The soft sound of pipa on the table suddenly changed to the fierce guqin, and a group of dancers filed in, their graceful figures dancing lightly, and their layered skirts spread out like petals, quickly becoming a beautiful scenery in the center of the banquet.

The leading dancer's veil was lightly covered, and she wore a tube top red gold dance skirt, revealing a large amount of snow-white breasts. She had several strings of silver bells on her wrists, which made crisp sounds from time to time as she danced, which was very attractive.

The person sitting in the second seat on the right suddenly stood up. It was Yu Min, the deputy envoy of the General Affairs Department. He first signaled the maid next to him to hand the white jade cup filled with fine wine on the side table to the leading dancer, and then turned to the right seat of the banquet.

Face full of smiles.

"Master Marquis - this girl is the most skilled dancer in the Di tribe, and she is the adopted daughter of my Yu family." Yu Min paused, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that Xie Jinghuai didn't have any displeasure on his face, and he felt tense in his heart.

One string loosened a little, and he quickly lowered his eyes.

"This little girl has always admired the young hero of the Marquis. Now that she has learned that the Marquis has returned victoriously, she has to volunteer to perform a dance in front of you. I am bold enough to make the decision and ask her to offer a glass of wine to show my respect for you."

The people at the table clapped and cheered, and there was endless laughter.

The dancer's eyes fell on Xie Jinghuai. As rumored by the outside world, the man was extremely handsome, with broad shoulders and long legs. Anyone who looked at him would just find him pleasing to the eye.

Xie Jinghuai rested his left elbow on the armrest of the sandalwood chair, and touched the table lazily with his right hand. His voice was not loud, but it had good penetrating power, "Come here -"

There was no sound of emotion, but it still stirred up waves at the banquet. Everyone was waiting to see the drama of falling flowers with intention and flowing water with emotion. Everyone stretched their necks, for fear of missing the actions of several people present.

A move.

The dancer bit her red lips hidden under the veil, as if she had made up her mind, and walked step by step to Xie Jinghuai.

Jiang Chenqi watched the excitement with great interest. She was in an excellent position. She was directly opposite Xie Jinghuai. At the moment, the dancer's back was turned to her. It seemed that out of the daughter's family's reserve, she was not very close to Xie Jinghuai, but closer to her.

"What's your name?" Xie Jinghuai asked casually.

"My name is Hua Ruo."

"Hua Ruo...he is so rich, Hua Ruo is a peach and plum." Xie Jinghuai finally smiled, "It's the name of a beautiful woman."

When everyone heard this, they all thought it was funny. Never had they ever heard Marquis Mingying praise someone like this.

But then, Xie Jinghuai's conversation changed sharply, "I'll accept the wine, please step aside first."

As he spoke, he motioned with his eyes to place the wine glass on the small table. Hua Ruo was stunned on the spot and almost crushed the glass when she reacted. She could only slowly step forward and put the glass down.

However, the moment she turned around, in a flash of lightning, she pulled out a dagger from her waist and stabbed Jiang Chenqi directly behind her.

Even though Jiang Chenqi was superb in martial arts, she couldn't react immediately before such a sudden change. Just as the dagger was about to cut through her clothes, there was a crisp sound accompanied by wine spilling all over her body.

The white jade cup fell to pieces on the ground, and the dancer's dagger was smashed to one side. Jiang Chenqi flew back a few meters, and the silver whip rolled up the table. Her expression had returned to calm, and the hand holding the whip relaxed dexterously, as if it didn't take a long time.

Distribute strength.

Immediately afterwards, the silver whip was swung forward, and the solid wooden table crashed on the dancer like a heavy mountain, and she flew more than ten feet into the air.

"Bang -" The table was full of jade cups and silver plates, and the delicacies and wines were knocked over, and the place was in a mess in an instant.

"Ah - someone is coming! There is an assassin!"

The guests at the banquet were all frightened, and the official's female family members stepped back one after another. Yu Min's face turned green and white, and he immediately gritted his teeth and made a decisive decision.

"Come here! How dare this woman secretly hurt Commander Jiang? She must be taken away to be punished!"

After that, the servants swarmed forward as if they were prepared, but before they could reach the dancing girl, they were forced to stop by a long sword that was unsheathed and hovering.

Yue Xuan did not know when he had returned to Jiang Chenqi's side. He was standing behind him, the scabbard in his hand speaking for itself.

Jiang Chenqi put away her long whip and pulled off a piece of colored satin from the tree. With a wave of her hand, the eye-catching fabric covered Hua Ruo's body, covering the dancer's exposed skin.

Jiang Chenqi walked towards her position. Under such circumstances, her movements were neither hasty nor slow, and her expression was not even a little angry, giving everyone a sense of slowness.

Yu Min swallowed nervously, forced his face to calm down and said, "Commander Jiang is not injured, is he? Someone has not come yet to help the distinguished guest to the main hall to rest, and arrest the assassin!"

"Master Yu——" Jiang Chenqi finally gave him a look, "I didn't know that Master Yu has the final say in the Dali Temple Shaoqing Mansion."

"This -" Yu Min was speechless. After his expression changed, he finally used his eyes to signal Xu Ying to speak.

Xu Jing stood aside and watched the excitement for a while, and then she remembered that the assassination happened in her own courtyard. If Jiang Chenqi insisted on holding people accountable, he might not be able to get away with it. He might as well act as planned. If it happened...

"Oh oh oh, Mr. Yu is right, someone is here..."

When he was only halfway speaking, Jiang Chenqi raised her hand to interrupt him, regardless of the unpredictable expressions of the person behind her who was silent.

"Why do you want to kill me?"

Jiang Chenqi stopped in front of the dancer, as if she was really curious about this question.

"A treacherous minister like you, ahem - everyone can kill him, what reason would there be for killing you?"

"Really?" Jiang Chenqi asked casually. She raised her eyes and glanced at the people at the banquet. She saw that everyone was as silent as a cicada, with panicked and rapid breathing sounds. Only the person in the first place on the right was still sitting peacefully, supporting his head with one hand.

He looked like he was watching a good show.

"..."

The dance was obviously for Xie Jinghuai, and every sentence was centered around this person. Who would have thought that Jiang Chenqi, who was waiting to watch the excitement, would become the center of the excitement herself.

"It's just nonsense. Who among the dignitaries here wouldn't call me a good minister?" Jiang Chenqi raised her eyebrows and said condescendingly to the dancer with a smile.

Yue Xuan listened from a distance behind and swallowed guiltily. Who said that women would be more honorable? As soon as the commander said these words, even he, as one of his close confidants, would not agree. If it were not for the pressure from her waist

There was a bright silver whip in the room, and probably all the guests present rolled their eyes.

"You!" Wu Ji was furious, and her fingers on the ground tightened unconsciously. She said bitterly, "You have killed so many innocent people since you took charge of Beiya. The emperor cannot recognize people clearly, and you have done all kinds of evil! My family is full of loyal people.

…”

Her voice stopped abruptly as an arrow penetrated her white neck. Blood flowed all over the floor in an instant. Jiang Chenqi's expression was gloomy as she looked in the distance to see the direction of the arrow.

"Ah - dead... dead!"

Some of the officials and family members who were nearby reacted and took a few steps back in panic. They turned around and wanted to leave this place of right and wrong. Before they could run a few steps, several more arrows were fired from above the wall. Fortunately, someone around them stopped them.

He was saved from being shot.

The table was already in a mess. In the blink of an eye, the sword energy was in front of her. Jiang Chenqi turned her head to avoid it, and the cold light of the sword reflected her profile.

Dozens of black-clothed assassins came from all directions, pressing hard with swords and killing them. Yue Xuan kicked two of them from behind, and directly pierced the chest of one of them with the long sword in his hand. The moment the figures intertwined,

Jiang Chenqi heard him whisper, "There is something strange in the second room to the south."

Feeling shocked, the assassins on the left and right were stopped by Yue Xuan. Jiang Chenqi took advantage of the situation and stepped on the treetops, roughly seeing the layout of the Shaoqing's house. Then she drew out her silver whip and swung down all the silk and satin on the tree. The colorful fabrics dazzled the assassin.

When he regained his composure, the man dressed in crow-blue had disappeared.

Jiang Chenqi began to feel something was wrong as soon as she stepped into the Shaoqing Mansion. She originally thought that Xu Ying was really on good terms with Mr. Yao, and perhaps there was a more comprehensive way to protect Mr. Yao and his family. But there were many strange things in the test, Xu Ying

He and Yu Min are probably secretly colluding, which will not only prevent Yao Lizing from overturning the case, but will also prevent her from getting out of this door today.

Killing two birds with one stone, Jiang Chenqi hid behind the rockery and frowned at the room Yue Xuan was talking about.
Chapter completed!