Chapter 81: Reasonable Cause And Effect
The courtyard became lively and noisy late at night.
The sleeping master and disciple Liu Changqing and Liu Chan were all called up and, according to Duke Ding’an’s Wife’s suggestion, all moved back to Duke Ding’an’s Mansion to live.
Because bandits had just appeared on the street.
“What’s going on? How could there be bandits in the Capital City?” Liu Changqing frowned.
Cheng Yuan, carrying and shouldering the hastily packed large and small bundles, nodded along: “Yeah, how is it even more chaotic than our Fuzhou? There have been very few bandit disturbances in recent years.”
Liu Chan urged her father and senior brother: “Stop asking questions quickly. Miss Yang said the Embroidered Uniform Guards have intervened, so it must not be an ordinary bandit disturbance.”
Although the world was already settled and the Emperor firmly held the rivers and mountains, after all, the new dynasty had only been around for a dozen or so years, so it was inevitable that there were still remnants with unwillingness in their hearts causing trouble.
Liu Changqing stopped talking and followed his daughter into the carriage.
Cheng Yuan climbed up after him, thought of something, and muttered: “If it’s not an ordinary bandit disturbance, wouldn’t going to Duke Ding’an’s Mansion be even less safe? Families of nobility are always the first to be targeted.”
Duke Ding’an’s Wife, who was already terrified inside the adjacent carriage, heard this, her face stiffened even more, she gritted her teeth and clasped her hands in front of her, praying to all the gods and Buddhas in heaven, then looked outside and saw that Yang Luo in the alley hadn’t come out yet, and was actually knocking on the neighbor’s door.
What is this brat doing!?
Fortunately, it didn’t take too long. After knocking on the door and saying a few words to the people inside, this infuriating child came over and politely explained to Duke Ding’an’s Wife: “I also reminded the neighbors to be more alert.”
Duke Ding’an’s Wife pressed her hand to her heart weakly: “Get in the carriage quickly, let’s hurry home.”
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The carriage rocked and swayed as it sped through the dark streets.
Yang Luo sat in the carriage and listened to the simple description: “Helping the neighbor butcher deliver meat to the street shop, suddenly attacked.”
She didn’t say who it was, but Yang Luo immediately understood.
“Sure enough, it’s like this. The culprit from White Horse Town won’t let it go easily. As soon as we appeared at Duke Ding’an’s Mansion, they made their move.” She murmured, her expression full of apology afterward. “A Sheng, I’m sorry. Those people were coming for me, and you had to face the danger.”
Mo Zheng smiled: “Young Lady, you told me long ago there were villains. I’ve known there was danger for a while; it’s not you deceiving me.”
Isn’t it? It seems that way. Yang Luo sat up straight and looked at her, sighing inwardly, her guilt not diminishing.
This young… young girl’s heart is broad and kind; what isn’t her doing is right.
Moreover, she was still hiding many things from her.
For example, not explaining in detail how she died, and the true guess about her identity.
If she had explained clearly, the guards could have made better preparations and responses, and wouldn’t have been so completely unprepared…
These people in the Capital City, under the Son of Heaven, committing murder in broad daylight on the street, shows how lawless they are, and also shows that the mastermind behind them is no ordinary person.
The servants beside the carriage held bright torches, the view inside the carriage was clear, and sitting close, one could see the red threads on Mo Zheng’s face—they weren’t red threads, but blood that hadn’t been wiped clean.
Looking through the open cloak, the unchanged clothes inside were almost completely soaked in blood.
Although Mo Zheng said most of it was the enemy’s blood, she had naturally been injured too.
Yang Luo watched, her heart pounding: “These should have been my injuries. If I hadn’t let you impersonate me…”
It must have been very dangerous at the time, very dangerous.
Mo Zheng raised an eyebrow: “Young Lady, it would be more trouble if I didn’t impersonate you. Now they’re coming for me alone, and I can fight back freely. If you were still the Young Lady and I was still the guard, I would have to stay by your side, then besides dealing with the enemies, I’d have to protect you—that would be even more dangerous.”
Is that so? Yang Luo looked at her, couldn’t help but smile, and as she smiled, she nodded vigorously, her emotions stirred: “A Sheng is right. A Sheng is the most powerful and best person under heaven.”
Ashamed, ashamed. Mo Zheng looked at Miss Yang’s guilty and grateful expression. A Sheng is powerful, but not a good person.
She lowered her head and wrapped the cloak tighter.
Impersonating Yang Luo’s identity was actually her scheme.
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From the moment she learned that Qi De’an had found a new master and entered the Capital City, she began thinking about how to respond.
Qi De’an knew her appearance. Although makeup powder concealed it, the essence remained; as long as her face had appeared, there would inevitably be perceptive people in the world who could recognize her.
But Qi De’an didn’t know she was actually a woman.
So, as long as she switched to a reasonable female identity, it wouldn’t be so easy to track her down.
Therefore, the time she went to see Liu Chan, she directly reverted to her female form—not to avoid scaring Liu Chan, but to later let Liu Chan reveal her female identity in front of Yang Luo.
Because Yang Luo impersonating Liu Chan’s identity had too many flaws and wouldn’t last long.
When faced with her identity being exposed and having to revert back to Yang Luo and return to the Duke Ding’an’s Mansion she didn’t want to go to, this capable young lady would desperately seek new ways, and at that time, as long as she gave her a hint, an opportunity…
That night, in the short carriage ride to Duke Ding’an’s Mansion, Miss Yang instantly thought of a way, and at the moment of getting out, she grabbed her hand…
She got what she wished for.
Successfully changing identities before those pursuing her could catch up.
Although those people did come to pursue and kill as expected, but…
Mo Zheng slightly raised her eyes, glancing at the streets and alleys outside the carriage curtain, a trace of smile flashing at the corner of her mouth.
She could use this identity to slaughter them wantonly on the street, in front of the patrolling soldiers.
Facing the government, even facing Wei Jiao, every word she said was true.
Miss Yang Luo was indeed being pursued and killed.
And Duke Ding’an could vouch for her.
Yang Luo had said her great uncle was untrustworthy, though she didn’t explain in detail, but it could be guessed that Yang Luo’s death was inevitably tied to Duke Ding’an.
Therefore, Duke Ding’an would inevitably react to the matter of Yang Luo being pursued and killed.
So summoning Duke Ding’an made his reaction her witness in front of Wei Jiao.
And this scene here could make Wei Jiao recall White Horse Town.
The trick of using death row prisoners as mountain bandits to close the case and deceive the civilians definitely couldn’t fool Wei Jiao.
Now there was another attack targeting Miss Yang, which was reasonable and logical.
Wei Jiao seeing Duke Ding’an hiding secrets also verified that she had previously concealed her identity, and now concealed her ability to kill, which was also reasonable.
This was an attack full of secrets but reasonable, and a story Wei Jiao would be interested in watching without interest in exposing.
Sure enough, after watching her dialogue with Duke Ding’an, Wei Jiao didn’t stop them anymore.
She smoothly escaped.
“Enter through the back door, through the back door, don’t let others see.”
Duke Ding’an’s Wife’s voice came from outside.
They were home.
Mo Zheng wrapped the cloak tight and yawned; she could sleep in the latter half of the night.
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The night grew darker, the torches on the long street burned brighter.
Wei Jiao sat on a corpse and yawned: “I’m exhausted from all that listening.”
“Could it be that these people are the same group as those so-called mountain bandits from White Horse Town?” An Embroidered Uniform Guard squatted down and used his sword to flip the corpse.
Unfortunately, in White Horse Town, they hadn’t seen the so-called mountain bandit corpses. Ji Ying had found a batch of death row prisoners’ decapitated bodies as mountain bandits, no need to look, and the White Horse Town scene had long been cleaned spotless…
“What kind of people have such deep hatred with the Yang Family mother and daughter.” Another Embroidered Uniform Guard frowned, his eyes flickering, “And it seems Duke Ding’an knows something…”
“No wonder that Miss Yang didn’t want to come seek relatives.” An Embroidered Uniform Guard said with interest, “What unspeakable family matters is Duke Ding’an’s Family hiding?”
Earlier, while they watched, Miss Yang’s words and Duke Ding’an’s strange reaction were all seen, naturally they all noticed the oddity.
An Embroidered Uniform Guard looked at Wei Jiao again.
“Captain, are we just letting them go like this?”
Interrogate them, question them, maybe they could hear even bigger drama.
“The uncle and niece each have their own schemes.” Wei Jiao said, his eyes lifting with interest, “The niece knows her uncle is untrustworthy but pretends to trust him greatly. The uncle doesn’t know his niece can kill several people alone and acts protective—how interesting. If we expose it, what drama would there be left to watch?”
The Embroidered Uniform Guards all laughed.
Their gazes swept over the scattered corpses on the ground again.
Indeed, these people had all been killed by that young girl before they arrived, but she pretended in front of Duke Ding’an that she had been saved by the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
It showed Duke Ding’an didn’t know his own niece could kill and had already killed.
Such formidable skills at a young age.
Hmm, that’s right, just as the young girl said; otherwise, it would be impossible for her to escape from White Horse Town.
“Captain.” An Embroidered Uniform Guard said softly, “Everything that Miss Yang said just now was true, right?”
Tonight’s incident was an attack targeting Miss Yang, a continuation of the White Horse Town attack. The whole matter involved secrets of Duke Ding’an’s Mansion.
Wei Jiao rested his chin and hummed.
“The words are quite true.” He said, his voice lazy, “But this dog of a thing, can’t be trusted.
