Chapter 162 Suspicion
When Qin Ye found his daughter, his heart, which was about to jump out of its chest in panic, had not yet returned to its place before it was frightened by Jia Rong's shout.
"Grandma~~~~"
The boy was so frightened that his throat was split. His grandmother's legs were covered in blood, and there were even some on the ground. "Grandma, don't move."
He tore open the hem of his clothes and said, "I'll help you tie him up, and then we'll go find a doctor." He said comforting words, but in fact, Jia Rong's hands were shaking.
"It's okay, it's just a minor injury."
The blood flowed a little fast, but it was much better than Shen Ning had expected. "Thank you so much, young lady, for saving me twice today."
Jia Rong hurriedly glanced at Qin Keqing and noticed that she was the one who won the tiger lantern.
Shen Ning felt like she was fainting at the thought of blood, because after seeing blood, her body felt a little weak, "Brother Rong, please help me to be well, thank you."
"Don't dare!"
Qin Ye certainly knew the Jia family, and he knew even more that this woman was the most fierce woman in Da Zhao. She had just splashed tea on the face of the Princess of Jin on the birthday celebration of the retired emperor, and today she saved the Prince of Jin.
He had seen the bloody storm in the royal family, and was afraid that there might be something else going on today. He just wanted to take his daughter away immediately, "Goodbye, goodbye!"
His daughter's identity was not ordinary, and he was now in a terrible situation.
"Sir, please wait a moment!"
Being delayed by the Prince of Jin, Youshi, who had finally arrived, would never let him go so easily. "You also beat the man in black, so of course there will be a reward."
On the street, everyone was holding onto their bamboo poles tightly, fearing that they would be snatched away by others. "Daughter, save my mother-in-law..."
"No, no, no. If this lady hadn't made the first move, the man in black would have won and we would have definitely suffered."
Qin Keqing dared not accept this life-saving grace.
Anyone can see how brutal the men in black are.
When they jumped down, they killed two people on the spot and injured seven or eight.
Her father was old and her brother was young, so Qin Keqing was worried.
Their whole family couldn't squeeze into the crowd. If the men in black won... maybe they wouldn't even have to attack them, the old and weak in the whole family would be pushed out by others.
I picked up the bamboo pole just in case.
But I didn't expect to save someone by accident.
"It was the Madam who saved herself."
The girl's eyes were clear and serious, which made Shen Ning like her more. "Without your help, even if I could save myself, I would be seriously injured now." She said to Qin Ye, "Sir, can you tell me your address? I will thank you after I recover from my injury?"
Qin Ye: “…”
Is his family unable to escape? At this time, Qin Ye suspected that if he deliberately concealed it, it might make the Jia family investigate him.
He bowed hurriedly, "No, no, I am Qin Ye, and I currently live in Lihua Lane, Yashi Street. This is my daughter Keqing, Keqing, come and meet Madam Shen of Ningguo Mansion."
Madam Shen from Ningguo Mansion?
Qin Keqing's eyes flashed with surprise, "Keqing greets Madam Shen."
She has heard many legends about the Jia family recently.
"Thank you very much, young lady, for saving my grandmother. Please accept Jia Rong's greetings!"
After making sure that his grandmother's legs were tied and no longer bleeding like before, Rong Ge'er bowed deeply.
Qin Keqing dodged a little, and just as she was about to say something, the Prince of Jin arrived, "So Madam Shen is injured?" The blood on the ground and on Jia Rong's hands made him feel very sorry, but he remained calm, "Quick, call a doctor!"
After he called out to someone, his voice was still very loud, "Madam Shen, thank you very much for what happened today."
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, King Jin bowed as if he was very grateful.
At this time, the officers and soldiers guarding him did not dare to relax their vigilance and squeezed over at the same time.
Qin Ye didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly pulled his daughter and quietly stepped back.
"You are too polite, Your Majesty."
Shen Ning's voice was indifferent, "It's not just my Jia family that is helping the prince today."
“Yes, yes, yes!”
The King of Jin stood up and immediately saw the half bamboo pole in Qin Keqing's hand. The corner of his mouth twitched, but he quickly saluted all the people who were holding the bamboo poles tightly. "Thank you all for your help," he bowed to everyone. "I am deeply grateful. Please wait for a moment. I have already notified my family and the silver will be delivered soon."
Ahhh? Is there really money?
"Your Majesty, you are welcome!"
"Hahaha, Your Majesty is so polite."
"Your Highness, the one who was beaten to death by the gang was killed by us brothers together."
"Yes, yes, yes!" The scene suddenly became lively.
Seeing the crowd pressing towards Prince Jin again, the guards of the Jia family, all of whom were injured, hurriedly protected their master and retreated to the side.
"Xing'er, go and look after the Qin family."
"yes!"
Xing'er was scared to death.
He also had a wound on his arm, which was caused by the handle of a knife thrown by the man in black while he was trying to protect Rong'er. "You take good care of the wife, grandmother and brother. I will treat the brothers to a drink later."
Now he can even support the Qin family.
But my wife had an accident...
I'm afraid I'll have to fight him with a knife.
When he hurriedly went to find Qin Ye, the Wucheng Bingmasi and Shuntianfu, who had received the news, had already mobilized the entire city, vowing to find those men in black.
If the dignified King Jin were to be assassinated today, they would have no chance of keeping his skin.
At the same time, the emperor, who received the news, was so angry that he smashed a tea bowl and said, "Investigate it for me, investigate it thoroughly!"
Who is the most suspicious of assassinating the Prince of Jin? The one that the world and the emperor suspected the most must be him.
The other brothers didn't care about right or wrong. They were either waiting for the situation to develop happily or trying to plant some dirt on him...
The emperor was furious.
If his father knew about this, he would definitely feel sorry for Prince Jin's son again.
Maybe the old man would think that his beloved son’s situation is very dangerous.
and……
Why were the Jia family members there when the Prince of Jin was assassinated? Why was Mrs. Shen injured when he was not even scratched?
Hiss~ The emperor who was spinning around suddenly stopped and said, "Go, find out how Madam Shen got hurt? Did the men in black attack her specifically?"
If the guess comes true, it would be a great success!
The emperor couldn't help sweating behind his back.
Brother Jin Wang has a capable person by his side? "Yes!"
The secret guards looked at each other and quickly left.
But the emperor couldn't just wait for this, he straightened his clothes and walked quickly to Shoukang Palace.
At this time, Concubine Zhen, who had received the news, had already cried in front of the Emperor.
Although the beauty was old, the emperor was deeply moved when he saw her tears rolling down his face.
"Father, Concubine~"
The emperor lifted his robe and knelt down, "I have ordered Shuntian Prefecture and the Ministry of Justice to take over this matter. I will give Brother Prince Jin an explanation!"
"……good!"
The Emperor gave his son a long look and said, "I am waiting for you to give your brother an explanation."
"Father, this time, Prince Jin was able to escape alive thanks to the Ningguo Mansion Jia family. I heard that Madam Shen was also injured because of this."
Hmm? The emperor's expression, which was originally very cold, suddenly softened a lot. "Get up! Did Shen from Ningguo Mansion also go to see the lanterns?"
"yes!"
The emperor stood up and said, "I heard that when Prince Jin jumped off the teahouse, he happened to see Madam Shen, eight guards of the Jia family, and two servants. All of them were injured during the rescue."
"Send the imperial physician over to take a look."
"When my son heard about this, he immediately sent someone to bring the herbs over."
"...Sit down!"
The emperor nodded and motioned for his son to sit down. "Prince Jin will be here soon. Let's hear what he has to say."
If his son was wronged, he would definitely go to the palace and cry to his father.
The emperor thought he would arrive soon, but he didn't come after waiting for the first time or the second time.
After a long while, Dai Quan and Eunuch Liu, who had been sent out again, came in. However, they looked at each other and refused to speak first.
"Liu Song, you speak."
The emperor had no choice but to call out the names.
"……yes!"
Eunuch Liu stole a glance at Concubine Zhen who had just washed up, and said, "Prince Jin doesn't have time to come to the palace right now. He...he is distributing money to the people who helped fight the men in black."
What? Concubine Zhen paused, "It should be." She said to the emperor, "All those who helped should be rewarded, especially the Jia family."
"Exactly!"
The emperor nodded, "And the merchants who were implicated by him should also be compensated."
"yes!"
Eunuch Liu continued, "Prince Jin is handling this matter, but..." He hesitated for a moment, "At that time, the Jia family guards were no match for the men in black, and Madam Shen had no choice but to push over a bundle of bamboo poles with lanterns hanging on them, and said on behalf of Prince Jin that anyone who hit the men in black would be rewarded with ten taels of silver, if they injured him, a hundred taels, and if they killed him, a five hundred taels reward.
There were many people helping at the scene. Although they only beat to death one man in black, each of them said that they hit him at least thirty times, and some said they hit him more than sixty times.
The money that Prince Jin sent at the beginning was not that much, so there was a delay."
…
At Ningguo Mansion, when Shen Ning, who was carried home, drank tranquilizing soup and other medicine and fell into a deep sleep, Jia Zhen's eyes were still red.
How could there be so many coincidences in this world? Where his mother was, the Prince of Jin happened to be there?
When the King of Jin was in his prime, no one dared to assassinate him. But now he is not doing so well and is being assassinated? Who is so bored? Is it easy to train an obedient assassin?
Is it worth wasting money on the King of Jin? His father once said that the court is full of intrigues and deceptions. Many things cannot be judged on the surface, but who benefits the most in the end?
On the surface, Prince Jin was the victim in this incident, but now it seems that their family is the real victim.
But King Jin...
Jia Zhen felt sick when he thought of the enthusiastic way that Prince Jin's Chief Clerk tried to win him over.
"When your grandmother said there would be a reward for beating someone, were you sure the King of Jin didn't cooperate?"
"No!"
Rong Ge'er shook his head, "Father, this is not right." There was fear and resentment in his eyes, "It was not until his son shouted that the King of Jin would not reward, but the Jia family would, that he pretended to recover from the shock and agreed."
In that situation, he didn't care about being frightened and was trying to help, but what was King Jin doing? "And his guards..."
Because they collided at the same place, Rong Ge'er saw it clearly, "At the beginning, if the guard had fought together with Huo Qi and the others, we could have suppressed the men in black in terms of numbers and force. But when the guard saw our men coming, he only guarded Prince Jin."
He was so angry that he almost died.
If it weren't for my grandmother's idea, who knows how many people would have been harmed by the King of Jin's actions.
"What about the guards?"
"Dead."
Rong Ge'er said viciously, "He saw another man in black coming down, and our guards couldn't hold on any longer, so he came up."
Their family's guards would rescue each other when possible, but if that guard attacked from the beginning, they could concentrate their fighting strength and kill one person on the other side first.
But he didn't.
Although his duty was to protect Prince Jin, in that situation, the Jia family protected Prince Jin and him from disaster, so he should also show his sincerity.
Since there is no one, don't expect others to rescue him.
"... Are all of the King Jin's guards... dead?"
Jia Zhen thought about it and asked again.
"It is said that there is another seriously injured person upstairs."
Rong Ge'er said, "Father, you also think it's wrong, right?"
Jia Zhen: “…”
He lay on the couch, gritting his teeth in hatred!
"Just keep this in mind."
He is the king.
No matter if the Prince of Jin was directing and acting out this plan himself and wanted to take action against their family members, or whatever, they could not do anything about it now.
"No need to say it. From now on... even when you go to school, you must bring two palace guards with you."
"……yes!"
Rong Ge'er didn't dare to let himself die.
His grandmother was old, his aunt was still young, and his father was like this...
If something happens to him, what will happen to this family? When he returned to his own courtyard, Nanny Tang hurriedly came to meet him, her eyes full of worry, "Brother Rong, I've prepared some hot water, take a bath and sweat it out!"
Rong Ge'er's sleeves were still stained with his wife's blood.
When Nanny Tang found out, she was so frightened that she became weak all over.
If anything happens to the madam, the master will definitely vent his anger on the brothers, and then they will be finished.
"Were you scared today? Drink some soothing soup later."
"……good!"
In front of Madam Tang, Rong Ge'er was also very obedient, "Madam, I'm actually fine."
He was shouting there that the Prince of Jin would not reward him. When the Jia family offered to reward him, his mother was worried that he would be targeted by the men in black, so she stood in front of him.
"Don't worry, go to bed early and take a bath. I still need to read for a while."
Reading can make one wise, so he must read more.
That night, the capital city was far from peaceful.
Not to mention the officers and soldiers in public, even the retired emperor and the emperor's secret guards were dispatched.
Prince Jin spent a large sum of money and said a lot of words of thanks. When he entered the palace to cry to the retired emperor, he was stopped by Concubine Zhen.
"It's getting late." Concubine Zhen sighed in her heart, "The Emperor is old and has gone to bed. You can come back tomorrow!"
Huh? Prince Jin looked at his mother and couldn't believe it.
He was assassinated! If it weren't for his good luck, he would have almost died. His father...
But before he could express his dissatisfaction, Concubine Zhen stared at him sternly, "Go home and have a good rest for a night, and come back to the palace tomorrow." As she spoke, she signaled the palace servant to pass the prepared purse over, "It contains the amulet drawn by Master Wuchen himself, take it with you when you go back."
King Jin: “…”
He grabbed the purse and slowly bent down, "Yes!"
Although I am angry, but...
He stuffed the purse into the secret pocket of his sleeve and was about to stride out of the palace, but was stopped by Eunuch Liu, who said that the emperor was worried about him and had been waiting for him in the imperial study for a long time.
The Prince of Jin had no choice but to go over and show him his deep brotherly love.
By the time we returned to Prince Jin's Mansion, it was almost four o'clock in the morning.
There were a lot of beautiful girls in the mansion, all expressing their concern for him. When he drove away a bunch of people and took out his mother's so-called amulet, he found a small note inside.
"Already in doubt!"
The mother's left handwriting was particularly sloppy, "Find a way to treat the fever, and call the imperial physician tomorrow."
Prince Jin's heart trembled.
Where did he reveal his flaws? He shouldn't have! Although he didn't accomplish what he was supposed to do, but... no matter what, the old man wouldn't doubt him!
First of all, no one knew that Shen would not be at home for the festival and would come out to watch the lanterns.
Secondly, no one knew about it when the Jia family booked that restaurant.
And he arrived at the teahouse before the Jia family.
Prince Jin tried hard to recall what happened today.
Of the four guards, three died and one was seriously injured. This is a real fact.
Although he didn't listen to his mother and let himself get hurt, but...
Prince Jin looked at the small note and was so angry that he didn't want to speak.
As happy as he was about his mother's plan yesterday, he was as angry now.
Not only was he angry at his mother for not explaining things clearly, he was also angry at those bastards for being so busy for so long and yet letting Shen escape.
He grabbed the small piece of paper, and crumpled it hard, madly, and finally put it on the candle, watching it burn to ashes.
I already suspected it, I already suspected it...
These two words kept circling in my mind.
King Jin regretted it.
Or maybe he should listen to his mother and let himself get hurt.
If he was injured, his father would never doubt him again, right?
Even the people from the Jia family had to distract themselves to protect him.
They are distracted…
The King of Jin was very angry, hateful and helpless.
But time cannot be reversed.
The assassination of Shen cannot be done in an obvious way.
he……
The Prince of Jin walked back and forth in the room, and finally took off his outer robe and opened his inner garment.
The capital is located in the north and it is already quite cold in August.
Prince Jin's nose gradually became blocked and his head began to hurt.
…
After a good night's sleep, Shen Ning still looked listless when she woke up early.
There was a lot of bleeding yesterday.
The remaining force of the knife left a cut on her leg that was more than ten centimeters long. The man in black had used a lot of force and was determined to die rather than take her with him.
Although Rong Ge'er bandaged it in time, Shen Ning felt that it was quite deep and there was no way to sew it...
"Mother!"
Jia Zhen and You Shi came early in the morning, but Jia Zhen was carried here. "Are you feeling better today?"
"It's okay, it's just a superficial wound!"
After taking a look at Haodaer, Shen Ning was speechless.
The last time he was assassinated, she had a hard time giving birth.
This time he was beaten, and she...
Shen Ning suspected that nothing could happen to Jia Zhen. If something happened to him, something would happen to her too.
"Are you feeling better today?"
"Much better. Some of the swelling has gone down."
Jia Zhen asked, "Where's Rong'er? Why didn't he come today?"
"Here it comes. It came before I even woke up."
Shen Ning leaned against the soft pillow and said, "I asked Qingzhu if he had a fever, and then left again."
Rong Ge'er has done a great job.
"Xing'er is back, right? That Qin family..."
"Master Qin is a 5th-rank official in the Ministry of Works." When the maids looked over, Youshi said hurriedly, "The little girl who saved my mother was adopted by him from the charity. He and his wife were over 50 and still had no children, so they adopted her."
"That kid is great!"
Jia Zhen received a look from his mother and hurriedly asked, "Mother, do you think it's okay to marry Rong'er?"
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