Chapter 189 Assassination

Ling Chenyi nodded, agreeing with Xiao Yuan's words, but he felt uneasy in his heart.

Xiao Yuan said, "Send someone to continue the search. If they are in the city, there will be news. I will also send officials along the way to Jiangnan to investigate secretly."

"Lin Ye, the eldest son of the Lin family, also secretly left the capital today and went to Tianshui City in the south of the Yangtze River. I sent a message to him to keep an eye on Hua Sheng's whereabouts along the way."

"This is the only way." Ling Chen nodded and sighed heavily.

...Two days later.

"Is this the passenger you were talking about?" Hua Sheng pointed at the chickens, ducks and geese on the cart with feathers flying everywhere, his eyes widened.

"The livestock are what I want to attract when I go to Jiangnan this time. These are all wild. The inn there specifically requested them. They are very expensive."

“…”

Hua Sheng could no longer bear it. She was a girl who normally would not speak loudly, but this time she was really angry.

"You want me to sit in a car with a cage of chickens, ducks and geese?"

The big man looked around and said, "Well, you take my seat and drive."

"…Is it me who gives you the silver, or you who gives me the silver?"

"The car is mine, of course you gave me the money."

Hua Sheng, “……???!!!”

"I won't sit down anymore. Here's the silver." She concealed the panic in her eyes, gave the big man a silver ingot and was about to leave.

"That won't do. You promised me to let me work as your shopkeeper and give me fifteen taels of silver per month."

Of course he couldn't let the pretty boy in front of him go, otherwise how would he go to Tianshui City without a pass?

Even if you are shameless, you can only act unreasonably.

Hua Sheng was very angry, but since she was out, she didn't dare to really argue with the big man in front of her, for fear that the other party would have bad intentions and kill her.

In the end, I could only accept my fate for a short while, sit on the creaking carriage, and endure the fishy smell.

When I really get to Tianshui City and meet my fourth cousin's wife, I will settle the score with this unreasonable person.

Lin Ye lowered his head, touched his nose guiltily, glanced at the angry people in the car, and said sorry several times inwardly.

He had no choice but to compensate this young man when he arrived in Tianshui City.

Thinking about the letter he received last night, he began to notice girls of similar age along the way.

After one or two times, Hua Sheng noticed it and felt very disappointed.

This man is a pervert. Fortunately, she has always dressed in men's clothes, otherwise she would be like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth.

So, she concealed her identity as a girl more carefully, and was always ready to seize the opportunity to escape.

With the promulgation of Li Huaiyan's decree, the people of Tianshui City gradually returned to their normal lives, shops began to open for business, and more and more vendors began to hawk their wares on the streets.

Qingfeng chased the old woman's body for more than ten miles and found out that the culprit was indeed a bandit who wanted to avenge their boss Gu Chen.

With the death of the two bandits, Tianshui City fell into peace again.

However, Shen Anan never felt completely relieved. As long as those bandits were not eliminated, the hidden danger would still exist.

"YaYa, are you hungry?" Mo Xiang held a little baby in her arms and coaxed it patiently.

It was the only baby left in the dead old woman's house.

Yaya is a very cute little girl with two dimples on her cheeks when she smiles. It’s just that her thinness and yellowness affect her facial features, making her look not that pretty.

Shen Anan would walk around the streets every day, and several families close to the government office had already known her.

"Fourth Prince's Consort, these are the sweet cakes that my family has just baked. Please take some and give them to Yaya."

"Mo Xiang, give me some silver."

“No, no thanks.” The couple was selling the sweet cakes. The woman looked at Yaya with joy in her eyes.

"Feed the child, no money is needed. After the Fourth Prince's wife came, our Tianshui City has slowly regained its popularity and has hope of survival. Everyone is grateful to you."

Shen Anan still let Mo Xiang put down an ingot of silver before continuing to the next house.

"Miss, that couple has been married for four or five years and has no children. They seem to like Yaya very much. If they look like good people, why don't we give Yaya to them to raise when we return?"

It's okay to have one more mouth in the Fourth Prince's Mansion, but after all, the girl is not pregnant yet, and she and her husband...

Mo Xiang was worried that the girl would feel uncomfortable if she looked at him every day.

"Let's talk about it when we get back. If you have good character, this is a good place to go."

At least it is much better than the turbulent capital city.

At the same time, the woman from the sweet cake shop was also talking to her husband, "You said I send sweet cakes every day, will the Fourth Prince's wife remember me?"

The man was kneading dough and took the time to give his wife a smile, "My wife really likes Yaya, the Fourth Prince's wife must have seen it."

"But the Fourth Prince's wife is so noble that it would be a piece of cake for her to raise a tooth. She may not be willing to give it to us to raise."

The man freed his hand and patted the woman's shoulder. "If it is possible, it will be our blessing. If not, Yaya will be extremely rich if she follows the Fourth Prince's wife. It is not our fate. Don't worry about it. Be good."

"I'm sorry for you." The woman sighed, her eyes red, "I've been married for so long but I haven't been able to give you a child."

"It's okay. We both have a happy life. Maybe it's my problem."

The woman sniffed with emotion.

"Hey, bring some sweet cakes." A rough voice sounded, and the woman immediately wiped away her tears and asked with a smile, "What kind of filling do you want to eat, sir?"

"What kind of fillings are there?" The man was tall and cast a large shadow in the shop.

"We have all kinds of fillings. I'll wrap it for you in any flavor you like."

“Are there any with red filling?”

The man's voice suddenly became low and cold, and the shop door slammed shut.

Shen Anan walked along the street, and it was no different from the previous few days, everything was going on in an orderly and peaceful manner.

"Master." Qingfeng suddenly appeared, his voice lowered and extremely solemn, "I have taken people to the canyon to check, and there is no trace of bandits in the surrounding area for dozens of miles."

Shen Anan frowned slightly. She absolutely didn't believe that those people would escape or anything like that. The more that happened, the more suspicious it was.

"Let's go back first."

After the Lantern Festival, the weather was noticeably warmer, and the group walked back as they had strolled here before.

Qingfeng glanced at the vendors on the stalls on both sides and saw that they were looking up at them, and his eyes suddenly fixed.

"Master, be careful."

Along with his loud shout, an extremely sharp knife stabbed at him from the left and right at the same time. Shen Anan subconsciously pushed away Mo Xiang who was holding Yaya and rolled on the ground to avoid it.

Qingfeng and the secret guards immediately engaged in a fight with the intruders.

When the other shops and vendors saw this scene, some fled, some closed their shops, and for a moment, the streets were in chaos.

Qingfeng and his men were very skilled in martial arts, but due to the large number of people on the other side, they were unable to escape after several fights.

"Hand him over, and we won't make things difficult for the Fourth Prince's wife."

Shen Anan frowned, "Who?"

The man's eyes were stern, "I gave the Fourth Prince's wife a chance, but since you don't want it, you can't blame us."

As he finished speaking, his moves became more ferocious, avoiding Qingfeng and the secret guards, and rushed straight towards Shen Anan.

She didn't have time to think about his words, and could only try her best to avoid the attack of the man. It was okay for one or two moves, but she couldn't react in time after that.

"Are you sure you won't hand it over, Fourth Prince? If you die here today, even the Fourth Prince won't be able to avenge you."

After hearing this, Shen Anan was shocked, "Are you the emperor's people?"

The man snorted coldly, said nothing, and drew his sword again.

"The Fourth Prince's Concubine." Qing Feng roared, and used all his strength to block the person in front of him, and rushed towards Shen Anan, but the distance was so far that it was too late.

The sharp knife was about to fall, but suddenly there was a sharp buzzing sound and it was blocked by a big knife.

The man in black felt a numbness in his palm, and he just raised his head to take a look before his body flew several meters away.

A figure as fast as lightning flashed past and protected Shen Anan, killing three or four men in black in an instant.

When Qingfeng saw the person coming, he was stunned.

"Let's go." The man in black on the ground quickly got up and disappeared into the street in the blink of an eye.

Shen Anan calmed down and looked up at the tall man in front of him.

"Qingfeng, you are becoming more and more useless. You can't even protect the mistress. No wonder that boy repeatedly told me to come here."

"General Qi." Qingfeng bowed with lingering fear.

There was a hint of surprise in Shen Anan's eyes.

General Qi? Qi Jinping?

Is he Qi Jinping, who never appeared in the capital in the previous life?

The man was dressed in a short robe, looking neat and tidy, with a strand of curled hair hanging down on his face. He did not have the solemn and murderous air of a general, but rather the calm and steady demeanor of an old man.

"General Qi."

"You should call me uncle." Qi Jinping turned around and looked at Shen Anan with a clear face. "He looks good and has some courage. He is even more amazing for being able to subdue that boy."

“…”

"Thank you, uncle, for your help."

Qi Jinping waved his hand with an elder's attitude, "No need to be so polite."

"The Fourth Prince's Consort." The newly recruited officer ran over, sweating profusely. "Something happened."

…

"You're back?"

In the sweet cake shop, Li Huaiyan stood up from the two corpses and said to Shen Anan who walked in quickly.

The woman who had been smiling at Yaya and giving her sweet cakes an hour ago was now lying in a pool of blood. Her neck was scratched with a cut as big as a bowl, and her blood was flowing all over the floor. She was long dead.

The man next to him died in the same way.

Shen Anan's eyes were extremely cold, "Did you catch him?"

"No, I came here because of a report from a customer who came to buy sweet cakes."

Qingfeng quickly stepped forward, squatted down and checked the wounds of the two people. After a moment, he said, "It was the bandits in the canyon. The killing method was exactly the same as that of the old woman a few days ago."

The chill gradually rose in Shen Anan's eyes, and finally turned into endless anger.

She was not afraid to fight those people, but she could not tolerate harming innocent people.

“Those people left this, take a look.” Li Huaiyan handed a note to Shen Anan.

There were a few bloody words written on it:

"Hand him over!"

Several people frowned at the same time.

"Who exactly are they talking about?" Qi Jinping asked in confusion.

"I don't know." Shen Anan was telling the truth. She really didn't know, but at this moment, she had a vague guess.

"Those bandits are probably hiding in the city. Li Huaiyan, have your men step up their precautions and try not to let any more innocent people lose their lives."

"Don't worry, those people will not make any more moves in the short term after doing such evil things."

"Eh," Qingfeng stared at the couple's wounds and asked in confusion, "It seems that the methods of this group of bandits are not the same as those who assassinated the Fourth Prince's wife on the road."