Di Lanmo turned around and pressed Chu Zhiyan onto the wooden bed. "You stay here. I'll go and deal with him!"
Chu Zhiyan grabbed Di Lanmo's hand and took out a dagger from under his back waist clothes. His voice was weak but full of strength. "Be careful!"
Looking at the dagger in her hand, Di Lanmo twitched the corner of her mouth and gave him a sidelong glance. Why didn't you take it out earlier?
Chu Zhiyan scratched his nose. I just forgot for a moment.
Forget it. I won't argue with you.
As soon as Di Lanmo stepped out of the door, a fierce wind full of killing intent blew towards her.
She turned her head to avoid it and narrowly escaped.
Before she could stand still, the sword light came. Di Lanmo blocked it with the dagger in her hand. With a clang, the dagger collided with the sword tip, sparking golden fire in the night, just like the blooming of fireworks.
This was a very ordinary face of a killer. It was so ordinary that if you met him in the crowd, you wouldn't take a second look at him, and even if you did, you wouldn't remember his appearance.
Di Lanmo took advantage of the force and retreated. Her whole body retreated to the side like a snake, gradually leading the killer away from the side courtyard.
The killer didn't care about her little trick. The order he received was to kill Chu Zhiyan.
If someone tried to stop him from completing the task in the process, he would just kill that person. It wouldn't take him long to complete the task after getting rid of the stumbling block.
As Di Lanmo ran, her mind was also spinning rapidly. This person was different from the previous killers she had encountered!
If calculated according to the modern ranking, the level of the previous one was outside the top 100, while this one was at least in the top three!
Now she only had a dagger, which put her at a great disadvantage in terms of weapons. She had to find a way to disarm him and fight in close combat!
The sword wind came from behind. Di Lanmo turned her steps and bent her flexible waist to 90 degrees. At the same time, she kicked the killer's wrist with her right foot and stabbed with the dagger in her hand.
"Clang—" The sword in the killer's hand was kicked to the side.
Having succeeded in one strike, Di Lanmo waved her slender hand, and the dagger shot out like an arrow.
The killer reacted quickly and leaned back quickly to avoid the dagger. As soon as he straightened up, the fist wind roared towards him.
He didn't dodge at all. How much power could the small fists of this little woman have?
He raised his leg to meet Di Lanmo's fierce fist. "Crack—" The killer's leg bone was actually broken directly!
Di Lanmo changed her offensive. Her whole body bounced up like a whirlwind and straddled the killer's shoulder. Her legs were like a pair of scissors, locking the killer's neck. Her jade hands were like iron, punching the killer's temple one by one.
The killer's eyes were bloodshot. Although his leg bone was broken, he didn't care at all! His palm turned into a sword. He slapped Di Lanmo's calf with one hand and slapped her lower back with the other hand. If this palm landed, it didn't matter whether she would lose her life or not, but her waist would definitely be broken!
A fierce light flashed in Di Lanmo's eyes. Her delicate body twisted into an amazing angle. She hugged the killer's head with both hands and twisted it hard—
"Click!"
"Click!"
Two scalp - numbing sounds sounded at the same time. The killer's eyes popped out and twitched once, then stopped moving.
Di Lanmo got up and turned her toes. "Hiss—"
She was still a step too slow. Her waist was okay, but her calf was still slapped by him!
Di Lanmo limped to a step and sat down. She casually picked up a branch, wiped it, and put it in her mouth.
As her bone was reset, Di Lanmo groaned in pain. Her face instantly turned as white as paper, and cold sweat suddenly broke out on her forehead.
Sure enough, my bone - setting technique hasn't improved...
Di Lanmo took a few deep breaths before opening her eyes. She removed her hand from her leg, sat there for a while to rest, and then walked towards the room where Chu Zhiyan was.
"Let's go!"
Chu Zhiyan climbed onto her back. "Where's the killer?"
"Dead." Di Lanmo replied flatly. "Where shall we go now? And where are Qiao Yan and the carriage?"
"That man is not an ordinary killer. You were able to solve him so quickly!"
Chu Zhiyan looked at the top of Di Lanmo's head with interest. Well, the little princess actually has two cowlicks.
Although he had long known that Di Lanmo was not simple, he didn't expect that even a top - notch expert in the palace couldn't last half an hour in her hands. Where on earth did this boudoir girl learn such strange fighting skills?
There were really too many secrets about his princess!
Although he had a long monologue in his heart, he didn't forget to answer Di Lanmo's question.
"I told them to go back to the mansion first when I came out of my mother's palace. In our current state, we can't go out through the main gate. Turn right and take the small path out of the palace!"
Although Di Lanmo noticed that Chu Zhiyan's eyes were strange, she didn't have time to think about it. She was more curious about how such a powerful killer could get into the heavily - guarded palace!
She had always been straightforward. If she wanted to ask, she would ask. "Who on earth did you provoke? They poisoned you repeatedly and sent a top - notch killer to assassinate you! Moreover, the palace is so heavily guarded. How did that person get in? And why did he want to kill you in the palace?"
Maybe because he was seriously injured and weak, Chu Zhiyan's voice was gentle. "Little princess, you're asking me so many questions at once. Which one should I answer?"
"Then answer them one by one!"
Chu Zhiyan thought of what he had heard outside the imperial study earlier. A shadow flashed across his eyes.
Di Lanmo waited for a while, but there was no sound behind her. She frowned. "Dead?"
Chu Zhiyan's eyes were dark, with a bottomless whirlpool in them.
"No. There are some things you'd better not know too clearly. Knowing too much is not good for you."
Chu Zhiyan's voice was low. Di Lanmo couldn't tell what emotion he was in. She rolled her eyes secretly. Here we go again!
As if knowing what Di Lanmo was thinking, Chu Zhiyan's chest vibrated and he let out a soft laugh. He didn't continue this topic.
"Princess, you should eat more after we get back to the mansion."
"What do you mean?"
Chu Zhiyan hummed. "You're too thin. Your bones are hurting me. Hey, turn left at that tree in front."
With a teasing smile on his lips like a cat playing with a mouse, he said, "From up here, I can see that the princess is as flat as a plain all the way down to her toes!"
Di Lanmo stopped in her tracks. She flipped her hands. "Bang—"
"If you can't keep your mouth shut, go back by yourself!" Di Lanmo didn't even look at Chu Zhiyan lying flat on the ground and walked away quickly.
"Princess!" Chu Zhiyan twitched the corner of his mouth. This little girl really couldn't take a joke.
After walking a hundred meters, Di Lanmo stopped and gritted her teeth.
"I owe you one!" She kicked a pebble hard and turned back.
When she got back to the original place, Chu Zhiyan still maintained the posture when she left. His expression was confident, as if he was sure that she would come back!
Di Lanmo clenched her fists and resisted the urge to beat him up.
"Apologize!"
Chu Zhiyan suppressed the smile on his lips, but his tone was very annoying. "It's my fault for being glib. I offended the princess. Please be magnanimous and forgive your husband?"
"Your ass of a husband!" Di Lanmo couldn't help swearing. "You owe me another life. Remember it well!"
"Yes, yes, yes. I will definitely remember it!" Chu Zhiyan didn't notice that his attitude towards Di Lanmo had changed imperceptibly.
Di Lanmo took a deep breath. To hell with patience! She kicked Chu Zhiyan's leg, but when it touched, it was as light as a kitten's scratch.