Her guards

Chapter 81 Reasonable Cause and Effect

The courtyard became lively and noisy late at night.

The sleeping Liu Changqing and his apprentice, as well as Liu Chan, were all woken up and moved back to the Ding'an Duke's mansion as suggested by "Lady Ding'an".

Because there were bandits on the street just now.

"What's going on? How could there be bandits in the capital?" Liu Changqing frowned.

Cheng Yuan, carrying and slinging the hastily packed bags and packages over his shoulder, nodded in agreement: "Yeah, how come it's even more chaotic than our Fuzhou? We haven't seen banditry in recent years."

Liu Chan urged her father and senior brother, "Stop asking! Miss Yang said that the Embroidered Robe Guards have gotten involved, so this is definitely not an ordinary bandit uprising."

Although the country has been largely settled and the emperor has firmly established his rule, the new dynasty has only been in existence for a little over a decade, and there are still remnants of discontent who may cause trouble.

Liu Changqing stopped talking and got into the car with his daughter.

Cheng Yuan climbed up, then muttered to himself, "If it's not just ordinary banditry, wouldn't it be even more unsafe to go to the Duke of Ding'an's mansion? Powerful families are always the first to be attacked."

Hearing this, Lady Ding'an, who was already terrified in the car next to her, became even more stiff-faced. She gritted her teeth, clasped her hands together, and prayed to all the gods and Buddhas in front of her. Then she looked outside and saw that "Yang Luo" had not yet come out of the alley and had even knocked on the neighbor's door.

What is that brat doing?!
Fortunately, it didn't take too long. After knocking on the door and exchanging a few words with the person inside, the annoying child came over and politely explained to Lady Ding'an, "I'm also reminding the neighbors to be more vigilant."

Lady Ding'an pressed her hand to her chest weakly: "Get in the carriage quickly, let's go home."

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The carriage swayed and sped along the dark streets.

Yang Luo listened to the brief description while sitting in the car: "He was helping his neighbor, a butcher, deliver meat to a shop on the street when he was suddenly attacked."

She didn't say who it was, but Yang Luo immediately understood.

"Just as I thought, the murderers in Baima Town won't let this go. They made their move as soon as we arrived at the Ding'an Duke's Mansion." She murmured, her expression full of apology. "Ah Sheng, I'm sorry, those people came for me and put you in danger."

Mo Zheng smiled and said, "Miss, you told me long ago that there were thugs. I knew there was danger all along. You weren't lying to me."

Isn't that so? It seems so. Yang Luo sat up straight and looked at her, sighing inwardly, his guilt not lessened at all.

This young girl is kind and compassionate, but it doesn't mean everything she does is right.

Moreover, she was hiding many things from everyone.

For example, they didn't tell her in detail how she died, nor did they offer any real speculation about her identity.

If things had been explained clearly, the guards would have been able to take better precautions and wouldn't have been so caught off guard...

These people committed murder in the capital, right under the emperor's nose, demonstrating their utter lawlessness and revealing that the mastermind behind them was no ordinary individual.

The servants around the carriage were brightly lit, and the view inside was clear. Those sitting close could see the red lines on Mo Zheng's face, but they weren't red lines at all; they were blood that hadn't been wiped clean.

Through the open cloak, one could see that the clothes underneath, which had not been changed, were almost completely soaked in blood.

Although Mo Zheng said that most of the blood was from the other party, she was naturally also injured.

Yang Luo was horrified: "This injury should have been mine. If I hadn't asked you to take my place..."

It must have been extremely dangerous at the time.

Mo Zheng raised an eyebrow: "Miss, it would be more troublesome if I didn't take your place. Right now, they're coming at me alone, and I can fight back on my own. But if you were still Miss and I were still your bodyguard, I would definitely have to stay by your side. In that case, besides dealing with the enemy, I would also have to protect you, which would be much more dangerous."

Is that so? Yang Luo looked at her and couldn't help but smile. As she smiled, she nodded emphatically, her expression grateful: "Asheng is right. Asheng is the most amazing and best person in the world."

Feeling ashamed, Mo Zheng looked at Miss Yang's guilty and grateful expression. Ah Sheng was capable, but he wasn't a good person either.

She lowered her head and wrapped her cloak tighter around herself.

Impersonating Yang Luo was actually her plan.

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From the moment she learned that Qi De'an had found a new master and followed him to the capital, she began to think about how to deal with it.

Qi De'an knew her appearance. Although she was covered by makeup, her features remained the same. Once her face appeared, there would inevitably be discerning people in the world who could recognize it.

But Qi De'an didn't know that she was actually a woman.

Therefore, once she transforms into a plausible female identity, it will not be so easy to find her.

So when she went to see Liu Chan, she immediately transformed back into her female form, not to avoid frightening Liu Chan, but so that Liu Chan would reveal her female identity to Yang Luo later.

Because Yang Luo's identity as Liu Chan has too many flaws, it won't last long.

When faced with the prospect of her identity being exposed and forced to revert to Yang Luo and return to the Ding'an Duke's Mansion, a place she doesn't want to go, this formidable young lady will desperately search for a new solution. At this point, all it takes is a hint, an opportunity...

That night, on the short journey to the Duke of Ding'an's residence, Miss Yang instantly came up with a plan, and the moment she got off the carriage, she grabbed her hand...

She got what she wanted. She successfully changed her identity before those who were tracking her down.

Although those people did indeed pursue us, but...

Mo Zheng slightly raised her eyes to look at the streets and alleys outside the carriage curtain, a smile flashing across her lips.

She could use this identity to slaughter them indiscriminately in the streets, right in front of the city patrol guards.

Every word she spoke to the government officials, even to Wei Jiao, was true.

Miss Yang Luo was indeed being hunted down.

Moreover, the Duke of Ding'an could testify for her.

Yang Luo had said that his maternal uncle was untrustworthy. Although he didn't elaborate, it can be inferred that the death Yang Luo mentioned was definitely related to Duke Ding'an.

Therefore, Duke Ding'an would inevitably react to the fact that Yang Luo was being hunted down.

Therefore, when the Duke of Ding'an was summoned, his reaction became her witness in front of Wei Jiao.

The scene here allows Wei Jiao to reminisce about Baima Town.

The trick of using death row inmates to cover up the case as bandits to deceive the public could not be kept from Wei Jiao.

So it's only natural that there's another attack targeting Miss Yang now.

Wei Jiao saw that the Duke of Ding'an was hiding something, which also confirmed that she had previously concealed her identity. Now, it was reasonable for her to hide her ability to kill.

This is a surprise attack that is full of secrecy yet reasonable, and it is also a story that Wei Jiao is interested in watching the excitement but not in exposing the truth.

Sure enough, after reading her exchange with the Duke of Ding'an, Wei Jiao did not stop her anymore.

She managed to escape successfully.

"Go in through the back door, through the back door, so no one else can see you."

The voice of the Lady of Ding'an came from outside.

Got home.

Mo Zheng wrapped her cloak tighter, yawned, and knew she could go to sleep in the latter half of the night.

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As night deepened, the torches burned even brighter on the long street.

Wei Jiao sat on a corpse and yawned: "I'm exhausted from listening to all this."

"Could it be that these people are the same group as the so-called bandits in Baima Town?" A man in embroidered clothes squatted down and used his sword to turn over the corpses.

Unfortunately, the so-called bandit corpses were not found in Baima Town. Ji Ying had found a group of death row inmates to pretend to be the bodies of the bandits who had been beheaded, so there was no need to look at them. The scene in Baima Town had also been thoroughly cleaned up long ago...

"Who is this person who harbors such deep hatred for the Yang family mother and daughter?" Another woman in embroidered robes frowned, her eyes flickering. "And it seems that Duke Ding'an knows something..."

"No wonder Miss Yang refused to come and stay with her relatives," a woman in embroidery said with interest. "What kind of shameful family secrets is the Duke of Ding'an hiding?"

They had all witnessed the strange reaction of the Duke of Ding'an to Miss Yang's words, and naturally noticed something odd about it.

The woman in embroidered clothes looked at Wei Jiao again.

"Captain, are we just going to let them go like this?"

If we investigate and ask questions, we might hear something even more exciting.

“The uncle and niece each have their own agendas,” Wei Jiao said, raising an eyebrow with interest. “The niece knows her uncle is untrustworthy, but pretends to trust him. The uncle, on the other hand, doesn’t know that his niece can kill several people by herself, yet he acts as if he wants to protect her. Isn’t that interesting? Once we expose her, what kind of show will we have left to watch?”

The women in embroidered clothes all laughed.

His gaze swept over the scattered corpses on the ground once more.

Yes, all these people were killed by that girl before they arrived, but the girl made it seem to Duke Ding'an that she was saved by the embroidered women.

It is clear that Duke Ding'an was unaware that his niece was capable of murder and had already committed one.

Such amazing skills at such a young age.

Yes, that makes sense. Just as the girl said, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to escape from White Horse Town.

"Captain," a woman in embroidered robes said in a low voice, "what Miss Yang said just now was all true, wasn't it?"

Tonight's incident is an attack targeting Miss Yang, a continuation of the attack in Baima Town, and the whole matter involves the secrets of the Ding'an Duke's Mansion.

Wei Jiao nodded.

“That sounds true,” he said lazily, “but this bastard can’t be trusted.”

(End of this chapter)