Chapter 359: Danger
Hu Xin'er noticed something was wrong: "You mean, the three of you fought against that killer together, but you couldn't defeat him?"
She knew Mu Qing's martial arts skills, and without anyone to hold him back, he was more than capable of dealing with the killer.
Not to mention Taoist Master Yiqing, he was the one who rescued Lu's mother and Mu Qing from the Lu family tragedy.
Although Jiang Yao has never demonstrated her martial arts skills, she should be quite skilled since she is able to control Spring Breeze Drunk.
How could these three people fail to stop the killer and even cause Mu Qing fatal injuries?
"No, I didn't have time to act." Jiang Yao recalled, "At that time, Mu Qing came forward to lure the assassin, and Yiqing was waiting in the dark, wanting to help Mu Qing catch the assassin, but unexpectedly..."
Mu Qing, who had been invulnerable to several assassins in the past, was defeated by the sword of one man.
That night, dark clouds covered the moon, making it a perfect day for murder and arson.
At Mu Qing's instruction, the guards at the door pretended to be craving for wine and drank a lot, which saved them from danger.
Mu Qing lay on the bed pretending to be asleep, silently counting his heartbeats.
There was the sound of wind and the chirping of autumn insects outside the window, but no footsteps could be heard.
But he felt an inexplicable chill in his heart. He suddenly opened his eyes and saw the originally drooping bed curtains being lifted. A masked man was standing in front of his bed, and the murderous intent in his eyes was colder than the moonlight tonight.
Taoist Master Yiqing, who was hiding in the corner, suddenly shouted, "Go!"
If he doesn't take action now, he is worried that he will have no chance!
In the past, Mu Qing was enough to deal with the assassins sent by the prince alone. The reason why he sent Taoist Yiqing here was just to ensure safety and leave the assassins alive.
However, the assassination this night was more dangerous than any previous one. Even the two of them who worked together to resist it were struggling and were in danger.
The masked man was a master of martial arts, and the space inside was extremely small. The cage that was originally carefully set up to capture the killer alive was about to become the burial place of the two in the blink of an eye!
Jiang Yao said quietly, "I was originally responsible for keeping watch, but that masked man's stealth skills were extremely powerful. When I realized something was wrong and rushed over, Mu Qing had already fallen to the ground..."
"Then how did you survive in the end?" Hu Xiner was horrified when she heard this. She originally thought that the prince had used some despicable means to injure Mu Qing, but she didn't expect that the prince actually sent out such a peerless master!
In other words, Mu Qing, Taoist Yiqing and Jiang Yao almost died at the hands of the masked man. This was simply a repeat of the Lu family tragedy that year!
If this really happened, Hu Xiner had no idea how she and Lu's mother would face the future.
She wanted to accuse the three of being too reckless, but now she thought about it, if Mu Qing hadn't suddenly decided to set a trap, he might really have been killed by the masked man without the help of others.
Jiang Yao clenched her fists, rarely revealing her emotional fluctuations. "After Mu Qing was injured, the masked man didn't seem to want to kill us and just left."
She and Taoist Yiqing were no match for the masked man and could only watch him leave.
At this point, Jiang Yao's eyes burned with rage. She angrily slammed the stone table in the yard, and the stone table immediately cracked.
Compared with the Taoist priest, her skills are not bad, but compared with the masked man, there is a world of difference.
The feeling of powerlessness when facing her enemy but having to watch him let her go reminded her of things that happened many years ago.
The Lu family tragedy is an eternal pain in the hearts of all those who witnessed it.
After this explanation, Hu Xin'er calmed down. She felt something was amiss. "You mean, even though that masked man could have beaten the three of you to the point of being completely defenseless, or even killed you, he just left? That doesn't make sense!"
"We can't believe it, but this is the truth." Jiang Yao stared at a certain spot in the void, and in her imagination she had already cut the masked man into pieces.
Hu Xin'er couldn't understand: "If he was sent by the Crown Prince, why didn't he just kill Mu Qing?"
Jiang Yao asked back, "When the prince killed others, did he ever use a real knife?"
Hu Xin'er suddenly realized, "The prince is a snake in the heart. To maintain his good image, he usually doesn't even kill people on the spot."
Feng Ge went "mad" at the eldest princess' birthday banquet. If Hu Xin'er and others had not pleaded for him at the time, he would have died directly at the hands of the guards.
Meanwhile, Grand Tutor Chu died of a "heart disease," and Young Master Chu also died suddenly and mysteriously...
Among the known cases of princes killing each other, only the Lu family tragedy involved actual bloodshed!
But that was a long time ago. The prince now attaches great importance to his reputation and will never allow any flaw in his reputation.
And this time, he did not choose to kill Mu Qing on the spot.
This explanation seems to make sense, but new problems arise.
"Aren't you injured?" Hu Xin'er pressed. "If the Crown Prince takes action, he will definitely wipe out the root of the problem, and you should also suffer the same injuries."
But now it seems that only Mu Qing was injured!
Jiang Yao sighed, "This is exactly the point of suspicion right now. The only explanation at the moment is that the masked man is part of a killer organization, and the reward he received was only enough to kill one person."
Hu Xiner opened her eyes wide. She didn't understand the current world.
Jiang Yao murmured, "If he really is an assassin, and not one of the Crown Prince's assassins, then we should be happy. At least he's not just the Crown Prince's man."
Hu Xin'er wanted to ask something more, but she heard hurried footsteps coming and the servant shouted loudly, "Young Madam, we've asked Doctor Dou to come over!"
Following the sound, Old Man Dou ran in breathlessly, carrying a medicine box on his back.
He held onto the moon gate and gasped, "Where is the patient?"
We rode horses all the way here. Because time was urgent, we rode very fast and overturned several vegetable stalls on the way.
Fortunately, there were many servants who went there. They took the initiative to dismount and collect the compensation money, and escorted Old Man Dou all the way. Only then did they rush back to Lu Mansion in the shortest time.
But the price was that Old Man Dou's bones were almost broken.
Hu Xin'er didn't care about the formalities and stepped forward with red eyes. Tears fell uncontrollably as soon as she opened her mouth: "Godfather, please save Mu Qing, he——"
Old man Dou was shocked: "How can people be happy?!"
He hurried into the house, and Hu Xin'er followed him in, and then he felt the blood in his body freeze.
Mu Qing on the bed was already unconscious, and there were a few more bloodstains on the ground.
At this moment, he was in imminent danger!
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