Shen Xining put his hand on his neck and smiled.
"Now that you have discovered my identity, why don't you just kill me? But are you still interested in me?"
The man sneered.
"Since you are the emperor's companion, you are naturally a bit arrogant. I never touch women who are too dirty. Let someone check your body. If you are not a virgin, you should know the consequences."
After saying that, the man stood up and prepared to call for others. Shen Xining stood up and stabbed the dagger into his neck, but the man dodged it. Shen Xining kicked him hard in the abdomen and prepared to jump down. The man wanted to resist, but his body went limp and he fell down. Shen Xining looked at him and sneered.
Just now, she applied ointment on her hands and waited for him to take the bait. Unexpectedly, he was completely unaware of it. What kind of companion is the emperor? He must have had too many good days. The disdain in his eyes was so strong that he couldn't even recognize such a lowly method. If all the emperor's disciples were such ignorant people, then the entire dynasty would be left with no useful people.
Shen Xining climbed down from the window and asked people to surround the place.
Xie Zhaoan came hurriedly with a team of people. The Yueying Guards beside him were quite secretive. Although Bai Ri had not found any trace of Shen Xining, he already knew everything about Bai Ri. Seeing the man being caught and put into the carriage transporting criminals, Xie Zhaoan's face showed no joy.
He held a jade flute in his hand, his face full of murderous intent. His face, which had never had any anger before, was now filled with anger. He looked at the woman in front of him.
"Do you know that if anything goes wrong today, you won't be able to stand here any longer?"
Shen Xining looked indifferent.
"As long as the result is good, it is enough."
"Really? Is Miss Shen always so brainless? Today's matter clearly does not need to be so cruel and ruthless, but you insist on going to extremes. Doesn't this prove Miss Shen's incompetence?"
Shen Xining looked at the man standing aside. It was clear that he should still look as calm and gentle as before, but now he looked a little angry. Shen Xining looked at his profile and now he just found it ridiculous.
"Whether I am incompetent or not, I think it has nothing to do with the Fourth Prince. At least, I am working hard to resolve this matter now, instead of just standing aside and saying some so-called righteous words like the Fourth Prince. Am I right, Fourth Prince?"
Oh.
Xie Zhaoan held her wrist tightly and pushed her step by step towards the wall. He clenched her hand tightly with his fingers, as if there was something dirty on her hand. His eyes were full of anger, but Shen Xining saw a trace of heartache on his face. But it only lasted for a second. The next second, the man regained his composure.
"Shen Xining, some people's stupidity is not in their behavior, but in their blindness. She thought she was close to victory, but in the end, she found out that these were just a drop in the bucket."
Shen Xining frowned. She didn't understand what Xie Zhaoan said and didn't know what he wanted to say. The man's hand holding her wrist became tighter and tighter, which made Shen Xining feel a little annoyed.
"Let me go, Xie Zhaoan."
Xie Zhaoan suddenly let go of her hand, strode forward, returned to his residence in the county government office, and expressionlessly cut off a fully blossomed crabapple flower by the window. Looking at the flower lying on the ground, he put down the scissors in his hand, and his expression relaxed a little.
"What is it?"
"Mr. Yue, you got a minor injury tonight. This is the ointment the doctor sent."
Xie Zhaoan raised his arm and took a look at the scar on his wrist. It was the wound he sustained in the fight with the guards in the dark of the brothel tonight while he was looking for Shen Xining. The wound was not serious, but the opponent's weapons were all poisoned, so he needed to rest for it to heal.
"No need."
The wound is healed again and again. Only in this way can some wounds be always kept in mind.
"How to deal with these secret guards?"
"Since we already know the identities and whereabouts of the Moon Shadow Guards, then we should just kill them. Have you figured out the identities of these people? Are they the emperor's men, or the prince's men?"
"The poison these people used is not the same as the one the prince used last time. I think it should be different."
This person should be someone close to the emperor.
Xie Zhaoan nodded and motioned for everyone to leave. He looked at the fallen crabapple flowers on the ground again, and curled his lips, but the smile did not reach his eyes. Shen Xining, he wanted to see what her expression would be when this matter was over.
The news that Shen Xining brought someone back was not small news. People in the county government and even the entire county were alarmed. In order to create an atmosphere, she deliberately paraded the person through the streets for public display. The originally calm and elegant person now sat in the car, looking a little embarrassed, but not panicked.
"Miss Shen, that day, when you were sitting in the carriage, was it also like this?"
"It's different. You are going to die, but I am doing things for the good of the people. I have no guilt, so I have nothing to be afraid of or ashamed of."
"In this case, I hope Miss Shen can always remain so arrogant."
The county government looked at this person with a bit of panic in his eyes. Shen Xining drank a cup of tea and said in a calm voice.
"Why, it seems that the county magistrate seems to know this person? Are you two old friends?"
Without waiting for the old man in the county government office to speak, that man spoke first.
"Of course. I was caught by the county magistrate once when I was drinking wine in a brothel before. He said that the girl I was drinking with was not a prostitute from a brothel, but a girl from a decent family. It was just a misunderstanding. Who would have thought that today, I would be caught by Miss Shen because of this kind of thing."
Shen Xining scolded.
"You bastard! I arrested you today not for drinking, but for trafficking people. This is a capital crime under the laws of this dynasty. Do you know your crime?"
The man bowed his head.
"Deng Yan doesn't know what crime he has committed."
Shen Xining frowned.
"Your name is Deng Yan?"
The man nodded.
"I will never change my name, I will never change my surname, this is Deng Yan!"
How is this possible? The head guard who escorted Shen Xining before was also called Deng Yan, but he is dead now. How could this be such a coincidence
Deng Yan didn't care much.
"We work for the emperor, but he never cares about what we think, let alone how we want to live, so they gave us a list with 20 names corresponding to the official positions."