Outside the carriage, the guards of the Song family were fighting with a group of masked men in black.

A fifty-man musket squad formed a protective formation around the carriage, preventing any assassins from getting close to the mistress.

This group of assassins have extremely high martial arts skills and can fight well with the well-trained Song family soldiers. They also have special coordination with each other and can constantly change their formations to attack and defend.

Yu Hongxuan and Mu Yang were both secretly frightened. This was the first time they had seen such a powerful assassin.

The opponent's martial arts style is very unfamiliar, and the relentless fighting mode is most likely a death warrior carefully trained by a certain family.

Today's ambush operation must have been premeditated, and Tang Ying's difficult childbirth is also inseparable from this group of people!

Yu Hongxuan didn't want to waste too much time with them, so he immediately fired the Cloud Piercer Arrow for emergency help.

Although the existing guards were enough to subdue these assassins, he decided to call in the army to support them if they would cause trouble.

There are soldiers patrolling the Yanzhou Prefecture for a long time. As soon as the cloud-piercing arrow is fired, many nearby teams hear the sound and come over.

When the assassins in ambush saw that the situation was not right, they immediately concentrated their efforts on attacking the Yu siblings.

These two people are the most important core figures of the Song family. No matter whether they are killed or captured, they can get a lot of benefits. They are fighting against the odds and have no retreat or support. The only way to survive is to capture the target in front of them!

The two sides used their best moves to fight until the sky was dark, and they spared no effort to kill each other. Some masked assassins even smeared poison on their clothes and weapons, willing to die together to complete the mission!

How could the escorting Fire Gun Corps allow them to act recklessly? They immediately aimed at the opportunity and sniped all the attackers.

Yu Hongxuan also led everyone to take the detoxification pill, and together with Mu Yang, suppressed all the masked assassins.

The entire battle lasted for about two-quarters of an hour. Only five members of the Song family's escort team were injured. The opponent suffered a total of thirteen assassins casualties, and the remaining ten survivors also suffered varying degrees of minor injuries.

The patrol troops who received the call for help arrived just in time, and after understanding the situation, they surrounded the scene.

Mu Yang directly fed the assassin leader a mantra pill and started investigating and interrogating him on the spot without saying a word.

"Who is your master? What is the purpose of the assassination? How many other accomplices are there, and where are they now?"

The assassin leader wanted to commit suicide by biting the poison, but the poison sac between his teeth had been knocked out by Mu Yang with his internal force. Just as his mind was racing to think of a way to escape, his mind suddenly felt dizzy and his mouth was speaking uncontrollably.

Come out with the truth.

"My master is Xiao... um!"

Two short arrows suddenly struck, shooting at Mu Yang and the assassin leader extremely quickly.

The former reacted in time and cut off the attacking short arrow, but the latter was caught off guard and was killed on the spot by the poison on the arrow!

Mu Yang locked the direction with sharp eyes, pointed to the nearby woods and ordered: "Two hundred meters to the southeast, there are at least two people from the remaining party, the fire gun team and all the guards are on the spot to protect the master, the patrol group is responsible for guarding the prisoners, and the third team of secret guards

Follow me to capture the assassin!"

"Yes——!" All the soldiers responded and took the order.

Mu Yang led the men and rode away, rushing deep into the woods in the blink of an eye.

Yu Hongxuan seized the time to interrogate the remaining survivors to prevent another incident from hindering their investigation of the truth.

The rest of the process went very smoothly, without any sneak attacks interrupting the interrogation process.

The full picture of the matter soon emerged, and the complete truth was more complicated than they imagined.

These masked assassins were all dead soldiers of the Zhennan Palace, specialized in performing some difficult and special tasks. Their method of sneaking into Yanzhou was to disguise themselves, and even massacred an entire village in order to hide their identities.

The massacred village was located in a remote mountain, with a population of about seventy people. Due to its closed nature and extremely high security, it was accidentally discovered by the dead members of the Xiao family and became a replacement target.

The dead soldiers have been lurking here for a year. During this period, they have been trying to find the hidden stakes of other forces. After finding them, they formed "allies" with mutual help and win-win, and encouraged the "allies" to wait for opportunities to cause chaos in Yanzhou, and

Give the other party advice, provide shelter and support.

The five agents of Huayang Hou Mansion are also one of their "allies". Li Daitao's hiding method was helped by their professors. The murder of the academy student was even co-planned by the Xiao family, and the final goal was all

The purpose is to lure out the Yu siblings and then complete the arduous task of assassinating or capturing them in one fell swoop.

The difficulty of lurking in Yanzhou was greater than they expected. The closer they got to Liuhe Mountain, the less able they were to move freely.

The government's screening efforts are becoming more and more strict, and if they continue, their true identities will be exposed.

After the Huayang Hou Mansion failed, the disguised replacement plan was also discovered by the Yu family. The backstage of all the major forces were completely removed by the Song family. Without these "allies" to cover the front, the Xiao family's death

Soldiers can only perform tasks by themselves.

The Xiao family arranged a total of twenty-five dead men in Yanzhou. In addition to the twenty-three people who participated in the assassination, the other two were responsible for observing the situation in the dark, and then deciding on subsequent actions based on the results of the assassination.

If all goes well with this assassination, the two men hiding in the dark will divert the pursuers for the large team, cover them in taking the hostages out of Yanzhou, and prepare some traps according to the pre-arranged arrangements to delay the search.

If the assassination operation fails completely, the remaining two people will have to adapt to the situation to save people or silence them, and then find a way to escape from Yanzhou as soon as possible, and truthfully report what they saw and heard here to Prince Xiao.

After learning the truth, Yu Hongxuan had a complex expression on his face, and said with a sarcastic tone: "The dead men of the Xiao family are quite good at manipulating people's hearts, and they have mastered the oriole behind them. If you are allowed to live for a few more days, I am afraid that the entire Yanzhou

It’s all going to be a mess!”

"What kind of person is this Prince Xiao? His style of conduct is so roundabout! Real heroes should compete openly and openly on the battlefield. What kind of skill does it have to attack a weak and pregnant woman?"

The dead members of the Xiao family present were extremely angry and glared at Yu Hongxuan with gritted teeth.

However, the situation was over and they did not say anything more. They just gritted their teeth and refused to reveal any more information.

Yu Hongxuan deactivated martial arts for all the survivors, and gave them Ruanjin Powder to prevent them from committing suicide. After that, he ordered people to imprison the survivors in secret cells, while he cleaned the scene and dealt with follow-up matters.

Not long after, Mu Yang, who was hunting down the remaining assassins, returned successfully, and the remaining assassins of the Xiao family were also captured alive.

After a little tidying up and arranging everyone's whereabouts, the group continued moving forward under the protection of the patrolling guards.

The situation on Tang Ying's end was urgent, and they had to go to the guest house to rescue people before dealing with other matters.

The two siblings discussed today's encounter in the carriage and made a miscellaneous summary of some of their opponents' situations.
Chapter completed!