Chapter 1299: The Daughter Abandoned During Escape (11)
Chang Shichu never expected that such a big incident would happen at the first banquet hosted by the new chief sent by his superiors: someone sneaked in to carry out assassination, and several people were killed, two of whom were the prefect and the county governor who were appointed together with the new chief, and the others were local wealthy merchants and gentry.
Although these people were not very important figures, they were assassinated at the new commander's banquet, which obviously greatly embarrassed the new commander. The new commander was very angry and immediately sent people to capture the murderer. However, the people he brought with him were either new to Qing'an City and not familiar with it, or they were too useless, so they didn't even see the shadow of the murderer.
The police station had not yet been established, so naturally there were no policemen to help catch the murderer, so it was useless for the new chief to be anxious and angry.
Such a big thing happened at the banquet. Qing'an City had a massacre not long ago. The guests who attended the banquet were naturally scared. How could they dare to stay? Fortunately, the assassination happened in the second half of the banquet. The work of re-establishing the network of relationships had been completed in the first half. So although the guests were scared, they also felt that they had gained something - after all, it was not them who died.
It was not until the next day that Chang Shichu learned that such a big thing had happened in the governor's mansion. Martial law was imposed again in Qing'an City. The streets, which had just regained a little bit of the atmosphere of life, became silent again. Only the people sent by the new governor to search for the murderer were running by in a hurry. The people were like frightened birds, not daring to go out and could only hide at home.
Chang Shichu's rice shop was one of the few shops that was still open, so she learned about this from the people who came to buy rice in a hurry with frightened looks.
But this has nothing to do with her. She just hopes that the murderer can be caught quickly so that everyone's life can return to normal.
But she didn't expect that even if she tried her best to avoid the source of bad luck, trouble would still come to her.
She was kidnapped at the corner of the back door of the Chang family's house. The back door of the Chang family is located in a quiet alley, far less busy than the front street. That's why the man dared to attack her in broad daylight, right?
"Are you Chang Shichu?" The man behind her, holding a dagger against her neck artery, asked in a rough and unpleasant voice.
Chang Shichu's mind raced, and he finally admitted, "I am."
Since this person has found his way here, it means that he already knew her identity and appearance clearly, and now it is just a matter of confirmation.
Sure enough, after hearing her words, the man smiled cruelly and said, "Then go to hell! Who asked you to be someone else's road?"
As he spoke, he exerted force on the arm that was strangling Chang Shichu's neck, and the dagger in his hand flashed with a cold light, as if he was going to cut her artery. It was obvious that he had confirmed her identity and was going to take her life.
How could Chang Shichu die so easily? With lightning speed, she slammed her head back hard, hitting the man behind her in the nose, causing him to feel a sharp pain and dizziness. Then, while he was distracted, Chang Shichu quickly snatched his dagger with her right hand, and slammed her left elbow back hard, hitting him directly in the ribs.
The man behind him suffered two violent collisions in succession and soon lost his ability to move. He was thrown to the ground by Chang Shichu. Although he endured the severe pain and reacted quickly, counterattacking Chang Shichu fiercely, he had already lost the initiative and lost his weapon. He was no match for Chang Shichu at all.
This time it was this man who had the dagger against his neck.
Chang Shichu stared at the man coldly and asked, "Who sent you? Why do you want to kill me?"
The man kept his mouth tightly shut, his cloudy eyes showing a fierce light. He had no intention of answering Chang Shichu's question, nor did he seem to be afraid that this young girl, Chang Shichu, would really kill him.
Chang Shi first saw the man's indifferent look and immediately became even angrier. He gently slashed the man's neck with his dagger, and blood quickly flowed out. The man was a little panicked at this moment: "You can't kill me!"
"You want to kill me, why can't I fight back?" Chang Shichu sneered.
The man choked and fell silent again, but he was not as calm as before. His eyes kept rolling around, and he looked like he was not being honest. Chang Shichu used more force with his hand, and pressed the dagger against his carotid artery: "If I use a little more force, the blood on your neck will gush out... just like killing a pig..."
The man was already frozen. If any other young girl said this, he might not believe it, but since Chang Shichu, who had subdued him, said this, it was very likely. Just when he was trying hard to think of a lie to deceive Chang Shichu, Chang Shichu suddenly said, "Don't even think about lying. If you lie, I can still kill you."
"Okay, I'll tell you, it's the young master of the Wang family. The Wang family is a merchant family that came with the new commander. They also run a rice shop. After they came here, they found that your family had opened several rice shops and the business was very good. He was afraid that his rice shop would not be able to survive here, so he wanted to kill you first and then take the opportunity to take over your shop..." the man answered with difficulty.
"Really?" Chang Shichu narrowed his eyes and stared at the man. Although the reasons given by the man were very real and reasonable, Chang Shichu always felt that this was not the truth and he must be hiding something.
"Really, really! How dare I lie to you? I still want to save my life..." the man said hurriedly.
Seeing the cunning complacency that quickly appeared in his eyes, Chang Shichu finally confirmed that what this man said was false, or half true and half false. The Wang family might really want to kill him and seize the rice shop, but he should not be the only family involved.
"This is your last chance!" Chang Shichu said, "If you don't behave yourself, you'll lose your life."
"I'm telling the truth, you have to believe me!" The man panicked when he saw that Chang Shichu didn't believe him. Sweat broke out on his forehead and he insisted that what he said was the truth.
Chang Shichu sneered, then made a slight movement with his hand and said, "Since you want to die, I will grant your wish."
As soon as she finished speaking, blood gushed out from the man's neck. An expression of disbelief appeared on the man's face, and his eyes were full of fear. However, it was too late. He covered his neck, gurgled a few times, and fell down. He twitched a few times before he died completely.
Chang Shichu was just about to take advantage of the fact that no one was around to dispose of the body in the space, but suddenly there was a sound of wind blowing behind him, and someone's light and quick footsteps were heard. Chang Shichu instantly threw the body into the space, and before he had time to deal with the bloodstains on the ground, he suddenly turned around to face the person behind him!
(End of this chapter)
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