“Chop him!”

Little Five had been busy all evening. First, the shopkeeper had cursed him out, and then he had to carry the kitchen knife to the Red Sleeve Pavilion next door to personally chop the dancer he had been intimate with, getting blood all over himself.

Now, acting with anger, he used great force to make his move. The heavy bone-chopping knife flew from his hand, spinning and buzzing in the air, heading straight for the Crown Prince’s face.

In that moment of extreme danger, Li Xuan drew his sword. The tip of the sword lightly touched the handle of the spinning knife. With a slight flick of his wrist, the bone-chopping knife unexpectedly rotated around the sword tip.

Li Xuan flicked his wrist again. The bone-chopping knife returned from where it came, heading straight for Little Five’s chest and abdomen.

Little Five’s face showed great shock. He arched his back like an iron bridge plank, leaning backward. The bone-chopping knife howled past his nose, a hair’s breadth away.

With a dull thud, the bone-chopping knife split the wooden board of the counter outside. The handle was still trembling.

“Tough point, everyone together!” Little Five cursed angrily.

The shopkeeper, still out of sorts, shouted at him to stop: “Roll to one side, don’t make a fool of yourself here.”

“Oh,” Little Five straightened up, pulled his kitchen knife from the counter, and led Little Six back to stand beside the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper first looked at Li Xuan. Just now, this person’s swordsmanship of lifting heavy things as if they were light was truly shocking. But even more eye-catching than this swordsmanship was the young person in white clothes with arrow sleeves and a silver crown binding his hair, who stood beside Li Xuan.

The moment Little Five threw the bone-chopping knife, this young person’s smile didn’t change, and his eyelids didn’t even flutter. It was as if he was certain from the start that the bone-chopping knife would not injure him.

This kind of demeanor was rare.

Little Five asked in a low voice from the side: “Shopkeeper, what’s their origin?”

The shopkeeper calmly said: “With this demeanor, and this kind of expert by his side, I imagine it must be that Hai Ying Zi (big figure) who came from the capital.”

The Crown Prince smiled, breaking the deadlock. He cupped his hands and said: “Innkeeper, we are just passing by and have no ill intentions. There seems to be a misunderstanding between us. If I said anything offensive just now, I apologize here.”

The shopkeeper also smiled and cupped his hands: “It is this assistant of mine who is not sensible, causing a misunderstanding. It has nothing to do with the guest officer.”

The Crown Prince took several steps forward, looking at the inn with great interest: “Innkeeper, the assistants in your inn are all officials in the innate realm. No wonder Longmen Inn has a resounding name in Guyuan City. I just don’t know, why did the assistant want to make a move when I mentioned Chen Ji’s name just now? Could it be that when Chen Ji lived here, he did something to offend your esteemed inn?”

The shopkeeper explained: “Guest officer misunderstands. Young Master Chen family is an honored guest of this inn. Tonight, Jing Dynasty spies came to assassinate him, and even the roof of the Tian Zi Jia room was hit with a big hole. So when you asked if Chen Ji lived here, the assistant thought you also came to assassinate Young Master Chen family.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the Crown Prince subconsciously showed surprise and doubt, saying: “Why would Jing Dynasty spies assassinate Chen Ji?”

The shopkeeper looked at the Crown Prince and said in an unmoving voice: “Perhaps because Young Master Chen family previously ruined their plan. These Jing Dynasty spies were wary of Young Master Chen family’s keen insight and feared that he would discover more clues, so they simply struck first as a strong measure.”

The Crown Prince turned his head and looked at Qi Jianzhe: “Did he mention this matter tonight?”

Qi Jianzhe shook his head: “No, he didn’t say anything.”

The Crown Prince sighed in a low voice: “We only thought about the message he sent, but did not know he was still in danger. I am ashamed. My wise brother Chen Ji is also enduring. He didn’t mention a single word. In this world, there are too few people who only do things and don’t complain.”

Qi Jianzhe’s face turned red for a moment. He didn’t dare say anything.

At this time, Li Xuan, standing to the side, changed the subject. He sheathed his sword and asked the shopkeeper loudly: “Excuse me, shopkeeper, did you hear the commotion from the Red Sleeve Pavilion next door just now? Where did their people go?”

Little Five said carelessly: “We chopped them, so what?”

Li Xuan: “…”

Just that simple.

Li Xuan said in surprised doubt: “Why did you want to chop the people of the Red Sleeve Pavilion?”

The shopkeeper smiled and said: “They had nothing to do in the middle of the night, so they ran over to assassinate Young Master Chen family. They courted death themselves and cannot blame others. This is also because Young Master Chen family was not injured. If he had been injured, it would be difficult for them to even die.”

Qi Jianzhe was shocked.

The Crown Prince and Li Xuan couldn’t help but look at each other: Chen Ji was unexpectedly this familiar with Longmen Inn. Earlier, they just mentioned his name, and the inn assistant made a big move against them.

The Red Sleeve Pavilion came to assassinate Chen Ji, and as a result, the inn assistants went to chop people overnight.

How long had Chen Ji been in Guyuan?

How could this be?

The Crown Prince was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice to Li Xuan and Qi Jianzhe: “This trip to Guyuan, if we want to succeed, I think we cannot do without the help of my wise brother Chen Ji. I still hope that you two will definitely put down your prejudices and later shake hands and make peace with my wise brother Chen Ji.”

Li Xuan quickly cupped his hands: “Your Highness, there is no need to worry. As long as it can help you succeed, this humble servant is willing to do anything. Moreover, Chen Ji indeed has extraordinary qualities. This humble servant should put away his contempt and arrogance.”

Seeing that Qi Jianzhe was always stiff and unwilling to speak, he quickly glared at him.

Qi Jianzhe said reluctantly: “I am also the same.”

The Crown Prince smiled slightly: “That’s good then. Perhaps after returning to the capital, you two will even become colleagues.”

After speaking, he looked at the shopkeeper, cupped his hands, and said: “Shopkeeper, we did not come to assassinate Chen Ji, but rather his friends. Excuse the assistant to go up and report, and say that an old friend has come to visit.”

Little Five looked at the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper gave him a wink: “Go.”

Little Five ran upstairs with a thud, a thud, a thud. Moments later, Chen Ji followed behind him and came down together. Seeing the Crown Prince, he immediately cupped his hands and said: “Hall…”

The Crown Prince shook his head slightly. Chen Ji immediately changed his words: “Young Master Zhu, I have been neglectful in welcoming you from afar. I don’t know what important matter brings you for a midnight visit.”

The Crown Prince smiled and said: “Let’s go out and talk.”

Chen Ji thought for a moment, lifted the hem of his clothes, and went outside.

While the group was outside the door, Little Five lay on the counter, bored, and said: “Shopkeeper, are these people friends of Young Master Chen family?”

The shopkeeper let out a cold laugh: “No. Earlier, I said that Young Master Chen family was assassinated, and these people didn’t first ask about his safety. Instead, they only cared about why the Jing Dynasty spies wanted to assassinate him. Can these be true friends? If I were assassinated, what would be your first reaction?”

Little Five thought for a moment: “Shouldn’t I become the shopkeeper?”

The shopkeeper cursed angrily: “Get out of the way! Even if the old man dies, it won’t be your turn!”

Outside the door, under the night sky of Kucha Street, over a hundred Imperial Forest Army cavalry led their horses and stood.

Chen Ji cupped his hands and asked: “How did Your Highness come?”

The Crown Prince smiled and explained: “Tonight you came to send a message, but couldn’t even enter the Commandery Office. When I heard about this, I immediately hurried over, fearing that you would bear a grudge. Just now, I heard that you suffered an assassination. It was hard for you.”

Chen Ji said in a low voice: “It is my duty to share Your Highness’s worries. I dare not speak of hardship.”

The Crown Prince looked left and right. Li Xuan immediately understood and stepped forward, cupping his hands and saying: “Wise brother Chen Ji, I offended you greatly earlier. I, Li Xuan, was looking at people through a crack in the door. I still hope you will not hold a grudge and can continue to assist Crown Prince Your Highness with us.”

Chen Ji quickly said: “Master Li speaks too heavily. I am not a narrow-minded person and do not take the earlier matter to heart.”

After speaking, he looked at Qi Jianzhe.

Your turn.

Qi Jianzhe raised an eyebrow.

He was silent for a long time, finally braving the situation and cupping his hands, saying: “I, Qi Jianzhe, also admire capable people. I offended you greatly earlier, but I will not in the future.”

The Crown Prince smiled and smoothed things over: “Good, everyone will work together in the future and should be wholeheartedly… Wise brother Chen Ji, I wonder if you still have any clues about the Jing Dynasty thieves.”

Chen Ji thought of the glazed shop assistant and the fur shop shopkeeper that Little Five mentioned, but still replied: “Reporting to Your Highness, temporarily not.”

The Crown Prince was slightly disappointed, but quickly showed a smile and said: “No harm. I believe that wise brother staying in this Longmen Inn will still have gains…”

However, before he finished speaking, he saw the rushing firelight burning in Guyuan City. In the distance, huge smoke and dust rushed into the sky, and the smell of ash and cinder drifted in the wind.

Guyuan City became noisy. People in every household climbed onto their rooftops to look into the distance.

Li Xuan stomped hard, pulling himself up like an eagle or a falcon, crossing several steps onto the octagonal building roof of Longmen Inn.

He stood on the grey tiles, supporting the heavy eaves of the octagonal building, looking into the distance with sharp eyes. He saw that there were three places in Guyuan City where fire light was burning fiercely, not looking like something that happened “by accident.”

If it were by accident, it would never catch fire in three places at the same time!

When Li Xuan clearly saw where the firelight came from, his face suddenly changed. He turned his head and shouted to the Crown Prince: “Your Highness, it’s not good! It’s the direction of the Commandery Office, the border army granary, and the military equipment depot!”

They defended against poison in the water, but not against fire burning the granary. Not only were all the grains stored in Guyuan City destroyed, but even the vine armor that the border army originally had just barely enough of was also destroyed in one go.

That’s not right, there is also the Feather Forest Army’s armor, which is also in the great fire of the Commandery Office.

Guyuan is finished.

Chen Ji immediately looked at the Crown Prince: “Your Highness, there must be spies within the border army, otherwise it would be absolutely impossible to succeed.”

The Crown Prince ordered: “Feather Forest Army, listen to the order, return to the Commandery Office to fight the fire!”

Chen Ji shouted: “Date Date!”

The next moment, the neighing of a war horse came from the inn’s backyard. Date Date unexpectedly came through the inn, crashing through the inn’s cotton cloth curtain and arriving on Kucha Street, spraying rough white gas from its nostrils.

Chen Ji gripped the saddle tightly and flipped onto the horse. A window on the third floor opened, and Zhang Zheng shouted: “Chen Ji, catch!”

After speaking, he threw the whale knife from the window. Chen Ji caught it steadily in his hand, took the lead, and rushed away like wind and electricity.