Chapter 72: Sealing Martial Arts
Zhuxing only heard some gossip the next day. Last night, she heard Chai Che say that something happened in the mansion, and she was already suspicious. Jiaoran suddenly left without saying a word last night. Could it be that she caused the trouble?
She hurriedly called for help, "Go to Jinlin Garden and ask Jiaoran to come over."
He shouted, "Hurry up and call her over!"
After a while, Jiaoran came, his face pale and his expression dull.
Zhuxing knew her too well. He dismissed the others and rushed to her, shouting, "How dare you! Were you the one who ambushed Mu Jin?"
Jiaoran kept nodding and shaking her head, back and forth several times, and it was unclear what she was saying. Zhuxing also panicked and reached out to grab her shoulders, "Is it you, is it?!"
Jiaoran suddenly opened his eyes, "It's probably... me."
Zhuxing withdrew his hand in disbelief and asked again, "Do you really want to kill Mu Jin?"
Jiaoran only slept for a short while last night, not even half an hour. She was now in a daze, as if in a dream. Even she herself could not figure out how her deflected arrow had hit Mu Jin. She clearly remembered that she only brought one arrow, but after the first arrow, she shot another one.
Zhuxing's voice trembled. "It doesn't matter if you hate him or love him, or even if you despise him to the extreme, the worst that can happen is that you just stop interacting with each other and stop talking to each other. Why do you have to kill him?"
Jiaoran admitted that she hated him. He was eloquent and scheming, the type of person she disliked the most, but she was deceived by him.
"You can let others go, even... when Master's Wife killed Master in front of you, you could hold back your hatred, but why are you so narrow-minded towards him?"
She looked at Jiaoran with disappointment, feeling a mixture of emotions.
The junior sister is eccentric and skilled in martial arts. She never does evil. She thought her martial arts were used to uphold justice and help the weak. She never expected that she would use them to kill Mu Jin.
"I'm so disappointed in you," she sighed.
Jiao Ran couldn't hold it in any longer and started to sob, saying, "I'm very disappointed in myself. I know I was wrong, but there's no way I can make up for it. If he really dies, I'll never be able to make up for it in my lifetime."
Zhuxing sneered, "Do you really want to make amends or finish off the enemy?"
Jiaoran still had a childish mind and thought that her senior sister would comfort and persuade her, but she didn't expect her senior sister to say that.
"You wanted to kill him from the day you returned to Huiying Inn, didn't you?"
Jiao Ran said, "I didn't. How could I? I let him go that day and didn't hurt him physically. I just didn't want to kill him."
"You're lying. You're afraid. You're afraid that if you kill him in front of Master's Wife, she will never forgive you, and you won't have a mother in this world. You don't want to be an orphan like us."
Jiaoran quickly retorted, "That's not the case!"
"Why not? That's why you only injured him and spared his life. Yesterday, you argued and he said something that made you extremely angry. You are stubborn and jealous of him, so you wanted to kill him right away."
Jiao Ran was so angry that his face turned red. "Jealous, I'm jealous of him, what's there to be jealous of?"
Zhuxing suddenly approached her and said, "You are jealous because he took away everything from you. All your best and most cherished things were taken away by him. As long as he is here, Master's wife will no longer have you as a fake child in her heart. She will naturally value her own son."
Jiaoran was stunned by this. This sentence hit the nail on the head and woke her up. It turned out that she could not forgive Mu Jin, not because Mu Jin was plotting against her, but because of jealousy. That's why she and him were in a stalemate and ended up both suffering.
Her hatred was all due to jealousy.
Jiao Ran offered his hands and said, "Take me to the governor and tell him that I am the murderer. If he dies, I am willing to pay for his life."
She made up her mind, but Zhuxing felt distressed. Her little junior sister was no longer as kind as she was when she was little. She had lost her original heart. If it weren't for their calculations and plans, how could she have become what she is today.
At this moment, Cha Che came back, and Zhu Xing quickly held her hand and told her to stay steady, "Don't show your true colors in front of him."
She casually grabbed a handful of melon seeds and gave them to Jiaoran. Seeing Chai Che coming, she hurriedly asked, "How is Mu Jin?"
Jiaoran put the handful of melon seeds back and asked hurriedly.
Chai Che saw Jiaoran's panic and couldn't help but hate her. She knew nothing and was just acting impulsively.
He pretended to sigh and said, "I asked him to come over to explain to you yesterday, but you two started arguing again."
"Explain...explain what?"
Chai Che said, "I was so concerned about Xiaoliu's case that I didn't see the clues right away. But he predicted that if word got out that Master Lu Xu had woken up and identified you as the murderer, he would be able to identify the real culprit and there would definitely be a second assassination attempt. Sure enough, Ah Xiao acted quickly after hearing this, and I was able to take action in time that day. He let you be taken away by the Lu family first because he was afraid that my father would execute you on the spot. The Lu family has many scholars, and they would definitely not take action against you without absolute evidence. Later, he was so predictable that he completely guessed Ah Xiao's thoughts. How could I have imagined that my meek and timid sister was actually a master who could sneak into the Lu Mansion and kill her husband. Later, he managed to make my father agree to let you stay in the mansion. I don't know what he said to my father..."
Only then did Jiaoran realize that he was the one who helped him behind the scenes last time.
Her expression suddenly changed, and she asked in a trembling voice, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"He said he wanted to explain things to you and told me not to meddle in other people's business. I asked him to come to my place yesterday, thinking that since we are all my people, nothing you say or argue about will get to my father."
In an instant, Jiaoran's face turned pale. Last night, he and her looked at each other from a distance. Did he know her murderous intention at that time?
"He's never been this attentive to anyone else. I broke my promise to him once, and just that one time, he set up a plan to kill me in revenge, almost preventing me from returning home. But with you, he's always different. He clearly doesn't want to stay in Huiyingmen. As long as he can get in touch with my people in Mianyuan, he can leave, but he still stays. Because he said that no matter how far you go, you will return to that place one day, and he will wait for you to come back."
Chai Che's face was as cold as frost. "Don't hide it from me. It was you who assassinated him last night, wasn't it?"
She raised her tear-stained face in confusion, looking so pitiful that Zhuxing couldn't just sit there and watch. He stepped forward and said, "Don't force her..."
Chai Che pointed at Jiao Ran and said angrily, "Mu Jin might die. He might not make it through this!"
He finished speaking, his anger still lingering. He saw Jiaoran bursting into tears, huddled in Zhuxing's arms. He felt incredibly sad, "You're not a child anymore. Can you still be so willful forever?"
Zhuxing knew Jiaoran was about to lose her soul, so how could she bear it? She hugged Jiaoran and said, "What do you want? Even if she really killed Mu Jin, do you want her to be buried with him?"
Chai Che suddenly pushed her away and pulled Jiaoran over.
Under normal circumstances, she would definitely not be so well-behaved, but today she knew that she had caused trouble. She had never been criticized so harshly before. Shame, grief, anger, and regret ignited a fire that burned her heart.
At this moment, Chai Che used the move "Meteor Breaking Clouds" and attacked with both palms. He came in front of Jiaoran, split her left and right, and pressed down her shoulders. When Jiaoran came to her senses, she found that she was restrained by Chai Che. She flipped her body suddenly, but could not get out of his palm.
He used the technique of blocking her four major acupoints from Xuanji all the way to Qihai, and swung the back of his hand outwards, slapping her on the back. After this blow, Jiaoran's shoulder blades seemed to be shattered by him. Suddenly, he flashed again and stretched out his palms to cut her left and right arms, pointing his fingers at the Yangxi, Chize, Qingling, Shenmen, Shaoshang, Taiyuan and other acupoints on her arms. Jiaoran suddenly broke free, but Chai Che chased her closely, punching her hard, and hitting her palm hard, knocking her back several steps and hitting her against the wall. She was sweating coldly in pain.
Zhuxing couldn't stand by and watched any longer, so he stepped forward and started fighting with him. He grabbed the sword with his good hand and was about to stab Chai Che.
Chai Che did not hide, letting her sword drink his blood, and said, "If I don't seal her martial arts, if she causes trouble again, I'm afraid she won't be able to leave alive."
Zhu Xing was stunned for a moment and said, "You sealed her martial arts, aren't you trying to kill her? This Governor's Mansion is full of dangers. She has no martial arts to rely on. What will she do if she encounters danger?"
Chai Che said angrily, "If we don't seal her martial arts, I'm afraid we will all be in danger. I'm doing this for the sake of the overall situation."
As he spoke, he grabbed Jiaoran's wrist with his right palm and twisted it downwards fiercely. Jiaoran was so painful that he couldn't help but scream, "Ah!"
After doing this, he gently pulled Jiaoran, who was sitting on the ground, up.
When she was no longer breathing, he said, "You can go back."
Jiao Ran gasped, "Where to go back to?"
As they were talking, a servant outside shouted, "Master Mu Jin has been rescued!"
Chai Che breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Where else can I go back to? Back to Siyu Garden."
"Aren't you afraid that I will kill him again?" Jiaoran said.
Chai Che sneered, "Xiao Ju has gone back. Your martial arts skills are even worse than they were three years ago. You are no match for her. In addition, I have sealed your acupoints. In the short term, even walking fast will be difficult for you."
Thinking that Mu Jin would hate her when she woke up, Jiao Ran felt very sad and worried. The more she thought about it, the more confused she became. "I'm not going back to Siyu Garden, I'm going back to Jinlin Garden."
Chai Che did not allow her to talk back, "Killing someone means paying with your life. Now that he is still alive, you must go back and take care of him until he wakes up and is fully recovered, just like normal."
Wouldn't it be even more awkward for them if he woke up? She felt that Mu Jin must have realized that she was going to kill him that night.
"No, I won't go back no matter what you say."
Zhuxing understood what Chai Che meant, took Jiaoran's hand, and whispered, "When he wakes up, the first person he wants to see must be you."
Jiao Ran pursed her lips, "What if he wakes up and wants to take revenge on me?"
She sighed, "You."
Chai Che said coldly, "Just take it. You have to return that arrow to him."
She stood outside Siyu Garden and said goodbye to her senior sister. She had walked this road countless times three years ago, but now as she walked in, it felt like the first time she had entered this dark courtyard and pavilion.
As soon as he entered Siyu Garden, he was stopped by someone, "Why are you here?"
When Jiao Ran saw that it was Cheng Yuan, his expression changed unconsciously, "Second Young Master said that I was the one who took care of him personally in the past, but now that he is seriously injured, I must take good care of him and make him recover as soon as possible."
Cheng Yuan was dissatisfied when she heard this, "Who do you think you are to take care of my husband?"
Jiao Ran nodded and said, "I'm nothing, but they asked me to take care of the young master. If Madam Cheng keeps me, I'll be very grateful."
After saying that, he bowed and hurried towards Mu Jin's room.
When Cheng Yuan saw her come back, she was really upset, but she said that it was Chai Che who asked her to come. How could she compete with Chai Che? She felt aggrieved. She was obviously Mu Jin's wife, but everything was controlled by the Chai family.
Cheng Yuan was quite unhappy, but she had seen Jiaoran beating Chai Hui before, and he was so cruel. Her skills were much better than before.
She was angry, and even if Jiaoran hit her back, she didn't care. She grabbed the cup on the table behind her and threw it at her head. Jiaoran wanted to dodge, but her body froze, as if she was fixed there and moved slowly. A cup of tea was thrown behind her, splashing on her hair and clothes. Cheng Yuan didn't expect that she didn't even dodge. Seeing that she was still calm, she slowly wiped the water off her face, bowed slowly, and walked past her.
She was deliberately giving in to her, but Cheng Yuan was not satisfied and pressed her aggressively, "Get out of my Siyu Garden right now!"
Jiaoran said "yes, sir," but kept walking forward.
She was so angry that she asked someone to bring a sword.
Soon someone handed her a sword, and she pointed it directly at Jiaoran's face. Suddenly, she heard the sound of a golden blade blowing in the wind beside her, and the sword knocked her sword away.
Cheng Yuan was shocked. She never thought someone would dare to treat her like this. She turned her head and saw that it was Xiao Ju who was holding the sword. She smiled and said, "The young master is seriously injured. It is he who wants to see Miss Jiao Ran. Please don't make it difficult for him."
A maid dared to draw her sword at her, which was absolutely a contempt. She couldn't help but get more angry, and she aimed her sword to meet Xiaoju's sword. However, before she reached her, she shook her wrist for some reason, and turned half a circle with the sword, and was still helped up from the ground by the maids.
She was so angry that tears streamed down her face, but Xiaoju didn't say much and led Jiaoran on the way.
Just now, Jiaoran pretended to be calm, but in fact his palms were sweating. He was afraid that others would see that he had lost his martial arts skills. Fortunately, Xiaoju suddenly came to rescue him, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"The young master kept calling your name last night. I sent someone to Jinlin Garden to pass a message to you. Why didn't you reply?"
Jiao Ran was surprised. "When?"
She looked at her and sighed, "If he had died last night, would you be sad for him?"
Jiaoran nodded blankly.
She shook her head helplessly, and when she reached the door, she said, "Go in by yourself, he hasn't woken up yet."
Jiaoran refused to go forward and stood at the door hesitantly. If he woke up, no matter what she said, whether she said that the arrow was not shot by her or that she was not sure it was shot by her, he would definitely be angry no matter how she explained.
Oh my God, why did they force her to come? She really didn’t want to face Mu Jin at this time.
Xiaoju's hand had already pushed her into the room.
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