Chapter 658: Inner Palace and Outer Palace (3)

Chapter 658: Inner Palace and Outer Palace (3)

Swish!

Nan Hua easily dealt with the assassins sneaked into the courtyard. Those were only the lower ranked who could only sneak by relying on the other who moved from other locations. There were also various assassins' organizations that she managed to recognize from their movements.

'It's clear out here.'

Those with enough skill would have already entered the inner compound by now with their capabilities. There was no way they could possibly linger outside when their goal was clearly the Emperor's head.

Nan Hua looked into the inner palace then swiftly made her way inside.

She could clearly remember reading this part many years ago. The assassins were coming to get Emperor Yang Zhou. Long Qian Xing stayed with him and killed everyone who stood on his way, making sure that there was no one who could possibly get close to His Majesty.

General Lan, or could be called as Prime Minister Lan, dealt with the others and sent reinforcement in the end.

...

Slash!

"How many are there?" Emperor Yang Zhou asked with a frown. They were getting nearer to the safe passage that was already prepared beforehand. However, the number of enemies kept on increasing.

It was as if there were so many people inside the palace who actually wanted to take his head yet no one knew about them.

"Haven't you been cleaning your palace regularly?" Long Qian Xing asked while swinging his sword to cleanse the blood.

"I have."

"There are still a lot of rats around."

"Can't be helped. The one who hold the highest power until recently is Empress Dowager Mei. I can't interfere that much in terms of selecting the staffs into the palace." Emperor Yang Zhou pursed his lips.

How could he not know who could possibly plant these people around him? Aside from those who were working behind, they had to make sure they bypassed his mother's watchful eyes. If his mother didn't participate herself, those people just had to make sure she didn't know.

"How's your skill?" Long Qian Xing looked at Lan Qiu, who was following them all this time and guarded their rear.

"I'm worse than you..." Lan Qiu's face flushed in shame.

All this time, Long Qian Xing had been able to deal with the assassins by himself along the way. He didn't do anything but stand guard beside Emperor Yang Zhou, acting as nothing more than a decoration guard.

Long Qian Xing looked at Lan Qiu. "Do you think you can deal with them?"

"If it's only one, I should be able to."

"Good."

Lan Qiu waited patiently for his turn as he watched Long Qian Xing readied his weapon. The distance to the group of assassins was still quite far.

But before Long Qian Xing could make a move, he turned around abruptly. Several people had turned across the corner behind them, clearly chasing after them.

"Three people."

"The person in the middle should be the target."

Long Qian Xing's sword tightened. 'Eight people in total. And I have failed to launch a sneak attack.'

The situation was not getting any better.

Emperor Yang Zhou was also looking at the two groups. He narrowed his

eyes as he noticed the difference in their marking. The two groups came from different organizations, but they somehow agreed to come together this very night?

Who was the one pulling the real string to pull them all together?

"Leave them to us," the one at the front of the door shouted as they walked closer. It didn't take long for Long Qian Xing and his group to be placed in the middle where each side had people who were waiting to kill them.

"That couldn't do. We found them first." The other three clearly didn't want to give up.

Emperor Yang Zhou suddenly spoke up, "Why are the Night Rat and the Black Gulf here together?"