There were screams in the restaurant, people were in a panic, and many guests were running around.
Lu Cai looked at the railing on the second floor. The person's data color was light green, and he was a player.
After quickly analyzing the person's system message and glancing over it, the system seemed to have only explained the background of Dunmu Kingdom, and there was no other useful information.
Seeing that Lu Cai didn't respond, the man didn't rush. A number of patrol officers and soldiers rushed into the restaurant downstairs. He frowned and said, "Qin Yu is Princess An Ning, the owner of Wangxiang Tower. Zhao Yan is Princess Zhaohe's consort. You can go to the princess's mansion to find him."
After saying this hurriedly, he turned and left, disappearing into the crowd of people on the corridor.
So this person knows Qin Yu and the others?
Then he thought about what the other person had said. Qin Yu was Princess An Ning? The same Princess An Ning who had kicked the Prince Consort out of the house? And Zhao Yan, had he become the Prince Consort?
Then wouldn’t all three of them become royals and nobles?
This time, it was a fight between the Marquis' Mansion and the Earl's Mansion, and it was on Princess An Ning's territory. The officers and soldiers patrolling the streets just showed up to show that they had fulfilled their duties, but neither side of the fight was planning to take the matter to the authorities. They just asked a few questions, went through the motions, and then everyone dispersed.
Sitting in the carriage, Wang Shu didn't dare to take Lu Cai shopping anymore and went straight home.
Wang Shu also had her doubts. The skills Lu Cai displayed in the restaurant today were truly amazing. She and Lu Cai grew up together, and she had never heard that Lu Cai had learned martial arts.
"Who was the man standing on the second floor and talking to us?" Cai Lu looked at Wang Shu and asked tentatively.
He avoided the soldiers, but did not look like a desperado, and his clothes were also gorgeous and elegant.
According to Lu Cai's guess, he should also be a wealthy man in the capital, so he wanted to see if Wang Shu knew him.
Wang Shu actually knew him and didn't try to hide anything. "That's His Royal Highness Prince Jin, the fifth prince of the current emperor. He was recalled from the northwest military camp a month ago. He got into trouble and is currently under house arrest."
He was under house arrest, yet he still went to the restaurant to have fun. No wonder he ran so fast when he saw the soldiers.
"Sister, you'd better stay away from him..." Wang Shu raised her eyes to look at Lu Cai. In the situation just now, Prince Jin actually knew Lu Cai. "The Marquis's military power has been taken back, and now it's all in the hands of Prince Jin's party." Thinking about it, she looked worried again. "In the past, my father wanted to send my sister to the Prince Jin's mansion as a concubine. If it weren't for the Prince Jin's uncouth appearance..."
After saying that, he quickly covered his mouth, as if he had said something wrong. Wang Shu looked at Lu Cai nervously: "I shouldn't have said anything about the royal family..."
Lu Cai didn't take her pretentious behavior seriously. She was pretty, and it was pleasing to watch her act like a little drama queen.
"You said he has a vulgar appearance?" Lu Cai only noticed this sentence and observed Wang Shu's expression. He didn't mean to be sarcastic.
Wang Shu was a little "panicked": "Sister, stop joking. I also heard it from others. Everyone in the capital knows the Fifth Prince..." She suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong with Prince Jin?" Lu Cai found it amusing to see her acting.
"The fifth prince's appearance is not satisfactory, so he does not enjoy the emperor's favor. He has no knowledge of etiquette and a perverse temper..." As she spoke, Wang Shu was a little stunned.
The rumors outside were even more terrible, saying that His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin was like an evil spirit descended to the earth. Wang Shu had also seen the Prince of Jin riding a horse on the street. At that time, she felt that although his appearance was not as exaggerated as the rumors said, he was not good-looking either.
Come to think of it, the Prince of Jin she met at that time did look the same as the Prince of Jin today. Why did she feel that his appearance was unsatisfactory?
As if this is as it should be.
Seeing her face full of confusion and self-doubt, Lu Cai understood that this was probably the character design of the Fifth Prince: ugly and vulgar. Unfortunately, the player who was fitted into this role had an excessively handsome man.
In the past, I have only seen ugly guys trying hard to be handsome. It seems that this handsome guy would be in a difficult position after getting the script of an ugly guy.
......
The two returned home, and Lu Cai returned to his room.
The maids serving her were a little afraid of Lu Cai, so she waved her hand and asked them to leave.
Now that she knew the whereabouts of Qin Yu and Zhao Yan, she would definitely find a chance to meet them. The King of Jin would probably bring her news over...
After erecting a defensive barrier, she collapsed onto the bed and began studying the system. Lu Cai had observed Jiang Yan paying points by placing his left wrist on a scanning device.
Based on the fluctuations in Jiang Yan's system data at that time, Lu Cai analyzed several strings of numbers, but she was unable to combine the data.
Now that I have some free time, I can lie in the soft bed and try to connect the broken data.
She closed her eyes, lost in a world of data, a sea of red data rapidly transforming and calculating. Lu Cai pulled out a bunch of incomplete numbers and began to try to replicate the numbers in their broken gaps.
The window shadow tilted to the west, and the light in the room turned from bright to dim.
Someone passed by the eaves. The girl on the bed was still "sleeping". The person lifted the roof tiles. His movements were very light and the sound was so subtle that it was imperceptible.
The girl on the bed was still lying flat on her back.
The man carefully removed the roof tiles, revealing a hole large enough for a person to pass through, and then jumped down.
Step on the beam and then climb down along the beam like a gecko.
The man landed on the ground, holding a dagger, and slowly approached the bed. When he reached the bedside and gently lifted the curtains, he saw the girl lying obediently under the quilt.
This girl's eyebrows and eyes are not that stunning, but she is surprisingly pleasing to the eye. She was a little sick to begin with, but now she is lying on the bed with her eyes closed, looking incredibly well-behaved.
The man sighed inwardly, but still raised the dagger.
"What a coincidence! I like using daggers, too." The girl's voice was calm and emotionless.
The man was startled and looked down, only to see the girl, who had been sleeping with her eyes closed, open them and stare at him expressionlessly. Her eyes were pitch black, like the bottomless abyss.
He quickly stabbed the girl with the dagger. The quilt in front of him shook, and with a "clang", the dagger hit a piece of metal.
When the quilt fell, he saw that the girl's bandaged arm was holding a dagger, blocking his attack.
"You're too slow to kill me. If I wanted to kill you, I'd still have time." The girl's face remained calm, and she still had the mind to evaluate his actions.
In assassination situations, if you fail at first, you can’t pursue the target later.
The other party withdrew and quickly retreated back.
Lu Cai also saw through his intention. He had finally caught this assassin, who might be related to the original owner's harm. How could Lu Cai let him go?
She was also worried that this person would bite his tongue and commit suicide in excitement, which would not be worth it for her.
She leaped over, planted her feet on the side of the beam, and slashed at the assassin beneath the column. Forced back by her, the assassin leaned back hastily to dodge the blade.
The robe Lu Cai wore was worn outside the body, and the sleeves and hem were very wide. At this moment, it was only tied with a belt. As she turned around, the hem swung up, dazzling people's eyes.
Then she raised her foot and kicked the man to the door.
The other party reacted extremely quickly, adjusted his posture quickly, and then rushed out the door.
Lu Cai behind her smiled, which was exactly what she wanted.
Then, he jumped over the gate lightly and rushed into the yard, chasing the fleeing assassin.
The assassin tried to escape several times, but was stopped by Lu Cai who was chasing him relentlessly. For a moment, he suspected that the other party just wanted to escape him.
As expected, the chase and fight were so loud that it soon alarmed everyone in the yard.
When the assassin tried to escape over the wall for the fourth time, he heard a whistling sound behind him. He quickly turned around to avoid it, felt a pain in his chest, and was punched into the corner of the wall.
Lu Cai withdrew his hand, stood firm, and waved his sleeves. Her outer robe had been in tatters from the frantic rush she had taken, its belt untied and its hem untied, unable to hide her sneakers or overalls.
Fortunately, Chief Lu didn't plan to cover it up.
At this moment, a black figure came from the side and slapped the assassin on the back before the assassin fell to the ground.
Lu Cai rushed forward a few steps, but it was too late. The assassin fell to the ground with his eyes wide open, as if he had died with his eyes open.
The black shadow that rushed out stopped and slowly turned to look at the disheveled Lu Cai, with a condescending tone: "You don't care about face, but the Marquis' Mansion still needs face."
Murder to silence someone? Lu Cai shifted his gaze from the corpse on the ground to the Marquis.
Is it really this scumbag who wants to harm her?
Lu Cai had a gloomy look on his face and ignored him completely.
Walking to the assassin's body, she held the dagger and picked out the cloth that was cut on the assassin's chest.
"Sister!" Wang Shu also rushed over. Seeing Lu Cai's actions, she was shocked. Then she thought of everything that happened in the restaurant and actually felt worried about Lu Cai.
Lu Cai saw a black tattoo under the cloth.
Scorpion?
The Marquis frowned, noticing that Lu Cai didn't seem to care and was concentrating on looking at the dead assassin.
He always felt that the Lu Cai in front of him was no longer the same person.
"What's going on?"
Suddenly, an old woman's voice was heard in the yard. Lu Cai turned around and saw an old lady with gray hair being supported by someone and walking out.
Lu Cai recognized him when he saw the look on his face. Wang Shu had mentioned that the Marquis lost his father at a young age and was raised by his widowed mother.
The person in front of you is probably the ancestor of the Marquis's Mansion.
"What are you doing, Madam?" The old ancestor felt dizzy when he saw that Lu Cai was disheveled and holding a dagger in his hand.
"Old lady!" The maidservant beside her hurriedly supported the old ancestor.
Even the marquis on the side came forward to support him, and his eyes towards Lu Cai became more and more unfriendly.
"Back off!" he shouted.
Lu Cai put away the dagger, left the yard and went to his residence.
Although the scumbag was a piece of shit, she felt guilty for making an old lady faint from anger.
But her temper and behavior are already like this, it is impossible to change them. If she can't get along with me, the worst that can happen is that she will ask them to write a letter of divorce.
——
The Marquis helped the old ancestor sit down and rest, with Wang Shu serving beside him.
"Go back and see your sister, and don't embarrass her anymore!" The old ancestor covered his chest, looking like he was about to faint.
Wang Shu quickly said yes and left.
After she walked away, the old ancestor's breathing calmed down. She looked at her son solemnly: "Was that assassin just now from your guards?"
The Marquis did not intend to hide it: "This Lu was injured and woke up, she was crazy. I didn't expect that her kung fu was so good-"
"Didn't you know she had martial arts skills before?" the old ancestor asked him again.
This time he did not answer. His marriage with Lu Cai was just a marriage of convenience. He needed the amber resin from her family.
Originally, the two of them lived in peace and harmony, and it would have been fine if they just got along like this. But unfortunately, she was dumb and had bad luck. She couldn't learn the skills passed down from her family, and she even heard things she shouldn't have heard.
"Son, no matter how much you like Shu'er, you can't be confused—" The old ancestor was a little distressed, "Although you are in charge of the Royal Guards for His Majesty, you can't use them privately. Isn't this..."
The Marquis interrupted the old ancestor and said, "My son has his own plans. Mother, please rest well and stop worrying about these things—"
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