Is the person coming an enemy or a friend?
The next moment, Chang Suining got the answer from the direction where the arrow flew.
The arrow went straight towards the leading man in black who was about to attack her, and the man in black was also very sensitive. When the arrow approached his side, his face changed and he immediately raised his knife to block it.
"when!"
The arrow head hit the back of the knife, making a sound with aftershocks, and the man in black stepped back subconsciously.
At this moment, Chang Suining threw out the long sword in his hand and hit the bottom of the handle with his palm. The long sword flew out suddenly, pierced through the rain and fog, and flew away.
The sharp blade pierced the black-clothed man's right shoulder, causing him to stagger back in pain. A guard from the Chang Mansion took the opportunity to capture him and put a knife across his neck.
Chang Suining: "To be alive——"
The reason why she struck the opponent's shoulder with the knife was to deflect the opponent's attack without harming his life.
At this time, the person who had just shot arrows to help also appeared. He drew his bow and shot and killed several men in black, but judging from her figure and features, she was a young woman.
Chang Suining was puzzled about the other party's identity, but her life was at stake and defeating the enemy was the first priority. She only took a glance and then looked away, not allowing herself to be distracted.
Amid the flash of swords and blood, she exchanged glances with Chang Ren, and Chang Ren nodded to her.
Continuing the fight is not a solution. The best strategy is to escape with the captured leader alive!
Just as Chang Ren and his companions were fighting and retreating, they suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves approaching. A group of people came in the rain, about a dozen of them, all wearing black robes.
"They dared to cause chaos in the capital. Catch all those men in black!"
The leading young man jumped off his horse and stepped forward with his sword drawn.
These people had extraordinary aura and skills, and were obviously not ordinary guards. Each of them was as brave as ten men and could fight one against ten. Their words "capture them all" showed their officer style. The black-clad men were already in turmoil after their leader was captured, and seeing that the situation was unfavorable, they quickly dispersed.
"No need to chase!" Chang Suining put the knife back into the sheath and said to everyone.
The young man in the lead signaled his subordinates not to chase after them. He quickly came to Chang Suining and asked nervously, "Madam Chang, are you okay?"
Chang Suining's body and face were covered in blood, and she couldn't tell whether it was someone else's or her own, but her expression was normal, and she didn't look hurt: "I'm fine, but Yuanxiang, why are you back?"
Yuan Xiang lowered his voice and explained, "I was ordered by the Grand Commander to secretly return to the capital to help Madam Chang!"
Chang Suining didn't rush to ask more questions, but just nodded and said, "I'll tell you in detail after we leave this place."
Yuan Xiang looked at the black-clad men who were being escorted over and asked, "These people openly carried out assassination. Should we send them to the Dali Temple?"
"No need." Chang Suining said, "I have other uses."
Now that Yao Yi is no longer in the Dali Temple, everything depends on the emperor's will, and she can no longer trust anyone.
And she already had a complete plan, and the sudden appearance of these men in black was not enough to make her change her original plan.
After Yuan Xiang agreed, he asked Chang Suining, "Do we need to clean this place up?"
"That's not necessary." Chang Suining said, "Just a little bit of work. Leave the carriage and the weapons with the Chang family mark. Make it look like I was assassinated and kidnapped and my whereabouts are unknown. Let the government investigate."
In this way, she could just take advantage of the enemy's strategy and disappear for two days under the false pretense of being a victim, which would be more conducive to the implementation of her next plan.
"yes!"
A wounded guard stepped forward, his voice a little hoarse: "Girl, we lost two people."
Chang Suining looked at the bodies of the two subordinates who were carried over for a moment before saying, "Help them exchange robes with those men in black, and take their bodies back for burial tomorrow."
"yes."
"Who ordered you?" Chang Suining looked at the man in black who was brought in front of her.
The man in black whose shoulder was injured by her turned his head away without answering. Just as he was about to grit his teeth, Chang Suining suddenly raised his hand and bent his elbow, and hit him hard on the cheek and jaw with his elbow.
"puff!"
The man in black was hit dizzy by the force. He turned his head and spat out a mouthful of blood, including a bloody tooth.
"You..." He looked angrily at the girl who suddenly attacked.
Chang Suining glanced at the tooth he spat out and said, "I'm sorry, I thought you had poison in your mouth and wanted to bite yourself to death."
Before the man in black could say anything, Chang Suining stuffed a pill into his mouth and pushed his jaw upwards hard, forcing him to swallow it.
The man in black had his arms restrained. He tried to cough but failed. His face turned red: "What did you give me to eat!"
"You didn't bring any poison. I just gave you one." Chang Suining looked at him and said, "This poison will kill you if there is no antidote within twelve hours. So, let me ask you again, who ordered you to do this?"
The man in black's face changed several times: "I don't know who it is! We just take the money and do the job!"
Chang Suining did not suspect that he was lying.
Hiding drugs is usually the act of a ruthless person, and the actions and skills of these people are indeed more like those of some killer organizations that do things for money and do not investigate the identity of their employers.
She asked, "Where are you going to meet after that is done?"
The employer always wants to confirm whether the job is done, and the killer always wants the remaining salary.
"…In the Guandi Temple behind Chongyefang!"
Chang Suining: "How do you meet?"
The man in black said, "Bring the head to see him."
Yuan Xiang: "Whose head are you talking about?"
Chang Suining: Obviously it's hers.
"You can't lift my head." Chang Suining looked at the black-clad corpses lying on the ground, "Pick one you like from here and take it with you."
Man in black: “…”
Chang Suining wanted to see who wanted her head so much.
She looked at the masked woman standing beside her and asked invitingly, "Thank you for your help today. Do you want to go with me?"
This was not the place to talk, so she had to rush over immediately to prevent the people in the Guandi Temple from getting the news of the failure sooner.
The woman hesitated for a moment and then nodded to her.
…
The Guandi Temple in Chongyefang has been abandoned for a long time, and beggars often gather here on weekdays.
However, because there were too many refugees gathering in the capital to file complaints, the capital's public security was affected. Emperor Shengce therefore ordered people to drive them out and arrest them on the grounds that "there are many spies among the refugees". The beggars in the city were also implicated and driven away, and the Guandi Temple here became vacant.
"Madam...someone is coming!"
A maid wearing a veil on her head was guarding outside. When she saw a group of people in black coming in, she hurried back to the temple to pass on the message.
The woman who was sitting under the statue of Guan Yu and also covered by a veil stood up immediately upon hearing this and asked hurriedly, "Is it done?"
The maid lowered her voice and said, "It looks like it's done..."
The man in the lead was holding something in his hand!
The woman let out a hearty laugh from the depths of her throat: "That evil star is finally dead!"
She wanted to see it with her own eyes! A group of five or six men in black came in. They recognized the leader. He had a wound on his shoulder and was covered in blood, but the woman did not notice anything unusual. If he went to kill someone, it was normal for him to get injured.
The man in black held a heavy bag in his left hand. "The things are back. Where is the remaining silver?"
The maid said, "Of course you will get some silver, but you have to check the goods first."
The man in black put the thing in his hand on the altar beside him with a "bang" and untied the bundle, revealing a square box. When the box was opened, a bloody human head appeared in front of him.
Under the fence, the woman's eyes changed in shock and turned into anger.
Although the maid was a little frightened by the bloody scene, she immediately questioned: "...How dare you accept such a large sum of money and then do it like this? Where is the thing we really want!"
"Here it is."
A voice came from outside the temple, and a man dressed like a teenager walked in.
When the man stepped over the threshold, he raised his hand and a dagger flew out, cutting off the veil above the woman's head.
The face of the modestly dressed woman was revealed; she was none other than Lady Chang, the wife of Duke Ying.
Her eyes were filled with anger: "Chang Suining...?!"
"It's Madam Chang." Chang Suining: "Madam, you hired so many people just to take my head. It's really generous."
But it is clear that the Ming family and the Queen have eliminated Chang's minions, otherwise the other party would have been left with no one to use and would have to hire killers from outside.
Chang said sternly: "Come here, kill her for me!"
Some people did come in, but they were Chang Ren Yuanxiang and his group.
They had dealt with all the people brought by Chang and soon subdued Chang and her maid.
"... So many people can't kill you, you are born to be a bad luck star!" Chang was pressed to the ground, still struggling: "Why don't you die, you bad luck star!"
Chang Suining came over, half squatted down and looked at Chang's thin face full of hideous hatred, and said with understanding: "It seems that he is going crazy... I remember that your mother died because she went crazy and hurt people. It seems that your lineage has an ancestral disease. No wonder Mingjin is getting worse as he gets older."
Once encountering setbacks and misfortunes, and being stimulated, this symptom will indeed manifest itself.
Chang's expression changed: "What did you say?!"
How could this bitch know that her mother died of madness... Her father clearly concealed this matter without a single leak! Even the saints don't know about this! Chang Suining stood up and did not answer Chang's doubts.
The guards pulled Chang up from the ground and clamped her arms.
Chang's face did not show any fear, but instead showed a sarcastic smile: "Do you think that if you catch me, you can save your brother? You are dreaming! Even if I die, I will never admit it. Don't even think about using me to accomplish your goal!"
"You think too simply! You should know who really wants your brother dead now!"
"No matter what you do, you can't save him... You can only watch him being executed!"
After Chang finished speaking, her face became more and more happy. She was already dead anyway, so there was nothing to be afraid of if she fell into the hands of this bitch. She couldn't kill him, but it was also satisfying to see him suffer! Facing her words full of the pleasure of revenge, Chang Suining looked at her and was a little curious: "Before this, I didn't have any deep hatred with you, why do you hate me so much?"
This sentence suddenly ignited Chang's anger.
"You are reckless and have injured my son. Although he is not a good person, if there was no previous grudge between us, how could there be a horse race that day, and how could he be injured so seriously!" Chang's eyes were full of hatred: "He took medicine recklessly for this disease and acted abnormally... Otherwise, how could there be the disaster in the maple forest in the back mountain!"
"All of this is because of you!" Chang gritted her teeth and said, "You ruined my son!"
And because of this, everything she had was ruined! And now he was telling her that "there was no deep hatred"?!
Chang Suining looked at her and said, "So this is how the truth works in the eyes of you evildoers who think you are noble and inviolable."
Chang laughed sarcastically: "There are thousands of truths in this world. So what if you are dissatisfied and unwilling? Who made you born lowly? Who would care about the truths of lowly people!"
Although she was about to die, she still had the emperor's principles, and no one could shake the emperor's principles! "No matter how you ants struggle, no one will care about you or fear you!" Chang challenged, "Even if you kill me now, I'm not afraid of you!"
"Do you still need me to kill you?" Chang Suining showed no sign of anger, and finally said to her, "You are still useful, so live a few more days. Before you die, take a look at the principles of an ant like me."
After the girl finished speaking, she turned and left. Chang wanted to say something more, but was knocked unconscious by the guard.
Chang Suining and Yuanxiang went to the eaves of the temple to talk alone.
"...The Grand Commander heard about this on the way and ordered me to rush back to the capital to help Madam Chang."
In fact, at first his general was also going to come back with him, but after riding for dozens of miles, the general stopped again.
Yuan Xiang also told this story, "It's not that the Grand Commander doesn't want to return to the capital, it's that the affairs of Bingzhou cannot be delayed. Secondly, the Grand Commander said... you probably don't want to see him come back."
Chang Suining was distracted for a moment and nodded.
"Yes, brother has me, and Bingzhou needs him even more."
Compared to blindly helping without regard for the consequences and regardless of the current situation, Cui Jing, who is wise and sensible, makes her feel more at ease and admires him more.
If Cui Jing really returns to Beijing for this reason and ignores Bingzhou, such help will only put pressure on her.
Cui Jing took this into consideration, and seeing that he had indeed helped too much in vain in the past, and knowing that she trusted and understood her, and not wanting to be looked down upon by her, he calmly weighed many considerations and only asked Yuan Xiang to come back.
"You didn't have to rush back." Chang Suining said to Yuan Xiang, "I have your family's Grand Commander's copper talisman in my hand, which is enough."
"But the Grand Commander said that you probably don't want him to be involved, so you won't use it..." Yuan Xiang whispered, "You were in danger just now, and you didn't bring many people with you. It turns out that you didn't use it."
"So the Grand Commander ordered me to come back and listen to Madam Chang's orders." Yuan Xiang said, "The Grand Commander said that he is away and does not know much about the details of the situation, but if Mr. Chang's life is really in danger, even if it means taking the prisoner away, we must first ensure Mr. Chang's safety."
Hearing the word "prisoner robbery", Chang Suining couldn't help but ask: "Is your Xuan Ce Mansion so lawless now?"
Yuan Xiang said seriously: "We in Xuan Ce Mansion are loyal to the Great Sheng Empire and to the fair and just laws. Chang Langjun is a meritorious official and has been incorporated into the Xuan Ce Army. Now he is wrongly imprisoned, and Xuan Ce Mansion has the responsibility to rescue him!"
After a moment, Chang Suining nodded slightly.
Such a Xuan Ce Mansion is very good.
"But the Grand Commander has repeatedly told us that everything should be based on your arrangements, Madam Chang. We will do whatever you say."
Chang Suining: "Okay, after this is done, please thank your Grand Commander for me."
Afterwards, Chang Suining went to meet the young masked woman.
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