anwhile, the other wharf was relatively more crowded. Speaking of the road leading to this wharf, with villages on both sides, it would have been impossible for the dogs in those villages not to notice if soone appeared carrying such bloody stuff.
It made think there might be a secret passage that led directly to the wharf. I had people search for it over the past few days, but they found nothing.
Now that my wife ntioned that the inn at the wharf might be an issue, upon reflection, it did seem quite possible. The inns there all kept dogs, which would bark if they slled sothing bloody, yet when Ye Yi inquired with the locals, the faces across from the inn claid they had never heard any unusual noises.
As a result, I had never co out to check at night, which had led to believe that my two boats had not moved at all—that they had been left there the whole ti.
The fact that the inn’s dogs slled sothing yet didn’t bark was curious indeed.
So, when Ye Zi’an arrived at the yan, he imdiately had Ye Yi take n to seal off that inn. Of course, he didn’t use the girl’s disappearance as a reason, but instead the excuse of capturing assailants—who had entered the County Magistrate’s residence to kill the County Magistrate himself. He had used this excuse once before and found it particularly convenient.
However, a different scene was unfolding in the harem of his ho at that mont.
"Mingcui!" After leaving the study, Yang Chuxia returned to her own courtyard, "Call Ming Yu for . Also, have your grandmother keep Lele and Yangyang in the room, close the door, and don’t co out."
"Yes!"
Mingcui went out to fetch the person while Yang Chuxia sohow found so ropes.
After a mont, Ming Yu entered. "Madam, you called for ?"
Yang Chuxia humd a response and then gave Mingcui a glance. Mingcui promptly locked the door from the inside and stood in front of it.
"Ming Yu, what did you co to Ye Residence to find?" Yang Chuxia asked straightforwardly.
Her gaze bore directly into Ming Yu, and if looks could kill, Ming Yu would have been a corpse by now.
"What are you talking about, Madam? I don’t quite understand," said Ming Yu, her heart skipping a beat. Had that damned Mingcui spilled the beans about her visit to the study? Was the Madam keeping an eye on her? Otherwise, how could she have known she was looking for sothing?
But even though that was indeed the case, she wouldn’t admit to it.
"You don’t understand?" Yang Chuxia chuckled, and suddenly, the rope in her hand lashed out as if alive, and Ming Yu reflexively dodged—a dodge far from resembling soone with no skills. Her movent suggested quite the contrary, that she was rather skilled.
"Do you understand now?" As her words fell, arrows shot out from the sleeve of her robe.
With ropes in one hand and sleeve darts in the other, launching six darts at once, after dozens of exchanges, Ming Yu was bested and thought to flee. To her, Mingcui blocking the door was hardly a concern. Her dagger aid directly for Mingcui, "You wretched thing, dare to ruin my plan?"
But just as her words ended, a rope from behind slipped around her neck, and at the sa ti, an arrow struck her leg.
The fight was over, and Ming Yu was securely bound and kneeling on the ground.
Yang Chuxia’s ferocity surged, and she grabbed Ming Yu’s dagger and sharply cut off one of Ming Yu’s fingers, "You’re quite good at searching my house, huh? Speak, what are you looking for? If you don’t tell , see that hourglass? Each ti it moves, I’ll cut off one of your fingers."
"I won’t tell!"
"Is that so?" Seeing her wicked smile, Yang Chuxia quickly dislocated her jaw, and hooking with a finger, a poison packet ca out. "Truly disgusting stuff."
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