After the heroine was robbed, save the paranoid villain

"There's an assassin!" One of the secret guards sent a signal to the sky, "We'll clear the way, Your Highness, take the princess and go first!"

More than twenty assassins drew their swords and stepped forward. They were all dressed in black and their eyes revealed ferocity and determination. There was no doubt that they were well-trained and had been lying in ambush here for a long time.

Yan Yu's face turned pale instantly, and Xiao Chengji whispered: "It's okay, close your eyes."

Two secret guards rushed up on horseback like lightning, and their swords collided with each other, making crisp collision sounds. More than ten assassins entangled and fought with the two secret guards, and the remaining people surrounded Xiao Chengji.

Xiao Chengji snorted coldly: "A bunch of scoundrels."

The long sword was unsheathed, and a dazzling silver light flashed by. Yan Yu only felt a warmth on her face. She raised her hand and touched it, and found that her body was splashed with blood.

It is obvious that these assassins are not ordinary people. Xiao Chengji's two secret guards are both masters selected from thousands of people. If the assassins who came today were ordinary, the two of them would be able to deal with them all.

But after fighting for more than ten moves, the two secret guards were covered with wounds and exhausted, while only seven or eight of the assassins were killed.

Xiao Chengji chopped off a head with one sword. The scene was too bloody. The white horse under his crotch had turned into a bloody horse. He was worried that Yan Yu would have a nightmare at night after seeing it, so he kept telling Yan Yu to close his eyes.

In fact, it didn't make much difference whether Xiao Chengji said it or not. Yan Yu was now frightened out of her wits. She had never seen so much blood. Broken limbs mixed with blood, and heads with eyes open rolling together, were enough to make anyone who saw this scene completely collapse.

The next moment, an assassin cut off the legs of the white horse under Xiao Chengji's crotch. The white horse neighed and fell to the ground. Xiao Chengji rolled off the horse's back holding Yan Yu, and the long sword rolled to the side.

During this time, the flashing of swords and the shadows of knives continued. Xiao Chengji groaned, always protecting Yan Yu in his arms, and then used the force to draw out the dagger, and killed the guard who was approaching with one blow.

He quickly stuffed the dagger into Yan Yu's hand, then got up, grabbed a sword and killed him.

In just two quarters of an hour, the situation was reversed. The ground was littered with the bodies and body parts of the assassins. Only two of the more than twenty assassins were left alive.

Xiao Chengji stabbed one man to death with his sword: "Leave him alive."

The two secret guards had blood on their faces and heads, and no one knew how many injuries they had suffered. They responded and used less force when they attacked again.

Xiao Chengji was about to pick up Yan Yu who was lying next to him, when a dead body lying on the ground suddenly jumped up, holding a dagger in his hand, and stabbed Yan Yu directly in the heart.

Xiao Chengji's face suddenly changed. He didn't have time to think too much. He flew over and stood in front of Yan Yu. He took the blow, then snatched the other party's dagger and cut off the assassin's head with a sharp move.

“Your Highness…” Seeing Xiao Chengji seriously injured, Yan Yu’s expression suddenly changed, and he quickly hugged his waist, “Your Highness!”

On the other side, two secret guards tied up an assassin. They checked the bodies and found that the others were all dead. The tied assassin didn't make a sound. The secret guards realized something was wrong and hurried to pry his jaw open - but it was too late, the poison under his tongue had been bitten through and swallowed.

The place where Xiao Chengji was stabbed was bleeding profusely. This was definitely not the only place on his body that was injured. His face turned snow-white.

Under normal circumstances, even if there were two or three times more people in this group, they would not be able to hurt him much, but he still brought Yan Yu with him, fearing that Yan Yu would be hurt.

Yan Yu's face was covered with tears, and she hugged him tremblingly: "Your Highness..."

Xiao Chengji fell into her arms and they both fell to the ground.

He looked at Yan Yu's face carefully, and then his eyes became dull. Before he could say anything, his lips were already covered in blood.

He raised his hand and touched Yan Yu's face, then slowly closed his eyes.

At this moment, Yan Yu's heart stopped beating completely, he could no longer feel his tears flowing, and his hands and feet became extremely cold.

She raised her hand to feel Xiao Chengji's breathing, but could not feel any fluctuations.

The whole world was silent in an instant, and Yan Yu's eyes were gray. He couldn't believe this fact at all.

The past was like smoke and fog, vanishing overnight, leaving only a pool of blood.

Yan Yu picked up the dagger on the ground without hesitation and stabbed himself in the heart.

The next moment, the dagger was knocked to the ground, and Xiao Chengji grabbed Yan Yu's wrist: "The king is not dead!"

Under normal circumstances, shouldn't Yan Yu hug his body and cry out loudly about how much she loves him?

Xiao Chengji really wanted to see the little beauty hugging him and crying, crying with grievance while expressing her love for him. It would be best if she could also say that she regretted being so petty towards Xiao Chengji and that if he were still alive, she would listen to him in everything in the future.

But he never expected that Yan Yu was not a talkative person.

Compared with lengthy speeches, Yan Yu prefers to do whatever she wants to do directly, and her words are often hidden behind her actions.

Yan Yu thought he had seen it wrong until he saw Xiao Chengji sheath the dagger and put it at his waist.

Yan Yu's whole body was still weak, but she could gradually hear the sound of wind blowing around her. Everything in front of her had color, and she could even react to when and where she was. She finally realized that Xiao Chengji had just lied to her.

Yan Yu's tears streamed down her face. She raised her hand to slap him, but she couldn't move.

She was angry and annoyed, and stood up to leave.

Xiao Chengji quickly grabbed her, and when he moved, he pulled the wound and groaned in pain.

Yan Yu panicked and quickly helped him sit down.

At this time, another team of secret guards came on horseback. They all dismounted and knelt before Xiao Chengji and Yan Yu: "Prince, Princess!"

Xiao Chengji's eyes turned cold instantly: "Search these bodies."

Seeing that the man had just taken poison, Xiao Chengji could guess that nothing would be found, as these people came here with the determination to die.

As expected, nothing was found. There was nothing on the bodies, not even any obvious marks.

Xiao Chengji wiped the blood off his face and hands, and bandaged the main wound.

"Go back first." Xiao Chengji said coldly, "What happened today cannot be spread to outsiders."

"Yes!"

Xiao Chengji helped Yan Yu onto the horse, and he followed him up. They didn't encounter anything along the way, and they soon returned to the palace.

Xiao Chengji had not announced his going out yesterday and the assassination today. The place where he lived was still quiet, as if nothing had happened.

The palace maids and eunuchs were strictly controlled by Xingwen. Anyone who spoke too much - let alone tipping off the outside world, even if they secretly discussed it internally - would be dragged away and beaten to death.

Later, Xiao Chengji summoned the imperial physician.