Chapter 104 Chase
Feeling the floorboards shaking beneath his feet, the passenger ship owner frowned.
"Sir, do you really want to attack me on my boat?" the innkeeper asked in a deep voice.
Although the passenger ship owner was full of confidence, having experienced pirates and imprisonment, he could tell at a glance that the person in front of him was not ordinary and was most likely from the military camp. People like them could deal with a few ordinary people, but as for the person in front of them, they were no match for him.
The passenger ship owner swallowed and looked at the man nervously.
The man did not answer, but remained silent for a while. Then he reached into his shirt and, under the nervous gaze of everyone, took out a dry purse, poured out a piece of silver the size of a fingernail, and gave it to the boat owner.
"Please help me."
They had finally gotten rid of the Chen family's interception, and the road to Lingnan was blocked again. They thought they had no chance to complete the mission, but unexpectedly their target changed to taking the waterway and returned so many days earlier. It was impossible to let them go.
However, the people that Mr. Chen San brought with him this time all include the Imperial Guards, so he will not waste his energy on dealing with other people.
Then there was the scene where a piece of silver was taken out.
Under normal circumstances, the passenger ship owner would not accept this small amount of money. But at this moment, he was ecstatic. Isn't this a step that is delivered to his doorstep?
He took the change and immediately said with a smile:
"My hero, you just want to search this room? It's easy. I will open it for you myself." He walked to the door and pushed it open with his hand.
"no one?"
The young man standing next to the man exclaimed in disbelief.
The man stepped over the threshold and walked into the room. Looking at the empty room, his brows were furrowed. He turned to look at the ferry owner:
"Where is the guest in this room?"
The ferry owner shook his head: "I don't know! I didn't see him outside, he should be in the room!"
The man looked around the room. He could see the whole room at a glance. There was no way anyone could hide, let alone so many people.
But where did those people go? They walked along the way and didn't see any of them.
He didn't believe that he had disappeared from the face of the earth. Suddenly, he seemed to have discovered something. He suddenly turned his head to look at the window. There was some fresh dirt on the windowsill.
The man quickly ran to the window, looked down, and saw several familiar figures falling from the second floor.
Mr. Chen San, who was walking at the back, immediately looked up.
When their eyes met, the man felt a chill sweep through his body.
That's Chen Zhihe.
"Lu Qi." Mr. Chen narrowed his eyes and murmured the man's name.
This is who Feng Bu is. All along the way, Mr. Chen San's guesses have been confirmed.
After seeing each other clearly, they both knew that only one of them could survive.
Lu Qi raised his hand and shouted:
"Kill." He was the first to rush out of the window. Seeing this, the six subordinates behind him jumped out of the window one after another.
Under the protection of Feng Xiao and Chen Wuye, Master Chen San quickly retreated towards the bow.
Even though they have been recuperating for ten days or so, it would take a hundred days to heal a broken bone, plus they have been travelling a long distance, so the condition of all of them is not much better than when they were injured ten days ago. Among them, there are also scholars who are so weak that they can't even tie a chicken, and the gap between the two is narrowing rapidly.
At this time, the boat was in the middle of the Jingqu River. Where could they escape to? They would be caught up sooner or later.
It was necessary to fight even if he didn't want to. Chen Sanye suddenly stopped and looked at Lu Qi who was rushing towards him with a very serious expression.
The guards dressed as the imperial guards went forward head on, followed closely by the guards. Suddenly, the two sides engaged in a fierce battle, each of them aiming for the other's life.
The "ping pong" sound of swords clashing could be heard. The passengers on the passenger ship, for fear of being affected, all moved away from the battlefield at the bow and watched from afar.
Unlike the last assassination attempt in Lingnan, they had no advantage in terms of combat power and the situation was quite bad.
In less than a moment, one guard was killed and one was injured, and one royal guard was injured.
"You go and help." A determination flashed in Master Chen San's eyes, and he ordered Master Chen Wu and Feng Xiao who were protecting him.
Master Chen Wu refused without a second thought: "Feng Xiao goes, I must stay and protect my third brother."
Feng Xiao said nothing, but his feet did not move at all, and his attitude was very determined.
Master Chen San retracted his gaze and looked at Master Chen Wu and asked, "Do you really think your third brother is a weak scholar who can't even tie a chicken and only knows how to read?"
"Be obedient, or they will all die." His voice brooked no room for rebuttal.
As time went by, the guards' defense was torn apart, and two of Lu Qi's men rushed over.
Even if they didn't listen at this time, Master Chen Wu and Feng Xiao had to rush over to stop the people outside and protect Master Chen San.
Originally, Master Chen Wu was planning to kill his opponent as quickly as possible and return to Master Chen San as soon as possible. However, not long after he joined the battle, someone rushed out and confronted him head-on. The two of them besieged him and he was passively pulled into the battle.
The situation with Feng Xiao is similar.
On this side, just after Feng Xiao and Master Chen Wu rushed out, Master Chen San suddenly turned back without any warning, and he saw Lu Qi, who had been standing behind him at some point, with eyes as calm as water.
Lu Qi was surprised: "Why don't you run away?"
"Will running away help?"
"Haha, of course it's useless. If you go against Lord Feng, you must die." Lu Qi flashed and appeared in front of Master Chen San in the blink of an eye. He raised the knife with both hands and chopped towards Master Chen San's face with all his strength.
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Jade Needle Hall.
Liu Yu was ironing the embroidery she had just finished. Without any warning, the iron handle of the iron suddenly cracked with a long, fine line.
At this moment, her heartbeat quickened for no reason, and she felt so anxious that she almost dropped the iron on the ground.
It was Guyu who was standing next to her who noticed her abnormality, and quickly grabbed her hand and took the iron from her, thus avoiding a disaster.
"My dear, what happened to you?" Gu Yu looked at the crack on the handle of the iron and exclaimed in surprise: "Why is the iron cracked?"
Generally speaking, things made of iron are difficult to break.
Liu Yu was a little absent-minded. He touched his heart, looked at Gu Yu, and murmured:
"Guyu, my heart suddenly feels uneasy."
Hearing the noise here, the busy Lixia and Madam Yang came over.
Seeing Liu Yu's appearance, they all looked at Guyu.
Guyu shook his head.
Several people looked at each other, and Madam Yang came to Liu Yu, helped her sit down in front of the couch, and explained:
"Madam, you must have been too busy recently and too tired, which is why you have this reaction."
She waved to Guyu:
"Leave these to us, you take your wife back first."
"Is that so?" Liu Yu glanced at the tired faces of Guyu and the embroiderers, raised his hand and pinched his brows.