Chapter 259: Chapter 259: The Unlucky Assassin

Just as Rong Ling finished speaking, footsteps suddenly sounded behind him, followed by someone urgently saying, "Prince, we discovered a buried cave, and inside this cave, there are dead people. It seems that it’s not just one person, all their fingernails are iron-gray. No surprise, they are migrant workers who were mining iron."

Rong Ling’s face instantly darkened. It seemed that his suspicions were true. The collapse of the Iron Mine was because part of the underground iron ore was extracted, causing the mountain to become unstable and ultimately collapse.

Rong Ling lifted his foot, intending to go see those dead workers, but just as he did so, a fierce killing intent surged towards him in the dark night.

Rong Ling, Nan Xuan, and Nan Feng’s faces turned ice-cold. Nan Xuan and Nan Feng quickly spoke, "Prince, there’s killing intent."

Rong Ling smirked coldly, "They came really fast. It seems my brother has been watching this place all along."

As Rong Ling’s words fell, the killing intent from a distance was already swiftly approaching.

Feng Qing looked unpleasantly at Rong Ling, thinking that wherever this man was, there was danger and trouble.

However, Feng Qing quickly realized something. The issue with the mountain’s iron ore was discovered by her uncle. Even without Rong Ling, Prince Su probably wouldn’t have spared her uncle’s family.

Precisely because of Rong Ling, her uncle’s family was able to avoid disaster, so this incident was thanks to Rong Ling.

As this thought passed, Feng Qing swiftly glanced at the wind direction, then turned to Rong Ling and said, "Prince, where’s the medicine you confiscated from me earlier?"

Among those medicines was a poison she crafted for self-defense. Some of it had extremely potent toxicity and was difficult to create; the ingredients were also extraordinarily rare. Feng Qing was usually hesitant to use it, but tonight seemed like a good opportunity.

Hearing Feng Qing’s words, Rong Ling immediately took several packets of medicine from his waist and handed them to Feng Qing.

He knew these medicines had specific uses, but because he didn’t understand their properties, he dared not handle them recklessly.

Upon hearing Feng Qing’s question, Rong Ling promptly retrieved them.

Feng Qing swiftly took one packet from the stack and handed it to Nan Feng, who was beside her, commanding, "Nan Feng, have the Prince Mansion Guards retreat upwind immediately, and use Inner Strength to disperse this medicine."

As Feng Qing spoke, several black-clad figures rushed forward.

Nan Feng darted out swiftly, giving a deep command, "All members of the Prince Mansion, retreat to the upwind position immediately."

At the order, several shadows shot towards the upwind direction in the dark night, while Nan Feng quickly opened the packet in his hand. With a concentrated Inner Strength, the powder from the packet was dispersed.

Finely spread in the dark night, these assassins had no inkling of what was happening. As they charged forward, they surrounded everyone from the Prince Yong Mansion.

However, before they could act, someone started scratching an itch, followed by more and more people doing the same.

These black-clad assassins were extremely skilled, but no matter how skilled, a killer is vulnerable to an itch, especially such an itch that was painfully unbearable, making it impossible for them to control themselves.

The guards of the Prince Yong Mansion stood dumbfounded. They initially anticipated a blood battle tonight, but unexpectedly, the Princess Consort solved such a problem with just a small packet of powder.

Watching the assassins preoccupy themselves with scratching their itches instead of killing, the guards were stunned. Moreover, the more they looked at the assassins, the more shocked they became. The fact that such skilled individuals were deployed to kill them showed their prowess, yet they were now desperately scratching with all their might, leaving bloody marks all over their faces and bodies. It was a terrifying sight.

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