The battle in the governor's yamen ended before it even began. As the weapons in the hands of some rebel fell to the ground, others were also affected by this and abandoned their weapons and were tied up.

After experiencing the previous defeat, they did not have much confidence, especially when facing the united and powerful official army, they could not even have the courage to resist and struggle.

The situation turned around instantly, and the failed Zhang Xingying stared blankly at Xue Chao's head in front of him. His face was first surprised and then fearful. Finally, his whole face was almost distorted. He suddenly looked at Wen Ming, who had been protected by a large number of soldiers in Gai Xin: "You... have set a trap long ago and waited for us to fall into the trap? Are you not afraid of backfiring and causing chaos in Jinling?" At this moment, he had completely believed the other party's words.

Wen Ming's face was not filled with joy after victory, but he just smiled and nodded slightly: "If this is not the case, I can't lead you all out and catch you all. Although I will be in chaos for a while, I can still bear this price than eradicating you."

Li Ling listened, and his heart moved again. This was the difference between himself and a banished official like Wen Ming. Not only was he inferior in strategy, but he was far from being brave, because the other party knew how to make choices and could sacrifice some people for the overall situation. In Wen Ming's eyes, everyone was just a pawn for him to achieve his goal, whether it was the officers and soldiers of Jinling, officials, or the people all over the city.

After understanding this, Li Ling's original resentment towards him completely dissipated. Wen Ming was able to use so many people as chess pieces, and it was reasonable that he had used him as bait before.

"Hahahaha..." Zhang Xingying smiled miserably and said nothing more. He obviously had accepted such a defeat. Wen Ming did not give him more chance to speak. He waved his hand and ordered: "Take them all down. If you dare to resist, you will kill them!"

Zhang Xingying, who had already accepted his fate, tied him up without any struggle to avoid him, but the bitter laughter continued. Finally, he even said: "Wen Ming, it seems that I have indeed underestimated you. I always thought you were not as good as Liu Runsheng, but I took over his rank. After this, I have to admit that you are the most terrible enemy I have encountered in the past few years. Once you really get the imperial court and kill all the students, I am afraid that our situation will be worrying, so..."

"Huh?" Li Ling's heart suddenly shrank and he shouted anxiously, "Be careful of fraud!"

At the same time, Zhang Xingying yelled the last sentence: "Don't worry about me, kill Wen Ming!"

As soon as this sentence was expressed, behind Wen Ming, two figures rushed up quickly, and two spears roared out, reaching the back of their heads and hearts. The speed was so fast that they were as fast as thunder.

This was really beyond the expectations of everyone present. Even Li Ling, although he had heard some clues from Zhang Xingying's words to warn him in time, he still did not expect that the killing move would come from the hands of the guards behind Wen Ming, who should have been loyal to him.

The others were even less responsive. The guards were still guarding against possible sneak attacks in the darkness on both sides. As a result, the robes beside them suddenly moved. They still used spears to attack the governor at the same time, which made them scream in surprise, but they were no longer able to stop the rescue.

As for Wen Ming, although he had a deep strategy, had a long vision, and had the greatest identity on the spot, he was just a civil servant after all. He could not have thought of it, nor could he react to self-rescue under this situation. Even a scream had not yet had time to say anything, and the two spears were already here.

Death!

In the eyes of everyone on the scene, this has become a must-have death.

Wen Ming has successfully broken the thief's conspiracy, but once he is assassinated and killed, he is still considered a loss. With his death, the situation in Jiangnan will inevitably be completely chaotic. Who knows if there will be new variables in the future?

Time seemed to freeze at this moment, and everyone stared at the sudden assassination with different expressions. Two spears were about to penetrate the key points of Governor Wen.

At this moment, the cold light reappeared!

From the dark side, a black shadow was wielding its feet to cover up the glory of stars and moons in the sky, and to cover the bright red flames in the city that had not yet been completely extinguished. In a short blink of an eye, it flew from behind the bushes several feet away to Wen Ming's side, and the knife started, flashed, and then flashed.

There was no shocking sound of weapons colliding, nor any blockage. The sword light collided with the spear, and cut the tofu with a knife. It was extremely smooth and cut across the spear rod, cut it off, completely dissolving the force of the spear thrust. At this time, the tips of the two spears were less than three inches away from Wen Ming's back of his head and back.

It was not until the spear tips of the two broken spears fell to the ground that the soldiers around them woke up and rushed forward, dragging Governor Wen away from the two assassins. Even though these two people were already under the aura of the black-clothed swordsman who suddenly came to kill, they could not even move.

After being shocked, Li Ling quickly recognized the identity of the swordsman who rescued Governor Wen in time: "Senior Shao..."

Shao Qiuxi cut off two spears with one knife. After saving Wen Ming, he did not stop for a long time. He just looked at Li Ling and said, "What the shadow wants to kill is what I want to save!" Then he swayed and jumped up in front of everyone. He stumbled on the roof of the hall behind and disappeared into the darkness.

The coming and going in a hurry, like a dragon who saw his head but not his tail. Most of the people present could not even understand his appearance, but the man had already saved the person and left.

And the two assassins were stunned and were quickly taken down by the soldiers. This time, everyone did not dare to be careless at all, and surrounded the governor, and shields were set up on both sides.

Zhang Xingying, who was tied up on the opposite side and could not move, was stunned for a moment and shouted: "Traitor! Shao Qiuxi, you traitor of the Holy Sect, one day, you will pay the price for it..." But his scolding was obviously impossible to be heard by Shao Qiuxi who was leaving.

The Governor was very popular after all. Even though he had just experienced a life-and-death juncture, he was still calm. He immediately ordered one by one to lock all the relevant thieves and detain them, and then sent people to various places in the city to pick them up and comfort the people. All matters were arranged clearly according to priorities.

At this time, the sky was already faint, and the Jinling City, which had been chaotic all night, returned to peace...

...

Li Ling did not go back to the inn to rest, but instead found an empty room in the governor's office and sat down as he heard the request of the governor.

Everything that happened tonight was too fast and too large, and the amount of information was amazing. Even though he had almost sorted out the things before and after the scene, he still had a lot of questions and wanted to ask the other party in person.

But now, Governor Wen still has too many things to deal with aftermath, so it is natural that he cannot meet him and resolve his doubts and doubts. So he simply stayed in the yamen first, waiting for the other party to come out before discussing with him in detail. Anyway, he also believed that Wen Ming would definitely meet with him again and have a detailed discussion.

However, this wait was mostly half a day. In the afternoon, there was still no news about the summons. Instead, another unexpected key figure came. Shao Qiuxi was floating away with just one knife.

But when Shao Qiuxi entered the room and looked at his outfit, Li Ling was still stunned. If the other party hadn't confirmed his face, he wouldn't have believed that this servant who was dressed in servant clothes and a humble smile would have shocked thousands of people last night, known as the Kunlun Sword King.

After being stunned for a moment, Li Ling ate and said, "Senior Shao, you..."

Shao Qiuxi slowly put the food on Li Ling's table and whispered: "What's so strange about this? If I hadn't been in the yamen, how could I take action in time last night?"

"That's true, but why did you get into the governor's office as a servant?"

"Of course, it's because I found out that the shadow of one of the Luotian Sect's guardians had appeared here earlier. I said that as long as it is the person he wants to kill, I will definitely save it." While speaking, he had already put out all the food and other things, and then made a call gesture, "While you eat, I'll help you solve your doubts."

Li Ling nodded, knowing that the other party wanted to hide his identity, he cooperated to sit down and eat the meal, and continued to say, "Shadow, can it be related to the assassin who assassined me in Huating that day?"

"Of course, the Gui Qianmian and the Wuchang Guest who took action yesterday were all assassins under Shadow. It can be said that they were all acted under his will."

Li Ling took a deep breath. The impact of these two assassins on him was quite big. If Shao Qiuxi hadn't appeared in time, I'd be afraid... Then he thought of another point: "You said that shadow is like you, the protector of Luo Tian Sect? You have broken up with them and want to attack them?"

"No, I haven't figured out whether to break the oath and completely break with Luo Tian Sect."

"and you……"

"This is just a personal grudge between me and Shadow. As long as it is the person he wants to kill, I will definitely protect it, whether it is you or others. This time I came to Jinling while tracing Shadow's whereabouts. I thought I could take him down this time, but I was only two younger generations..."

Li Ling nodded, and was also a little lucky. If it weren't for the coincidence that people were using Shadow's assassin, I'm afraid that he and Governor Wen, who had been the last night, might have died in this unpredictable assassination.

Thinking of this, for the sake of his own safety, Li Ling couldn't help but want to win over Shao Qiuxi: "Senior Shao, what are your plans next? Why don't you just follow me to Yangzhou."

"No, I still have something to do. I see you today to give you a briefing. In fact, with Mo Yun by your side, you can protect you well. My identity is too sensitive, so it's better not to implicate you."
Chapter completed!