Painting Doctor Jinhua

Chapter 147 Assassination

As soon as Li Mi walked out of the cabin and came to the deck, he saw this scene. Not far away were the surging waves, with clouds hanging thirty feet in the water and foam flowing for ninety miles. The scenery looked extremely steep.

But the two people on the bow became an extremely eye-catching landscape in this dangerous situation.

Speaking of which, judging from their looks and temperament alone, these two people are truly a perfect match!

Li Mi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and coughed again. When Xiao Jinyu and Gao Changgong noticed his arrival, he smiled and said, "You two just got married, and you're already quarreling? Can you tell me what's going on? I'll give you two a fair judgement!"

At this time, Lu Yu also ran out of the cabin. Seeing this scene, he sneered at Li Mi and said, "What does it have to do with you? Haven't you heard that beating is a sign of affection and scolding is a sign of coquetry?"

Li Mi was immediately furious and glared at Lu Yu: "You kid, your mouth is just like your father, the 'Eight-meter Lu Lang', the chief priest Lu!"

When mentioning his father, Lu Yu became a little unhappy. Everyone knew that although his father Lu Sidao was a learned and talented scholar, he did not pay much attention to his own moral cultivation and liked to despise and insult others. It was because his mouth leaked the content of the conversation in the Secretariat that he was released from his post as the Prime Minister's Western Pavilion Chief Academician.

He was just a bastard of the Lu family. Although his family was very prominent, he was not liked by the mistress Wang because of his mother's identity as a singer. That's why he sneaked into the military camp, hoping to gain some military merits with his own abilities and get away from that family.

Most of Gao Changgong's subordinates were sons of noble families like himself. On this diplomatic mission, most of his companions were selected Han warriors with excellent martial arts or Baibao Xianbei, all of whom were brave men who could fight one against a hundred.

"I don't like what Mr. Li said. What does my father have to do with me?"

Seeing that Lu Yu, who looked only fifteen or sixteen years old, was indeed a little angry, Li Mi secretly sighed that it was not good and quickly apologized: "Sorry, sorry, it was Li who made a mistake this time!"

At this time, Fenghuang came over with a nervous look on her face. Seeing Xiao Jinyu and Lanling King standing side by side, she unconsciously lowered her eyes to hide her red eyes.

Noticing his abnormality, Xiao Jinyu came over and asked, "Phoenix, what's wrong with you?"

Phoenix turned her head away and seemed to be wiping away tears.

Xiao Jinyu then realized that during this period of time, she had been staying with Lanling King all day, even living and sleeping with him at night, so she paid less attention to Fenghuang.

"Nothing, I just came to tell Brother Qing that during this period of time, I always felt that there was another ship following us, and there was something strange on this ship?"

"What's so strange about it?" Xiao Jinyu asked.

"Brother Qing, don't you think that the owner of this merchant ship is too attentive to us? And last night, I saw two red-billed blue magpies flying out of this ship. I wanted to shoot one down, but I heard that this bird is a symbol of happiness and hope. I don't want to stain your wedding night with blood, fearing that it would be unlucky, so I let it go!"

When talking about the wedding night, Xiao Jinyu couldn't help blushing. She almost forgot that Fenghuang had excellent hearing and could detect even the slightest noise amidst the interference of many noises.

"Red-billed blue magpie? This is a kind of messenger bird used by our Qi State. It can travel a thousand miles a day." Gao Changgong said, his expression cold, and asked Lu Yu, "Go and see how Zheng Yuanwu and the others are doing now?"

Lu Yu nodded and quickly ran into the cabin. At this moment, the owner of the merchant ship also walked over here.

"As the saying goes, time flies by, day and night. The scenery of Pengcheng is really full of dangers and beautiful. Don't you think so?"

This is a woman wearing a veil and having a somewhat enchanting figure. If you look closely, she has an exotic charm similar to that of a Hu dancer.

"Madam, who are you?" Li Mi asked.

"I'm sorry, I lied to you all before. The one who rented this boat was just my housekeeper. My last name is Nie, and you can call me Yin Niang!" The woman said with a smile, and then cast her eyes on Gao Changgong and Xiao Jinyu. "You two are really beautiful as if created by the gods. You are really so desirable. I can't bear to hurt you!"

"Nie Yinniang?" Xiao Jinyu murmured the name, seeming somewhat familiar.

At this moment, Fenghuang shouted loudly: "Brother Qing, be careful——"

At the same time, Gao Changgong also acted swiftly while holding Xiao Jinyu, and actually grabbed a sword that was reaching out like a snake with his bare hands.

Seeing Gao Changgong's jade-white hands instantly stained red with blood, Nie Yinniang's eyes showed surprise and she suddenly smiled sweetly.

"The prince is truly a man of steel and tenderness. He protects his princess with his life. I envy you so much!"

"Chang Gong, let go!"

Xiao Jinyu's face also changed, and she shot out three arrows from her wrist sleeve at the same time, shooting them at Nie Yinniang. Nie Yinniang immediately loosened her sword handle, bent down, dodged the arrows, and jumped into the center of the cabin. At this moment, several assassins dressed as boatmen attacked this side with knives and axes.

Fenghuang immediately stood in front of Xiao Jinyu and fought against the assassins.

"You are a famous assassin in the martial arts world. I have heard of your name. It is said that you only assassinate corrupt officials. But why would you work for such a cruel woman like Princess Yunyin?" Phoenix asked.

The woman stood with a sword in hand, sneering: "Young Master, you are wrong. I am just an assassin. I will work for whoever offers the highest price!"

"So, how much did your employer pay you?"

Nie Yinniang stretched out a hand, smiled, and replied: "One hundred thousand coins, to buy the lives of two people, although I really can't bear to lay hands on these two god-like figures!"

"Money is dead, but people are alive. Your employer gave you 100,000 yuan, but that was only once. Moreover, it is still unknown whether you will live to get the 100,000 yuan. What if we can provide you with a continuous flow of wealth?"

"Young Master, you are very good at business! Who can give me endless wealth? Are you talking about you?"

"I can't, but my brother Qing can!" Phoenix replied.

"Brother Qing?" Nie Yinniang looked at the men on the deck. "Are you referring to this handsome prince, or these two gentlemen?"

"Neither, but her!"

Phoenix pointed at Xiao Jinyu, and when Nie Yinniang was looking at Xiao Jinyu, the Phoenix man jumped up from the deck like an arrow, jumped over several boatmen, and landed right behind Nie Yinniang.

Before the boatmen could react, they saw the Hu boy holding a dagger and pressing it against the woman's neck.

"Don't move! Back off!"

The boatmen looked at each other in bewilderment, but Nie Yinniang still smiled and said, "Young Master, you are cheating! Do you think these assassins will stop if you kill me? The temptation of one hundred thousand dollars is huge!"

"Of course I know, but you are the only one who has confidential correspondence with the employer, right? If you die, who will these rabble ask for money?"

"Even if you kill us, how can you afford to be charged with the crime of killing the Northern Qi envoy and the Prince of Lanling?"

As soon as these words came out, several boat trackers changed their expressions and asked in surprise, "Is he the Prince of Lanling County?"

Indeed, with Lanling King's prestige and reputation, if he really died at their hands, as long as the wanted order was issued, there would always be some righteous men in this world who admired his name and wanted to kill them!

Several boat trackers had already begun to hesitate, and one of them even asked Nie Yinniang, "Nie Yinniang, what kind of employer would want to kill Lanling King?"