Chapter 56: Another Assassination Attempt

  The two young men and women walked along the street, the man said to the woman: "Sorry, little sister, brother is incompetent, can't fulfill your wishes. My parents are gone, I didn't take good care of you."

  The girl comforted her brother: "It's okay, I just don't like that earring."

  Just as they were talking, someone behind them called out: "Two heroes, please stay where you are."

  They turned their heads and saw Liu Bin walking towards them with a box in his hand.

  Liu Bin walked up to the two of them and said: "Our host asked me to give you this box." As he spoke, he opened the box, revealing the pair of earrings.

  The woman looked at the earrings with some surprise, but the man did not take the box and asked cautiously: "Why do you want to give us such a valuable thing?"

  Liu Bin, when he was in Wu County, followed Zhu Ge Jun for many days and also learned his tone of speech. Smiling, he said: "Our master heard your conversation and knew that you siblings have a deep relationship, which moved him greatly. He can't bear to see others suffer injustice. You mustn't decline, or I won't be able to explain myself. Also, don't mind the price of the gift; our master often says he's a poor man who has nothing left but money. Let alone, there aren't many people in the world richer than our master."

  He said all this in one breath, fearing they would refuse, the host said that he was not good at doing things. As he spoke, he handed the box to the woman and turned around, running far away like a rabbit.

  The two siblings looked in the direction he was running and saw that the man in white was already walking away, surrounded by several people.

  The man suddenly said: "Is this person sick? He has so much money that he doesn't know where to spend it."

  The girl thought of that handsome face and felt a little moved. She said, "Brother, how can you say such things about him? He also meant well."

  The man said, "Well, let's go then." His sister nodded and followed him, walking a few steps before turning her head back to look at the man in white. This time, she whispered to her brother, "Brother, take a look."

  Big brother looked in the direction his sister was pointing, and saw a few people following behind the white-clothed men. There were also people on the rooftops of the houses by the street ahead, walking towards them. All of them had weapons in their hands!

  The two men had been traveling the world for many years and knew that someone was going to bully the man in white. It was the duty of a chivalrous swordsman to see justice done, especially since they had some connection with him. The two drew their weapons and chased after them.

  The man looked back and saw his pursuers closing in, so he shouted loudly: "People ahead, be careful, there's an ambush!"

  Zhuge Jun and others heard the shouting, looked around, and saw seven or eight big men standing on the rooftop, drawing their bows to shoot at them. From all sides, more than twenty big men rushed out, wielding their weapons and killing their way towards them.

  There were only seven of them, including Zhuge Jun. Liu Bin stepped forward and shielded Zhuge Jun with his body, falling to the ground after being hit by three arrows. Two other servants were also shot, and Zhuge Jun drew his sword, resisting against the wall with the remaining three servants.

  Because they were backed against the wall, the enemy was unable to fully deploy their forces and only six or seven people could engage them in combat. Zhuge's swordsmanship was superb, and within a short time he had already felled two assassins. The assassins became somewhat fearful, and for the moment they were unable to do anything to him.

  The brother and sister were highly skilled in martial arts, and after a short while, they had knocked down several of the assassins who came to block them. The mastermind behind the assassination attempt had no choice but to send out his top men to deal with them, which slightly alleviated the pressure on Zhuge Jun, and both sides fought to a stalemate.

  Qin Feng, who was hiding in the dark and directing, saw that this wouldn't work, covered his face and rushed up himself.

  He was highly skilled in martial arts and immediately knocked down a family guard. At this time, there was only one family guard left beside Zhuge Jun. Seeing that Qin Feng was formidable, he hastily rushed forward to fight him. The two masters engaged in a fierce battle, and others couldn't intervene. They turned to surround the remaining family guard and quickly knocked him down.

  At this moment, the two siblings finally rushed to Zhuge Jun's side, and the three joined forces. The situation changed immediately, and several assassins were quickly knocked down. The three surrounded Qin Feng, who found that his helpers were no match for the enemy and knew it would be difficult to succeed today. They organized their men to rush up together and rescued Qin Feng.

  At this time, a whistle sounded on the street, and patrolling soldiers rushed over. Qin Feng shouted: "Disperse!" The assassins fled in all directions.

  The soldiers surrounded several wounded assassins who did not run away, as well as Zhuge Jun and others, and took them to the Xun Cheng Temple.

  They arrived at the Xun Cheng Si government office, where Zhuge Jun reported his name and stated that he was a friend of Liu Xun. The officer did not dare to neglect him and immediately treated them with courtesy, and sent someone to report to Liu Xun by horseback.

  After about half an hour, Liu Xun rushed over and warmly hugged his shoulders, saying: "Xian-di, can you miss your elder brother to death?" Then he scolded the school lieutenant: "What are you doing? Such a thing happened in Chengdu, how is the security work done?"

  Zhuge Jun was good at doing favors, and said: "Elder brother wrongly blamed this general. Today, I can see elder brother, thanks to this general leading the troops to rescue us. We should thank them instead."

  By saying so, not only did Liu Xun save face, but the school lieutenant also looked at him with gratitude.

  Liu Xun wanted to set a banquet to entertain him, he thanked and turned to the two siblings, saying: "Today it's all thanks to the two of you risking your lives to save me, for some time in the future I will still have to rely on the two of you, I'm sorry to trouble you again to protect me for a while."

  He was worried that the assassin would recognize the two and take revenge on them, and he wanted to protect them, but he was also afraid that the wandering warriors were too proud and wouldn't accept it, so he said this.

  The two siblings saw that he had a large number of officials and soldiers by his side, so they didn't need to protect him. They knew he was worried about his own safety, and their hearts were also moved, feeling affection for him. So they agreed.

  Under Liu Xun's warm hospitality, Zhuge Jun stayed in Chengdu for three days.

  The person sent by Huang Yueying also arrived, read her letter, and sincerely admired her, thinking: "Sister is really a divine person, with meticulous thoughts, no less than my second brother, no wonder they are husband and wife." He wrote a reply and had someone send it back to Eastern Wu.

  Liu Xun sent a 200-man troop to escort them to Yongzhou.