jdhmnovel Chapter 172 One-hit kill
Chapter 172 One-hit kill
Seeing the cold smile and murderous aura emanating from the Lady of the Supervisor, the four guards couldn't help but shudder and silently pray for their Supervisor.
My Lord Supervisor, please don't do anything reckless, otherwise it'll be really difficult for me to get involved if you two start fighting.
You have no idea how hard your wife has worked since you left the manor. Can you believe she can split a boulder in half with one hand every day?
Moreover, the lady is capable of killing; their jaws nearly dropped when they first saw it.
The journey hasn't been smooth sailing, but the four bodyguards haven't had many opportunities to get a chance to fight.
When they encountered bandits robbing them, their wife killed one child with a single stab, as easily as slicing vegetables.
They thought the lady, who had never even killed a chicken, would be too intimidated to do it, but they never expected that even this matter depended on talent.
The lady's mental fortitude is simply incredible. She killed eight people on her first murder, and then didn't even miss her meal.
To be honest, it made those of them from the secret guard camp feel inferior.
In particular, their wife's killing methods were so smooth that even now they still can't figure out why she could behead people so easily with the same knife.
Little did they know that their wife, who had never even killed a chicken, had already beheaded hundreds of people.
However, most of the brain matter inside those heads was rotten.
It's not that magical; it's just a matter of practice makes perfect.
It's their fault for not asking; if they had dared to ask, Jiang Xinyu would definitely have taught them.
Although this was Jiang Xinyu's first time killing someone in this world, she had killed many zombies with the same structure as humans in her previous life.
The most effective way to kill zombies is to shoot them in the head or chop them off. Jiang Xinyu has done so many chops, and with her forensic medical background, she has naturally developed some tricks.
The bodyguards would strike directly at the neck, but she was already used to striking the junction of the third and fourth cervical vertebrae.
All steel knives are equally sharp, but the effect of cutting into bone is definitely different from cutting into the junction of two cervical vertebrae.
Regardless, Jiang Xinyu's move completely won over the guards. If it weren't for the difference between master and servant, they would have kowtowed and acknowledged her as their master.
Respect for life and not killing are two different things; Jiang Xinyu has her own set of logic.
Some wives of high-ranking officials might chant Amitabha Buddha's name and tremble with fear at the sight of a chicken being killed, yet that didn't stop them from casually executing maids and servants with a single word.
Jiang Xinyu is the exact opposite of them.
She would decide whether to take action based on the level of danger the other party posed and the necessity of killing them.
She is lenient with people unless they absolutely must be killed, but if someone is a threat, she kills them faster than anyone else.
In this era, every bandit had several lives on their hands, so to her they were no different from man-eating zombies.
She didn't even bother to ask any questions; she simply chopped them all down with a single stroke.
If she had enough time, she might go to the bandit stronghold to search it out, eliminate the threat, and perhaps rescue the hostages.
However, time was of the essence, so they had no choice but to leave the bodies on the road after killing the people and riding on their way.
After being ambushed by bandits and robbed at a shady inn, the four guards gained a completely new understanding of their mistress.
Their supervisor's wife... she's got some guts!
Most people who practice martial arts admire strength.
If Jiang Xinyu were merely Xiao Yuan's wife, a weak and domestic woman, even if Xiao Yuan granted her the authority to mobilize the secret guards, it would be difficult to guarantee that these people would outwardly comply but inwardly defy him.
After all, there are loopholes in many things in this world, and the same thing can be done perfectly or barely passably.
Now, these four bodyguards are completely devoted to the lady and carry out her orders without any hesitation.
Needless to say, Xiaodie was a stubborn girl who was fixated on just one thing.
As long as the lady doesn't break with the eunuch and try to kill him, then whatever the lady says goes.
It would take them at full speed to catch up with Xiao Yuan and get there in an hour.
Jiang Xinyu wanted to teach Xiao Yuan a lesson, so she stopped her horse early when she caught up with him, leaving one guard to watch the rest of the men sneak into the camp.
It's quite a coincidence.
As soon as they sneaked in, they spotted Yan Fei, dressed in a light blue dress, standing out from the crowd, entering a tent.
Great, it came to me without any effort.
Jiang Xinyu walked over confidently with her entourage, and the patrolling soldiers immediately showed their identification badges when questioned.
Upon seeing the waist badge of the Imperial Guard of the Governor's Mansion, the man saluted and continued his patrol.
Their team is a very diverse group, with all sorts of people doing all sorts of things. The level of the supervisor and the secret guards is too high for them to ask casually.
Jiang Xinyu stood in front of the tent and called out in a low voice, "Madam of the Eunuch," then said in the tone of an eunuch, "The Eunuch requests your presence."
Yan Fei, without suspicion, said "I'm here" and lifted the tent flap. Just as he was about to ask a question, a steel knife was placed against his neck.
Jiang Xinyu forced him into the tent, and two guards quickly twisted his arms behind his back.
Jiang Xinyu showed no mercy to her enemy, tearing off Yan Fei's skirt and stuffing it all into his mouth.
Then, with a few quick snaps, Yan Fei's two arms and two legs were broken. He was in so much pain that his eyes rolled back and he fainted.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye; in just a few seconds, Yan Fei was lying on the ground, a cripple.
Jiang Xinyu glanced at him with disdain. To be honest, he did look quite convincing.
She's not as unreliable as Xiao Yuan!
Speed is of the essence in war. Yan Fei is skilled in both light footwork and sleeping potions. What if he manages to escape once he realizes what's happening?
The villain dies from talking too much. Why not just cripple him first and then ask him questions, instead of questioning him?
Look how honest they are now.
Whether you want to show off your intelligence or just be pretentious, you can talk as much as you want.
The guards immediately turned their faces away when they saw the long, white legs.
Although the person lying on the ground wasn't the madam, her face was exactly the same as the madam's, and now that her skirt was half-drawn and her legs were exposed, it wasn't something they could look at.
To be fair, their wife's decisive and ruthless nature is quite suitable for the Asura Hall.
If the Grand Eunuch is willing, this lady of theirs will be a high-ranking officer in the Eastern Depot.
Ancient disguise techniques were indeed ingenious; Jiang Xinyu searched for a long time but couldn't find the seam of the human skin mask.
Xiaodie was also somewhat troubled, "I heard that masks made with special techniques require a special potion to appear, Madam..."
At this point, Xiaodie suddenly stopped, because Jiang Xinyu slapped Yan Fei across the face several times.
No matter what kind of mask it is, even if it's made of stainless steel, it's only a thin layer when it's on your face.
If she hits it hard, whether directly or indirectly, the face will swell up.
She just couldn't believe it; the mask was so stretchy that even with a big bulge, it could still fit perfectly.
Yan Fei, being a man with feminine features, naturally has a small face, so there wasn't much padding under the human skin mask; it was just a thin layer of skin.
Now, after Jiang Xinyu pulled so hard, it's visibly swollen.
His cheeks swelled up, but his nose didn't move. A thin membrane appeared, and Jiang Xinyu used her fingertips to pinch it and forcefully tore the mask off.
This thing is really ingenious; the skin part is easy to peel off, but the edges stick together tightly.
Jiang Xinyu didn't have any medicine and was too lazy to bother, so she took a dagger and cut it off along the edge.
At this moment, Yan Fei had her eyes closed, so no one could tell what her eyes looked like, but just looking at her face, she was indeed quite pretty.
Even though her cheeks are red and swollen and she looks a bit disheveled, her beauty is still undeniable.