But those masked black-clad figures did not respond to An Jing’s words, instead, they continued to charge at An Jing and her group, intent on killing them.
"Husband, I can finally fight side by side with you." An Jing said with a smile to Xiao Changyi, then drew her sword and joined him in the fight.
The dozen or so men in black were all experts, making them difficult to handle at first, causing only the clanging sounds of weapons clashing to be heard for a while.
An Jing’s skills were not as extraordinary as Xiao Changyi’s, but they were considerably good. Even though she couldn’t kill the men in black, they also couldn’t kill her.
Xiao Changyi, however, could dispatch a masked man in black in just six or seven moves. No one could stand in his way.
Dongfang Tianyang, protected by his guards at the center, watched An Jing fighting among the men in black. Even though he had noticed An Jing must have some martial arts foundation when she was taming the horse, he didn’t expect her to be this capable.
He was impressed by how An Jing had managed to hold her own for so long against those expert men in black without being defeated.
He didn’t think about the future at that moment, but right then and there, he truly wished to possess An Jing for himself.
An Jing was truly extraordinary.
Dongfang Tianyang’s gaze unavoidably moved to An Jing’s husband, Xiao Changyi, and he had to admit that Xiao Changyi was really terrifying, not only in strategizing and arranging troops but also in martial arts.
The more Dongfang Tianyang felt Xiao Changyi’s terror, the more he wanted to get rid of him.
In the future, he still wished for Xiyun to send troops to aid Dongqing. It was too early to kill Xiao Changyi now; at least he would need to wait until he and Xiyun openly split before he would think of a way to take him out.
Four of the men in black didn’t engage with An Jing and Xiao Changyi but went directly to assassinate Dongfang Tianyang, immediately pulling back his somewhat drifting thoughts.
Seeing that the guards couldn’t protect him, Dongfang Tianyang had no choice but to take action himself.
He didn’t want to die.
Dongfang Tianyang’s martial arts skill was neither high nor low, but he could handle two or three expert men in black.
It was only when Dongfang Tianyang made his move that An Jing and Xiao Changyi became aware that Dongfang Tianyang knew martial arts.
Dongfang Tianyang took care of two men in black; the rest were dealt with by Xiao Changyi. An Jing helped by dragging those men in black, making it easier for Xiao Changyi to defeat them.
After all, it took time to deal with these men in black.
Otherwise, there would have been more than four men in black charging at Dongfang Tianyang.
Xiao Changyi had kept some alive, several in fact, wanting to interrogate them about who had sent them to assassinate, but before he could start the interrogation, those captives all bit their own tongues and committed suicide.
Thus, Xiao Changyi could only order the guards to search the bodies of the masked men in black and pull down their face coverings to see what they looked like.
The faces of the men in black were all extremely unfamiliar; not one of them was known to Xiao Changyi and his group, and besides some silver notes and pieces of silver, there was nothing else on the bodies that could prove their identities.
Looking at the dozen or so corpses on the ground, Dongfang Tianyang frowned and said, "Who exactly were these people after? Was it to kill me or you guys?"
An Jing said, "It seems they were not only after killing you but also wanted to kill me and my husband."
If they had only wanted to kill him, then the men in black would have all focused their attacks on him alone, but they did not.
Many of them targeted her and her husband from the start. It was clear they also intended to put her and her husband to death.