The silver-masked secret agents were well-trained and had excellent martial arts skills. Four of them blocked the assassins, and one of them protected Qin Yining and the others as they left through the back door of the Master's House. They ran along the path in the back garden to a sparsely populated area.
Qin Yining's right shoulder was burning with pain at this time. Blood dripped down with her movements and dyed half of her sleeve red. Her vision turned black. As she ran, she untied the handkerchief from her waist and wrapped it tightly around her shoulder. Ji Yun, who was following beside her, quickly tied a knot for her.
Not long after, they met the old madam and the others who had escaped under the protection of the silver-masked secret agents.
Qin Yining forced herself to look at the other side.
Qin Huaiyuan and Third Old Master were protecting the old madam, whose hair was disheveled. Beside them was the stumbling Mammy Qin.
The Sun Clan followed closely behind, holding Fifth Old Master Qin Xian with one hand and Mother Jin with the other.
Qin Han was holding the six-year-old Tenth Old Master Qin Rong in his arms and his wife, Madam Meng, with the other hand.
Eldest Old Master Qin Yu was holding Eleventh Old Master Qin Zong, who was covered in blood. Behind him, Second Old Master was supporting Second Madam, who was also covered in blood. Then there were two concubines and several maids. Behind them were the guards and silver-masked secret agents.
Where was Third Madam?
Young Mistress Yu?
And Ninth Old Master Qin Xuan, who was only eleven years old?!
Qin Yining's brain was buzzing. Her vision turned black and she almost fell. Fortunately, Ji Yun supported her with her arms. "Miss!"
"Sister Yi, how are you?" Qin Huaiyuan came forward and supported Qin Yining. Seeing that half of her body was covered in blood and her face was pale, he asked anxiously, "Where are you hurt?"
"I'm fine." Qin Yining weakly buried her face in her father's arms.
The old madam and the others had already asked anxiously in a sharp voice, "Where are Sixth Old Master and Seventh Old Master?"
Eighth Young Mistress also found that Third Madam and her concubine were missing. She walked around in the crowd several times and cried, "Where's my mother? Where's my aunt? "
The Eleventh Master Qin Zong and the Eighth Young Mistress were both Concubine Ge's children. They immediately burst into tears, "Concubine Ge!"
The six year old Qin Zong would never forget the scene of Concubine Ge standing in front of him.
When Third Old Master recalled Third Madam's tragic state of being stabbed in the heart while hugging her son, he burst into tears.
The scene instantly became chaotic.
At this time, everyone deeply felt that the distance between life and death was so close. In the blink of an eye, they were separated forever.
The assassin's attacks were still as ferocious as ever.
The family retreated under the protection of the guards and the silver-masked spy.
Qin Yining thought that once the Warden's Office of the Five Cities received the news, they should be here soon.
Who would have thought that at this moment, a silver-masked man would rush in and report to Qin Huaiyuan, "The Imperial Palace is on fire and has been attacked by assassins. Daren and the Warden's Office of the Five Cities are guarding the Imperial Palace and can't rush over. Daren wants the Marquis to quickly hide!"
Others might not know who Silver Mask was referring to, but Qin Yining did.
No wonder he didn't see Cao Yuqing in the crowd. Something had happened in the Imperial Palace!
He had just let out a sigh of relief, but now his heart was in his throat again.
The Warden's Office of the Five Cities didn't have time to care about the Family Qin. Looking around, there were still around thirty assassins, and their martial arts weren't weak.
There were only ten spies in the Family Qin. Including the surviving guards, they weren't a match for the assassins in the long run.
The guards and spies were forced to retreat, barely able to protect such a large family.
However, many of the courtyards in the inner residence were on fire. The paths that could have been taken were now impassable.
With pursuers behind them and a fire in front, the family supported each other and quickly retreated to a dead end.
Old Madam cried in despair, "The heavens really want to destroy our Family Qin. The heavens want to destroy our Family Qin!"
Second Madam leaned on Second Old Master, also crying in despair.
At this moment, someone in the crowd whispered, "Didn't the assassins say that they wanted to hand someone over?"
A stone stirred up a thousand ripples. In desperation and fear, someone said, "I also heard it. The assassins want Fourth Young Miss!"
Everyone's eyes immediately gathered on Qin Yining, who was leaning on Qin Huaiyuan's arm.
Old Madam looked at her son's back. Her lips trembled, but she didn't say anything.
At this moment, everyone had different thoughts.
"Why didn't you die when they wanted you? Why did you have to kill your sister!" The trembling and hoarse voice came from the second branch's concubine mother.
Concubine mother Lin was the birth mother of Sixth Young Miss and Seventh Young Miss.
Concubine mother Lin was about to collapse when she didn't see her twin daughters. When she heard this, she vented her anger on Qin Yining.
"Isn't it enough that you've harmed the entire family? Do you still want the entire family to die? "
"Concubine mother Lin, shut up!" Second Old Master angrily rebuked.
"Why do you want me to shut up? It's all Qin Yining's fault! It's all the eldest branch's fault! You've caused the deaths of so many people. You've caused the deaths of my twin sisters! "
Concubine mother Lin seemed to have gone mad. She wanted to go forward and push Qin Yining, but Qin Huaiyuan raised his arm and blocked her.
Second Old Master pulled Concubine mother Lin away.
"Tonight's matter isn't anyone's fault!" Second Old Master angrily rebuked, "Concubine mother Lin, do you still want to rebel?!"
Behind her was a raging fire. In front of her was an assassin who was about to kill her. Neither of her two daughters was left alive.
"Ah — —" Concubine mother Lin screamed in despair and slammed her head against the wall.
With a bang, red and white paint splattered all over the floor.
"Younger Sister!" Second Old Madam sobbed.
Another one.
Another one was killed.
Qin Yining mournfully thought. His vision turned black, and his body gradually went limp.
"How are you, Sister Yi?!" Qin Huaiyuan was scared out of his wits. He hugged his beloved daughter tightly and sat down on the floor with her weight. "Sister Yi, don't scare me!"
Sun Clan member rushed over and knelt down. She snatched Qin Yining away. "My son, my son!"
"Madam, the young lady is injured and has lost too much blood. If we don't treat her now, I'm afraid she'll be in danger!"
Ji Yun pressed on Qin Yining's shoulder to stop the bleeding with one hand and tightened the bandage. However, this was simply treating the symptoms, not the root cause.
Qin Huaiyuan's hands were covered in sticky blood.
It was Qin Yining's blood.
His only daughter's life was hanging by a thread. His home had been burned to the ground. His family members were either dead or injured.
Was this the result of being a loyal official his whole life?
What did he do wrong?
If there was retribution, why didn't it fall on him alone?!
"Protect the Marquis of Anping!"
"Charge!"
… …
Just as everyone was in despair, a thunderous roar suddenly came from outside the Chuihua Gate. It sounded like there were hundreds of people.
The remaining 30 or so assassins saw that they couldn't take down the enemy by force and that reinforcements had arrived. They immediately stopped fighting and retreated.
At the same time, a group of men dressed as ordinary people rushed in like a tide. They were holding axes, shovels, wooden sticks, and machetes.
Qin Huaiyuan looked at them solemnly and knew that they were all people from the Qingtian Alliance!
Although the people from the Qingtian Alliance came from the common people, they were led by some martial artists and chivalrous people. When the crowd broke into the residence and saw the 30 or so assassins fleeing, they didn't stay any longer. The 100 or so people chased after them. The silver-masked secret agents also took advantage of the situation to pursue.
The crisis in the residence was resolved in an instant.
Qin Huaiyuan hurriedly ordered the survivors to put out the fire, search and rescue, and call for a doctor.
The people from the Water Dragon Bureau finally arrived.
Qin Huaiyuan carried Qin Yining and placed her in a study in the outer courtyard that wasn't affected by the fire. He arranged for Ji Yun to watch over her. Because of the heavy casualties in the residence, the Sun Clan, Mother Jin, and Qiu Lu were arranged to take care of the old madam, second madam, and other injured people.
When the fire was put out, the casualties were also counted.
In the inner residence, half of the 39 female servants were gone. There were only a dozen or so guards left in the outer courtyard.
The second branch's Young Mistress Yu, sixth young mistress, seventh young mistress, and concubine mother Lin. The third branch's third madam and the legitimate son Jiu Ye had all died.
In addition, the seriously injured Qin Yining and eleventh master Qin Zong had already fallen into a coma. It was unknown how many people had suffered light injuries.
When the old madam heard that she had lost her favorite youngest daughter-in-law, eldest granddaughter-in-law, and two beautiful granddaughters, even Ji Xiang and Ru Yi, who had served her for many years, hadn't escaped this calamity, she immediately cried her heart out and fainted several times.
The imperial physicians and doctors entered the residence and hurriedly went to treat everyone.
Qin Huaiyuan, second master Qin, and third master Qin had to tidy up the residence, set up the mourning hall, and arrange for the funeral. They were so busy that they were both mentally and physically exhausted.
After the Five Cities Warden's Office arrived, they arranged for a search of the residence, fearing that the remaining assassins might be hiding somewhere.
At this time, no one noticed that when Qin Huaiyuan brought people to search the residence, the three black-clothed people who had been secretly observing for a long time avoided the people from the Five Cities Warden's Office and had already rushed to the courtyard in the outer courtyard where Qin Yining had been arranged.
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The wound on Qin Yining's shoulder that had been cut was at least three inches long. It extended from her shoulder blade to the top of her right chest. There was also a wound about an inch long on her right arm. Fortunately, she had wrapped the wound tightly and stopped the bleeding in time. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to hold on until the imperial physicians arrived.
It took a while to stitch up the wound. After the imperial physicians applied medicine and bandaged her wound, they rushed to see the injured Eleventh Master.
Ji Yun took a cold handkerchief and placed it on Qin Yining's forehead. Seeing Qin Yining's restless sleeping face due to her high fever, she was so worried that she wanted to cry.
She knew that Qin Yining had fainted because she had lost a lot of blood from her injuries. However, she was afraid that more of it was because she felt guilty towards her family.
Song Lan had died in order to save Qin Yining.
The sixth and seventh young misses had died in front of Qin Yining. Concubine Mother Lin had also committed suicide while harboring resentment.
These were too big of a blow to Qin Yining, who had always been kind.
Who exactly were those assassins? Why did they say those things?
Many of the people who had survived such a catastrophe had lost their loved ones. If they held a grudge against Qin Yining because of this, then how could Qin Yining continue living in the Family Qin in the future?
Ji Yun then thought of Pang Xiao, and her entire body trembled.
She had been arranged to protect Qin Yining, but she had let Qin Yining suffer such a serious injury. If Little Wang Ye knew about this, he would probably skin her alive …
Just as she was letting her imagination run wild, she suddenly felt that there was some movement on the roof.
Ji Yun immediately became alert. She stood up and stood in front of the bed. Her large eyes looked around as she sized up her surroundings.
Under the bright silk lamp, she saw a trace of dust on the roof.
Ji Yun's heart trembled, and she hurriedly blew out the lamp. In the darkness, the soft sword she pulled out from her waist reflected a cold white light.
At the same time, the tiles above her head suddenly fell. A black-clothed man descended from the sky and rushed towards the bed with a knife. However, he was blocked by Ji Yun. Another two people broke through the window and entered. They were also holding shining steel knives in their hands.
The leader sneered, "Little girl, if you want to live, then get out of the way. We won't kill you."
"Who exactly are you people! Why did you attack my young lady! " Ji Yun's face was covered in cold sweat. She stood in front of the bed with her sword and said without backing down, "I will never abandon my young lady!"
"Ha! Since you are so loyal to protect your master, there's no harm in telling you. I'll let you know when you die. "That person twirled the knife in his hand." We are here on the orders of Your Majesty in Da Zhou! Didn't you say that with this girl around, the Yan dynasty will never fall? Your Majesty wants to get rid of the Yan dynasty as a protective talisman! "
"You!" Ji Yun was stunned. She didn't expect them to be sent by Emperor Zhou!
No one knew how the rumors about the 'protective talisman' came about more than the people who followed Qin Yining.
She didn't expect that the rumors she created to avoid the fate of being eaten would lead to a fatal disaster!
"Does Prince Zhongshun know that you came here like this?!"
"Aiyo, this little girl knows a lot!" That person sneered. He couldn't be bothered to answer Ji Yun's question and swung his knife at her.
Ji Yun hurriedly parried.
However, when they really exchanged blows, Ji Yun realized that the martial arts of the three people in front of her were much better than that of the large group of assassins just now. She couldn't handle them alone!
Ji Yun immediately understood.
Just now, the large group of Assassins had been randomly slashing and killing because they couldn't tell who their target was, so they simply killed all of them.
And these three people had been hiding in the dark to observe, in order to ensure that their plan was foolproof.
As expected, when Qin Yining was sent here for treatment by Qin Huaiyuan, his whereabouts had already been exposed.
In addition, the Qin Residence was in chaos now, and many people had died in the residence. There was no time to take care of him, so the three of them took advantage of the situation to sneak in.
Ji Yun secretly complained, but she gritted her teeth and held on.
She definitely couldn't let Qin Yining get into trouble under her watch. Otherwise, she would also die! Moreover, she sincerely respected Qin Yining now. How could she let him die?
However, martial arts were like physical strength. It wasn't something that could be exerted just because one wanted to.
Ji Yun was gradually losing. She had been cut several times and shouted for help, but no one responded.
At this moment, a white light suddenly flashed through the window in the darkness.
The assassin, who was about to swing his blade at the bed, stopped abruptly.
Then, the door was kicked open, and a white figure flashed in. He stretched out his hands, and the other two people also froze in place.
In the blink of an eye, the three experts were subdued!
That person panted and said, "I'm late!"
Ji Yun's body was cut several times. Fortunately, the wounds were not deep and were not fatal. At this moment, she was exhausted and panting, but she refused to let down her guard, "Who are you?"
The man took out a match from his bosom and lit the silk lantern.
Ji Yun looked carefully and said in surprise, "You are … Young Master Mu?"
The person who came was in his early twenties. He was tall and thin, with a delicate face. He was wearing a patched robe. At this moment, he was breathing unsteadily because he rushed over. Who else could it be but Mu Jinghu?
Mu Jinghu frowned and said, "That fox hurriedly sent me over when he got the news. I didn't expect that I was still a step too late."
Mu Jinghu turned around and looked curiously at Qin Yining who was unconscious on the bed. He tilted his head and sized him up for a moment. Then, he put his hands behind his back and nodded seriously. His voice was flat as he said, "Oh, no wonder he asked me to protect him. It turns out that he is a beauty."
Ji Yun finally heaved a big sigh of relief. Her body went limp and she fell on the steps. She pointed at the three stiff and motionless people and said, "Young Master Mu, they …?"
"Do you want me to kill them? I think it's better to leave them alive. "
Mu Jinghu took out a small paper bag from his shabby sleeve and handed it to Ji Yun, "This is the medicine I made for injuries."
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