The woman was lying on the ground twitching slightly. The faint smell of blood had become stronger. It was obvious that she had been injured before kidnapping Jiang Si. After being thrown by Yu Jin, the wound had burst.
The place where the carriage stopped was actually Pine Nut Lane.
Songzi Lane was quiet. Suddenly, a bird kicked up its feet and flew up from a tree. It flew so fast that it brushed against a lantern under the eaves of a house, causing the lantern to shake violently.
The woman on the ground had a face that flickered with the light, and her expression was inexplicable.
A slender and powerful hand reached out and lifted the woman up. Leng Ying stood in front of Yu Jin without saying a word, waiting for instructions.
The lines on Yu Jin's face were as cold and hard as if they were cut by a knife, and there was frost under his eyes: "Take him back and take good care of him. Don't let him die."
"Yes." Leng Ying picked up the woman and turned around and left.
The woman struggled: "Let me go, you bastards! How did I offend you? You are following me like leeches!"
"Shut her mouth." Yu Jin said calmly.
Leng Ying was not a man who was gentle with women, so he immediately reached out and covered the woman's mouth with his hand.
The woman's cursing soon turned into low sobs, and she looked extremely ferocious.
Jiang Si finally spoke: "Let's bring the person in first."
Leng Ying looked at Yu Jin.
Yu Jin pondered for a moment and nodded.
The small house suddenly became lively.
"Let her wait here first." Yu Jin ordered and pulled Jiang Si into the house.
The lights came on, Yu Jin pulled Jiang Si into his arms, and said fearfully, "I said I was giving it to you, but you didn't want it. What if something happened just now?"
Jiang Si was not actually that scared.
Perhaps it was because of a woman's intuition that she didn't think the woman would really hurt her.
A woman who asks the hostage to find a place to stay is actually defenseless deep down. Such people have rarely experienced dangerous things and rarely have the courage to kill innocent people.
It was for this reason that Jiang Si decided to wait and see.
"How did you find out something was wrong?" She shook off Yu Jin's hand and put some distance between them.
"The coach told me."
Jiang Si raised his eyes and looked at him.
Yu Jin explained: "The depth of the wheel can give a rough estimate of the weight of the carriage. But that's not the point. What's important is your performance."
“How did I perform?”
Yu Jin smiled and tapped her nose: "You are not the kind of shy girl. When you saw me coming, even if you wanted to scold me, you should have opened the curtain and scolded me to your heart's content. Why are you hiding and afraid to see anyone? I thought at the time, could there be a strange man in the car behind my back..."
Jiang Si glared at him.
Yu Jin let her stare at him, and continued, "I signaled Ah Fei and the others to find a reason to stop the carriage. At that time, the people in the carriage would be most easily distracted, which made it convenient for me to get in through the back door of the carriage... I didn't expect that there was no wild man inside, but there was a wild woman."
At this point, Yu Jin sighed heavily: "Asi, you should stop wearing men's clothes in the future."
"It's already this late, so stop being so mean." Jiang Si glanced at him and gently rubbed his lower back, where he could still feel the coldness of the dagger.
"What's going on?"
"The carriage was hired by Ah Fei. I suspect the girl hid in the carriage when Ah Fei wasn't paying attention."
After hesitating for a moment, she said, "I've seen that girl before."
Yu Jin put away his playful expression and said, "So, she was targeting you premeditatedly?"
Jiang Si shook his head: "Probably not. She was quite surprised when she found out I was a woman."
"Where have you met before?"
Jiang Si then briefly recounted what happened on the way back from Baiyun Temple: "That girl was kindhearted, otherwise she wouldn't have saved someone from the frightened horse's hooves."
"Ask first."
Yu Jin walked to the door and motioned Leng Ying to bring the person in.
Under Leng Ying's restraint, the woman had no power to resist, but her expression was stubborn. She turned her head to meet Yu Jin's probing gaze and sneered, "It's my bad luck that I got into trouble with you crazy dogs. You can kill me if you want."
Yu Jin raised his hand, Leng Ying let go of the woman, and quickly disappeared through the door.
The woman lost her support and fell to the ground.
A pair of feet appeared in front of her, and when she looked up again, she saw the man's face like an ice sculpture.
"You showed up in my fiancée's carriage for no apparent reason, kidnapped my fiancée, and now you're calling us crazy dogs. Girl, you're the crazy dog for biting back like this, right?"
"Bah!" The woman spat on the ground angrily.
Yu Jin sat down on the chair and said coldly, "I am an official investigating a case. Recently, many Hua Niangs have been killed on Jinshui River. I suspect you are the murderer."
The woman was so angry that she was shaking all over. "I didn't kill any Hua Niang! You guys have been keeping a close eye on me because of your random suspicions, and you sent wave after wave of people to hunt me down. I want to ask, was it really Hua Niang who was killed? If you take it so seriously, I think it should be the Empress."
Yu Jin chuckled and leaned lazily against the back of the chair: "Girl, you can't just grow tall without growing smart. With your skills, do I need to send waves of people to hunt you down? Do you think my people are all good-for-nothings?"
The woman was stunned for a moment and frowned deeply: "Are you not the ones who are hunting me?"
"Of course we are not the ones hunting you down. But if you still can't explain who you are, I will take you back to the government office first."
The woman hugged her knees with her hands, and her eyes gradually lit up as she looked from Yu Jin's face to Jiang Si's.
If it weren't for those people who were chasing her, she probably wouldn't have died in such a confusing way.
Thinking about what happened in the past few days, the woman felt as if she had had a nightmare, and it was the kind that had no reason at all.
"name."
"Chu Chu." After the woman said this, she realized something was wrong and glared at Yu Jian.
Yu Jian remained calm and said, "I am an official and I have the right to take the prisoner away."
"I'm not a criminal!"
Yu Jin smiled and said, "You have the right to take away anyone I suspect is a criminal. Okay, explain yourself clearly. If I think you are not a suspect, then we will let you go."
Chu Chu pursed her lips and spoke with anger about the unfortunate experiences she had had in the past few days.
“When did it start?”
"I went to visit Baiyun Temple that day. It seemed to be the 28th of last month... Yes, it was August 28th. Since that day, someone has been attacking me for unknown reasons..."
Yu Jin couldn't help but look at Jiang Si.
Jiang seemed a little surprised.
What a coincidence! It turned out that on August 28th, this delicate girl was even more unlucky than her. She was unexpectedly hunted down by someone.
Jiang Si had a strange thought in his mind, but he couldn't figure it out for a moment. He felt that the woman was not lying, so he said, "Let her go."
Of course Yu Jin would not refuse Jiang Si's face and signaled the woman that she could leave.
Chuchu didn't move.
"What?" Yu Jin raised his eyebrows impatiently.
Chuchu turned around and said to Jiang Si, "Since we are here, can you let me stay here for a while?"