Chapter 63 Chapter 63 Pleading with Xie Yun.
Cai Shu? What happened to her? Did the assassin in black also want to kill her?
Zhang Jingxian's mind was full of questions, but she did not hesitate at all in her actions. After making sure that Xie Yun was safe and sound, she turned around and walked towards the yard she had been to before.
Cai Shu's residence is not close to here, and Xiao Chan would rather come to her for help than ask Cai's servants for help. There must be something hidden.
She glanced at Xiao Chan, who was still crying, with her hair and clothes messy. She looked completely different from her previous cunning and playful appearance, and now had a more realistic look that suited her age.
"Follow him." Seeing that hypocritical peasant girl followed some random person who appeared out of nowhere and left with only his back, Xie Yun gave him cold eyes, tilted his body and gave orders.
Wei and Yi Yu exchanged a glance, responded respectfully, and left with three or five other people.
Although Madam Zhang is an excellent archer, she is alone and would be in danger if she encounters a strong enemy.
Zhang Jingxian and Xiao Chan hurried to the yard where Cai Shu lived. The scorching firelight illuminated her profile, and she suddenly realized why Xiao Chan had come to beg her.
The fire in the beautiful courtyard was already on fire, and the Cai family servants who had been serving Cai Shu seemed to have disappeared, with no one in sight!
I could clearly hear a woman's cries for help and tears coming from the room, but no one came.
"I can't find anyone. I can't find anyone. The head of the family and the eldest son are not here. No one is here!" Xiao Chan said in a crying voice that her wife and several maids around her were locked in the room, but except for a narrow window that was open, all other doors were blocked.
Because she was small and good at climbing, she was able to escape through the window with the help of her wife. Then, she ran and called for help, but the manor was empty!
Helpless, she had to seek help from the noble man's residence.
Then, Xiao Chan saw the female guest who had been deceived by her. She shot an arrow and killed someone without hesitation. When the dead person fell to the ground, Xiao Chan's cries followed.
She had a strong intuition that this female guest could save her and her wife.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Jingxian immediately rushed to the door where the cry for help came from. When she saw the shackles on the door and the lock that was filled with gunpowder, her heart sank.
This was definitely done on purpose by someone who wanted to burn Cai Shu alive.
But who hates a little girl like Cai Shu so much?
Zhang Jingxian pulled a wooden arrow from her cloth bag, aimed it at the shackles, and began to stab and pry them apart. However, compared to Guan Xiaoli and the others' shackles, Guan Caishu's were too hard and too troublesome. After all her efforts, the door remained motionless.
Xiao Chan's face was covered with tears. Seeing that the fire was about to spread, she frantically slammed the door with her hands.
The smoke filled the air and the cries for help in the room became weaker.
Zhang Jingxian looked at the still stubborn shackles, and decisively moved decorative rocks from the yard and smashed them on the door. Under the impact of gravity, a big hole was smashed in the door.
Seeing that this method was effective, Xiao Chan started to learn it.
When Wei, Yiyu and the others arrived, the fire had grown bigger and the door of the room where someone was locked was shaking.
Without saying a word, they rushed to Zhang Jingxian's side, raised their feet together and kicked the door open.
Inside the house, Cai Shu and several maids were on the verge of fainting. The sound of the door collapsing rekindled their desire to survive, and they struggled to stand up.
Seeing this, Xiao Chan hurried over to support him.
"Who!" At this time, Yi Yu found something wrong. With his agility, he quickly attacked in one direction and caught a timid man from behind the rocks.
"Ahun, is that you? Where's my brother... Where is he?" Cai Shu had just escaped the blaze and looked extremely weak. Zhang Jingxian handed her a water bag and asked her to drink some water, which allowed her to breathe a sigh of relief. When she saw the captured man, she angrily questioned him.
Ah Hun knew that there was a fire where she lived, so why didn’t he tell his brother to come and rescue her!
"Tell me, where is Dalangjun? Who ordered you to hide here and peek?" Xiao Chan was even more angry. She didn't believe that he didn't hear her calling people everywhere. Ah Hun was Dalangjun's confidant.
The man named Ah Hun was forced to kneel on the ground, his eyes flickering and he said nothing.
Zhang Jingxian took a breath of fresh air and subconsciously looked at Yi Yu.
"Cai Xiang colluded with the assassins and intended to murder the envoy. He has been caught. He also ordered people to set the fire in the manor. Flint was sprinkled under the eaves here and under the envoy's house." Yi Yu nodded and explained the origin of the fire in a concise manner.
Cai Shu's face suddenly turned pale, and her eyes stared at Ah Hun who was kneeling down.
How could it be possible that her own brother wanted to burn her to death... But Ah Hun's peeping seemed to silently prove that this was indeed true.
"Impossible! I'm his biological sister! And Father, why isn't he here?"
Cai Shu murmured that if Xiao Chan hadn't supported her, she might have slipped to the ground.
Hearing this, Zhang Jingxian pursed her dry lips and whispered to her that she might as well go to Cai Xiang to ask him personally, "Madam Cai, your door was locked deliberately, and Mr. Cai colluded with the assassin to murder the envoy, which is a serious crime."
A serious crime that brings disaster to the whole family.
Hearing this, Cai Shu's eyelashes trembled heavily. Her face turned pale as she bowed deeply to the peasant girl whom she had previously looked down upon. "Mrs. Zhang, thank you for saving me. Please take me to see my brother."
Of course, she had to find out why her brother wanted to harm her, and she also had to take this opportunity to express her and the Cai family's attitude in front of Envoy Xie.
If the opportunity is missed, the Cai family will be finished.
"No need to thank me. The dishes that Madam Cai treated me to before were delicious." Zhang Jingxian shook her head, thinking that she had taken advantage of Cai Shu once again.
Now, it's paid off.
Cai Shu smiled miserably.
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The burning flames have all been extinguished.
Amidst the billowing smoke, Xie Yun sat expressionlessly in the only intact room. Beside him were Chen Junshou, Xu Ziji and others who had not yet recovered from their shock.
When Cai Xiang and Lin Zhong were forced in and then knelt on the ground with their shoulders clasped, Gongcheng Yuexian gasped in disbelief.
"I know you, Mr. Lin, the counselor under the eldest master!" Gong Chengyue's stunned voice was even louder than the sound of the piano, almost overturning the entire roof.
Xie Yun's cheeks tightened slightly, and she gave him a cold look.
That's enough. If you overdo it, it will seem fake.
Gong Chengyue curled his lips. When it comes to hypocrisy and acting, how can he compare to his good friend Xie Shijun?
"What? The son of the Xie family!" County Magistrate Chen and Xu Ziji were devastated upon hearing this. They had nearly been burned to death along with Envoy Xie, and there were assassins in black trying to kill them. It turned out that the mastermind behind this was Envoy Xie's own brother.
"Perhaps there's a misunderstanding?" Xu Ziji reacted with suspicion, defending the Xie family's eldest son. "The eldest son has a good reputation, how could he do something like fratricide?"
At this moment, Zhang Jingxian, Cai Shu and others appeared outside the door and asked to come in.
"Let them in." Xie Yun opened his thin lips and fixed his eyes on the woman who walked in.
She was wearing a coarse linen shirt, with beads of sweat on her forehead and nose, and black marks on the sides of her face that had come from nowhere. She looked even worse than when he first saw her.
However, there was a surge of heat in Xie Yun's Adam's apple, his breathing became heavy, and his black eyes rested on the light-colored mole on the tip of her nose.
"Ah Xian, how did this happen?" He rested his chin on his hand and asked the unaware peasant girl in front of him.
"My dear, this is what happened." Zhang Jingxian noticed Xu Ziji who was listening attentively on the side, and recounted the scene just now in a polite manner.
When they heard that Cai Xiang was most likely the mastermind behind burning his own sister to death, everyone had different expressions.
"We are of the same roots, why are we so eager to fight each other?" Gong Chengyue sighed and asked Cai Xiang, who was kneeling on the ground with a wooden face, "So, is it you, Mr. Cai?"
He asked this question on behalf of Cai Shu.
Cai Xiang didn't react until his own sister, reeking of fireworks and with red eyes, personally questioned him, "Why? Are you going to burn me to death?"
He looked at Cai Shu with disgust and told her, "Because you are stupid, because you and your father's shallow plans cannot protect the Cai family."
"Cai Xiang!" Lin Zhong, who had been captured and remained silent, called out his name threateningly when he heard him speak.
"We have already failed and have no way to survive. Why don't you make it clear? Mr. Lin, the eldest son who you mentioned as having supernatural powers can't save us now." Cai Xiang retorted with a sneer. At this point, since Cai Shu was not dead, he naturally knew what he should do.
Gongcheng Yue watched the scene below with a smile on his face, and agreed with Cai Xiang's tact.
He glanced at Envoy Xie, whose attention was no longer on the two men below him, cleared his throat, and said to Cai Xiang, "Tell me everything about your secret plans, and I will leave you with an intact body."
He also had someone cover Lin Zhong's mouth with something.
Throughout the whole process, Xie Yun's face had no expression. His dull and indifferent look made it impossible to guess what he was thinking, whether he was shocked or angry.
Zhang Jingxian didn't look at him. She was completely focused on the changes in the expressions of the Cai brothers and sisters. She couldn't help but wonder what she would do now if she were Cai Shu.
Cai Xiang admitted that he had colluded with others to murder Envoy Xie, and that he burned Cai Shu to death just to make the situation more realistic.
When Cai Shu heard the truth, all the color drained from her face. She suddenly rushed to Zhang Jingxian and pulled the wooden arrow out of the cloth bag.
Zhang Jingxian could have stopped Cai Shu, but she just moved her fingers and let Cai Shu pull out an arrow.
The next moment, the arrow pierced Cai Xiang's chest and blood appeared.
"Please be discerning, my brother was the sole perpetrator of this. He sent my father away and locked me in my room. This alone proves that my father and I were not involved in the plot to murder you."
"Shu'er is willing to kill her brother to apologize for her crime, and is also willing to give away all the wealth of the Cai family. I only ask that you, the envoy, can spare the Cai family."
Cai Shu's behavior is shocking, but it makes sense when you think about it carefully.
To save my life and my family, this is the right thing to do.
Zhang Jingxian watched quietly, but felt a little powerless in her body. She knew that she would never be able to adapt to the crueler human world.
She preferred the peaceful and harmonious life in Xishan Village. Although there was blood and death among animals, that was the law of nature.
Unlike many people, who are complex and difficult to understand.
"My dear, Madam Cai is right. We are staying at the Cai family manor, and Mr. and Madam Cai have been respectful to us. Since Cai Xiang was the only one responsible, why not let the rest of the Cai family go?"
She turned sideways and looked up at the man above her.
Xie Yun's eyes moved slightly, and he suddenly touched the tip of her nose.
It is possible, but he also needs something else, not just a word. The plea must be made in a pleading manner.
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