Chapter 45: Volume 1_Chapter 45: Two batches of assassins came together

Volume 1_Chapter 45: Two batches of assassins came together

The two batches of people entered the Mingyue Building from two directions, and just happened to meet; they were all stunned when they saw each other, and then drew their swords against each other, full of wariness.

"Brother, which path are you from?" one of the leaders asked.

"The path of killing," the other batch answered with killing intent, ready to attack each other at any time.

Hearing this, the leader withdrew his weapon pointing at the other side, "It seems to be a fellow traveler, then let's go together."

The two batches had the same goal, only needing Yun Qiyue to die, so naturally they wouldn't waste time on each other; on the contrary, the other side would become their own help, so the two sides were very tacit, and approached the entrance of the Mingyue Building together.

"Click—"

"Click—"

"Ugh—"

"Hmm—"

After a few sounds of ironware colliding, there were painful and suppressed groans from several assassins walking in front.

It turned out that in front of the door, several large animal traps had been placed; because it was night, and no one paid attention to their feet, the feet of those walking in front were caught by the animal traps.

The assassins behind had the lesson of the few in front, and their movements were extra careful when walking to the door, and their eyes looked at the ground from time to time.

When they walked to the door, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Those who were good at opening doors put a sharp knife on the door crack and lifted it up, and the door bolt opened with a sound.

However, when the people in front pushed the door, they only paid attention to their feet, but didn't look at the top of their heads.

When they felt movement above their heads and looked up, a pile of unknown powder was sprinkled down.

"Ah—"

The assassins screamed.

The few assassins in front only felt their eyes being burned by something, in pain, and couldn't care about being quiet at all.

At the same time, other assassins found that the few partners whose legs were caught by the animal traps suddenly vomited blood and fell to the ground and died.

The assassins were just panicked, and then saw that the few people whose eyes were burned also followed by vomiting white foam and died.

This loss of five or six people made these assassins start to panic in their hearts.

Afraid that there would be new ambushes if they went in from the main entrance, several assassins decided to jump through the window.

This time, those who jumped through the window were extra careful; before jumping down from the window, they looked carefully at the ground, and were relieved to see iron nails on the ground.

One of them jumped, and the person was inside the room.

Seeing that he was fine, six or seven people followed in.

"Search!"

One order, six or seven people acted separately, but during the action, no one paid attention to the fragrance in the room.

Just when these few people finished searching the first floor and were about to go to the second floor, they suddenly felt a burst of dizziness.

"Not good, fell into a trap..."

Before finishing the words, there were successive sounds of falling to the ground.

There were still a few assassins outside; after waiting for a while and hearing no movement inside, they knew that the situation might be bad, so they had the intention to retreat.

"Damn it, this place is so evil, we can't lose our lives here without completing the task, right?"

An assassin cursed.

They were all ordinary assassins, desperate men who licked blood off the blade, and there was not much morality to speak of among them.

After one person said this,

Just as they turned to flee, they heard a ghostly voice ring out from their side, "Where do you think you're going?"

The group looked around in panic, only to see a figure had appeared on the side at some unknown moment.

Looking closely, it was a woman with a yin-yang face, who was currently watching them coldly...

Wait, a yin-yang face!

"Are you Yun Qiyue?" someone asked, killing intent already piling up in their eyes.

Yun Qiyue: "What, you come to kill someone and don't even recognize the target?"

The mocking voice fueled the remaining assassins' arrogance; after a few of them exchanged glances, they all attacked Yun Qiyue together.

Yun Qiyue did not move, only watching them with a half-smile, counting clearly in her mouth: "One, two, three..."

At this moment, the assassins were almost within arm's reach of Yun Qiyue, but seeing that she was not only unafraid and not dodging, but actually counting, they sensed a trap and instinctively stopped their steps, looking around in panic, terrified of falling for another trick.

Little did they know, if they had just charged straight at her, Yun Qiyue might not have been able to finish them off so easily.

But now...

Yun Qiyue looked at the few assassins, curled her lips slightly, and spat out two words: "Stupid."

At the same time, Yun Qiyue's hand gave a light flick, and the powder flew with the wind toward the assassins.

"No good, it's poison."

Someone shouted in alarm, but it was already too late.

Almost in the span of a breath, several assassins collapsed to the ground, with only the two in the back surviving.

The two groups had totaled about twenty people, but now only two remained; these two were now like birds startled by the mere twang of a bowstring, how could they dare to continue the fight?

However, for them to escape, they still needed Yun Qiyue's permission.

Thus, the moment they turned to flee, Yun Qiyue took out her small dagger and lunged quickly toward one of the two remaining assassins.

As for the other assassin, he was intercepted by Qingyan at that moment.

The mistress and servant, one skilled in lightness skills and swordplay, the other in close-quarters combat, finished them off almost simultaneously.

Yun Qiyue sheathed her dagger without the slightest effort, ignoring Qingyan's astonished gaze, and said lazily, "Find someone to clean this up."

Having said that, she took a bottle from her sleeve and threw it to Qingyan, "Remember, everyone who entered Mingyue Building before dawn must take one detoxification pill."

After finishing, Yun Qiyue entered Mingyue Building as if there were no corpses around; she needed to catch up on some sleep early so she would have the energy to count silver tomorrow.

After Yun Qiyue returned to her room, she fell asleep very quickly.

And what she did not know was that everything that happened at the General's Mansion was seen by Moyu, who was by Ye Lanjue's side.

Once the matters at the General's Mansion were settled, Moyu returned to the Regent's Mansion and reported everything about the General's Mansion to Ye Lanjue.

Upon hearing this, Ye Lanjue's eyes beneath the mask were deep, and after a long while, he asked Moyu, "Did you find any suspicious points after investigating Yun Qiyue?"

Moyu: "Master, for so many years, Miss Yun has indeed appeared as a fool in the eyes of outsiders."

After a pause, Moyu added, "It is also possible that Miss Yun hides it too well, causing this subordinate to fail to find anything for the time being; shall this subordinate go and investigate again?"

Ye Lanjue waved his hand, "No need."

If she were truly that good at disguising, then no matter how one investigated, it would be impossible to find anything.

Moyu fell silent, but Ye Lanjue suddenly changed the subject, "I heard the military provisions in the Northwest are not quite enough."

Moyu did not know what his master meant, so he did not respond.

Ye Lanjue then spoke again, "I heard that Chen Feng bet one hundred thousand taels at the gambling house."

Once Moyu heard this, he understood immediately; while sympathizing with Chen Feng in his heart, he said respectfully, "This subordinate will definitely urge the gambling house to fulfill the bet, so as to benefit the soldiers in the Northwest."

It was just a pity that he didn't know what Chen Feng's reaction would be when he found out the money he won had turned into military provisions.