Aunt, please don't chase me. I don't want to be the emperor.

"But what?"

"But...but I might, might know who hired them."

"Oh, who is it?"

Ji Xian found it interesting that this little fat guy actually knew some inside information.

At this time, Jin Ren said: "It should be Xiao Changying!"

"Who is Xiao Changying?"

"He's the son of the Nagakawa Chengzheng family."

"Why did he hire a killer to kill you?"

"Because... because..." Jin Ren hesitated, looking a little embarrassed: "Because last month he and I snatched a girl from a brothel, and then I led some people to break into his house, hung him at his doorstep and beat him up..."

"..."

Ji Xian was a little amused and felt that this little fat boy was really a talent.

However, Ji Xian didn't think this incident was the cause of the Jin family's demise. After all, the city governor was also an important official in a town. Hiring assassins to kill the entire Jin family would definitely be a disaster if it was discovered.

The son of Cheng Zheng's family was just hung up and beaten, not killed. Is it worth it to risk his own head to vent his anger?

"Apart from this incident, has your Jin family offended anyone else?"

"Well...it seems to be gone?"

"like?"

"Big brother, most of the business is done by my uncles and brothers. I am usually only responsible for eating, drinking and having fun. If anything illegal happens at home, it has absolutely nothing to do with me. It has absolutely nothing to do with me!"

Jin Ren quickly cleared himself of suspicion, and those who didn't know would think he was interrogating a criminal.

But Ji Xian was a little distracted at this time because of what Jin Ren had just said.

All the work is done by the elders and brothers in the family, and I am only responsible for eating, drinking and having fun. Such a lifestyle is really...envious!

Ji Xian was extremely jealous for a moment, but soon shook her head, got her thoughts back on track, and began to think about what Jin Ren said.

An organization that dares to stir up trouble and even openly kill the Great Zhou Secret Guards must be no ordinary one. It must be the top sect or organization in the martial arts world.

Although the possibility that the little fat boy was lying could not be ruled out, Ji Xian felt that this possibility was unlikely.

Jiangdu Jin family?

Jiangdu was one of the largest cities in Yangzhou, and this ship was sailing from Jingzhou to Yangzhou. The next stop was Qianqiu County, Yangzhou, where Ji Xian had originally planned to disembark.

It seems that we will have to get off the boat a few stops later.

Ji Xian intends to take care of this matter.

As I said before, Ji Xian had originally planned to stir up some trouble when he went out on this journey, and now that things had come to him, how could he not get involved? Besides, if Luoxue caught up with him, it would be an excuse to delay his return to Chang'an.

"How many people from your Jin family are still on this ship?"

"No, I don't know. I fled here after my second uncle was killed."

"Take me to see it."

"Ah, but, but those killers."

"Don't panic, I'm a master."

"But, but you."

"Why waste your words? If you keep on talking, I'll kill you."

"Yes, yes, hero, please follow me!"

Jin Ren didn't dare to delay any longer and could only obey Ji Xian's orders. He quickly got up from the ground and prepared to take Ji Xian to Jin's room.

Ji Xian planned to go and see how many people were left alive in the Jin family. After all, if what the fat boy Jin Ren said was true, then based on the logic of those killers, they would not give up until they had wiped out all the Jin family forces in Changchuan City.

If the killer attacks again, he can just wait and see.

Speaking of which, that woman who appeared in the cargo hold before and had no spiritual fluctuations or aura, could she be the killer?

If this is true, then that killer organization is really powerful. They actually have killers who can avoid their perception.

Ji Xian was thinking about the woman in black robe, but what he didn't know was...

At this moment, the black-robed woman was at the door of the cargo hold, leaning against the wall with her arms folded. There was no sound, no spiritual power fluctuations or breath. No one in the cargo hold noticed her, not even Ji Xian.

The woman in black robe heard every word of the conversation in the cargo hold clearly.

When Ji Xian and Jin Ren walked out of the cargo hold, the woman had disappeared, as if she had never been there.

Soon, the woman in a black robe and windbreaker was walking on the upper deck of the ship. Suddenly, a man appeared behind her and bowed to her.

"Three leaders."

"The situation has changed. There may be an expert around the target."

“Does the plan need to be changed?”

"No need, everything is going according to plan."

"Yes."

What the two of them didn't expect was that Ji Xian could hear their conversation clearly. You have to know that Ji Xian's perception is so good that he can hear the movement even from several kilometers away. There is no sound or movement on the ship that can escape his perception.

Ji Xian had just come out of the cargo hold when she heard this voice coming from the upper deck. She wondered, "Is the killer upstairs?"

Ji Xian looked up at the ceiling and tried to sense something again, but there was no movement at all, neither the sound of conversation nor the sound of footsteps nor the fluctuation of spiritual power.

2.7 His Majesty the Emperor is very simple and crude

Ji Xian sneaked to Yangzhou by boat, and Su Luoxue had also entered Yangzhou at this time.

Su Luoxue was currently leading the Fiery Sparrow Guard eastward, intending to head directly to the Divine Weapon Valley to wait for their prey. Unlike Ji Xian, they did not take the water route, but instead rode their horses at top speed overland.

Su Luoxue was sitting in the carriage, reading a book in her hand, looking very quiet.

At this time, a bird's cry was heard in the sky. Su Luoxue looked up and saw a phoenix flying into the carriage through the window and landed in front of Su Luoxue.

Su Luoxue took the letter out of the bird's leg and saw that it was a letter from the national teacher Zhang Mengxuan.

The content of the letter was very simple: Xueer, the situation has changed and your Majesty's whereabouts cannot be calculated.

Zhang Mengxuan directly addressed Su Luoxue as "Xue'er" in the letter, which was how the elders in Su Luoxue's family addressed her. After all, in terms of seniority, Zhang Mengxuan was Su Luoxue's uncle.

Although the great military strategist Pang Yuanchu was her master, Zhang Mengxuan had indeed given Su Luoxue a lot of guidance in the practice of thunder magic.

Su Luoxue looked at the contents of the letter and was very surprised: "How is it possible? With Master Uncle's cultivation and methods, he is unable to calculate Ji Xian's whereabouts..."

Su Luoxue's mind worked quickly and she began to think about all possibilities.

Although my uncle's divination skills were self-taught, this was still rare given his level of skill. There were almost no people or things that he couldn't predict.

That being said, there are only a few possibilities.

One was a matter of astronomical phenomena. Divination was always related to astronomical charts. If the celestial phenomena were chaotic, a sorcerer could easily make a mistake or even fail to predict anything at all.

However, considering my uncle's cultivation level, this possibility is unlikely. After all, he is an unparalleled master.

The second possibility was a geographical issue. Perhaps Ji Xian had entered a place that could conceal the secrets of heaven, which was why the uncle's divination failed. For example, the area of ​​​​Yanhuang Mountain was a very good place that could conceal the secrets of heaven.

However, this possibility was unlikely, as this was Ji Xian's first time traveling the Jianghu. He had rarely left Chang'an, let alone the Imperial Palace, so how could he know about places that could conceal the secrets of heaven?

The third option is that Ji Xian has already obtained the treasure that can conceal the secrets of heaven. You should know that although the Divine Weapon Valley and the Tang Sect both have the ability to cast such a treasure, they are not the only ones who have it.

For example, the rebels of Daxuan, almost all of them who were prominent had such treasures, otherwise they would have been killed by Dazhou long ago.

However, this possibility is not small. After all, Ji Xian was in a hurry to get there, so where could she find these treasures? Moreover, although these treasures were rare and precious, they were of no use to most people in the martial arts world.

But Su Luoxue thought of a new possibility based on this one.

Perhaps someone around Ji Xian possessed such a treasure, which made it impossible for her uncle's divination to make any predictions.

And now, most of those who possess this kind of treasure are...

"No way." Su Luoxue couldn't believe it. "Ji Xian... is she with the Daxuan rebels now?"

Su Luoxue didn't believe Ji Xian would collude with the Daxuan rebels, but she couldn't rule out the possibility that Ji Xian was surrounded by Daxuan rebels. After all, even if Daxuan didn't kill Ji Xian, Ji Xian's personality would likely lead her there.

Su Luoxue knew Ji Xian too well, and he was definitely capable of doing such a thing.

When you think about it this way, this possibility is extremely high!

Su Luoxue was a little worried. Although with Ji Xian's cultivation level, there were not many people in the world who could even surpass him, let alone kill him. However, Su Luoxue was the chief minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty and had to eliminate all threats to His Majesty the Emperor.

This was the case for public reasons, and also for personal reasons, she was worried about Ji Xian's safety.

There is no other reason, just because he is Ji Xian, this reason is enough.

Su Luoxue could no longer sit still. She immediately stood up from the carriage, walked to the front, and shouted to Mo Yu, who was riding on horseback outside, "Captain Mo, we are not going to the Divine Weapon Valley. After we enter Yangzhou, we will mobilize the local garrison to conduct a large-scale search!"

"Yes, then Lord Su, where is the Divine Weapon Valley?"

"I'll send a message to my father and ask him to send someone to wait for the opportunity."

Su Luoxue's father, the leader of the Seven Marshals of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Marshal Silver Dragon.

"Yes." Mo Yu bowed in response.

"You guys continue on the official road. I'll go check the waterway myself."

Before Mo Yu could say anything, Su Luoxue jumped off the carriage and moved through the forest at an extremely fast speed, intending to look for Ji Xian along the waterway.

In this situation, it is not surprising that Ji Xian appears there. Su Luoxue is like a headless fly, and can only look around randomly.

But she had no other means but to cast a wide net and search over a large area.

.......

At this time, Ji Xian had already come to the second-floor cabin aisle under the guidance of Jin Ren.

The corridor was heavily blocked and there were many people watching outside.

Ji Xian pushed through the crowd and looked inside, only to find corpses and blood everywhere. The scene was truly horrific, and some people around him were even so disgusted that they wanted to vomit.

"My goodness, is this a pig and dog slaughterhouse?"

Ji Xian made a metaphor, but his metaphor was somewhat inappropriate.

If this scene is like a pig and dog slaughterhouse, then all the animals killed in the aisle would become...

But Jin Ren didn't care about Ji Xian's analogy, because he was completely scared. He knelt on the ground with weak legs, looking at the scene in front of him with a pale face.

"How...how could it be, everyone, everyone..."

Jin Ren recognized that this was someone from their Jin family.

From the children in the family, to the confidants in the Chamber of Commerce, to the guards and followers, no one was spared.

After Ji Xian made a casual analogy, his expression turned serious, and he felt that something was increasingly wrong.

Judging from the current situation, what Jin Ren said to him in the cargo hold before was true, and their family was indeed targeted by the killer organization.

And this killer organization is indeed not simple, very not simple.

why?

Because so many people had died, Ji Xian couldn't sense anything with his perception. Not to mention the fluctuation of spiritual power, he didn't even hear the sound of fighting or screaming.

Ji Xian could sense any movement in every corner of the ship, but he didn't hear anything even though so many people died in this corridor.

These killers must be from quite powerful backgrounds.

At this time, a guard on the ship found Jin Ren.

"Hello, are you the guest in room seven on the second floor?"

Someone came to Jin Ren and asked him about it, shaking his arm vigorously. But Jin Ren was so frightened that he didn't respond.

"Hey, I'm calling you."

Ji Xian was much simpler and more brutal. She kicked Jin Ren to the ground, and only then did Jin Ren come to his senses.

The guard was startled and quickly looked at Ji Xian: "Um, who are you?"

Ji Xian pointed at Jin Ren who was lying on the ground with her thumb: "His family's guard."

What a good guard! How could a guard treat the young master of the family like this?