Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 1185 - 1182_1

Just how profound was Shangguan Xuanyi’s skill? The combined strength of the dozen or so of them wasn’t even enough to match his?

His inner strength seemed to be infinite, but how could there possibly be anyone in this world who possessed limitless inner strength!

This was impossible, this world couldn’t possibly have a person with such profound inner strength! Cultivation of inner strength required time, the deeper it was, the harder it became to improve.

Even with all of Shangguan Xuanyi’s talent, his age was a factor, he couldn’t possibly have such profound inner strength! The leader of the assassins thought.

"This prince, asks you again, where is my child?" Shangguan Xuanyi asked coldly.

None of the men in black spoke, they exchanged glances and then launched another attack.

Foolish!

Shangguan Xuanyi’s face turned cold, and he flicked his whip again. This time, all dozen of them along with their weapons were sent flying.

Those who fell to the ground each spat out a mouthful of blood.

They rose again, five of them launched an attack on Shangguan Xuanyi. The remaining ten quickly got up and ran.

The combined attack of a dozen men was shattered in one move, there was no point in continuing the fight!

As long as there are still mountains, one need not fear a lack of firewood, so they followed the rule: a few of them stayed to restrain Shangguan Xuanyi, the others took the opportunity to escape!

Want to escape? Shangguan Xuanyi whipped out again, instantly dispersing those five men, and their internal organs were shattered. They couldn’t get up ever again.

The ten men in black were not stupid, they fled separately.

Shangguan Xuanyi displayed Qinggong and chased after them, taking down the closest man in black with his darts.

Then he pursued in another direction. Similarly, with a flick of a dart, the man in black fell instantly.

After Shangguan Xuanyi flung a dart, he didn’t even glance back, dashing in another direction again.

Like this, within a minute, he took down three men in black!

At this moment, the Imperial Guard also caught up.

Shangguan Xuanyi quickly gave them a few directions, and then he personally dealt with the remaining individuals. Those assassins were all injured and couldn’t run fast.

Finally, Shangguan Xuanyi captured a leader of the assassins alive, all the others were eliminated.

Shangguan Xuanyi handed the assassin leader over to the Imperial Guard and told them to turn him over to Zhao Yong. Zhao Yong would arrange for his handling. He wanted this man to wish himself dead!

Then, Shangguan Xuanyi quickly moved using Qinggong towards the city gates, he had to get to the city gates to understand the situation.

When Shangguan Xuanyi rushed to the city gates, he saw that the soldiers had already begun to search house by house.

As soon as Shangguan Xuanyi appeared at the city gates.

"My master!" Zhao Yong hurriedly bowed in salute.

Such a big incident had occurred, Zhao Yong quickly ran to guard the city gates. He personally guarded the gates to prevent someone from taking the little prince out of the city.

Zhao Youhe also quickly saluted, "Prince Rui, just now a dark-skinned woman carrying a dark-skinned baby tried to leave the city. I thought the child looked a bit like the royal grandson. Some folks saw her heading in that direction, and my older brother has already gone after her."

"You come with me!" Since he had seen that person, it would be easier to find her.

"Yes!"

Zhao Youhe quickly took Shangguan Xuanyi in the direction the woman had fled.

The direction the woman had fled with the child was the west of the city. This was the most chaotic place in the entire Imperial City. All sorts of people lived here, and most of them were out-of-towners. A single courtyard might even house several families.

Zhao YouWei led the bodyguards to search house by house.

"Bang, bang, bang! Open the door! Open up! The soldiers are conducting a search! Open the door quickly!" A soldier came to a certain place and pounded on the door forcefully. Zhao YouWei stood outside the door waiting for the person inside to open it.

After knocking on the door for a minute, an old man’s voice came from inside: "Coming, coming! Who is raising such a ruckus!"

Not long after, the door was opened. The old man was startled to see so many soldiers standing outside: "Master, I didn’t break the law, what are you doing here at this hour?"

"There’s been an incident of an assassin in the palace. We have a royal decree to conduct a house-to-house search! Here is the search warrant, please cooperate!" Zhao YouWei handed a piece of paper to the old man’s face to let him see.

"Oh my, I don’t know how to read, how am I supposed to know this is a real search warrant!"

"It’s genuine, there’s no faking it. Every household must accept the search, those who resist the decree will be killed without mercy!" Zhao YouWei didn’t want to waste time arguing with him, Prince Rui’s eldest son was still waiting for his rescue!

"That’s right, let us in quickly, otherwise we’ll suspect that you’re deliberately hiding assassins, and we’ll have to take you to prison!"

Finally scared by these words, the old man said: "No, no, no, I’m definitely not harboring any assassins! But sir, please be careful when you search, don’t damage anything in the house, I can’t afford to replace anything, Oh!" As the old man said this, he stepped aside to let the bodyguards in.

Zhao YouWei was the first to go in, followed by the other soldiers.

"Be careful, but don’t ruin any of the old man’s things, otherwise you’ll have to pay for it out of your own pocket."

"Yes!" The bodyguards quickly replied.

The old man’s room was very simple. There was only one hall, one courtyard, and one kitchen. All of his living was done in that hall. He seemed to be a carpenter. The room was filled with some finished furniture, and some half-made small wooden stools.

There were many wood shavings on the ground. When they had knocked on the door earlier, there had been the sound of hammering and chiseling from inside. It seemed that he had been working on the stool just now.

"Is this room only lived in by you?"

"Yes, all my wife and child are gone, it’s just me. The courtyard next door is also mine, but because I can’t occupy so much space by myself, I divided the original courtyard and only kept this much space. I rented out the other half."

Zhao YouWei looked around and found nothing unusual for the most part. Mainly because the place was too small and there wasn’t much stuff, there wasn’t even a place to hide, so it was easy to see everything clearly.

So he took the soldiers and left, continuing on to the next house for inspection.

As soon as Zhao YouWei walked out of the courtyard gate, he saw Zhao YouHe leading Shangguan Xuanyi over.

He quickly bowed in salute: "Prince Rui!"

The other soldiers quickly followed suit.

The old man was just seeing them out, hearing that it was Prince Rui, he also hurriedly bowed: "Humble commoner pays respect to Prince Rui!"

Shangguan Xuanyi glanced at the old man and nodded his head as an acknowledgment, then turned to Zhao YouWei and asked, "Have you found anything?"

As Shangguan Xuanyi spoke, he casually glanced at the situation inside the courtyard, then withdrew his gaze.

"No. I don’t know which house the woman hid in. So far we have only searched twelve houses."