Chapter 124
The door was kicked open suddenly, and several agile guards instantly engaged the assassin in a fierce fight, filling the room with the sounds of a chaotic brawl.
Pei Lingjun had already slipped out of the door and ordered people to guard the few people who had woken up.
With the doors and windows closed, Wen Shu and the others could only hear the increasingly intense fighting outside, but they couldn't see what was happening.
Zhou Yun had never seen such a violent scene in her life, and she panicked, gripping Wen Shu's hand tightly, "Have the He family come to cause trouble?"
Zhou Yun didn't know what kind of grudge the He family had against Wen Shu, but she did hear someone report that Wen Shu and the eldest daughter of the He family had a fight that day.
Shanzhou was her maternal home, so she knew that the He family held absolute power in Shanzhou and were the local tyrants. When her father was alive, the He family at least gave her some face, but now that her father had passed away many years ago and the Wen family had fallen, she was afraid that they would lose even that face.
Having offended the He family, how could they possibly survive?
Seeing Zhou Yun's worry, Wen Shu quickly reassured her, "It's alright. No matter how arrogant the He family is, they still have to be careful..."
She wanted to say that Pei Lingjun's identity was not simple, and that even if He Chang lost an arm, he would not dare to easily attack them.
His Majesty's trusted confidant, the ruthless commander of the Imperial Guard, and the heir of the Marquis of Ningyuan, possessing both noble birth and ruthless methods, would certainly not dare to provoke He Changru if he hadn't been corrupted by wine and women.
She paused before speaking, then changed her words, "The young master Zhu who is staying at the inn comes from a powerful family. The He family, in the end, is just a local bully who doesn't dare to easily provoke someone like young master Zhu."
Wenji paused for a moment, then, hearing the fighting outside growing more intense, he suddenly stood up and said, "I'll go outside and take a look."
"Wenji!" Wen Shu suddenly grabbed him. Wenji thought she was worried about him getting hurt, but then he saw Wen Shu take out a dagger from her bosom and hand it to him.
"Be careful, those swords and knives outside don't have eyes."
Wenji nodded emphatically, took the dagger, and went out the door.
Zhou Yun couldn't stop her in time.
"Wenji is still young, how could he be a match for those people?" Zhou Yun clutched her chest in panic, tears welling up in her eyes.
“Mother, Wenji is not young anymore, he's seventeen.” In three more years, he'll be twenty. “Can't you see Wenji practicing his sword in the courtyard every morning and evening?”
Every now and then, Pei Lingjun and Cui Pei would sit on the recliners under the tree and give him pointers.
“I told Wenji before that the shop would open soon and I would find him a school after the New Year, but Wenji was unwilling and said he wanted to join the army.”
Zhou Yun remained silent. Her two children would grow up, get married, and eventually have their own ideas.
Zhou Yun nodded and said "Okay" twice, "Your mother can't help you much, and on the contrary, she always drags you down..."
Wen Shu shook her head repeatedly, "No, Mother, without you, Wen Ji and I would be like rootless duckweed, drifting aimlessly without even a place to land..."
Zhou Yun pulled her into her arms, and the mother and daughter nestled together amidst the sounds of swords clashing and killing outside.
"It was my mother who gave me the courage to live," Wen Shu said hoarsely. "It's enough that our family is together peacefully..."
In her past life, she failed to protect her family, but now, even at the cost of her own life, she will protect them.
Outside, two groups of people were fighting fiercely.
However, the assassins had already realized they were outmatched and tried to retreat, but were stopped by the guards hidden on the roof.
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