Mu Jingrui calmly climbed over the wall and hid himself in the most hidden corner.
In the room, three men and one woman were pacing back and forth anxiously, their faces full of exhaustion.
Mu Jingrui recognized that woman as the proprietress of Yingchun Tower. At this time, she had completely lost her charm and domineering attitude.
When the three of them saw the guards pushing the door open, they all rushed forward to greet them. They all asked, "How is it? What did the second prince say? When can we leave the capital?"
"Why are you in a hurry? The Second Prince will naturally see you off when the arrangements are made." The guard replied impatiently.
The landlady also showed a look of dissatisfaction and asked hurriedly: "Wait a minute, how long do you want us to wait? Now the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion are searching from house to house to arrest a few of us. What if we fall into the hands of the government?
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"How?" The guard heard the threatening chill in the boss lady's words, and the light in his eyes became even colder.
The landlady didn't show any weakness, so she simply said it, folded her hands on her chest, hummed softly, and said, "It won't do you any good if we surrender the second prince."
"Do you think you have this chance?" As soon as the guard finished speaking, he struck like lightning, and the sharp dagger quickly pierced the boss's belly.
He raised the knife and brought it down cleanly. The blood spurted out when the dagger was pulled out, making the other three men retreat in fright.
Even if Mu Jingrui wanted to save him, it was too late.
The remaining three men turned around and wanted to run away, but the guards didn't want to give them a chance.
Just as Mu Jingrui was about to show up, the other two people following the guards quickly took action and blocked the three fleeing people.
"Who are you? Do you know what will happen if you go against my master?" the guard warned with a fierce look in his eyes.
"I only know that if you continue to help the tyrants, you will end up giving birth to a child without a butthole."
Before they finished speaking, the two men attacked the guards.
Seeing that they would not be defeated for the time being when two against one, Mu Jingrui simply hid aside and secretly observed the two people's martial arts skills.
Seeing that he could no longer resist, the guard took a few steps back and whistled.
In just a moment, a group of archers were waiting on the wall.
Mu Jingrui narrowed his eyes, jumped up, picked off the leaves and threw them out, hitting the archers' wrists accurately.
At the same time as the bow and arrow fell, he drew out the soft sword from his waist. The sword light flashed and the archers fell from the wall one after another.
The sudden change made everyone present a little confused.
"and who are you?"
The guard's face was ashen, and the speed of Mu Jingrui's attack made him frightened.
"You don't deserve to know."
Mu Jingrui pointed his long sword at the guard and said coldly: "Follow me to Jingzhao Mansion, maybe you can still survive."
The guard panted heavily, his eyes slowly calmed down. He straightened his body and said, "You want to use me to frame the second prince, you are delusional."
As he said that, he looked at the other three people. "Who of you... dares to betray the second prince..."
The guard laughed ferociously, pierced his fingers deeply into his throat, and fell to the ground dead.
Mu Jingrui was somewhat impressed by his decisive attitude.
"You..." Mu Jingrui looked at the other two people, wondering whether they were enemies or friends.
"Mr. Mu, I'll leave these three people to you."
The other party's cheerfulness made Mu Jingrui suspicious.
One of them walked up to Mu Jingrui and lowered his voice and said, "We were ordered by the eldest lady to follow this person. Her purpose is the same as yours."
Mu Jingrui was stunned.
He suddenly remembered the scenes of Shangguan Wan Ning and Xiao Zhenting being together.
Could it be that this silly girl deliberately approached Xiao Zhenting just to get information from him?
Mu Jingrui frowned deeply, feeling angry and annoyed.
"Go back and tell Shangguan Wan Ning and tell her not to do such a thing." After that, they found ropes to tie up the three people and sent them to Jingzhao Mansion.
Shangguan Wan Ning returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion and listened to the secret guard's report. If Mu Jingrui asked the secret guard to bring it back, she always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't explain it.
She originally thought that with the testimony of the three stewards of Yingchun Tower, Xiao Zhenting would be able to be found out, but unexpectedly, the three of them refused to say anything and took all the blame on themselves.
Such a serious case occurred at the emperor's feet, and every morning the emperor urged him to solve the case.
Under pressure, the governor of Jingzhao knew that there was more to the case, but had no choice but to convict the three stewards of the crime and close the case.
Shangguan Wan Ning was very angry when she heard about it. She slammed the table with a gloomy face.
Xiao Zhenting, this ruthless guy with a human face and an animal heart, must have used some despicable trick to make people take the blame for her.
"Miss, what's wrong with you?" Lu Tong was startled and hurriedly stepped forward to check Shangguan Wan Ning's hand, "Does it hurt? It's all red."
Lu Tong didn't mention Shangguan Wan Ning, but she couldn't help but let out a "sho" when he mentioned it.
"Miss, please go get the medicine and rub it for you."
"No, I'm fine."
Lutong mentioned the medicine, and Shangguan Wanning remembered something else and asked, "Have you brought the burn medicine I asked you to ask the doctor to prepare?"
"The government doctor just sent someone over this morning. He said that there are some precious medicinal materials in it that are in short supply, so he only prepared three bottles. He will send them over in a few days."
As Lu Tong spoke, he asked the little maid to bring the medicine over and asked curiously: "Miss, isn't the burn on your body healed? There's not even a scar left, so why do you still need the government doctor to prepare it?"
"Of course I'm useful."
Shangguan Wan Ning thought that Mu Jingrui's medicine must have been used up.
Now he is just an ordinary guard beside the prince, and cannot receive special care. She still has to work hard to melt the heart of the iceberg from the year before last.
"Miss, Aunt Zhao is here." The little maid came in to report.
Shangguan Wan Ning frowned subconsciously. She didn't really want to see Aunt Zhao and her daughter, but in any case, Aunt Zhao had not done anything extraordinary so far.
"Let her come in." Shangguan Wan Ning calmed down.
Not long after, Aunt Zhao walked in with a smile on her face under the guidance of the maid.
"Auntie, what do you want from me?" Shangguan Wan Ning said with a smile, "Sit down first."
Aunt Zhao looked at the gentle and noble Shangguan Wanning in front of her, then looked at the furnishings and arrangements in her room, as well as the clothes on her body and the red hairpin on her head...
Acid water kept pouring out of her heart.
Obviously her daughter is also a young lady from the Prime Minister's Palace, so why is her status so different?
"It's nothing serious. I heard that the eldest lady has not been feeling well these days, so I came over to visit."