Cao Shulan didn't know how things had suddenly turned out this way. Just a few days ago, she was thinking about marrying Qin Jian as his second wife, but now she was worried that her family might be caught red-handed and the whole family would be imprisoned.
"I'll send people out to investigate right away and find out who's pulling these tricks behind my back!"
She turned to leave, but was stopped by Ma.
"Stop messing around. This matter is complicated. Don't cause trouble for your father. All you can do now is stay in your own yard and not cause any trouble for me and your father. That's enough."
Ma knew her own daughter well, and she knew that her daughter was always unreliable, so she dared not let her do anything at a time like this.
Cao Shulan was somewhat unconvinced, but seeing her mother's serious expression, she obediently nodded.
Jiang Jiuniang got up early to burn incense. Today was the day of the preliminary examination for the young scholars, and she had to pray for Lei Zi and the others.
At noon, I also plan to go to the temple to pray for them to pass their exams smoothly and for nothing to go wrong.
As her aunt, and being away from the capital, this was all she could do.
Peng Yuan knew that Jiang Jiuniang was going to the temple to worship Buddha and wanted to go with her. She said that Qin Jian would accompany her, so Jiang Jiuniang did not refuse and simply asked Lu Baichuan to go with her.
When the news reached Cao Zheng, it was already noon. Cao Zheng was very sensitive and felt that this matter was related to those people in the villa. He had been sending people to keep an eye on them for some time.
However, they always kept a low profile. Apart from Jiang Jiuniang and Lu Baichuan going to the workshop, Qin Jian and Peng Yuan stayed in the mansion all day, seemingly not caring about what was happening outside.
Until today, nothing seemed wrong, but now, they're suddenly going to the temple to burn incense and pray to Buddha. It's all so sudden; there must be something fishy going on.
He was living in fear and couldn't eat or sleep well during this time, afraid that those people would go to them and talk nonsense, which would ruin his life.
Do you know why they suddenly wanted to burn incense and worship Buddha?
Cao Zheng always felt that things were not simple.
"I don't know."
The servant answered truthfully. Cao Zheng's eyes darkened. Since that's the case, then he might as well go all the way and not blame him for being ruthless!
The Cao family has developed to this point, which means they must have some ability. Anyway, there were only four of them at the temple, including a pregnant woman, so it wasn't difficult to deal with them.
Since he was worried that someone would report them to him, he decided to eliminate them all in advance. After all, they were going out on their own, and it was common for them to encounter assassins from the Eastern Court on the road.
After making this plan, Cao Zheng immediately arranged for people to carry it out, instructing them: "Ambush them on their way down the mountain, and leave no one alive!"
Although she knew her daughter liked Qin Jian, at this critical moment of life and death, romantic feelings were a minor matter. If her daughter liked someone like Qin Jian, she could find her someone similar in the future. There was no need to be sentimental at this time.
"yes!"
The assassins responded and lay in ambush on their way down the mountain.
Even so, Cao Zheng was still uneasy, feeling that a storm was brewing.
This seems to be Jiang Jiuniang's first time coming to the temple to offer incense. Temples in this era are not as worldly as they are in later times, where people are always thinking about how to squeeze money out of incense money.
There were also worshippers coming to offer incense at the temple, but not many. The sound of bells, wooden fish drums, and monks chanting sutras could calm people down.
The weather was still a bit cold, so Jiang Jiuniang and Peng Yuan were dressed warmly, while Lu Baichuan and Qin Jian were dressed relatively lightly.
Peng Yuan felt sorry for her husband and wanted to give him her hand warmer.
Qin Jian was both amused and exasperated. He repeatedly assured Peng Yuan that he was really not cold, so Peng Yuan took the hand warmer back.
Many times, Jiang Jiuniang didn't actually believe in these things, but since she had come into this world, she had to believe in many things, so she was very devout when she worshipped. She didn't ask for anything else, just that nothing would go wrong during the exam, like suddenly getting diarrhea or something that would affect her performance.
As for the exam results, she wasn't bragging, but all the children in her family were capable enough to easily pass the preliminary exam, but whether they became scholars or provincial graduates depended on their individual abilities.
"Sister Jiu Niang, I always thought you didn't believe in these things."
Peng Yuan knelt beside him, praying for Qin Jian's safety on his mission and for the safety of the child in her womb. After she finished praying, she turned her head and looked at Jiang Jiuniang playfully.
"It's better to believe it than not to believe it! Anyway, I think everyone will believe it. If someone doesn't believe it, then they must not be old enough yet."
There was a popular term in later generations called "bloodline awakening," right? That's the same idea!
Peng Yuan thought what she said made a lot of sense, so she nodded and said, "Yes, yes, I didn't really believe it before, but now I believe it!"
Before she met Qin Jian, she really didn't care about these things. But after meeting Qin Jian, during the years when she couldn't contact him, she often went to temples to pray, hoping that all the gods and Buddhas would protect Qin Jian and at least let him come back alive.
In those years, she often went to temples outside the capital to donate incense money, and it gradually became a habit. However, after arriving at the border, conditions did not allow it, so she did not enter a temple for a long time.
Two men who had killed countless people on the battlefield knelt beside their wives. They rarely had time to accompany them out for a walk, and instead of finding it troublesome, they found it quite interesting.
Their lives were filled with too much killing, and coming to this Buddhist place seemed to cleanse them of their filth.
The four of them ate a vegetarian meal at the temple before slowly descending the mountain. The two men drove the carriage outside, while Jiang Jiuniang and Peng Yuan sat in the carriage warming themselves by a small stove, looking extremely comfortable.
There's an ambush.
Lu Baichuan suddenly spoke up, and Jiang Jiuniang immediately realized something. She lifted the carriage curtain and saw that there were indeed people in the surrounding woods.
"You all stay hidden and don't come out..."
Before Qin Jian could finish speaking, Jiang Jiuniang interrupted him, saying, "Brother Qin, come in and protect Yuanyuan. She's pregnant and can't be frightened. Leave the people outside to me and Baichuan."
If it weren't for the fact that Peng Yuan was pregnant and it was best to avoid too much medication, she would have simply taken out a small powder and easily solved the problem.
However, it seems she hasn't stretched her muscles in a long time; hitting people would be fun too.
Lu Baichuan patted Qin Jian on the shoulder, telling him to listen to his wife.
Qin Jian knew this wasn't the time to argue. Knowing Jiang Jiuniang's capabilities, he didn't hesitate. He climbed into the carriage, pulled Peng Yuan into his arms, and said, "Be careful."
Don't worry.
Jiang Jiuniang got out of the carriage and sat down with Lu Baichuan. Then she gave him a "sound of landing" pill that she had upgraded.
The assassins seemed to know that the assassins were highly skilled in martial arts and that they would be difficult to defeat in close combat, so they decided to attack from a distance by shooting arrows in the forest.
There were hundreds of people lying in ambush in the woods. The risk of shooting arrows together was quite high. If you weren't careful, you could be shot into a pincushion.
Seeing that Jiang Jiuniang and Lu Baichuan weren't even armed, the assassin became excited and shouted, "Shoot!"
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