"You go with her." Boss Hu winked at Xiao Lian.
Xiao Lian had no choice but to get her dressing bag and go to the side room.
The maid brought water, and Yingbao washed her hands and face casually, then asked Xiaolian to put on makeup for her.
Finally, Yingbao took action and changed the makeup of her eyes and mouth. She looked so gorgeous that she almost didn't recognize herself.
She put on a red narrow-sleeved jacket, green silk full-crotch trousers, or bloomers, with a yellow gauze draped over her shoulders, and returned to the banquet hall with her maid.
This time, the maid brought her directly to Xiao Mo and sat her down on the stool at his feet.
Xiao Mo didn't even look at him. He was talking to the leader of the Cao Gang, discussing the matter of canal transportation and saying that he wanted his help in transporting grain and fodder to the south.
Yingbao was listening quietly, and suddenly heard Cao Shen say, "Commander Xiao, there are rebels all over Chuanhe Town, especially the Jiang family. Several of his children have joined the bandits. We must wipe them all out this time."
Xiao Mo took a sip of tea and said calmly: "Let's wait until the army arrives. Those who defected to the traitors must be cleaned up."
Yingbao had a gloomy face and wanted to put some poison in their drinks.
Recently, I have taken great pains to brew some poison, but the quantity is very small, so I have to use it with caution.
After waiting for a long time for the banquet to be over, the boss was about to take a few young dancers back to Wuchunyuan, but was stopped by Cao Shen's personal soldiers.
"Don't go. Since you're here, it's not like we don't want to pay. You can stay for a night." A captain smiled obscenely.
Hu Daban frowned and said, "We are dancers, not prostitutes in brothels. The captain should find someone else."
"Hah! You have no shame." The captain drew out his sword and pointed it at Boss Hu.
Hu Daban was not panicked. He looked at Qi Dutou coldly and said, "My dancers are all legitimate musicians registered with the county government. Do you want to threaten us?"
"Qi Da! What are you doing?" Cao Shen stood under the eaves of the corridor at some point, with Xiao Mo standing next to him.
Qi Da immediately put away his knife, clasped his fists towards Cao Shen, and hesitantly said, "I just saw that it was too late, so I kindly let them stay for one night, but I didn't want to be misunderstood."
Cao Shen immediately turned his gaze to Hu Daban and said, "Assistant Hu, it's already midnight and it's really not safe outside. Why don't you stay here temporarily and go back tomorrow? The side yard has been cleaned up and there are several rooms. It's more than enough for you and your girls to stay here."
When Hu Daban saw Cao Shen speaking, he knew he could no longer refuse, so he clasped his fists towards him and said, "I respectfully obey your command."
In this way, Yingbao, several young dancers and the big class were kept, and the rest of the musicians were arranged to move into another small courtyard.
But not long after, Cao Shen's personal soldiers actually invited Xiao Lian away, for unknown reasons.
At this time, Yingbao finally found out where Cao Shen lived from the intermittent conversations between his personal soldiers and attendants.
Yingbao originally lived in the same room with Xiaolian, and now that Xiaolian is not here, it is convenient for her to do things.
She quickly went into the cave, changed into black clothes and black pants, and even changed her shoes. She also covered her head with a black cloth, leaving her eyes exposed.
He then opened the rear window and jumped out.
He ran towards Cao Shen's residence along the direction he had previously explored.
There are no guards in the inner courtyard now. The soldiers and guards are patrolling around the perimeter of the courtyard. There are only two maids on duty in the ear room.
Under the dim light, they were both dozing off.
There seemed to be a strange sound in Cao Shen's room. Yingbao listened, gently pushed open the door and walked in.
There is a screen at the door, with some clothes hanging on it.
Through the gap in the screen, Yingbao could see the lights in the house swaying and the hanging gauze curtains shaking gently.
Yingbao tiptoed up to the curtain, pushed it open, and stabbed the dagger in her hand into the back of the naked Cao Shen.
The man fell forward and lay motionless.
The woman below subconsciously opened her eyes and pushed the man away with great effort.
She seemed to have a feeling that a dark shadow flashed out and she screamed in fright.
Yingbao quickly went out the door and rushed out of the yard, only to meet someone head-on.
The man was wearing a brocade robe and holding a strange sword in his hand. He shouted, "Who is it?"
Yingbao said nothing, a long sword instantly appeared in his hand, and he chopped it forward fiercely. The divine sickle flashed a cold light in the night.
Xiao Mo tried to block the long sword, but he didn't expect that the sword would break into two pieces. The residual force of the long sword even cut his arm.
Xiao Mo was shocked and quickly stepped back, running around the lotus pond in the yard, shouting, "Someone! There's an assassin!"
Soon dozens of guards rushed in and surrounded the black-clad assassin.
Yingbao swung his knife and attacked, and soon several people fell to the ground.
But more and more people gathered around, and Xiao Mo was escorted to the outer courtyard.
Seeing that there was little hope of killing him, Ying Bao did not dare to fight. After killing several guards in succession, he ran out of the yard, turned a corner, and entered the cave.
Then she quickly took off her clothes, washed her hands, put on her dancer's costume and boots again, and quietly returned to her room.
Not long after, Xiao Lian also came back and urged Yingbao to get up and go find Daban together.
It turned out that Xiao Lian was brought to Xiao Mo's room by Cao Shen's personal attendant and asked to serve the nobleman.
But Xiao Mo ignored her and asked her to stay in the ear room.
Xiao Lian was dozing off in the ear room when there was chaos outside.
Cao Shen was actually assassinated.
At this moment, the backyard was in chaos. The guards saw that they could not find the man in black anywhere, so they gave up searching and went to check on Cao Shen.
Cao Shen was already dead by now, and his beloved woman was trembling with fear.
Upon seeing this, the two leaders looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.
It’s just right that Cao Shen died. From now on, the county will be ruled by the two of them.
Including Cao Shen’s family’s property, real estate and shops.
But in order to convince the public, we still have to do some superficial work.
So the two men captured the woman and told others that she had colluded with the assassin to kill Cao Xianwei.
The chief clerk and the county magistrate did not say anything and accepted the result.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Hu Daban wanted to take the dancers and musicians back, but was stopped by two captains.
"Don't go, Captain Hu. You are also a suspect." Qi Da and a few others blocked the door.
Hu Daban frowned and said, "Qi Dutou, you can't slander people at will. We are all law-abiding citizens."
Qi snorted and waved his hand: "Take them all away, put them in jail first, and we'll try them later."
Mr. Hu was furious, but there was nothing he could do.
A group of people were locked up in the county jail. Yingbao, Xiaolian and others were locked up in a cell, while Hu Daban and a group of men were sent to the men's prison.
The prison was dark, damp, and there was a foul odor that made people feel extremely uncomfortable.
Several little girls burst into tears, including the woman huddled in the corner.
Yingbao looked outside the fence expressionlessly, but in her mind she was thinking about how to kill those two bandits.
And Cao Shen's group of cronies and followers are not good people.
Together with Cao Shen, they were rampant in the village. Last time, they attacked Dongchen Village for no reason. If the villagers had not worked together to repel them, who knows what would have happened to their families and the village.
So I must not let them go.
Of course, it would be even better if Xiao Mo could be captured alive.