Chapter 11: A Failed Assassination

Today is really a good day, and the heavens are also beautiful: there are white clouds in the sky, which can cover the sun from time to time, and the breeze that blows slowly makes people feel extremely comfortable. ♀

It was a fitting day to feast and gather in the garden.

Today, even Mrs. Shen and Old Marquis Shen came: only the father and son, Marquis Shen and Shen Miaoge, who are now working as coolies for the Shen Mansion, did not come.

Shen Laozu was very happy, after she arrived at the garden and sat down, she saw that the girls came up with a lot of flowers, and put hairpins on their heads for the ladies and girls, and also let people choose a big red flower.

"Who came up with this idea?" Shen Laozu asked the burning qin to put flowers on his hairpin, and looked at the Shen Mansion girls at the table on the side of the burning joy.

Seventh Aunt Mengqi stood up: "Old Ancestor, do you want to reward me?" ”

One sentence made everyone laugh. Shen Laozu scolded with a smile: "There are fewer things to reward you?" But all the things in my house that you have looked at have not all now come to your house? ”

Everyone laughed again, and Meng Qi calmed down: "I'll keep it on behalf of my ancestors, in case you mistake your eyeballs and are taken away by someone $ lewdness, won't you never see it again?" ”

Shen Laozu smacked Mengqi with a smile and sat her down: the very doted granddaughter, and she was reluctant to scold her in a joke.

Mengqi sat down with a smile, and Mengxi hated her: "Don't hide your mouth, be careful that someone pulls out her tongue one day." ”

Meng Qi didn't care at all, she just smiled and didn't answer the eldest sister's words.

Red Sleeves sat on the side and looked at Mengxi: The eldest girl's marriage has to be tall; Such a good girl can't let her grow old alone; That family is really too deceitful, and people always have to tell if they have it, so that Mengxi has a way out. ♀

But her mind wasn't entirely here today, she just thought about it and put her hand away; Her eyes quietly swept over the Shen family's rooms, and she was waiting.

Old Marquis Shen sent someone over and asked: Do you want to start the trick; After Shen Laozu nodded, he summoned Red Sleeves to sit beside her: "You are happy, don't be surprised by those gongs and drums." ”

Red Sleeves smiled and sat down beside Shen Laozu, although she would not be surprised, but she still had to receive the kindness of the old man.

The jugglers began to perform, and they really dazzled the red sleeves: if it weren't for something on her mind, she might have seen it by all—not the kind of juggling that of modern times.

Shen Laozu was also extremely happy to see it, especially the softness of several children, which made her feel very pity; After calling the head of the juggling class and asking how Rou practiced, Shen Laozu sighed softly.

She asked Yanqin to take a lot of copper coins and give them to the child, if she gave the silver, I was afraid that she would be taken away by the head of the class as soon as she turned around; He also told the team leader to treat these children well, and not to be too strict with a few children.

The red-sleeved children with clear eyebrows were also very pitiful, but she, like Shen Laozu, did not ask the head of the class to buy these boys: they had already practiced a good skill, and although they could not be rich in this life, it was no problem to mix food and clothing.

Buying them is not good for them: their temperament does not fit into the mansion, and they must be very unhappy.

Individuals have their own way to go, not hunger and cold, not life and death, and there is really no need to show mercy to others. ♀

The children's eyes were always floating between the snacks on the table, and Shen Laozu shook his head lightly: It's really pitiful; Then she asked the children to sit down not far from her, and asked them to bring them all kinds of snacks, and told them that they could take them away if they could not finish eating.

And after the children sat down, Red Sleeves glanced at the past from time to time: she always felt that these children made her feel weird; Her eyes lit up when she saw a child tugging at his collar because of the heat.

It seems that the fish has really bitten the hook, and she wants to see which big fish she has caught today.

After the team left, the stage began to perform juggling again: this time on the high rope.

Although Red Sleeves had seen this kind of performance in his previous life, it seemed even more shocking now: a man and a woman on it didn't have any safety ropes or anything like that, and it was normal for them to fall off and break their legs and arms.

However, the skills of the two people are very superb, and in addition to the exclamations of the people, there are also applause.

After a man and a woman landed, something happened suddenly: the man and woman suddenly shook their hands and threw a few flying knives at Shen Laozu, and the sound of breaking the air hissed to come; And after they threw the flying knives, they took out their short swords and flew towards Old Marquis Shen!

Red Sleeves was beside Shen Laozu, and after seeing the man and woman throw out the flying knife, he hurriedly pulled out a long sword from under the table, and shot down the flying knife in front of Shen Laozu and her, and the rest of the flying knives, two of them injured the girl, and the rest fell to the ground.

Give the dummy! The man and woman who wanted to kill were Shen Houye! Redsleeves had already figured it out when he shot down the throwing knives. ♀

The ladies in the mansion were also regarded as the people of the gate, although their faces were pale and their whole bodies trembled, but they only screamed half of their voices: the half of them were covered by themselves: how could they know at this time that the man and woman were not jugglers.

However, to the surprise of the Shen Mansion, Red Sleeves actually prepared a long sword under the table! For some, today, Red Sleeves is prepared – she is not waiting for the man and woman, but herself.

Although I understand it, I understand it, but I don't know if it's too late to get those people to stop at this time: maybe when I see this man and woman doing it, those people don't dare to move anymore - if that's the case, it will really be God's help.

Old Marquis Shen immediately stood up, he had a husband by his side, of course he would not be restrained: he was just suffering from the lack of weapons in his hands, and he was forced to be a little busy by this pair of men and women for a while.

Fortunately, Yunxiang and the others chased after him in time to relieve the siege of Old Marquis Shen.

The man and woman saw that Yunxiang and the others stopped in front of Shen Lao Hou Ye and the others, and Shen Lao Hou Ye and his son also got the long sword: knowing that they couldn't get it, they immediately kicked on the table and rushed out: They want to escape!

Immediately, Old Marquis Shen, Yun Xiang and others chased after him: and someone rushed to the front and stopped in front of the pair of men and women.

However, the man and woman did not really want to leave, they were just pretending to flee; Seeing Yun Xiang and the others rushing to the side and in front, he smiled coldly and reflexively pounced on Shen Lao Zu, and the two cold swords pointed directly at Shen Lao Zu's face.

Old Marquis Shen was shocked, although he shouted at the guards, but the guards couldn't rush over for a while; Since the pair of men and women threw the throwing knives to now, it has only been a few blinks of an eye, and although the guards have rushed here, they can stop the man and woman.

There is still the fragrance of tea around Red Sleeves: she has a body, of course, she will not leave herself in place; Seeing the pair of men and women attacking, the long swords of Red Sleeves and Cha Xiang shook and stopped their attack.

The man and woman were shocked; Although they heard that there were women in the Hou Mansion who knew martial arts, they did not expect that there would be so many women who could martial arts and change customs; They knew that they could not look at each other, and then they separated and rushed out in both directions: this time they really wanted to escape.

It's just that they want to escape too late at this time: when they can't assassinate the old marquis Shen, they may be able to escape immediately-the guards haven't arrived yet, and even if they meet the guards, they won't be in large numbers, and it is still possible for the husbands of the two of them to rush up.

But now that a large number of guards have heard the noise, they will never escape.

I don't know when, those little boys ran to the side of Red Sleeves and Shen Laozu: no one paid attention to them just now, just a few children.

When the men and women pounced on Shen Laozu to assassinate Shen Laozu, the children screamed and crawled under the table: as if they were frightened.

But Redsleeves was a little more careful: they weren't kids!

Yes, they are gnomes, very good-looking, and young gnomes: even if they are young, they are already adults—for they have grown their throats.

Red Sleeves had always felt strange because they weren't really children, and it didn't suddenly occur to her that she had never seen such beautiful and thoughtful dwarfs: their bodies and limbs were well proportioned, so it was very easy for people to think they were children under the concealment of their room.

When she saw the little boy under the table, she gave Cha Xiang a look: be careful of those "children".

At this time, everyone's hearts were attracted by the flight of the man and woman, and some of the ladies could not help but stand up; The children poked their heads out from under the table and looked around, with frightened expressions on their faces to hide their eyes.

When they saw that no one was paying attention to them, two children flicked their fingers at Shen Laozu and the tea cup of Red Sleeves: their nails were very, very long; After they finished playing, they looked around carefully, especially paying close attention to the red-sleeved master and servant.

Seeing that the red-sleeved master and servant were also paying attention to the pair of men and women, the two children looked at the tea cup, thought about it and flicked their fingers at the red sleeves and Shen Laozu's wine cup.

I had been paying attention to their red sleeves and the scent of tea, and I could see clearly with the peripheral vision of my eyes: when the boy was flicking his fingers, something in his long nails flew into the cup—poisoning, poisoning.

When the man and woman assassinated Old Marquis Shen, Red Sleeves thought that Xiao Tong was also one of them: and no longer regarded them as the fish they were waiting for.

The people who want to assassinate Old Marquis Shen and Marquis Shen, needless to say, are of course people from hostile countries: these people are spies, spies of enemy countries.

However, after she saw the children poisoned, she shrank back under the table and did not leave, and the jugglers did not follow the breakthrough: only the man and woman were spies?

In this way, it's just that the couple of men and women knew that this juggling class was coming to the Shen Mansion, so they would get in? Then these children seem to be the fish they are waiting for.

They are really clever enough to take advantage of the chaos to poison them; However, he is not a really smart person, and he dares to poison at this time? Didn't you see that you were ready to wait for them to take the bait?

The small fish have already arrived, but what about the big fish? Red Sleeves pondered as he swept the people in the Shen Mansion in a thin and secret manner: At this time, as long as the mind is not all on the assassin, it is naturally the one who directs the child.

Just as Red Sleeves swept through the people in the Shen Mansion, both assassins were caught: when they were brought over, they were already dead; It is not known when they were poisoned.

(Nine-headed Bird Academy)