Yu Shiqi quickly came forward to help, but the dark figure turned around and attacked him.
Su Yue woke up next door and was terrified when she opened the door and saw what she saw. Xiao Youran was distracted again and shouted, "Su Yue, don't come out!"
Su Yue quickly closed the door tightly.
This delay meant that Xiao Youran was entangled by another assassin.
Hearing the commotion, Su immediately got up. As soon as she lifted the bed curtain, she saw a dark figure raising a knife and slashing at her.
She immediately rolled to the side.
The shadowy figure was about to strike again when a sharp pain shot through the back of its head, and it immediately lost consciousness.
The dark figure fell down, revealing Zhao Mama holding a jade pillow behind her.
Su: ...
But before the two could even catch their breath, another dark figure rushed up from behind, wielded a large knife, and Zhao's mother screamed "Ah!" before collapsing to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, the large knife came at Su again, and Su rolled over, falling to the ground through an opening on the side.
As she fled, she caught a glimpse of Xiao Youran running towards her house and cried out, "Xiao Youran, run! Don't worry about me!"
Xiao Youran had no weapon, so she used her lightness skill to lure the man in black to Yu Shiqi, allowing Yu Shiqi to hold him back so she could escape and leap to the door.
Just then, they saw Su Shi cornered against the wall with nowhere to retreat, and she was about to watch helplessly as the broadsword fell on her mother's head.
Just then, a hidden weapon shot in through the window, deflecting the broadsword.
Xiao Youran slapped her forehead and suddenly remembered that she could throw pebbles!
She yanked off a small gold bead hanging from her stomach and immediately threw it at the man in black.
The man in black turned his head away to avoid it.
Then another figure in gray flew in and began fighting with the assassin in black.
Xiao Youran didn't bother picking up the pebbles anymore; she quickly went over to help her mother up and ran outside while crouching down.
A sharp sound of a blade piercing flesh came from behind. Xiao Youran looked and saw that the gray-clad figure from behind had killed the assassin.
Xiao Youran didn't dare to linger and helped her mother out of the room.
The man in gray followed them out and, side by side with Yu Shiqi, dealt with the other two assassins as well, before disappearing again.
Xiao Youran recognized the man in gray as the highly skilled bodyguard who had driven Jiang Quan away when they encountered danger in the outskirts of the capital last time.
She thought to herself, "So the bodyguards around Senior Brother Da Bai are much more powerful than the Xuan Yu Guards of the Xuan Wang Mansion!"
Yu Shiqi came up, panting, and asked, "Master, are you alright?"
Xiao Youran and Madam Su shook their heads, but Madam Su suddenly exclaimed, "Mama Zhao!"
Xiao Youran was startled, "What's wrong with Aunt Zhao?"
The three rushed into the room and saw the man in black who had been knocked unconscious by Zhao's mother slowly getting up.
Yu Shiqi stepped forward and, without saying a word, ended his life with a single slash.
Xiao You Ran: ……
Are you all this ruthless when dealing with assassins?
Well, being merciful to the enemy is being cruel to yourself.
She asked and answered her own question.
Su stepped forward to help Zhao's mother up, while Yu Shiqi had already taken out a tinderbox and lit the oil lamp.
Xiao Youran checked Zhao's mother's breathing and breathed a sigh of relief, "She's still alive."
She then asked Yu Shiqi to carry Zhao's mother to the next room and treat her wounds.
Su Yue was terrified and found a bunch of white cloths to bandage Zhao's mother.
Xiao Youran was worried that there might be assassins outside, so she didn't dare let Su Yue go out to fetch water. She only took out disinfectant and hemostatic cotton from her sleeve and did a simple treatment on Zhao's mother's long wound on her back.
While comforting Madam Su, she said, "Mother, Zhao Mama is alright, don't cry."
Sobbing, Su said, "If it weren't for her, I would have been killed long ago."
"Huh? What's going on?"
"The man in black on the ground was originally raising his knife to attack me, but Zhao Mama knocked him unconscious with a pillow."
Xiao You Ran: ……
I thought you were a beginner, Zhao Mama, but I never expected you to be a master.
"It's really nothing. Zhao's mother was so frightened that she was seriously injured and fainted from the pain. She should wake up soon."
"Pah... This old servant wishes she hadn't woken up..." Zhao Mama grimaced as she woke up, "Ouch, ouch, ouch..."
Xiao You Ran: ……
Where is the promised king?
She took out a painkiller from her sleeve, gave her an injection, and then stood up, saying, "Aunt Zhao, please rest in my room and don't move. I'll clean you up properly and then stitch you up. I need to go check on Master; his room just caught fire."
Mrs. Su was shocked. "Fire?! Go check it out quickly! Be careful!"
Zhao's mother's hand was outstretched in mid-air, "Don't go..."
Xiao Youran had already gotten up and left.
Su Yue cried as she grasped Zhao Mama's hand, "Zhao Mama, don't go... Waaah, I can't bear to see you die..."
Zhao's mother slapped her hand away, "What do you mean 'die'? I'm still alive and well! I'm telling you, young lady, don't go! It's dangerous outside!"
With tears in her eyes, Madam Su smiled and said, "Her master had an accident, and she wouldn't feel at ease if she didn't go and see him."
Xiao Youran ran all the way to the west courtyard, where the fire had already been extinguished.
A crowd had gathered outside, so she quickly went to see what was going on.
There was a person lying on the ground, and a guard was performing CPR on him.
Yan Jin and the Yang family, mother and daughter, were crying their hearts out nearby.
Upon seeing Xiao Youran arrive, a guard immediately stepped forward and asked, "Princess, are you and Yiren alright?"
Xiao Youran nodded. "How is my master?"
The guard said, "Luckily, Yan Jin is quick-witted. Realizing the fire at the door was too intense to escape, she covered Doctor Gu's nose and mouth with a damp cloth and dragged him to climb out through the back window. We heard her cries for help and brought Doctor Gu out, but he..."
At this moment, after a few coughs, Doctor Gu slowly woke up.
The guards were overjoyed. "Dr. Gu is awake! He's alright, that's wonderful!"
"Luckily, the young county princess taught me CPR on Sanyang Mountain last time. I never thought this method could actually bring the dead back to life!" the guard who saved the person said excitedly.
Xiao Youran didn't care about anything else and stepped forward to take Doctor Gu's pulse before saying, "Master, you're alright now. Take a good rest for a few days."
She instructed the guards, "Please move Master to the East Courtyard so she can squeeze in with Old Feng."
She then looked at Yan Jin, "Yan Jin, thank you for saving Master. Master needs your care these next few days, so I'll have to trouble you."
Yan Jin nodded quickly, "Yes, Your Highness."
After finishing up here, Xiao Youran returned to the front yard.
Yu Shier came over to pay his respects, "Greetings, County Princess. It was my inadequate protection that disturbed you."
Xiao Youran stared at the pair of golden wings on his chest, which looked like chicken wings. "Chicken Wing Bro, oh no, Twelfth Commander, have you found out where these people came from?"
Yu Shier suspected that the "Chicken Wing Bro" nickname for the young county magistrate was referring to him, but he had no proof.
"It must be someone from the Nine Dark Gate, who specializes in taking on murders. One of their principles is to guard the buyer's information at all costs, because they don't know it either. I reckon they won't be able to find out who's behind this."
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