Chapter 14 Arrows

Ming Huachang was so frightened that she didn't make a sound. Ming Huazhang and Xie Jichuan were entangled with Jiang Ling outside, when suddenly a scream came from the yard. Ming Huazhang was startled and immediately ran into the yard.

When Ming Huazhang entered the house, he first saw Ming Huachang standing motionless at the door, and then he saw the bloody eyes inside the house. His eyes were like lacquer, and he could not see the temperature. He covered Ming Huachang's eyes and said, "Don't look at it, come out first."

Ming Huashang was staring at the corpse when a warm, dry hand suddenly blocked her view. She smelled the cold fragrance on the other person and realized it was Ming Huazhang.

Ming Huashang's body, immersed in shock, slowly relaxed and she turned around under Ming Huazhang's force. Darkness enveloped her eyes and she could not see anything clearly. She was instinctively afraid when she raised her feet, but she felt at ease when she thought that the person next to her was Ming Huazhang.

She completely gave her body to Ming Huazhang and let him lead her. Ming Huachang clumsily stepped over the threshold and felt a gust of wind blowing towards her. She stopped beside them and said, "Jingzhan, what's wrong?"

The chest behind him vibrated slightly, and Ming Huazhang's cold and beautiful voice rang out: "Someone has been to this yard. You will understand from what you see inside."

Xie Jichuan glanced at Ming Huazhang's half-folded hands holding Ming Huashang's, and without saying a word, he lifted his clothes and walked into the room. Jiang Ling followed to see the excitement. He saw Ming Huazhang covering Ming Huashang's eyes with a very cold expression, and he exclaimed, "What's wrong? Are you blind?"

Ming Huashang was originally immersed in the confusion of being stared at by two blood holes. After hearing Jiang Ling's words, all those emotions disappeared instantly. Ming Huashang pushed Ming Huazhang's hand away and glared at Jiang Ling unhappily: "Who are you talking about? You are the one who is blind!"

Ming Huashang held Ming Huazhang's fingers with both hands, and her back unconsciously leaned against Ming Huazhang. From the outside, it looked like she was held in Ming Huazhang's arms. Jiang Ling thought that the two were twin siblings, and didn't care about their overly intimate posture. He walked inside curiously: "You are fine, so why did you scream so loudly just now?"

Jiang Ling strode over the threshold and just after taking two steps, he came face to face with a face. He was stunned and took a breath: "Wow, it turns out that your yard is so exciting."

Ren Yao sat paralyzed on the bed, unable to respond for a long time. Xie Jichuan also saw all this, but he was not obsessed with the dead and immediately started searching the house.

What else is there to worry about if the person is dead? He is more concerned about whether there is someone hiding in the house.

Jiang Ling saw the murder scene up close. Although he was horrified, his eyes were also bright with excitement. There was a dead person lying under the quilt. This was too exciting. He couldn't help but move closer to take a look. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Ren Yao sitting stupidly on the ground. He nudged him with his arm: "Hey, what's wrong with you?"

Ren Yao was finally awakened from her nightmare. She thought of the corpse not far behind her, and her back became stiff. She wanted to leave quickly, but she couldn't move no matter what. Jiang Ling couldn't bear it anymore, so he reached out and pulled her up.

As soon as he started, Jiang Ling found that Ren Yao looked like a tomboy, but her body was not completely masculine, and her arms were still slender.

Seeing her face pale with fear, Jiang Ling did not have the heart to bother her with beating the baby. He patted her shoulder like a brother and said, "This is not something a girl should see. Go outside and get some fresh air."

Seeing that Ren Yao had no reaction, Jiang Ling decided to be a good person and send Ren Yao out.

After he went out, he found that the brother and sister were still leaning against each other, especially Ming Huashang, who put all her weight on Ming Huazhang, staring at the sky without moving, looking very dull. Ming Huazhang supported her patiently without urging her at all.

Jiang Ling glanced at Ming Huashang and asked casually, "Ming Erlang, is your sister stupid?"

Ming Huashang was startled by the loud voice and finally came back to her senses. Only then did she realize that she was leaning on Ming Huazhang's arms. She quickly stepped back and said awkwardly, "Thank you, second brother."

Ming Huazhang said calmly, "It was my fault that you saw all this. I failed to protect you. Is there anything else that makes you uncomfortable?"

Ming Huashang shook her head. She must have been scared when she first saw the corpse, but after the shock, she fell into a state of neither floating nor not floating, as if she was no longer Ming Huashang. The dead woman was looking at her in despair, as if she wanted to plead with her, and also as if she was cursing her.

This feeling was very mysterious, and Ming Huashang didn't know how to describe it. To outsiders, it looked like she was petrified.

Seeing that Ming Huachang had calmed down, Ming Huazhang said, "Then you rest here first. I'll go in and take a look."

Ming Huashang nodded woodenly. Ming Huazhang settled her down. His icy face remained calm. He walked into the room without hesitation and squatted in front of the couch to examine the corpse.

The bad news was that they knew the deceased. She was the maid who lived in the same courtyard with Wei Zi and whom they had questioned during the day.

Jiang Ling also followed in. He came up behind Ming Huazhang and asked, "Isn't this the maid we asked during the day? This time Wei Zi is looking for her to be a scapegoat? Then why did she appear in your yard?"

This is a good question. Ming Huazhang had some vague thoughts in his mind, but before he could sort out his thoughts, a loud shout suddenly came from behind him.

Ren Yao's scream was so horrible that it startled many people. People from other courtyards came to see what was going on. They saw the door was wide open, so they walked in naturally, and saw a dead body with its eyes gouged out.

"This, this..." The young man looked at Ming Huazhang, then at Ming Huashang and Ren Yao who were standing outside the door.

, extremely shocked, "How come there are dead people here? Did you kill them?"

He thought of another possibility, and his eyes became more terrified: "Or is it that there is a ghost among you?"

This was really too absurd. Ming Huashang could no longer bear it and said, "My dear, don't say such nonsense. You have been familiar with the books of sages since you were a child. Do you really believe in such nonsense as snakes and ghosts killing people?"

"Then how do you explain the corpse in your house!" he said in fear, "There is no one walking outside today, except you!"

A circle of people gathered outside to watch the excitement. Someone said, "Yes, Lian Xin didn't see anyone today. Only these few people insisted on talking to Lian Xin. Oh, Ming Er Niang and Ren Niang were at the scene when Chi Lan died. Wei Zi also saw Ming Er Niang before the accident! These three dead people are all related to Ming Er Niang!"

The three dead had seen Ming Huashang before they died. This was an unpleasant coincidence. The young master retreated again and again, looking at Ming Huashang as if he were a monster: "Are you a human or a ghost? Could it be that the phrase "whoever sees me will die" does not mean that whoever the dead sees will die, but whoever sees you will die?"

This is really ridiculous, Ming Huashang herself didn't know she had such ability. Ren Yao had just gotten over the shock and hadn't calmed down when he heard these nonsense.

She was angry and hateful, and shouted: "Bullshit! Who wants to see ghosts? Can we blame it?"

The crowd was already restless, and Ren Yao's scolding only added fuel to the fire. The crowd was seized by fear and believed only what they wanted to believe, and their emotions all poured into Ming Huashang, who was physically weak but had a beautiful appearance.

"It must be her. She is the one who brought the bad luck! She must have been possessed by a ghost a long time ago."

"Yes, otherwise, why does she seem not scared at all even though she encounters ghosts so often?"

The crowd was talking about Ming Huashang, and the more they talked, the more excited they became. Suddenly, a man walked out of the house. He was tall and heroic, and his noble face was full of coldness, especially his eyes, which were as black as a cold pond. Without saying a word, his cold and majestic demeanor was already overwhelming.

Everyone's voices unconsciously lowered. Ming Huazhang slowly scanned the crowd and said, "I was also there when these three people died. Why don't you suspect me?"

Ming Huazhang stood upright, with slender limbs, broad shoulders and long legs. His hands were clearly bony. Even people who had never heard of Ming Jia Yulang could tell that he was quite skilled in martial arts.

People always follow the crowd, but they also tend to bully the weak and fear the strong. Under the absolute suppression of force, those malicious and extreme people who broke out of the cage soon calmed down. No one dared to answer. The young man who first suspected Ming Huashang felt a little sorry and said with all his strength: "I also have reasonable suspicions. After all, she always appears at the scene first, which is too suspicious."

Ming Huazhang stood in front of Ming Huashang. He did not make any extra movements, but just a few steps were enough to make his position clear: "She is the only young lady in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and also my sister. As long as I am here, I will never allow anyone to bully her. If you want to do anything to her, you have to step over my body first."

"Alright." A clear and elegant voice came from behind the door and window. Xie Jichuan lifted his coat and went out. He smiled at the people who were clearly divided and confronting each other, and said, "Whether it was a human or a ghost who killed people, new deaths have appeared, which means that the death transmission is still continuing. Why should we not rush to catch the mastermind and fight among ourselves first? It's late at night, and it may not be safe outside. Everyone, go back. If there is anything, it will not be too late to discuss it after meeting the princess and the King of Wei tomorrow."

Originally, no one dared to break up with Ming Huazhang, but now that Xie Jichuan had smoothed things over, they walked down the stairs and soon dispersed.

Ming Huashang finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the people at the gate of the courtyard gradually disperse.

Fortunately, there was Ming Huazhang. If she had gone to the banquet alone, I'm afraid she would not have had a good ending tonight. Even if these people didn't dare to lynch her for the sake of the Duke of Zhenguo, but locking her up for "cooperating with the investigation", locking her up for one night or freezing her for one night, would be enough for Ming Huachang to drink a pot of wine.

Especially in this mountain village, being alone is more terrible than being hungry and freezing.

Ming Huashang slowly breathed a sigh of relief and said earnestly to Ming Huazhang in front of him: "Thank you, brother."

Ming Huazhang glanced coldly at the outside of the courtyard, took off his cloak, and covered Ming Huashang with it. Even though Ming Huazhang was tall and thin, his clothes were too big for Ming Huashang, and instantly covered Ming Huashang's entire body.

Ming Huashang stretched out her hand from under her wide sleeves and silently tightened the laces.

Ren Yao was not afraid of those fools who only bullied the weak and deceived themselves. She did not need to wait for her father and brother to rescue her. She had a gun in her hand, so she could just fight. However, at this moment, seeing the silent warmth between Ming Huazhang and Ming Huashang, she suddenly felt a little lonely.

Is this what it feels like to have family?

Xie Jichuan silently watched Ming Huazhang tie Ming Huashang's clothes. When he was done, he coughed lightly, diverting everyone's attention to himself, and said, "Whether it's a human or a ghost behind the scenes, it's obvious that he's targeting us now. What should we do with the guy in the room?"

Ming Huazhang pondered for a moment and said, "It's dark now. It's probably useless to look for Princess Taiping. Let's put the dead aside for now. The most urgent thing is to find a safe place for them."

Ming Huashang and Ren Yao's house was filled with corpses, so it was definitely uninhabitable. But even if there was still a difference between brother and sister, Ming Huashang couldn't live with them. Xie Jichuan thought about it and said, "Why not let them move back to our previous guest house?"

This time, the two of them were staying in one courtyard. Ming Huazhang and Xie Jichuan originally lived in another residence, but Ming Huazhang was worried about Ming Huashang, so he moved in with her. Ming Huazhang still frowned after hearing this: "It's not appropriate. Since the other party was able to transfer us out and put the dead body in the room without anyone noticing, it shows that he knows the villa very well. It may not be safe for the two of them to live outside."

Jiang Ling had been "catching ghosts" in the house. Hearing this, he stuck his head out and said, "I have several rooms in my yard. It's spacious enough, and I have babies patrolling at night. How about you move to my place?"

In the past, Ming Huazhang would have rejected it without even thinking about it, but this time he hesitated. Ming Huachang stretched out his fingers from under his clothes and quietly hooked them around Ming Huazhang's clothes: "Second brother, I think it's okay."

Jiang Ling's father was the right-hand man of Princess Taiping. He was superior to everyone else in Feihong Garden, and his courtyard was absolutely magnificent. Of course, Ming Huashang was not seeking enjoyment, but was mainly interested in the lynx.

There is a traitor in Feihong Garden, Ming Huachang no longer trusts the so-called "guards" in the villa. People will deceive them, but animals will not.

It's a dark, windy night with heavy snow covering the mountains. What could be more reassuring than a big cat that is alert, cunning by nature and good at ambush hunting?

Ming Huazhang also thought of this, which was why he hesitated. But Ming Huazhang was still worried. Jiang Ling and they had no close relationship, no fate, why did he kindly invite them to stay?

Ming Huazhang's eyes were still sharp and cold, and he asked, "Thank you, Prince Jiang, for your kindness. But we are not related, so why should we trouble you like this?"

"It's okay." Jiang Ling didn't hear Ming Huazhang's probing. He waved his hand heroically, revealing his real intention. "I waited expectantly all night last night, but the ghost didn't come to me. The guards said that I had too much yang energy. I think so too. Ming Erniang has encountered ghosts in three places in a row, so she must have a lot of yin energy. If you move to my yard, maybe you can attract the ghost here. I haven't seen a living ghost yet!"