Chapter 428 Man in Black
"Bao'er, are you still going shopping?" Chun Niang asked her daughter.
Ying Bao looked at the lanterns all over the street, and then at the maids who were jumping for joy, "Mom, if you are tired, go back first, and I will take a few of them for a walk."
Chun Niang was really tired after walking all the way, so she nodded: "Then you go home early."
My daughter is protected by so many people and there are guards around her. It is difficult for passers-by to get close to her. I am not worried about anyone doing harm to my daughter.
Moreover, the two sons and Wei Zhanhuzi were walking not far away. If there was any abnormality, they would rush over.
"Okay." Ying Bao asked four guards to escort her home, and Amber and Pearl had to follow. Wei Xiuxiu saw that it was late and children tend to fall asleep, so she also accompanied An Ren on the carriage.
At this time, Ying Bao took four palace maids, two maids and two guards to wander around the market. When she encountered something interesting, she bought it.
The street market is full of young girls in bright clothes, as well as handsome young men. Many of them are wearing masks, including cute fox or rabbit masks, and black and red masks of ghosts and gods. They look particularly special in the bustling street market. mystery.
When Ying Bao saw that the maids all looked envious, she stopped in front of a ghost noodle stall and bought one for everyone.
She also put on a golden fox mask and took a look in the stall owner's mirror.
The bronze mirror was very clear, and she could see almost every detail. She saw someone wearing a beauty mask with an oval face and red lips and a white face, flashing past behind the crowd.
Ying Bao even caught the cold look in this person's eyes, as well as a trace of murderous intent.
When she turned around, there was only the maid wearing a ghost mask and a rabbit and butterfly mask behind her, and no one else.
The surroundings were full of people wandering around in fragrant clothes, holding lanterns, or eating candied haws.
"County Lord, where else are we going?" Mei Xiang, wearing a black and red-faced ghost mask, approached Ying Bao and asked in a low voice.
Yingbao looked around and said, "Go back."
She didn't want to have a conflict with others in the busy city, and it would be bad if she hurt the people and her own family.
"yes."
Mei Xiang turned around and ordered several sisters to return.
Although the little girls felt regretful, they still walked back with the county lord surrounded.
On the way, I happened to meet Wei Zhan, Jiang Jie and Jiang Wu. They were standing in front of a kebab stall, each holding a large handful of mutton kebabs and eating enthusiastically.
When Wei Zhan saw Ying Bao, he quickly ran over and gave her the mutton skewers in his hand, "Here, it's just roasted, I'm about to deliver it to you."
Then he brought a basket from the boy's hand, "These are all your favorite snacks and pastries, but you should eat less roasted chestnuts, as they will hurt your spleen and stomach."
Yingbao took it and took a look, and saw that there were dragon beard candies, sesame and pine nut candies, chestnut cakes, fried chestnuts, fried chicken head rice, candied haws and fried milk cakes.
Some of these things are still warm and exude fragrance.
Ying Bao took it and handed it to Mu Dan. He took off the mask and ate the mutton skewers.
Jiang Wu and Jiang Jie also came over and asked, "Sister, why don't you stop shopping?"
"It's too late now. Let's go back early while there are lights." Not every street is busy on Lantern Festival night. In those remote ones, once the lanterns hung by the owners of the house under the eaves are extinguished, the road will be dark. The paint is very unsafe.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, it would be better for her to go back early.
Wei Zhan nodded: "It's really late, let's go back together."
So, a group of people walked back carrying lanterns.
Nothing happened along the way. Yingbao paid attention to her surroundings and no one was following her.
But she didn't think that the gaze was just unintentional, because when she met that gaze, the man quickly moved away and quickly disappeared into the crowd.
This is very unusual.
In the early morning, everyone in Jiang's house was fast asleep. Ying Bao heard several people entering her yard and walking towards her house with light steps.
Then she saw a bamboo pipe piercing the window paper and blowing smoke into her room.
Ying Bao covered her mouth and nose with a cloth, stood behind the window, and instantly entered the cave.
After a pause, the window was pried open and someone climbed in.
They all had their faces covered and were dressed in black. They came to the bedside lightly and opened the curtains. They saw that the quilt on the bed was bulging, as if someone was sleeping in it.
Lifting the quilt, the man in black shouted: "No!"
Because there is only a long soft pillow under the bedding and nothing else.
The two were about to exit when Ying Bao suddenly appeared with a long knife in his hand and slashed at them.
"Ah!!" The man in black screamed and fell down.
The other man wanted to meet the enemy, but before he could swing his sword, he was knocked to the ground.
The two men in black who were standing guard outside had noticed something was wrong, saw that the situation was not good, and ran away quickly.
Yingbao climbed out of the window and chased, but only injured one person, and the other person fled from the other direction.
The movement in the yard had already alerted the servants and guards in the mansion. Wei Zhan and Jiang Wu rushed over and saw Mu Dan and Xing Hua giving medicine to Mei Xiang.
In the room, Ying Bao pinched someone's neck and tried to pull the poison out of his mouth.
"What's going on?" Wei Zhan took the man in black from Ying Bao, but he couldn't stop him from dying.
Ying Bao had a dark face and wiped the blood on the man in black: "They are all dead soldiers. They probably want to kidnap me. They all have poison in their mouths."
I wasted two bottles of Wudingzhi liquid and failed to revive them, which was really annoying.
Wei Zhan frowned: "Did they hurt you?"
Ying Bao shook his head: "No." It's a pity that none of them survived, otherwise they would have to be interrogated carefully.
Chun Niang also hurried over and almost fainted from fright when she saw several dead people in the yard. "Bao'er, did they hurt you?"
"No, Aniang, please go back quickly. It's just a few thieves, nothing happened." Yingbao asked the maid to take Aniang back to the house. He called the servants and asked them to report to the official at dawn.
Wei Zhan, Jiang Jie and Jiang Wu checked the men in black but found nothing to prove their identities.
"Who is so brave and dares to commit murder in the capital?" Jiang Wu was frightened for a while.
If my sister hadn't had some martial arts skills, I might have fallen into their trap.
Wei Zhan frowned: "Could it be that their master has a grudge against Ying Bao?"
Those who can use dead soldiers must be from aristocratic families, and they may also be military generals.
However, even aristocratic families cannot train many dead soldiers. After all, dead soldiers are also human beings with their emotions and desires. They cannot all be stupid enough to sacrifice their lives to their employers unless there is sufficient benefit or they are coerced.
"What's the grudge? My sister has never offended anyone in the capital. Why did they send people to assassinate her?" Jiang Wu pounded the table angrily: "If I find out who the bastard is! I won't spare him!"
Ying Bao had a guess in her heart.
This matter must be related to Xiao Chengjun and Chen Tiantian.
"I guess it's the Xiao family." Yingbao said, "I'll go to the Changshou Marquis Mansion tomorrow."
Wei Zhan frowned slightly, the mistress of the Xiao Mansion was his aunt, what would he do if he was innocently implicated?
But then I thought, if this matter is not figured out early, it will be a matter of time before my aunt is implicated. It is better to go and see for myself. "Yingbao, I'll go with you!"
Jiang Jie shook his head: "No, I broke into the Hou Mansion for no reason, just to get someone's handle. Sister, let's report it to the official first, just say they were sent by the Changshou Mansion."
Now that you have doubts, you must confirm them. Being ambiguous will be detrimental to yourself.