Chapter 216: The Black-Clad Assassins Killed Cleanly

"Whether it's marked or not doesn't matter; it's sent for you to eat on your Huangquan Lu!"

A harsh look flashed across the servant's face; he pulled a short knife from under the tray and thrust it straight forward.

"You're an assassin!"

Dugu Zhang saw this and suddenly guessed his identity.

"Ah!" Gao Jiong shrieked, leaping backward repeatedly.

Bang!

Just as the servant's short knife was about to strike the nearest Dugu Zhang, Feng Yu's sword arrived and flicked the knife away with a single strike.

"Gongzi, no worries; there's a lowly servant, he can't cause any trouble!"

Dugu Zhang's guard Liu Jin and Gao Jiong's guard Lin Mingjing followed closely, charging forward.

The three of them, from three different rooms, launched a coordinated attack on the servant.

Puff!

The servant, now weaponless, was beaten back repeatedly, spitting a mouthful of fresh blood, and gritted his teeth, saying, "How can their guards be so formidable?"

"We must retreat first!"

Immediately, the servant made a decisive move without hesitation, heading for the attic window, trying to escape through it.

"You've already come, still want to run?"

"Foolish delusion!"

Feng Yu saw through his intention at a glance, a scornful smile curling his lips, and hurled his sword forward with force.

Ah!

The servant, about to climb out the window, was pierced by the sword, feeling a chilling cold; blood gushed out, he let out a wail and collapsed helplessly.

"So this servant was actually disguised as an assassin?"

Dugu Zhang looked at the corpse with a sword stuck in it by the bedside, feeling a wave of dread, cold sweat beading on his forehead, and asked, "Who used this poison plot to try to kill us?"

If not for the sharpness of our three guards, it would have almost succeeded…

Having a little gathering over wine, this is too thrilling, isn't it?

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Yang Gong heard this, but before he could speak, he only heard several slicing sounds.

The thrown darts raced toward the three of them.

Not good!

There's another assassin!

Yang Gong and Gao Jiong exchanged a glance, almost blurting out.

"Gongzi, be careful!"

The three guards, being martial practitioners, sensed and reacted with extreme acuity, swiftly brandishing their weapons.

Clang clang clang!

After a series of metallic clatters, those potentially lethal hidden weapons were blocked.

"Where did these petty ruffians come from, daring to assassinate under the Son of Heaven's feet?"

Yang Gong's gaze quickly locked onto the assassin who had suddenly appeared inside the attic, and he immediately asked a harsh question.

"Under the Son of Heaven's feet?"

Heh!

The black‑clad man muttered repeatedly, gave a cold snort, and retorted, "Usurpers and oversteppers also dare to call themselves the Son of Heaven?"

His words were full of contempt and disdain.

"Don't waste words with him!"

"Completing the mission is paramount!"

"First, slay Yang Gong!"

Another black‑clad man spoke coldly, interrupting, his gloomy eyes fixed intently on Yang Gong.

He hadn't forgotten why they had come this time…

"Kill!"

The other black‑clad men, hearing the command, immediately brandished their knives and rushed to kill Yang Gong.

"These assassins came for Ah Gong (me)?!"

"Someone wants to ruin the Marriage Alliance between the Dugu family and the Yang family?!"

Dugu Zhang, Gao Jiong, and Yang Gong, almost simultaneously, had the same thought arise in their minds.

Assassinating the other two might have another purpose…

But to kill Yang Gong, there is only one possibility!

With the wedding imminent, if the groom dies, the two families' Marriage Alliance will collapse…

Such scheming is extremely vicious.

Bang bang bang!

Feng Yu and the others quickly surged forward, forming a killing frenzy.

Ah!

Screams rose and fell, the black‑clad assassins who came to strike fell one after another.

"With just your three‑legged cat skills, you still dare to harm our Gongzi?" Feng Yu, after stabbing one black‑clad man down with his sword, leapt and kicked another black‑clad man, mocking.

Bang!

Ah!

The man in black winced in pain, was kicked straight away and slammed into the wall.

The remaining man in black, seeing the situation turn bad, decisively judged: "This snag is tough, we're not opponents!"

"Retreat first, and discuss the long term!"

At the brink of life and death, they hesitated not a moment, and immediately scattered like birds and beasts.

"Your thoughts are rather pretty, keep your lives!" Liu Jin sneered, strode forward like a comet, exuding a will to slay all these assassins.

"Leave a survivor, we'll interrogate later!" Yang Gong, unusually calm and clear‑headed, said loudly.

Obviously, he wants to pry open these guys' mouths and dig out the mastermind…

"Yes."

Liu Jin nodded, replied, and continued to slaughter the defeated wet dogs.

Gao Jiong, watching this one‑sided, total victory, sneered contemptuously, mocking: "These assassins' martial arts are mediocre, nothing more…."

"You think you can plot against Ah Gong with just this?"

His words were full of disdain.

But before he finished, a retort rang from not far behind: "Is that so?"

"Who?!"

The previously smug Gao Jiong inhaled a cold gasp, turned, and exclaimed in surprise: "How did he emerge silently from the shadows?"

At that moment, his scalp tingled…

Because before he spoke, not a single other sound was heard, yet he was silently touched nearby…

"Kill the one who would kill Yang Gong!"

The ghost‑faced man showed no emotional change, replied.

His figure flashed, like Guimo, target crystal clear, he lunged straight at Yang Gong.

"Bang!"

Just as the ghost‑faced man was about to reach Yang Gong, Feng Yu's speed was greater; a punch slammed into him, "You think you can touch my Gongzi, you're not worthy?"

Having said that, they clashed together.

The ghost‑faced man's footwork was superb, but his close combat was mediocre, gradually falling to a disadvantage.

"These waves of assassins aren't from the same group…."

"Who exactly are they, wanting to eliminate me quickly?"

Yang Gong inhaled deeply, forced himself to stay calm, replayed everything happening before him, his mind racing.

In fact, his mind already harbored vague suspicions…

There must be Yuwen Hu's people inside, but certainly not just that side!

Definitely other forces are also involved…

But his marriage to the Du Gu clan, whose interests does it upset?

Soon, after half a stick of incense.

The ghost‑faced man was slain by Feng Yu.

"Gongzi Yang, a survivor is here!" Liu Jin also brought back the remaining man in black, kicked his leg, making him kneel before Yang Gong.

"Speak!"

Yang Gong's expression was extremely solemn, scrutinizing the man in black, he asked sharply: "Who sent you to assassinate Yang?"

"Don't kill me!"

"Don't kill me!"

"I don't want to die yet…."

The man in black, as if terrified, planted both hands on the ground, pleading continuously.

"My Gongzi is asking you a question!"

"Answer quickly, or not only will we kill you, we'll also torture you to death!"

Feng Yu slapped the man in black's face, muttering angrily.

"I don't know!"

After swallowing a Big Ear Seed, the man in black's eyes cleared a bit, yet he gave the same answer.

"Don't know?"

"At this moment you still act tough?"

Feng Yu sneered, retorted.

Yang Gong, seeing this, gave his guard a look.

Feng Yu understood, raised his sword, and stabbed the man in black's leg.

"Ah!"

The man in black, pierced in the calf, let out a heart‑rending scream, wailing: "There's someone who posted a bounty for buying Yang Gong's Human Head!"

"I really don't know who the buyer is!"

Saying that, he covered his leg and rolled on the ground.

"Gongzi, his appearance suggests he truly doesn't know…." Feng Yu glanced, approached Yang Gong, and voiced his judgment.

"Since there's none, there's no need to stay alive!" A Dark Hawk flashed in Yang Gong's eyes, a half‑smile, he said calmly.

"Ah!"

Hearing that, Feng Yu, without pause, sliced the man in black's throat with another sword.

"Buying murder is indeed a good method…."

Gao Jiong scanned the attic, bodies of assassins littering the floor, hands clasped behind his back, sighed: "Only the mastermind, no matter how many calculations, probably didn't expect our guards to be this formidable!"

"We can't be careless, can't be negligent....."

"Even though we're already safe, Yang Gong still furrowed his brows and said in a deep voice, 'I think the mastermind will never be content to let it end!'"

"We still have to be cautious..... uh!"

"But before he could finish speaking, a mouthful of black blood gushed out."

"Yang Gong's eyes turned white, instantly vacant, and his whole body fell backward......"