chasing and fleeing on the eaves of the government office. They were moving at great speed, and the tiles they stepped on slipped and fell to the ground, shattering into pieces.

"This way, quick!"

"One team over there too!" Guo Chao shouted, leading his team in a relentless pursuit on the ground.

The hurried footsteps mingled with the thunder and rain, creating a stirring atmosphere.

Li Yuanchang obtained a bow and arrow from his men and tried several times to aim at the ground and shoot the female assassin down.

However, visibility was poor in the rainy night, and the female assassin moved extremely fast even after being injured, leaping up and down the roof like a raccoon. Even Li Yuanchang, with his excellent archery skills, could not aim accurately.

It could be said that this night rain indirectly helped the female assassin a lot.

"Your Highness, are you alright?" The guards, whose eyes were red from being choked by lime powder, finally recovered.

Li Yuanchang shook his head and slowly lowered the bow and arrow in his hand. In his sight, Chi Lian and his men had already chased to the end of the road.

"Tell the brothers not to wash their eyes with water, but to wipe them with a dry cloth."

Lime powder cannot be washed with water; if it is washed with water, the resulting high temperature is enough to blind a person.

"yes!"

"..."

Half an hour later, the heavy rain was still continuing.

Liangzhou Prefecture was brightly lit.

Li Yuanchang sat in the hall, waiting silently.

Finally, there was movement outside in the darkness. Chi Lian, soaking wet, rushed back.

"How is it?"

"Your Highness, please forgive us. We were incompetent and failed to capture the person."

She and her men all bowed their heads in shame.

Upon hearing this, all the guards showed disappointment, and then pleaded guilty in unison: "Your Highness, we are incompetent!"

With so many people on their own turf, unable to capture a single assassin, their faces were grim.

Li Yuanchang was astonished that they hadn't been caught.

He felt a pang of regret; this was a golden opportunity for the truth to come to light!

His eyes flashed, and he suddenly looked at Chi Lian's back, near her shoulder blades, where there were bloodstains: "You're injured?"

Chi Lian turned around and glanced back: "Your Highness, it's alright."

"Just now, during the chase, we were about to catch her, but she suddenly took out a long sword from a door frame somewhere in Liangzhou Prefecture."

"I accidentally got cut."

"What did you say? The gate beam of Liangzhou Prefecture?" Li Yuanchang's eyes turned murderous.

"right!"

"Your Highness, we all saw it. Moreover, this woman is extremely familiar with the terrain of Liangzhou Prefecture. She avoided many sentry posts in advance, and there were people to meet her after she left Liangzhou Prefecture," the group said.

"No wonder!"

Li Yuanchang was furious, his fists clenched so tightly that his knuckles cracked.

They hid weapons in Liangzhou Prefecture in advance and obtained all the routes beforehand. How could this be possible without the assistance of people inside Liangzhou Prefecture?

Who?

Gao Shenyao?

He didn't say a word, but his killing intent was stronger than ever before.

a long time.

"Let's go to Shangba first thing tomorrow morning!"

"I'm not going back to the Prince's mansion tonight!"

He spoke in a deep voice, his eyes filled with murderous intent, vowing not to rest until the truth of the matter was thoroughly investigated.

"yes!"

Everyone clasped their hands in a fist salute.

"Chi Lian, you stay. Everyone else, step back."

"yes!"

The guards gradually withdrew, closing the door behind them, and the sound of the wind and rain outside immediately subsided.

Li Yuanchang first asked Chi Lian to sit down, and then found out some wound medicine and gauze.

Chi Lian understood his meaning, hesitated slightly, turned her back to Li Yuanchang, and reached out to take off her clothes, revealing her wound.

"No need to take it off."

Chi Lian's movements faltered.

All I could hear was the sound of scissors tearing clothes.

Chi Lian's brows furrowed involuntarily, and she endured the pain without making a sound. The fabric was separating from her flesh, causing her considerable pain.

Once the clothes were completely cut open, only her left shoulder blade was exposed, with a bright red wound on her snow-white skin, ruining her beauty.

But this voluptuous and beautiful woman possessed a delicate, bony beauty in her shoulders and back, as if all her flesh had grown in the right places.

A perfect balance of fullness and slenderness, with flawless lines—this is a top-tier figure; a man behind her would go crazy.

"Distilled liquor can disinfect, but it will hurt a lot, so you'll have to bear with it." Li Yuanchang's voice was calm, without any intention of taking advantage of him.

"Okay!" Chi Lian wasn't just a pretty face; she readily agreed.

But she clearly underestimated the power of the distilled spirit; the moment she collapsed on this open wound, the intense pain far exceeded that of the sword wound itself.

"what!"

Chi Lian let out a painful cry, her whole body trembled, and her five fingers gripped the table tightly.

Li Yuanchang was ashamed; that voice...

He cleared his mind of all distractions, quickly disinfected the wound, applied wound medicine, and finally put on gauze.

Chi Lian cooperated without any embarrassment.

a long time.

"That's enough." Li Yuanchang exhaled a breath of stale air.

Chi Lian pulled her clothes up from her arms to cover her exposed skin.