Chapter 273: Chen Ning's assassination attempt failed, and the truth about the substitution shocked the Ning family
Ling Yun landed silently in front of Xiao Ying and frowned slightly.
"But madam, my subordinate has left. What are you going to do here?"
Xiao Qian led people to wipe out Ya Xing a few days ago. Now he is the only one protecting Madam. If he leaves again, what if someone harms Madam?
Xiao Ying smiled and said, "You underestimate me. I can fight even against an eighth-level Qi Refining cultivator. Just go ahead and don't worry."
Ling Yun was stunned. Madam could actually deal with the eighth level of Qi Refining?
He didn't know yet that Xiao Ying had made three sets of thunder and fire talisman formations.
Xiao Ying naturally had to keep such a method secret.
"Yes, ma'am."
Ling Yun no longer hesitated and turned to leave.
"Wait." Xiao Ying stopped him and asked, "Do you think there's something wrong with Li Qian?"
Ling Yun thought about it carefully and finally shook his head.
"I haven't noticed anything wrong. There's no spiritual energy fluctuations from this person, and he doesn't look like he's practiced martial arts. He's been behaving normally these past few days."
Xiao Ying nodded slightly and said, "There's no spiritual energy fluctuation on me either. If the other person is wearing something like the Hidden Spirit Talisman like me, you wouldn't be able to detect it."
"That's true." Ling Yun said seriously, "I'll go investigate right away."
"Go ahead, and be safe."
Xiao Ying reminded her, and all the things about Li Qian flashed through her mind again. Could it be that she was overthinking?
But if this person really wears a treasure that conceals his spiritual energy, it means that his origin must be unusual.
What is the purpose of such a person lurking around her?
Xia family?
Or maybe... the Yu family?
She felt that some things seemed to be out of control recently. First, five inexplicable gangsters were hired to kill her entire family.
Now a somewhat suspicious person appears and lurks around her. Could these two groups of people be from the same group?
The Chen Ning family, whom she suspected, now had to admit that their assassination plan had failed.
Several days have passed since the maximum deadline agreed upon by the five people, and no news has been sent back yet. It can only be said that they have failed.
Chen Ning couldn't believe it, but he had to believe it. How could five martial arts masters fail?!
It was just an assassination of a few powerless civilians. Even if Xiao Ying had people rewarded by the emperor to serve him, he could not stop five martial arts masters.
What is going on?
"Now it seems that we underestimated your ex-wife."
Qi Yuping stared at Chen Ning with a bad look. If this man had not been so kind-hearted, he would have gotten rid of that woman back then.
"Dad, she's really just an ordinary village woman. This is really strange..."
Chen Ning hung his head and didn't dare to look at him, and his words of defense were weak.
"Hmph." Qi Yuping sneered, "If you, Chen Enke, can transform yourself into Chen Ning and become the son-in-law of our Qi family, how can you be sure that your ex-wife hasn't had a different fate? Otherwise, how could she be so easily granted the title of Ruren?"
Chen Ning's face flushed immediately. Every time the other party called him Chen Enke, it was like a slap in the face, reminding him of his dirty past.
He is a villain who abandons his wife and children. For the sake of his career and to climb up the social ladder, he even abandons his wife and children.
This is the biggest handle in his life and also his most unbearable shame.
But he doesn't regret it.
With the Qi family paving the way for him, he will be able to become a minister or even a chancellor in the future, holding a high official position.
Who would dare to laugh at him then?!
When the person in front of him died, the entire Qi family would belong to him. At that time, no matter what he wanted to do, no one would dare to say anything.
Tolerate!
"Last time, when the Dark Night Pavilion refused to accept our order, we should have been wary." Qi Yuping said calmly, "I guess the Dark Night Pavilion suffered a loss at her hands, so they're unwilling to accept our order again."
Chen Ning was stunned. Dark Night Pavilion had suffered losses at the hands of Xiao Ying before. How could this be possible?!
That is the largest assassin organization in Yue Country. I heard that it is backed by a certain immortal cultivation family and there are many cultivators in the organization.
How could such a powerful behemoth be unable to deal with a mere Xiao Ying!
However, this is the fact, the Dark Night Pavilion simply refuses to accept the order.
That woman...what on earth had happened to that woman over the years?
"Dad, what should we do?"
Chen Ning suddenly felt a little nervous and scared. Xiao Ying was so powerful. If she knew that he was still alive, or even sent someone to kill her, she would definitely take revenge on him, right?
Qi Yuping glanced at him and was extremely displeased to see him like that.
Such a small thing can scare him so much, it's a waste of his training.
"waste!"
He shouted harshly, and Chen Ning's face immediately turned red. He clenched his fists and lowered his head to hide the hatred in his eyes.
Qi Yuping said unhappily, "At this point, we can only give up for now and think of another way. I'll send someone to Yun'an County to bribe a few useful informants to keep an eye on her."
"It would be fine if she didn't come to the capital, but if she has the intention to go to the capital, she will die on the way!"
This was the only solution he had, so he could only settle for the second best and hope that the other party would be sensible and stay in Yun'an County for the rest of his life.
Chen Ning secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Yes, as long as the other party stayed in Yun'an County, they would not be aware of his existence and would not pose any threat to him.
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What a coincidence, the Ningguo Mansion two streets away was also talking about Xiao Ying these past two days.
It turned out that Ying Heng, the guard sent by Ning Yuanchen, had traveled day and night and finally rushed back to Shangjing. He immediately told the truth to Duke Ning and Prime Minister Ning. The father and son were shocked at the time!
"Are you sure you've checked everything out, Third and Fourth Brothers?"
It took a while for the two to come back to their senses. Prime Minister Ning stared at Ying Heng with great seriousness and spoke in a low voice.
Ying Heng didn't dare lie and answered truthfully, "Third Young Master personally interrogated those two people. Oh, and here's the letter he wrote to the Duke and the Prime Minister."
He immediately presented Ning Yuanchen's handwritten letter to Prime Minister Ning, who checked it to confirm that it was correct before presenting it to Duke Ning.
Duke Ningguo read every word carefully. The record was very detailed, even more detailed than Ying Heng's report.
Although I couldn't see any change in his expression, I could vaguely feel the low-key pressure he exuded.
At the end of the letter, there was a portrait of Xiao Ying. He casually handed the letter to Prime Minister Ning, and stared at the person in the painting for longer than he spent reading the letter.
Prime Minister Ning became more and more serious as he read on, his brows furrowed tightly. This letter could completely confirm that Xiao Ying was his younger sister's biological daughter!
"Similar, so similar indeed." Duke Ningguo said softly, "Their eyebrows and eyes are exactly the same as Xiaoshu's when he was young."
What he didn't say was that he actually looked more like his first wife, who had been dead for more than ten years. He often gazed at her portrait when she was young.
If put together with this picture, they look like a pair of sisters.
Prime Minister Ning also looked at the portrait and found that it was indeed very similar, which further proved Xiao Ying's identity.
"The Xiao Qing couple are truly audacious. They dared to mix up the real thing and confuse the bloodline of our Ning family!"
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