Chapter 91 - Bandits Or Assassins?

Wei Liuying listening while busy eating. Besides her, Huo nodded with satisfaction. As long as Wei Hong Zheng could achieve the same result in academy and perform well in the next hunt, Wei Hong would surely see him in a green light. It was the best result that Wei Hong Zheng could possibly achieve.

Of course, all of it didn't have any relation whatsoever with Wei Liuying. She only enjoyed the tender deer meat that she hunted by herself. There were still a lot of leftovers, but it was impossible for her to eat anymore.

"Huo."

"Yes, Young Master."

Wei Liuying leaned in. 'Wrap some for me.'

Huo kept his face straight. "Yes, Young Master."

If it was the real Wei Hong Zheng, he would not care about the food. However, Wei Liuying rarely could eat so much, so of course, she would preserve it. As it was roasted meat, there should be no problem for her to keep it inside her bag and ate it tomorrow after the journey.

The banquet last long as the older generations were already busy to drink wine. The younger generation who were not yet 20 years old have to be satisfied with juice or water. They were not allowed to drink wine yet.

Though, some sneak it in.

"Father, I want to rest first."

"Right, it's already late, Hong Zheng," Wei Hong agreed without hesitation. He could see that some of his old friends were already quite drunk too. They were too busy chatting and drinking. "You should wake up early tomorrow because we're going back. Go and rest."

"Yes, Father."

Wei Liuying walked out of the hall and heaved a sigh of relief in secret. The room reeked the smell of wine….

For the first time in her life, she was glad that she didn't have to face this often. After all, women would not go around and drink like what the men did. Besides, chatting with those whom she didn't even know and would never interact again was tiring.

Wei Liuying made a beeline to her room and quickly took a bath to wash up the wine smell. Afterwards, she lit up the incense stick as sandalwood smell filled the room. Well, it was not the best smell that she liked as she preferred flower aroma, but there would be no way a man pick that.

This would do for now.

"Young Master, this is the food."

Huo delivered a large bundle filled with roasted deer meat to Wei Liuying. It was wrapped carefully with the cloth and tied to make sure that it didn't fall.

"Good work."

"Please keep it away and don't let anyone see."

"I understand."

Wei Liuying put the meat inside her bag and kept it away. It would only be her morning snack as too long would make the taste bad. She lied down on her bed and closed her eyes. Today was quite tiring.

Finally, she would be able to become a girl again tomorrow.

It's tiring to be a man.

With that thought, Wei Liuying drifted to sleep. She didn't know how much time had passed when she felt sudden danger.

Swish!

Wei Liuying sat up from her position and looked out of the window. There was no sound or anything, but she felt that there was someone out there who was aiming to kill her life. She had already experienced something similar back in the past. When her mother was her father's favorite concubine, there were some days when the guards would suddenly move and woke her up.

There were assassins back then.

As their work was sloppy, they failed. However, that attempt made Wei Liuying able to wake up in the middle of the night whenever she felt uncomfortable. Most of the time, it was only a false alarm. 

'Did someone come?'

Wei Liuying inched closer to the window with a frown on her forehead. She was not sure why, but she felt that there was truly someone who was aiming for her. Her hand picked her sword along with her bow and arrow. She put the bow on her back while her right hand was ready to pull the sword out of the sheath.

In that moment, she could see an arrow coming at her.

Dzing! Swish!

The arrow pierced through the wall, heading straight to the bed where she was lying down just now. If only she didn't move, the arrow would hit her arm or even worse, her heart.

"HUO!"

Bang!

The door was pushed open as the wall was also kicked. Several figures appeared from the darkness and Wei Liuying didn't hesitate as her body moved. Her sword thrusted forward in the direction of the man.

Stab!

"You…." the man was wearing black clothes with a cloth covering part of his mouth. Wei Liuying could not see any mark that could tell his real identity, but his getup was screaming the word assassin.

Spurt!

Pulling out her sword, the blood poured out from the hole like a waterfall. Wounds were more dangerous when the weapon was pulled out as the loss of blood might end up in one's death. This was one of the lessons that Wei Liuying had learned ever since she was young.

Not far from her, Huo was also attacking another assassin that was coming here. His body moved swiftly and killed the assassin.

"Young Master, are you alright?" Huo asked out.

"I'm fine," Wei Liuying replied. But if it was Wei Hong Zheng who was staying here, he would have long been wounded.

Of course, she would not utter this sentence out.

Huo nodded in relief. He reacted late because there was also an assassin coming at him. Thankfully, Wei Liuying managed to react in time or things wouldn't be pretty. If she got wounded in place of Wei Hong Zheng, it would be hard to explain to other people when the two of them have to appear at the same time.

Wei Liuying looked at the assassins then to her own hand. This was her first time killing people directly with her own two hands. The feeling… was weird. She couldn't explain it, but she could see that her hands were trembling as the after effect of her action.

'Calm down,' Wei Liuying muttered to herself. 'It's not the time for this.'

She glanced up but didn't notice anyone while Huo was also looking around with his sword ready. Closing her eyes for a moment, Wei Liuying forced herself to calm down. Her trembling hands finally stopped.

When she opened her eyes again, there was only calm gaze that was reflected on her pupil.

'In this cruel world, many noble families have already killed many of their servants so easily. I'm not an exception. Why should I feel bothered when it comes to self-defense that I have to do with my own hand?'

Wei Liuying didn't bother with Huo again as she rushed to the front. Her eyes narrowed when she noticed that the number of the men in black had increased. Not only that, there were also many of them that rushed over to the other buildings.

'There are two groups?'

Her eyes noticed the faint difference in their clothing. Turning around, Wei Liuying crouched down and pulled the assassin's clothes. A scroll fell down from the assassin's sleeve. Looking at that familiar bamboo scroll, Wei Liuying's eyes grew colder.

Someone had sent an assassin to kill her brother.

No, there were several assassins.

Wei Liuying's body sent her signal of distress as she swiftly moved from her position. A knife passed by her body towards the wall behind her. Her eyes looked into the forest with a cold glint.

Her right hand quickly pulled out an arrow while her right hand sheathed her sword and took out her bow. Docking the arrow in place, she aimed towards the forest and released the arrow.

Dzing!

The arrow barely grazed the assassin as Wei Liuying noticed the faint leaves' movement. However, she was not sure where the assassin headed to. There were too many options as the lush trees provided enough cover.

Huo frowned. "There are several people targeting you, Young Master."

"Do you know who?"

"I'm afraid there are too many people who have bad blood with Master."

Wei Liuying fell silent at that sentence. Her eyes were still watching her surrounding warily as her brain circulated at rapid speed. It was not a lie to say that there were a lot of people who wished to see Wei Hong's fall and as his son, Wei Hong Zheng would be targeted.

However, this attempt was simply ridiculous.

There were too many people would get involved just because of one person…

Wait, what if it was the opposite? The real target was actually this hunting place and someone took advantage of it?

Wei Liuying's eyes turned cold at the thought. Before she could think more, she heard screams coming from the direction of the house. At the same time, fire began to spread from the inner region.

"This is bad," Huo was worried. He looked at Wei Liuying. "Can you protect yourself?"

"What do you plan to do, Huo?"

"I need to find Madam Feng."