Chapter 40: Zhou Jiu'er's Finger Severed by Yun An
As the New Year was approaching, the streets became more and more lively. Xiao Ling lay on the car window and watched the people coming and going outside, feeling a lot more comfortable.
"Huh——" Qingluo stopped the carriage suddenly, Xiao Ling in the carriage almost fell, and asked quickly:
"what happened?"
Qingluo's voice was filled with panic and fear, and she whispered:
"Princess, it was Miss Zhou's people who stopped the carriage."
Zhou Jiu'er? Before Xiao Ling could go out to see what was going on, he heard Zhou Jiu'er's voice:
"Qingluo, you actually drive for someone else?"
Qingluo lowered his head and said nothing. Xiao Ling bent down and got out of the carriage. Qingluo quickly raised his hand to help her get out of the carriage.
"I thought it was someone who dared to block my princess's carriage after eating the bear's heart and leopard. It turned out to be the young lady of the Zhou Mansion."
Xiao Ling dismounted and stood on the ground with difficulty, trying to put his weight on the uninjured leg.
Zhou Jiuer was slightly surprised when he saw that the person in the carriage was Xiao Ling, and saluted:
"Anne, Fifth Princess."
Seeing that Xiao Ling didn't respond, Zhou Jiuer explained:
"I didn't know it was the princess who came to drink. I'm so offended. Please forgive me, princess."
Xiao Ling looked at Zhou Jiuer with disdain and said unceremoniously:
"What, you mean if the person standing here today is Sili, you would want to offend me?"
She knew that Zhou Jiu'er had given Si Li many times troubles, but Si Li always stopped her, saying that it would be better to do less than to do more. That's why she didn't settle the score with Zhou Jiu'er. How dare Zhou Jiu'er blatantly stop her today?
The thoughtful carriage is really arrogant and bold!
"Don't dare, Jiu'er." Zhou Jiu'er immediately bowed his head.
Xiao Ling didn't listen to Zhou Jiu'er's explanation at all, and scolded in a royal manner:
"Don't you dare? This princess sees how courageous you are!"
"Sili is the 'Princess Le'an' given to me by my father, but you have provoked her over and over again. Are you provoking the majesty of my royal family?"
"Si Li is kind-hearted and doesn't want to argue with you, but I don't want others to bully her!"
Xiao Ling's tone was stern, not giving Zhou Jiu'er any face. His eyes fell on Qing Luo beside him, and he said to Zhou Jiu'er:
"Don't think that this princess doesn't know what your plans are. You'd better put away your cleverness."
"The fifth princess taught you a lesson." Zhou Jiuer raised his eyes and glanced at Qing Luo, who quickly lowered his head and looked away.
For someone like Zhou Jiu'er, Xiao Ling didn't want to get into too much entanglement with her, so he just stopped there.
Xiao Ling turned around and got into the car. Zhou Jiu'er noticed that Xiao Ling's legs and feet were inconvenient and immediately stepped forward to help Xiao Ling's hand. Xiao Ling did not expect that Zhou Jiu'er would suddenly pull her. She wanted to pull her hand away, but she didn't want Zhou Jiu'er to pull her hand away.
Jiuer exerted his strength and the two of them struggled.
"Let go!"
Xiao Ling pulled away her hand with force, but Zhou Jiuer suddenly pulled Xiao Ling to her side, and immediately let go of her hand. Xiao Ling's center of gravity was unstable due to the force on one foot, so this situation naturally happened easily.
He rushed in Zhou Jiu'er's direction, and Zhou Jiu'er quickly took a few steps back.
"Princess!"
The bystanders did not see clearly the instant push and pull between the two. When they saw Xiao Ling suddenly falling forward, Qingluo was so frightened that she immediately stepped forward to help him.
But there was someone who was one step faster than Qing Luo. He rushed over in an instant from nowhere, crossed Xiao Ling's abdomen with one hand and pulled her back, and protected Xiao Ling's back with the other arm. Xiao Ling fell steadily into the person's arms.
In the arms.
"Yun'an?" Xiao Ling looked at the person in front of him in surprise. He probably almost fell down just now, and his heartbeat was irregular at this time.
Yun An looked at the person in his arms with twinkling eyes. He immediately helped Xiao Ling stand up and then let go.
"My subordinate is late, is the princess injured?"
Xiao Ling shook his head and didn't say much.
Yun An turned around and glanced coldly at Zhou Jiu'er's hand that had just held Xiao Ling's hand.
Zhou Jiu'er had panicked since the moment he saw Yun An. Looking at Yun An's eyes with murderous intent, Zhou Jiu'er was even more frightened and took several steps back.
Although Zhou Jiu'er was an official lady, she had also heard that Yun An was a guard with a sword in front of the emperor and was ordered by the emperor to protect Xiao Ling. Everyone knew that he was ruthless and ruthless.
Some of Zhou Jiuer's guards tried to step forward to protect their master, but they had heard Yun An's name and did not dare to step forward.
Xiao Ling glanced at Zhou Jiuer's bodyguards and said that just like a master there would be a slave, but they were just people who were greedy for life and afraid of death.
The next second, Xiao Ling's attention was attracted by the token on the guard's waist. The token was hidden on the waist, but it was only slightly exposed. Xiao Ling felt that it looked familiar.
"Yun An." Yun An was about to step forward, but was stopped by Xiao Ling. He turned his head and glanced at Xiao Ling, and moved his body towards Xiao Ling's line of sight, just blocking Xiao Ling's sight of Zhou Jiu'er.
Yun An flicked the long sword in his hand, and the sword light suddenly appeared.
"Ah!" Zhou Jiuer screamed miserably.
Yun An indifferently wiped the blood stains off the blade of the sword and sheathed the sword neatly.
"Yun An." Xiao Ling tilted her head to see how Zhou Jiuer was doing, but saw Yun An turning around and approaching, blocking all her sight.
Xiao Ling raised his head slightly and looked at him doubtfully. He looked down at Xiao Ling's feet.
"My subordinates are very offended."
Xiao Ling didn't have time to say "Huh?" before he was carried into the carriage by Yun An.
Xiao Ling didn't react for a long time, only feeling that his face was getting hot.
"Yun'an, you are...presumptuous."
Yun An pulled up the reins, looked at Qing Luo who was standing there and was stunned, "Come up."
It wasn't until the carriage had gone some distance that Xiao Ling came back to his senses. Thinking of Zhou Jiu'er's scream just now, he quickly opened the curtain and looked behind him.
Only Zhou Jiuer's back was seen.
Zhou Jiuer was squatting on the ground and touching something. Suddenly she fell to the ground. The attendants quickly carried her away, leaving only a small pool of blood on the ground.
After such a commotion, Xiao Ling's injuries were even worse. Yun An carried Xiao Ling directly into Yusheng Courtyard, took out the medicine bottle from his arms and handed it to Xiao Ling with both hands.
Xiao Ling sat on the bed and took the medicine bottle. Yun An turned his back to her.
Xiao Ling took off her shoes and socks, pulled up her trouser legs, and carefully applied medicine to her ankles.
In the evening, late spring and summer brought Ye Zhongyao back to his house.
"Xiao Li, Liyou, grandpa is back." Ye Zhongyao entered the house happily, and when he saw the situation in the house, his smile froze on his face.
Ye Sili coughed a few times and was drinking the decoction given by Gu Liyou; the doctor in the mansion was checking Xiao Ling's injury; Mu Jiufeng limped to the stool next to Ye Sili and sat down.
Several people heard the noise and looked toward the door.
"grandfather!"
"grandfather."
"Hello, Prince Yu."
"Prince Yu."
Ye Zhongyao was dumbfounded, "I just went on vacation for a few days, why are you all injured? Did you get into a group fight with others?"
Ye Zhongyao said doubtfully: "That shouldn't be the case. Liyou is very popular with me personally."
"..." Several people in the courtyard looked at each other.
Gu Liyou broke the silence first: "Grandpa, have you heard anything about the recent events in the Liang Mansion?"
"Of course, when I heard that something happened in the Liang Mansion, I hurried back without any hesitation. I was just worried that I would miss the first seven days of Mr. Liang, the Minister of Punishment."
"..." Why does Ye Sili feel that this doesn't sound like a good thing?
When I heard this in late spring and summer, I looked at my eyes, my nose and my heart.
Rushing back?
If it weren't for the two of her, I'm afraid the prince would still be playing chess with the abbot of Tianyao Temple at this moment.
Ye Sili explained to Ye Zhongyao what happened recently.
After hearing this, Ye Zhongyao asked: "So your clues have been cut off at the Wuzi Waist Card?"
"Shilang Liang is investigating the waist badge matter, but there are currently no clues." Gu Liyou replied.
Xiao Ling thought about what happened on the street today, thought for a while, and finally said:
"Perhaps, the belt is in the Zhou Mansion."
"Why do you say this?" Mu Jiufeng asked in confusion.
Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Xiao Ling had no choice but to tell everything that happened today.
"The waist tag carried by Zhou Jiu'er's guard today is the same as the waist tag worn by the man in black that night."
"If this is the case, we need to tell Minister Liang this clue as soon as possible." Gu Liyou was about to send someone to the Liang Mansion when he saw Qingluo coming in to report:
"Shilang Liang sent someone to deliver this letter."
Ye Zhongyao took the envelope, opened it and looked at it.
"Princess's guess is correct. The clues found by Minister Liang are also related to the Wuzi waist card and the Zhou family."
Wordless waist badge and Zhou Mansion?
Ye Sili frowned, this matter was getting more and more involved.
"Did Minister Liang say what he planned to do?" Ye Sili asked.
Ye Zhongyao put the letter on the table and said, "He has already taken people to the Zhou Mansion."
"Surround this place for me!"
Liang Yi led a team of men and horses directly into the Zhou Mansion, completely sealing the Zhou Mansion inside and outside.
"Search!"
The guards quickly dispersed and rushed straight into the courtyard of the Zhou Mansion and the corners of each room, regardless of the obstruction of the Zhou Mansion's servants.
"Shilang Liang, what do you mean?" Zhou De heard the noise and hurriedly came out to check, but was shocked by the scene in front of him.
"Master Liang was killed. Mr. Liang was ordered by the Holy One to investigate the matter thoroughly. Now there are clues pointing to the Zhou Mansion. Mr. Liang is doing a routine matter. Mr. Zhou forgives him."
Liang Yi looked at everyone in the courtyard one by one and asked: "Is everyone in the Zhou family here?"
The housekeeper of the Zhou Mansion glanced at Zhou De's eyes, stepped forward and replied: "In reply to Minister Liang, everything is here, except..."
"Where is Miss Zhou?" Liang Yi asked.
Zhou Ziyu naturally protected his sister, "My sister was injured today and is resting in the room at the moment. Please don't embarrass her, Mr. Liang."
Liang Yi had long heard of Zhou Ziyu's reputation as a literary genius. Although Zhou Ziyu did not hold any official position, he was highly respected by the literati of the Zhou Dynasty.
But as the saying goes, when a scholar encounters a soldier, there is no reason to explain.
Liang Yi was a martial artist, and he only cared about business matters. Who cared whether she was injured or not?
"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint Mr. Ziyu. The clues Liang is currently investigating point to Miss Zhou."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw two guards bringing Zhou Jiuer out.
Zhou Jiuer's left hand was bandaged tightly, his index finger was missing, and the gauze was soaked with blood.
Liang Yi was surprised when he noticed that Zhou Jiuer had no index finger.
"Shilang Liang, for the sake of Liang Hai, I will give you some face. Don't be too presumptuous!"
Zhou De quickly snatched his precious daughter back from the guard.
Zhou Jiuer had never seen such a posture before, and he was too frightened to speak.
Liang Yi has followed Liang Hai to deal with matters in the Ministry of Justice since he was a child. He has seen this scene so many times that he no longer cares about it.