Chapter 231: Ambush
Hua Hao went back, and brought six palace guards with him, and met them at the city gate.
Seeing this, the steward did not have any abnormality on his face, and sat diligently next to the coachman of Shu Qingai's carriage and led the way with them.
The journey was uneventful, and by noon, the carriage had finally reached its destination.
During this period, Shu Qingai opened the curtain all the way, looked at the scenery along the road, and became familiar with the landform along the road.
The carriage stopped in front of a Zhuangzi gate, and she was helped out of the carriage by Hua Hao, and she saw a wooden plaque in front of the Zhuangzi gate, with three big characters written on it: "Hongxiang Courtyard".
There seemed to be no one in the Zhuangzi at all, and after she went in, she looked at it, this Zhuangzi was very ordinary, probably because no one lived in it for a long time, and it was a little deserted everywhere.
A few guards behind him followed, and Shu Qingai and a few people went to the courtyard.
The steward was very attentive, and invited Shu Qingai into the main house to rest, but she refused.
"Shopkeeper, this yard is too old, many places need to be repaired, and even some courtyards have to be pushed and built. According to your words, an acre of fertile land is ten taels of silver, but with this yard, it is not worth four thousand taels. ”
Shu Qingai frowned, not too satisfied with this courtyard. Although she doesn't plan to live, she plans to use it to run a workshop, and this condition is naturally not bad.
"Madame doesn't know, the housing prices in this capital are so high, and that price must not be cheap."
Shu Qingai did not retreat because of the words of the steward, and shook his head: "That's it, let's go and see how the fields are first." ”
When the steward heard this, he hurriedly spoke: "Madam, why don't you go into the main house and take a look at our furniture, many of them are made of fine pear blossom wood, and then Madame will know how reasonable our price is." ”
Shu Qingai frowned, she didn't care about the furniture here, even if some workers had to live at that time, there would be big changes to this place. The furniture must be as old as these houses, and it would be better to buy some new ones for the workers, and it would not cost much money.
"That's it, the furniture is not important, if the field is really as good as you say, this price is not unacceptable."
When the words fell, Shu Qingai went to the gate of the courtyard, and when the steward saw it, he was anxious.
At this moment, the closed doors in the courtyard were suddenly opened!
A group of black-clothed people, armed with weapons, rushed out directly! Shu Qing was shocked in love, no wonder this steward had to enter the house by himself all the time! It turns out that there is such a hand waiting for him!
"Protect Madame!"
Several guards and Qingyou had already drawn their long swords at their waists, and the head of the guards shouted! The people all surrounded Shu Qingai in the middle, vigilant against the more and more black-clothed people around.
When Shu Deai turned around to look for it, the steward didn't know where to hide.
"It's hard for you to fly today, so it's better to be caught like this, maybe we can save your life for a while longer."
A masked man in black, his eyes were full of evil fire when he looked at Shu Qingai! The laughter disgusted her!
"Who are you? Even my wife dares to harm her! ”
The flowers are so scared that they can't do it! Even if she was yelling at this group of black-clothed people at this time, her body trembled, and she swore to protect Shu Qing behind her.
"Don't talk nonsense with them, how can they talk about it!"
Qingyu's voice was very cold, and his body was already filled with murderous intent. Shu Qingai couldn't help but worry about her at this time, after all, her injury was just right, I don't know if the few of them today are the opponents of those dozens of people in black.
"Haha! Or this little beauty understands, rest assured, our brother will definitely keep you alive, and then take good care of you. ”
A burst of disgusting foul language fell, and Qing Yu suddenly picked up the long sword in his hand and rushed into the crowd of black-clothed people! Seeing this, several guards left one to protect Shu Qingai, and the other five also joined in.
Shu Qing loved that there was a courtyard wall not far behind them, she pulled the flower and pushed it to the edge of the courtyard wall, just clinging to the wall, there was already an extra dagger in her hand, and she looked vigilantly at the man in black who wanted to lean over.
The martial arts of the dozens of black-clothed people were not weak, and after a while, Qingyou was a little unbearable, but fortunately, one of the guards noticed her at any time, so that he swept away several dangers for her.
But right now, they can't run away, if they don't solve this group of people in black, even if they run out of this courtyard, they will be blocked!
It was the first time Hua Hao had seen the scene, and he was already in a cold sweat when he grabbed Shu Qingai's hand.
"You go help them!"
Shu Qingai looked at the guard who was protecting him, and commanded in a deep voice.
Just now, she had already used her mind to grab a golden needle with an intoxicating potion in her hand, if someone really approached, as long as she was stabbed, that person would definitely lose consciousness in a second!
When she was in the gambling house, she used the golden needle to put down the knife master.
The guards who protected Shu Qingai, how could they leave her at this time. Shu Qingai saw that he didn't leave, and urged again.
"Princess, no! In case the subordinates leave, they will directly attack the princess, how good is the time! ”
The guard's words fell, and Shu Qing Ai showed the dagger and golden needle in his hand: "Look, I can defend myself, you go quickly." ”
Seeing this, the guards hesitated for a moment and joined the fight directly!
Seeing this, Hua Hao was even more scared.
"The princess, the slave, the slave must swear to protect the princess!"
Shu Qingai was so frightened when she saw Hua Hao like this, and she had to say something like that, and she couldn't help but feel a warmth in her heart.
"Good flowers, you hold this golden needle, in case someone approaches, you can prick him directly, as long as he is pricked, this person will definitely fall to the ground immediately!"
Hua Hao didn't believe that this small golden needle could have such a big effect, but he still took the golden needle in Shu Qingai's hand and nodded fiercely!
Those people in black didn't rush to catch Shu Qingai, because they were already very sure. In their eyes, these guards didn't take care of it for a while, and they even thought that Shu Qingai at this time couldn't leave this courtyard.
Although the guards of the palace were well-trained, they could not withstand the siege of dozens of people, and after a while, two of the guards had already hung up the color, one arm was stabbed with a sword, and a small leg was cut.
It's okay to be quiet, because several guards take into account that she is a woman, and help her resolve crises from time to time.
The fight scene went on in a scuffle, and after about half an hour, these guards obviously had the upper hand, and Shu Qingai was anxious! I really want to rush in with the golden needle, but she is a person with no kung fu and no internal strength, I am afraid that she will be caught by those black people before she gets close.
"Ling'er! What are you still pretending to be dead for? ”
Shu Qingai is really angry at the moment! At this time, this Ling'er still can't tell the difference, she really doesn't know, what is the use of letting her get this space!
Shu Qingai, who was extremely angry, decided that if Ling'er really didn't come out today, then don't blame her for going back, and directly throw the beads on her wrist into the pit!
Sure enough, after Shu Qing roared in love, Ling'er's voice soon sounded in his mind.
However, this time, Ling'er's voice was not as dragged as before, and it seemed that Shu Qingai had left her dry during this time, which still played a lot of roles.
"Master, you swing the golden needle, I'll control it."
When Shu Qingai heard this, he was greatly relieved.
Immediately didn't think about it, and flew directly to the black-clothed man in the scuffle, and sure enough, no one noticed the existence of the golden needle, and the black-clothed man who was selected by Ling'er fell straight to the ground, unable to move.
Seeing this, Shu Qingai was overjoyed, and he was connected with more than two dozen golden needles in his hand. One by one, they flew out, and the men in black fell to the ground one by one!
It made the guards and the rest of the men in black sigh for a while. The guards looked at each other, they didn't stab those men in black at all, why, the men in black fell directly!
Qingyou turned her head and saw Shu Qingai's gesture, she knew why.
The heart that was a little desperate just now instantly resurfaced and fought hard!
After a while, the men in black were killed by the guards and Qingyu, and only four remained. A few people saw that things were not good, and they didn't love fighting, so they wanted to solve Shu Qingai's problems first!
The four men in black glanced at each other, and one of the men in black kicked on the spot, with a light luck, swung out a long sword, and went straight to Shu Qingai's neck!
Shu Qingai no longer had a golden needle in her hand, the dagger she hid at her side tightened and tightened in the palm of her hand, and her eyes stared at the sword that was getting closer and closer to her for a moment.
"Hugh!" With a bang, a golden needle was inserted straight into the eyebrows of the man in black!
The man in black suddenly fell to the ground!
Shu Qingai was already scared into a cold sweat! Just now she thought that she couldn't dodge this sword, but she didn't expect Hua Hao to throw out the last golden needle left in her hand.
However, it should be Ling'er who controlled the golden needle, otherwise, even if the flower was thrown out, it would not have pierced the black-clothed person.
She had just walked in the face of death again, and suddenly her legs felt weak, and if she hadn't leaned against the wall, she would have collapsed on the ground.
The remaining three black-clothed people, seeing their companions, fell down inexplicably, and they were afraid for a while, and they didn't dare to fight anymore, so they stepped on the courtyard wall and flew out of the courtyard with a light luck!
Seeing this, the guards wanted to chase after him, but were stopped by Shu Qingai's voice.
"There's no need to chase them, these people are all drugged, just take them back for interrogation."
Several guards looked at each other a few times, and when they looked at Shu Qingai again, there was a trace of respect in their eyes!
Originally, because of Shu Qingai's status as a rural village woman, few people in the palace really looked up to her, even if she had deeds of helping the victims first, they all thought that it was because of their own prince.
If it weren't for the silver from his own prince, Shu Qingai would not have been able to donate so much money to the victims, let alone have such a good idea to come up with the idea of digging a river!
All of this is nothing more than this woman confusing her own prince, and her own prince just wants to keep her in the palace justifiably and help her earn merit.
But today, it seems that they have really looked away.
This princess of theirs really doesn't seem as simple as it seems on the surface. But after thinking about it, his own prince is not an ordinary person, those daughters of famous nobles can't get into his eyes, choose this woman, naturally this woman also has something extraordinary!
Shu Qingai didn't know it, and today's move was to subdue several guards from Mochen.
After listening to Shu Qingai's words, several guards stepped forward to check in turn, and a few of the black-clothed people were killed by a few of them with a sword, but the more than 20 black-clothed people who fell inexplicably had a golden needle of more than ten centimeters.
If you don't think about it, the facts are in front of you, this must be Shu Qingai's handiwork.
"Ling'er, see where the steward who brought us here is hiding?"
Shu Qingai asked silently in her mind. In less than a minute, Ling'er's news came back.
"Master, in a firewood house in the northwest yard."
Shu Qingai immediately asked the two guards to search, today's incident was planned in advance.