Chapter 988 I'm Protecting You!

Yingzhaotian, Yingzhao Mansion.

Today, Yingzhao Mansion is decorated with lights and colorful decorations, and it looks extremely festive. Especially in front of the main gate of Yingzhao Mansion, there are hundreds of housekeepers and servants who come out to greet the guests. They all have smiles on their faces, and those expressions are like writing "happiness" on their faces.

And the huge red "Shou" character hanging in front of the main gate explains why Yingzhao Mansion is so festive today - today is the birthday of Yue Fengyun, the owner of Yingzhao Mansion, and it is also the day for him to entertain guests.

On this day, Huan Yin came to the festive Yingzhao Mansion very early. After taking out the invitation and the gifts prepared in advance and stating his identity, he was respectfully invited in by a servant of Yingzhao Mansion.

The reason why Huan Yin came so early was not that he was really interested in this so-called birthday banquet. After all, in Huan Yin's opinion, the old guy Yue Fengyun might not remember his birthday at all, and just picked a random day to go through this formality.

Huan Yin came early because he was a subordinate of Yue Fengyun, and was promoted to the position of deputy general by Yue Fengyun himself. If he came late, wouldn't it be too disrespectful and too low-key?

There were not many guests in the mansion. And even the few who were there were people Huan Yin didn't know. In addition, it was too early now, and Yue Fengyun or Yue Xiaoxian naturally couldn't come out to greet the guests in person. So, there was no one to talk and say hello, so Huan Yin simply asked the servant to take him to a deserted small garden in the south corner of the mansion and sat at a small stone table in the corner.

The servant quickly served tea to Huan Yin, and then Huan Yin let him go, and stayed alone to drink tea.

Huan Yin sat like this from morning to noon, and didn't move his butt. During this period, as time passed, more and more people came to Yingzhao Mansion to celebrate the birthday, so occasionally someone would walk into the small garden where Huanyin was, and some of them would be acquainted with Huanyin.

However, Huanyin remained completely alone during this period. He drank tea by himself and occasionally greeted people, but it was obviously the kind of greetings that were polite when they met for the first time. As for chatting, Huanyin would not take the initiative to chat with anyone, and others did not seem to be interested in talking to him.

To be honest, Huanyin is developing rapidly now, and no one knows how many people he has bribed in the entire Dongfang Batian, so how could there be fewer people he really knows today? Huanyin looked through Yue Fengyun's invitation list and knew that among today's guests, there would be more than 200 real "own people", and as for those "acquaintances" with whom he had a good relationship, there would be nearly 300. And among the guests who came now, Huanyin saw more than 20 acquaintances.

Therefore, if Huan Yin was willing to mingle with others, perhaps he would have his own small group now, chatting enthusiastically.

However, Huan Yin never did so because he would never forget that he was a newly promoted deputy general who had just been promoted three levels in a row, and he had been in the army for less than a year. If he seemed to be familiar with everyone this time, or showed that he had many acquaintances, wouldn't it be too strange and he might be suspected.

Absolute low-keyness is Huan Yin's highest principle for dealing with things in public now. Because the more low-key he is, the weaker he looks, and the less people will notice him. In this way, no one will pay attention to him, and his secret operations can be hidden better.

In fact, before coming here today, Huan Yin had not only thought about pretending to be alone, but also greeted his "acquaintances", asking them to pretend not to know him and not to talk to him.

However, although Huan Yin seemed to be sitting there, doing nothing except drinking tea, he was actually doing a lot of things in secret.

Huan Yin would not forget the purpose of his coming today, which was to kill the father and son, King Boli and Lie Prajna. Therefore, although he seemed to be drinking tea, his consciousness was very careful to pay attention to everything in the entire Yingzhao Mansion.

Huan Yin had to figure out the terrain here and whether there were any hidden formations or mechanisms, how many guards were hidden, how many people he didn't know, and how many strong people there were. The most important thing was that Huan Yin would pay attention to Yue Fengyun and the Great Heavenly King he hadn't met yet. These two people were the ones Huan Yin felt were most likely to pose a threat to him now in terms of cultivation. Especially the Great Heavenly King, Huan Yin didn't know how deep he was. If he came today, it would be much more difficult for Huan Yin to accomplish his goal.

However, this was also the reason why Huan Yin chose to come here in person to carry out the killing. Because Huan Yin was not only invited openly, but also his cultivation was the highest in his army. He had the greatest chance of taking action and the greatest possibility of retreating without being discovered.

As for why Huan Yin did not bring helpers, it was because he knew that this operation was more of an assassination than a killing, and it had to be done secretly. Therefore, the more people there were, the easier it was to do bad things.

More and more people entered the Yingzhao Mansion. In fact, Huan Yin recognized more and more people. However, they never met each other. As the Yingzhao Mansion became more and more lively, Huan Yin remained the same, only occasionally standing up to greet some people who took the initiative to greet him, and then sat back down.

"Here they come!" At a certain moment, Huan Yin's divine sense detected that a father and son had come to the gate of Yingzhao Mansion. They were King Boli and Lie Prajna.

At this moment, although King Boli had a forced smile on his face, he obviously looked unwilling to come. However, Lie Prajna's eyes were shining, and he was extremely happy. After sending the invitation and gifts, he couldn't wait to drag his father inside.

"This kid, he really tricked his father as well." Huan Yin laughed secretly, and then he immediately withdrew his divine sense from the father and son to prevent the other party from noticing the clues.

When the target appeared, Huan Yin had already put down half of his heart. He knew that now was definitely not the time to take action. When the banquet became lively and the wine was mixed, that would be the opportunity he wanted.

And now, Huan Yin had also explored the surrounding situation. At the same time, although his "acquaintances" would not communicate with him openly, they would secretly support and help him. Therefore, now Huan Yin was basically ready for everything, so he simply closed his eyes and began to rest, and his consciousness was completely collected.

As time passed, Huan Yin slowly calmed himself down, secretly preparing for the next assassination.

Originally, Huan Yin thought that maybe he could wait until the dinner and wait for the host to come out to meet the guests. But after a while, someone suddenly patted his shoulder and shouted, "Captain Xue, you are here!"

Huan Yin was slightly surprised, thinking that the person who called him like this must be an acquaintance. But didn't he already say hello and told any acquaintances not to approach him?

Then, Huan Yin quickly felt a clear sense of contempt in this person's address. Although this person seemed excited and happy to see him, he called him "Captain" instead of "Deputy General". And this person emphasized the word "Captain" very much, as if deliberately emphasizing it.

Opening his eyes, Huan Yin turned his head in surprise, and was stunned when he saw it.

"Lord Lie Prajna, you are here too!" After a while, Huan Yin finally reacted, stood up immediately, and bowed to Lie Prajna respectfully, but he was thinking in his heart that he hadn't found him yet, so why did he come here on his own initiative?

Looking around, Huan Yin didn't see his father beside Lie Prajna, nor did he see any bad friends - Lie Prajna came alone.

"With Lie Prajna's background, even if he is notorious now, as long as he wants, there will definitely be many people who will flatter him. He actually came to me alone, which means he came to find me specifically." Huan Yin quickly made his own judgment in his heart.

"Captain Xue... Oh, no, it should be called Deputy General Xue now. You should have come very early. Why are you staying here alone? Isn't it boring?" Lie Prajna looked at Huan Yin with a smile, and his voice was a little loud, as if he was deliberately trying to attract the attention of others and expose Huan Yin's identity as a captain not long ago.

Huan Yin didn't understand what Lie Prajna was up to, but he didn't care. He just smiled and said, "Your Excellency, I am a new soldier after all, and my position is low. It's fine like this."

Huan Yin said while looking a little embarrassed, as if he really didn't have enough experience in the army, so he felt embarrassed because he hadn't seen a big scene yet.

Huan Yin wanted to keep a low profile, which just met Lie Prajna's mentality at the moment. Lie Prajna saw Huan Yin like this, and couldn't help but show off. He said, "What are you afraid of? Come on, I will take you to this Yingzhao Mansion to see the world and recognize people. I want everyone to know that you are under my protection!"