Chapter 7: Assassination
With a bang, a masked black-clad man jumped out of the window, and then ...... Two times, two more arrows pierced the bed, if it wasn't for the dishonest sleep and rolled to the end of the bed, these three arrows were all critical positions.
At the critical moment, I quickly left the bed, put the porcelain vase and tea set on the bedside to the ground, and picked up the small crossbow that was placed next to the bed. I didn't care about tying it to my arm, and I pulled the ring of the control mechanism hard.
After all, the small crossbow is only the size of a palm, and the force of pulling is too great, and it directly pulls the ring and the silk thread off, but fortunately, this thing is very sensitive, and at the same time as the thread is broken, the mechanism is also activated.
Whoosh, powerful three arrows, straight out.
The man in black reacted very quickly, flipped back on the spot, and easily dodged three arrows. But he didn't expect that there were three arrows followed by him, and he barely dodged two in a hurry, and the other one stabbed him in the calf with a pop.
I heard him snort, his body retreating several steps uncontrollably, and a faint smell of blood emanated from the room.
I know the power of the crossbow, a thick tree trunk fifty meters away can pierce through, not to mention flesh and blood, even if his leg bones are not broken, I am afraid that it will hurt his muscles and bones.
"Miss, how are you?" At this time, Luzhu heard the sound and came to the window, saw the situation in the house through the moonlight, and screamed in fright, pulling his neck and shouting, "Ah! Come on, there are assassins, there are assassins! ”
In the dead of night, this voice exploded in the general's mansion and echoed back, the man in black was startled, jumped out of the window like a flying fish, climbed to the roof in two steps, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
After all, this is my backyard, and no one usually comes to scream, but now it is different, but by the time a group of people arrived, the assassin had already run away from me.
The housekeeper thought it was true, and sent someone to re-inspect the courtyard inside and outside, clean up the blood stains and debris in the house, and asked Luzhu to ask about the situation.
During this period, the eldest maid who was in charge of the housewife also came, saying that the housewife had a headache at night and could not see the wind, so she sent her to see me.
In the middle of the night, I was not injured, and after the housekeeper comforted me, he left a few family members for me to nurse the home, one of which had a knife on his waist, and it seemed that he was practicing his family.
Luzhu blamed herself very much, and kept saying that she didn't stay at the door before the accident happened, and insisted on keeping vigil by the bedside, but she couldn't resist her, so she let it go.
When everyone dispersed, calm returned to the small courtyard, and I was lying in the new brocade quilt, still unable to sleep.
If it weren't for a small crossbow beside me, I should be afraid that I would have entered Huangquan Road again at this time.
Although he is bullied on weekdays, he has never been a killer.
I live in a small courtyard, and I don't have any enemies, and the only possibility of getting into trouble is that the edge is too strong today, and it will hinder people's eyes.
The moonlight filtered through the window, and the ground was cold.
I got up and sat up, wrapped my little body in the quilt, and leaned against the end of the bed.
If you anger anyone, the third lady should make me angry today, I clearly remember the fiery look in her eyes when Su Huo carried me out.
However, she should not be the one who wants to kill me today. Everyone in the house knows that I have offended her, and if something happens to me, she will not be the first to escape suspicion, and she will not be so stupid.
Could it be that she is the housewife?
I have lived in a dilapidated hospital for many years, and even the maid in the house dares to come over to make things difficult in every way, so she naturally turns a blind eye.
Now that I have taken the limelight, I will go to the Blue Pavilion in a few days to learn literature and martial arts with her daughter, and she will naturally not be happy.
But......
As the head of the house, she is naturally responsible for letting me be lonely for so many years.
Today, the old general didn't say a word about the previous incident, and she naturally made a remedy as quickly as she cleverly, and if something happened to me on the cusp of this wave, she would naturally have a lot of responsibility.
She should and wouldn't be in such a hurry to do it to me.
Who is it that wants to kill me?
Suddenly, my mind moved, and I asked Luzhu, "What happened in the backyard this afternoon?" ”
The girl from Luzhu was sitting with her eyes open, listening to my question, and immediately replied, "Miss, this afternoon in the backyard, we are busy decorating our yard, and nothing else has happened. ”
I asked again, "If there is no arowana on the second lady's side, there will be no movement?" ”
Lu Zhu said, "Miss, this slave did pay attention, the second lady really didn't have any reaction, and at night she also rewarded the kitchen with half a tael of silver, saying that the sweet sugar water was delicious." ”
No, this is absolutely not true!
The second lady has a tricky temperament, and she is better than the third lady.
Yesterday, the next person took the wrong soup, she was angry and made people kneel, her favorite arowana was gone, and she drank sugar water quietly, unlike her style.
Wait until I think about it......
Su Qianyue secretly calculated against Su Qianliu, and when she went back, she had a ghost in her heart, and she must tell her aunt about it. After Su He passed on the matter of the fish bone to the second lady, I guess that eighty percent of the suspicions about his daughter were exposed.
Although the two ladies also correspond on weekdays, they secretly don't like each other. With the second lady's suspicious character, although she is not sure that the fish was killed by the third lady, she must also hold a grudge.
With her mind, she naturally knew that if something happened to me, the first person to be suspected would be the third lady.
Therefore, she did not move in the afternoon.
Therefore, she is likely to use a trick to set up a blame and kill me to blame the third lady.
The most likely person in this courtyard who wants to kill me is the second lady!
Thinking of this, a breath of anger rose in his chest.
If I guessed correctly, then it was really careless, I was originally just a tricky lord when I was the second lady, but now I look at it and my scheming is quite deep.
In this general's mansion, the water is deep enough.
"Miss, have you slept?"
Seeing that I didn't make a sound for a long time, Luzhu lowered his voice and asked softly. I didn't reply too lazily, so I didn't make a sound, and she waited for a while, and then opened the door lightly, and listened to the voice, so I should have sat at the door.
I stayed for a while, then I lay down again, and when I saw the little crossbow next to my pillow, I couldn't help but hold it in my hand.
Thanks to it today, it's a pity that the rope loop was broken, this thing is so delicate and small, I naturally won't repair it, I'm afraid it will be scrapped.
With a deep sigh, he tucked the crossbow under his pillow and closed his eyes in a heavy breath.
There is no evidence, and I can't say who exactly wants to kill me, so let's wait and see.
I was also tired, and I slept very deeply, and I didn't wake up until the next afternoon.
When I woke up, Lu Zhu and the two maids were already waiting next to me, bringing water and waiting to wash.
Yesterday, Ji Yunchang gave me a clear rain and rain dew really had a miraculous effect, when I got up, the injuries on my body had scabbed, and a few shallow injuries had healed, so I asked my mother-in-law to prepare hot water and take a flower bath comfortably.
Almost as soon as it was washed, the mistress called someone to bring a few boxes. There were some hairpin bracelets in it, and two sets of satin shirts of fine fabrics, which were specially rumored to be prepared for me by the hostess for the evening family banquet.
Luzhu thanked people for me, and after sending people away, I picked up a set of brocade clothes and touched them left and right, and almost cried.
After so many years with me, it was the first time she touched such a good dress, who would have thought that yesterday's down-and-out lady would be able to wear brocade clothes again today.
Feeling a little uncomfortable, I walked over, took out two carved bracelets from the box, and put them in her hand, "Green beads, this is for you." ”
Lu Zhu hurriedly stuffed the bracelet back into my hand, and hurriedly said, "No, no, no, this slave can't ask for it." This is given to the young lady by the eldest lady, and it is also what the young lady should have, and the slave and maid can't ask for it. As long as the slave maid looks at the young lady, she is already very happy, and the nurse will be very happy if she has a spirit in the sky. It's so good that Miss is like this now, it's so good......"
As she spoke, her eyes turned red and she burst into tears. I sighed lightly and asked her again, "Don't you think your young lady has been very strange since she woke up?" ”
"Not strange!" Lu Zhu shook her head firmly, "Miss should be like this, this should be what my young lady looks like!" ”
She didn't sleep last night, there were deep black marks under her eyes, the face that was slapped the day before yesterday had not been swollen, and a small face with tears hanging on it, it was indeed stubborn.
I was suddenly very moved, this little girl, it's really stubborn and distressing.
"Miss, the slave will comb your hair." Green beads wiped away the tears and took a horn to comb out.
I nodded, not entangled with her whether to have a bracelet or not, the coming day is long, not in a hurry.
Drying my long hair and sitting in front of the bronze mirror, it was the first time I saw my own face.
This is a very thin face, with straight eyebrows and eyes, but it is childish, no matter how you look at it, it is just a child.
Also, this body is only nine years old, but it is not a child.
With a deep sigh, I closed my eyes slightly and let the green beads toss above my head.
Because of the lack of nutrition all year round, my neck is very thin, my hair is yellow and scarce, and I don't look good at any hairpin.
There was no way, so the green beads scattered most of the hair, only loosely curled a bud at the back of the head, found a magnolia hairpin with a silver background, and puffed on some powder, put on a brocade dress and turned on the spot, which can be regarded as delicate.
After tidying up neatly, it was almost evening, and after eating a few pastries, the hostess sent someone over to lead me all the way to the front hall and into the family banquet in the general's mansion.