Chapter 644: Chapter 637_1 Chapter 644: Chapter 637_1 “Madam, Madam, Haishi has woken up.” Since Haishi was an outside male and a servant in the household, Lin Yue, though concerned, could not stay by his side all the ti. Furthermore, Doctor Zheng had said he wouldn’t wake up so quickly, so she had no choice but to return to the courtyard first. She instructed people to watch over Haishi and to inform her imdiately once he awoke.
“He’s awake, then let’s hurry over and take a look.” Haishi was in trouble and Master Xue had been abducted. She still had no news of the other guards who went out with them, so how could Lin Yue be at ease? She had been restless the whole ti. In the more than three years since she ca here, except for the ti when Zhao Erhu was seriously injured while hunting in the mountains and so minor accidents, life had been rather smooth. This was the first ti such a major incident had occurred, and it even involved potential loss of life. What was most important was that she still had no idea who the enemy was, even at this mont.
“Haishi, you’re awake; how do you feel about your injuries? Doctor Zheng said you have lost a lot of blood but didn’t suffer any vital injury. As long as you recuperate properly, there shouldn’t be any major problems, so he left earlier. If there’s anything uncomfortable, you must speak up imdiately. I will send soone to the city to fetch Doctor Zheng right away.” When Lin Yue entered, Haishi had just finished taking his dicine. He had insisted on going to find Lin Yue, but lacking the strength, the little servant taking care of him had said that the madam would co, so Haishi lay still, though in his heart, he truly felt an urgency. Upon seeing Lin Yue, he imdiately tried to get up.
“Madam, my injuries are not severe, it’s just that I don’t have much strength for the mont, and that’s why I didn’t co to report to you imdiately.” The first thing Lin Yue did upon arriving was not to inquire about what happened but to show concern for his health. Haishi truly felt comforted, thinking that he was indeed following a good master.
“Lie still and don’t move about. Although the injuries to your body are not life-threatening, they are still deep. Pay extra attention and don’t move around to split the wounds open again. You can talk lying down. Since it has happened, worrying is useless.”
“Thank you for your understanding, Madam. I am useless, unable to protect Master Xue, and even several brothers were captured along with him by those n in black. I am ashad to face you, Madam. I originally wanted to fight those n in black to the death, but then I thought if I also t with an accident, there would be no one left to bring the news. Madam would not know what happened to us, so I decided to fight my way out.” Haishi spoke of the events on the road, his face filled with self-reproach and dejection. He had indeed been determined to fight the n in black to the death.
“Who are those n in black? Why did they intercept you, and why did they capture the guards as well?” Lin Yue found the actions of the n in black to be very strange. It was one thing to abduct Master Xue, but it was quite another to capture the guards as well. They should not have done that if they were following common sense.
“I don’t know who those people are, Madam. They were all dressed in black and had their faces covered. They only asked if Master Xue was in the carriage when they ca up to us, and didn’t say anything else before they started the attack.” Haishi also found the incident to be very odd, and though he had encountered bandits before, these people were clearly different.
“They seed to have co specifically for us. But there were very few who knew of Master Xue’s itinerary. I don’t know how those n in black found out. They were lying in ambush on the road, and each of them was exceptionally skilled in martial arts. The brothers I took with are also skilled in martial arts, but they stood no chance in the fight and couldn’t even strike back. Only I could barely manage to fight off a few and break free, but even so, I was seriously injured.”
“So it was like that. Did they really not reveal anything about their identity, or did you overlook sothing? Think carefully, see if you’ve missed anything, and tell the sequence of events again in detail. Let’s see if I can pick up on sothing different.” Lin Yue’s brow was deeply furrowed, as the situation was more difficult than she had imagined. However, she believed that once sothing was done, there must be flaws and indications that would be revealed. If it ca down to it, she was even willing to go to the scene of the incident to search for clues.
“Yes, Madam,” Liu Aniu responded as he imrsed himself in the mory, recounting the events down to the precise details without omitting even the tiniest of details he could think of.
The more Lin Yue listened, the deeper her frown beca, as she too couldn’t detect any flaws. The only certainty was that the group wearing black were not from Xin’an City. After all, each of these n in black was so skilled and executed their plan proficiently. It seed more like they were private guards or death warriors nurtured by so aristocratic family or a large clan; there was no household in Xin’an City with such capabilities.
Beyond Xin’an City, the Jiang Family had not offended anyone, and most of their business affairs were in cooperation with the Jiang Family or the Princely Heir of the Marquis of Zhenbei. All the above-board dealings were carried out by the Jiang Family and the Princely Heir of the Marquis of Zhenbei. If there was anyone they could be said to have had conflict with, it would have been Princess An, Prince An of the Fourth, and the old rival of the Jiang Family, the Zhang Family. But because of the conspiracy case, whether it was Prince An of the Fourth, the Princess, or the Zhang Family, they had all been dealt with by the Emperor and shouldn’t be seeking trouble with her. So who could have abducted Master Xue and the others? Could it be that those people were simply targeting them because of business disputes? It was very difficult to be certain just by guessing.
Lin Yue was lost in contemplation when a burst of inspiration struck her mind, “Haishi, you said those n in black asked if Master Xue was in the carriage, which ans they spoke, did you hear their accent clearly, can you tell where they are from just by their accent?”
With this reminder from Lin Yue, Haishi, who had initially overlooked this detail, suddenly rembered, “Madam, I’ve rembered now, the leader of the n in black spoke with an accent from the Capital City, I can’t be wrong, it was definitely an accent from the Capital City. Before I ca to serve the Zhao Family, my forr master was a branch of a family from the Capital City. I have been to the Capital City several tis, so I can distinguish that the person had an accent from the Capital City. That ans that the people who abducted Master Xue and the brothers are actually from the Capital City. How could this be?”
Haishi was shocked by his own guess; he hadn’t thought of it earlier, but once he speculated, the result was truly unexpected. No matter how he thought about it, he couldn’t imagine why the n in black were dispatched from the Capital City. Having been with the Zhao Family for a considerable length of ti, he was quite familiar with the affairs of the Family, which is why he was so surprised, “Madam, our family doesn’t seem to have any entanglents or conflicts with anyone in the Capital City, how can this be!?”
Haishi’s words confird Lin Yue’s speculation, which was even worse than no confirmation at all. Lin Yue felt a heavy weight in her heart.
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