Chapter 369 Arrived in Time
Facts have proved that what you fear will come true.
That night, several waves of thieves arrived one after another. Perhaps because the Wen family's business was so famous, more and more people wanted to get a piece of the Wen family's pie.
Although the guards were highly skilled in fighting, they were no match for the thieves' relentless attacks.
By late at night, the guards were extremely tired, but they were worthy of being Shen Yu's men, and not one of them retreated or complained of being tired.
"Miss Wen, it's late. You should go and get some rest. My brothers and I will be guarding here."
Agui came behind Wen Wan at some point, and seeing that her face was pale and her body was shaky, he couldn't help but start to persuade her.
Wen Wan shook her head. "You guys are fighting in the battlefield and you don't even complain about being tired. How can I, standing here in peace, have the right to rest?"
Agui frowned and said, "But girl, no matter how hard or tired we are, it's all for you. As long as you are safe, our efforts will be meaningful."
What virtue and ability did Wen Wan have to make these people risk their lives to protect her?
She was moved and her eyes couldn't help but turn slightly red.
This is only the first day, and no one knows what the situation is in the palace now?
If this chaos continues, it is only a matter of time before this mansion is broken into by these thieves.
When Wen Wan thought of this, her face darkened.
"Agui, everyone's life is precious. If the time comes to make a choice, tell your brothers that they don't have to protect me. Your lives are also lives."
Hearing this, Agui looked at her in surprise.
"girl……"
Agui seemed to want to say something, but Wenwan waved her hand. "Don't tell me about loyalty. People should live for themselves first. If the person you protect with your life doesn't care about yours, why should you protect her?"
Blind loyalty is not something to be praised.
Agui lowered his head without comment and said nothing.
Wen Wan didn't say anything else, but turned and went into the study.
When she came out again, Wen Wan was holding a stack of banknotes in her hand.
He handed the banknotes to Agui and said, "Take these and distribute them to the brothers. While he's away, I'll take care of him. Since you're his brothers, you're also the ones I need to take care of."
This act, which seemed like making arrangements for one's final affairs, made Agui feel mixed emotions.
He held the banknote in his hand for a long time without moving.
Wen Wan sighed, "I believe that if he were here, he would make the same choice as me. You want to protect me, but I also want you to be safe."
Wen Wan did not avoid other people when she was talking to Agui, so when the guards beside her heard Wen Nuan's words, they were stunned at first.
They didn't seem to expect that a woman could be fearless at the moment of life and death.
Then she said she hoped they were safe, which made them even more moved.
They were all once border town defenders, heroes who followed Chen Yun to guard the frontier. They spent their entire lives in the military, just for the sake of loyalty and righteousness.
They were loyal to the general because the general treated them as brothers. A gentleman will die for his friend. With Wen Wan's words, their blood was not shed in vain.
Agui took the silver bills and walked up to the guards and distributed them to them.
But no guard took the banknote.
Seeing this, Agui persuaded them, "Take them all. This is a token of Madam Wen's love. If we can get through this difficult time, we can just return the banknotes to her."
The guards hesitated for a moment before taking the banknote.
They bowed to Wen Wan in tacit understanding, "We will definitely keep Madam Wen safe."
*
By noon the next day, after repelling two more groups of bandits, casualties occurred among the guards.
The dead guard was a round-faced young man of about seventeen or eighteen years old. Wen Wan remembered that he was the most greedy among the guards. He often sat on the steps with a piece of cake in his hand and ate it like a little squirrel.
Agui covered the young man's face with a white cloth. "This kid has no parents. He used to beg on the streets of the border town for a living. He was almost starving to death. His master's purse fell on the ground, and he picked it up and returned it to his master."
"My master said that a person's character can only be seen in the most difficult situations. That's why my master took him home. In the blink of an eye, it has been more than ten years."
As he spoke, Agui's voice became a little hoarse. "The master also said that after we get through this difficult time, he will find him a house and a wife."
"I never thought that this kid had such a miserable life that he never lived to see that day."
In just a few words, the young man's life was described.
Wen Wan couldn't describe the feeling in her heart, she just felt her eyes were very sore.
When a person dies, there is nothing left.
It was getting dark, and Agui took two brothers and temporarily placed the little guard's body in the woodshed.
Before they could even have a sip of tea, another wave of thieves arrived.
Fatigue, numbness, sleepiness, and the fear of death tormented everyone left in the yard.
Including Wenwan.
For a moment, she even felt a sense of regret.
She originally wanted to stay and help Chen Yu, but she was going to die in this house without even seeing him. Was she wrong to stay?
It was her who overestimated her own abilities.
Seeing another guard fall down, even Agui's arm was injured.
Wen Wan felt that they might not be able to withstand this wave of attacks from thieves.
Just as the gate of the house was broken down by the thieves, Wen Wan was ready to die bravely when suddenly the sound of horse hooves was heard.
Wen Wan looked up and saw a group of people running towards them holding torches and swords.
The leader was Shen Yu.
At that moment, Wen Wan's body suddenly went limp and she fell to the ground.
"He's back."
She finally had the opportunity to show her weakness.
Shen Yu led dozens of his brothers back to fight back, but these thieves who took advantage of the situation were no match for them. They were killed and fled in all directions in one round.
Shen Yu did not dismount but stopped directly in front of Wen Wan. He bent down, grabbed Wen Wan's arm, and pulled her onto the horse with a fierce tug.
"We have to go to Princess Jiarou's mansion immediately."
Wen Wan was stunned, "What's going on?"
The two of them rode together and galloped forward.
On horseback, Shen Yu hurriedly explained, "Many people in the Imperial Capital Guard Camp are sick. The doctor said they have typhoid fever, but they haven't seen any improvement after a long period of treatment."
"Some people discovered that the medicinal materials had deteriorated while they were boiling medicine. They suspected that the royal merchant had replaced them and was passing off inferior products as good ones. That's why they secretly came to our store to buy medicinal materials."
"I used the excuse of delivering medicinal herbs to secretly investigate and discovered that the people in the guard camp were not sick at all, but were poisoned."
Wen Wan was horrified. "At this critical moment, the Imperial Capital Guard Battalion was poisoned?"
"Yes," Shen Yu's expression was also very serious. "At this critical moment, this must not be a coincidence. What's more interesting is, do you know who the new imperial merchant is?"
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