Chapter 37: Fierce Fight on Niulan Street.

The next day, at Fan Mansion.

"Brother, let me accompany you!" Fan Ruoruo said hurriedly.

Looking at his slightly anxious sister, he also understood that she was worried about him. Fan Xian didn't want to say anything harsh, but explained helplessly, "I understand your worries, but that place is after all a lush and beautiful place. How can a girl like you go there? If my father knew about this, wouldn't he break my legs?"

Fan Ruoruo's face darkened. This was not the first time she complained that she was not a man and could not help her brother. She said, "But."

"Ruoruo, don't worry. I know the Second Prince wants to win me over, but you know me. I hate these power struggles the most and I just want to stay away from them. I went to the banquet this time just because I had something to do. As for the Crown Prince..." Fan Xian thought for a moment and said jokingly to comfort his sister, "He won't kill me in the street, will he?"

Seeing that her brother understood everything and indeed had something to do, Fan Ruoruo had no choice but to stop insisting.

Fan Xian called Teng Zijing over and drove out to Zuixianlou to keep the appointment with the Second Prince. Suddenly, he remembered what Li An said before and asked Teng Zijing casually, "Where will we pass by later?"

Fujiko thought for a moment and replied, "It will pass through Zhuque Street, Chang'an Street, and then reach Niulan Street, and then..."

"etc!"

Fujiko Kyo didn't understand what he meant and looked at Fan Xian. He saw that Fan Xian's face was pale and looked a little scary!
"what happened?"

"This is not right! Did you just say that we will pass Niulan Street?" Fan Xian asked.

Fujiko Kyo thought about it and said affirmatively: "Not bad, but so what?"

Fan Xian asked, "Are there any other routes?"

"Of course there are other routes, but Niulan Street is the only way to Zuixianlou. No matter which road you choose, you can't avoid it." Fujiko Kyo affirmed.

Fan Xian jumped off the carriage, paced back and forth, and muttered to himself. Seeing this, Fujiko Kyo followed suit and got off the carriage.

"Do you know Wanshizhai in the capital?"

Fujiko Kyo nodded: "Of course I know, the fortune teller in the studio is said to be very skilled and his answers are always accurate."

Fan Xian stopped and said, "That man is called Li An, and he is my friend. He came to Kyoto with us, but he was practicing in the carriage all the way, so you don't know much about him. He told me that I had a calamity that would happen to a person or place with the word 'Niu' in it. I have been in Kyoto for some time, and I have not dealt with anyone with the surname Niu yet. But now the name of Niulan Street is really worth noting!"

Fujiko Kyo also became cautious after hearing this: "What should we do now? Should we not go to the appointment today?"

"No, we still have to go. We can't run away just because we are afraid of danger. Danger will come sooner or later. Fortunately, we now have the opportunity to prepare in advance. Let's do this and that..." Fan Xian whispered his thoughts to Fujiko Kyo.

Soon after, the carriage slowly drove away from the gate of Fan Mansion.

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At this moment, in a secret house in Kyoto, two masked women in white came to a locked iron box and released Cheng Jushu, an eighth-rank master of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

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In Wanshizhai.

Li An called his eldest disciple and said to him, "Kaijia, after breakfast, you will lead the junior brothers and sisters to do morning lessons. Don't slack off."

"Disciple obeys the order, Master, are you going out?" Hong Kaijia asked.

Li An nodded, pretended to go back to his room, took out his sword case, and put it on his back.

Now, the eighteen disciples brought back by Li An have gradually recovered their health with a proper diet and started to practice martial arts. Hong Kaijia in front of him also gradually grew up and became more angular.

They understand that life today is not easy, and they all work very hard, hoping to learn skills as soon as possible and be able to help their teachers. Even if they are not so good, they want to be able to support themselves and not let their teachers support them all. Therefore, they do not miss any time to enrich themselves and practice hard.

Li An has also been trying to develop other skills recently. Finally, he successfully lit up the remaining three of the three arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and used up his wealth points to reach the ninth level of founding a school. This is for his disciples to learn. The disciples also found the direction they liked and studied it. However, Li An was not worried about these four skills. Only the way of divination was that there were very few people who could inherit it, which made Li An very worried.

In the end, only Zhao Tong'er was able to listen to some of the content and gain some understanding, which made her three senior brothers very envious.

Looking at the heroic and tenacious disciple in front of him, Li An said, "Look after the house. If there are any guests coming today, let your fourth apprentice sister receive them and answer them. If there are any questions, let her use the textbook to answer them herself. The fee is ten taels of silver."

"Disciple, don't worry."

After making all the arrangements, Li An left without taking a carriage, and disappeared in the crowd a moment later.

Time passed little by little, and near noon, a horse-drawn carriage drove to the intersection of Niulan Street.

If you look closely, you will find that the carriage is moving at a slightly fast speed. There is a coachman wearing a bamboo hat and keeping his head down sitting outside. He keeps nodding his head as the carriage sways.

When the carriage reached the middle of the street, something unexpected happened!

Two female assassins jumped out from the walls of the two rows of houses, holding powerful crossbows, drawing the bows and shooting at the moving carriage!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
The two arrows hit the carriage straight in the air.

This is not over yet. The two assassins were so fast that they kept drawing their bows and shooting arrows. In a blink of an eye, more than a dozen arrows were shot!

The driver sitting outside the carriage had already been hit by several arrows!

The horses were well tamed and could walk calmly at first, but by the time they got there, they were already running wildly.

Whoosh!
There was another sound of a bowstring being released, but this time it sounded particularly loud and heavy - it was the Divine Arm Crossbow!

The Shenbi Crossbow, also known as the crossbow spear and arrow, is used by the army to defend cities and is extremely powerful!

The arrow, like a gun barrel, pierced through the moving carriage and nailed the horse to death. At the same time, a giant man broke out of the wall and rushed towards the carriage!
With a crack, the carriage broke into pieces under the weight.

"Something is wrong, this is an empty cart!" An assassin exclaimed, and slashed with his sword, causing the hat on the "coachman"'s head to fall off. It turned out that the man who was shot with several arrows was actually a straw man!
As if in response to her words, a loud shout came: "Of course something is wrong! Can you tell me who sent you to kill me?"

This voice was naturally Fan Xian!
Seeing the target of assassination appear, the two women held Cheng Jushu and rushed towards Fan Xian, drawing their bows and shooting arrows as they rushed forward.

Fan Xian shrank his head and jumped into the wall to hide.

The Cheng Jushu didn't dodge or evade, but crashed headfirst into the wall, instantly creating a big hole. Upon seeing this, the two girls quickly followed and entered the hole!

Fan Xian and Fujiko Kyo in the courtyard resisted with swords, and the two sides started fighting.

During the fight, Fan Xian secretly thought that he had made a mistake. He thought that after disguising the carriage and avoiding the first wave of attacks, these assassins would retreat. He did not expect that when he jumped out and took the opportunity to inquire about the identity of the person behind the scenes, these assassins would actually chase him in broad daylight, as if they were not afraid of being discovered at all!
"Don't they say that if an assassin misses his target, he will flee thousands of miles away? The online article has harmed me!" Fan Xian cursed inwardly.

The two sides fought hard, and at this time Fan Xian also discovered the other party's cultivation level.

The two women were of the sixth rank or higher cultivation level, and because of their mysterious swordsmanship, their combat power was comparable to that of those below the seventh rank.

And that giant was even more amazing. Not only was his cultivation higher than his own among the eighth rank, he had reached the realm above the eighth rank. His natural supernatural power and horizontal training kung fu made him even more of a headache and very difficult to deal with!

On the other hand, on his side, there was only Fujiko Kyo, who had just entered the sixth rank, and he was immediately caught in a tough battle.

Damn, it’s dangerous!

(End of this chapter)