Ambush and Assassination

Di Renjie said, "Good," and the general turned and left.

After the general had shut the door, Li Xiao and Li Yuanfang emerged from the inner room. Di Renjie's expression was grave as he asked, "So it is as expected. Can I trust you two?"

"Yes."

Before long, Di Chun was seen slowly helping a figure in a black cloak out of the post station. Supporting the person, Di Chun said, "Master, take it slowly."

Then, with Di Chun's assistance, the figure climbed into the carriage.

At a guard's shout of "Set off!" the carriage slowly began to move.

Not long afterward, when the carriage entered a narrow street in the county town, the general raised his hand, and the carriage suddenly stopped. Immediately afterward, more than a dozen black-clad men holding bows appeared atop the roofs on both sides of the street.

When the general lowered his raised hand, the black-clad men shot their arrows at the carriage.

To the general's surprise, no screams came from within the carriage. He urged his horse forward, drew his saber, and reached out with his other hand to open the carriage door.

Just then, the carriage door suddenly split apart, and a steel blade appeared from within. Before the general could react, he was cleaved in two.

The black-clad archers on both sides of the street finally reacted and were about to fire again when they suddenly collapsed one after another.

Seeing this bizarre sight, the remaining black-clad men turned to flee, but a shadow leaped down from behind like lightning. Amid flashing cold light, the remaining men fell sprawled across the ground.

At that moment, the Qian-Niu Guards who had been protecting the carriage on either side of the street suddenly drew their sabers and slashed at the people inside. Before