How could my childhood sweetheart be the current empress?

Xu Chengling's words are a double entendre, and actually have two meanings.

Sakura can be cherry blossom, or it can refer to Hanyu Sakura.

"Miss Hanyu, do you recognize what I have in my hand?"

At this time, Xu Chengling went straight to the point and took out a pink petal from his pocket. The petal was stained with blood, making it look very beautiful.

"Is this... a cherry blossom petal?"

Seeing the petals in Xu Chengling's hand, Hanyu Sakura's expression changed slightly, but she quickly regained her composure.

"This is indeed a cherry blossom petal, but it's stained with what appears to be blood. Where did you find it, Master Xu?"

Sakura Hanyu couldn't help but reveal a hint of surprise, her eyes fixed on the petals in his hand, her beautiful eyes quite puzzled.

Xu Chengling secretly observed Hanyu Sakura's expression, but the result made him feel a little disappointed. It seemed that the other party had seen this petal for the first time.

"It's nothing, I just got it by chance. The capital has been a little bit unstable recently, and the actions of Izumo Kingdom have been quite frequent. Please be careful, Miss Hanyu."

After saying that, Xu Chengling put away the petals, stood up and prepared to leave.

"Mr. Xu, are you planning to leave?"

Sakura Hanyu also stood up, her pretty face seemed a little reluctant.

"It's getting late, and my wife is waiting for me to come home for dinner."

Xu Chengling smiled slightly, turned around and left despite Hanyu Sakura's attempts to keep her.

Sakura Hanyu looked at his departing figure with a thoughtful look on her face.

"His identity is indeed not simple..."

Sakura Hanyu thought that during the conversation just now, Xu Chengling crossed his legs in front of her.

At this moment, she saw a family jade plaque hanging around the other person's waist, on which was clearly written the word "Xiang".

In the capital, most family jade plaques use the family name as a symbol of identity, but there is an exception, that is the Xiangguo Mansion, which uses the word "Xiang" as a symbol of identity, meaning being the prime minister of a country.

And before leaving, the other party mentioned that he had married a wife.

Not long ago, the young prime minister who had just succeeded to the throne in Dayan married the empress's younger sister.

The man named Xu Chengling was not a servant in the Prime Minister's Mansion at all. He was actually the head of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the new Prime Minister of Dayan.

"He just married the empress's sister and he came to Huaying Tower to play. If the empress knew about this, it would be very interesting."

The corner of Hanyu Sakura's mouth slightly raised, and her beautiful face couldn't help but reveal a hint of joy.

Shortly after Xu Chengling left, she closed the doors and windows, returned to the bed, and opened a small window next to her.

A white dove was seen flying into Hanyu Sakura's room through the small window.

She took the piece of paper off the pigeon's feet. The words on the paper looked like various patterns, written in Izumo script.

After reading it, she tied a new note to the pigeon's leg and released it out of the small window.

After doing all this, Hanyu Sakura came to the room where the knife rack was placed. She knelt down beside the knife rack and gently took out the magic sword called "Muramasa".

Unable to help but, a strange blood light flashed in Hanyu Sakura's clear eyes, and the expression on her face became a little crazy, as if she was being controlled and turned into another person.

She placed her slender hand gently on the blade, blood slowly flowed out from her palm and was absorbed by the magic sword in her hand, and the blade emitted an even more enchanting red light.

"Father, I will never let the Hanyu family down. I swear on the demon sword."

……

Xu Chengling left Huaying Tower.

After leaving Huaying Tower, Tongxin also changed back into women's attire.

But I have to say, because of her figure, Tongxin looks quite similar when she dresses up as a man.

The two were walking on the way back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and before they knew it, they came to a secluded path.

If you want to get back to the Xiangguo Mansion, this path is the only shortcut you can take.

For some reason, the surroundings suddenly fell into unusual silence, so quiet that I could almost hear my own heartbeat.

"Master, be careful, there is murderous intent."

Tongxin couldn't help but walk in front of Xu Chengling, her delicate little face suddenly became serious and she reminded him.

Chapter 159: Shoot the arrow!

"How many people are there?"

Xu Chengling asked, and he didn't look too nervous.

After all, Tong Xin is by his side, so he doesn't have to worry too much.

Another thing is that he has been attacked so many times that he has become accustomed to it.

"Three...six...nine."

Tong Xin said lightly. At this time, she had already untied the silver chain around her waist and signaled Xu Chengling to retreat.

"Nine, that's really a big deal. Don't they charge money to train death squads?"

Xu Chengling couldn't help but shrugged his shoulders. You know, the cost of training a death warrior is very high.

Not only do you have to invest resources, but you also have to invest time costs, and then it’s gone after you use it once.

These assassins are extremely loyal to their masters, as they have been trained and instilled with twisted ideas since childhood, and are willing to sacrifice their lives to complete their missions.

Seeing that their whereabouts were exposed, these assassins no longer hid and slowly walked out from all directions.

These assassins were different from the usual assassins. They were dressed in dark blue uniforms, with red belts around their necks and carrying a weapon called a ninja sword on their backs. They approached the two men with light movements.

These death warriors are called ninjas, and they come from Izumo. Compared to family death warriors that require a lot of time to train, these ninjas will work for the people behind them as long as they are paid.

Tong Xin learned this unique and brutal martial arts from a master named Izumo when she was in the organization.

Therefore, Tong Xin is very familiar with the martial arts and weapons of the Izumo Kingdom, and she even knows how to use them herself.

I saw a few ninjas muttering a few words in the Izumo language that I couldn't understand, and then they quickly decided on a plan. A few of them would restrain the girl, and the rest would chase after the target of the mission.

"Ikuso!"

With a shout, the nine ninjas dispersed. The leading ninja held a ninja sword in his hand, and with a flash of his body, he appeared in front of Tong Xin and swung the sword.

At the same time, several ninjas behind him held ninja sticks, which were simply a stick with a long hook chain. They threw them in the air several times and swung them towards the girl from different directions.

Once you are hooked by this ninja stick, at best a piece of flesh will be torn off, at worst you will die on the spot.

In the distance, several ninjas were holding shurikens with poison on the tips. Because their mission was to take lives, the tips of the knives were coated with deadly poison.

"Little tricks."

Faced with attacks from different directions and with different weapons, Tongxin couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth slightly and didn't take them seriously.

She moved her body, used the sharp edge wrapped around her waist to cut her palm, and waved the hot and boiling blood forward, directly blinding the leading ninja.

Then, Tong Xin moved her feet, grabbed the ninja with one slender hand, and used him as a human sandbag to block the attacks from all directions one by one.

With a scream, the ninja held by Tong Xin was poisoned and died on the spot.

In just a moment, Tong Xin eliminated a ninja.

When facing a large number of enemies, quickly reducing their numbers is a good method.

However, when she stopped these ninjas, the rest of the ninjas went to chase Xu Chengling.

Xu Chengling was seen standing there, and he seemed to realize that he could not outrun these ninjas, so he simply stayed where he was and accepted his fate.

"Xinei!"

Two ninjas jumped in front of Xu Chengling, with cold eyes, and swung their ninja swords down, aiming directly at his neck.

At this critical moment, Xu Chengling couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

The other party was obviously well prepared and had a clear goal.

But as luck would have it, he also came prepared.

At the moment when the ninja sword was about to fall, several sharp wind sounds rang in Xu Chengling's ears, and several arrows shot out, hitting the opponent's wrist holding the sword on the spot, and the ninja sword fell directly to the ground.

At this time, several figures wearing uniforms with fish patterns appeared behind Xu Chengling, holding longbows. The leader wore a fox mask and was the Shaoqing of the Tianshi Division.

These people were all sharpshooters from the Jiantian Division who could shoot an arrow through the target from a hundred paces away. They were from the Sharpshooter Battalion and were ordered by the Shaoqing to come and protect Xu Chengling.

"Nani!"

The appearance of Tianshi disrupted the plans of these assassins. They had clearly received instructions that the target should only be two people.

Could it be that the enemy already knew that they were going to ambush here, so they launched a counter-ambush? ! ! !

"Fire arrows!"

At Shaoqing's command, the archers drew their bows and shot arrows, instantly knocking down several assassins.

As long as the enemy is within range, these sharpshooters can almost always hit the target, making the enemy lose their combat capability in an instant.

The soldiers who were shot down did not die immediately, but they were unable to move. They immediately bit the poison sacs in their mouths without any hesitation.

Those surviving soldiers were also panicked. Before they could get close to Xu Chengling, they would undoubtedly be shot by the archers behind the enemy and lose their ability to move.

The sharpshooters shot arrows and drew their bows again, aiming at the remaining ninjas.

The result is predictable. Tongxin didn't even have to take action. These sharpshooters from the Tianjiansi directly took care of all the assassins present.

These sharpshooters are the elites of the Sharpshooter Battalion and are not easily deployed under normal circumstances. However, in order to protect Xu Chengling, the Heavenly Supervisor transferred a few of them out of the Sharpshooter Battalion.

After a thorough search, it was found that without exception, all of these assassins had committed suicide by taking poison.

This is also the most convenient part for the suicide squad. Once the mission fails, they will simply commit suicide by taking poison, leaving only a corpse of unknown origin, with no evidence left.

These corpses are not worth investigating. People from the Heavenly Monitoring Department will come to clean up the bodies soon.

After resolving the crisis, Miss Fox slowly walked up to Xu Chengling, her pretty face under the mask smiling as she said:

"Mr. Xu... or should I call you Prime Minister Xu now?"

Xu Chengling couldn't help scratching his face, smiled awkwardly, and said:

"I didn't mean to hide it from you. If you already knew my identity, then we wouldn't even be friends anymore, right?"

"Haha, that doesn't matter, but..."

Miss Fox walked past Xu Chengling, came to Tongxin, and sniffed her scent.

"There is a familiar smell on you, which seems to be related to the finger-severance case I'm investigating. I should have taken you back for investigation, but..."

Miss Fox couldn't help but sigh, turned around, and looked at the man in front of her helplessly.

The other party held a golden imperial order bestowed by His Majesty himself, which was equivalent to her immediate superior. Without his permission, she could not take him back.

If she guessed correctly, the maid beside Xu Chengling was the culprit in this finger-severance case.

The person behind the finger-severance case is a mysterious killer organization, which has been making a comeback recently.

Miss Fox couldn't help but bite her lower lip. The person was right in front of her, but she couldn't catch him.

"Miss Fox, can I still invite you for a cup of tea in the future?"

Seeing Miss Fox coming over, Xu Chengling couldn't help but ask her.

In fact, he had received help from Miss Fox quite a few times and had a good impression of her.

However, until now, he seemed to not know the name of this Miss Fox.

"Sure, but only when I'm free, or when I'm in a good mood."

Miss Fox smiled slightly, then turned and left with several people from the Sharpshooter Battalion.

Before leaving, Xu Chengling seemed to have thought of something.

That is the mask on Miss Fox's face, which looks a bit like the pattern of the demon fox in Izumo Province.

Chapter 160 Her World is Small