The Glory After Rebirth [重生之尊荣]

Chapter 226- 228

Chapter 226: A Groom

First the horse race had been interrupted due to the sudden appearance of an assassin, and then horses of students of the Imperial College had run wild, leaving many injured. The succession of incidents had demoralized all participants in the horse race, especially students of the Imperial College, some of whom lost their fight the moment they mounted their horses and naturally underperformed.

The principal sitting in the stands watched one round after another, a scowl on his face.

Ling Zhang swung himself onto his horse. He and Snowflake were still the focus of attention in the racecourse. Miao Shiba and the other bodyguards, along with Ling Zhang himself, all found themselves tensing their backs after Ling Zhang mounted. They were all poised to rush to Ling Zhang's help at the first sign of anything.

But curiously enough, nothing had happened from start to finish. Everything was so normal that it seemed as though this was going to be an utterly uneventful day.

Ling Zhang felt that something was not quite right. Had he made a wrong guess, by any chance?

Speculations exploded in his mind, but it didn't change the fact that nothing unusual had happened. Ling Zhang couldn't help but look around the whole racecourse. His eyes raked faces of all people in view and even the mound on the side but still didn't spot anybody who might be an assassin.

He himself, however, had performed pretty well on the back of Snowflake despite his injured arm and broke into the top ten with ease.

So far, all today's occurrences had struck Ling Zhang as unexpected, and the quieter the current situation, the more strongly he felt that something was wrong.

After returning from the track, Ling Zhang dismounted, his face somewhat pale. Though Snowflake had run very fast as usual, he was still recovering from his arm injury after all, and the jolt had given him a hard time.

"Childe Ling," Xie Shi walked up and supported him off his horse. "Your arm needs nursing, and it's inadvisable for you to subject it to another bumpy ride."

"There's one more round. I've already gone this far. It'll be a shame if I give up at this point," said Ling Zhang.

The main reason was that he kept feeling something was not quite right – he had finished so many rounds, but there had still been nothing unusual, which left him rather worried.

Right at the time when Ling Zhang was talking to Xie Shi, he noticed out of the corner of his eye someone walking over. After finding that it was a groom, Ling Zhang wasn't really on the alert, for after each round, some grooms would help the students groom, feed and water their horses to make sure that the horses were in fit states.

Although Snowflake didn't like it when strangers approached it, all grooms of this racecourse were very experienced. They knew where the limit was and never crossed it while tending Snowflake, which was why Snowflake had been fairly cooperative so far. Ling Zhang had gone several rounds in a row, and it had been the same groom who served him.

Ling Zhang had observed this groom some time ago. After a couple of rounds, he had found that this groom was dutifully doing his job, so he didn't stop him from approaching Snowflake.

But this time around, at the moment the groom passed him, Ling Zhang suddenly sensed a murderous air. This feeling was very subtle and even made his scalp prickle somewhat. As if something dangerous was imminent, he instantly tensed his muscles and almost at the same instant heard a whizz coming from behind him and unhesitatingly dodge aside!

"Die!"

The assassin thought that his attack was soundless and Ling Zhang had let his guard down, so it was impossible for Ling Zhang to sidestep this blow of his, but unexpectedly, his saber missed the target. His nondescript face instantly went murderous and the dagger in his hand abruptly jerked shooting at Ling Zhang from a direction that made this dagger attack very difficult to defend against!