5 to 6 guards was outside the door guarding the military governor...
The guards suddenly gasped and opened the door and stood alert in the corridor. Soon more guards and archer came...
"What happened? Why are they suddenly here!"
One of them shouted with fear
"Bí zuî (Shut up), and just continue your work!"
The guard yelled, already sweating really badly.....
Then people with black dress and view covering there face appeared and started killing the guards....
The guard with bow started shooting at them, but the assassins skillfully doged it with a flip, also while blocking and breaking the arrows with there swords.....
One of the guards good in sword, attacked One of them...
The assassin immediately blocked it, then with a swift motion striked,who also blocked it by bringing the sword with a strike...
The assassin threw a needle which struck the guards neck, who soon fell down while coughing blood...
The assassins also in disadvantages many on them died....
Officer Li's office who was hurriedly writing something.....
'Prince Jin secretly trained assassins in the Window of Heaven to kill officials of the court. He had intentions to revolt !'
Officer Li, the military governor, wrote a letter about it . Suddenly two guards barged in and shouted.....
"Officer Li! They are here! Leave quickly!"
"They must have found out already!"
He immediately took the important files and ran away with his one of the powerful and trusted guard escorting him....
The 2 of the guards before they could leave, a figure wearing a red dress appeared.....
The guards immediately kneeled down in fear....
"My lord! We have done what you asked for! We have send Officer Li out! Please spare us!"
The kept on bowing....
"Hm~ you know, i would have let you go, but, seeing your disgusting life choice and what you did to those young girls! You expect me leave you! Now suffer in hell!"
With a swift movement of the sword there head was cut of....
The figure shook it's sword and got the blood away....
Then with a light tap of there foot they flew away and after jumping on the tiles more the person now stood in front of the the running Officer Li, who hold the Important information closely.....
"Second leader of the Window of Heaven!"
The guard with Officer Li said with fear, because the second Leader is known to be more cruel than the leader itself....
"I will order you last time, hand those files over and your life will be spared~"
The person said coldly....
"Ne.....Never! Prince jin's intentions should be exposed!"
The figure sighed hearing that....
Suddenly a figure wearing a black cloak and covering there face with a hat and view appeared behind the figure...
""Xiao meimei~ why are you not wearing your cloak~"
The figure gently said, they took of there cloak and put it on the figure in red who snuggled in it.....
"I will handle it, go and search for her, then you know what to do~ "
The figure said gently....
"Um~"
With a childish nod she flew away.....
The figure in Black's eyes which was filled with warmth now have turned cold...
"It seems like, you don't want to live"
The figure was ready with there sword.....
"Officer Li, go away quickly while i hold this person back!"
The guard immediately attacked with his sword...
[3rd person pov]
The girl from previous appeared in front of the room guarded by there guards, the guards immediately bowed, as she went inside and closed the door...
"So you are Princess Jiang An~"
The figure sighed.....
"I want to thank you for bringing back, our junior Qin Jiu Xiao's body to us in this chaotic situation "
The girl said quietly.....
"We will never forget your kindness"
The figure said...
"What about my father, what happened to him!"
The Princess shouted while crying....
"Hm~ since it's my brother who is fighting, well he is dead!"
The girl said bluntly....
"No, not my father, please~"
Jiang An cried more, she was continuously rubbing a wooden hairpin gently.....
The girl put a small bottle on top of the table, and sat down....
"Princess Jiang An, you have a high status. I am giveing you an option, either you drink this posion by yourself to make it look like you committed suicide so it will save you from humiliation or i will force you to drink it, your choice!"
The figure sighed...
"Am i supposed to thank you?"
Jiang An said crying....
"Yes, i am not kind as my brother. So be grateful~"
The figure said coldly.....
"You.....you are asking me to die a noble death after you kill my family!"
The Princess took the bottle and drank it.....
Soon the bottle fell from her hand, she sat down breathing heavily, she again started to gently rub the hairpin.....
The figure now took a close look at the pin....
"Where did you bury, Jiu Xiao?"
The Princess asked....
"Four season manors, He lay next to our master"
The figure said softly.....
The Princess smiled....
"The flowers blossom in all four seasons,knowing everything in the world. "
Hearing this the figure turned towards her with a light frown,The figure now took a close look at the pin...
Her eyes widen a bit, then frown thinking about a particular memory.....
[Flashback]
A man was gently craving a pattern in the wooden hair pin...
[Qin Jiu Xiao- Younger lord of four seasons manor]
The man gently blowed away the dust from the pin....
Another man appeared wearing blue hanfu, and witha mischievous look on his face took the hairpin, and started examine it....
"So ugly."
The man said
"Ack!"
He yelped in pain,because a girl hitted his head....
"Huh, gege! You are so mean~ it's so beautiful, and someone surely is in love~"
A girl wearing red hanfu said with a smirk.....
Jiu Xiao immediately stood up.....
"Give it to me, and it's nothing like that!"
The man again moved away...
"Give it to me!"
With a smile he returned it with a smile.....
Jiu Xiao snatched it with a pout...
"Hahaha~ Jiu jiu~ you look so cute!"
The girl laughed....
The man in blue hanfu pinched his sister's cheek, making her whine....
"Stop teasing him, meimei~"
He gently said....
"So annoying"
Jiu xiao said....
"Junior,if you find a girl you like, we both will be happy for you~"
The man said gently....
"Jiu xiao, you have our blessings~"
The girl said smilingly...
[Flashback end]
Her eyes widen with fear, as she looked at Jiang An.....
"He told me that after he retired from his position, he would live with me there."
The Princess said softly, soon her expression changed into pain...
She slowly felt down in front the girl who could only look in anguish as jiang an died with the hair pin still in her hand....
[While this was happening, Offcer Li's situation]
Seeing his sister flew away, the figure in black's eyes which was filled with warmth now have turned cold.....
"It seems like, you don't want to live"
The figure was ready with there sword...
"Hand over the confidential letter!"
The assassin said.....
"No way"
The guard shouted...
"Officer Li, go away quickly while i hold this person back!"
The guard immediately attacked with his sword....
The assassin immediately leaped towards the guard and attacked him...
The guard barely blocked it, then sound of sword clashing was heard through the place.....
The guard laped towards the assassin making him go back a little, it created a distance from Officer Li.....
The assassin with a swift movement blocked the attacked and it almost cut the guards neck who immediately bend back a little...
The assassin kicked the guards chest, which made him skidded back....
He immediately attacked, the assassin bend down a bit, then with a force he pushed the guard away.....
The guard again attacked, the assassin moved aside which caused the sword to tear open the view, as they moved away. The view and the hat slowly fell down....
Revealed the hand *ahem* the...
The assassin turned towards them, it was....
[Zhao Zi Shu- Leader of the Window of Heaven]
"Officer Zhu! You are the leader, then that girl must be-"
Officer li was cut short...
"I am here to see Officer Li off. And, your daughter might...no, is already dead"
Zi Shu, coldly said....
"Nooooo!"
The Officer wailed.....
The guard attacked again.....
Zi shu just blocked the attacked, and pushed the guard back, then immediately cutter his throat and was now standing in front of Officer Li, he was so fast, Officer Li just saw after image....
The guard fell down, Zi shu blocked the blood that splatter, then with a single shook, the blood came of...
The assassins below killing the rest, bowed down in front of there leader...
Zi shu slowly started to walk towards the Officer....
"Zhao Zi Shu, what you do to others will be inflicted on you later! "
Officer Li shouted...
"You are helping the bad guy!"
Officer Li shouted...
"The diaster in the future, begins today!"
Officer Li said.....
"I die without regret"
Officer said calmly...
Zi Shu coldly wilded the sword and cutted Officer Li's neck....
"Officer Li, My apologies"
Zi Shu said.....
The books and the confidential letter flew from the now dead Officer Li...
Zhao Zi Shu, immediately went towards the Princess room after collecting the letter, where his own little sister waits for him...
He immediately barged inside, and saw his sister sitting motionless....
"Zhao Zi Quan!"
He immediately got worried.....
"Ah, gege~ you are here. Wha...what have i done"
Quan said emotionless....
Zi shu hold Quan....
"Gege, Princess jiang An was our junior Qin Jiu Xiao's lover, whom I swear to protect, i killed her!"
Quan staggered a bit, but Shu holder her.....
He now looked at the now dead Jiang An, he hugged his sister tight, and then brought her out from the room.....
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30/10/2024.
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Bye~