Chapter 180
After the woman unconsciously murmured "hot" twice, Qing Sui's muddled mind finally started working. He slapped his forehead in annoyance and quickly pushed open all the back windows of the house.
A cold wind rushed in and hit his face, making Qing Sui a little more awake. He suppressed the irritation rising in his eyes and wondered why the group of people hadn't arrived yet.
Could it be that you didn't see a signal?
Qing Sui glanced at the hazy figure of the woman lying on her side behind the curtain in the room, and swallowed hard. Then she turned her gaze to the two men huddled in the corner, and her eyes turned venomous.
How dare they scheme against Lady Wen right under his nose?!
How was he supposed to explain this to his master?!
The more he thought about it, the more agitated he became. Qing strode forward, grabbed one person by the collar, and pulled him up from the ground.
"You've got some nerve, daring to drug Miss Wen right under my nose?!"
A few 'bang bang bang bang' sounds, each punch landing with flesh, made one's teeth ache.
With their hands bound and socks stuffed in their mouths, the two men whimpered and begged for mercy, tears streaming down their faces. If they could speak at this moment, they would surely be begging and pleading.
With red eyes, Qing Sui vented all the unfamiliar heat in his body onto the two men, gathering his strength in his fists and giving them a good beating.
The two men, their bodies swaying, lay on the ground, their faces pale and contorted in pain.
Qing Sui irritably tugged at her collar, feeling the cold winter wind brushing against her face as if the spring breeze of March or April were gently caressing her face, making her itch terribly.
After pulling the contents out of their mouths, Qing Sui wiped them on their clothes with disgust, then looked away from the thin gauze. He felt he needed to do something else to distract himself.
"Who sent you?"
"My lord, spare us! Spare us! It's none of our business! We were just following orders..."
Qing Sui was annoyed by his shrill voice. She grabbed his chin with one hand and asked, "Who ordered this?"
The two exchanged a glance and remained silent for a moment.
Qing Sui narrowed his eyes, his tone dangerous, "Tell the truth, or I'll kill you all."
The assassin's aura was immediately revealed, the feeling of being immersed in darkness for years, walking on a tightrope. Just as the sword couldn't suppress its murderous aura unless two people were killed every day as a sacrifice, so too did the assassin.
"I...I'll talk..." The man trembled, nearly wetting himself in fear, "The person who asked us for help...was a girl, wearing a veil, we couldn't see her face..."
"Go on."
The man swallowed hard, torn between deciding whether to say it now or later to save his life. But when he saw the man draw his long sword, he immediately cowered in fear.
"I'll talk, I'll talk!"
"Although we couldn't see the person's face clearly, the woman's voice sounded young, and she seemed to be wearing a badge with the character 'Lu' on it..."
Qing then used the handkerchiefs to stuff their socks back into their mouths.
The desperate cries of the horses filled the air, and soon after, a man arrived, accompanied by a gust of cold wind, and pushed open the door without a word.
Qing Sui was filling his teapot with tea when he heard the door open. He assumed it was the other shadow guards coming after seeing the signal, but he was surprised to see Pei Lingjun.
He immediately swallowed the tea he hadn't finished drinking and bowed, saying, "Master."
Pei Lingjun's anxious gaze narrowed to a needle-like point after he forcefully pushed aside the thin gauze curtain!
The woman on the small couch exuded a seductive charm, leaning against the soft couch, her rosy lips parting slightly, like a bewitching enchantress.
The room was crowded. Pei Lingjun gritted his teeth, lowered the thin curtain, and turned back with a cold expression. "What's going on?"
Qing Sui knew she had failed in her duty of care and had displeased her master, so she quickly knelt on one knee and said, "Master, please forgive me! It was my negligence that caused Fourth Mistress to fall into the villain's trap..."
Pei Lingjun stepped forward and kicked Qing Suixin in the chest, sending him sprawling backward.
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