lcionline Chapter 487: Late Night Shock at the Palace
Chapter 487: Late Night Shock at the Palace
Yan Qinglan was even more delighted after hearing this. "Don't worry, there are still more than 500 people in the next stronghold. We can stop Jiang Ningwan no matter what."
"Do you think I've been in Liyang for so long, all for nothing?"
Hearing this, Qin Beihuang frowned, "Five hundred people are not enough. Don't forget how many people are chasing you."
"Qin Huaizhao and the King of Chu have split up their forces and haven't arrived yet. Once they get the news and rush over, how long do you think your five hundred men can hold them off?"
"It's no use running away like this. Don't you have a secret hiding place?"
Hearing his anxious tone, Yan Qinglan couldn't close her grinning mouth. She was secretly happy in her heart. Qin Beihuang really cared about her so much and his heart was full of her.
"Don't worry, they will be back to Jincheng tomorrow morning at the latest."
"I have a trick up my sleeve."
"When the pursuers retreat, I'll take you to a place where you can recuperate." Yan Qinglan leaned against his back, feeling completely safe.
Qin Beihuang was slightly stunned, and a cold look flashed in his eyes.
While Jiang Ningwan was chasing Yan Qinglan, after confirming Yan Qinglan's whereabouts, he immediately sent a pigeon message to other people to encircle him from all directions.
We must catch Yan Qinglan.
Before we knew it, night had fallen.
Everything was calm in Prince Rong's Mansion, but Ling Jinlan tossed and turned and couldn't sleep tonight.
Princess Rong was well behaved tonight and didn't make any more noise, but this rare silence made people feel uneasy.
It’s almost midnight.
The door of a room slowly opened, and a large number of men in black walked out with knives in hand. The leader raised his hand and waved, and everyone immediately dispersed and acted separately.
Unexpectedly, the maid who got up at night ran into this group of men in black as soon as she walked out of the room.
His face changed drastically with fright.
"Ah...mmmm..." Before the maid could scream, the man in black covered her mouth.
He dragged him into the bushes and broke his neck.
Du Wanyun in the room was awakened and vaguely felt that she heard some noise, but when she listened carefully, it was gone.
She put on her shoes, walked carefully to the door and looked out.
But under the moonlight, a large number of people in black emerged from the room and were quickly sneaking into each room to search and kill people.
Du Wanyun was so frightened that her face turned pale and she almost couldn't breathe.
She covered her mouth tightly, not daring to make any sound, and quickly climbed out of the window on the other side, being very careful not to make any noise.
As soon as she climbed out the window and closed it, she heard someone enter the room.
She squatted on the ground, pressed against the corner of the wall, covering her mouth and not daring to breathe too loudly.
The man in black in the room pierced the quilt with a sword, but when he lifted the quilt, he found no one there.
I touched the bed and it was still warm, confirming that someone had just left.
He immediately searched every corner of the room and finally came to the window.
He slowly opened the window and looked outside.
Du Wanyun curled up tightly, held her breath, and her heart almost jumped out of her chest.
But after the killer looked around, he found nothing and turned away.
Du Wanyun waited for a while, and only stood up cautiously after making sure that the person had left.
There were footsteps around, and Du Wanyun knew that she couldn't get out of the yard gate, so she hid in the grass and crawled out through the dog hole in the weeds in the corner of the wall.
At this moment, a large number of black-clad killers had gathered, and hundreds of them swarmed out of the yard, killing everyone they saw.
The first thing Du Wanyun did after escaping was to find Ling Jinlan.
As soon as I arrived at Ling Jinlan's yard, I heard screams coming from the front yard: "There's an assassin! There's an assassin!"
Ling Jinlan was suddenly awakened and turned over.
Du Wanyun had also arrived and suddenly rushed to the door and knocked hard, "Jinlan! There's an assassin, get up quickly!"
Ling Jinlan quickly opened the door and saw Du Wanyun looking panicked.
She now thought that there were only three or five assassins.
"What happened?"
Du Wanyun pulled her arm and said, "The Qingsong Chamber of Commerce is here to retaliate against us! Many assassins came out from the secret passage in Ah Xian's room!"
“There are hundreds of them!”
"Let's run away!"
At this moment, Du Wanyun only wanted to survive as long as possible.
But Ling Jinlan said solemnly, "Where are you escaping to? They will chase you even if you escape from the palace."
"What's more, there are so many people in Prince Rong's Mansion, how can we escape?"
"There must be something confidential in Dad's study. If it falls into the hands of the Qingsong Chamber of Commerce, even if we survive tonight, we will not be able to escape death."
She didn't expect that there were hundreds of assassins coming, and there were only 500 guards left in the palace. She didn't know whether they could resist.
After thinking for a moment, Ling Jinlan made a decision immediately, turned back to the room and picked up the sword.
"What should we do then..." Du Wanyun was still worried when she saw Ling Jinlan walking out of the room with a sword in his hand and murderous look on his face.
The guards in the front yard had already started fighting with the killer, and the fighting was extremely fierce.
"Come with me!"
Du Wanyun was stunned for a moment. For some reason, Ling Jinlan's calm and composed appearance calmed her panicked heart.
Then he immediately followed Ling Jinlan's footsteps, went all the way to the backyard, and greeted all the maids.
"Everyone, grab your weapons and follow me!" Ling Jinlan's voice was firm and powerful, calming the panicked crowd.
Du Wanyun also picked up a thick wooden stick.
The maids and servants had no martial arts skills, but they also picked up weapons to defend themselves.
People quickly gathered together and, led by Ling Jinlan, headed towards Princess Rong's courtyard in an orderly manner.
When they arrived at Princess Rong's yard, they saw the killer was already killing people there.
Everyone screamed in fear.
Ling Jinlan raised his sword and rushed forward with agile movements, quickly killing the two killers.
He quickly rushed into Princess Rong's yard, "Mother!"
Princess Rong was being dragged out of the room by two assassins.
"Save me! Save me..." Princess Rong looked panicked.
But the killers obviously did not intend to kill Princess Rong, but planned to capture her to threaten Prince Rong.
An assassin immediately rushed towards Ling Jinlan.
Ling Jinlan showed no fear at all. The sword in his hand was extremely sharp, and his movements were so fast that no one could see clearly before the killer fell to the ground.
Princess Rong was shocked.
The next moment, the killer who caught her was also killed by Ling Jinlan's sword.
Blood splattered all over her.
Princess Rong turned pale with fright.
At this time, Ling Jinlan had already picked up his sword to deal with the other killers and saved Shao Pei and a maid.
"Let's go! Go to Prince Rong's study!"
When everyone saw Ling Jinlan's skills, it undoubtedly gave everyone great confidence.
He immediately followed Ling Jinlan, holding weapons in defense, and rushed all the way to Prince Rong's courtyard.
The guards in front are still fighting desperately.
From time to time, assassins would enter the inner courtyard and run into them head-on. Ling Jinlan would also walk in front and kill them one by one.
They were almost at Prince Rong's courtyard, but then Princess Rong suddenly came to her senses.
"The palace can no longer be defended. Where are you taking us? Hiding and waiting to die?"
"Now's the time to get out through the back door!"
Princess Rong refused to move forward no matter what.
Ling Jinlan advised: "Mother, I won't harm you. Together we can defend the palace! If we abandon the palace, we will be doomed!"
She didn't have time to explain too much and tried to pull Princess Rong forward.
Princess Rong was a little shaken. Thinking that it was Ling Jinlan who saved her just now, she wanted to trust Ling Jinlan for once.
But when he turned around and saw Du Wanyun was there, this trace of trust disappeared in an instant.
"No! Du Wanyun is here. She must be in cahoots with tonight's killer! She'll betray us!"
"You guys can guard it if you want, I want to escape!"
After saying that, Princess Rong shook off Ling Jinlan's hand and turned to leave.
Shao Pei immediately followed.