The next day, Xia Tian still took Cuiyun out of the city.
When she was bored in the afternoon, she stepped forward to help serve the porridge. Fu Gui happened to be in her queue.
When Fu Gui saw that it was Xia Tian who served them porridge, he felt happy. After all, only this noble person would fill the porridge to the brim and stir up the porridge at the bottom of the pot when serving it to him.
As the crowd continued to approach, Fu Gui stared at the front. Xia Tian was busy serving porridge with his head down, while Cuiyun was handing him the bowl.
Just when Fu Gui was the only one left in front, the man bent down and yawned, and the dagger at his waist was exposed from under his cotton coat.
Fu Gui frowned, not thinking too much about it, thinking that this person was just trying to protect himself.
As a result, just as the man in front handed over the bowl, his other hand suddenly reached for his waist, pulled out a dagger and was about to stab him. Only then did Fu Gui react. Without thinking, he pushed him out with his elbow.
Cuiyun was so scared that the bowl in her hand dropped to the ground with a bang, and she turned around and hugged Xia Tian.
Fu Gui threw the bowl in his hand away, pounced on the man and pinned him down.
The refugees at the scene were also frightened and screamed.
Just when Muchen reacted and was about to throw the stone in his hand, he didn't expect Fu Gui to move faster and directly knocked him away.
At this moment, Muchen did not dare to be careless and stood closely in front of Xia Tian, fearing that there were accomplices.
Fu Gui over there tied the man up in no time.
By the time Xia Tian figured out what had just happened, the patrolling yamen runners had also arrived.
The yamen runner asked a few questions, and Muchen just said that he would take the man back for further questioning. The yamen runner didn't argue and just left.
Cuiyun saw that the bad guy had been controlled, and then she slowly let go of Xia Tian's hand.
"Madam, are you okay?" Cuiyun asked fearfully. When the dagger flashed just now, she had no time to think about anything and just protected Xia Tian.
"It's okay, don't be afraid!" Xia Tian patted Cuiyun's back to comfort her.
If Fu Gui hadn't reacted quickly just now, it would be hard to say.
After they moved to a safe place, Xia Tian asked someone to call Fu Gui over. "Thank you so much for what you did just now!"
She was sincerely grateful to this person. She didn't expect that such a small act of kindness would save her.
Fu Gui's face was red from the cold. Hearing Xia Tian say this, he quickly waved his hands and said, "I'm glad you're okay!"
He was also shocked just now. He never expected that someone would assassinate this kind-hearted nobleman.
Fortunately, he met me!
Xia Tian smiled and asked, "Fu Gui, are you and your family willing to work for me?"
Fu Gui was stunned for a moment, then he reacted immediately and asked happily, "Sir, are you willing to take us in?"
"It's not about taking me in, it's about helping me. You can sign an employment contract, either a permanent or a living one."
"Thank you so much, sir. Thank you so much, sir." Fu Gui knelt down and kowtowed excitedly.
He knew that this was a noble person helping them because of the help he had just given them, so he was naturally willing to do so.
Their current situation is that they can only barely survive by starving to death, but they are also penniless and have no place to live.
It is hard to say whether they can survive, but the fact that someone is willing to take them in is a blessing of life.
Seeing that Fu Gui agreed, Xia Tian also smiled and said, "Then go and call them all over."
After Fu Gui brought her family over, the whole family knelt down and kowtowed to Xia Tian before happily following her.
Muchen took the assassin to question him.
Xia Tian personally took Fu Gui and his family to Linglong Lane.
Arriving at Linglong Lane, he asked Uncle Chen to arrange accommodation for his family. After explaining the matter, he returned to Wu'an Marquis Mansion with Cuiyun and Mufeng.
In the evening, Muchen came over and said that he had found out the answer.
That person was Zhang Datou's younger brother. At the beginning, he insisted that he came to assassinate Xia Tian in order to avenge his brother.
Later, when Mu Chen was forced to answer, he told the truth. Someone gave him two hundred taels of silver and asked him to kill someone. Regardless of whether he succeeded or not, the money would be used to take good care of his family, and if the government arrested him, they would rescue him.
Zhang Datou's younger brother is also a scoundrel. He usually follows his brother to bully boys and girls and steal things. Now that his brother's leg is broken, the family has lost its source of income.
When someone offered him a large sum of money, he naturally agreed without hesitation.
When asked who gave the silver, he hesitated and couldn't answer.
Xia Tian understood as soon as he heard it. It must be Liu's doing again.
"Cui Ling, go out and ask around. Has anyone from Madam's courtyard left the house yesterday or today?"
"Yes, ma'am." Cui Ling responded and went out.
Cui Ling is not only extremely talented in cooking, but also very popular. She can basically find out anything she wants to know.
After a while, Cui Ling came back.
"Madam, Qiuyue left the mansion yesterday afternoon."
Xia Tian nodded, her guess was correct.
Liu was angry because she lost face in front of Marquis Wu'an yesterday, so she came to take revenge on her.
When Shen Nian came back in the evening, he heard what Mu Chen said and went to find Wu An Hou with a gloomy face.
Marquis Wu'an looked at the thing that Shen Nian handed over, opened it and read it carefully, then looked up at him in disbelief.
"When did you check this? Is the content true?"
"I've been investigating since I returned to the capital, and there's absolutely no falsehood."
What Wu Anhou held in his hand was the evidence of corruption and bribery in Lingxiu Bo's Mansion that Shen Nian had found.
Marquis Wu'an was shocked. He didn't expect that this quiet son could be so experienced.
I felt relieved, but also a little strange. "What do you want to do?"
If the emperor knew about this, although the Lingxiu Marquis's Mansion would not be in any serious trouble, it would still be a serious blow.
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