Noble's Woman Guide

Chapter 6.6

All the guards of Ye manor heard this loud noise. They soon were gathered in the backyard. Ci Yuan was the first to rush over to Ye Huaiyang's side. When he wanted to look at her wounds, she waved him away and silently pointed over at King Lan's mansion. He immediately understood and led a dozen guards over to the hole in the wall. He was about to pass through the hole between the two residences when he saw a body of a black-clad man obstructing the path. He squatted down to look and his mind began to discern.

It looked like this black-clad man was hit with a strike before his body slammed into the wall and was killed instantly. It was obvious that the person must have had an in-depth internal force as even the Ye manor suffered the aftermath of this strike.

While he was pondering, another black-clad man uncontrollably flew over then only the sound of rumbling could be heard. Half of the wall on this side had now totally collapsed and nothing was obstructing the line of sight. With the support of Yue'ya, Ye Huaiyang stood up with a cold and forlorn look similar to the reflection of the moonlight on the glazed tiles.

There was an assassination attempt in King Lan's mansion.

Everyone was gathered under the Chong Xiao pavilion. If the black-clad men weren't masked, they wouldn't even be able to differentiate the enemy and us. There were mingling sounds of blood-curdling screams under the glint of swords, splattered blood in every direction and mottled black dots staining the green bamboos which were near the courtyard wall. This place now was enshrouded with a corrosive substance smell that this foul stench even spread across to the Ye manor and nothing could keep the nauseating smell off.

Tang Qingfeng was standing at the entrance of the attic door like a door god. Anyone who wished to bypass him would be knocked down the flight of stairs. The rest of the shadow guards were spread all around the courtyard locking in a fierce struggle with the black-clad men. Ci Yuan immediately led his men to join in the fight when he saw the situation. Gradually the remaining black-clad men were forced to retreat and were soon gathered into the middle of the open space. More than half of them had already been killed yet they still fought like the struggling trapped beast seemingly wouldn't give up unless Chu Jinglan was killed.

Lu Heng was silently standing watch inside the building before he abruptly moved closer to Tang Qingfeng and said some words. Tang Qingfeng immediately left the entrance and with lightning speed, he skimmed over to the middle of the group before he held back the throat of a black-clad man and dragged him back. The shadow guards seemed to have an extreme tacit understanding as they speedily rushed forward and exterminated all those black-clad men who tried to pursue Tang Qingfeng. When the others saw they were now in a perilous situation, they immediately turned towards the outbound trying to fly out of the courtyard wall.

Poof.

A glimmer flashed as half of the snow blade slashed upon the chest of the leader. Like an opened floodgate, blood gushed out and the man staggered several steps then thumped to the ground before he was even able to cry out in pain. The rest of the black-clad men halted their steps. They stared with incessant terror when unknowingly Ci Yuan had flashed over in front of them. Tang Qingfeng at this moment had also quietly arrived behind them where he swung his sword across and accentuated the river of blood. Several men simultaneously covered their necks in horror before dropping dead on the ground with their eyes still wide open.

All of a sudden, the place had now become frightfully silent.

Ye Huaiyang held onto her injured arm and walked across the wall in spite of Yue'ya stoppage. Just when she halted, she heard Tang Qingfeng spoke to Ci Yuan, "Thank you for lending a helping hand. Allow me to express my thanks to your master once this is settled."

Ci Yuan looked around at the mess and the pinned down black-clad man at the back before he placed his sword in front and cupped both his hands for salutation. Just when he took a few strides to leave, something hard pressed under his foot. He subconsciously picked it up and noticed it was a piece of waist-tablet where a silver engraved elk shone under the bright moonlight.

Why was the assassin carrying something with Ye family's emblem?

His expression changed yet before he could react, Chu Jinglan and Lu Heng had already crossed through the piles of corpses and arrived in front of him. Tang Qingfeng immediately flared up when he saw the pattern after he smoothly seized the waist-tablet over.

"What a fine Ye family, truly an inexorable soul!"

Lu Heng frowned but he heard an icy voice from behind Ci Yuan when he was about to open his mouth.

"How was my Ye family an inexorable soul?"

Ye Huaiyang walked out from the shade with her red lips tightened looking displeased. Her cold eyes swept across everyone on the scene when finally stopped on Chu Jinglan as she precisely captured the unusual shades flitting across his eyes.

What did she miss?

Ci Yuan slowly addressed her, Young Miss and immediately took another piece of bloodied waist-tablet offering it to her. Ye Huaiyang took a quick glance before she instantly flew into a rage. She stretched out her hand and knocked the tablet to the ground without a care of the injuries on her arm!

Chu Jinglan looked at her without any fluctuation of emotions.

Ye Huaiyang felt her heart pricked with his indifference gaze. She silently took a deep breath before raising her eyes to glance around. When she unexpectedly noticed the black-clad man who was captured alive, she immediately smiled amid her extreme fury.

"Wangye, can I participate in the interrogation as I want to ask, would I, Ye Huaiyang, be so senseless to send such a group of idiots to kill someone but instead harm myself first!"

Lu Heng and Tang Qingfeng had never met Ye Huaiyang, hence both of them were startled at this moment.

The head of Ye family.... lived next to them?