Qin Yining had a long and heavy nightmare. In the dream, there was a constant shouting of killing, there was a lingering bloody smell, and there were people chasing after her and shouting and shouting to kill, she was originally very confident that she could escape, but when she stepped up, she realized that she was just a child with short hands and short legs, and she was soon caught up.

The moment she was stabbed in the shoulder, she screamed in horror and shook violently, and suddenly opened her eyes.

It hurts, the shoulder really hurts!

Looking at the elegant magnolia embroidery on the familiar light blue bed tent, Qin Yining couldn't tell for a moment whether he was awake or dreaming again.

Her last memory is that the family was trapped in a dead end, with a fire on one side and an assassin on the other, and she leaned on her father's arm and watched Aunt Lin commit suicide in despair due to the deaths of her sixth and seventh sisters.

How did she end up in her bedroom? Is everyone alright?

"Girl, you're awake!" Rock Candy, who was standing on the edge of the bed, said happily, "How do you feel?" ”

Qin Yining opened his mouth, his throat was dry and painful, and he couldn't speak.

Bingtang hurriedly brought a small white porcelain bowl over and fed her half a bowl with a spoon.

The water in her mouth was salty and sweet, but her throat was on fire, but it was a little better, and she asked hoarsely, "How long have I been sleeping?" What day and hour is it? ”

"Back girl, you have slept for a day and a night, and now it has just passed, and the slave and maid have come back with a letter early this morning. You were still burning badly at that time, and it was also thanks to your good health, which is already much better. ”

Qin Yining nodded, and asked again, "Who else is in the family?" ”

Hearing this, Bingtang hesitated for a moment before cautiously saying, "Don't ask so much." The old lady, the marquis and the lady are all fine. Jiyun said that you just fainted last night, and there were rescuers coming, so everyone was nothing big later, even the injured eleventh master had just woken up, and he knew that he was hungry. Jiyun had a few minor injuries on her body, all of them were flesh wounds, so I gave her medicine and asked her to go to sleep first. ”

"I remember, Jiyun wasn't injured last night." Qin Yining turned his head weakly to look at the rock candy. She thought that after the fight, Jiyun must have made a lot of efforts.

As soon as Bingtang thought about what Jiyun told her, he still had palpitations, helped Qin Yining to get up, put a soft pillow behind her, and took a bowl to continue to feed Qin Yining water.

"It is said that after the group of assassins left, three masters quietly came in, at that time, the Hou Ye arranged for you to temporarily settle in the study in the outer courtyard, only Jiyun guarded you, the martial arts of the three people were too high, Jiyun barely resisted, but the people arranged by the little prince happened to arrive to subdue the three assassins, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable."

"Xiao Zhixi arranged someone?"

"Yes, it's a young chivalrous warrior who is here, he is good at martial arts, and his medical skills should be above me, and the wound medicine girl he configured works very well. He also captured all three of the Assassins alive. ”

"What about the Assassins?"

"It's been handed over to Master Hou. I don't know what to do with Master Hou. Bingtang put down the bowl, tested the temperature of Qin Yining's forehead, and persuaded: "The girl hurt the blood vessels and lost a lot of blood, in the end, it hurt the fundamentals, you should have a good life now, and you don't have to pay attention to other things, now everything outside is discussed by the Hou Ye, the second master and the third master, presumably with the wisdom of the Hou Ye, it will definitely be done well." ”

Qin Yining closed his eyes tiredly and shook his head slightly.

"This matter, it can't be counted like this."

"Even if you can't do that, you can't toss yourself anymore, if your body is not well-maintained, where will you have the strength to take care of anything else?"

Qin Yining forcibly suppressed the desire to deal with this matter immediately, and said in a low voice: "Where's my medicine?" Take it. ”

When Rock Candy heard this, tears almost fell.

Qin Yining was simply the strongest woman she had ever seen.

After such a tragedy, the ordinary woman witnessed the death of her relatives, and the assassin kept shouting that she would hand her over and spare the family from death, and Aunt Lin resented her for the death of the sixth and seventh girls, and died in front of her.

The anger of destroying the door, the fear of chasing and killing, the complaints of relatives, and witnessing the death of people close to him in front of him, it is said that Songlan still went to save her life......

If it were any other person, I'm afraid I would have gone crazy at this point. Even if it's okay, you will definitely feel self-pity and be waiting to rely on others.

But Qin Yining has always been very rational and tenacious, she has no self-pity, she has always known what she should do.

This kind of tenacity, if it appears in a housewife who has read thousands of sails, it is still taken for granted.

But she's only fifteen!

Bingtang was the same year as Qin Yining, when the Tang family was destroyed, she was sent away half a year early, but in the end, she just heard the news and didn't see those tragic situations with her own eyes.

Rao is like this, every time she thinks about it, she can't sleep all night, hated and afraid, and can't control her emotions at all.

If she was allowed to experience everything that Qin Yining had experienced, Bingtang felt that she was afraid that the grave grass would be three feet high.

Snorting, Bingtang got up and took a bowl of boiled fine brown sugar corn porridge, and said with a smile: "Girl, you eat something first, this blood tonic is good for restraint, it is good for your body, let's take medicine at the bottom." ”

Qin Yining nodded, raised his weak hands to take the bowl, and ate the warm porridge tremblingly. He took the medicine from the rock candy and drank it down, and then rinsed his mouth again.

The medicine relieved the pain and calmed the nerves, Qin Yining lay on the bed, and after a while, he felt tired, and before falling asleep, he didn't forget to tell the rock candy: "Go and tell my father and mother, I'm fine." Take care of their bodies. ”

"Yes, don't worry, girl, the shopkeeper Zhong has arranged for many people to come to our house to help, and the shopkeeper Zhong has not gone back, listening to the dispatch of the Hou Ye, you can take care of it with peace of mind, and we will do things when we are well."

Qin Yining's eyelids became heavier and heavier, and listening to the words of rock candy, he let himself fall into a deep sleep with peace of mind.

When she woke up again, it was still night, at this time Qin Yining felt that she had some energy, she used brown sugar japonica rice porridge, ate some boiled rotten vegetables, and used medicine, so she refused to rest anymore, and was helped up by rock sugar and Qiu Lu and went downstairs to the mourning hall in the front yard.

Although it was a summer night, Qin Yining at this time was extremely afraid of cold, and as soon as the wind blew, he felt that his body was very cold.

She gritted her teeth all the way and endured, went out of the hanging flower gate, turned into the main courtyard, and saw that the courtyard was covered with white and hung plain flags, and the purpose was plain white, and in the courtyard and the hall with the open gate, there was a coffin with a mouth, and the white paper lantern was blown out by the wind, and the air was filled with a burning smell of burning paper.

As soon as they saw this scene, Bingtang and Qiu Lu felt creepy, and then they thought that these people were all dead in vain, and most of them were familiar with each other, and the tears couldn't help but fall.

Qin Yining walked past the open coffin, only glanced at it a few times, and then stopped looking at it carefully.

When I entered the mourning hall, I saw Qin Yu, Qin Han, the second master, the third master, and Qin Huaiyuan all in front of the spirit. They were all dressed in plain clothes and put paper money in clay pots.

"Father." Qin Yining called.

Qin Huaiyuan turned around and saw Qin Yining, who was dressed in plain clothes and had a pale face.

"Why are you here?"

"I'm going to put incense on everyone and kowtow."

Lying in the coffin in front of Qin Yining was the third wife in a royal blue shroud.

She only glanced at it, and the tears could no longer be stopped, knelt in front of the spirit, kowtowed, and choked in a low voice: "It's my fault." It's that I can't live with everyone. ”

Hearing Qin Yining's words, there was a choked sound in the room.

The third master wiped his face, shook his head and said, "Sister Yi'er doesn't have to blame herself, I said before that this incident is not anyone's fault." It's just that our fate is not good, and we are in this troubled world. ”

Qin Yu's wife did not escape this time, they were young couples, and they were very affectionate on weekdays, although the Yao family had not come out for many years, Qin Yu was unwilling to take a concubine for her, and now that the Yao family has gone, Qin Yu felt that his heart was empty, and after listening to the words of the third master, he did not speak, but just continued the paper money in the clay pot one by one.

Qin Yining was strong and unwilling to figure out the thoughts of her family, because even if she was hated by her family, it would be the end she deserved for her family.

She was concerned about something else now.

"Father, do you know where the assassins are going?"

"Hmm." Qin Huaiyuan's face was reflected in the firelight, and he said slowly: "The matter has been investigated, the assassin this time was sent by the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, one is because of Tianjizi's approval of your life, and the other is that they tried to assassinate the emperor." This time, there were 100 assassins in the Zhou Dynasty, and they had already entered the city in disguise as merchants two days ago, and they had already been targeted by the silver-faced spies and the soldiers and horses of the Five Cities. ”

The second master, the third master, Qin Yu and Qin Han all put down the paper money in their hands and handed it to the subordinates who were guarding the spirit beside them.

There were many people here, which was not suitable for this topic, so everyone left the front hall tacitly, went to a flower hall in the courtyard next door to sit down, and arranged for trustworthy people to guard outside.

Qin Huaiyuan said at this time: "That group of people planned very carefully this time, first sent people to our mansion, and the palace also arranged a large number of people, so it is not counted, and they even left a backup move." If it weren't for Mu Gongzi's timely arrival this time, Sister Yi would probably be gone now. ”

The second and third masters both sighed and shook their heads.

Qin Yu asked, "Who is Mu Gongzi?" ”

Qin Huai said from afar: "Young Master Mu was sent by the little prince to protect Sister Yi'er. ”

The third master said in surprise: "You say, Xiao Wang sent someone to protect Sister Yi'er?" ”

Qin Yining knew that at this time, in front of his family, half of the concealment was easy to cause misunderstanding, so he said bluntly: "Yes, Xiao Zhixi got the news that Emperor Zhou ordered someone to enter Beijing to assassinate me, so he immediately arranged for a warrior with strong martial arts skills to help, but he was too late to catch up with the first batch of assassins, but he just captured the three assassins alive." ”

The second master nodded silently.

Qin Han wrinkled his eyebrows and said, "It seems that the opinions between Emperor Zhou and Xiao Zhixi are not unanimous. ”

Qin Leng smiled: "I think, no matter where it is, the emperor is a virtue. They only care about the stability of their position, and they don't consider the people's livelihood at all, the fourth sister is just a rumor that is not going to be two, the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty can send people from afar to assassinate, and also exterminate so many people in our family, it can be seen that it is also a master who is arbitrary and disregards human life. ”

Qin Yining lowered his head: "In the final analysis, I still hurt everyone." He took a deep breath, and without waiting for everyone to say something to explain, he turned to Qin Huaiyuan and asked, "Father, have you asked for the three assassins?" ”

"They were tortured and had already vomited clean. It's just that the remaining assassins were still fleeing at this time, and the people of the Blue Sky Alliance arrived in time that day and drove the group out, and then they were all chased away. The city of Kyoto is now under martial law, and they can't get out, so they will just break it up and hide in the city. The people of the Five Cities Terracotta Division searched and arrested everywhere all day long, but so far they have found nothing. ”

"What if you catch them?" Qin Yining asked, "Did the emperor say how to deal with these people?" ”

Qin Huaiyuan shook his head slowly: "The emperor didn't say it. ”

"Didn't say that?" Qin Yining sneered and said meaningfully, "If you don't say it, things won't be easy." Father, second uncle, third uncle, you said that with the emperor's temperament, if Da Zhou exerted pressure, would he put these assassins back? ”

"It's all too likely." Qin Han said bitterly, "Think about the matter of the Sun family in the Dingguo Mansion, before the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty said anything, the emperor has already begun to kill loyal ministers." If the Emperor of the Great Zhou casually said, 'Hand over these people to spare you from death', wouldn't the emperor return the people back in a hurry? Then so many mouths in our family, wouldn't they die in vain! ”

Qin Yu closed his eyes and held the circle chair tightly with both hands.

The third old man thought of his eleven-year-old son and the empathetic third wife, and couldn't help but burst into tears, such an adult cried like a lost child.

"It's my incompetence, I didn't protect your mother and your brother, if the emperor still wants to let these murderers go, I, I will fight with the emperor!"

"Father." Qin Han took the third master's hand, "Father, don't cry and hurt your body, your mother will never want to see you like this in the sky." Natural disasters and man-made disasters are unavoidable, this is not your fault, we are alive, how can we seek justice for those who have gone, we have to bear a heavier responsibility, father, you must be calm. ”

The third master wiped his face with his sleeve and forced himself to control his emotions.

Qin Yining wiped his tears and said hoarsely: "We must not let the emperor hand over people." Whether it's the three who we've caught now, or the group of fugitives. If the group of fugitives can't be caught, it will also be a great hidden danger for us, if they are caught, but the emperor does not allow us to kill them, then I have to think of something. ”

"It is not wise to directly disobey the emperor. Head-on conflict, our family is equivalent to hitting a stone with an egg, we must think of a proper way to let these murderers pay for their lives! ”

Qin Huaiyuan asked Qin Yining, "Sister Yi'er, do you have a way?" ”

"Well," Qin Yining nodded firmly, "These executioners stained with the blood of the Qin family, I want their blood to pay tribute to the undead." ”