A strange smile appeared on Shen Lixue's lips. She slipped a dagger from her sleeve into her right hand and stabbed it at the man's arm. The dagger was hidden in her sleeve for easy ambush.
The sharp blade tore through the man's sleeve, and the man instinctively let go. Shen Lixue seized the opportunity, grabbed the table next to her, and threw it at the man. Then, she turned around and ran quickly outside. This man was highly skilled in martial arts and extremely vengeful. With her current strength, she couldn't afford to offend him, but she could avoid him!
Shen Lixue left the courtyard and ran quickly forward. Thinking of the eight assassins who died in the woods, Shen Lixue sneered. It is only polite to receive something in return. The Lei family gave her eight assassins as a gift, so she should prepare a grand gift for the Lei family. It was still early, and she could return to the Prime Minister's residence to present the gift!
After Shen Lixue left, the man in white did not rush to chase after her. He walked gracefully out of the wooden house, the warm sunlight shining on his tall and slender figure, giving him a mysterious air: "Secret Guard!"
"Master!" The two men in black who had vanished in an instant appeared in front of the man, kneeling on one knee with respectful tones.
"Where did that woman go?" The man's lips curled up slightly, his sharp, dark eyes unfathomable: their score wasn't settled yet, so why would he let her escape so easily?
The guard pointed in the direction Shen Lixue had disappeared: "Reporting to Master, she went that way!" In the past, Master's mood would become extremely volatile after each episode of illness, but today, he seemed to be in a much better mood…
The man gazed at the dense forest, a thoughtful look flashing in the depths of his dark eyes. It was the direction back to the capital, and the woman was traveling with him: "Follow her!"
With all eight assassins dead, Shen Lixue made rapid, unimpeded progress through the woods. After a couple of cups of tea's time, she emerged from the woods. The city was seventy or eighty li away, and if she ran, she wouldn't be able to deliver the gift to the Lei family in time. Just as she was about to flag down a carriage to take her back to the capital, a familiar carriage came into view.
"Chunhua, do you think Shen Lixue is dead?" Qiuyue sat in the carriage, her short legs dangling, leisurely cracking melon seeds.
"She should be dead by now. Those assassins are so skilled. Once Shen Lixue was caught, there was no way she could survive!" Chunhua leaned against the carriage, yawning boredly, her beautiful eyes flashing with drowsiness.
"Those assassins are really something, why haven't they brought Shen Lixue's body here yet? We could go back and report..."
"Exactly!" Qiu Yue spat out the melon seed shells and complained, "If we delay any longer, Madam's birthday banquet will be over, and we won't be able to collect our double reward money..."
Chunhua sighed, then her eyes suddenly lit up: "It doesn't matter if we've wasted time. We can make a few more cuts on Shen Lixue's face and body, making her look miserable and unrecognizable. If Madam is happy, she'll definitely reward us double..."
"You two, do you really want me dead!"
A cold voice rang in their ears, and Chunhua and Qiuyue shuddered violently. They slowly turned around in disbelief, their faces turning deathly pale...
015 Little Beauty in White
“Chen…Chen Lixue…” Chen Lixue walked out from the sunlight, her slender figure and flowing skirt making her breathtakingly beautiful. The cold smile that flashed in her dark eyes left Chunhua and Qiuyue speechless with shock:
There's no way she could have escaped from being surrounded by eight assassins. She must have run too fast, and the assassins couldn't catch up. That must be it...
Trying to comfort themselves, Chunhua and Qiuyue anxiously glanced behind Shen Lixue repeatedly.
"Stop looking! All eight assassins are dead. They can't possibly reappear!" Shen Lixue's cold words were like a demonic voice, startling Chunhua and Qiuyue, who trembled all over: She actually killed eight experts. This was too unbelievable.
"Shen Lixue, don't be so smug. Those eight assassins are just the beginning!" Chunhua was Lei's head maid, who had seen a lot in the world. After a brief moment of surprise, she quickly calmed down. A strange smile appeared on her delicate face. She slammed her hand on the car window, and a loud signal shot into the air. Thick yellow fog shot straight into the sky.
"Whoosh!" Hundreds of men suddenly surged out from the empty surroundings, surrounding Shen Lixue. The leader was a fat man with a full beard, small green bead eyes that gleamed with lust. He wore a vest made of tiger and fox skins, and a thick hemp rope was tied around his waist. He looked exactly like a bandit who ruled the mountain.
The human wall was so thick and impenetrable that breaking through it would be harder than climbing to heaven. Shen Lixue raised her eyebrows slightly. The Lei family had indeed kept a backup plan!
"Tsk tsk, this girl is really pretty, even prettier than the top courtesan at the brothel..." The bearded man rubbed his hands together vigorously, staring lewdly at Shen Lixue, his face full of obscene grin: slender figure, curvaceous, her body must be fragrant and soft, if only he could pin her down and ravage her...
"Boss, beauties are everywhere, but you only have one life!" Normally, Chunhua would be happy to see Shen Lixue being violated by a bunch of old and ugly men, but the fact that Shen Lixue killed eight experts made her apprehensive. She dared not delay any longer and wanted to kill Shen Lixue as soon as possible to avoid any unforeseen complications.
"Understood, understood!" The bearded man chuckled and nodded repeatedly. Although it was said that dying under a peony flower was a romantic death, he still wanted to live a few more years and dared not offend his powerful employer: "Kill this girl, and you'll be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!"
"Roar!" Upon hearing about the silver, the bandits' eyes turned red with excitement. They brandished their swords and charged towards Shen Lixue like a tidal wave.
Shen Lixue stood still, watching the approaching bandits. A beautiful smile curved her lips. Suddenly, she glanced at the gloating Chunhua. A sharp, demonic aura suddenly flashed in her cold eyes. The next second, Shen Lixue's light blue figure mysteriously disappeared from Chunhua's sight.
Where is Shen Lixue? Chunhua was shocked. Her eyelids twitched violently as a blue robe appeared in the corner of her eye. Chunhua turned her head sharply and saw Shen Lixue's beautiful face. The corners of her mouth were slightly upturned, and she smiled eerily: "Chunhua, this day next year will be your death anniversary!"
A powerful palm strike landed squarely on the shocked Chunhua's chest, sending her flying. She crashed headlong into the bandits' swords: "Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!" Sharp blades pierced Chunhua's chest and emerged from her back, instantly staining large patches of her clothes crimson with blood...
"And you, Qiuyue!" Shen Lixue struck again, and Qiuyue was caught on the bandits' swords!
They actually killed the messenger sent by their employer! They've gotten themselves into big trouble! The bandits stopped in their tracks, staring blankly at the two corpses swaying on the tip of their swords, completely at a loss!
Shen Lixue smiled coldly, leaped onto her horse, and swiftly cut the rope connecting the carriage with her sharp dagger: there were too many bandits, and with Shen Lixue's current strength, she couldn't possibly handle them. If she fought them head-on, she would only be killed.
Moreover, Shen Lixue was in a hurry to return to the Prime Minister's residence to deliver a big gift to the Lei family, and she didn't have time to deal with the bandits. It wouldn't be too late to teach these small fry a lesson after dealing with the mastermind Lei family!
As Shen Lixue was about to ride away, her wrist was suddenly grabbed tightly, and her slender body was violently pulled off the fast horse.
Staggering a few steps to regain her balance, a white robe caught her eye out of the corner of her eye, with a faint scent of pine resin lingering around her. Shen Lixue gritted her teeth in anger; he really was a persistent ghost!
Turning around, Shen Lixue glared fiercely at the young man, her dark eyes burning with anger: "Are you with bandits?" The man was noble and proud like a god, and would never associate with such sleazy bandits, but he had ruined her escape plan, and she was furious!
"No!" The man in white replied coldly, without uttering a single unnecessary word.
"Then why did you pull me off my horse?" Shen Lixue was furious. Didn't she see that the bandits were chasing her?
"We haven't settled our score yet!" Looking at the furious Shen Lixue, a hint of a smile seemed to flash deep in the man's obsidian-like eyes!
Shen Lixue gritted her teeth: What a petty, vengeful jerk!
"This mountain is mine, this tree is mine, if you want to pass, leave your toll!" Accompanied by standard robbery language, the bandits quickly stepped forward and surrounded Shen Lixue and the young man.
"I never thought that anyone would dare to rob us in Qingyan Kingdom!" A handsome man in his early twenties, dressed in blue, stepped out from behind the man in white, looking at the bandits with a mocking expression. His nonchalant tone clearly showed that he didn't take the bandits seriously.
"Little beauty, come back to the mountain with me and be my wife. I'll make sure you live a life of luxury..." The bandit leader leered at Shen Lixue and the others. Shen Lixue was someone his employer wanted to kill, so even if he was incredibly lecherous, he wouldn't dare keep her alive. The "little beauty" he was talking about was naturally not Shen Lixue.
"Hey, little chili pepper, someone's got their eye on you!" The man in blue's magnetic voice was full of teasing.
"You've got your eye on me!" A girl in red, about fifteen or sixteen years old, walked up to Shen Lixue's side, cracking her whip and kicking up a cloud of dust as she threatened viciously, "If they dare to lay a hand on me, I'll kill them one by one!"
Of the four, besides Shen Lixue, the woman in red was the only woman. The "little beauty" the bandit leader was referring to was naturally her!
"Who likes a shrew like you!" The bandit leader glared at the woman in red, then turned his gaze to Shen Lixue, his small, beady eyes gleaming with lust. "I'm talking about that little beauty in the white dress!"
The woman in red: "..."