Chapter 206
Since Wenji left, Wenshu has been tending to Pei Lingjun's internal injuries every day and urging him to send someone to find the enlightened monk from back then.
However, despite her best efforts, Pei Lingjun didn't seem to care much.
Recently, the men in black who usually hide near the courtyard have been much more active, sending stacks of secret letters into the house. Even though she didn't know what Pei Lingjun was up to, she could still sense something unusual in their cold and stern faces.
Something big is probably going to happen.
Cui Pei raised his wrist and knocked on the door. Only after receiving a command from the person inside did he push the door open and go in.
His expression was solemn as he said, "There's been movement in Jijing."
Pei Lingjun immediately closed the secret letter in his hand and slowly raised his eyes. Because of his memories from his previous life, he had already sent people to keep a close eye on the people around the Empress Dowager. Since Cai Hui's death, the Empress Dowager was afraid that the Cai family's future honors would not be secured, and secretly tried her best to promote the Cai family members.
The mere fact that the empress dowager interfered in politics was enough to bring her the scorn of the court officials. What's more, that seemingly kind but actually ruthless empress dowager had the blood of her entire family on her hands.
How can this debt be left unresolved?
"Go on."
Cui Pei swallowed hard, feeling a sudden, inexplicable unease. "I followed your orders and took several key witnesses to Jijing. My brothers have picked them up, and we're just waiting for your command, Boss. Then the countless memorials from the court officials will flood the Taiji Hall."
"Is the matter of the Marquis of Ningyuan's residence also involved?"
"nature."
Pei Lingjun waved his hand and laughed, "Very well. Speaking of which, Cai Hui's body is barely cold. The Empress Dowager, as his aunt, instructed Cai Hui to do such a thing back then. The two of them should go on their way together."
Cui Pei lowered his head and saw the young man gather all the secret letters into a large porcelain jar and burn them.
“Boss, I’m afraid the Empress Dowager might be desperate and do something like Cai Hui, killing us all. Wouldn’t that make us unsafe in Shanzhou?” Cui Pei hadn’t forgotten the letter that came from Anyang a few days ago. “After all, the group of people who were inquiring about Fourth Sister in Anyang are missing. It might be the Empress Dowager’s doing.”
Pei Lingjun had been fighting with the Empress Dowager for many years and knew her temperament well. However, as she got older, she became more and more ruthless.
"It's just the last gasp of a spent arrow."
Whether it was because Cui Pei's words were blessed or not, that very night, a large group of assassins surrounded the courtyard.
The leader seemed to be extremely skilled with hidden weapons, using all sorts of poison powder and needles, and several shadow guards had already fallen victim to their ambush.
Despite the incident, Wen Shu showed no panic. In fact, while the assassins were fighting in the front yard, she calmly instructed Han Xiang to take her mother to a neighbor's house for safety.
Wenji was no longer in Shanzhou. With her mother gone, Wenshu was obviously carefree. Knowing that the man was skilled in using poison powder and medicine, she secretly found some anesthetic needles in her bedroom and hid them in her sleeve.
The shadow guards exchanged several blows with the men in black, but the men in black seemed unwilling to get entangled with them. They used the momentum to leap onto the roof, and their hidden weapons released several clumps of white silver threads that silently wrapped around the courtyard.
The silver threads are as thin as a zither string, almost invisible in the darkness, and extremely sharp; a slight misstep could slice through bone like mud.
The courtyard was clearly set up with a series of dangerous traps and mechanisms.
The men in black all jumped onto the roof. The shadow guards dared not act rashly and used their swords to probe the silver thread nearby.
However, the shadow guards couldn't find a better way. On the roof of the main hall opposite Wen Shu, a man in black took out a small crossbow from somewhere and pointed it directly at Wen Shu's heart.
"Wen Shu, you should go down and keep them company."
As they were talking, Wen Shu immediately closed the door, dodged to the side, and the short arrow grazed her shoulder and sleeve before embedding itself in the side of the table, its fletching trembling.
They came for her?
Wen Shu was shocked.
Inside the courtyard, Pei Lingjun and his companions dodged the short arrows that came from all directions, but the space was too small to maneuver properly. They tried to climb onto the roof, but the air above them was filled with silver-threaded hidden weapons.
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