"Who exactly sent you?"
Xiao Jue couldn't understand why, even though he was already a pawn to be discarded, those people in the capital still wouldn't let him go!
Various forces would send assassins to kill him from time to time. Over the years, he has dodged countless assassination attempts, both overt and covert.
This time, the assassins were much more formidable than before. The guards he brought with him fought with all their might to defeat the other assassins for him.
Now only one assassin remains, but it seems he can't escape.
It seems he might really lose his life here this time...
"Want to know? Then go ask in the underworld!"
The masked man seemed to be mocking his stubborn resistance, and suddenly slashed at him with his large knife!
The knife fell to the ground with a thud when it was still a few centimeters away from Xiao Jue's chest!
A sharp pain shot through his chest. He looked down in disbelief and saw a large knife piercing through his chest.
With a "sizzle," the knife was swiftly pulled out by the person behind him.
A steady stream of blood gushed out from his chest!
He didn't even have time to see who killed him before his body fell backward and he collapsed to the ground.
The scene before him shocked even the well-traveled Xiao Jue!
After this battle, he was already seriously injured and had prepared to die.
Unexpectedly, the masked man with such high martial arts skills was killed by a little girl with a single slash!
When he saw that little face clearly, he was even more incredulous.
"It's you?!"
Lin Yan tossed aside the large knife she had just picked up, pretending not to know his identity, and looked at him with curiosity, arms crossed:
"Hey, we meet again! Every time I see you, you always look injured. Who exactly are you?"
Sensing her mockery, Xiao Jue felt embarrassed and wished she could disappear into the ground.
To cover his embarrassment, he took the jade pendant he always carried from his waist and handed it over.
"Please forgive my rudeness, young lady. My name is Xiao Jue, and I thank you for saving my life once again today. Please take this jade pendant. No matter what difficulties you encounter in the future, you can come to the Prince Su's residence to find me, and I will do my best to help you!"
Lin Yan took the jade pendant, glanced at the multiple wounds on Xiao Jue's body, and decided that she could only see him through to the end.
"Then I won't stand on ceremony. Can you still walk? It's still quite a distance from here to the prefectural city. Do you want me to give you a ride? I have a horse outside the woods. Don't worry, I just got married a few days ago. My husband is young and handsome, and I won't have any improper thoughts about you."
"Then I'll trouble you, young lady! When we arrive at the Prince's residence, I will present you with one hundred taels of silver as a token of my gratitude."
Lin Yan was genuinely happy and smiled; this was exactly what she had been waiting for!
The horses in the Prince's mansion had all been injured by the assassins, leaving only one carriage. She then led the horses over, loaded them into the carriage, and led the people back to the capital.
This time when she entered the city, she found that the guards at the city gates were much stricter than when she had just left the city.
They especially thoroughly investigated people leaving the city.
She knew perfectly well that the affair at Baihualou had likely been exposed!
"Everyone in the car, get out immediately for identification!"
The carriage stopped, and as Lin Yan was contemplating whether to alight, Xiao Jue lifted the curtain and coldly questioned the gatekeeper:
What's going on?
"Your Highness, please forgive us! A murder occurred at the Hundred Flowers Pavilion last night. The murderer is none other than the master of the Thousand Machines Pavilion. Now, the prefect has ordered us to investigate all those who have entered and left the city."
Since the Qianji Pavilion murder case occurred within his jurisdiction, Xiao Jue had paid special attention to it.
However, based on the known evidence, the pavilion master was a tall man, so how could an ordinary peasant girl have such abilities?
"Don't worry, this young lady is my friend. There's no need to check her, and there's no need to check her when she leaves the city later either."
"yes!"
Lin Yan hadn't expected to clear her name so easily, especially considering how much she had prepared last night.
She did this so that she would have an alibi if she were ever investigated, but unexpectedly, it turned out to be useless.
It seems that having power and influence is still the best thing!
The moment Lin Yan entered the Prince's Mansion, she realized that the Wu Residence she had previously seen was nothing special.
Although the Prince Su's mansion was not considered luxurious, its scale was so grand that it occupied a very large area.
Before he had taken more than a few steps, a beautiful young woman rushed over from the front hall. When she saw Xiao Jue being helped by a servant, her face turned pale instantly!
But when she saw Lin Yan beside her, her eyes showed a hint of wariness!
"Your Highness, how did you get injured? And who is this young lady?"
"This young lady is my savior. If it weren't for her, I would be dead outside the city today. Go and fetch two hundred taels of silver to give to this young lady."
After explaining all this, Xiao Jue, clutching his wound, looked at Lin Yan with deep apology and said:
“Miss, my injuries need bandaging, so I cannot entertain you. Rong’er will entertain you in my place. In the future, the Prince’s Mansion will welcome you anytime.”
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Watching his departing figure, Lin Yan couldn't help but click her tongue and shake her head in a sigh:
As expected of the male protagonist in the book, he is always surrounded by beautiful women. I wonder who this Rong'er is.
No wonder the female lead, Shangguan Yun, wanted to run away later!
She looked so arrogant; she certainly didn't seem like someone who could easily accept having multiple wives and concubines.
I just hope they don't end up in their county and have a tragic love story that's impossible to escape...
Fortunately, Xie Muqing was a son-in-law, and his indenture was in her name. If he dared to mention taking a concubine, she would castrate him herself and sell him to the palace!
Thanks to Xiao Jue's previous instructions, Lin Yan was not only not inspected when she left the city gate, but was also given preferential treatment and allowed to pass first.
By the time she arrived at the hot pot restaurant in town, it was already noon. After lunch, she spent the rest of the afternoon busy before slowly riding her horse back to the village.
Even before she arrived in town, the gyrfalcon that had been following her had already returned to the village.
Two large birds were anxiously patting the window. Upon hearing the noise, Xie Muqing immediately went up to the kang (a heated brick bed) and opened the window.
"Where did you go with her? Why are you only returning now?"
"Chirp! Chirp!"
The two large birds proudly raised their little heads and threw everything at their feet onto the windowsill.
After Xie Muqing picked them up, he discovered that they were actually fragments of several bloodstained men's clothes.
Moreover, those pieces of cloth still carried the scent of cosmetics, clearly indicating that they had been torn from a brothel.
Not only that, they also brought back a branch. The bonsai was a royal possession, and now only the Prince Su's Mansion in the entire Baisu City could have such a tree!
Looking at these things, Xie Muqing frowned and muttered to himself:
"What would a woman like her be doing at a brothel? And when did she become acquainted with Prince Su?"
When Lin Yan returned to the village, she found that the villagers were looking at her strangely, and they all seemed to want to say something but couldn't.
"Auntie, what happened in the village?"
"Yan girl, well... you should go home and check on things first. Your live-in husband is such a worry!"
What is Xie Muqing up to now?
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