My husband, please respect yourself. The princess is here to grab the bride.

Dongfang Xun remained silent.

He still frowned slightly as he watched Bai Shaoqiu wash the arrows!

Seeing that Dongfang Xun didn't leave or say anything, Bai Shaoqiu didn't bother to pay attention to him.

Lao Yu said there were five Shadow Guards, each with twelve members, for a total of sixty. (The previous article said three, sorry, I'll correct it.)

Don't say too much or too little.

This trip to Kyoto was not as Lao Yu said, that someone would be staring at him the moment he stepped into the city gate of Kyoto. Bai Shaoqiu thought that someone would be staring at him the moment he left Xiling City!

Rather than letting a chess piece cross the river, it is better to eat it before it crosses the river to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Especially since Zou Kongqing said that the emperor really liked Wen... What if the emperor was very fond of him when they met? What if the emperor sent a master from the palace to protect him, or gave a stern warning to those forces?

Letting himself, the son-in-law of the royal palace, walk around Kyoto with ease... This obviously does not conform to the original intention of Ye Qionglou's faction.

Killing yourself along the way seems to be the right thing to do.

With sixty people...it seems that the strength has increased a lot, but at the same time the target has also become a lot bigger.

Otherwise, Bai Shaoqiu felt that he could leave Xiling City quietly.

For example, disguise yourself as a business traveler.

There are still two or three of my father’s old friends in Xiling City who are trustworthy.

It is not too difficult to implement a strategy of repairing the plank road in public while secretly attacking Chencang.

But it’s difficult with sixty shadow guards!

He didn't know how deep the background of Xuan Jing Si was, but he thought about it and it must be very deep.

A special government office that has been able to exist for three hundred years without being abolished... it must have its own way of survival.

Therefore, Bai Shaoqiu sincerely hopes to persuade Dongfang Xun to retreat.

He is good,

They too!

Dongfang Xun didn't take Bai Shaoqiu's words seriously.

The only one who could threaten the sixty shadow guards is the Xuan Jing Division, which mobilized hundreds of people.

Xuan Jingsi would never dare to do this, because even Xuan Jingsi would not dare to truly anger the King of Zhenxi!

So even if Xuan Jingsi wanted to do something, they could only send dozens of people to assassinate.

What the Shadow Guard fears least is assassination.

Dongfang Xun didn't listen to Bai Shaoqiu's words at all. What he really paid attention to was Bai Shaoqiu washing the arrows -

The water in the bucket is poison!

This delicate-skinned son-in-law actually put his hands in poison to wash the arrow!

Is he not afraid of poison?

Can he shoot arrows?

Before leaving the palace, he went to see Bai Shaoqiu on the prince's orders.

He knew that Bai Shaoqiu was practicing Qi, but it had no effect.

This is a very ridiculous thing.

Martial arts training usually starts from the age of three or four to lay the foundation, but this son-in-law is almost eighteen years old, and at this time he is practicing qigong... well, he is practicing holding his breath!

He has no internal force, but he can hold his breath longer than ordinary people, which can be considered as an anomaly.

He had also seen the strange and bizarre things that Bai Shaoqiu had the blacksmith make.

Arrow Three said it was a bow.

Well, the bow didn't look like a bow should, and in Dongfang Xun's opinion, this was just another boring move by the son-in-law.

He was not in the palace these days, so he was not aware of what his son-in-law did next.

The letter he received from the prince told him to come back after completing his mission. His son-in-law was about to enter the capital by imperial decree, and the prince ordered him to lead the shadow guards to escort his son-in-law to the east gate of Kyoto.

The orders of my adoptive father cannot be disobeyed!

No matter how unwilling Dongfang Xun was, he had to do it.

Do it to the letter!

Even if he died, he had to send this son-in-law to the East Gate of Kyoto!

"Where does this poison come from?"

Dongfang Xun asked, but Bai Shaoqiu did not answer.

The atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward, but Dongfang Xun didn't feel awkward, and neither did Bai Shaoqiu.

Dongfang Xun stopped asking, and Bai Shaoqiu also stopped talking.

So, under Dongfang Xun's gaze, Bai Shaoqiu soaked all twenty iron arrows in poison.

He put the arrows into the quiver, got up and went back to the main house, and came back with another quiver.

This quiver is obviously much smaller.

When Bai Shaoqiu took out an arrow from the quiver, Dongfang Xun frowned again——

This thing is an arrow.

But it is not an arrow shot from a bow!

It's more like the... sleeve arrow used by people in the martial arts world!

About fifteen inches long.

If the sleeve arrow was a little longer.

Even if it was a sleeve arrow, he couldn't unleash its power without internal strength.

So... what on earth is this?

This is a crossbow arrow!

Wang Sanchui sent over a bunch of Bai Shaoqiu's new paintings yesterday, and *** was one of them.

That compound bow is too big for long-range shooting.

He also needed a close-range self-defense weapon that was easy to carry and fired faster, and the smaller folding version of the pistol became one of his best choices.

This thing can fold the crossbow arm into the sleeve pocket. When in use, the crossbow arm can be expanded by pulling the trigger, and the crossbow arrow placed on it can be shot out instantly.

This was done almost in one go.

Due to the size of the crossbow, the distance the crossbow arrow can be shot is not far, roughly fifty steps.

Of course, its power is greatly reduced at around fifty steps, and its optimal killing distance is... the closer the better, no more than thirty steps.

But it’s different because the crossbow arrow is coated with poison.

This poison is not one of the four strange poisons, but it is much stronger than the poisons commonly used in the martial arts world.

Zou Kongqing said that this poison was called 'The Other Shore'. If one was poisoned, the whole body would become numb within ten breaths. If there was no antidote within half an hour, the person would surely die!

Dongfang Xun just watched Bai Shaoqiu wash the arrow with poison.

It took another half an hour for Bai Shaoqiu to poison all ten crossbow arrows.

After putting the crossbow arrows into the quiver, Dongfang Xun saw Bai Shaoqiu take out a small porcelain bottle from his sleeve pocket.

He uncorked the bottle and shook out a small amount of white powder.

He rubbed the powder in his palms, then put his hands into the barrel. Dongfang Xun was shocked to see the originally dark green poisonous water in the barrel gradually turn clear...

"Uncle Zou taught you?"

Bai Shaoqiu took his hands out of the barrel, wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and then looked up at Dongfang Xun:

"If you are just curious, you can see Zou Kongqing when you go to Dasan Pass. You can find out by asking him."

"If you are under the prince's orders... I can also write a letter for you to take to the prince. He won't make things difficult for you."

"You're standing here looking at me, and it's putting me in a difficult position!"

"My time is very tight. I don't have time to treat you to tea, let alone wine and dinner."

Bai Shaoqiu stood up and said, "I'm leaving now, and you can leave too."

Dongfang Xun pondered for three breaths, then suddenly bowed:

"The Shadow Guard will be waiting for you at the Ten-Li Pavilion!"

He stood up straight, looked at Bai Shaoqiu deeply, and turned away.

Bai Shaoqiu immediately became anxious and shouted at Dongfang Xun's back, "Hey, hey, hey, I really don't need you to come with me!"

Dongfang Xun paused for a moment, without turning around, he quickly left Baicao Garden.

Bai Shaoqiu let out a long sigh.

He didn't know how powerful the Shadow Guard was. He thought he was bringing dozens of burdens with him.

He also walked towards the front yard.

The eunuch Wei who delivered the imperial edict would probably arrive in Xiling City in three days. He thought he should go and take a look at Chunman Cottage.

That jar of green plum wine...is it okay?

Just as he arrived in front of the moon gate, Wang Sanchui hurried in carrying a cloth bag.