Minglan's leg was clearly bleeding.
After a moment of wary eye contact, Minglan bowed first, saying, "Thank you for saving me, Miss."
Xie Lingqin didn't say anything, but stared at them intently, her face cold and silent.
Minglan frowned, becoming fully alert.
Behind him, the remaining ten men were equally wary.
...
The fire in that courtyard has been extinguished.
The man named Zixiao was squatting on the ground, covered in blood. Just now, when he was about to follow Minglan out, a pair of hands suddenly appeared in the shadows. They were so fast that he was caught off guard and directly cut his hamstring.
"Reporting to the chief, we've lost track of the man."
Outside the courtyard gate, a group of people hurriedly returned, their faces dejected.
"Useless thing." Zi Xiao angrily swung his fist and slammed it to the ground. "If I find out who hurt me, I'll make them pay."
"Very courageous, but you've missed your chance."
Suddenly, a person fell from the air.
Before Zixiao could even raise his eyes to see who it was, all that remained was a bloody light above his head.
...
Xie Lingqin looked at the blood-soaked, wary people led by Ming Lan, and after a long while, she spoke in the extremely quiet atmosphere.
Are you hungry?
She asked.
Upon hearing those three words, Minglan and the others, whose faces were a mess, were immediately stunned.
"...It's alright." Unsure of Xie Lingqin's meaning, Minglan replied anyway.
"Oh." Xie Lingqin nodded.
What... does this mean?
Furthermore, what does it mean that this young lady from the general's mansion, while looking at them, is actually also looking around at her surroundings?
There is clearly no one else here.
Xie Lingqin didn't care what Ming Lan and the others thought; all she was thinking about was where Old Dong had gone.
They haven't shown up yet.
Just then, the group saw flames shooting into the sky from the courtyard where they had just been staying.
Xie Lingqin narrowed her eyes.
Minglan and the others also instantly gathered around and looked in that direction.
Then, the sound of horses' hooves and footsteps came from the street ahead, revealing that the Prefect of the Capital was leading his troops to the place where the fire had started.
Xie Lingqin knew that this place was not a good place to stay, and was about to ask Ming Lan to take these people away, when she suddenly felt a gaze fall on her.
It wasn't awareness, but simply a feeling, a killer's intuition honed through countless battles.
...
"Your Highness, the fire has engulfed all the corpses." Atop the high building, behind the owner of that gaze, Tingfeng descended and reported solemnly.
The crown prince slowly turned his gaze away from the distance. "Where is Elder Dong?"
"She has been safely returned to the residence, Your Highness, please rest assured. What about Miss Lingqin...?"
“Those people are not easy to deal with. If she really has this ability, I will wait and see.”
Listening to the wind, I also looked into the distance.
However, Miss Lingqin had already disappeared from sight in the distance. It seemed that in just a moment, Miss Lingqin and the eleven people had vanished from everyone's view.
"this……"
Tingfeng was stunned and looked at Yuwen Yao in surprise, "Your Highness, Miss Lingqin disappeared in the blink of an eye?"
"She must have noticed you were spying on her." The Crown Prince turned around, his eyes filled with a hint of autumn, yet also seemed to hold a smile.
Tingfeng rubbed his eyes. Hmm, he must have misread it.
But he wasn't spying at all; he was clearly the Crown Prince...
Eleven people who should have died were spared for Miss Lingqin's sake, including the Crown Prince...
Tingfeng's gaze suddenly widened in surprise, but then returned to normal.
Well, he wasn't thinking about anything just now.
Only after the sensation that struck their very soul had disappeared did Xie Lingqin signal the men in black to stand up, brush aside the branches and leaves covering them, and look in the direction where Yuwen Yao had just left.
I have a feeling that someone was there just now.
Minglan stepped forward at this moment, "Miss Lingqin, what should we do now?"
These words startled Xie Lingqin; it was clear that this meant obeying her orders.
She hasn't even started using any methods yet.
Blinking, Xie Lingqin rubbed her temples. "I won't ask you why you got into a fight with someone. Here, let me arrange a place for you to go."
"Thank you, Miss Lingqin."
“However, this place…” Xie Lingqin smiled, “I hope you like it.”
Minglan and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.
...
After arranging things for Minglan and the others, Xie Lingqin was still worried and secretly slipped away to Elder Dong's residence.
The courtyard was quiet.
She made her way straight to Old Master Dong's main courtyard.
Old Master Dong was still awake, seemingly having just finished enjoying the night view and was walking back to the main house in his cloak when he saw Xie Lingqin appear. His expression inadvertently darkened. "What are you doing here?"
"It's nothing, I just came to see if you're doing well, old man." Xie Lingqin looked you up and down, her intentions malicious.
Old Dong snorted and waved his hand, "I'm perfectly fine, little girl, hurry back."
"Did you start that fire?"
"What kind of fire?"
Xie Lingqin looked at Old Dong and saw that he looked genuinely surprised without any pretense. She then smiled and waved her hand, "Since you're alright, I'll be going now."
Old Dong looked at Xie Lingqin's figure with a meaningful gaze, and finally shook his head with some helplessness.
After leaving Elder Dong's residence, Xie Lingqin felt something was off, yet everything seemed reasonable and logical.
He scratched his head, then remembered that the carriage and driver were still waiting in the alley.
Xie Lingqin immediately ran towards that place.
Meanwhile, the carriage had already been surrounded by the Prefect of the Capital and his men.
"You claim to be from the General's mansion's carriage, what proof do you have?"
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