Chapter 384: The trapped beast still fights (Part 2)

From dawn, the entire Yonglefang seemed to have collapsed, with the gates closed, and soldiers were closely guarding all the intersections. Gao Yunce, the general of the Longyou Army who was responsible for the defense of the entire Chang'an City, led the team himself. Teams of soldiers searched door to door in the yard. From all sources, the assassin was seriously injured and could not escape from Yonglefang. It was very likely that he was still in the yard. In the morning breeze, the streets were filled with people who were temporarily leaving their homes, and even Lu Qi's mansion in Yonglefang was no exception. Except for Lu Qi and his wife who did not leave the mansion, the rest of the family members also left the mansion temporarily. Everyone was talking about it, speculating about the assassination in Zhang Huan's mansion.

Until dawn, the search soldiers finally found one of the assassins in a weedy in the backyard of Weituo Temple in the northwest corner of the fang. To be precise, it was a corpse, a sword penetrated through his lower abdomen. He had lost too much blood, but the other assassin disappeared.

The assassin case that happened last night was extremely frightened. The two assassins successfully avoided the patrol in Zhang Huan's mansion and went deep into the inner house. Their goal was very clear, which was to target Zhang Huan's two sons, the eldest son Li Qi and the second son Li Gui, to plunder or kill them.

But the eldest son Li Qi has a close guard, so the assassin turned to Cui Ning's courtyard and assassinated three guards. But coincidentally, Pingping happened to live in Cui Ning's room last night. The assassin's whereabouts were discovered by her. In a brief fierce battle, Pingping was hit by four swords. However, one of the assassin was also pierced by her sword, while the other assassin wanted to kill Li Gui, but was protected by Cui Ning's two personal maids Mingyue and Mingzhu. Li Gui escaped, but the two maids and were unfortunately killed. Li Gui's wet nurse was seriously injured, and Cui Ning, who was pregnant with six Jia, also fainted in extreme horror.

At this moment, Zhang Huan's mansion might not be able to fly over. Nearly a thousand soldiers were fully armed and controlled every corner. The lieutenant on duty and more than a dozen soldiers guarding the inner mansion were tied outside the door. General Gao Yunce's face turned pale and was holding a whip and whipping the lieutenant himself.

The assassination that happened last night was the first time targeting Zhang Huan's family. The loopholes in Zhang Huan's defense in his house were also exposed last night. More than 300 people defended him, but he was still calmly entered the inner courtyard by the assassin and killed people in the bedroom of the governor's second wife. Gao Yunce had no face to explain to the governor no matter what.

No one spoke outside the gate. He heard the strong wind passing by the whip in the air and the crackling sound of falling on the flesh. He had already whipped more than fifty whips. Gao Yunce's arms were sore, but his anger became more and more intense. He stared at the dereliction of duty lieutenant fiercely, his eyes sprayed with anger, and he almost wanted to chop off his head with one knife.

The lieutenant was also one of Zhang Huan's personal soldiers. He was only in his early twenties and had a baby face. At this moment, his head was drooping, his face was covered in blood, and his body was covered in blood. He was indeed dereliction of duty last night. Before another team of guards took over, he had put the previous team of soldiers. It was in this disconnection gap that the assassin broke into Cui Ning's bedroom and killed a cup of tea in the bedroom. If it weren't for the desperate protection, the women and children in the room would not have been spared, and Cui Ning and Li Gui would definitely die.

"General, don't beat me anymore, kill me with one knife!" The young captain said in regret. He said extremely weakly.

"Of course I want to kill you!" Gao Yunce roared and cursed: "Do you think you can escape the military law?"

"And you." Gao Yunce pointed to the dozen pale-faced soldiers and cursed: "The job was delayed. Do you think I don't know what you are doing? You dare to gather people in the governor's mansion to gamble. You are really tired of living."

More than a dozen soldiers knelt on the ground, their arms tied to wooden stakes. His eyes were extremely frightened, and they all knew that they would be unable to survive this time.

"Madam is here!" Someone shouted loudly, and Pei Ying, accompanied by more than a dozen maids and mothers, went down the steps and was walking quickly towards this side. Gao Yunce immediately stopped whipping, glared at the captain fiercely, and went forward to greet the wife.

Pei Ying was only a little shocked at this moment. The bloody scene in Cui Ning's room almost made her faint. She married Zhang Huan for seven years and was the first time she had encountered an assassin, which made her finally realize that marrying Zhang Huan actually had huge risks. While she was afraid, she also secretly glad that she had brought her son with her last night, otherwise if her son had a few shortcomings, she would not have lived.

"I am guilty of being blamed, apologize to my wife!" Gao Yunce knelt down on one knee and apologized to Pei Ying.

"General Gao doesn't have to blame himself, please get up! This happened. I don't think you are responsible but not guilty." Pei Ying sighed and asked again: "I heard that the assassin has news. Who sent the assassin?"

"Report to the wife, an assassin died in the Weituo Temple because he lost too much blood. Another assassin was missing. His subordinates carefully inspected it. There was no clue on him. The subordinates have transferred this case to the Internal Affairs Department Li Sizheng. I don't know the specific details."

Pei Ying nodded. Seeing that the baby-faced captain's face was covered in blood, her eyes were full of regret. Thinking that he always had a youthful and bright smile, but now he was dying, she felt very unbearable, so she said to Gao Yunce: "General Gao, I ask you for love and spare their lives!"

Gao Yunce hesitated for a moment before saying, "I dare not, but they did violate military discipline. If I spared them, I may not be able to explain to the governor."

"I will talk about you governors." Pei Ying's face darkened, "I have never interfered in your military affairs, nor have I asked anyone for love. This is only this time, have you not agreed?"

Pei Ying has a very high prestige in the army, and she will be the mother of the Tang Dynasty in the future. How dare Gao Yunce not give this face? He dared not refute Pei Ying again, and quickly waved his order to the soldiers on both sides and said, "Mrs. Wang, please spare his life for the time being, and remove him from his position as a captain."

He pointed to more than a dozen soldiers who had failed to do anything, and said, "These fifteen people can be spared for a while, but they are bound to be punished by life. Each person is dragged to the barracks and can be poked with one hundred military sticks."

"Thank you, madam! Thank you, madam for your spare time!" The young captain and more than a dozen soldiers thanked Pei Ying with tears in their eyes. A group of soldiers came up to untied them and took them to the military camp.

Pei Ying kept looking at them and then said to Gao Yunce again: "Since the case has been handed over to the Internal Affairs Department, let the soldiers withdraw! Don't disturb the people anymore. It is unfortunate that we were assassinated. Why bother the neighbors to be frightened? There are no need for so many soldiers in my mansion. Just strengthen the patrol slightly."

"Sir, obey the order!" Gao Yunce bowed and hurriedly ran to arrange the withdrawal of troops.

Pei Ying shook her head, hurried to the mansion, asked about the situation, and the rest was to comfort her family. Cui Ning was stabbed in the calf and was extremely weak. Moreover, she was nearly seven months pregnant, so it was even more urgent to save the child in her belly.

There is also Pingping. She fought to the death to resist the assassin and was seriously injured. Even the doctor was not sure that she could save her life. Pei Ying felt even more guilty about Pingping. She had always been dissatisfied with Pingping's love for swords and said more than once that if Pingping hadn't been stubborn, if she had heard her words, the consequences of last night would have been unimaginable.

Cui Ning's yard has been closed, and the bodies of the two murdered sisters Mingyue and Mingzhu have been sent to Xingshan Temple near Jingshanfang. When the monks are asked to be saved, Pei Ying walked through a corridor and came to Cui Ning and the yard where he was recovering from the wounded. Qier happily ran over to report, "Mom, Aunt Ping is awake, looking for her sword everywhere!"

Pei Ying was overjoyed. The doctor told her last night that if Pingping couldn't wake up before noon, she would be in danger of her life. Now she woke up just after dawn. How could Pei Ying not be ecstatic? She tapped her son's head gently and pretended to be angry and said, "What are you here to do? Didn't you let you write in the room?"

"The child has finished writing. I want to see Er Niang and Aunt Heping, and my second brother. I want to see him too."

"Your second brother is not here. Good boy. Listen to your mother, don't disturb Aunt Ping's rest." Pei Ying called a maid and asked her to take her son back to her room.

Pei Ying hurried into Pingping's ward. Before she could enter the room, she heard Pingping's weak voice in the room: "Do you know? The man came in. The man had a very powerful sword technique, but he underestimated the enemy and dared not take his aunt seriously. In the end, I was hit by my sword and pierced his stomach. Unfortunately, my sword, hey! Can you two help me find it to the backyard? Maybe he would throw it in a rockery pond. If you find it, I will give you five jin of money each."

Pei Ying was both angry and funny. She was still talking nonsense after being so seriously injured. She walked into the room and smiled, "Miss Lin Er, has your injury healed?"

The two maids who served her were listening to Pingping’s story about last night in a daze. Suddenly, the wife came in. They jumped up and hurriedly knelt on the ground, "The humble girl is guilty!"

Pei Ying glanced at them coldly, "How did I tell you? Miss Ping wakes up and goes to call the doctor immediately. How are you? You actually listen to the story here and misses Miss Ping's life. Can you afford it?"

"Sister, don't blame them. I don't let them go to see a doctor, oh!"

Pingping wanted to sit up, but suddenly pulled the wound, which made her sweat flow. Pei Ying hurriedly held her down, "Don't move!"

She immediately turned around and shouted loudly: "You guys aren't going to call the doctor!"

The two maids were so scared that they ran out, and Pingping grabbed Pei Ying and begged: "Sister, I'm so hurt that I can't let those men see the place, and the doctor can't do it either."

Pei Ying smiled and patted her hands and said, "Don't worry, how could I have thought that the one who healed you was Dr. Wang's daughter, our best female doctor in Chang'an."

Pingping felt relieved, and she suddenly remembered something again and asked hurriedly: "How is Cui Ning? I remember she seemed to have been killed, but don't hurt her stomach."

"She just bleeded a little more, she was extremely weak, and she was not in danger of life for the time being. The fetus was normal, so she should take good care of it." Speaking of this, Pei Ying held Pingping's hand and said guiltily: "It's me that's not good. I always don't like you to carry a sword. If it weren't for you this time, I really wouldn't know... Alas! Pingping, I apologize to you."

"Sister, seeing what you said, I apologize to me. It's because I have been so tolerant. I am actually very grateful to you in my heart." Pingping said this, his eyes suddenly turned red. She bit her lip and said, "Actually, I'm hiding it from you! That sword was given to me by Zhang Shiba. I was afraid that he would recognize it and change it to the scabbard. The sword never left me. I was taken away by the assassin yesterday. Can I help me find it? I beg you."
Chapter completed!