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It was a completely different story.
"Alright."
"Please leave now, Young Master."
"I understand. I'll leave the mountain."
"Yes."
Just as Huo said that, the assassin threw several knives. Wei Liuying could see his current location, but she paid no heed to it because Huo had rushed out her. Taking her bag with her, Wei Liuying rushed out.
At this time, there was scream from the other side of the mountain.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa!"
"BANDITS!"
"HELP ME!"
Be it male or female, all were screaming for help. The guards and servants were moving speedily and some young masters or young misses quickly get on their carriages and left the residence. Some of them have already prepared carriages because they would leave in early morning.
Now it came in handy.
Wei Liuying noticed a familiar carriage when she rushed to the place where the carriages parked.
'Wei Family's carriage. It should be Wei Xiao Hua.'
From what she knew, Wei Family would leave in the middle of the crowd because Wei Hong was drunk. Because of that, the servants didn't really prepare the carriage. But from the way it looked like, Wei Xiao Hua had already prepared her carriage in order to depart faster from the scene.
How did she manage to be so prepared even though there's no mark at all?
Wei Liuying frowned, but she didn't have the time to think because a man was rushing at her with a large blade swung over his head.
Clang!
Parrying with her sword, Wei Liuying stepped forward. Her sword's trajectory headed straight to the man's neck as she sliced the surface with the tip of her sword.
'It's shallow.'
However, it was enough because there was a servant who came and stabbed the man from the back. Wei Liuying nodded to the man and rushed to the building where the carriages were held.
Before she could reach the place, the horses suddenly shrieked loudly. At the same time, flames began to spread from the back of the building.
"Fire!"
"Put it out!"
Everything turned into a mess.
"Get a horse over here, quickly!" a scream came from the side. Wei Liuying recognized him as Xie Jing, the second young master of Xie Family. As the one who owned the villa, he knew more of the servants who worked in this place more than anyone.
He had to try salvage the situation somehow.
Drap! Drap!
The horses were running out uncontrollably. The moment the gate was opened to allow them to come out, they just rushed out due to instinct. Some unfortunate young masters were pushed back because of the forces.
"They're over here!"
"Kill them all!"
"Just ignore them!"
Several shouts came from the sides. The wounded ones were already in despair as they had to face the bandits. Even though some young masters bragged yesterday for their awesome martial arts, when they had to face the real deal, it was all for naught.
They couldn't do anything right.
Slash!
As bandits swarmed to the area, fire spread even faster. Some bandits intentionally burned the hays and everything that was flammable. They didn't care for the chaos and screams around them as they destroyed everything.
"Take the girls!"
"Aye!"
More and more bandits came to the carriages area. They were targeting the young ladies who were trying to escape. As the ladies couldn't ride horses, they would use the carriages, which was much easier to attack.
Wei Liuying's heart dropped to the bottom abyss. Her legs moved at high speed as she approached the nearby horse and pulled the rein. She had to get on the horse and get out of here.
"Calm down. I need your help!"
The horse neigh and tried to release himself. Knowing that it would be dangerous, Wei Liuying frowned and made her decision. She pulled the rein and jumped off to the horse's back. The horse rushed to the forest in the attempt to escape from the raging fire.
Wei Liuying could see that there were many others, but she couldn't pay them any heed. She didn't even have the necessary skill to keep her safe, much less others. All she could do was to make sure that she was not involved in the mess because she might end up dying in the process.
Drap! Drap!
The horse raced through the night forest. Leaves and branches fly due to the force when the two of them made their way through the forest. It left a trail of the leaves on the ground.
Dzing! Stab!
Neigh!
Wei Liuying was stunned. The horse stood on its back leg, putting Wei Liuying in dangerous position. From the corner of her eyes, she could see an arrow behind her, hitting the horse's back. She released the rein and jumped off the horse.
Thud!
Landing and rolling sideways on the ground, Wei Liuying could feel her muscles strained. Her back that was holding the arrow's bag was hurting even more. However, she didn't let herself relax as she raised her head and looked at the three men who pursued her. They wore black clothes and from their movements, they were not only some ordinary bandits.
They were trained assassins who came specifically to kill Wei Hong Zheng.
Just who in the world would pay so many assassins just to kill a young man who had just turned 13?
"Who are you?" Wei Liuying asked as she readied her stance. Her eyes were looking in the direction of the assassins around her.
"Kill him."
There was only one sentence as the answer. Two assassins rushed forward while the other one kept his distance by circling around. Wei Liuying swiftly moved from her position while swinging her sword as the first assassin attacked. The distance between her and the assassin's sword was only a few millimeters away, but it was enough to keep her safe.
Her eyes were cold, but her body kept moving swiftly. There were no wasteful movements as Wei Liuying rushed forward and killed the first assassin before her. The second assassin tried to attack, but Wei Liuying disengaged and stepped back to avoid the second's assassin's attack.
Swish!
Sensing flying knives, Wei Liuying dodged even further to the back. Her eyes narrowed. It was harder to fight against these three assassins compared to those three bandits back then. However, there was no time for her to think too much as they have already started moving once more.
"Guh." the first assassins crouched down on the ground. His stomach was cut open because of Wei Liuying and blood splattered out.
The second assassin didn't care for him as he dashed in Wei Liuying's direction while the third one had already taken out several knives again. She was not sure how many knives he brought with him.
Swish! Swish!
While evading the knives, Wei Liuying ducked the assassin's sword. Her own sword cut through the assassin's leg as blood poured out. She dashed away and took out an arrow from her back and docked it to the bow.
Dzing!
The arrow made its way to the third assassin. He tried to evade only to have Wei Liuying shot another arrow in his direction. This time, he failed to escape and the arrow reached his heart.
Wei Liuying didn't have the time to prepare another arrow because she could see the second assassin had taken out his knives too. She evaded to the side and put the arrow in place. Her fingers released it.
Dzing! Stab!
The arrow stabbed the assassin's hand, preventing him from shooting another knife. The assassin's eyes were filled with disbelief. They were told that Wei Hong Zheng was nothing more than a brat who didn't know anything about the world. But from the way it looked like, the 'brat' was even better than them in terms of fighting.
This is a brat that didn't know anything about the world?
Jleb!
The arrow hit his neck when he was still trying to use his left hand. The assassin's body fell on the ground with his eyes wide open in disbelief. He could not understand how come an easy mission like this turned out to be his last mission?
Wei Liuying had just killed the three assassins when she heard sudden shout from afar. Several men were rushing with huge bags on their back. It seemed that the reason that the bandits came this time was to find food.
They were all hunting for a long time over the past three days, wouldn't the meat be abundant?
'No wonder the bandits are targeting this place.'
However, shouldn't the soldiers Prince Ji Sheng have placed held them back? Wei Liuying couldn't understand how things could go so wrong.
"There's a young man here!"
"Kill him."
"Aye."