This was too much, the two men had murderous intent on their faces. Su Bi was right, the killer was sent by Ji Lin.
A while ago, Su Bi and Lin Tiancheng together caught the killer who killed Mr. Zhang and tried to pin the crime on Qin Nian, and sent him to the county government.
As soon as the two of them left, the assassin said to County Magistrate Wen Xinglan:
"Sir, they are gone. Please let me go immediately. I want to return to the capital to report."
Wen Xinglan snorted coldly: "You could leave before, but it's different now. I'm afraid you can never go back to the capital."
The killer was shocked: "Sir, do you mean you want to kill me?"
Wen Xinglan looked at the killer lying on the ground and said, "You were caught by those two people just now and have already written a confession.
But in just a short while, you are already a prisoner. How to deal with you depends on the decision of the Minister of the Central Secretariat."
Wen Xinglan ordered the assassin to be put in jail. He wrote a secret letter overnight and sent someone on a fast horse to deliver it to the capital.
Five days later, Zhongshu Ling Ji Lin received a secret letter and learned that the assassin he sent to kill Zhang Yuanwai was caught by two nosy people.
The two men had the killer's confession in their hands, but the terrible thing was that no one knew their real names.
He was so angry that he replied with only one word: Kill!
After sending away the person who came to deliver the letter, Ji Lin walked around in the study.
This Qin Nian, there are martial arts masters to help her! Are those two martial arts masters familiar with her, or are they just seeing the injustice?
It would be easy to deal with if she was just seeing injustice, but if they were familiar with each other and Prince Xuan liked her so much, once she entered Prince Xuan's palace, she would definitely be in big trouble in the future.
No, Qin Nian must be eliminated.
This time, Ji Lin did not rush to send anyone, but instead called back the three people he had sent out to do other things.
These three people consisted of two men and one woman. They were not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also meticulous in their thinking. They were asked to rush to Yi County and go to Dawa Village to kill Qin Nian.
After arriving in Yi County, they did not stay at the government post house, nor did they go to see Wen Xinglan. Instead, they chose a moderately sized inn to stay at.
That night, the woman with the best martial arts skills went to Dawa Village to check it out.
She went back and told the other two that she had heard clearly the breathing sounds of two people in the girl's room.
The breathing was thin and weak, and there were indeed only two women. A few people laughed, and the woman who was checking the spot said:
"The two martial artists who helped Qin Nian must have been people who saw injustice and were not people they knew."
Another person said, "So what if they are familiar with each other? We kill people in the middle of the night, and when they find out, we will leave Yi County early."
Because they underestimated the enemy, the woman who went to scout the area did not go that night, and the other two men stayed in Dawa Village.
Soon, they returned, one of them was missing a hand and was carried back by his companions.
Fortunately, people like them carry medicine to treat injuries.
After evacuating from Qin Nian's house and running for a distance in the dark, they saw that Qin Nian had not caught up with them, so they bandaged their wounds on the side of the road.
Only when they entered the inn did they leave no bloodstains. But seeing them coming back had already aroused the suspicion of the waiter, so the three of them moved to another inn the next day.
If the task assigned by the Minister of the Secretariat is not completed, the person will be severely punished when he returns.
If that woman was someone who must be killed, they would probably all lose their heads.
Several people began to discuss and thought that they had alerted the enemy last night and Qin Nian would definitely look for help.
They would wait for a few days until Qin Nian relaxed his vigilance, and then go and kill him.
Last night, the person who lost his hand didn't go, but another man and woman went.
The woman never dreamed that as soon as she jumped onto the roof, she was seen by Ye Meizi who was squatting in the toilet.
She came to the window of Qin Nian's house and listened, but there was no sound of anyone breathing in the room.
I licked the window paper with my tongue, pried it open with my fingers and looked inside. There was indeed no one there.
It seems that he has avoided home and no longer lives at home.
The woman jumped onto the roof, met up with another person at the back, and went back to discuss countermeasures.
They failed to kill the person, but the news reached the ears of the person they wanted to kill.
Qin Nian was sure that they would not be killed, but he was still a little worried about the Geng family.
Geng Tian started to help Qin Nian nail the bed, and the two of them were indeed much faster.
Before noon, the bed was nailed up and placed against the wall of the cave. It also had a ready-made headboard, which was really nice.
At noon, Mrs. Li stewed potatoes with tofu, a pound of pork belly, half a spoonful of soybean paste, and rice as the staple food.
Qin Nian was very smart. She asked Geng Tian to fetch water from the Mimosa Spring. While Geng Tian was away, she pretended to be very casual and said to Mrs. Li:
"Aunt Geng really cares about us. Geng Tian came to deliver a letter and gave us some vegetables. I will go to the county town next time and buy more vegetables that can be kept and save them for Aunt Geng."
Mrs. Li didn't even need to look at Qin Nian, she knew that Qin Nian was taking vegetables out from a "mysterious" place, and she was afraid that Su Bi would become suspicious.
Mrs. Li smiled and said, "Your Aunt Geng hates it most when people talk about her goodness. The Geng family is all like that. What a good family they are."
Su Bi was unlikely to become suspicious, so Qin Nian held a small clay basin with some spinach taken out from the space in it and walked towards the Mimosaic Fountain.
I happened to meet Geng Tian halfway.
"Xiao Nian, I can just fetch the water, what are you doing here?"
"I went to the county town yesterday and bought a lot of vegetables. I also bought some spinach. I went to the spring to wash it to avoid wasting water. It's very tiring to carry it back."
"Then go ahead and come back soon."
"knew."
Qin Nian took a small clay basin to the Mimosa Spring and washed the spinach. After returning, she blanched it and fried a bowl of egg sauce and dipped the spinach in the sauce.
After dinner, Geng Tian helped pick up a lot of firewood.
Qin Nian said no, they could just burn the firewood and pick it up right away, and besides, the weather was warm now, so not much firewood would be needed.
Geng Tian smiled innocently: "There is plenty of space anyway, just pile them outside the cave."
As the sunset slowly began to spread its colors, Qin Nian said to Geng Tian, "It's getting dark, you should go down the mountain."
Geng Tian smiled: "I am a hunter. It is common for me to walk at night."
Having said that, he still went down the mountain.
Before reaching the shy fountain, Qin Nian caught up with him from behind.
"Geng Tian, these are the buns that grandma made yesterday. Take some home and give them to your family."
No need to ask, it was taken out from space.
Geng Tian didn't bother to be polite with Qin Nian and reached out to take the basket of steamed buns.
Qin Nian gave many instructions, telling them that if the killer came to their house to ask, they must tell them that she and her grandmother had gone into the mountains.
Don't hide it and don't resist in vain.
In order to let Geng Tian understand who the killer is, Qin Nian talked about Ji Lin and Princess Xuan, and also explained why they must kill her.
Geng Tian gnashed his teeth in hatred: "Those beasts are not human."
Geng Tian walked down the mountain, climbed over the ridge and looked back. Qin Nian, who was standing on the ridge, was so tall and so beautiful.
She is like a fairy, more beautiful than the most beautiful sunset.
Geng Tian had a sudden impulse and wanted to go back up the mountain ridge to say something to Qin Nian.
He calmed himself down, and in the blink of an eye, Qin Nian disappeared and she went back.
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