The sacrificial ceremony was very grand and the procedures were very complicated.

Finally, Emperor Ji'an, wearing a plain dragon robe, walked slowly to the tomb of the Empress Dowager, and an official from Taichang Temple began to recite the sacrificial text.

The officials had been standing in front of the mausoleum for a long time, all feeling exhausted.

Especially several old ministers over 70 years old, their bodies began to shake.

Suddenly, a huge rock fell from the sky and smashed towards the direction where Emperor Ji'an was standing.

Before everyone could react to what happened, the huge rock had hit the tombstone and dozens of screams came.

The scene was in chaos, with sounds of rescue, shouts and howlings one after another.

Officials fled around like headless flies, and many unstable people fell to the ground and were trampled. The scene can be described as tragic.

Just as the huge rock landed, the imperial guards were also attacked and fell down instantly.

But they were different from unarmed officials after all, and they quickly launched a counterattack.

Emperor Ji'an, who escaped, was swept away by the secret guards and retreated to the hidden place. However, he was still in shock and repeatedly muttered the words "Awen".

The huge rock suddenly landed just now. If it weren't for the fact that Eunuch Wen had pushed him aside without hesitation, he would have been smashed into a meat pie at this time.

The secret guard commander was anxious, but he had to explain to Emperor Ji'an: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Wen was hit by a huge rock, and he may not be able to survive."

Emperor Ji'an's eyes were blood red, and he cursed: "Investigate, let me thoroughly investigate, who is so brave... Also, what is the imperial guards doing for food... I, I want to kill his nine clans!"

The secret guard commander really wanted to knock him out with one punch. At this time, escaping is important. What else can curse be used besides delaying time and exposing his hiding?

He gestured to the two secret guards beside Emperor Ji'an, and the two of them pinched Emperor Ji'an's arms and lifted him up.

The group continued to retreat to the nearest hidden place, and a row of extremely fast crossbow arrows came towards them, making people unable to defend themselves.

The four secret guards in the front row could not dodge and were shot into hedgehogs. None of the secret guards following closely behind were spared and were all shot several arrows.

However, without letting them breathe, the second crossbow arrows arrived again.

"Commander, this is not accessible, hurry up and retreat-"

"Commander, this is a serial crossbow—"

The secret guards roared and quickly retreated.

The secret guard commander was shocked.

Although the serial crossbows in the army are powerful, they are too large and clumsy and are not suitable for assassination.

Moreover, the assassins who attacked the imperial guards used ordinary bows and arrows before, and they were obviously not the same as the assassins in front of them.

He did not dare to be careless and immediately directed the secret guards to retreat in the other direction.

However, they soon encountered the same attack.

After retreating four times like this, the secret guards have reduced their number by more than half.

At this time, Emperor Ji'an had already exhausted and his soul was dissipated, leaning against a secret guard and gasping.

"Sky Wind..." His Adam's apple rolled up and down, making a faint sound.

The secret guard commander had just planned to come forward to listen to Emperor Ji'an's orders, and a feather arrow that was as fast as lightning shot into his throat.

"Your Majesty—" the secret guards exclaimed in unison.

I saw Ji'an's eyes bulging and dirty blood flowing out along the corners of his mouth.

The secret guard's eyes were so angry that he hurried forward to check his injuries.

However, Emperor Ji'an didn't even have to say the last words, and his head tilted and he no longer had a breath.

"Destroy those assassins for me and avenge your Majesty!" The secret guards waved their hand, and the secret guards rushed forward.

Huan Yu's arrow condensed his efforts and efforts for more than ten years, and added hatred to several generations of people. Both strength and accuracy are impeccable.

After succeeding, he did not intend to fight, and led the secret guards to quickly withdraw from the hidden place.

The Jinguo secret guards were not slow either and soon caught up.

However, the number of people on both sides was too great. Huan Yu's side had four copies of serial crossbows to support him, and soon broke through the encirclement of the imperial guards.

When they reached a secluded valley, everyone stopped.

"Second Young Master, should we send a few more people back and find the third young master?" asked a secret guard.

Huan Yu said: "Wait for a moment here first. It's almost time for the people sent to find Aji before to come back."

Aliang, who was standing beside him, also said, "That Ji Fengzhuo's men..."

According to the previous agreement, Ji Fengzhuo secretly sent a group of troops to the vicinity of the capital before Shangsi Festival to meet with the navy army that ambushed Ji Yinzhu before.

Just when Huan Yu succeeds, they can take advantage of the chaos to attack the capital of Jinguo.

Although Huan Yu has always said that he would not interfere in Ji Fengzhuo's army, he was his own uncle after all, and Aliang couldn't tell whether he would change his mind temporarily.

Huan Yu chuckled and said, "As soon as Xiang Ni dies, King Kang and King An will inevitably have a fight, and the capital of Jinguo will be in chaos.

If he couldn't even seize such a good opportunity, he would give it to others to sit down.

Our goal has been achieved. According to the previous plan, we will quickly evacuate Jinguo and go to Ruoshui City."

"Yes." Aliang and the secret guards responded together.

After resting for a while, several secret guards who went to look for Huan Ji came back one after another.

One of the secret guards stepped forward and said, "Report to the second young master, my subordinates found the secret notes left by the third young master outside the tomb of Emperor Wen of Yuan."

Huan Yu raised his eyebrows: "What are you going to where Aji went?"

The secret guard said: "I don't know, but the secret notes left by the third young master are facing the southwest.

My subordinates followed him all the way and found several similar secret notes."

Huan Yu said: "Aji must have discovered something. Because he was worried about losing clues, he did not come here to meet us, but left a secret note to continue tracking.

Let's catch up now and never let him in danger."

The secret guards immediately packed up and followed him to chase southwest.

About an hour later, the group chased a riverside, and Huan Ji's secret notes were also cut off.

After searching for a reed marsh to hide, Huan Yu sent several secret guards to find Huan Ji's whereabouts.

"Second Young Master, look over there." Aliang leaned over to him and pointed to the left front.

Huan Yu looked over and saw several merchant ships docking on the shore.

"Brother Aliang suspects that there are problems with those merchant ships?"

"This place is not a dock, nor is it a lively market. Judging from the draft of those ships, it seems that they are all empty ships, and I'm afraid they are waiting for someone."

While they were talking, the secret guards came back.

Beside Huan Ji, there was Qi Mei behind them.

"elder brother--"

"The Second Young Master——"

The two spoke together, and Qi Mei was so anxious that she even forgot to salute.

Huan Yu said curiously: "Why did you two get together?"

"I'll talk first, I'll talk first..." Huan Ji was afraid that Qi Mei would fight him again, so he went forward and grabbed Huan Yu's arm.
Chapter completed!