Chapter 1469: Twenty-Fourth Road Vehicle

  After shouting, he drilled into the hidden passage and closed the hidden door. His shout had already moved the three Wei Linjun guards who lived nearby, as well as Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei not far away.

  "It's no good, we've been discovered, take action."

  The men in black were sneaking up cautiously when suddenly a scream came from inside the room. Instantly, they shot crossbow arrows into the room and then rushed in through the door and windows. Some people directly pounced on the bed and started slashing wildly with their knives. However, when someone lit a fire starter, they found that there was no one on the bed, not even the quilt had been opened, as if no one had slept there at all.

  "Beep beep beep——"

  At this time, Zhou Yuanfang, Mao Zuohua and Cao Zhibin, three close guards who lived in the next room, rushed out of the room with their weapons, blowing copper whistles and startling the entire Weilin Army at the Shi Mansion. One hundred Weilin soldiers ran over from various parts of the mansion.

  "What? There's an assassin! Where is the assassin?"

  "Protect Young Master Hou."

  Then, Liu Guan Zhang three people were also awakened one after another. However, Liu Bei pretended not to have heard anything and continued to sleep with his head down, wanting to drag out the time before going out again. But Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had already rushed out of the room with their big knives and long spears, shouting loudly.

  "Second brother, third brother, are there any assassins? Where are the assassins? What have they come for?" Liu Bei had no choice but to rush out with his own double-edged sword.

  "Big brother, the assassin must be out to harm Master Hou, let's hurry and protect Master Hou."

  Zhang Fei rushed in a hurry, let out a loud roar and charged towards Liu Bei's room. Guan Yu and Liu Bei followed closely behind, but before they had run far, Liu Bei's voice rang out from beside them:

  "General Liu, General Guan, I am here."

  But it was Liu Bian who opened the door and came out of the study. He had also heard the voices of Liu, Guan, and Zhang from inside and thought that staying with them would be safer since their martial arts skills were definitely stronger than those of the imperial guards.

  "Protect Young Master Hou."

  At this time, seven or eight members of the Imperial Guard passed by from the side, saw Liu Bian, and immediately stopped, rushed over to protect him in the middle, turned around and held their weapons towards the surroundings.

  "Mission failed, everyone scatter and escape."

  "Don't let any of them escape."

  At the same time, a chorus of shouts and killings came from outside Liu Bei's room, where the imperial guards were already fighting with the black-clad men. Before long, Zhang Fei's thunderous roar also rang out, clearly he was in his element.

  The surrounding imperial guards were gathering more and more, plus Guan Yu and Liu Bei, Liu Bian's safety was basically guaranteed, so he ordered the imperial guards around him:

  "Leave ten men here, and the rest of you, soldiers of the Imperial Guard, go and surround the assassins. Don't let them get away, and make sure to take one or two alive."

  In an instant, more than 20 members of the Imperial Guard responded to the order and left. The sound of fighting echoed throughout the Shi manor, but after a brief commotion, the sounds of battle gradually subsided, and the fighting basically came to an end in all areas.

  "The assassins should all be put to death."

  Liu Bei seemed to have let out a sigh of relief, but at this moment, 7 or 8 black-clad men suddenly emerged from the water pool beside him, wielding steel knives and charging towards Liu Bian with a fierce and fearless appearance.

  "Kill——"

  "Protect Master Hou."

  Ten members of the Imperial Guard rushed forward, shouting and fighting with the black-clad men, while Liu Bian discovered that the martial arts skills of these black-clad men were quite impressive, at least better than those of the Imperial Guards.

  Moreover, these black-clad men coordinated extremely tacitly, they seemed to be proficient in a battle formation, with the strength of four people, they actually held back ten members of the Imperial Guard, then three black-clad men rushed towards Liu Bian.

  "Go back."

  Liu Bei, holding a pair of swords, approached a man in black clothes. His martial arts skills should be far superior to this man in black, but he did not intend to kill the man in black, and instead engaged in a fierce battle with him.

  Another of the two black-clad men rushed towards Guan Yu, while the last one killed Liu Bian. However, Guan Yu let out a cold hum, and with a swing of his Green Dragon Crescent Blade, he directly enveloped both black-clad men in his attack, relieving Liu Bian of his crisis.

  And the slaughter on this side also attracted the attention of the surrounding Yu Linjun soldiers, so some Yu Linjun soldiers ran over from around, but just at this time, Liu Bei suddenly exclaimed, his back was cut with a mouthful, and the black-clothed man he wrapped around also took one of his swords.

  However, the most dangerous thing was that the man in black actually bypassed Liu Bei and ran towards Liu Bian. Although his right shoulder was injured, it would be a trivial matter for him to kill Liu Bian.

  "Look at my hidden weapon."

  Just as the black-clad man rushed to a place several steps away from Liu Bian, and Liu Bian's retreat was too late, he suddenly raised his hand, and a dark object was thrown at the black-clad man.

  "Hmm—"

  The man in black let out a cold laugh and swung his hand, slashing at the thing with his knife. However, he immediately let out an angry shout as his eyes were blinded by a cloud of ash. It turned out that Liu Bian had thrown out a packet of incense ash, which he had prepared earlier in the study room.

  Liu Bian saw the man in black raise his knife and chop towards Xianghui, immediately quickly retreating backwards, after retreating two or three steps his body suddenly crouched down, then rolled on the ground to the side and escaped, hiding behind a clump of flowers.

  "Oh, just go die."

  The man in black had his eyes blinded by the ash, so he couldn't see where Liu Bian was. He just charged forward, swinging his steel knife wildly, but soon two soldiers from the Imperial Guard rushed over and simultaneously stabbed him in the abdomen with their long spears, then another spear fell and knocked the steel knife out of his hand.

  "Ah——"

  "Ah——"

  At this time, Guan Yu had already raised his knife and cut down the two men in black, then rushed forward to Liu Bei's side, finding that Liu Bei was unharmed, he finally felt at ease. At the same time, he looked up and saw Liu Bei beside him, who was leaning on his sword with his right hand covered in blood.

  As other Imperial Guardsmen arrived, several more black-clad men let out miserable cries. Even if someone tried to rush out of the encirclement, they couldn't escape far before being blocked again and either killed or injured.

  Soon, the soldiers of the Feathered Forest Army brought over more than a dozen corpses of black-clad men and also escorted three black-clad men with broken arms and legs. However, their faces were all smeared with black carbon powder, making it impossible to see their features clearly.

  "Reporting to Your Excellency, twenty bandits attacked, fifteen were killed, three were captured alive and two escaped. Unable to capture all the attackers, I request that Young Master punish me."

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