Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 291 - 291 49 Theres an Assassin

Chapter 291: Chapter 49: There’s an Assassin! Chapter 291: Chapter 49: There’s an Assassin! “It… it was me…”

“For a mere thousand tael of silver, you disregarded your duty? You sold out the very city gate you were supposed to guard?”

Fei Xinyu drew his sword from its scabbard with a ringing sound, enshrouding the area with an intent to kill.

A profound sense of impending death immediately enveloped the city gate official.

Sensing the shadow of death closing in, the city gate official suddenly yelled out, “If you’re so brave, seek revenge against the murderer! What merit do you have in bullying me? Even if you kill me, will that vent your anger?!”

“I won’t let those people go either!”

“Even if I kill you, it won’t appease my anger!”

Fei Xinyu’s face turned icy, “But our Great Qin’s city gate should never exist merely to hang its heroes! I kill you with justice, law, and evidence on my side. You neglected your duty, accepted bribes, and acted wildly beyond your authority. Any of these offenses, are enough to sentence you to death. You deserve to die for your actions!”

With a flash of his sword, the city gate official’s head dropped to the ground, his fresh blood splattering immediately.

Everyone present was stupefied.

Fei Xinyu held Li Qing’s lifeless body, spurred his warhorse, and shouted in anger, “Let’s go to Liu Zhuang! Today, this marshal will find out, who killed our brave man from Great Qin, who harmed our Great Qin’s hero!”

“Convey my military order, gather all troops!”

The warhorse dashed out of the city gate like wild wind!

Fei Xinyu, full of fury, was convinced that Liu Zhuang had to be destroyed.

However, he had just left the city gate when he saw a figure in green blocking his way.

He Bibiqu.

He Bibiqu coldly asked, “What are you going to do?”

“Revenge! Avenge the wrongs!”

“Do you have any evidence?”

He Bibiqu coldly continued, “The culprits are from Supreme Mountain! The officials involved are the gatekeeper and a steward, casually throw out a steward to take blame, and then what can you do? Do you have any more concrete evidence? Could you act recklessly, slaying people without distinguishing black and white?”

“And even if you could do it, how many people would have to die?”

“What will you do afterward?”

He Bibiqu’s consecutive questions completely doused Fei Xinyu’s burning passion, gritting his teeth, he clenched his fist and replied bitterly, “So, did Li Qing die in vain?”

He Bibiqu looked at the lifeless body in Fei Xinyu’s arms, sighed long, and spoke lightly, “Go back! That’s not how we do things.”

“For this matter… let’s go back and discuss how to operate. Being impatient, can’t get anything done.”

“….”

Seeing that Fei Xinyu was still unhappy, He Bibiqu sighed and whispered, “Li Qing died for his country; he died a hero. His descendants are still here, we must settle them well… And those two children, both have innate diseases…”

“Even if it’s Doctor Feng’s skills, it’s powerless.”

Fei Xinyu was shocked, “Could it be that even Elder Kong has no solution?”

He Bibiqu whispered, “This is a case of prenatal weakness, foundation deficiency, the only hope is… from Doctor Feng.”

“But he….”

Fei Xinyu’s words almost slipped out. Fortunately, he realized it in time and turned the horse on the edge of the cliff, saying, “But Doctor Feng can’t be found now….”

He Bibiqu frowned, looking at Fei Xinyu with suspicion, “Hmm?”

Fei Xinyu’s face was even more bitter, “I will take Li Qing back first.”

Holding the corpse, he spurred his horse and rushed back into the city gate.

The soldiers behind him paid their respects to say goodbye, followed Fei Xinyu and left.

Looking at Fei Xinyu’s back, He Bibiqu couldn’t help but frown, muttering to himself, “This silly boy… what he wanted to say just now was obviously not that sentence…”

…

At this time, Feng Yin was surveying the area.

He strolled leisurely, visiting all the places around Liu Zhuang and the places Liu Mengjiang often used as bait in the recent past, without miss.

Even though the formidable enemy Supreme Mountain was watching, Feng Yin still had no intention of giving up.

Especially after returning to learn about Liu Mengjiang’s various actions and profoundly verifying all of his misdeeds, Feng Yin was more determined than ever to eliminate such a toxic element from the world.

“There must be a way to kill him!”

“Just because there’s a powerful enemy Supreme Mountain, shall I not perform any task anymore?”

Feng Yin hummed and continued his exploration.

Many trees along the way subtly changed…

At noon, as usual, Feng Yin had tea at the inn at the town’s crossroads.

Suddenly he was taken aback.

Two men in white robes slowly walked into the inn, ordered a pot of tea and some pastries, and sat at a table next to Feng Yin.

You should know that where Feng Yin was sitting was the second floor, it was in a corner by the window and the space was not big, only two tables were set for better spatial accommodation. The proximity of these two caused that if one table was occupied, the other would be a little cramped.

This was precisely why Feng Yin had chosen this spot. For all the days before, no one chosen the seat next to him.

But this time, these two men in white did. At this time of day, the inn was not too crowded, there were many empty tables, there was really no reason why they had to sit here.

Unless… they were also observing the crossroads!

However, this was not what alarmed Feng Yin. The most crucial point was… on the chest of these two white-robed men, there were two embroidered black characters, clearly displaying the words ‘Supreme’.

Are they from Supreme Mountain?

Feng Yin couldn’t help but wanted to sigh. Was it too smooth before, causing some bad luck today?

Why would they suddenly sit with him?

As he was thinking this, he suddenly heard the clattering sound of horses’ hooves. Dozens of horses stopped in front of the inn, the leader was a burly man who dismounted and laughed, “Boys, I’m treating you to tea today!”

“Thank you, deputy marshal!”

It was Fei Xinyu who had arrived.

Feng Yin froze once again.

The arrival of someone from Supreme Mountain might be a coincidence, but now that Fei Xinyu was here, it didn’t seem coincidental anymore.

Wu Tiejun might be here for a leisurely cup of tea, but Fei Xinyu? When had he ever been interested in tea?

Thud, thud, thud…

Heavy and uniform footsteps kept coming as Fei Xinyu led his subordinates to the upstairs.

Feng Yin’s expression was calm and unruffled, but there was a barely hidden fear, like a regular tea-drinker suddenly caught in an unexpected situation, trying to keep composed yet feeling terrified. He performed it so seamlessly, so convincingly.

Such a pity, Feng Yin’s wonderful act was wasted on these blind men.

Because neither the men from Supreme Mountain nor the newly arrived Fei Xinyu had even turned a glance at him.

Fei Xinyu strode over, seemingly intending to sit at the table nearby. But for some reason, he tripped, and his bum bumped into the table where the two men in white robes were seated.

The bump was significant, causing the hot tea to spill all over the table, while the teapot rolled off and smashed to pieces on the floor with a loud crash.

The two robed men were enraged. They clearly saw that this was nothing but trouble. They stood up immediately, slapping the table, “You…!”

Before they could even finish their sentence, Fei Xinyu suddenly screamed, spat out a mouthful of blood, and weakly turned around. His mouth was full of blood as he pointed at the two stunned men in white robes, “That’s a powerful air-slice palm… You dare to assassinate me in public!”

“…”

The two men in white robes were dumbfounded.

Assassination?

What… what the hell was going on?

The soldiers loyal to Fei Xinyu had already rushed over, their swords drawn without stop.

“There are assassins!”

Their voice penetrated the sky.

Accompanied by a loud roar, “Protect Commander Fei!”

Clang, clang, clang… numerous swords were unsheathed, revealing their menacing presence.

“It was these two who attacked me… I am gravely injured, about to die…”

Fei Xinyu lamented, “Brothers… You must avenge me!”

The soldiers roared in unison, “Catch the assassins!”

“Don’t let the assassins escape!”

“Avenge the deputy commander!”

Whiz, whiz, whiz, bang, bang, bang…

A string of emergency fireworks shot into the sky and exploded, lighting up the night.

There was an immediate response, and the city was in an uproar.

At the three-way intersection, Wu Tiejun, leading a cavalry, appeared first, “What happened?”

Almost simultaneously, top-ranking military experts from all around asked, “What happened?”

“Commander Fei has been attacked!”

“It happened upstairs in that building!”

“The assassins haven’t escaped yet! They are determined to take Commander Fei’s life!”

“Quickly surround that tea house!”

Wu Tiejun immediately gave the order, then rushed forward on his horse, asking loudly, “How is Commander Fei!?”

Fei Xinyu’s loyal soldier wailed, “Commander! It’s not good… the deputy commander has been attacked and seriously injured here. He won’t make it!”

Wu Tiejun was taken aback, “Close off the city!”

Boom, boom, boom…

Out of nowhere, three thousand archers had appeared and occupied all high ground, sealing everything off tightly.

“Don’t let the assassins escape, even at the cost of some false accusations!” Wu Tiejun shouted harshly!

“Yes, sir!”

With the continuous sound of roaring, the momentum was overwhelming. Numerous military elites had released their full strength.

Suddenly, more than ten thousand soldiers from Yuezhou cut off this area.

“Fei Xinyu! Fei Xinyu, how are you now?” Wu Tiejun shouted anxiously.

Fei Xinyu’s weak voice rang out, “Stubborn… Commander Wu! You must avenge me…”

“Charge!”

Whiz, whiz, whiz… all you could hear were the sounds of clothes cutting through the air.

The two Supreme Mountain experts were completely dumbfounded by now.

What… what did we do?

We just arrived in Yuezhou from the Hundred War Pass, and we just entered the city to have some tea and refresh our spirits before we go to report to Mo Yuantu…

How did it come to… Assassinating you?

We haven’t even finished a single sentence, just slapped the table a bit, how did we become assassins, even surrounded by ten thousand troops?

If this were a real assassination, could such a large number of people be gathered in such a short time? You even had the formations ready, what sudden attack are you talking about?

This level of preparedness is a bit too much, isn’t it?

“It’s a misunderstanding! This is a misunderstanding!”

One of the Supreme Mountain white-robed men rushed to clarify, “We did nothing, it’s a misunderstanding!”