Yours truly, Ouyang Feng

Chapter 38: Assassin's Creed

After a while.

Ouyang Lie, dressed in knight's uniform and wearing a chain mail, came to greet them on flying horses with more than ten riders including Ma Tie and Dong Fang.

Seeing Ouyang Feng's pale golden horse from afar, Ma Tie, who was the expert in horse identification and breeding, exclaimed, "Sweat-blooded Pegasus!"

He was the first one to rush over on his horse, dismounted, and crawled to Ouyang Feng's horse. He grabbed the reins, looked at the horse carefully, and his gray beard trembled with pain.

"How did you make Pegasus so tired? How far did you run in one breath, Second Young Master?"

"..."

Ouyang Feng was also speechless. He dismounted and gave the Ferghana horse to the old horse fanatic.

"Brother Feng."

In the team, Li Mingyue, who was also wearing military uniform and armor, holding a bow and sword, and had a heroic spirit, greeted Ouyang Feng with a smile.

Since the old owner of the manor passed away, Ouyang Lie succeeded him as the head of the family. My sister-in-law has become much more mature and stable over the past year.

She gradually restrained her playful and mischievous girlish nature, learned to take care of the housekeeping of the villa, helped her elder brother manage money and grain, and often visited and cared for the women in the Wolf Riders' family, and even organized the women to do collective production labor, showing a bit of the style of a mistress of the house.

He also learned some martial arts. Although he is not a master, he can easily knock down three or two strong men who don't know martial arts.

"Second brother, why are you here?"

Ouyang Lie dismounted, came over and asked:
"But the siege is not going well?"

Ouyang Feng shook his head and said:
"It went very smoothly. With the help of Uncle Li, I have captured the Gaochang Royal City and captured the Gaochang royal family. Even the newly appointed Junior Supervisor Xiao Bata and his 300 cavalrymen were captured by us. We also seized 100 sets of iron horse armor, 200 sets of chain mail, and 300 excellent war horses that can carry heavy cavalry. None of the 500 wolf riders were killed or injured."

Ouyang Lie clapped his hands excitedly and said with a smile:

"In this way, Gaochang will belong to my family!"

Ouyang Feng nodded and said:

"Yes, from now on, Gaochang Kingdom will change its surname to Ouyang."

Ouyang Lie was excited for a while and asked again:
"Since everything is going well, why don't you stay in Gaochang City instead of coming to see me?"

Ouyang Feng said:

"Xiao Bata said that he sent an Assassin assassin to White Camel Villa. I'm worried that you might run into the assassin on the way, so..."

"assassin?"

Ouyang Lie looked strange:
"What a coincidence. Half an hour before you came, we did meet a foreign merchant who claimed that he had been separated from his caravan and lost his way due to a storm. He brought two camels and a Persian girl with him, and said that he was willing to give the girl to me and asked me to take him to the Gaochang Royal City."

Ouyang Feng asked:
"and then?"

Ouyang Lie spread his hands:
"In the desert, it is a customary rule to lend a helping hand to travelers in distress. Besides, the cavalry brigade I lead does not need to hide its whereabouts, so I brought them with me, let them ride camels and follow behind the team, and also have someone keep an eye on them."

"Your brother is just making excuses."

Li Mingyue joked:

"That Persian girl is very beautiful. Your elder brother must have fallen in love with her."

"Where can I have it?"

Ouyang Lie said helplessly:

"I already said that I was going to give that Hu Ji to my second brother."

Li Mingyue smiled and said:
"Now that my father has passed away, my brother Feng wants to take in a wife and concubines, and I, as the eldest sister-in-law, will arrange it for him. There are many beautiful sisters in my clan, so why do we need to take in a Hu girl of unknown origin? That Hu merchant and the Hu girl came at such a coincidence, they must be assassins sent by Xiao Batata. Brother Feng, you came at the right time, otherwise your eldest brother might have been harmed by her when he took in that Hu girl tonight." Ouyang Lie was speechless.

Ouyang Feng breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he had arrived at the right time.

Given my eldest brother's personality, he would never take in that Persian girl.

But given the Assassins' methods, if you are not on guard against them, when you are camping tonight, they might sneak into your tent and take your head quietly.

He then said to Ouyang Lie:

"After setting up camp, call those two over and I'll test them."

It was already dusk and the team was about to choose a place to set up camp, so Ouyang Lie ordered Ma Tie and Dong Fang to arrange for the team to camp.

After the camp was set up, Ouyang Lie sent someone to invite the Hu merchant, saying that he wanted to entertain the guests.

A quarter of an hour later.

A bearded foreign merchant in a white robe, accompanied by a Persian girl with a veil, belly-exposing clothes, a slim waist and a plump butt, walked into Ouyang Lie's tent.

"May Buddha bless you, respected general."

As soon as the Hu merchant entered the tent, he clasped his hands together and bowed to Ouyang Lie.

The Persian girl also saluted and looked around the tent quickly. She saw that there were only two young servants in leather armor in the tent, and the host and his wife had taken off their armor and were unarmed. The girl's eyes suddenly turned cold and a hint of murderous intent flashed across them.

But she didn't act immediately.

Assassins of the Assassin sect would not hesitate to sacrifice their own lives to kill enemies for their sect.

However, this action is for the bounty of Tuna Xiaobata, so there is no need to risk his own life.

However, Hu Ji wanted to wait for a better opportunity, but she heard the male host say something with a smile:
"The guest is a believer. What a coincidence. I also believe in Buddha, and my second brother is a Vajra protector of Buddhism. Since the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the Dashi religion has continued to expand eastward. Until now, Gaochang is the last piece of Buddhist pure land in the Western Regions. However, Gaochang is weak and may not be able to resist the invasion of Dashi religion. Therefore, my brothers and I raised troops to protect the religion and wanted to occupy Gaochang as a fortress against the eastward expansion of Dashi religion.

"In the future, we will even fight westwards and destroy those chaotic Arab states. We vow to convert the Arabs to Buddhism. Since you are a believer, please spread the word for my brothers after you return home. We welcome the Buddhist believers to come to Gaochang for trade. If you can provide us with some news about the religious states, that would be even better..."

The host's remarks were very abrupt, and it felt as if he was forcing the topic forward regardless of the shallowness of the relationship.

But when these words fell into Hu Ji's ears, it was as if they had touched some kind of taboo. Hu Ji's eyes instantly turned red, and she was filled with religious fanaticism. She could no longer restrain herself, and she moved suddenly and pounced on the man.

She was confident enough that after killing the male host and his wife, she could seize the horse and escape before the large group of people outside the tent could react.

Her movements were extremely fast, like a ghost. The two young servants stood there in a daze, seemingly stunned by her sudden move.

Before they could react, Hu Ji had already rushed to the table where the host and his wife were sitting. She swiped her hand across the table and instantly picked up a meat-cutting knife. With a flash of the knife, she stabbed it towards the man's throat.

The man didn't move, as if he was also frightened by her sudden attack.

Just when the tip of the knife was only an inch away from the man's throat, the young servant on the left of the master and his wife suddenly snapped his fingers.

Then there was a sharp whistling sound, and the knife in Hu Ji's hand broke with a clang. The huge force transmitted from the knife even caused Hu Ji's palm to burst and her finger bones to break!

It was not until this moment that Hu Ji saw an iron ball the size of a soybean falling on the table.

What just broke her knife and shattered her finger bones was just such a tiny iron ball!
Hu Ji knew that she had met an extraordinary master.

But she did not give up. She jumped up and wrapped her legs around the man's neck like a python.

But before it touched the male host, the young servant, who had shot out a tiny iron ball with the flick of his finger and broke the knife, raised his hand again and slapped it, causing an air explosion with a bang.

The invisible palm force rushed out like an angry dragon emerging from the sea, hitting Hu Ji's soft spot from a distance. Hu Ji immediately groaned, blood spurted out of her mouth and nose, and she flew sideways. After landing, she struggled only twice before unwillingly swallowing her last breath.

(End of this chapter)