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Chapter 360: I Am Shang Jiu
Chapter 360: I Am Shang Jiu
The Secret Guard rode the carriage out of the city gate and unexpectedly encountered Meng Qianqian, who stood in the midst of the wind and snow.
The Secret Guard's eyebrows furrowed as he sensed the overwhelming aura and powerful killing intent emanating from the person in the distance.
He wondered which general in the court this person could be, but as he drew closer, he was surprised to recognize the person as Yin Hu Wei Meng Xiaojiu.
Meng Qianqian swept her spear, lifting a wall of snow from the ground, which surged towards the Chancellor's carriage like a tidal wave.
The horse was startled, rearing up on its hind legs and letting out a terrified whinny.
The Secret Guard hurriedly tightened the reins, bringing the carriage to a halt.
The city guards rushed forward and surrounded the carriage.
Meng Qianqian addressed the crowd, "All of you, step back."
These ordinary soldiers were no match for the Chancellor and the Secret Guard, and engaging in a fight would only result in unnecessary casualties.
The leading guard grabbed the unconscious Shu Yu, "Listen to the Yin Hu Wei!"
The crowd retreated in unison, and a row of well-trained archers took their positions, drawing their bows and aiming at the Chancellor's carriage.
However, due to Meng Qianqian's proximity to the carriage, the archers dared not release their arrows recklessly.
The Secret Guard coldly threatened, "Meng Qianqian, get out of the way quickly, or I won't hold back!"
Meng Qianqian replied, "Those words should be said to you. Assisting the tyrant, your time has come, yet you still refuse to repent. Beware of the consequences of ending up with your body and head in different places."
The Secret Guard said, "Not bad for your age, but your words are too big. Don't think that just because Lu Yuan made a name for himself on the border, you can pretend to be one of the Twelve Guards. Compared to the real Twelve Guards, you are far inferior!"
Meng Qianqian asked, "Is that so? You talk big, but I wonder if your skills are as impressive as your boasting."
The Secret Guard tightened his grip on the reins.
Despite Meng Qianqian's repeated provocations, he had no intention of making the first move.
He was truly composed.
Meng Qianqian's gaze turned towards the tightly closed carriage curtain, "Xun Xiuyuan, the Chu family's grudge, the Shang family's hatred, and the suffering my husband has endured for so many years—today, I will make you pay for it all."
From inside the carriage, Xun Xiangguo's voice sounded, "Who exactly are you?"
Meng Qianqian replied, "I am the vengeful ghost who has come to claim your life!"
As she finished speaking, Meng Qianqian wasted no more words and leaped high into the air, thrusting her spear towards the carriage.
The Secret Guard reached out to grab the spear, but to his surprise, Meng Qianqian had feinted with the spear, and her real attack came from the short knife in her left hand.
At such a young age, her moves were incredibly cunning, and her cunning was honed to perfection.
Could it be that she had truly relied on her own strength to fight on the border? But she was just a small merchant girl.
Even if she secretly practiced martial arts in private, without a master to teach her, she wouldn't have developed such skills even after decades of training.
"Be careful, Master!"
It was too late.
Meng Qianqian's dagger had already pierced through the carriage curtain and was aimed at Xun Xiangguo's heart.
However, in the blink of an eye, a dark shadow suddenly approached, and a pair of cold, iron-like hands firmly grasped Meng Qianqian's wrist.
With a twist, the person intended to break Meng Qianqian's entire arm.
Meng Qianqian took advantage of the momentum and spun sideways, slipping her wrist out of the person's grip, causing the dagger to drop.
She kicked with her toes, leaping into the air and catching the dagger with her other hand, then fiercely stabbed towards the person's face.
The Secret Guard was stunned, unable to believe that a small merchant girl could react so swiftly.
This was clearly the result of countless battles, honing her senses to such sharpness! The opponent was no pushover either, as they caught the dagger with their bare hands and pulled Meng Qianqian down from the carriage.
Meng Qianqian tumbled in the snow, steadying herself on one knee.
Seizing the opportunity, the Secret Guard drove the carriage away.
Meng Qianqian shouted, "Release the arrows!"
The archers drew their bows in unison, firing a dense volley of arrows towards the Chancellor's carriage.
Meng Qianqian straightened up, her sharp gaze fixed on the suddenly appearing assassin, and she recognized the pigeon blood tattoo on his right hand, "So, it's you.
The night the Shangjia family suffered retaliation from the Lou Lan people and the Thousand-Mechanisms Pavilion, he was at the scene, seemingly searching for something.
Now that she thought about it, it must have been her father's military manual.
Chancellor Xun, you were indeed involved.
Unfortunately, you'll never get your hands on my father's military manual!
"I've been to the market district many times, looking for you. I thought you were dead."
The assassin looked at Meng Qianqian strangely, as if trying to recall who she was and why she was seeking him.
Meng Qianqian understood his gaze and, with a turn of her long spear, said coldly, "It's fine if you can't remember. I'll help you slowly recall."
She gripped her spear and leaped into the air.
The assassin didn't take a young girl seriously, casually blocking her attack. But to his surprise, the force from the spear was unexpectedly powerful, causing his arm to go numb.
A hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.
"Do you remember now?"
Meng Qianqian thrust her spear again.
The assassin's clothes were pierced.
"Is it you? The girl from the market district."
He recognized Meng Qianqian.
In the market district, she had dared to follow him, and he had almost taken her life with just one move. Later, she was saved by a carpenter wielding a large axe.
The carpenter's martial arts were not weak, and he didn't want to cause trouble, so he didn't pursue her.
He never expected that in just a few months, her skills would have improved so much.
"You only recognized this much? It's not enough!" Meng Qianqian said.
The assassin asked, "Who are you? Your martial arts style seems familiar."
Meng Qianqian unleashed another deadly move, "It seems your memory isn't that good."
The assassin locked eyes with Meng Qianqian.
In that instant, long-sealed memories suddenly surged forth.
He had once seen a pair of identical eyes in the midst of a raging fire.
"You're from the Shangjia family!"
In a moment of distraction, he was struck by Meng Qianqian's spear, his left arm pierced, blood splattering on his face and staining the pure white snow-covered ground red.
"Impossible! The Shangjia family is clearly extinct!"
"Then consider me as someone who climbed out of the King of Hell Pavilion to seek revenge! Scorpion Tail Strike!"
The assassin was startled and quickly guarded his lower body. Meng Qianqian's spear aimed straight for his heart, piercing his chest with force.
The assassin looked at the spear in his body in disbelief, "You..."
"The techniques my maternal grandfather taught are effective."
Meng Qianqian abruptly withdrew her spear, and the assassin fell to the ground, stained with his own blood.
"Impossible... The Shangjia family... They're all dead... Impossible..."
Meng Qianqian looked down at him, "I am Shang Jiu."
The assassin's pupils suddenly dilated.
The lead guard, trembling with fear, witnessed an unimaginable fight and stepped forward, saying, "Yin, Yin Hu Guard, the Chancellor has escaped."
"I'll go after him."
Meng Qianqian mounted her horse, spear in hand.
The lead guard suddenly remembered something and said to Meng Qianqian, "Please wait!"
He quickly ran back inside the city gate, retrieved another long spear, and handed it to Meng Qianqian, "Use this."
This crimson-plumed spear was longer, heavier, and more suitable for her.
"Thank you."
Meng Qianqian rode off on her horse.
"My lord, that girl has caught up!" The secret guard never imagined that the assassin would fail.
"My lord, we can't take the official road anymore."
The secret guard gritted his teeth and turned the carriage, driving into a narrow path.
Ahead was a suspension bridge.
Once they crossed the bridge and cut the rope, they could prevent the young girl from pursuing them.
"My lord, hold on tight!"
However, just as the carriage was crossing the bridge, the back wall of the carriage was suddenly shattered by a palm strike! A hand wearing silver silk gloves forcefully pulled Chancellor Xun off the carriage! The secret guard turned back in shock, "My lord—"
Meng Qianqian shot her crimson-plumed spear, piercing his skull!
(End of Chapter)
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