Chapter 183 Beauty Dances Under the Moon and Flowers

Tianze had no confidence to confront Ye Mu head-on, so he ran away in a hurry, rising and falling on the rooftops. Soon he was forced to come down by the city guards with strong bows and crossbows. He shuttled through the streets and alleys, and was chased and intercepted by the city guards and Ye Mu Bai Niao's killers.

Cheng Jiao was standing in front of the French window when he heard a loud noise coming from the south gate of Xinzheng. He knew it was about to begin.

After a while, Jingwei returned to the house.

"Sir, it's done."

Cheng Jiao put his arms around Jingwei's slender waist, and seeing Zinu beside him, he naturally took Zinu's hand, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and sat down, admiring the clear moonlight.

Yingge turned a blind eye to Chengjiao's corrupt behavior. He imitated Wei Zhuang, leaning against the window with his arms folded, looking at the night, wondering what he was thinking.

This is a remote courtyard in the backyard of Zilanxuan with beautiful environment.

In the courtyard there are green bamboos and orchids planted by Zi Nu herself. It can be seen that Zi Nu is very fond of orchids.

"Yingge, go get some wine, food and snacks."

Cheng Jiao and Jingwei Zinu sat together, looked at Yingge who seemed a little idle, and gave a casual order.

Yingge came back to his senses and pursed his lips, "Sir, wait a moment."

There were always cakes and drinks here. Yingge brought a plate of orchid cakes and a pot of orchid wine and placed them on the table next to Cheng Jiao.

Zi Nu gently said "thank you" to Ying Ge, picked up a snack and fed it to Cheng Jiao's mouth.

Cheng Jiao chewed it for a few times, poured himself a cup of orchid wine and drank it all in one gulp.

The wine glass was a bit small, so Cheng Jiao drank several glasses in a row. For some reason, he wanted to drink tonight.

Jingwei looked at Chengjiao drinking and said, "Drink slowly."

Cheng Jiao smiled and said, "You should also try Zi Nu's orchid wine."

Jingwei shook his head: "I don't drink."

Zi Nu stood up and made a cup of tea for Jing Wei, still using the snow-top silver shuttle that Cheng Jiao left here.

Jingwei picked up the teacup and blew on it gently. The tea was very good. She had no interest in tea originally, but under the influence of Chengjiao, she started to drink tea regularly.

"It's a pity that no one is dancing or playing the piano on such a beautiful day."

It’s a bit of a pity for Cheng Jiao. Why was he so rational as to let Nongyu go to Xianyang first?

Zi Nu smiled and said, "If you want to watch a dance, why don't you just tell me. Although there is no one playing the zither here, Jing Wei's flute music is also very interesting."

Cheng Jiao suddenly remembered that night when Yan Lingji was dancing on the hillside, with Jingwei playing the flute as her accompaniment.

Jingwei looked at Cheng Jiao with expectant eyes and nodded.

Cheng Jiao clapped his hands and smiled, "It's a rare opportunity, Yingge, get a bamboo flute for your sister Jingwei."

Yingge was a little curious. He had never expected that such a quiet and aloof person like Jingwei could also play a musical instrument.

Jingwei took the bamboo flute and tried to play it. After more than a month of learning under Li Wu's instruction, her flute playing skills were only slightly worse than Li Wu's.

Zi Nu, holding the Red Snake Sword in her hand, walked to the center of the courtyard, which was surrounded by flower beds and with a bright moon hanging high above her head.

She did not change out of the purple-sleeved long dress that she had worn in the dance studio. She was still wearing the purple fishtail long dress with the black silk jumpsuit that had been torn to pieces by Cheng Jiao.

The leisurely flute sound slowly flowed out from Jingwei's flute, adding sound to the quiet night.

Zi Nu swung the Red Soft Sword, a sword dance she had practiced many times.

The dance that I performed for Cheng Jiao in the dance studio before was adapted from the sword dance.

The sword dance makes the originally heroic Zi Nu become more capable and full of a powerful beauty.

Yingge was gradually attracted by Zi Nu's sword dance. She could see that there were some sword moves in this sword dance, which should have evolved from these sword moves. If it were just that, it would be fine. Zi Nu also incorporated her own understanding of the sword and the sword intent she formed into the sword dance, making this dance full of awe-inspiring momentum.

Jingwei was half lying in Chengjiao's arms, playing the bamboo flute leisurely. When he found that Zinu's sword dance was more masculine, the sound of the flute changed, becoming more rapid and high-pitched.

Zi Nu was having a blast wielding the Red Soft Sword. She hadn't danced for a long time, and Cheng Jiao wanted to watch her, so she agreed immediately.

Cheng Jiao held Jingwei in one hand and held the wine glass in the other, savoring the wine and the artistic conception of Zi Nu's sword dance.

A beautiful woman who is good at art can not only give people a pleasant experience in bed, but also make it more fun when dancing and playing music, which is simply wonderful.

Unlike Cheng Jiao's enjoyment, Tianze had to dodge layer after layer of encirclement and capture by the city guards in a very miserable state.

However, the biggest threat to him did not come from the city guards, but from the ice armored soldiers mixed in with the city guards.

Once he showed up, countless ice spears would pierce him, which actually couldn't hurt him. But the chill attached to the ice spears would affect his speed. This is how he was pulled back time and time again when he was about to shake off the city guards.

Ji Wuye and Xueyi Hou followed not far away and were not in a hurry to take action.

Tianze suddenly appeared here, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that something was wrong. But they couldn't turn a blind eye to it, and for Tianze, Ye Mu was determined to get him.

The wealth of Jubao Pavilion and the assassination of the Qin envoy were both related to Tianze. If Ye Mu could control Tianze, the next action would be easy and he would not fall into a passive position and be led by the quicksand.

"My Lord, will Liusha really save Tianze?"

Marquis Xueyi watched as the 300 ice-armored soldiers he trained tried to stop Tianze again, a smile forming on his face: "Unless Liusha wants Tianze to fall into our hands, we will definitely take action."

"This sudden appearance of Tianze in South City, is it Liusha's plan? Maybe Zhao Si, the South City Gate Guard, is hiding something from us."

Marquis Xueyi said calmly: "No matter what conspiracy Liusha has, as long as we capture Tianze, we will take the initiative."

What they lacked now was time. King Han An had already ordered that Tianze must be captured and handed over to Qin before the new Qin envoy arrived. Compared with the wealth in the Jubao Pavilion, whether Tianze could be captured was more important to Ye Mu. At least it would ensure that Qin had no reason to attack Han.

It sounds impressive that he is in charge of an army of 100,000, but his own people know their own business. For example, if Wang Xi, who is now stationed at the border of South Korea, were to start a war and engage in a head-on battle, his 100,000-strong army would not be able to resist just those Pingyang heavy armored troops.

The Pingyang Heavy Armored Army was an elite force of the Qin State that had fought for a long time on the battlefield. It had fought for the Qin State countless times. Attacking Changping, seizing Wu'an, conquering Pi Lao, and occupying Shangdang, one by one, it can be seen that the Pingyang Heavy Armored Army had made great achievements. In particular, the commander of the Pingyang Heavy Armored Army, Wang Qi, had served three generations of Qin kings, was once the deputy general of the killing god Bai Qi Wu'an Jun, and was now the left minister of the highest position in the Qin State. He had made great achievements in battle, and it was not something that a Blood-robed Marquis could compare to.

Thinking of Pingyang's heavy armored army, Xueyi Hou fell into deep thought.

Since Wang Zhi captured Shangdang, he led the Pingyang Heavy Armored Army to garrison in Taiyuan. Why did he go to Wusui, the border between Qin and Han, to garrison before the envoy died? If he calculated correctly, when Wang Zhi set off, it was just when the envoy entered Han.

Xue Yi Hou wondered if there was any connection between Luo Wang's top assassin Yan Ri and Xin Zheng. At first, he thought Yan Ri came to Xin Zheng to assassinate Cheng Jiao, but after Yan Ri's actions, he was a little confused.

It seemed that Yanri did not come to Xinzheng to assassinate Cheng Jiao, but rather to escort Cheng Jiao.

Thinking of this, Xueyi Hou felt that the situation was very troublesome. Luowang's power was unfathomable. If Luowang helped Chengjiao and Liusha, Yemu would probably have no chance to get back the wealth in Jubao Pavilion.

This was one of the important reasons why he was determined to capture Tianze with Ji Wuye. Yanri was the leader of Luowang, and he didn't want to offend him.

He had his own things to do. If he could control the nobles controlled by his mother, what would this money mean to him?
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In a place that the Blood-Robed Marquis could not see, in the dense forest of Xinzheng, three top masters were fighting in a melee.

A rather handsome young man, holding a sword that was as sharp as a famous sword, was staring at Yanri who was wearing a bronze mask, and Xuan Jian who was carrying a pair of black and white swords.

"Yanri, why did you ambush me?"

A smile flashed across Yanri's eyes. "Lao Ai, do you really think I don't know that the Prime Minister has murderous intentions towards me? How many people have I killed and how many tasks have I completed to inherit Yanri's identity? Just because of Lu Buwei's words, I have to hand over this Yanri sword?"

Sweat beads covered Lao Ai's forehead. If it was just Yanri alone, it would be fine. Even if he couldn't win, he still had a chance to escape. But with another top-notch assassin beside Yanri, the Black and White Xuan Jian, who was known for his straight blade to take lives and reverse blade to calm souls, his hope of escaping was slim.

The three men were surrounded by the corpses of Luowang's killers. The battle was extremely fierce. All the men that Lao Ai brought to Xinzheng were killed in the battle, but Yanri's men were killed by Yanri himself.

Among them were three earth-level killers who were second-rate masters in the underworld, but Yanri did not feel any remorse when he attacked them.

What Luowang lacks the least is manpower. Let alone three Earth-level killers, even if there are thirty of them, Yanri will not hesitate to let them die as long as there is a need.

Lao Ai held on to his last breath, ready to make one last attempt. Whether he could escape depended on God's will.

Seeing that Lao Ai wanted to run away, Yanri was not in a hurry and slowly approached Lao Ai.

At this moment, the situation changed abruptly. Xuan Jian, who had been beside Yanri, had a fierce look in his eyes, which made Yanri in front of him suddenly feel the threat of life and death.

The positive blade claims life, the reverse blade calms the soul!

A powerful murderous intent burst out from Xuan Jian, and he instantly summoned the afterimage of Ba Linglong's soul incarnation to attack Yanri, and then slashed at Yanri with both swords, increasing the power of the sword energy several times, causing Yanri's face to change drastically.

As Xuan Jian's superior, Yanri knew Xuan Jian's strength very well. If it was a life-and-death battle, Yanri was not sure he could defeat Xuan Jian who was not mentally confused.

Lao Ai didn't know why Xuan Jian suddenly betrayed Yanri, but he would not miss the opportunity to kill Yanri.

When he led his team to Xinzheng, he received a secret order from Lu Buwei to kill Yanri if he had the chance and become the next Yanri. However, he did not expect Yanri to take the initiative first. He almost died here.

Faced with the fatal attack launched by Lao Ai and Xuan Jian, in the crisis of life and death, Yanri directly used the secret method of spirit to forcefully mobilize more mental power and internal strength.

The sun is blocked out and the day is dark!

He first used the characteristics of the Yanri Sword to create a solar eclipse, making the already dark forest even darker. Yanri knew that this move could only delay Xuan Jian and Lao Ai for half a breath and could not cause the other party to fall into confusion of the six senses.

For top masters, fighting in the dark is not difficult to accept. They can identify the enemy by sound and mental perception. This is why the blind Dian Qing is still not afraid of masters from all walks of life and becomes the biggest support of the Zhu family.

Yin is strong and Yang is weak, and daytime darkness covers the sun!

Yanri did not hesitate and shouted loudly, but did not take action. Lao Ai and Xuan Jian were both aware of the power of Yanri Sword and would not be led into a trap by him.

Therefore, Yanri did not plan to continue attacking using the characteristics of the Yanri Sword, intending to make Lao Ai and Xuan Jian afraid and let him escape.

When Xuan Jian attacked him, he knew that Lao Ai would not die. Now he still couldn't understand why Xuan Jian would betray him.

The move "Yan Qu Bi Ri·Yin Sheng Zhou An" contains a mental attack and has an illusion effect, which is just right to restrain a mentally unstable master like Xuan Jian, so Yan Ri plans to block Lao Ai's fatal blow first, and then dodge Xuan Jian's sword energy.

But what made Yanri unbelievable was that Xuan Jian was not affected at all.

Xuan Jian curled up the corner of his mouth in a sneer. On that rainy night, Jingwei's sword intent broke the shackles in his mind, allowing him to slowly control his own mind in the past few months. Although he would still be affected by the power of the Eight Linglong in his body, he would no longer be completely restrained by Yanri's spiritual secret method as before.

The battle was changing rapidly, and Yanri's misjudgment caused him to be seriously injured by Xuan Jian's sword energy. Blood was flowing, and the arm holding the sword kept shaking.

Lao Ai, who was unable to kill Yanri with one blow, did not easily give Yanri a fatal blow. Instead, he looked at Xuan Jian with fear, who was nonchalant.

"Xuan Jian, why did you betray me?"

Xuan Jian looked coldly at the seriously injured Yan Ri and said, "Betrayal? What a joke! Why didn't you tell me that you took advantage of my confusion and mental disorder to control me?"

He knew that this was not the reason why he wanted to kill Yanri, nor was it because Lu Buwei secretly ordered him to stab Yanri in the back. Instead, he remembered a woman who had left Luowang and followed him when he was seeking revenge.

He still remembered that woman's name was Xiu Niang, she told him that herself. Because Xiu Niang was cruel, everyone called her the Black Widow, but she was one of the few people he cared about, besides Xian Xian.

Because he was unwilling to let Wei Yong go, Yanri ordered Qiansha to kill the Black Widow and use Xiu Niang's death to warn him.

If he had not been in Weijia Village, where he only had the Black Sword and his strength had weakened, and had been severely injured by the combined attacks of Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang, and had fallen into a state of mental confusion, he would have killed Yan Ri with his sword long ago.

Now that Wei Yong was executed by Lord Xinling, the only thing he wanted to do was to kill Yanri to avenge Xiu Niang. It happened that Lu Buwei secretly asked him to cooperate with Lao Ai to stab Yanri in the back, and he certainly would not refuse this proposal.

Xuan Jian glanced at Lao Ai who was on guard against him.

"Boy, did Prime Minister Lu ask you to succeed Yanri?"

Lao Ai realized something: "Are you the prime minister's man?"

Xuan Jian didn't say anything, but his expression already acknowledged it.

Yanri watched Lao Ai and Xuan Jian talking to each other, his mind in a state of confusion. He suppressed the blood and energy surging in his body and rushed towards the Xinzheng Royal City with all his might.

He knew that in his current situation, he could not get rid of Lao Ai and Yan Ri. But as long as he got to Zi Lan Xuan and Jing Wei took action, he could survive.

(End of this chapter)