Chapter 156: Assassination
Not long after Biansai cleaned up the corrupt officials, the people just lost the exploitation from above, but the living standard did not improve much, and most of the people still lived in dilapidated grass huts and tiled houses, and Biansai was slowly recovering from blood.
Even if a few prefects have been preparing people since the beginning of winter, they have only reduced casualties and losses, and the officials who have been degraded are not familiar enough with the side plugs, and many affairs are temporary run-ins to catch ducks on the shelves.
No one expected that there would be a heavy snowstorm this year, and the sudden heavy snow last night made Biansai deduct a wave of blood.
Everyone is in a hurry to rescue, with great strength, the elderly, women and children are doing logistics work, and they are all trying to live.
Fortunately, the neighboring country was defeated, and the king of Yanbei guarded it on the side, so that the enemy would not loot at such a time.
There were a few people in the busy crowd who were secretly cautious, staring at the dazzling woman in the porridge shed with vicious eyes.
A simple cloth skirt also made her eye-catching in the crowd, waving a long-handled spoon while smiling kindly to soothe people's hearts, and her movements were clean and neat, not like a pampered princess.
"Tsk! He's so blessed to have such a beautiful! No wonder Arnold failed. β
"I heard that the couple are very affectionate, hehe, I will take advantage of the chaos to kidnap her later, will that person go crazy when he finds out?"
"Not really, just a woman, but enough to delay for a while."
"Don't kill?"
"Idiot! Look at that face and figure, don't waste it, rape first and then kill! β
"He has made us homeless, and we are just treating others the way we do! wants his family to be ruined and his wife to be separated! β
"There will be an explosion at the gate of the city later, listen to the movement and act."
"Yes!"
Ming Lanying didn't know that she was being targeted by the bad guys, but she felt that there were a few chilling glances that made her uncomfortable, and she glanced up and didn't find anything abnormal.
Just as he was wondering, the crowd was suddenly pushed aside and a path was made.
Ning'er strode over with the wolf cub under the mutual send-off of the guards.
Only a small part of the people knew Ning'er, and now they saw the little person with a snow wolf, walking majestically and quickly towards the princess under the porridge shed, and the rest knew that it was the little boy with their toes.
"Mother, I'm here to accompany you!"
Ming Lanying touched his little face in surprise, and gave up his position so as not to affect the others to continue to receive the porridge.
"Why did you come here? It's cold outside! β
Ming Lanying was kind and talkative, and the women who lined up to receive porridge also dared to talk to her with a smile.
"The little prince and the princess have a deep relationship, I'm afraid that the princess is tired and rushed here, and the women are envious when they look at it!"
"Yes! That kid in my family dared to argue with him at the age of ten, and he didn't make people worry about it every day! β
"The little boy is naturally different from our unconscious rabbit cubs, I see that the little boy looks handsome and cute, and he is seven or eight points like the prince!"
"I see that eyebrows and nose look like a princess, very good-looking!"
"The prince and princess are good-looking, and the little boy will naturally not be bad, and when the little boy grows up, he should be the dream lover of many girls!"
"How many bear bile have you eaten, dare to say such things!"
The one hurriedly panicked, "The princess forgives her sins, the grass people don't have a heart, please forgive the princess!" β
Ming Lanying glanced at Ning Er, Ning Er pursed the corners of her mouth, and said to the man: "It's okay, but don't say this kind of thing again next time, it's not good." β
"Okay, hurry up, Ning'er doesn't blame you, but now is not the time to boast about your good looks."
"Yes, yes, Princess Xie, thank you for forgiveness!"
The sharp-eyed woman saw that his face was expressionless, but the roots of her ears in the plush coat were quietly red, and she looked at the people around her and smiled, and she only felt cute.
It was the first time for Ning Er to be praised in front of so many people, and she couldn't resist it, and blushed shyly.
Ming Lanying rubbed Ning'er's little head, and said loudly: "You are all the emperor's people, the people of Biansai, the emperor gave this land to the king of Yanbei, first, to clean up the cancer of corrupt officials here, and secondly, to lead you to live a better life." β
"This is also the emperor's territory, and the emperor will not give up any of the people in the territory!"
In this era of the supremacy of imperial power, as long as all good things are for the emperor, and the benefits are pressed on the emperor's head, there will generally be no problem.
"Yanbei Wangfu is doing this for you, not to let you only remember the good of the prince, but to lead you to get better and stronger in our country, you also have to remember the emperor's good, the emperor is still thinking about you!"
In the face of overcomeable difficulties, a few words can make people's blood boil and morale high.
"Long live the emperor! Chitose Wang! Princess Chitose! β
Ming Lan Ying waved her hand and looked resolute, "Everyone work hard, strive to rebuild your home before the heavy snow comes, the winter is very long, but as long as we unite and work together, the cold will eventually pass!" β
"Yes!!"
After listening to the county order's words, most of the negative emotions of being implicated and demoted disappeared, and he felt warm all over his body, feeling that he could still struggle for 50 years.
As long as he works hard to improve his performance, he will have the hope of promotion at the end of the year.
Biansai is already sparsely populated, and the people at the bottom are the foundation, and if the nobles want to live well, they have to let the people below live.
Ming Lanying said such things for the first time in front of the crowd, and after calming down, her cheeks turned red, and she couldn't wait to bury herself in the cloak as a quail.
"Oh my God, how did I have the cheekiness to say such a thing......"
Mama Cai patted her with tears and laughter, "What the princess said is very good, it has calmed people's hearts and boosted morale, and everyone is working hard with enthusiasm!" β
Ming Lanying's face turned even redder when she heard this, and she covered her face and refused to face the facts, "Where did I get the face to say such things, don't they think I'm stupid and naΓ―ve?" β
Ning Er shook her head seriously, "My mother's words are very useful!" β
The wolf cub rubbed her head with a hairy kiss, "The master is cool! Very boss-like! β
Ming Lanying was so embarrassed that the heat on her face disappeared for a long time, and she raised her hand and pinched Ning'er's little face, "Why did you come here by yourself?" β
Ning'er's cloak gently shook open a gap, and a small black head came out, screaming coquettishly at Minglan Ying.
"Xiao Hei is looking for you, so I brought it out, and I brought a lot of guards out with me."
The wolf cub slapped his paw on the little black head in dissatisfaction, "It will only cause trouble to the owner, unlike me, it can bring children to the owner!" β
Xiao Hei yelled at the wolf cub to warn, and Ning Er took away the wolf cub's claws, "The cub can't bully Xiao Hei." β
Ming Lanying took Xiao Hei and kissed his little ear, "What's wrong Xiao Hei?" β
Xiao Hei raised his kiss and rubbed it on her chin, and snorted twice.
Ming Lanying took it directly into her arms.
"Since you're here, let's take a look at everyone's situation with my mother, and look at the people in your father's fiefdom."
"Okay."
Mama Cai put her cloak on again, Ming Lanying took Ning Er's hand, and took the wolf cub and Mama Cai to patrol the crowd, and Ming Langtao rushed over after finishing the matter at hand.
"The princess is on patrol?"
Ming Lanying hadn't seen him for a few days, but now he looked a lot scribbled, with a faint bloodshot crawling under his eyes, blue under his eyes, stubble coming out, and the coquettish folding fan was not shaken, and he was full of exhaustion.
"You haven't had a break in a few days?"
Ming Langtao wiped his face, "Whew! It's only four or five days, and I'm discussing a response plan. β
The ivory-white fox fur cloak made his face soft and pale.
Ming Lanying waved her hand and drove him to rest, "Aunt Meng is so distressed that she will die of you knowing it." β
Ming Langtao took the flatbread handed by his subordinates and took two bites directly, "It's not a big deal, I have to keep an eye on you, in case you lose a strand of hair, Ye Jielu will have to skin me alive." β
"Okay, okay, I'll go back with Ning'er, so we won't have trouble here."
Ming Langtao nibbled on the cake and glanced at her, "The princess is good at yin and yang. β
Ming Lanying also came out to show her face, appeased people's hearts, and was about to go back with Ning Er's hand, when there was a sudden explosion at the city gate, and the wolf cub and Xiao Hei were startled, and bowed up vigilantly and pricked up their ears.
The walls did not collapse, but large swaths of the temporary shelters collapsed, and many women and children were crushed underneath, and the crowd was agitated.
Mama Cai twisted her eyebrows slightly, "Princess, do you want the slave maid to take a look?" β
Ming Lanying nodded, "Go ahead, you command the people of the palace." β
"Yes."
Ming Lanying watched Mama Cai squeeze into the crowd, and suddenly she was stunned, and saw that many people rushed over there to help, only a wave of people ran towards her against the crowd, and there were twenty or thirty people.
Animals are sensitive to malice, and both wolf cubs and little black are aware of it.
Xiao Hei popped his head out of Minglan Ying's arms, and the wolf cub bared its teeth and roared, and its claws were exposed.
"Cub, go!"
Ming Lanying subconsciously realized that the person who came was not good, and hurriedly led Ning Er to run, shouting, "Someone! Protect the people, there are assassins! β
The guards were trained to split into two groups, one to protect their master and the other to capture the Assassins.
A guard stepped forward to delay time, and Ming Langtao protected the two of them with a calm face, and did not forget to carry the flatbread in his arms.
"Sure enough, let them in!"
"You already knew?"
"I have suspicions, but I haven't cleaned up, I didn't expect you to come out today, and I just happened to be targeted by them."
"You didn't forget to take the flatbread with you at this time."
"It's delicious, don't waste it."
The people on the street and the officials were attracted by the movement at the city gate, and the surroundings of Ming Lanying and the others were suddenly vacated, making it easier for the assassins to rush up.
The snow was cleared from the streets, but the ground was still cold and slippery, not suitable for horse-drawn carriages.
Ming Lanying went out by a soft sedan chair, and the sedan chair man was also pointed out by her to help, and Mama Cai was called by her to go to the city gate to see the situation, and now there are only two dark guards, a wolf, a little black panther, and Ming Langtao, which is not very reliable.
She didn't dare to look back, and now she could only pull Ning'er to run desperately, with the wolf cub following behind.
The palace is located in the center, and it is half a city away from here, and it is estimated that it will take two quarters of an hour to run back at full speed on both legs.
Ming Langtao looked back, the guards stopped a dozen or so people, and ten more people chased after them.
"Is there no one on the other side? Even if you send such a few people, you dare to kill you? β
Ming Lanying glanced at him, "Such a little person?" Then don't run, go up and them! β
Ning Er pulled Ming Lanying and ran fast, "No, Aunt Hebai said that her cousin is very weak, and she can't beat any of them, and her father said that she can't beat her to save her life, so my mother and mother run quickly." β
Ming Langtao: "......"
Ning Er followed Hebai and Ye Juelu to practice martial arts, although she was not yet to the point of punching assassins, she was physically strong and ran fast, a little stronger than Ming Lanying.
The three of them ran in the direction of the palace out of breath, seeing that they were getting closer and closer, but a dozen gangsters in shabby clothes and armed knives suddenly appeared on the street in front of them, staring at them with hideous expressions and blocking their way.
There are wolves in front and tigers in the back, there are no paths to drill on the left and right, the wolf cubs are protected in front of several people, and Ming Lanying protects Ning'er in her arms, wanting to cry without tears.
"Why are you so unlucky, you were targeted as soon as you came out!"
A rough man who surrounded them in front of him swept the big knife in his hand, and he didn't know where their knife was hidden.
"Boss, there is even a snow wolf next to this girl!"
"The child and the little white face were killed, and they were sent to the man, and the wolf skinned them alive, and brought them back with the girl!"
The voices of several people were undisguised, and the wolf cubs understood it, and they had murderous intentions towards these people.
Ming Lanying felt a chill, Ning Er pursed her lips, and her eyes were full of anger.
Ming Langtao looked at the assassin who was gradually approaching back and forth, his face became even more unsightly, and he whispered to Ming Lanying.
"I'll stop them later, you keep rushing forward, if anything bad happens, please take care of my mother for me."
Ming Lanying's heart tightened, "What nonsense are you talking about!" Don't forget that I'm a princess now, how can I only bring a few guards with me when I'm out of the house. β
"Just a few of them, give it to me! Capture this alive! β
Ming Lanying escorted Ning Er to the wall and retreated, "Cubs, bite them to death!" β
Seeing that they were gradually surrounded, the dark guards in the shadows were waiting for an opportunity, just waiting for Ming Lanying to give an order.
"Everyone, arrest them!"
As soon as Ming Lanying's words fell, everyone only felt that a few figures flashed in front of them.
The dark guard learns to kill with one hit, and harvest a person's head with a knife in his hand.
Wolf cubs are nimble beasts, capable of tearing off a piece of flesh with a single bite, and blurring flesh with a single paw, revealing deep bones.
But there were more than 20 people on the other side, and the target was clearly to come to her and her mother, so Ming Langtao could only take the opportunity to rush out with them, and took advantage of the chaos to take advantage of the chaos and took a few knives in his arm.
As soon as there was someone close, Ming Lanying threw Xiao Hei out, don't look at Xiao Hei being held in her arms every day, in fact, Xiao Hei has grown up a lot.
The black panther was agile, and the little black picked the thin part of the assassin's face to scratch, and the eyeballs, nose, and neck were scratched off a layer of flesh.
A knife that was not stopped chased after him, and his thick arm waved a big knife, and his face was bound to be excited.
Ming Lanying's heart was about to jump out, and she was pulled to the side by Ming Langtao, and a piece of her cloak was cut off.
Ming Langtao raised his foot and kicked the man's lower abdomen fiercely, and Ming Lanying who was watching exclaimed.
"Don't be stunned, run!"
The two dark guards and the wolf cubs dealt with six or seven in one go, and also dragged most of the people, and three men with knives chased after them.
Ming Lanying staggered, pushed Ning Er forward, and took out the lark whistle in her arms and blew it fiercely.
A shrill whistle sounded for ten miles, and several of the Assassins paused, then quickly reacted and laughed.
"This is still blowing the whistle when she is dying!"
"Hahahahaha! Don't be afraid, little lady, brothers will make you comfortable! β
Ming Lanying smiled contemptuously, "It's up to you? A bunch of bean sprouts can't even compare to my man's hand! β