25. Assault
Yun Zhihe ran over against the noisy crowd, her clothes fluttering and only Xuanyuan Ying was left looking at her back.
The lantern festival was bustling with bright lights and crowds of people coming and going, making it extremely difficult to move forward.
She grabbed someone, frowned, and asked, "What happened?!"
The unknown woman turned pale with fear and stammered, "Murder, murder! Knife!"
These are the words I can only think of. I can’t say anything else.
Yun Zhihe shook off Yi Hua and ran forward anxiously. It had been many years since someone had committed a crime in a busy city in the capital.
She listened to the shouting of others and hurriedly sorted out the information in her head. The attacker was alone and had stabbed a few people randomly and then held someone hostage.
Since it is a hostage situation, he should not attack anyone anymore.
“Ouch—”
The crowd surged, and a child stumbled and fell, his little face hitting the ground, rubbing against it and causing blood to form. He was about to cry.
The extremely crowded crowd was in great chaos and was about to step on her. Yun Zhihe rushed over, squatted down and hugged the child. In the chaos, someone kicked her shoulder hard.
My waist and back were kicked and stepped on several times, and the pain was excruciating.
“Hmm—”
You need to get up quickly, otherwise you will be trampled to death.
Yun Zhihe's back hurt badly.
In such a chaos, she should quickly calm the crowd down. She gritted her teeth, held the little girl in her arms and stood up.
He shouted, "I am a sixth-rank official of the imperial court! Everyone calm down! Follow my orders!"
Her loud roar drowned out the screams of those fleeing, and the crowd fell silent for a moment.
"The authorities are nearby! Someone will be here soon to arrest the murderer! Everyone calm down and leave from the West Street entrance!"
Perhaps it was the shouting of the sixth-rank official that worked, and the crowd was not so chaotic. She always spoke softly, but now her throat was injured by the tearing roar, and her voice was a little hoarse and painful when she spoke.
The child was frightened in her arms, tugging at her clothes, tears hanging from the corners of his eyes.
Yun Zhihe put the little girl on the stall so that she would not be swept away by the crowd.
She directed the crowd to flee, shouting, "There's a small path at the southwest entrance! People in the southwest, please leave through this path!"
"The rest of you leave from the West Street entrance. Pay attention to the child! Pick him up!"
For a moment, the shouting decreased and everyone listened to Yun Zhihe's command.
Yun Zhihe coughed a few times; the excessive shouting made his throat sore.
The market exit conflicts with the entrance for government officials, so if they want to come in, they can only wait until the crowd calms down.
She watched the crowd gradually calm down, turned around and instructed the child she had just rescued, with a serious expression.
"Stand on this platform and wait for the detective sisters to come and take you home."
Since someone has been held hostage, the perpetrator must have some demands, so you should rush over to negotiate with the perpetrator and rescue the hostage.
The little girl, with tears still on her face, nodded blankly.
Her hazy eyes looked at Yun Zhihe's departing back.
She saw that the fairy sister's white clothes were covered with dust after being kicked by the person just now, and then she saw her running into the crowd going the other way with a graceful manner.
The perpetrator was not far from here, and after the evacuation, there were no more crowds.
Yun Zhihe frowned as he looked at the bleeding corpse on the ground, then looked up at the murderer with his eyes wide open and shouting incoherently.
"Don't try to kill me!! I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid!"
She looked nervous and was still wearing prison clothes. She was holding a knife in her arms and holding the young man in red clothes. The knife was against his neck, leaving several bloody marks.
The young master was dressed in a clear red robe, his hair tied up with a headband, his bright almond-shaped eyes were filled with tears, his eye sockets were red, and his face was pale.
Yun Zhihe calmed down and said to the attacker, "Calm down, we are the only ones here."
Seeing that the assailant was looking around nervously and completely ignoring her, Yun Zhihe did not approach him rashly. He frowned and started to negotiate, taking out the official seal.
"I am a sixth-rank official of the imperial court. This is my official seal."
"If you want something, ask me. All you need is to release the hostages."
Only then did the murderer turn around and look at her. There were several corpses at her feet, with blood still flowing. The crazy murderous intent in her eyes when she turned her head made Yun Zhihe stunned.
She looked ferocious, her eyes were piercing, and her hand holding the knife was clenched and trembling.
Yun Zhihe pursed his lips, his mouth soothing, his beautiful eyes looking directly into hers, "What do you want?"
"……money?"
Her voice was gentle and persuasive.
"If you let him go, I have about 50,000 taels of silver in my house, but I'll send someone to get it now."
Her feet moved slightly closer.
“Don’t come over here—!”
The murderous woman's expression suddenly became fierce. She moved the knife in her hand and cut the neck of the young man in her arms.
Su Zheng bit his lower lip, tears streaming down his eyes, he was trembling but no sound of crying was heard.
Yun Zhihe suddenly hit the pillar.
"Su Lin, that bastard Su Lin! This is her brother, right?!" The murderous woman laughed, with the corners of her mouth twitching, and the blade moved closer again.
"Killing me is not that easy! Let's die together!"
Yun Zhihe frowned and thought.
The assailant was now extremely nervous, with a hint of madness. His prison uniform had scars on it, and it was obvious that he had been tortured. He must have escaped.
She glared at Yun Zhihe fiercely and took a few deep breaths. "You bastard officials! You are all worthless! You are all here to kill me! You are all here to kill me..."
As the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, Su Lin is well-known for his uprightness and integrity. What relationship does he have with this vicious murderer?
Yun Zhihe concealed his thoughts, his eyes quickly scanning the surroundings, beads of sweat oozing from his forehead, thinking about how to solve this dilemma.
Suddenly, I caught a glimpse of white light.
She looked and saw someone on the roof behind the attacker, waving a knife and sending a message to her. He was dressed in black and his face was covered.
This is... His Majesty's shadow guard!
Yun Zhihe suppressed the surprise on his face, but continued to persuade, waiting for the right opportunity to act.
"If you have suffered any injustice, tell me everything and I will be able to seek justice for you."
"They are all here to kill me... They are all... dogs... dogs..."
She murmured foolishly.
Yun Zhihe persuaded her in a calm voice as she moved, his fingertips trembling slightly as he searched for any flaws.
His Majesty's shadow guard is highly skilled in martial arts, and it is not difficult for him to deal with the murderer, but she is holding a hostage in her arms, and the tip of the knife is stuck in her neck, bleeding. Any rash action will definitely hurt the hostage.
"You're wasting time like this. When the authorities come, they'll definitely arrest you again..."
"I can let you go..." She threw the official seal out, "Let's make a deal. With my official seal, you can enter and leave the capital."
"Let go of this young master and hold me hostage."
"Have you heard of Yun Zhihe? That loyal minister's daughter... is me."
She spoke calmly, her eyes meeting the calm eyes of the murderer, "If you hold me hostage, the government officials will definitely not touch you rashly."
"You also heard Su Lin's reputation, that she is decisive and upright... so you can predict that she would kill her relatives for the sake of justice."
She paused before speaking, and the murderer also paused.
...killing one's own relatives for the sake of justice?
The assailant's accent doesn't sound like that of the capital, but rather of the north, so he must be from another place.
"Su Lin is the legitimate daughter of the family, and this illegitimate brother doesn't think much of her. Although they are siblings, they have no feelings for each other..."
"If you kill her brother, she won't feel anything, and you'll be caught by her...it won't be worth it."
He could only use the information difference to confuse him. Yun Zhihe stared at her expression carefully.
"There's no one here right now. You have a knife in your hand, so you shouldn't be afraid of me, and you don't have to worry about what I might do."
"So... hold me hostage."
The assailant lowered his eyes and thought, apparently he was persuaded.
She nodded, looking at her with scrutinizing eyes, and threatened, "Don't play any tricks."
Yun Zhihe held his nerves tight and slowly approached, the two of them slowly approached each other.
The assailant slightly let go of Su Zheng in his arms and tried to embrace her with his other hand.
At the moment when the two of them exchanged, Yun Zhihe grabbed Su Zheng and suddenly hugged him and threw him to the side.
"ah--"
At the same time, a sharp blade had already pierced the attacker's throat.
Her eyes widened in disbelief, and she could not make any sound except "ho ho". Her fingertips trembled as she dropped the blade.
"Bang——"
Unable to hold on, he fell down.
Yun Zhihe held Su Zheng under him and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the attacker fall.
In the previous moment, if the shadow guard was slow to act, Yun Zhihe had already prepared for the worst. She would have thrown Su Zheng to the ground and pressed him under her.
One is to dodge, and the other is to block the knife for this young master when he fails.
As a woman and an official, she naturally had to ensure the safety of this young man.
Su Zheng stared blankly at the woman on his body. Tears that he had just suppressed fell from his almond-shaped eyes. He pursed his lower lip and wrinkled his face as he sobbed.
She had a very beautiful face, with bright eyes and white teeth. Her eyes seemed to be stained with a light color. From this angle, one could see her white and smoothly contoured collarbone and neck, and a faint fragrance lingered at the tip of her nose.
Yun Zhihe stood up and walked forward to check, and found that the murderer was already dead, his eyes wide open with unwilling hatred, and he died with his eyes open.
She paused, walked to Su Zheng, and reached out to pull him up.
The young master was sobbing, his face red and blood still flowing from his neck, which made people feel pity. Yun Zhihe lowered his head and asked, "Are you okay?"
His voice was clear and tearful, his red lips were moist, and he spoke in a low, hoarse voice, "No, it's okay..."
At this time, people from the government also arrived.
Su Lin hurried over, his usually serious face full of anxiety. He hugged Su Zheng, who was still crying, and spoke in an urgent voice.
"Zheng Zheng, is everything alright?"
He finally breathed a sigh of relief after Su Zheng nodded with sobs.
By the way, the person who just said that Su Zheng and Su Lin had no feelings was lying. Who in Beijing doesn’t know that Su Lin is a crazy brother protector?
Their eyes met, and Yun Zhihe explained to Su Lin everything that had just happened. He frowned and asked her, "Do you have any grudge against the murderer?"
Su Lin calmed down and said seriously, "No, do you still remember the Song Mansion case? According to the investigation process, we found her..."
"She was the one who sent those lowly slaves to the Song Mansion. Their population was quite large. I wanted to ask her how she got them, but she hesitated and couldn't explain, which aroused my suspicion."
"She looked suspicious and wouldn't say anything, so I tortured her to extract a confession."
She looked calm and downplayed the "torture".
"After a few days, she suddenly went crazy and thought someone was going to kill her, and she mistook me for the killer." Su Lin frowned slightly, sorting out the course of the case.
"He suddenly escaped from prison today, and what happened next is what you saw."
Yun Zhihe lowered his eyes and thought, "This matter is strange, there must be something hidden."
Su Lin nodded, "I will definitely investigate further, you..."
She glanced at Yun Zhihe with a complicated expression, then suddenly lowered her head and was about to kneel down, "Thank you so much for saving my brother. I am so grateful for your kindness..."
Yun Zhihe was startled and hurriedly pulled her up. "That's not necessary. It was His Majesty's shadow guard who killed the murderer."
Su Lin had a stubborn expression and wanted to kneel down to her, but Yun Zhihe pulled him back for a long time.
Su Zheng was so frightened that Su Lin wanted to send someone to send him back, but Su Zheng was as stubborn as his sister and insisted on staying and waiting for his sister to go back together.
The officers and soldiers were sorting and carrying the corpses, Su Lin and Yun Zhihe were investigating and directing the work, while Su Zheng had stopped crying and squatted down to sit on the side. The tip of his nose was red, and he was sniffing and biting a candied haws.
He was wearing a red fur coat and cloak, with his head down, biting the candied haws that Su Lin had just given him to coax him. His hair covered his little face, and he secretly looked up at Yun Zhihe.
...like, a fairy.
In the brightly lit night, her skin was as white as cream and her breath was as fragrant as orchid. When she pressed him down to protect him, he felt warm and safe.
He curled up his body, buried his face in his knees, bit the candied haws with his teeth, and his face wrinkled in an instant because of the sourness.
When Yun Zhihe was about to leave after finishing his work, he was suddenly stopped by a light voice.
"Yun, Sister Yun..."
Su Zheng walked forward, bit his red lips, and wrapped his little face with rabbit fur. He took Yun Zhihe's hand and put the half-eaten candied haws on it.
"I, this... is delicious... here, here you go..."
Yun Zhihe paused, a little confused as to why he gave her the half-eaten candied haws.
But the young master was spoiled and stupid since he was a child by his family, and he thought this was a good thing.
Her sister was afraid that he would get cavities, but he could only eat one a month, so he carefully ate half and left the other half for Yun Zhihe.
She raised her eyes and met Yun Zhihe's puzzled gaze, and suddenly lowered her head in embarrassment.
"And... and..."
He held her hand, his fingertips warm, and he didn't want to let go at all, thinking about what else he could give her...
She suddenly raised her hand and pulled off her red, gold-embroidered headband. In an instant, her hair flew off and fell into Yun Zhihe's hand.
"Here, this is for you too!"
In an instant, the young master's black hair fluttered, he was wearing a bright red dress, his face was as white as jade, and his almond-shaped eyes were full of her figure.
"for you……"
Su Zheng's hair was disheveled. Su Lin, who was standing next to him, was stunned. She hurriedly ran up to pull him away, her face turning black with anger.
She was grateful to Yun Zhihe, but that didn't mean she would let Yun Zhihe take her brother away.
He was dragged and carried away by Su Lin.
She turned her head eagerly to look at Yun Zhihe, humming and refusing softly, "Wait a moment... Sister... Don't..."
His delicate little face was revealed by the wind and his flowing black hair. He looked back reluctantly, and was still struggling in Su Lin's arms while kicking his legs.
Yun Zhihe stared at their backs for a long time, then looked down at the half string of candied haws and the red hairband in his hand.
The headband has delicate tassels at the end, which is very beautiful.
Her eyes suddenly lit up with a smile and she chuckled softly.
Still a child...
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