Starting with choosing a wife, creating the most powerful Xia

After leaving the gambling den, the two did not return to their inn, but instead strolled around the streets.

It continued until after the third watch of the night.

Although Lucheng doesn't have a curfew, there are only a few things to do in this era. As night falls, everyone in the city goes home to rest.

So much so that by the end, the two of them could no longer see a single person around them.

Chu Xuan put away the trinkets he had just bought at the market and headed towards the inn with Chen Xuening.

The night was cool, and only the faint sound of two people's footsteps could be heard echoing in the street.

Chen Xuening had a wonderful time today, something she had never experienced before. Even as she left, her eyes were still filled with excitement.

"Husband, please try this."

She took out a skewer of fried dough and placed it on Chu Xuan's lips, looking at him expectantly.

Chu Xuan was somewhat helpless at the sight. He had clearly told Chen Xuening his entire plan, but the girl was still so naive. He had never seen her so carefree before.

"It's better to be careful. Chu Zeng's men will probably be here soon."

He understood his myna bird's mindset perfectly.

Today, I embarrassed Chu Zeng at the restaurant. In addition, Chu Zeng has always coveted Chen Xuening and her two companions. Given his vengeful nature, he will surely come to take revenge.

The reason he had been wandering the streets until now was to wait for Chu Zeng to make a move.

It's easy to defend against a spear in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark. Since Chu Zeng is going to make a move anyway, it's better to lure him out and put him under my watchful eye.

Although Chu Xuan spoke very seriously, Chen Xuening just pursed her lips and smiled.

"Anyway, my husband will protect me."

Hearing this, Chu Xuan felt a headache coming on. He wondered what sins he had committed. It seemed that he had corrupted Chen Xuening, who used to be like a flower on a high mountain, someone who could only be admired from afar.

What if I can't protect you?

However, Chen Xuening's appearance made Chu Xuan relax a bit without realizing it, and he teased her.

"Then it can only be said that I am unlucky."

As the two were talking, a strange noise suddenly came from the alley on one side of the street, which sounded like someone's clothes rubbing together.

Chu Xuan glanced casually at the alley entrance, and a smile appeared on his lips.

The alley was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything inside, but he was quite certain that an assassin was probably already hiding there.

He outwardly pretended not to know anything, but his right hand wrapped around Chen Xuening's soft, boneless waist, and his palm rested on the pistol under the hem of her clothes.

"come yet?"

Chen Xuening's gaze narrowed slightly, and she spoke softly, her breath sweet as orchids.

She wasn't unnerved; it was just that someone was lying in ambush, and she couldn't implicate Chu Xuan, so she acted this way to avoid putting pressure on him.

Chu Xuan nodded slightly.

The surroundings were so quiet it felt somewhat eerie.

Even though Chu Xuan and his companion didn't discover the people lying in ambush in the alley, they could still feel a murderous intent, like a biting cold wind blowing in through their clothes.

In that alley, three pairs of eyes gleamed with cold light, staring intently at the two people on the street.

This is the first layer of ambush. Once Chu Xuan and his companion take another ten steps or so to the entrance of the second alley, the people lying in ambush will attack together, flanking them from both sides, leaving them nowhere to hide.

Zi Chou slowly drew the sword from his waist, the blade gleaming coldly in the moonlight.

I silently counted a few times in my mind.

"three two……"

But before he could finish counting, he was surprised to see Chu Xuan stop.

Then he turned his head and, whether it was his imagination or not, Zi Chou felt as if Chu Xuan was smiling at him.

A sense of foreboding suddenly welled up in his heart, but the feeling was vague and he didn't know why for a moment.

"on!"

Zi Chou, being a highly skilled individual raised by the Chu family for many years, immediately sensed that things had changed. To prevent things from slipping out of control, he refused to wait any longer and roared, ordering everyone to take action ahead of schedule.

But before he could finish speaking, Chu Xuan used a tinderbox to light something that looked like a sphere.

Chu Xuan didn't linger after doing all this. He immediately grabbed Chen Xuening's wrist and retreated sharply!

The next second, a burst of intense flames suddenly erupted in the alley in front of the two!

In an instant, a thunderous roar echoed through the alley!

The loud noise and the surge of air instantly stunned Zi Chou, who froze on the spot. The blade was stuck halfway out, and he dared not exert any more force to pull it out.

He looked like a statue.

"The effect is quite good."

Chu Xuan, who had taken a dozen steps back, waved his hand to disperse the dust in front of him and nodded.

This fragmentation grenade was being used for the first time, and it seems to have been quite powerful.

He then turned to look at Zi Chou and the others in the alley behind him, who were completely stunned.

A slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He walked slowly toward them.

When Zi Chou saw Chu Xuan approaching with a smile, he was terrified as if he had seen a ghost. He quickly dropped his blade, knelt down, and trembled, not daring to speak.

They were afraid that if Chu Xuan was in a bad mood, he might do the same thing to them as before.

When Chen Xuening saw this group of men in black with their faces covered, they all looked like frightened lambs. For a moment, she couldn't help but find it funny, and Chu Xuan's image in her mind became even more impressive.

Chu Xuan looked at Zi Chou, who was at the front, and said in a deep voice.

“I recognize you, you are Zi Chou, one of the twelve earthly branches in the Chu family’s secret guards.”

He underestimated the importance the Chu family placed on Chu Zeng.

The Twelve Earthly Branches were the assassins secretly raised by the Chu family. These assassins were people who would risk their lives to carry out their lord's orders.

This group of people were all raised by the Chu family from childhood and turned into killing machines.

Basically, all he could think about was carrying out the Chu family's orders.

Back then, Ah Leng was a fierce and valiant general on the battlefield, and many soldiers and armored men could not do anything to her. In the end, it was the Chu family that sent six Earthly Branches to secretly infiltrate the barbarian camp and subdue her in a sneak attack.

Chu Xuan originally thought that the people who came this time were probably just ordinary guards, but he didn't expect that Chu Zeng would make a move involving one of the Twelve Earthly Branches, which was quite unexpected.

However, it seems that although this suicide soldier was not afraid of death, the power of the fragmentation grenade far exceeded his expectations, which may have made him feel that it was a ghostly and godlike method, and his state of mind was greatly impacted for a time.

That makes things convenient.

Upon hearing Chu Xuan recognize his identity, Zi Chou trembled and looked up in extreme panic.

At this moment, Chu Xuan was no longer the weak and easily bullied collateral branch of the Chu family, but a man-eating demon of unpredictable nature.

Chu Xuan bent down, picked up the blade from the ground, and held it to Zi Chou's neck.

Sneered.

"Was it my brother who sent you? Don't be afraid. I, Chu Xuan, am not a bloodthirsty person. Tell me where he is, and you can avoid death."

"Or do you want to try out the way those people died before?"