Chapter 229 (1/2)

Chapter 229: 229

Chapter 229 - The spider starts to weave (2)

”Shopkeeper, why are you just standing there? Go to the authorities and get help!” Ji Man shouted . She pushed Ning Yuxuan away and left the area underneath the falling shelves . Dust immediately rose in the room as several daggers flew through the air and almost struck her body . Frightened, she immediately went back to hiding in Ning Yuxuan's arms .

”You're such a troublemaker,” Ning Yuxuan angrily said .

Ji Man pouted . She was totally innocent .

He picked up her and jumped towards the antique store's doors . They landed outside on the street . There was a considerable amount of people outside . Hearing such a large commotion, one after another, they stopped to watch .

Several of the dagger-wielding men followed them outside and hurled themselves at Ning Yuxuan without regard to their lives .

While protectively guarding the woman behind him, Ning Yuxuan pulled out a piece of wood from a market stall . As he used the makes.h.i.+ft weapon to block the daggers, he shouted, ”Guibai!”

The carriage hadn't been parked from here . Hearing his name, Guibai swiftly ran over and caught the woman that was flung over . He protectively moved her to the center of the crowd .

It would be difficult enough for one person to fight three people at once, much less four armed people . These people seemed to not recognize him and only thought of him as a hindrance . Two people stayed behind to deal with him and the other two people tried to move towards the crowd to to grab Nie Sangyu .

This was critical juncture between life and death, but Ji Man had crouched down at the edge of the crowd to calculate .

Qian Lianxue had sent people to kill her, but there wasn't an absolute guarantee that they would be able to succeed . And so, she guessed that Feiwan Courtyard would definitely be set on fire in order to destroy the letter . Perhaps, the prepared item she had left behind would be put to good use .

After today, even if she didn't have undeniable evidence that Qian Lianxue was guilty, Marquis Moyu and Old Madame's formerly unshakable belief in Qian Lainxue would waver . At minimum, Qian Lianxue's position as an honored concubine could be taken away, and the number of spies in the household would be cut in half .

Calculating it this way, as long as her view of Qian Lianxue as a person with evil plans was accurate, then this had been a worthwhile transaction .

The antique store had other employees . Before the shopkeeper left to get the city's guards, he ordered them to surround the group of people that had shattered so many antiques and seize them . This helped Ning Yuxuan out a lot . Although the store's employees weren't actually able to stop them, they would be able to delay them until the capital's guards arrived to arrest them .

The guards that were responsible for this area were quite quick . The shopkeeper hadn't been gone for long before these guards arrived on the scene and seized the remaining men that were fighting with Ning Yuxuan . Because Ning Yuxuan had also been vigorously fighting and was dressed in a commoner's clothing, he was also taken along to be judged by the local magistrate .

Looking at Ning Yuxuan's livid face, Ji Man was laughing so hard that she almost cried . She had Guibai drive the carriage and follow after them so that she could bail Ning Yuxuan out .

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The arrested a.s.sa.s.sins had ordinary-looking faces . Although they had been arrested, there weren't any hints of fear on their faces .

The arrested a.s.sa.s.sins had ordinary-looking faces . Although they had been arrested, there weren't any hints of fear on their faces .

One of them nonchalantly mumbled, ”We failed, might get punished . ”

The leader of the group glared at Ning Yuxuan and said, ”If he hadn't suddenly interfered, how could we have failed?”

A person behind him murmured, ”He's one of the marquis's household guards, right? His martial arts is pretty good . ”

Ning Yuxuan coldly harrumphed and sarcastically said, ”Thanks for the praise . You're guilty of attempted murder, and yet you're in the mood to idly chat . You'll be facing Magistrate Yin soon . Do you still want to live?”

The group of a.s.sa.s.sins remained unperturbed . It seemed as if they were unafraid of death, or perhaps, they thought it was impossible for them to be sentenced to death .

Ning Yuxuan's mind slightly turned . He lowered his head and didn't say another word .