After rebirth, I teamed up with the scumbag's mistress

It was a dark night, and everything was quiet; only the night market on West Street was still bustling.

The streets of West Street were brightly lit with candles on both sides. Vendors hung lanterns and set up stalls along the street, selling sugar paintings, fortune-telling, masks, and so on.

Of course, there are also many performances to watch here, including singing, opera, juggling, etc., and you can hear people applauding and cheering from time to time.

The streets are bustling with men and women, and the people coming and going are like waves.

But Li Jianzhang was in no mood to have fun in West Street at this time. He was hanging around in front of a circus.

But his eyes were not watching the circus at all. Instead, he was constantly searching for something around him.

The Dali Temple received a secret tip this evening that a group of extremely vicious bandits outside the capital, known as the Ten Erosion Demons, are going to assassinate Concubine Wan and the princess who are here to watch the show tonight.

The Dali Temple attached great importance to it and all its personnel came out in full force.

The entire West Street was filled with people from the Dali Temple. Some of them were protecting Concubine Wan and the princess closely, some were disguising themselves as street vendors to monitor, and some were pretending to be ordinary people and blending in.

Lu Wanqing was also in West Street today. The princess and Lu Wanqing were good friends. They had been close friends since childhood and had a very good relationship.

Lu Wanqing came to watch the play this time at the invitation of the princess.

But halfway through the play, the princess became impatient. She pouted slightly and said, "This doesn't seem to be very interesting. Wan'er, please go out for a walk with me."

"Okay." Lu Wanqing accompanied the princess out of the theater to watch the show.

The two of them walked and stopped along the way, buying a candied haws to eat, and then a rabbit lantern.

The princess ate the candied haws in her hand while holding the rabbit lantern and said with a smile: "It's so lively here. I haven't been able to go out and play for a long time."

The deep and complicated palace gave the princess wealth and splendor, but also restricted her freedom.

In a busy place like the market town, it is not appropriate to call someone a princess, so as to avoid causing unnecessary accidents.

Because the princess was the seventh in line to the throne, Lu Wanqing always called the princess "Seventh Lady" outside the palace.

So, Lu Wanqing smiled and replied: "If Qi Niang likes it, Wan'er can bring more interesting toys from outside for you to play with in the future."

The princess smiled happily, took Lu Wanqing's hand, and said, "Okay, okay. Wan'er still misses me."

The princess took a mask from the mask stand nearby and tried it on. "Wan'er, look at this."

The princess smiled brightly while wearing the mask.

Lu Wanqing smiled and said, "The mask the princess is holding is really interesting."

"You like it too?" asked the princess.

Lu Wanqing nodded, and the princess stuffed the mask into Lu Wanqing's hand and gave the boss some silver.

The princess said to Lu Wanqing with sparkling eyes, "This is for you."

"Thank you, Qiniang, for the reward." Lu Wanqing said as she bowed.

At this moment, a man in black suddenly jumped down from the tree. He was as light as a swallow and landed without any sound.

He suddenly appeared behind the princess like a ghost, took out a knife, and stabbed towards the princess' neck.

Lu Wanqing pulled the princess instantly and she avoided the man's sudden attack.

But the rabbit lamp in the princess's hand fell quietly to the ground, splashing sparks, and suddenly caught fire.

"Run!" Lu Wanqing took the princess' hand and ran forward.

Because of this unexpected incident, people fled in all directions.

The princess's personal guards started fighting with the man in black.

Lu Wanqing hurriedly pulled the princess across the bridge and saw that the back door of a courtyard was not closed, so she and the princess hid inside together.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Wanqing heard a burst of brisk footsteps not far from the door. The other party should be a martial artist.

"There is a yard over there. The princess might be hiding there." The man in black said with his eyes slightly narrowed.

As the man walked, there was a sound of metal rubbing against each other.

The other party had a knife, Lu Wanqing's heart sank, and she held the princess's hand tightly.

The wooden door of the yard was opened from the outside, and Lu Wanqing was ready to go out and fight the man.

But under the wooden door lay the body of a man in black. He had been stabbed in the back and abdomen, and blood was all over the floor.

Then, a man in a green shirt walked in.

His right hand, hanging below his sleeves, held a dagger, and blood was still dripping from the tip of the dagger.

He killed the person who was chasing him.

Lu Wanqing was a little dazed. Wasn't this the kind-hearted man who helped her out when she encountered an old man who was trying to scam her at Tongquan Temple last time?

"Princess, I am Li Jianzhang, the deputy minister of the Dali Temple. I have killed this man, but the organization that was assassinated tonight should have many bandits." Li Jianzhang said, and dragged the body of the man in black to the side and threw it into the well to prevent people from seeing the body of the man at a glance. Then he locked the gate of the courtyard.

"Let's hide first." Li Jianzhang suggested.

He poured out half of the water in the jar and signaled the princess to hide inside.

After the princess entered the water tank, he put the wooden lid on the tank and said softly, "I'm sorry, Princess."

Then, he piled the firewood behind the door high, motioned Lu Wanqing to go behind the firewood, and he went in too.

Behind the firewood, in the small and cramped space, Li Jianzhang and Lu Wanqing had to huddle together.

Li Jianzhang also considerately stretched out his hand and placed it on Lu Wanqing's head to protect her head.

Through the gaps in the firewood, Lu Wanqing saw that the darkness of the night was reflected by a layer of firelight.

I'm afraid something has happened to Concubine Wan as well.

Lu Wanqing was nervous, and soon she heard a mixed sound of footsteps outside the door.

At this time, Lu Wanqing was pulled closer to the inside by Li Jianzhang. The two were so close that Lu Wanqing could feel Li Jianzhang's breath warming her ears, and the tips of her ears turned red all of a sudden.

Li Jianzhang put his arm around her waist again, so that the firewood could better cover their figures.

Lu Wanqing's body immediately trembled, but she heard Li Jianzhang whispering in her ear: "I'm sorry."

Immediately afterwards, there was a loud "bang" sound, which was the sound of the door being kicked open.

"Bang." The door was kicked in and fell to the ground, breaking into pieces.

The man in black was walking casually in the yard. When he reached the well, he smelled blood.

The man looked into the well and saw the body of a man in black, who had been stabbed to death in a surprise attack.

"Old Four! Old Four died here, search!" The man in black who led the way in spoke coldly.

When Lu Wanqing saw several men in black coming in one after another, she was frightened and thought that she would not die here.

The men in black were rummaging around outside, and one of them was actually getting closer and closer to the firewood at the door...