After being reborn, I became the apple of my enemy's eye.

Chapter 154 He Came to Help

Yan Yun never imagined that such a thing could happen right in front of him.

The assassination of the emperor was such shocking news.

Yan Yun was still looking up when a palace maid immediately pressed her head down, saying, "Quickly lower your head."

Granny Chang pulled her to kneel down immediately and made the palace maids around her move forward.

After Sima Yue helped Sima Wan over, he looked at Yan Yun on the ground and immediately said to Granny Chang, "Granny, you should take your people back to the palace now. We'll handle things here first."

Sima Wan looked in the direction of the emperor, "Father!!"

She was naturally extremely anxious.

"Father..."

“Father still has his eldest and second eldest brothers by his side. If you continue to stay here, we will worry about you.”

Sima Yue instructed Granny Chang, "Granny, take the princess back first."

Granny Chang immediately helped Yan Yun up and instructed him, "Help the princess up, let's go back to the palace first."

And just after Yan Yun and Sima Wan left.

The eldest prince, Sima Ri, looked at the assassins rushing forward and said coldly, "Kill them all."

Sima Yue originally wanted to speak up, at least to leave one person alive.

Sima Ri said that since Consort Nan had already taken the initiative to admit that she was the one who wanted to assassinate the Emperor, there was naturally no need to ask any more questions.

Sima Ri looked at Sima Yue, "Third brother, you escort Father back to the Xianglong Palace first. Father is in your hands now."

Sima Yue looked at the panicked eunuch and ordered the others to help lift the emperor up.

They immediately rushed back to the palace.

As Sima Wan left with Yan Yun and the others, she began to cry. She looked at Granny Chang with some fear, "How could those people have hidden in my trunk?"

Yan Yun then remembered the smells he had smelled before, which were somewhat similar to the rusty, bloody smell.

Granny Chang glanced at Yan Yun but didn't mention that Yan Yun had noticed the smell coming from the wooden box. Instead, she comforted the princess, saying, "Those thieves will naturally try every means possible, and those performers must have already met a tragic end. Princess, you must stay alert and not panic or lose your composure."

But what Sima Wan was worried about was what if they thought she had arranged those assassins?

Granny Chang personally comforted Sima Wan.

"Princess, it's all in the past."

"Granny, what I'm worried about is whether they'll think I'm the assassin I sent?"

Upon hearing this, Granny Chang said, "The Third Prince will definitely investigate thoroughly, Princess, you don't need to worry."

She recalled Sima Yue's instructions, "As for Miss Zheng, with such a mess in the palace today, it would be better to send you out of the palace first."

Granny Chang instructed Linglong to take the princess back to the palace, while she led Yan Yun quickly toward the east gate.

Granny Chang glanced back, and as Sima Wan's figure receded into the distance, she spoke up to remind her, "Miss, don't say anything. Even if you think you know something, don't speak out of turn."

When Granny Chang hurriedly led Yan Yun to the East Gate, the Zheng family's carriage was still waiting for Yan Yun there.

Granny Chang gave the princess's token to the guards stationed in the city, and then put Yan Yun on the carriage.

She instructed the coachman, "Take the young lady back to the manor and tell Lord Zheng to wait for news from the young master."

Upon hearing Granny Chang say this to Yan Yun, the coachman immediately drove Yan Yun away from the palace.

Yan Yun fled back to the Zheng residence.

No sooner had Yan Yun made a move than all the guards were mobilized in an orderly fashion. Not only did the number of guards at the palace gates and city walls increase, but the number of patrol teams also increased.

Yan Yun hurriedly returned to his residence.

Zheng Jihua also received the news and immediately returned home.

The coachman helped Yan Yun down from the carriage and immediately took him back to his residence.

Zheng Jihua looked at Yan Yun with concern.

"Ning'er, are you injured?"

Yan Yun shook her head. She was naturally fine, but she still didn't expect to witness the emperor being assassinated.

Zheng Jihua checked that Yan Yun was fine and didn't ask any further questions.

He escorted Yan Yun back to her room and then instructed Mo'er, "Take good care of Miss. Don't let her leave the manor for the time being. Let her stay here."

Zheng Jihua left behind these words and hurriedly departed the mansion.

Mo'er followed after her.

I watched Zheng Jihua leave from afar.

Although news of what happened in the palace didn't get out, it spread very quickly.

This clearly caused unrest within the city.

Yan Yun was originally staying in the house as well.

But the white eagle beside him kept flapping its wings restlessly, trying to take off, but it never managed to.

Yan Yun thought it was injured, so he went over and spread out its wings to take a look.

There were no wounds on the white eagle's wings.

Yan Yun found it strange.

The white eagle immediately flapped its wings and flew away.

Normally, it wouldn't fly out like this, so Yan Yun chased after it to take a look.

Then they saw a black arrow flying straight at the black eagle that had come with the white clouds. The arrow cut through the air and immediately pierced the black eagle's wing.

The white eagle flew over.

Then another black arrow flew out.

Yan Yun was shocked. How could someone be hunting falcons here? And the black eagle had even been stabbed!

Yan Yun immediately turned to leave.

Mo'er, standing beside her, reached out to stop Yan Yun, saying, "Miss, the master just instructed that you cannot go out."

Yan Yun pushed Mo'er aside, saying, "Get out of the way, I have something to do."

Mo'er didn't listen to Yan Yun's words; she only remembered Zheng Jihua's instructions not to let Yan Yun go out.

She stood in front of Yan Yun, saying, "Miss, the master gave the order."

She kept calling him "adult," but Yan Yun was also worried about the white eagle. The arrow that flew out could actually pierce the flying black eagle directly, which showed how skilled that person was at archery.

"If you don't want me to go out, then you can come with me."

Yan Yun walked to the side, looked at the tree next to him, and jumped up onto it.

She reached out and grabbed the branch, then swung up and climbed onto another tree trunk.

Mo'er watched in a panic from below, repeatedly saying, "Miss, you can't do this."

She was naturally shocked, but she always remembered Zheng Jihua's instructions.

Yan Yun simply wouldn't listen to her.

Although Zheng Jihua raised the walls of those courtyards considerably, Yan Yun hadn't neglected his training and was quite agile.

After she climbed that tree, she jumped onto another tree.

Climbing over the wall is the fastest way to get outside.

Yan Yun was really worried. Just as she was about to look for a direction, she heard the black eagle let out a shrill scream.

Upon hearing the sound, Yan Yun realized that it must have fallen. She blew her whistle towards the air, but this time, the white eagle did not fly over as it had before.

Yan Yun didn't care anymore and jumped off the wall.

As she ran, she looked up at the sky and saw her white eagle still circling in mid-air before swooping down to the ground.

Yan Yunxin also picked up her pace and immediately quickened her pace to run over.

Right in front of her, the black eagle had already plummeted to the ground, a long black arrow stuck in its wing.

Yan Yun's white eagle, presumably to protect itself, kept circling in mid-air, and would immediately fly down and attack the enemy with its claws if they tried to get close.

The man, carrying a bow and arrows, drew the bowstring taut once more and prepared to shoot at the white eagle.

Yan Yun immediately rushed forward.

He grabbed the arrow that was about to fly out.

What are you doing?

Yan Yun's question stopped the other party.

The arrow that was about to be shot at the white eagle was also not launched because of Yan Yun.

The man looked down at Yan Yun and immediately recognized who it was.

However, Yan Yun did not recognize him.

Yan Yun blocked his way, saying, "Put away your bow and arrows; those are mine."

Shi Hu smiled and asked Yan Yun, "You raised it? Do you know that the soaring eagle only exists in the southern border? It flew to this distant capital, so it's only right that I shoot it down. Who told it to come to this place it shouldn't be?"

Yan Yun refused to listen and told the other person, "That was a gift from someone else, and it's what I've been feeding."

She gripped the arrow even tighter, refusing to let go.

The people around Shi Hu were about to step forward, but Shi Hu raised his hand to stop them, saying, "She's just a little girl, not worth so many of you coming forward."

He looked at Yan Yun and warned her coldly, "If you don't let go, I'll turn this arrow around and aim it at your head."

Yan Yun wasn't afraid at all. "If you dare to do it in broad daylight, then go ahead and try hitting my head with it."

What Shi Hu fears least is provocation from others.

Having heard Yan Yun say this, he gave up the arrow that Yan Yun had grabbed.

He grabbed another arrow and aimed it at Yan Yun's head.

The tip of the arrow was aimed at Yan Yun's forehead, not even a finger's width away.

Shi Hu asked her again, "Are you going to step aside or take this arrow for that beast?"

Yan Yun wasn't being provocative; he was simply stating the truth: "I'm just protecting my own things. If you want to hurt me, then go ahead."

Yan Yuncai finished speaking.

Shi Hu immediately drew his bow to its full extent.

The white eagle swooped down from the sky like the wind in an instant.

It landed in front of Yan Yun and pounced on Shi Hu.

He could shoot down even a nimble black eagle with a single arrow, and Yan Yun feared that he might also shoot through a white eagle with one arrow.

Yan Yun immediately lunged at Shi Hu and grabbed the bow that was now fully drawn.

Bai Ying also seized the opportunity to capture Shi Hu, who was being harassed by Yan Yun.

Its powerful claws seized the stone tiger's bow, and it immediately took flight.

Shi Hu was already annoyed by Yan Yun's lustful advances, and seeing that beast dared to act so presumptuously in front of him, he looked at the people around him and stretched out his hand, "Bring me your bows."

The compliant man standing nearby said they had only brought one bow with them.

Shi Hu roared, "Can't you guys go and get a second one?"

One of the servants immediately ran off to fetch a bow and arrows for Shi Hu.

Shi Hu shoved Yan Yun, who was grabbing him, away, and Yan Yun fell heavily to the ground.

Shi Hu stepped directly on Yan Yun's hand, saying, "Let go of your hand."

Yan Yun refused to back down, saying, "I can't let you hurt my things."

"You keep saying 'your stuff,' 'your stuff,' do you really think the creatures of the Southern Border can be subdued? How could that be? I suspect you're colluding with the people of the Southern Border, that you're a spy from the Southern Border, using that white eagle to deliver messages."

Shi Hu found a pretext to target Yan Yun.

"If that's the reason, even if I kill you, no one will say anything against it in front of me."

Yan Yun didn't argue with him; she simply told Shi Hu, "I won't let you hurt them."

Shi Hu tightened his grip, showing no pity whatsoever for Yan Yun.

Yan Yun endured it, and even though Shi Hu exerted his strength, he didn't utter a sound, gripping the bow and arrow tightly.

The black eagle flapped its wings and crawled up from the ground.

The white eagle, having seemingly lost Shi Hu's bow somewhere, flew back and charged at Shi Hu.

That's the opportunity that Shi Hu was waiting for.

“These beasts are all sentient beings; they must be exterminated, they must be completely wiped out.”

He reached out to grab the white eagle's head, intending to twist it off.

The moment he moved, Yan Yun immediately raised his hand and punched him hard in the back of the thigh.

However, the force in her hand was not great, and it didn't hurt Shi Hu at all.

On the contrary, the white eagle was agile, and its claws went straight for Shi Hu's face.

Yan Yun was afraid that Bai Ying was no match for Shi Hu, and that this man was completely unreasonable and clearly wanted to kill Bai Ying directly.

"Fly away right now! What are you doing coming here to me?"

Yan Yun knew he wouldn't answer her, but she didn't want to be confused. She was distracted by what she was saying when someone appeared beside her.

The man grabbed Shi Hu's shoulder and pulled him backward.

Shi Hu was about to grab the white eagle's wing, but because of the force exerted by the person behind him, he also fell backward.

He also removed his foot from Yan Yun's hand.

Yan Yun immediately stretched her hands, then hurriedly stood up and looked at the person who had come.

"Nangumo Kage!!"

Nan Yunjing's hand landed on Shi Hu's shoulder.

"Is bullying such a young girl part of Lieutenant General Shi's style?"

Shi Hu smiled and said, "When have I ever bullied a woman? Aren't women and beasts the same to me? I treat them the way I want, does that make you unhappy?"

Nan Yunjing frowned.

"This woman also used to be at the academy. Deputy General Shi has also met her. She is not a suspicious person. Deputy General Shi's ruthless actions seem to be driven by personal vengeance."

Shi Hu looked at the black eagle he had shot down. "That black eagle has been circling over Yuanjing City all day long. It may have told those bandits in the Southern Border about Yuanjing's defenses. I was just doing my duty to protect Yuanjing City and eliminate all potential threats. Do you want to interfere?"

Nan Yunjing said, "I've already gotten involved."

Taking advantage of their conversation, Ye Yun seized the opportunity and immediately ran towards the black eagle, even though the black eagle tried to avoid her as soon as it saw her.

But Yan Yun arrived even faster; she grabbed the black eagle and lifted it off the ground.

She glanced at Nan Yunjing again, and said in a particularly cheerful tone, "Thank you for your help, Young Master Nan. I will definitely visit you to express my gratitude when I have the opportunity in the future."

Yan Yun naturally wouldn't wait for Shi Hu to say anything before letting himself go.

Now that Nan Yunjing has made a move, he will help him hold that guy back.

If we can hold that guy back, he won't be able to focus on chasing us. The most important thing right now is to take Black Hawk away.

Yan Yun thought of it very quickly.

However, Shi Hu was no pushover either. Seeing that Yan Yun was about to escape, he immediately gave chase.

Nan Yunjing reached out from behind to stop him, and Shi Hu threw a punch at Nan Yunjing.

Nan Yunjing raised his hand and took the punch.

But his whole body trembled from that punch.

Shi Hu flicked his wrist, making an attacking motion.

He looked at Nan Yunjing and said, "Since you've chosen to be my opponent, then you should know what the outcome will be."