Chapter 122

After a long time, Mrs. Tan finally said, “Well, I’ll discuss it with my master.”

An Ruoxi’s heart sank. Matchmaker Chen was also taken aback, and said, “Well, Master An made up his mind the day before yesterday.”

Tan said with a smile: “The master said that he is willing to marry, but this marriage also depends on etiquette and sincerity.”

An Ruoxi bit her lip nervously. Matchmaker Chen understood: “Madam thinks it’s inappropriate, just say so. I’ll go back and talk to Madam Xue and let her think about it.”

Mrs. Tan laughed again: “Actually, it’s nothing. It’s just that whether the etiquette is appropriate depends on Mrs. Xue’s intentions. I’ll discuss it with the master again.”

Matchmaker Chen has talked about many relatives, so she naturally understands Tan’s thoughts. She must have thought that the dowry was too small, but if she made it too clear, she might not be happy with the Xue family.

Matchmaker Chen hurriedly agreed: “That’s right, this matter needs to be discussed with Mr. An. Then I’ll go back and report to Mrs. Xue, and wait for the news from Mrs. Xue.”

Tan said: “Let Nanny Chen worry about it. If Mrs. Xue is in a hurry, I hope Nanny Chen can help me with a few words of kindness.” As she spoke, she stuffed a small piece of silver in the past.

Matchmaker Chen hurriedly accepted it, and said happily: “Madam, don’t worry. I will see Mrs. Xue’s face and speak. If Mrs. Xue values ​​this marriage, it is appropriate to show courtesy.”

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Tan knew that Matchmaker Chen understood, and praised her politely.

An Ruoxi slumped outside the window and walked away dejectedly. I was quite sad, but unfortunately there was no one to tell.

Matchmaker Chen left and never came back that day. Tan was busy with trivial matters in the house all day long, An Ruoxi did not have a chance to discuss with her in detail, and in fact, An Ruoxi didn’t know what he could say. She read the gift list, and she thought it was pretty good. It’s just that she feels so useless. It all depends on what parents want.

After An Zhifu returned home, An Ruoxi followed Mrs. Tan. An Zhifu read the list of gifts, and after listening to what Tan said, he also had the same idea as Tan, procrastinating, and thinking about Xue’s family, to see if it is possible to ask for more betrothal gifts. If the Xue family is stingy, then they will give less when returning the dowry.

An Ruoxi heaved a sigh of relief, it would be better if he regretted it again.

When Tan heard that the dowry would be reduced, she gave An Zhifu a wink, implying that her daughter was still here listening. The amount of dowry is related to the interests of the daughter.

An Ruoxi saw it, and hurriedly said: “Father and mother don’t have to worry, the Xue family is a big family, and the daughter did not suffer from hunger and poverty when she married. It is not the most important thing to be more polite. After marriage, the daughter will help If the mother’s family gets more benefits, it must be better than etiquette.”

Tan felt relieved, and praised her daughter for being sensible, An Zhifu also felt relieved, and praised Tan: “It’s better that you teach well. If each room is half as sensible and sensible as you, I will be relieved.”

Mrs. Tan is a little proud, but when she thinks of Mrs. Duan of Sifang, she feels a little embarrassed. Last night, she tentatively asked what An Zhifu meant, and in her opinion, she wanted to drive Mrs. Duan out of the mansion, but An Zhifu pretended not to hear and talked about it elsewhere. Tan’s face was chattering and laughing, but she was determined in her heart to find a chance to get that crazy woman away, don’t be harmed by her.

Xiushan meditation nunnery. Master Jingyuan comforted An Ruofang in the Buddhist hall: “Don’t panic, after a long time, they won’t be able to search, and they won’t keep people here. Maybe come back once in a while, and they won’t find anything. You are here tonight. Rest in the secret room for one night, I will deal with some matters, and when I come back tomorrow, everything will be different. You can go home soon.”

“What is the teacher going to do with it?” Today, An Ruofang is not as scared as she was when she first started running away. The worst outcome is that she has never run away from home. She only hoped that her mother and elder sister would be safe and that she would see them again. I also hope that Master is safe and will not be involved in danger again.

Jing Yuan patted her head, and replied: “Go and remove the obstacles that hinder you from going home.”

Master Jingyuan went to Zhonglan City.

She found out Qian Pei’s two mansions in Fu’an County and Zhonglan City. Qian Pei’s old house in Fu’an County is more tightly guarded, and she is not as familiar with Fu’an County as she is with Zhonglan City, so even though the county government and the military in Zhonglan City are hunting her, Mrs. Jingyuan I still think Zhonglan City is the most suitable place to attack.

Qian Pei is now in Zhonglan City.

Mrs. Jing Yuan knew that Qian Pei was related to the secret organization on the other side of Nanqin. That’s why she didn’t do anything to Qian Pei at the beginning. If Qian Pei had been killed at the beginning, it would have aroused Min Dongping’s suspicion, and because she didn’t care about it at the beginning, she didn’t understand the manpower situation in the entire organization. She was not sure that she could protect An Ruofang, so she stood still.

But now it’s different. Min Dongping is dead, Liu Ze is dead, Tang Xuan is dead, the front line is at war, the hidden spies in the city must be ready to move, the yamen and the military are looking for her, An Ruofang is too dangerous to be with her. At this time, it is just right to kill Qian Pei. An Ruofang returned home safely, what will happen next depends on the fate of this little girl. What she could do, was done for her.

Jingyuan disguised herself as a peasant woman, and entered the city together with the returning farmers and traders at dusk. She first sneaked into the empty courtyard next to Qian’s Mansion. The courtyard was elegant and beautiful, and the furniture was well furnished, but the room was empty. Jing Yuan guessed that this place might have been used by Min Dongping to live in the past. A door away, convenient to act. At this time, there was no one there, and it was just for her to hide and wait.

Jingyuan waited until midnight. She took off her outer garment, and she was wearing night clothes underneath. She covered her head and face with a black hood, only her eyes were exposed. She took the short sword hidden in her sleeve, climbed over the wall, and jumped into Qian’s mansion.

Qian Pei lives in the big house in the south of the east courtyard. Jing Yuan quietly sneaked into the shadows by the wall and approached the east courtyard. The entire mansion was quiet, occasionally seeing the nursing home yawning and sitting on the porch in the garden, Jing Yuan quietly avoided it.

It has been a long time since she killed someone like this, Jing Yuan’s steps are very steady, but the blood all over her body is clamoring for excitement. She wanted to kill someone, so she wanted to kill this person very much. This must be the happiest killing she has had in these years.

East Court has arrived. Jing Yuan jumped in and drew out the dagger. The blade of the sword glowed silver under the moonlight, revealing an extreme desire to be stained with blood.

There was no one in the yard, and none of the houses were lit. Jingyuan walked forward from the shadow of the porch. She was not in a hurry to go straight to the south room, but first inspected the rooms in the courtyard. In the small room next to the south room, two maids were sleeping soundly, one was lying on the bed, and the other was half lying by the door. On the couch, presumably he was on duty at night. Before Qian Pei called someone to wait on him, he went to bed first. There are also two guards who sleep in the hut near the gate of the courtyard.

After Jingyuan finished reading, she went outside the south room, the window was half open, and by the moonlight, she could see a person lying on the bed with her face half sideways, it was Qian Pei.

Great, everything works as expected. Jing Yuan gently pushed the door open. Qian Pei didn’t lock the door. This is normal. In his house, in his yard, surrounded by his servants, he was naturally at ease and bold, and slept peacefully.

Jing Yuan walked in, without saying a word, raised the knife and cut it into Qian Pei’s neck.

Qian Pei was shocked, but before he could react, Jing Yuan raised his hand and made another strike with the sword, the blood on Qian Pei’s neck splashed out, staining Jing Yuan all over. Jing Yuan cut his sword again, almost cutting off his head. She quietly watched Qian Pei’s blood flow profusely, and she felt extremely comfortable. That’s it, that’s what killing feels like.

Jing Yuan had seen enough, rubbed the sword on the quilt to wipe off the blood. Then, her movements stopped.

On the quilt, Qian Pei’s knuckles were thick and covered with calluses.

This is not the hand of a pampered master, the cocoon is obviously formed by long-term bamboo rope weaving or other labor.

Jing Yuan looked at Qian Pei’s face, the blood stained his face so that it was hard to see clearly, Jing Yuan stared at him, this person looks a lot like Qian Pei, she didn’t pay too much attention before the blood stain, but after the blood stain, he really It’s hard to judge.

More and more blood flowed on the ground, soaking Mrs. Jingyuan’s cloth shoes. Master Jing Yuan turned around abruptly and wanted to leave, but at this time there were two guards patrolling outside the door, they saw a man in black coming out, and seeing the blood all over the room, they immediately screamed: “There is an assassin ! There are assassins!”

Without even thinking about it, Jing Yuan swung his sword and slashed. A sword pierced one person’s heart, and the other turned around and ran away. Jing Yuan tapped her toes, and the two jumped up and down in front of the man, and thrust out another sword. The man screamed and brandished his knife to meet him, his mouth went numb with a “clang”, his broadsword was no match for the opponent’s short sword, and he couldn’t hold it any longer. It hurts, but it was slashed by the sword.

The man let out a scream. fell to the ground.

The movement here has already alarmed the guard in the room by the courtyard gate, and the two came out without their coats and holding knives, shouting loudly “there is an assassin”. Jing Yuan pointed at the tip of the sword, tapped her feet and jumped up, beheaded a person with one sword, and didn’t bother to fight, she ran out of the hospital, ready to leave.

As soon as he left the courtyard, he heard a slight sound of breaking through the air behind him, and it was another guard who slapped the courtyard door and released a hidden weapon. Jing Yuan turned around and swung her sword, shooting down the arrow. But there are silver lights in the sky, Jing Yuan knows something is wrong, there are more hidden weapons than this. Jing Yuan swung the dagger and jumped up, but she still couldn’t dodge it completely. She only felt a tingling pain in her right leg and right arm, but it was actually a needle prick.

It must be poisonous. Otherwise, the needle is useless.

Jing Yuan quickly jumped to the side of the tree. Not far away, there was the sound of thugs from the nursing home yelling, and many people rushed over.

Jing Yuan ignored it, jumped from the tree to a shadowy corner, and fled in the dark. My legs and arms started to go numb. Jingyuan climbed over the wall, took out a pill from her bosom, stuffed it into her mouth and swallowed it. With the sound of shouts and footsteps from someone chasing from far behind, Jing Yuan ran forward, then turned a corner, and ran back to the empty courtyard next to Qian Mansion.

Soon, everyone in the Qian family woke up with a start. Jing Yuan heard a little noise, but it soon disappeared. No one came to this courtyard, Jing Yuan meditated quietly, after a while, secretly rejoiced that the needle was not poisonous, it was just some paralyzing drugs, they probably wanted to catch alive.

Jing Yuan was expressionless, but she knew that the situation was worse than she imagined. The person she killed must not be Qian Pei. Qian Pei needed to find a substitute to die for him. He had already prepared for many things, and his identity was beyond her estimation.

Either way, she underestimated him.

The Qian Mansion struggled all night, but failed to catch the assassin. The nursing home chased the shadow into the street, and even attracted the policemen and guards patrolling the street. They surrounded the area and searched for it, but no one was caught.

The yamen naturally knew about the trouble like this. Yao Kun rushed over and sent someone to Fu’an County to inform Qian Shixin.

When he arrived at Qian’s mansion, Yao Kun was shocked to see Qian Pei sitting calmly and peacefully.

“It is true that someone broke into my house.” Qian Pei said. “Killed one of my servants. The nurse found out and started fighting.”

Yao Kun began to investigate the case in a decent manner. What is the identity of the servant, he can usually make enemies with others, who is the target of the assassin? Did he kill the wrong person or did he just come for that servant? How do assassins get in? What did you say? Can someone see the assassin’s face, etc…

Qian Pei didn’t know the answer. The nursing home also only confessed that the assassin’s body looks like a woman, but they are not sure if it is true, because it was dark, the other party covered his face and did not say a word. Maybe it’s just a thinner man or a boy.

“Female?” Yao Kun looked at Qian Pei, thinking of the missing Mrs. Jingyuan. But no one knows whether the teacher is good at martial arts, but the most mysterious woman who is related to the meticulous work, so far he only knows this person.

Here, Qian Pei said: “It’s definitely not Ms. An. Although she hates me, she probably doesn’t have the ability to beat me like a nursing home.”

Yao Kun understood that Qian Pei didn’t want to pursue this matter. Qian Pei didn’t want to pursue it, but he did. Yao Kun pretended to agree with Qian Pei, saying that it must not be Miss An, but he would also ask. Since the deceased was murdered, the yamen had to establish a case to investigate clearly, and the murderer could not be let go.

Qian Pei didn’t say much, and allowed Yao Kun to take the body away, and asked the nurse to answer Yao Kun’s reply, and then saw the guests off and closed the door.

Yao Kun sent him off, but Qian Shixin rushed over before dawn. After asking all the questions again, Qian Pei was more impatient with his son than with the prefect, and drove him to ask Yao Kun. “I told Yao Kun about everything, and he took the body away. I’m fine, don’t bother me.”

Qian Shixin choked with anger and simply went to the county government office.

At dawn, the news that the Qian Mansion was attacked in the middle of the night had begun to spread in Zhonglan City.

Jingyuan returned to Jingxin Nunnery and hid in the secret room with An Ruofang. “Sorry, things didn’t work out. I’m afraid you won’t be home anytime soon.”

Hou Yu quietly entered Qian’s mansion and sat face to face with Qian Pei.

“The butcher?”

“It should be her.”

“What’s going on? I haven’t heard of anything wrong. Why did she suddenly turn against you? Besides, why did she deal with you?”

“Because of An Ruofang.” Qian Pei smiled, “All kinds of inexplicable and conjectures became clear when the butcher did it. An Ruofang is alive and in the hands of the butcher.”

Hou Yu frowned: “What does this mean?” Could it be that the butcher had something to do with An’s family long ago? She took An Ruofang away? This variable is too big.

Qian Pei still smiled, he was thinking about something else entirely. “This means that those who make me unhappy will always pay the price. An Ruochen is like this, and so is An Ruofang.”

Hou Yu frowned even tighter: “Don’t think about personal grievances. The overall situation is the most important thing. Besides, you must tell your superiors about this matter. You have been targeted by the butcher, and you must quickly clear up the relationship. Zhonglan City cannot be contacted by you. Take the lead. I can’t ruin everything because of you.”

Qian Pei gave him a cold look: “I’m not interested in power. If it wasn’t for those useless ones, I wouldn’t be so tired. Don’t worry, I’m looking at the overall situation. I can probably guess what the butcher wants to do. “