Xu Huaiyu escaped. Undoubtedly, the power of the thunderbolt was too great. Xu Huaiyu's maid and her mistress relied on the thunderbolt to break through the encirclement.
As the firelight faded, Zheng Yong and the others counted the four men in black they had captured, which was a decent result.
Yinzhen said he would take people back to the Ministry of Justice that very night for interrogation, so as to bring the escaped Xu Huaiyu to justice as soon as possible.
The group left quickly, and the villa returned to tranquility.
Nan Yi changed out of her eunuch's robes. It was already late at night, and she was very hungry, but she did not see Qingyun.
Where did that girl go? She told Qingyun to hide beforehand to avoid being accidentally hurt. With such a loud commotion in the courtyard, everyone has left. Why is she still hiding and not coming out?
Walking south towards the servants' quarters, turning through two corridors, the row of houses behind was dark and cold in the deep night, and the large garden was silent.
She tightened her collar. Nan Yi, who was never afraid of the dark, suddenly shivered. For some reason, she felt a sense of unease.
You're overthinking it.
Nan Yi shook his head, shaking off the faint, ominous feeling in his mind, and quickened his pace toward Qingyun's room.
"Qingyun, everything's alright now, you can come out." Nan Yi knocked on the door.
The room was quiet, and Qingyun did not respond.
There are clearly people here, why aren't they answering?
Nan Yi was about to push the door open when his wrist froze in mid-air. Besides Qingyun, there were two other faint breaths coming from inside the room. The breaths were hidden and sometimes there, sometimes there, as if they were being deliberately controlled.
No, even if it were Granny Qiu and the others, why would they deliberately change their breathing? That doesn't make sense.
Or... Xu Huaiyu, who had fled, returned.
Oh no, terribly terribly terribly.
The thought of this possibility made Nan Yi's neck hair stand on end. She looked around and realized that she didn't have any suitable weapons. The short blade she had for self-defense was not suitable for fighting.
Oh no, Qingyun and the others are unarmed, I hope nothing bad happens to them.
Nan Yi was so anxious that she broke out in a cold sweat. She knew that this was not the time to panic, and she couldn't lose her composure.
Li Yi and Li Er, who had been secretly protecting Nan Yi, quietly appeared behind Nan Yi. Nan Yi turned around and waved to them, signaling them not to act rashly.
Xu Huaiyu is no kind man. If Qingyun falls into his hands, he might be lucky enough to become a hostage and have a sliver of hope to survive, but if...
No, everything is fine.
She anxiously tried to think of a way to deal with the situation. Inside the house, Qingyun, who was being held hostage, ripped at the black-clad woman who was covering her mouth from behind.
"Let me go."
"Shut up, or I'll kill you!" Qingyun struggled incessantly, and the woman holding her hostage threatened impatiently.
"Hmm~"
Qingyun struggled even more fiercely. She wasn't afraid of losing her life, but her master absolutely couldn't be harmed. She also didn't know what had happened to Granny Qiu, Xiao Shunzi, or Huan'er, or whether they had suffered any harm at their hands.
"Master, Master must not fall into the hands of bad people!" Qingyun cried out frantically, trying to warn his master outside.
When Yan Liuer saw that Qingyun was oblivious to the danger, her patience ran out, the assassination attempt failed, countless companions were killed or wounded, and only one or two escaped.
She was unwilling to give up. She had inquired beforehand and knew that this place was the fourth prince's villa, where one of his concubines was temporarily staying.
She seems to be very favored.
If they can't kill the prince, killing his concubine is a piece of cake. This concubine deserves her misfortune; she must make her pay for the deaths of her fallen comrades.
Hmph, no wonder she hurt innocent people. Who told her to be a member of the royal family and to happen to live in a separate residence?
"Ah~" Yan Liuer suddenly screamed in pain. In her anger, she slapped Qingyun on the head with her backhand.
Qingyun's body crashed onto the tables and chairs in the room. In the intense pain, her vision went black for a moment. This was her chance. She bit her lip, forcing herself to stay awake, and screamed, "Master, run!"
Hearing Qingyun's screams from inside the room, Nan Yi kicked open the door in a fit of rage and rushed in, shouting, "Qingyun, how are you?"
"Master, please leave quickly, don't worry about me." Qingyun's eyes reddened when she saw her master rushing into the room. "Please leave quickly."
"Where are you going? Do you think your master is such a heartless person?" Nan Yi said anxiously. Hearing that Qingyun's voice was coming from not far away, she hurried over. "Girl, are you alright?"
"master……"
"Slap, slap, slap," three slaps rang out, and Yan Liuer lit a tinderbox in her hand and slowly stepped out.
Li Yi and Li Er flashed to stand in front of Nan Yi, their long swords held horizontally in front of their chests, glaring angrily at Yan Liuer who emerged from the darkness.
Dressed in black, Yan Liuer removed her face mask. Hatred twisted her face into a ferocious expression, and her eyes flashed with cold light. "What a touching display of master-servant affection! It's a pity that your bond can only be continued in the underworld."
"Master." Qingyun tugged at Nan Yi's sleeve in fear, but tried to get up and stand in front of his master.
This girl was trembling with fear, yet she still wanted to protect her.
Nan patted her shoulder, saying it was good that she was alright. Without the restraint, she felt a great sense of relief.
She has a natural love for adventure; the more dangerous something is, the more it excites her.
Otherwise, Yinzhen would always scold her for being restless.
Nan Yi smiled and comforted Qingyun, "Don't be afraid. With your master here, no one can hurt you. They're just two stray dogs."
She stood up and raised her voice to mock someone on the roof beam, "You're right, Young Master Xu."
Yan Liuer pointed her sword southward and roared, "Shut up! Who are you calling a stray dog? Believe me or not, I'll kill you right now!"
"I don't believe you. You don't have that ability." Nan Yi said with a light laugh. It wasn't that she looked down on Xu Huaiyu. This person's skills were on par with hers. So what if there was another maid? Li Yi and Li Er were not just for show. Three against two, she had nothing to fear.
Perhaps at this moment, Nan Yi would be grateful for the Fourth Master's arrangement of bodyguards for her; otherwise, tonight would have been in jeopardy.
"you……"
"Fourth Madam, you're far too confident. Do you think you can convince me with just those two good-for-nothings in front of you?" Xu Huaiyu jumped down from the beam, glancing disdainfully at Li Yi and Li Er. "If it were the other one, I might have believed you."
Li Yi and Li Er, who were called good-for-nothings, stared at Xu Huaiyu with extremely unfriendly eyes, and slowly raised the sword in their hands.
"Don't rush," Nan Yi said, pulling Qingyun up from the ground. "Go find Granny Qiu and the others, then find a place to hide."
"Master, please be careful." She knew her master's ability to appear and disappear unpredictably, and knew that she was a burden. Staying would only hinder her master, so she decided to go find Xiao Shunzi to report back to the manor.
"I know, be good, hide well." Nan Yi pushed Qingyun out of the room.
"She can't leave," Yan Liuer tried to stop her.
Whether you leave or not is not up to you.
Nan Yi sneered. She glanced around the room and kicked away the chair beside her. "The space here is too small. We can't really move around freely. Why don't we go outside and have a match?"
"Do you think I'm stupid? Go outside, those guards are just sitting around doing nothing."
"You're stupid. You ran away, so why did you come back? You've practically walked into a trap, delivered yourself to my doorstep. I'll just accept it without ceremony." Nan Yi laughed loudly. "Li Yi, Li Er, take them down."
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