In the front yard, Xiao Jinyu and Xue Deyi were fighting, while in the back yard, Jin Jinzhi was questioning someone.
The palace is about to hold a first birthday banquet for the little princess, but the assassin in the sack who tried to kill her last time has not yet been caught.
We have absolutely no leads. If this criminal gang waits until the princess's first birthday party to strike again, there will be many people around, making it much harder to catch them, and the princess may even be in danger.
"Who was the person who carried the sack and tried to murder the little princess on the day of the Lantern Festival?" Jin Jin asked the guards who were on duty that night. Fortunately, they had all been knocked unconscious, and the assassin was probably in a hurry to carry out the assassination and did not take the lives of these guards.
"I didn't see it, it definitely wasn't me!" a guard shouted.
Jin Jinzhi was stunned when she heard this.
"Isn't that obvious?!" Jin Jin wondered to herself, how were these guards selected in the first place?
He's bad at martial arts, can't beat assassins, and can't even speak clearly.
"I didn't say it was you."
"Didn't you two fight? You have no recollection of it at all?"
"You don't even know, how can you ask us?!" The guard, seeing that Jin Jinzhi's expression was not good, shouted again, feeling very aggrieved.
Jin Jinzhi was about to ask another question when, before she could even utter a word, the guard suddenly wiped away his tears, looking pitiful, and started crying.
Jin Jinzhi...
[It's simply unbearable to look at.]
What is all this nonsense?!
He didn't ask anything specific; he just wanted the young guard to describe the assassin's appearance and build.
"Alright, stop crying. A real man shouldn't be so shameful!" another guard said, trying to comfort him.
"Waiter, he's being mean to me!"
"I've never been yelled at before in my life!" The guard cried even harder, and the guard called Xiao Er hugged the wailing guard.
"Little San, don't cry. Little Er is here with you. Ah, what happened that day wasn't your fault. We were just too weak to win. Don't cry. Pat your head."
Jin Jin sighed helplessly. "So bad, and yet so self-righteous about it."
He frowned, recalling what it looked like that day, "The assassin was dressed in all black, and had a thin build..."
"There seems to be a plum blossom mark on your neck," a guard who hadn't spoken until now said from the corner.
"The mark of plum blossoms?"
The guard nodded, narrowing his eyes slightly. "During the fight, I grabbed the other person's collar and, as far as I remember, saw a plum blossom mark."
Jin Jinzhi nodded. "Okay, I understand."
"You may leave now."
...
Watching the two fight, Yun Duoduo opened her mouth and rubbed her eyes.
What's going on here?!
She once dreamed of roaming the world with a sword, rescuing damsels in distress, indulging in the life of a hero, and experiencing the life of someone who lives on the edge of a knife.
But now she knows that murder is a crime.
Xiao Jinyu uses a bow and arrow, while Xue Deyi uses a red spear. The two weapons cannot be used against each other, so the two are currently fighting empty-handed, using their fists and feet.
At first, the two fought quite well, exchanging blows and countering each other's moves. But as the fight progressed, their punches and kicks gradually lost their rhythm and structure.
"The Xiao family's martial arts skills are inherently inferior to the Xue family's. You Xiao family's cooking is something we can't even criticize?!" Xue Deyi sneered.
"Our Xue family has produced officials who served three dynasties, and my grandfather was the Left Prime Minister of the current dynasty!"
"You can say whatever you want, but you can't talk about the Xiao family!"
Xiao Jinyu struck out with a palm, and Xue Deyi, while dodging, pushed off with his feet. Suddenly, the two of them fell to the ground together, gripping each other's hands and gritting their teeth.
[Jin Jinzhi, come quick! There's someone causing trouble with weapons here!]
[Ah, no, it's barefoot and unarmed fighting!]
She stayed inside the house the whole time, unaware of what had caused Xiao Jinyu and Xue Deyi to fight.
"Ouch! Watch out for my hair!"
Seeing that Xue Deyi's foot was about to touch the hibiscus planted to the side, Yun Duoduo called out anxiously.
Her sweet, childlike voice had no aggression or penetrating power. The two were wrestling on the ground and didn't hear Yun Duoduo's anxious cries at all.
"Oh dear!" Yun Duoduo slapped her thigh in frustration.
[A lone cloud hangs in the northwestern sky; I tell you to stop, so stop!]
[321, stop immediately!]
"Stop!" Yun Duoduo shouted in her childish voice, but no one paid any attention to her. Xiao Jinyu and Xue Deyi continued their fierce fight.
Seeing the two glaring at each other, Aunt Xiang cried out anxiously, "Hey, stop fighting!"
As they were talking, a flash of sword light appeared and forcefully separated the two.
"What are you doing?!" Jin Jinzhi appeared in front of the group, looking at Xiao Jinyu and Xue Deyi.
"His Majesty's decree is to protect the little princess's safety. What, are you going to disobey the decree?!"
"I've only been in the backyard for less than half an envoy, and you've already started fighting?!"
"Is he a little kid who needs an adult to watch him?!"
Upon hearing Jin Jinzhi's words, Yun Duoduo couldn't help but burst out laughing.
The group of people were all under thirty years old, teenagers, yet they spoke like adults. However, she had to admit that Jin Jinzhi was indeed precocious, with mature and steady thoughts and actions, completely unlike what a boy of that age should be like.
Upon hearing Jin Jinzhi's words, Xiao Jinyu and Xue Deyi gradually calmed down and realized that they had done something wrong. They lowered their heads and returned to their posts.
Xiao Jinyu was furious. [If Xue Deyi speaks ill of the Xiao family again, I will not let him off easily!]
He lightly touched the ground and returned to the rooftop.
Watching his fluid movements, Yun Duoduo felt a pang of envy. "Wow, is this the legendary 'water-skimming skill'?"
Xue Deyi, holding the Red Spear, stood in the corner and licked the blood from the corner of his mouth. "Ouch, that hurts!"
"Auntie, is the little princess alright?" After separating the two, Jin Jinzhi quickly came over to check on Yun Duoduo. He carefully examined Yun Duoduo's arms and forearms, and looked at her head.
Thankfully, the girl wasn't hurt.
"It's alright, we're just standing here at a distance, they didn't hurt the little princess."
"That's good." Jin Jinzhi nodded.
Yun Duoduo's attention was entirely focused on the ravaged hibiscus flowers in the yard. "Waaah, my beloved Fafa..."
Looking at Yun Duoduo, who was pouting and looking sad and regretful, Jin Jinzhi followed Yun Duoduo's gaze and saw that two flowers had been trampled.
Jin Jinzhi glanced at Xiao Jinyu, then at Xue Deyi. Both of them felt uneasy under his intense gaze and turned their heads away, avoiding his eyes.
...
The Changqiu Palace was bustling with activity.
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