Creation of the Universe

The assassin who managed to escape was caught by Shen Yunli who was waiting for him there when he was about to climb over the high wall of the prime minister's residence.

Just as he jumped into the air, he saw a light figure like a fairy, who raised his foot and lightly tapped his head. He fell to the ground like a heavy stone.

"Ouch!"

Without taking time to care about the pain of his injury, he hurriedly rolled and crawled on the ground, intending to escape in another direction, but Shen Yunli's figure was as fast as lightning and soon blocked his way.

"Now that you're here, don't even think about leaving. Do you want to come back with me, or do you want to die here?"

The assassin had no other options, but at least he still wanted to survive, so he surrendered obediently in front of Shen Yunli.

Shen Yunli took the assassin to meet Shen Zhan and the Prime Minister. This person captured alive was finally of some value.

"Did King Jinning send you here?"

The assassin nodded truthfully and replied, "The prince said that the prime minister has been feigning illness and refusing summons lately, and he is increasingly disrespecting him. Therefore, he ordered a few of us to come and scare the prime minister as a punishment."

"As a punishment?"

Shen Zhan and the Prime Minister looked at each other, and both felt that this might not be true.

The Prime Minister then asked in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, you only meant to scare me, but didn't mean to kill me?"

"It's true."

Shen Zhan stood up from his seat, staring at the assassin with a burning gaze and said, "That's interesting. I just stood in the dark and carefully observed you guys. In terms of your cultivation path, you are all on the path of body training. The leader has the highest cultivation level and is at the early stage of the Martial Master realm.

Judging from your words and actions after you came in, you are not here just to scare people. First of all, you did not cover your faces, which obviously means you had planned it long ago. You will not leave anyone alive this time, so you have no scruples.

Secondly, your attacks were brutal and ruthless, not even sparing the powerless Old Huang. How can this be considered just a bluff? "

The assassin quickly explained, "The prince didn't ask us to harm the Prime Minister, but before we left the palace, we received instructions from the Queen. She...she wanted us to fake a robbery, so that people would think it was the Prime Minister's residence that was robbed, and that the Prime Minister himself was killed by a group of unidentified robbers."

Shen Yunli gasped and exclaimed, "The queen is so vicious. She actually tampered with the order behind my father's back!"

"We are merely insignificant ants, and the Queen is a member of the Lingzhou Wang family. Therefore, we dare not offend her. That's why we...we had no choice but to do this. It's entirely out of self-preservation. Please calm down, Prime Minister."

The Prime Minister looked at the assassin and said, "You and I are both in this situation. The trend is unstoppable. Who can live according to their own will?"

After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "If you can mend your ways, I can let you go, but you must leave Jinning tonight and fly away. If I see you in the city again, the next time we meet, it will be your death!"

The assassin was granted amnesty and kowtowed several times on the ground, promising to leave Jining that night and never come back.

Shen Zhan pondered, "The queen finally couldn't help herself and took action."

"It's okay. She didn't succeed this time. She knows I'll be on guard next time, so she won't easily do that again."

The next day, Meng Zhong and Han Fei both moved into the Prime Minister's Mansion. They secretly entered through the back door so that they could continue to recuperate here in peace. Even if their injuries had not healed, they would still be more than enough to deal with the assassins sent by the Queen.

This arrangement can ensure the safety of the prime minister, and Shen Zhan can also continue his plan with confidence.

General Hu Wei was repeatedly scolded and beaten by King Jinning, and he was very unhappy. That night, he appeared in a restaurant in the city and drank happily with several good generals in the army.

"Hmph, that princess has fled far away and has disappeared long ago. Where can we go to find her? Isn't this deliberately forcing us brothers to death?"

General Hu Wei was full of complaints, and without caring about the many people in the restaurant, he spoke his mind and expressed his strong dissatisfaction.

One of his lieutenants immediately echoed him, "General, if we continue like this, our heads will be in vain. We might as well leave Jinning first in the name of looking for Shen Yunli. If we can't find her, then we can just not come back and see what he can do to us!"

But someone soon reminded them, "We can take our soldiers with us, but we can't take our families with us. If we dare to act rashly, our wives and children will surely suffer!"

"That's right, it's not that simple.

These people suddenly felt desperate. Are they going to be forced to death?

There are only two days left before the deadline given by Prince Jinning. If they cannot give an explanation that satisfies the prince by then, their lives will be in danger.

Shen Zhan was alone at this time, sitting by the window, listening to these people's conversation and thinking about something silently.

After a while, he suddenly stood up, holding a wine jug in one hand and Liuyun Sword in the other, and walked unsteadily towards the seats where those people were sitting.

"Oh!"

He suddenly stumbled and knocked over the wine table. General Hu Wei and others immediately stood up and picked up weapons.

"Drunkard, how do you walk? Don't you have eyes?"

Someone started cursing first.

Shen Zhan narrowed his eyes and snorted, "Since I'm an alcoholic, it's natural that I walk like this. Have you ever seen a drunk person walk in a straight line?"

"Hey, kid, are you looking for death? Do you know who we are?"

"I don't care who you are. I just want to get drunk now. Don't bother me."

As soon as these words were spoken, General Hu Wei and others were immediately furious. They were already full of anger and just wanted to find a reason to vent it, but they didn't expect such an ignorant kid to suddenly appear.

They all drew their swords and wanted to teach Shen Zhan a lesson.

Shen Zhan smiled, pointed at the knife in one of the men's hands, and laughed at him. "Can you even call that a knife? I think it's hard to kill a chicken, let alone a pig. Don't show it to others and embarrass yourself."

"Damn it, machete!"

The man struck the man in the face with a knife. After all, he was a military man, so the strength, angle and ferocity of his hands were very strong. No ordinary person could withstand it.

But Shen Zhan easily dodged the knife, and then he continued to mock, "Slow, too slow, with the speed you draw the knife, even my grandmother can dodge it!"

Upon hearing this, General Hu Wei immediately ordered, "Hack this man to death!"

Several of his men immediately rushed forward, and there was a flash of swords and sabers, which scared the other guests in the restaurant so much that they ran away in panic. However, the fight was so intense that none of them could touch Shen Zhan even a little bit.