"Baoer, do you still want to go shopping?" Chunniang asked her daughter.
Yingbao looked at the bright lights on the street, and then at the joyful maids, "Mom, if you are tired, go back first. I will take them for a walk."
Chunniang was indeed tired after walking all the way, so she nodded and said, "Then you should go home early."
My daughter has so many people protecting her and there are guards around her. It is difficult for passers-by on the street to get close to her. I am not worried that anyone will do anything bad to my daughter.
Moreover, the two sons and Wei Zhan and Huzi were walking not far away, so they could rush over if there was anything unusual.
"Okay." Yingbao asked four guards to escort A'niang home, and Amber and Pearl had to follow. Seeing that it was getting late and children were prone to sleepiness, Wei Xiuxiu also accompanied Anren into the carriage.
Now, Yingbao was strolling around the market with four palace maids, two servants and two guards. Whenever she saw something interesting, she would buy it.
The streets are full of young girls in bright clothes and elegant young men. Many of them wear masks, including cute fox or rabbit masks, as well as black and red ghost masks. They look particularly mysterious in the bustling streets.
Seeing that the maids all looked envious, Yingbao stopped in front of a ghost mask stall and bought one for each of them.
She also put on a golden fox mask and looked at herself in the stall owner's mirror.
The bronze mirror was very clear, and she could see every detail. She saw someone wearing a mask of an oval-faced beauty with red lips and white complexion, flashing behind the crowd.
Yingbao even caught a glimpse of the cold look in this person's eyes, as well as a hint of murderous intent.
When she turned around, there was only a maid wearing a ghost mask and a rabbit and butterfly mask behind her, and no one else.
All around were people walking around in fancy clothes, some holding lanterns, and some eating candied haws.
"County Princess, where are we going?" Meixiang, wearing a black and red ghost mask, approached Yingbao and asked in a low voice.
Yingbao looked around and said, "Let's go back."
She didn't want to have a conflict with anyone in the downtown area, as it would be bad if the common people and her family members were hurt.
"yes."
Meixiang turned around and told her sisters to return.
Although the little girls felt regretful, they still surrounded the county princess and walked back.
On the way, I happened to meet Wei Zhan, Jiang Jie, Jiang Wu and others. They were standing in front of a stall selling grilled lamb skewers. One of them was holding a handful of lamb skewers and eating them happily.
As soon as Wei Zhan saw Yingbao, he ran over and stuffed the kebab in his hand into hers, "Here, it's freshly grilled. I was just about to send it to you."
Then he brought a basket from the servant and said, "Here are all your favorite snacks and cakes, but you should eat less roasted chestnuts, as they hurt your spleen and stomach."
Yingbao took it and took a look, and saw that there were dragon beard candies, sesame and pine nut candies, chestnut cakes, fried chestnuts, fried chicken head rice, as well as candied haws and fried milk cakes.
Some of these things are still warm and exude fragrance.
Yingbao took it and handed it to Mudan, then took off the mask and ate the lamb skewers.
Jiang Wu and Jiang Jie also came over and asked, "Sister, why don't you go shopping?"
"It's too late now. Let's go back early while there are still lights on." Not every street is busy on the night of the Lantern Festival. In those remote streets, once the lanterns hung under the eaves by the homeowners are extinguished, the roads will be pitch black and very unsafe.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, she should go back early.
Wei Zhan nodded: "It's really late, let's go back together."
So, a group of people walked back holding lanterns.
Nothing happened along the way. Yingbao paid attention to the surroundings and found no one was following them.
But she didn't think that the gaze was just unintentional, because when she met that gaze, the person quickly dodged and quickly disappeared into the crowd.
This is very unusual.
In the early morning, when everyone in the Jiang Mansion was fast asleep, Yingbao heard several people entering her yard and walking lightly towards her room.
Then she saw a bamboo tube piercing the window paper and blowing smoke into her room.
Yingbao covered her mouth and nose with a cloth, stood behind the window, and entered the cave in an instant.
After a pause, the window was pried open and someone climbed in.
They all had their faces covered and were dressed in black. They walked lightly to the bed, opened the curtains, and saw that the bedding was bulging, as if someone was sleeping inside.
Lifting the blanket, the man in black cried out, "Not good!"
Because there is only a long soft pillow in the bedding, nothing else.
The two were about to retreat when Yingbao suddenly appeared, holding a long sword in her hand and slashed at them.
"Ah!!" the man in black screamed and fell down.
The other man wanted to meet the enemy, but before he could swing his sword, he was knocked to the ground.
The two men in black who were on guard outside had already noticed something was wrong and fled quickly when they saw that the situation was not good.
Yingbao climbed out of the window and chased after them, but only injured one person, while the other escaped in another direction.
The noise in the yard had alarmed the servants and guards in the mansion. Wei Zhan and Jiang Wu rushed over and saw Mu Dan and Xing Hua giving medicine to Mei Xiang and others.
Inside the room, Yingbao was pinching a man's neck, trying to get the poison out of his mouth.
"What's going on?" Wei Zhan took the man in black from Ying Bao, but he was unable to stop him from dying.
Ying Bao's face darkened as she wiped the blood off her hands on the men in black: "They are all assassins. They probably want to kidnap me. They all have poison in their mouths."
I wasted two bottles of Wudingzhi Liquid and still failed to save them. It's really infuriating.
Wei Zhan frowned: "Did they hurt you?"
Yingbao shook her head: "No." It's a pity that no one was alive, otherwise she would have to interrogate them thoroughly.
Chunniang also hurried over and saw several dead people in the yard. She almost fainted. "Bao'er, did they hurt you?"
"No, mother, you should go back quickly. They are just a few thieves. It's nothing serious." Yingbao asked the maid to send mother back to the house. She called the servants and asked them to report to the police as soon as it was daybreak.
Wei Zhan, Jiang Jie, Jiang Wu and others checked the men in black but found nothing to prove their identities.
"Who is so bold as to commit a crime in the capital?" Jiang Wu felt a wave of fear.
If my sister didn't have some martial arts skills, I'm afraid she would have fallen into their trap.
Wei Zhan frowned: "Could it be that their master has a grudge against Ying Bao?"
Those who can use death squads must be from aristocratic families and may also be military generals.
However, even for aristocratic families, it is impossible to train many death warriors. After all, death warriors are also human beings, and human beings have seven emotions and six desires. It is impossible for all of them to be stupid enough to sacrifice their lives for their employers, unless there is enough benefit or they are coerced.
"What's the grudge? My sister hasn't offended anyone in the capital, why did they send someone to assassinate her?" Jiang Wu was so angry that he pounded the table: "If I find out who this bastard is, I will not let him off!"
Yingbao had some guesses in her heart.
This matter must be related to Xiao Chengjun and Chen Tiantian.
"I guess it's the Xiao family." Ying Bao said, "I'll go to the Changshou Marquis's Mansion tomorrow."
Wei Zhan frowned slightly. The mistress of the Xiao Mansion was his cousin. What would he do if he was implicated innocently
But then I thought, if this matter is not clarified sooner or later, it is only a matter of time before my aunt is implicated, so I might as well go and see for myself. "Yingbao, I'll go with you!"
Jiang Jie shook his head: "No, if we go to the Marquis' Mansion for no reason, we will give them a handle. Sister, let's report to the police first and just say that they were sent by the Changshou Marquis' Mansion."
Now that you have doubts, you must confirm them. Being ambiguous will only be disadvantageous to you.