Chapter 15 Do You Know What This Is?
A quarter of an hour later, there were corpses everywhere in the open space in the woods. All of them died from being stabbed through the heart by a sword. The leader's shirt was missing, and the skin on his chest was bloody. The same parts of the other assassins had their skin and flesh scraped off.
Chen Ting climbed onto his horse expressionlessly, and returned home carrying the heavy sword that was still dripping with blood.
The assassins didn’t delay him for too long, and when they stepped into Xuanji Courtyard, Shen Wangshu was having lunch.
"Madam, the general is back!" The maid had just finished speaking when the light at the door was blocked by a tall figure.
The man stood at the door and did not come in immediately, so Shen Wangshu had to put down his chopsticks and go to greet him: “Husband, you are back.”
As she got closer, she smelled a bloody smell. She then saw that Chen Ting's clothes were stained with blood, and the heavy sword behind him was dripping with blood all over the ground.
Shen Wangshu didn't have much of an appetite to begin with, and she had finally coaxed herself into eating two mouthfuls of food when this man came back covered in blood, which made her very sick to her stomach.
Chen Ting's expression was not right - although they had only been in contact for less than twelve hours, Shen Wangshu could already distinguish the various emotions on this expressionless face.
Although he didn't say anything, his lips were tightly pursed, which was not his normal relaxed state.
Resisting nausea, Shen Wangshu asked anxiously and worriedly: "Husband, what happened? Why is there so much blood? Are you injured?"
Chen Ting didn't say anything. He waved his hand and a thin piece of bloody flesh fell from his sleeve.
There is a faintly visible flying swallow tattoo on this piece of skin... What kind of animal skin is this? It's clearly human skin!
Shen Wangshu looked at him in amazement. She couldn't imagine where Chen Ting suddenly got a piece of human skin from and threw it in front of her so aggressively, as if he was going to hold her accountable.
“Do you know what this is?” The man stared at her coldly with his dark and sharp eyes, as if he wanted to find some flaws in Shen Wangshu’s face.
The common symbol of these assassins is the flying swallow tattoo. They speak standard Mandarin, and their body shapes and attack methods are also the usual ones of the Great Zhou. This can rule out the possibility that they are revengeful by the northern barbarians or the Hu people. No family in Mobei would have such a tattoo. The assassin leader is very tight-lipped and did not reveal any information until his death...
Although they were targeting him, Chen Ting's intuition told him that these assassins were related to his newlywed wife, whose identity was a mystery.
So he came back covered in blood and deliberately threw the Feiyan tattoo in front of her, but her reaction was quite different from what he had imagined - although she was a little panicked, she obviously recognized it. She knew it was human skin, and while she was surprised, she also began to be a little afraid of herself.
But she had no reaction to the flying swallow tattoo.
She doesn't recognize the tattoo?
Shen Wangshu didn’t see any clues from Chen Ting’s face, but he keenly realized that this man was testing him... Could it be that these assassins were related to her? ?
“This looks like human skin, husband,” Shen Wangshu observed his expression and asked tentatively, “Did you… encounter it on the way back just now?”
"This kind of assassins can only be trained by the aristocratic families in the capital," Chen Ting said coldly, "They tried to intercept and kill me on my way back, but I killed them all, leaving no one alive."
He said this deliberately. If Shen Wangshu knew these assassins, he would have a somewhat different reaction when he heard that no one would be left alive, right?
However, she was only surprised for two seconds, then nodded and said, "I'm glad that my husband is okay. Have you found out who is behind this?"
"No, but we should find out soon." Chen Ting drew out his heavy sword from behind, picked up the piece of human skin with the tip of the sword, and handed it to the servant beside him: "Keep it."
His wife's reaction was normal. Apart from being much bolder than he had imagined, there was nothing special about it - it seemed that she really didn't recognize the tattoo.
Chen Ting let go of the topic.
Seeing him striding into the house, Shen Wangshu wrinkled his nose, took a step sideways to block him, and said softly: "Are you hungry, my husband? I'll ask the kitchen to make some hot food. You go take a shower first, and you can eat when you come out."
Covered in blood and dust, not only did he dirty the door, he even wanted to come into the house... No way!
Chen Ting looked at her. His wife's face was full of concern. There was nothing unusual on her face. She was considerate and even offered to give him more food.
But he inexplicably felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. In the end, he gave up thinking and turned to go to the ear room.
After Chen Ting left, all the maids and servants in the room, who had never seen such a bloody scene, breathed a sigh of relief. The atmosphere was depressing and stagnant, and they didn't even dare to breathe, for fear that the general would get angry and kill someone with his sword without saying a word.
"Taohonglvliu, ask someone to clean the door, and then go to the kitchen and tell them to make some dishes that the general likes." Shen Wangshu glanced at Chen Ting's back as he walked away and gave the order lightly.
When the two little girls said yes, their voices were trembling, and they looked very scared.
In comparison, Mei Xue and Wu Tong were much calmer, especially Mei Xue. Seeing their disappointing appearance, she chuckled and said, "Don't worry, the general doesn't have the habit of killing people indiscriminately. If he really did, it would be that person who deserved to die. You haven't done anything wrong, so why are you so scared?"
Wutong asked someone to bring clean bowls and chopsticks, and took away the cold dishes. He said, "Madam, please have some hot dishes with the general later. You didn't eat much just now."
In front of the two big maids, Taohong and Lvliu's performance was really not good enough. The servants of the former Duke's Mansion were happy to watch the joke. Shen Wangshu pinched Taohong's shoulders, who was at a loss after being ridiculed, and said softly: "Go, don't be afraid."
Encouraged by her master, Tao Hong gained great courage. Her body stopped shaking and her voice became more stable: "Yes."
Mei Xue didn't see the two little girls being scared and crying. She pouted her lips in boredom. After being given a warning look by Wu Tong, she stood obediently behind Shen Wangshu.
When Chen Ting came back from bathing, the mess at the door of the room and the entire Xuanji Courtyard had been cleaned up, and even incense had been burned. The bloody smell was gone, leaving only a faint and elegant fragrance.
The ferocity that had been aroused by the stabbing outside was suppressed at once. Chen Ting thought about how he had just behaved, and realized belatedly that it was not a good idea to walk into the house like that.
The food on the table was all freshly served. There were a few meat dishes that he often ate, and some light seasonal vegetables that were placed closer to Shen Wangshu, which should be her favorite.
Completely different from my taste.
Chen Ting thought about it and sat down.
Shen Wangshu sniffed carefully, smelling the scent of bath beans on his body after bathing, and his frown relaxed.
"Husband, please eat quickly." She smiled and served him food with a serving chopstick - she picked up a piece of the green vegetable in front of her with a chopstick.
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