Chapter 70 Assassination
The afterglow of the setting sun spread across the earth, and the houses, trees, streets, and pedestrians seemed to be dyed with a layer of warm orange gauze. The guests living on the third floor of Liansheng Inn couldn't help but smile slightly as they watched all this.
The sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it is almost dusk! Li Shangyin's poem "Climbing Leyouyuan" is really well written! The once majestic Ningguo Mansion is just like this sunset, about to set.
Haha~ Hahaha~~~It turns out that the noble families in the capital are just like this.
If they had known this would happen, they wouldn't be afraid at all.
The man was just about to pour himself a glass of wine to celebrate secretly when he heard many hurried and orderly footsteps, and soon the door of the room opened.
Putting down the wine pot, he was about to go over to open the door, but unexpectedly the door was kicked open. "The Wucheng Military Division is investigating a case, all outsiders please stay away." The leading team leader came out, he looked at the man and smiled, "Li Haizhong, you are guilty."
Li Haizhong was shocked. "Sir, is it true? Is it a mistake? I came to Beijing to look for friends for only a few days. How could I have committed a crime?"
This time when he went to Beijing, he didn't even go to the brothel. He just paid the money honestly and waited for news. How could he be in trouble?
Even if there was something wrong, it had nothing to do with him! He only had contact with Chen Chong and gave her some money.
Chen Chong was the head of the Ministry of Works. Even if the government wanted to arrest him, they would need sufficient evidence.
But the people he sent to keep an eye on Chen Chong reported at noon that everything was normal.
The same is true for Ningguo Mansion.
How come they are all normal, but the problem comes to him? "Hehe~"
The team leader smiled wryly, "Whether it's a crime or not, you know, I know it too." He waved his hand fiercely, "Catch him!"
"Slowly, slowly!"
Li Haizhong hurriedly took out a lot of silver bills from his pocket and said, "Sir, I am really wronged. Please show me a way out."
"Can you point out a clear path?"
The team leader looked at the banknotes stuffed into his hand, turned to Lin Zhixiao who was walking up slowly and said, "Manager Lin, how about... let's talk about it?"
"Whether to speak or not is an adult's business."
Lin Zhixiao cupped his hands and looked around the room. "I am only here to see for my master. Who dares to plot against my Jia family? Now that I have seen it, I understand."
Is it really the Jia family?
Li Haizhong's legs went weak and he almost fell to his knees on the spot.
"Did you hear that?"
The team leader laughed, "Li Haizhong, you have caused great trouble for the Li family."
He put the banknotes in his pocket, waved his hand, and said sternly: "Search, from now on, everything in Room A is evidence, take it away."
The yamen runners rushed over like wolves and tigers, and quickly pinned Li Haizhong to the ground. Lin Zhixiao took a few steps forward and said, "Jiangnan is so big, isn't it enough for you to mess around with?"
“…”
Li Haizhong looked at the boots that could step on him at any time, his mouth trembling and his eyes full of fear.
In order to deal with the Jia family, he of course asked about everyone in the Jia family.
Lin Zhixiao is the steward of Rongguo Mansion.
Ahhh, he was wrong. The Ning and Rong mansions are one. He should keep a close eye on the people from both mansions.
"Dare to enter the capital?" Lin Zhixiao leaned forward and whispered, "The Li family... just wait for their property to be confiscated and their clan to be exterminated!"
He has been feeling extremely frustrated these days.
Now it’s good, I finally don’t have to be scolded by the master anymore.
Lin Zhixiao brushed his sleeves, turned around and went downstairs.
From a distance, An Wu, who was also staring at this side, was also very satisfied.
The emperor happened to be short of money, and the Li family happened to come across him.
I really didn't expect that this matter was related to Jiangnan.
Fortunately, they followed the Jia family and took action. Otherwise, we would really suspect that the Jia family was too arrogant and lawless and dared to kill people in the street.
It's ok now.
Anwu secretly looked at Lin Zhixiao.
I thought that the first people to discover this place would be Jia Zhen's people, but I didn't expect it to be Jia She's people.
Does the foolish Jia She who only knows how to stay at home, play with concubines and antiques have another side? He stroked his chin, and before he could figure out what was going on, he heard a horse cry in the distance, followed by a "bang". If nothing unexpected happened, the carriage should have fallen.
Humph~you deserve it!
Where is the capital? How can you rush around like that? If you go a little slower, nothing will happen.
An Wu didn't care about that. He had to protect Li Haizhong for the emperor. By protecting Li Haizhong, he meant protecting the emperor's money.
Lin Zhixiao didn't care. After climbing onto his horse, he took two servants and headed steadily towards Ning and Rong Streets.
At this time, no one knew that Jia Zhen, who was only a few streets away, was experiencing life and death.
His horses and carriages are now checked several times a day. Who would have thought that even with such carefulness, something could still go wrong?
"Quick! Take that guy down."
The palace guards who followed Jia Zhen were extremely hateful.
The child suddenly rushed over. They had clearly tried to avoid him, and one of the brothers was ready to pick up the child, but a man suddenly rushed over as if he wanted to save him.
If you want to save people, just jump to the left with the child in your arms, or just roll. But this man actually swung a big stick and hit the horse on the head.
Xing'er tried his best to control the horse, but the horse was trotting to begin with, and although it was pulled a little when avoiding the child, the blow made it run wildly for several steps in pain, and crashed straight into the door of the rice shop, and then fell down with the carriage.
The incident happened so suddenly that the guards' first reaction was to avoid the child and save him. No one expected this series of events to happen. What was even more unexpected was that the child pulled out a dagger from his arms at an unimaginable speed and rushed towards the carriage.
Hiss~ In an instant, everyone guessed who he might be.
Grandpa Jiao has been talking about those famous killers on the road recently, talking about the characteristics of each of them. This man... is clearly the dwarf killer Xie Zhenghu! Bang~ The two guards didn't care about Xing'er who had already fainted and fell to the side. Without thinking, they kicked the carriage together. As long as Xie Zhenghu didn't rush in, the old man would be safe.
At the same time, the other two palace guards also flew forward and blocked Xie Zhenghu's way.
This man had committed many murders in Ping'an Prefecture. Not only did the government offer a reward of 500 taels of silver, but some of the victims' families also pooled together 3,000 taels of silver to offer a joint reward for him.
However, the guards' self-confidence in their skills was nothing compared to the extremely powerful Xie Zhenghu.
Before the two men got close to each other, Xie Zhenghu had already moved flexibly, slipped through the crotch of one of them, and rushed into the carriage.
Jia Zhen knew that something was wrong. Although he was knocked unconscious by the fall, he immediately kicked away with his feet and used a thick pillow to protect himself as soon as he rushed in.
"Ah~, save me."
A scream was heard. He didn't know whether his kick hit Xie Zhenghu or not, but he could feel the dagger stabbing into him.
Jia Zhen was so scared that he was about to cry.
But at this moment, he had no time to waste. The moment the man jumped up with a dagger and was about to stab him again, he desperately used the pillow to protect himself.
After a muffled "hiss", Jia Zhen cried out in pain again.
Fortunately, the guards who were protecting him also rushed in.
But the narrow space was too advantageous for Xie Zhenghu. In just three or two breaths, all of them were injured.
The screams of the master and the brothers made people anxious. The guards who had just kicked the carriage didn't care about anything else. They worked together with all their strength, pulling on the broken mortise and tenon, and quickly lifted up one side of the carriage.
Xie Zhenghu knew that the situation was hopeless, so he made a feint, whistled, and rushed out first.
"Uncle~"
"Uncle~~"
The situation on the carriage side also distracted the palace guards who were intercepting the big man. Compared to catching the murderer, their master's life is of course more important.
Jiao Da had said long ago that when encountering such a situation, the first thing to do is to save their master's life.
The two men ignored the big man who also wanted to escape and rushed to the carriage.
Jia Zhen was as pitiful as he could be at this moment. His legs were bleeding from several places, and the pillow protecting his upper body was pierced with countless holes. Fortunately, Xie Zhenghu's dagger was shorter than a normal dagger, otherwise he might have died long ago.
But this was scary enough. There were many bloody marks on his chest and abdomen, and the blood had gradually dyed the clothes in front of him red.
"Quick, send to the hospital."
Jia Zhen had too many wounds. The guards quickly tied up the biggest bleeding point on his leg, pulled up the door of the rice shop, put him up, and each of them grabbed a corner of him and ran towards Huichun Hall.
The rice shop owner was terrified. He looked at Xing'er who had fainted in front of his door, and then at the two guards who were also covered in injuries. He said tremblingly, "Three gentlemen, do you want to go to the infirmary?"
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At Rongguo Mansion, upon hearing that Shen Ning was about to give birth, Grandmother Jia couldn't help but sigh.
This child might be doomed, otherwise, the Jia family has been peaceful for so many years, why did she cause so much trouble when she came? "Wait a minute!"
The elderly niece-in-law was about to give birth. Logically, as an aunt, she should go and take charge. However, Grandmother Jia felt uncomfortable and did not want to go for the time being. "From the start to the birth, it will take at least several hours."
She is old and can't bear it.
"By the way, have you found out about the deaths of the Chen and Wang families?"
She actually believed that Jia Zhen did it.
The child was strictly disciplined when he was young, otherwise he would really have climbed up the roof and lifted the tiles off.
Now that he's grown up and has inherited a title, if he gets angry, won't he be able to cause a big uproar?
"What did Xie'er say?"
Grandmother Jia looked at Xing.
From that day on, her eldest son would come to pay his respects to her before she got up. If he wanted to see Yingchun, he would take her home and never meet her.
I heard about the deaths in both the Chen and Wang families from Wang.
The second son found out how much trouble Jia Zhen had caused outside.
Jing'er is not at home, so Shen doesn't educate her son strictly.
"The master has sent someone to investigate."
Xing looked helpless, "But since the other party is targeting our Jia family, it's not that easy to investigate."
Jia She never told her in detail what was happening outside. In order to deal with her mother-in-law, Xing could only push it away day by day.
"Go back now and tell them what I said." Jia's mother's face was furious. "This matter must be handled quickly. If it is not handled well, it will implicate our family."
"yes!"
Xing bowed and left Jia's mother's courtyard obediently. However, she didn't expect that Jia She would come over to her as soon as she came out. "The eldest sister-in-law of the East Palace is about to give birth. You should go and have a look."
It is not easy for him to go as a man, but his wife can, "Call Lian'er's wife as well."
Especially at times like this, the two families should be more united.
"If there's anything you need to do, take the initiative."
"yes!"
There was nothing that Xing couldn't agree to, "The old lady just asked..."
Just as she was about to say what Lady Jia had said, a servant came running over from a distance. Seeing the happy look on his face, Jia She felt relieved.
"Master, Manager Lin is back. He said the person behind this has been found."
"here you go."
Jia She was overjoyed, "Tell Lin Zhixiao that we will go to the East Palace together to announce the good news."
Jia Zhen must have been very anxious these two days.
He looked at Xing, "Why are you still standing there? Let's go."
When the couple went to the East Palace together, they did not know that the outer courtyard of the East Palace was already in chaos.
When Jiao Da heard the urgent report from the servants that Jia Zhen was attacked but fortunately no vital injuries were suffered, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
No one in this world is a fool.
If you want others to believe that you are really miserable, then you have to be serious in some places.
Therefore, they themselves cannot do anything that would hurt me.
Fortunately, the Jia family has been in charge of the Beijing camp for many years and has offended many people.
Jiao Da used the name of a servant to serve as someone else's accomplice.
He was also nervous about doing this.
What if the guards fail to treat him in time and he really hurts me? Because of this, he has been training everyone's response ability desperately in the past few days.
now……
Jiao Da sat down on the ground, pressed his chest, took a deep breath, and said anxiously, "Quick! Please ask Rong Ge'er to come back."
The wife said that the master had fallen ill, so the inner courtyard would be handed over to the grandmother and the outer courtyard would be handed over to Rong Ge'er. They would do whatever he asked them to do.
In short, from now on, they are under the care of Rong Ge'er. If he still pretends to be a child and insists on waiting for her to give birth in the inner courtyard, then the case of the master being attacked will be handed over to the government for investigation, and they just need to guard the gate of Ningguo Mansion.
Having just stopped worrying about his elder master’s life, Jiao Da started to worry about his younger master’s choice.
At this time, it was also the time for Rong Ge'er to finish school. He was worried about his grandmother, so he came back without any delay right after school.
"Brother Rong, you're back just in time. Madam has launched an attack. Master was attacked on the way to invite Manager Chen. He is now being treated at Huichun Hall."
What? Jia Rong's face changed drastically. "Are Zhong Wenpo and Liu Wenpo with grandma? How is father now? Has he reported to the police?"
"Madam Liu and Madam Zhong are ready, and the eldest grandmother is there too."
Jiao Da said anxiously, "We just received the news from the master. We only know that there is no injury to the vital parts, and there is no worry about his life for the time being."
That's good.
Jia Rong glanced in the direction of the inner courtyard and said, "Don't tell grandmother and mother about father's matter for now. Grandpa Jiao, bring your people and follow me to Huichun Hall."
"yes!"
Jiao Da answered "yes" loudly.
The uncle is not good enough, but their brother Rong has inherited a lot of his great-grandfather's style.
The old man waved his hand, and the guards and servants, who had been in a panic and at a loss, all started to move.
At the same time, the news that Jia Zhen was attacked and covered in blood spread at the fastest speed.
All the families who heard about it could not help but strengthen their own protection.
But the Jia family matter...
Who did it? Wang Ziteng's frightened horse has not been found out, and although everyone has guessed some people, there is no evidence, and nine out of ten times they are wrong.
Now here comes another Jia Zhen who was assassinated in the street...
Who is so free?
Or... do you want to disrupt the capital?
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