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Chapter 159 As expected of the Royal Guards

After the battle, Lin Xin and Chu Yu were exhausted both physically and mentally. So after walking for a while, they decided to rest. After all, no one knew when the next attack would come, and it would be bad if they were tired and exhausted by then.

"Here, have some!" Lin Xin handed six cold buns and a bamboo tube containing white fungus and lotus seed soup to Chu Yu outside the carriage.

"Hey, Miss Lin, you've prepared so well, thanks!" Chu Yu said with a smile as she accepted the gift.

Having just walked this stretch of road, he had come to a realization. From the very beginning, Lin Xin had not done anything to harm them, and she had devoted herself to raising the young prince for three years. He could sense that she treated the young prince no differently than she treated her own younger brother, and perhaps even better because of their age difference. So what did he have to worry about?

Moreover, her martial arts skills are so high that he is completely outclassed. Now he finally understands the meaning of Mo Ziyuan's decision to let him take Lin Xin on the road alone. This is to give him a huge credit!

Lin Xin smiled but didn't say anything. She could feel that Chu Yu's attitude towards her had returned to how it was in the village, and she felt a little relieved.

Although she didn't care much about these things, she knew that they still had more than one tough battle to fight before entering the capital. Chu Yu's change of attitude at this time was obviously beneficial to both of them. At least the two of them could concentrate on fighting the enemy without having to be on guard against each other.

With Lin Nan waking up, the two's rest time came to an end. After taking care of the two little ones' physiological needs, they quickly washed up and gave them a simple breakfast. The four of them then set off on their journey again.

Lin Xin originally thought that now that it was daytime, those people would not be so rampant in attacking them. However, she still underestimated a prince's obsession with the throne in this era.

Looking at the densely packed line of at least several hundred people in front of her, Lin Xin felt like cursing.

Chu Yu's expression was also very unpleasant. Although these people were all dressed in identical black clothes, he could still see the sleeves, face coverings, and embroidered patterns on the collars of more than a dozen of them. These were the symbols of the royal guards. Every prince would have his own guards after the age of ten, and it was clear that these people belonged to the Third Prince.

"Miss Lin, the people who came back this time are very powerful. I'll hold them off for now. You take the young prince and Nannan and find a chance to leave!" Chu Yu said in a low voice to Lin Xin in the carriage.

Lin Xin raised an eyebrow, putting her arms around Lin Nan and Lin Tao, whose faces were pale from facing a chase for the first time. "Just how formidable are you?"

"Among them are more than a dozen royal guards, each capable of taking on ten men. The rest are probably no less formidable than the previous ones. After all, the capital is only a few dozen miles away. If they can't take us down now, they'll have no chance left," Chu Yu replied in a low voice, his eyes fixed on the large force before him.

"Royal Guards? How did you figure that out?"

“Their clothes had patterns on the cuffs, collars, and face coverings.”

"Oh!" Lin Xin glanced at the people with clumps of faces covered in the crowd, then considered her own abilities. She figured that if those people remained motionless like this, she could take down about half of them with one move. However, if the opponents were as strong as Chu Yu had described, she wouldn't have a chance to unleash another powerful attack.

"Sigh! There are still quite a few left!" she sighed softly, then lowered her voice and said to Chu Yu, "I'll start with a big one. I reckon their ranks will be in disarray after that. Leave the remaining royal guards to me. The rest of you can hold out for as long as you can, but you must guard the carriage. I'm entrusting both children to you."

"Miss Lin!" Chu Yu wanted to stop her, but he knew perfectly well that Lin Xin's arrangement was the most reasonable. If he were to deal with the royal guards, he would have absolutely no chance of winning.

"It's settled then. Get ready, I'm about to make my move."

“…Okay!” Chu Yu moved her body slightly back to make room for Lin Xin.

The Third Prince was a very cautious person. After experiencing the assassination of his maternal grandfather Feng Xing, and then the Emperor's investigation which was loud but had no real effect, his suspicious and cautious nature was brought to the extreme. He not only re-examined the people around him, but also investigated those who had expressed their support for him. When the late Emperor passed away, he even went so far as to use a substitute as a backup plan.

Therefore, after receiving the message by carrier pigeon, he arranged for two-thirds of his bodyguards to come with him, and at the same time raised Lin Xin's danger level to the highest level.

When Lin Xin appeared in everyone's sight, the royal guards all felt a chill in their hearts. The Third Prince's intelligence was still too conservative. This woman was not only highly skilled in martial arts, but more importantly, she had a murderous aura that was comparable to that of generals who had fought their way through thousands of troops. Moreover, she had a trait that they were very familiar with: a disregard for human life.

They received rigorous training from a young age, and they were taught that if they didn't kill, they would be killed, which is why they have this trait. So where does Lin Xin's trait come from?
Before they could figure it out, Lin Xin's water blades had already arrived. This time, Lin Xin was aiming to kill, showing no mercy whatsoever. Immediately, more than half of them threw down their weapons, clutched their necks, and collapsed to the ground in pain. Among them were seven royal guards.

Lin Xin had originally included all the royal guards in her plan, but about a dozen of them sensed the danger beforehand and managed to dodge the water blades just before they hit their necks. Although they avoided the fatal blow, none of them were able to escape injury.

Lin Xin had no time to pay attention to the turmoil in their hearts. After her successful attack, she rushed into the crowd without pausing, gripping her scimitar. She only whispered in Chu Yu's ear, "Guard the carriage!"

Fueled by the power of her previous attack, Lin Xin initially took advantage of the moment when her opponents were stunned, reaping lives as if they were nothing. Her attacks were ruthless, almost every move was fatal, and her movements were incredibly fast. Before most of her opponents could react, she had already taken down nearly a third of them. Unfortunately, the Royal Guards reacted much faster than the others. Her barrage of attacks only worsened their injuries, but failed to kill them as she had hoped.

"As expected of the Royal Guards, they are indeed agile and have a beast-like instinct for danger. They are no less skilled than me. It seems I have no choice but to fight them head-on!" Lin Xin thought regretfully.

But she didn't know that her actions had terrified most of the other party, making them almost unable to muster the courage to confront her.

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