Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 117
[Chapter 117 Trap]
Hearing this voice, Lin Xiucai let down his guard and said, “It’s Miss A Ke. I was hungry just now, so I went outside to eat something.”
Chen Ke did not ask any more questions. Lin Xiu turned on the light, and when he looked at her, his face changed slightly, and asked, “Are you injured?”
With the help of the light, Lin Xiu found that her face was very pale, and one arm was bleeding.
Chen Ke said, “I went to assassinate Huang Tao, but failed.”
Lin Xiu asked in surprise, “Can’t you assassinate him with the ability to hide?”
Chen Ke glanced at him and said, “Hidden is not completely disappearing. Even if the movement is light, there will be footsteps. When moving, it will also bring a weak wind. Ordinary people can’t detect these, but they can’t escape the perception of the strong.”
After Lin Xiu understood this, she said, “I’ll help you find medicine for the wound.”
Although her injuries could be healed as long as Lin Xiu touched them for a while, after all, he had only met her twice, and some secrets could not be easily exposed.
Moreover, her injuries were only superficial injuries, which could be treated with ordinary wound medicine.
Lin Xiu took out the medicine and found a clean white cloth. Chen Ke tore off the sleeve of his left arm, revealing his injured arm.
“Hiss…”
Lin Xiu looked at her arm and took a breath subconsciously.
What kind of arm is this? On the white and tender skin, there are more than a dozen scars of different sizes. Some are old wounds, and some are new wounds. The scars have not fallen off. The latest one is the wound tonight, which is still oozing blood…
This is not an arm that a woman would have.
Chen Ke saw Lin Xiu’s shock and said expressionlessly: “This is normal for people in our line of work.”
Lin Xiu calmed down, took out a porcelain bottle, and said: “It may hurt a little, just bear with it.”
This bottle contains the best medicine for wounds, which was given by the imperial concubine. She said that Lin Xiu is always injured, and if Miss Shuangshuang is not around one day, she will need these.
He sprinkled the powder on the wound on A Ke’s arm. Her expression did not change at all, but her other hand was clenched tightly.
Lin Xiu helped her wrap the gauze again, and then said: “Why did you go when you knew that man was protected by strong people?”
Chen Ke said lightly: “If he lives one more day, there may be one more innocent woman who will be harmed. It is better to kill him early.”
She hated evil more than Lin Xiu imagined.
Lin Xiu said, “You are injured. Don’t leave tonight. Let’s sleep here for one night. You sleep on the bed and I sleep on the floor.”
Chen Ke did not refuse, but looked at Lin Xiu with an inexplicable look and said, “Your family is also powerful, but you are different from those powerful children.”
Lin Xiu said, “My family has long been in decline. I used to be like ordinary people.”
Chen Ke continued, “After you killed that man, I have been following you. I saw you let the officials help the old man, and I also saw you stand up to protect the girl. In the Qingli Division, you can stick to your heart and not be confused by beauty. It is not easy…”
Lin Xiu was a little embarrassed by her praise, so he had to say, “Just do good things, don’t ask about the future, thank you for the compliment…”
From her performance, she seemed to be following Lin Xiu outside during the day, and didn’t know that he ran out to practice secretly at night, which made Lin Xiu feel a little relieved.
Chen Ke looked at him and said, “If all evil people think like you, then there is no need for the Tiandao League to exist…”
The injured female assassin slept in the room for one night. The next day, when Lin Xiu got up, she had disappeared.
The quilt at the head of the bed was neatly folded, and there was still a faint fragrance on it.
She really acted like a female hero. Although Lin Xiu could not join the Tiandao League and kill all the evil people in the world with her, his place would always be her safe haven.
When Lin Xiu went out today, he discovered something.
A Ke’s wanted portrait has been posted all over the streets and alleys of the royal capital.
The assassination of the second son of the Huangguogong family last night completely angered the court. In the early morning, the city was full of wanted posters, vowing to arrest her.
In this way, she must always remain hidden. Once she shows up, she will definitely be discovered.
And with Lin Xiu’s understanding of this ability, entering the invisible state is very energy-consuming. She can’t be invisible all the time. In this way, it becomes very difficult for her to move around in the royal capital.
Those people in the top dignitaries’ houses are really not so easy to move.
Lin Xiu has never seen the court hunt down an assassin so vigorously.
This made him a little worried. She must not be caught.
The Qinglisi would definitely get the news of such a city-wide wanted order. Lin Xiu did not go to the Yishu Academy, but first went to the Qinglisi to inquire about the situation.
Early in the morning, the Qinglisi seemed to have received a murder case.
A body covered with a white cloth was placed in the courtyard of the Qinglisi.
It was said that the son of a second-class earl beat a civilian to death in the street, but the second-class earl used his connections to let the Qinglisi release his son.
Lin Xiu thought that a murder had really happened until he saw the body under the white cloth moving.
He looked at Liu Qingfeng beside him and asked, “What’s going on?”
Liu Qingfeng said, “The court staged a drama to catch the female assassin. They spread the news throughout the city just to let the female assassin hear it. The court has already set up a dragnet in the second-class earl’s mansion. Once she assassinates the young master of the second-class earl’s mansion at night, I’m afraid she won’t be able to escape.”
Lin Xiu’s face changed slightly: “Who came up with such a sinister idea?”
Seeing many eyes looking at him, Lin Xiu said, “This idea… is simply too good. Now, the female assassin should not be able to escape. Not only did she kill Zheng Jian, but she almost put the blame on me…”
When he walked out of the Qingli Division, Lin Xiu felt a little anxious.
In order to catch Miss A Ke, the imperial court actually used a fishing expedition.
She didn’t know the inside story. If she acted rashly, she might not be able to return…
and he had no way to remind her.
…
At night, Chengyang Marquis’s mansion.
Chengyang Marquis’s title was not high, and he could only be regarded as a low-ranking dignitary. In the past, no one mentioned him for a year or half a year, but today, the name of Chengyang Marquis has been mentioned more than once by the people.
The son of a second-class marquis, who beat a commoner to death in the street, was able to escape punishment by law. This is enough to show how great the privileges of these dignitaries are.
Every year, I don’t know how many innocent women are ruined by them, and I don’t know how many people died in vain at their hands. Just because of their status as dignitaries, they can get away with it and do whatever they want.
The dignitaries oppress the people, and the government shields and covers up.
If the people offend the dignitaries, they will be injured or even die. Although it has been like this since ancient times, who doesn’t want fairness in their hearts?
In this regard, the people are powerless. They can only secretly spit when passing by the door of Chengyang Marquis’s mansion before leaving.
It was late at night, and there were not many people on this street.
There was only one beggar, leaning against the wall opposite the Chengyang Marquis’s Mansion, with a bowl in front of him, and half a frozen hard bun in the bowl.
This winter was unusually cold, and it was difficult for such a homeless beggar to hear the New Year’s bell.
It was not uncommon for several beggars to freeze to death in Kyoto every winter.
After the night watchman struck the gong at the fourth watch, the entire capital began to quiet down.
At this time, people were sleeping soundly, and except for the thieves, no one would appear on the street.
The beggar didn’t know whether he was asleep or frozen to death. He leaned against the wall and had not moved for a long time.
At this moment, everything was silent, and suddenly a light sound came from the Chengyang Marquis’s Mansion.
It seemed to be the sound of footsteps landing.
But in the huge courtyard, there was not even a shadow of a person.
After a moment, the door of a wing room in the mansion slowly opened and closed silently.
The room was quiet for a moment, but in the next moment, a roar of anger suddenly came out.
“You are here!”
Bang!
The door exploded directly, and wood chips flew everywhere. At the same time, more than a dozen figures suddenly rushed out from the rooms of Chengyang Bo’s Mansion. Several torches were lit, and the firelight illuminated the courtyard like daylight.
Several people stood at the four corners of the courtyard with torches in their hands, and the rest of the people sprinkled flour into the courtyard with wooden basins. Soon, the courtyard was covered with a layer of snow-white.
Several footprints immediately appeared on the ground.
A middle-aged man held a knife in one hand and swung it in the air. A muffled groan came from the void, and a little blood was sprinkled on the snow-white ground.
The true energy was released. This middle-aged man turned out to be a ground-level warrior.
“Let’s see where you can escape this time!”
The middle-aged man snorted coldly and approached with a knife. Although there was no figure in the courtyard, the footprints on the ground were very clear. The long knife in his hand danced wildly, and sharp knife energy was swung out, and blood-colored flowers bloomed from time to time on the ground.
Finally, a bloody footprint disappeared under the courtyard wall.
The middle-aged man looked in the direction of the courtyard wall and said coldly: “You can’t run away.”
He jumped up and directly crossed the courtyard wall, which was more than ten feet high, and came to the street outside.
On the street, a woman in black appeared. She was bleeding from many wounds on her body. At this moment, she was staggering on the street.
The middle-aged man followed her slowly and said sarcastically: “Hide, why don’t you hide?” As
soon as he finished speaking, the woman in black fell beside a wall. She was seriously injured and her energy was exhausted. She had no strength to stand anymore.
There was another figure where she fell. It seemed to be a beggar who was frozen to death. The distance between the two was less than three feet.
The middle-aged man looked at the woman in black, and a touch of eagerness appeared in his eyes.
One hundred thousand taels of silver, even for him, was an unimaginable huge sum of money.
This money was enough for him to buy a three-story house in the center of East City, where every inch of land is worth a lot of money. It was the mansion he had always dreamed of.
Now, the opportunity to realize his dream was right in front of him.
He stepped forward, intending to capture the female assassin who had been wanted by the court for a long time.
But at this moment, something strange happened.
Not far from the female assassin, an old beggar who seemed to have frozen to death suddenly jumped up, rolled to the side of the female assassin, picked her up, and flew directly into the sky.
The middle-aged man’s eyes suddenly widened: “There are accomplices!”
(End of this chapter)
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