He had originally planned to wait for those people to leave before coming out, but just now, he heard their shouts. They claimed to be people from the Governor’s residence and said that Second Young Master of the Li family was also in these mountains. Thinking it over carefully, when he had spotted those people earlier, they were indeed wearing armor. No matter how powerful that female killer was, she couldn’t possibly command soldiers under the Governor’s command.

After pondering for a long while, he finally decided to come out and investigate. If they truly were people from the Li family, it would be perfect – he could tell them about the female killer. Oh yes, Brother Feng had mentioned that the female killer was called Wu Meixue!

Just as he was cautiously observing the soldiers below who kept calling his name, a surprised voice suddenly rang out behind him: “Found him! Found him!”

Ajin was startled by this sudden voice and instinctively tried to flee, but someone grabbed his collar tightly, preventing him from breaking free.

“Let me go!” As he struggled, the soldiers who had been searching below heard the commotion and surrounded them. One of them looked him over and said, “Are you Ajin?”

Ajin, in his panic, quickly shook his head and said, “I’m not! I’m not the person you’re looking for. Please let me go!”

The man approached and patted his shoulder, saying, “Don’t be afraid. We won’t hurt you. Second Young Master just wants to ask you a few questions.”

Under his reassurance, Ajin gradually calmed down and tentatively asked, “Are you… really the Governor’s people?”

“Of course.” The soldier pointed to a nearby location and said, “Second Young Master is waiting over there. Come, follow us to meet Second Young Master.”

With matters having reached this point, even if Ajin still had concerns, he could only follow them. The mountain path was treacherous, and it took about the time of one incense stick to reach Li Shimin’s location.

Li Shimin immediately spotted Ajin, who was surrounded by the soldiers, and quickly called over two guards nearby, asking, “Is this Ajin?”

These two guards were responsible for watching the Governor’s residence and were the only people in the residence, aside from Li Xuanba, who had seen Ajin before. Li Shimin had specifically brought them along.

The two examined him carefully and nodded repeatedly, saying, “Yes, yes, yes, this is Ajin. Third Young Master left with him back then.”

While they were speaking, Ajin also recognized the two men. He looked at Li Shimin with surprise and joy, saying, “Are you… are you really Second Young Master?”

“That’s right, I am Li Shimin.” With that, Li Shimin asked urgently, “Tell me, who exactly killed Xuanba and Feng Li?”

Since Ajin had confirmed Li Shimin’s identity, he didn’t hide anything and immediately said, “The person who killed Third Young Master and Brother Feng was Wu…” Halfway through his words, he suddenly stopped, looking down at his chest with disbelief. There, a small sharp object had pierced through his thin clothing and protruded out, dripping bright red blood drops with “drip, drip” sounds.

The next moment, Ajin fell backward, hitting the ground heavily with a “thud.” At the same time, a figure fled in the distance. Without waiting for Li Shimin’s orders, Duan Zhihong had already led people in pursuit.

Li Shimin rushed to Ajin’s side, helped him up, and urgently pressed him, “Who killed them?”

Ajin struggled to open his mouth, which was filled with fresh blood surging up from his throat, wanting to say the three words “Wu Meixue,” but unfortunately, he couldn’t speak them in the end and died with hatred!

Li Shimin slowly released Ajin, stood up with bloodshot eyes, and chased in the direction the killer had fled. Xuanba, Feng Li, Ajin – these lives, one after another, he would definitely settle the score!

Yunyi fled quickly, occasionally turning back to shoot sleeve arrows to block the pursuing soldiers’ steps, but this could only delay them temporarily. Soon they caught up again, not relaxing their pursuit at all.

Before taking action, Yunyi had covered her face with cloth and changed her clothes, so Duan Zhihong didn’t recognize her. He just led people in vigorous pursuit. After a while, someone overtook him – it was Li Shimin. Duan Zhihong quickly said, “This assassin is extremely vicious. Second Young Master, be careful!”

Li Shimin paid him no attention, just stared fixedly at the figure ahead. This time, he absolutely wouldn’t let this female assassin escape – he would definitely capture her and bring her to justice.

After running several more li, Yunyi suddenly stopped. It wasn’t because she was exhausted and couldn’t run anymore, but because she had inadvertently run to the edge of a bottomless cliff with no way to escape.

Li Shimin stopped and stared coldly at the masked Yunyi, saying, “You have nowhere to run now. Surrender!”

Yunyi said nothing, just quietly took another step backward, with half her foot almost hanging in the air as small stones rolled down into the cliff.

Li Shimin saw this action and said sternly, “If you step back further, you’ll fall into the cliff.”

Duan Zhihong continued, “Falling down and dying would be the better outcome. What’s most terrifying is being half-dead. In these kinds of mountain forests, there are plenty of wolves, tigers, and leopards. When that time comes, you’ll watch helplessly as your body is torn apart and swallowed into their bellies, even your bones chewed up and crushed – truly leaving no remains.”

Yunyi gritted her teeth and remained silent. This time was truly troublesome – a cliff ahead and pursuers behind. Unless she could sprout wings, there was no possibility of escape whatsoever.

It was laughable to think that she had once cornered Feng Li in this same way, and now she faced the same situation. Should she let them capture her, or…

Taking advantage of Yunyi’s internal struggle and momentary distraction, Li Shimin suddenly struck, stepping forward quickly and grabbing Yunyi’s arm, trying to pull her back.

The moment her arm was seized, Yunyi instantly snapped back to awareness and struggled urgently. Unfortunately, Li Shimin gripped her tightly, and she couldn’t break free. Instead, due to her excessive movements, she lost her footing and fell toward the cliff. Li Shimin wanted to let go but it was too late – he was pulled down with her.

“Second Young Master!” Duan Zhihong rushed forward trying to grab Li Shimin, but it was still a step too late. His outstretched hand grasped nothing but air as he watched helplessly as Li Shimin and the other person fell off the cliff.

Cold sweat poured out like springs from Duan Zhihong and all the soldiers who witnessed this scene. They couldn’t believe that Second Young Master, who had been speaking just moments ago, had now fallen into the cliff. If the Governor learned of this…

Everyone shuddered collectively, not daring to think further. They knew that just days ago, the Governor had lost one son, and if Second Young Master died now, no matter how benevolent the Governor was, he wouldn’t spare them!

Duan Zhihong was the first to recover his senses. With a deathly pale face, he roared, “All of you go down and search! We must find Second Young Master! Go quickly!”

The crowd didn’t bother to respond and immediately called all the soldiers to go down the mountain to search where they had fallen. Unfortunately, the place where they had fallen was extremely treacherous, with one section even having a several-zhang-long cliff face that people simply couldn’t traverse. After all this struggling, the sky had gradually darkened instead.