The Choice Queen's

TCQ 47: Assaulted

The awkwardness generated from last night's incident did not end when the two separated last night. Even after morning, Li Fengran and Nangong Zirui had no intention of greeting as usual. As if mute, the two of them both fell silent and said nothing.

The waiter was confused. They thought the King and Sword Bearer's throat was hurting, so didn't talk to each other.

Su Ren who usually talked a lot of useless things also fell silent, he was afraid that the King was angry and he aggravated it.

How not, Li Fengran himself was confused about having to face Nangong Zirui. He was confused as to how to deal with it.

Although Li Fengran was not narrow-minded, but someone had seen the upper half of his body without clothes. After all, Nangong Zirui was still a man. It was impossible for him to have wild thoughts.

Even after leaving Jinchuan, Li Fengran and Nangong Zirui still did not return to their original ways. Both always limit interaction and talk as necessary.

Li Fengran even deliberately rode in the front row, only solely to avoid awkwardness when Nangong Zirui was nearby. If Mo Wei saw this, the bodyguard would have laughed out loud.

The group then rested in an inn on the edge of the city. The border between Jinchuan and the capital is marked by mountains and forests stretching for five miles. In spring, the trees in the forest are green and the air is very fresh.

A waiter delivered some snacks and drinks to several tables, then returned to the kitchen. The escort guards drank like thirsty camels, downing the water in the teapot to the toilet. Some of them were fighting with a friend beside him.

“Add more water,” Nangong Zirui told the waiter. The young male servant in his around sixteen years old nodded and immediately rushed over.

The inn was not too small. The main building is made of wood and built two floors. The lower floor was used as a restaurant, the upper floor for a room stay while the courtyard became a junction shop. Surrounding it was bounded by a wooden fence at the waist of an adult.

The atmosphere is pretty cold. Li Fengran looked around, staring at the other visitors who were engrossed in eating and chatting. Then, his eyes suddenly caught some visitors with a strange gurgle.

The visitors on the corner bench were staring towards his seat and Nangong Zirui's place non-stop, silently but very suspiciously.

“Jeez, will there be a scene of a sudden attack at the resting post?” muttered Li Fengran. He shuddered a little when he imagined the ambush that usually occurred when the group was resting and was being less alert.

Nangong Zirui also felt a bad premonition, yet his expression remained calm as if the gazes of those people were nothing to him. He did not not not not know the risk of coming out of the palace, but if he was noisy, then the enemy would be vigilant and immediately attack. All he could do was observe for a moment.

“Xiao Feng, are you nervous?” he asked while glancing at Li Fengran. His eyes remained calm and it made Li Fengran shocked.

“Your Highness, you realize it?”

“Hehe. Just a few little mice, no need to worry.”

Nangong Zirui twisted his cup. The bodyguards saw their King secretly, understanding his code and instructions. The guards then pretended to be drunk, then pretended to faint at his desk. A look at the disparaging sharp grin engraved on the corner of Nangong Zirui's lips.

As the bodyguards pretended to faint, a group of suspicious people rose from their place. They walked around, like they were forming a siege formation.

It was a pity that they were lousy because they thought that Li Fengran and Nangong Zirui were unaware of it. One of them pretended to leave the inn.

Just as his feet were one step away from the outside area, the person suddenly turned around and a sharp sword suddenly appeared and aimed at Nangong Zirui's neck. But before his blade hit the neck, Nangong Zirui threw his cup at the person, he used his inner power. Not only was his cup broken, the person directing the sword was also knocked down five meters away, sprawled over the collapsed fence.

“Sial! Attack!” yell at the other.

Turns right. They set up siege formations. The inn was instantly filled with people in black. Li Fengran immediately picked up the Xingyu Sword, then pulled Nangong Zirui behind him. His eyes looked at the criminals vigilantly. Suddenly, the awkwardness that lasted over ten hours disappeared instantly.

Nangong Zirui silently smiled. Is this how it feels to be protected by a woman?

The criminals jump to attack, but their attack bounces off as the sleeping bodyguards pick up their weapons and block them.

The originally quiet courtyard turned into a fierce battle arena. The guards bravely fought the criminals, targeting their bodies with swords.

He felt that this group of criminals were high-powered assassins. Otherwise, his guards might have already exterminated them. However, the abilities of his bodyguards could not be underestimated either. These bodyguards were special bodyguards, their fighting abilities were several times greater than ordinary bodyguards.

“What are they reliable?”

“If it is unreliable, I will not stand quietly behind you. Xiao Feng, I have never hired a useless person.”

Nangong Zirui folded his hands on his chest. To him, the fight scene between his bodyguards and the villains was like a fight in a match arena.

There is a greater and more terrible fight: the battlefield. These assassins were not as brutal as the enemies on the battlefield.

“Then, I must also be useful,” Li Fengran said.

Unexpectedly, he pushed Nangong Zirui backwards and he himself jumped forwards. Li Fengran joined the bodyguards against the assassins. Nangong Zirui sighed and shook his head. This sword-bearer, is he looking to die?

“He thinks his martial arts are that great?”

Li Fengran fought without taking out the sword from its sheath. He only pushed and hit after dodging. An assassin then kicked his stomach, forcing Li Fengran to retreat. Fortunately, Nangong Zirui swiftly restrained his back until Li Fengran could still stand up.

Li Fengran glanced at Nangong Zirui. There was a difficult emotion to translate within his eyes. “You really want to fight?”

“They are your subordinates, I am also your subordinates. There is no reason for me to be treated differently, Your Majesty.”

“Alright if that's what you want.”

Nangong Zirui let Li Fengran rejoin the fight. The number of killers the longer the less. They were killed and scattered.

However, it was worth the energy that the guards released. Over time, their combat strength also began to slacken from fighting for too long.

“Your Majesty, hurry up and go! This killer will not stop!” shouted Li Fengran. If possible, he will also run off the ridge.

Nangong Zirui sighed again. “Stupid, where can I leave you.”

Then, Nangong Zirui without warning directly jumped into the fighting arena. He patted Li Fengran's hand, and Li Fengran's grip on the Xingyu Sword instantly slipped apart. With one light move, the sword slipped out of its sheath and the blade flashed sharply.

“Dare you guys bother me, then you guys will die!”

In Nangong Zirui's hands, the Xingyu Sword was like dancing nimbly. The sword managed to incapacitate many assassins in less than a minute.

The speed and accuracy of Nangong Zirui could not even be seen with ordinary eyes. Watching the Xingyu Sword become a murder weapon in Nangong Zirui's hands, Li Fengran was stunned and his gaze continued to follow the man's movements.

That man's martial ability might be equivalent to a master's level!

Nangong Zirui glanced at Li Fengran who was still dumbfounded, then he pushed her out of the fight and some bodyguards protected her. Meanwhile, Nangong Zirui and the other bodyguards came back to beat up the assassins and injure them.

Nangong Zirui continued to move his sword, deflecting and repelling the attack, then returning the attack twice as much. His face remained calm despite the blood splashing onto his shirt and part of his body.

Li Fengran was sandwiched between two situations: in disbelief because Nangong Zirui killed the person directly in front of him and was amazed at his martial ability. Until suddenly….

“Your Highness, beware!”