He pushed open the door despite the severe pain and tiptoed to the bed. He found something wrong and suddenly lifted the quilt. There was no one inside.
"Are you looking for me?"
A leisurely voice sounded from behind him, causing Jin Fu's hair to stand on end and he turned his head sharply.
He saw An Jingzhi standing behind the door looking at him leisurely, holding something in his hand that he couldn't understand, but he had a hunch that the thing posed a great threat to him.
Thinking of the hardships he had gone through along the way, he didn't dare to be careless. "You knew I was coming?"
Those were all mechanisms designed by him, especially the one at the main gate. After nightfall, except for the old butler, no one else was allowed to enter.
The noise made by the other party when destroying the mechanism had already reached the room.
After Jin Fu asked the question, he realized that he had asked a nonsense question.
"You are not him!" He pretended to be confident and walked to the table nearby and sat down. If the other party dared to do anything to him, he would immediately lift the table to block it.
"What?" An Jingzhi pretended to be confused even though he knew the truth, and walked leisurely to the other party and sat down not far away.
Although he had a rapid-fire crossbow in his hand, Jin Fu was a killer after all, so it was safer to stay away from him.
"Stop pretending. I know you're not him at all. You're an imposter. You took his place and became the master of the fiefdom."
"I'm the only one who knows about this. As long as you satisfy my wishes, I can pretend I don't know."
An Jingzhi smiled innocently, "I don't know what you are talking about? You broke into my room in the middle of the night just to talk about this?"
"Are you crazy because of poverty? Do you want to blackmail me?"
Jin Fu felt apprehensive at the other party's nonchalant look. Could it be that he had some kind of confidence?
He listened carefully to the noise outside. With his ability, even if there were people surrounding him outside, he would at most be injured and would still be able to escape.
So why is the other party so confident?
"Since you have someone watching me, you should know my identity," he stared at An Jingzhi intently. "Someone asked me to kill you, you should know this, but now I have changed my mind. As long as you give me ten thousand gold, I can retreat."
"I don't understand what you are saying at all." An Jingzhi tilted his head and casually raised the crossbow in his right hand. Jin Fu was very alert. He immediately swept the things on the table to the ground and stood the table upright in front of him to block it.
An Jingzhi put down the weapon in his hand with some regret, "Why are you so nervous?"
"Are you determined not to give me money and property? Aren't you afraid that I will reveal your identity when you get out? Then you will have nothing left!" He stared at the other person, trying to see even a trace of fear in his eyes.
But there was nothing. The person on the other side was very calm and had a sense of confidence.
He heard the sound of footsteps outside, and glanced at the weapon in An Jingzhi's hand that sent a chill down his spine. He felt the stinging pain on the soles of his feet and gritted his teeth.
"Don't regret it if you can. I won't ask for the same next time I come!"
He threw down the table in his hand, turned around and ran. Sure enough, there was a group of people gathering towards the house outside. On his way of escape, he ran into a group of people head-on, and the two sides fought hard.
The old housekeeper immediately ran to An Jingzhi's side, holding a bronze sword in his hand. He ignored his heavy breathing and asked anxiously, "Master, are you okay?"
"I'm fine."
"Fortunately, Master, you have foresight."
There is a thin wire in An Jingzhi's room, which is connected to the old housekeeper's room. If something happens here, he will shake the thin wire and the bell at the other end will ring.
Those people outside were also the old butler and the guards he had just summoned.
In addition to the guards recruited by the original owner, there were also guards recruited by him later. Although they had no rules, they were united and willing to fight for their lives.
Hearing the sounds of fighting outside getting smaller and smaller, An Jingzhi realized that Jin Fu must have run away.
Never mind, it doesn’t matter anyway.
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The wound on his arm was bleeding profusely, so Jin Fu took out the medicine powder he carried with him and sprinkled it on the wound to treat himself.
He was furious. Not only was this impostor afraid of death, he couldn't even cut through the armor of his subordinates!
Before the city was closed at dawn, he walked towards the nearest city without looking back.
It was also a noble territory. Compared to An Jingzhi's status as a viscount, the other party was an earl with a large fiefdom.
The news of the city lord's assassination spread throughout the city the next day.
Everyone was filled with righteous indignation, looking at everyone like an assassin, and glaring at every unfamiliar face with greed.
Such a good man must not die!
If the adults die, where will they go to work?
Moreover, the lord also promised that as long as they followed the farming methods he taught, they could reduce taxes by 20%. This was a matter of life and death for them. If someone else came, how could they possibly accept the promise of the former city lord?
As for whether the farming methods taught by adults are effective, they will be able to judge for themselves when the time comes. If not, the worst that can happen is that they just don't learn them. Anyway, the adults have said that they will not make things difficult or force them.
If they had heard others say that there were such easy-going nobles before, they would definitely not have believed it, but now those who went to help build public toilets were free propagandists.
In addition, a health science education campaign was held in the city, and everyone became more clear about who the public toilets were built for, which further increased their respect for An Jingzhi.
They may not be able to follow those complicated hygiene habits, but going to public toilets is something that everyone can still do.
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