Extrapolating from her existing knowledge, there was not one killer who was extrely highly skilled.
Moreover, as a last resort, she could flash a trump card which could preserve lives.
They hid in their horse carriage as their eyes followed Baishao and Baiji, who were visiting each horse carriage to comfort the families and to gather leads.
"Progress is looking good."
Lin ngya was seated behind the window, fixing her eyes on the few people she sent out.
She purposely asked Baizhi and Baishao to create so stir.
aning to attract the attention of the killers, she wondered if they would take the bait.
As Lin ngya observed the things that were going on outside, she did not realize that her own horse carriage had veered further away into a more secluded area.
At this mont, they had entered a more densely wooded area.
"What happened? Why have we co here?"
Baisu opened the door slightly as she questioned the coachman.
"There are so problems with the shaft of the cart. Let’s take a break while I fix the problems."
Lin ngya nodded. It was no wonder she could feel that the ride was becoming bumpy a mont ago.
Baisu and Baizhi helped Lin ngya alight from the carriage and sat down on a rock by the roadside and waited.
The procession of horses and carriages of the Crown Prince proceeded quickly as if they were fleeing for their lives. They had not even stopped to take any rests.
Despite so of the carriages stopping occasionally, the Crown Prince continued on by riding his own carriage. By this ti, he was seen as a little black dot afar off.
"Master, the Crown Prince is fleeing so fast. Does he not care about the life and death of the people traveling behind him?"
Baizhi was gently massaging Lin ngya’s calf as she looked on. A feeling of contempt towards the Crown Prince rose inside her.
"His status is different from ours. The lives of all the people added together is not as precious as his. Don’t you think so?"
Lin ngya had seen through the Crown Prince’s character long ago. She was not surprised to see him running away so fast when things went wrong.
How could a man with such lousy character beco the emperor of Dajin?
"That’s so true, Master. Are you hungry? Would you like to go grab you so food from inside the horse carriage?"
Baizhi asked Lin ngya as she realized that they had not eaten anything for quite so ti since they set off in a hurry.
"Not far from here is the temporary imperial residence outside the boundaries of the capital. Let’s try to get there first."
They supposed it would be reasonably safe in the temporary imperial residence since it was rather heavily guarded.
"Oh yes, I thought Baishao and Baiju brought with them just a few guards? Where are the rest of the guards now?"
The surrounding started getting quieter.
They also had not encountered any other horse carriages bypassing them from behind for a good while. Lin ngya, the two girls accompanying her and the coachman were the only people at the clearing.
"You’re right. How about I go up to the coachman to ask about them?"
Baizhi was starting to find it strange too. Their guards were unlikely to leave them without letting them know. Why had they disappeared?
"No, don’t go."
Lin ngya, who was usually sensitive, could sll sothing fishy in the air. Sothing was not right.
She gave Baisu a pinch on her arm as a hint and the three of them started looking around vigilantly.
"Your Highness, the horse carriage has been fixed. Let’s continue on our journey."
The coachman who had fixed the shaft of the cart walked up to them slowly as he spoke softly.
"Where are those guards? Weren’t they with us just now?"
The coachman lowered his head, so much so that Lin ngya was unable to read his expression.
Nevertheless, she sensed sothing was not right.
"Oh those guards, they are already waiting for you ahead of us, so let’s get going."
The coachman who was looking down suddenly lifted up his head.
From the look of his face, he seed like a battered man, but at this mont, there was a sinister smile on his face.
It was no wonder that Lin ngya felt sothing was amiss. The killer had been hiding right here. He was disguised as the down-to-earth coachman.
"You--- don’t you co nearer! I’m warning you not to co any closer!"
Baizhi stood between the coachman and Lin ngya as she cried out in fear.
"How can I not co to you? How else can I drive your horse carriage?"
The three girls retreated step by step into the woods behind them.
The coachman killer drew out his waistband and closed in on them.
"Master, what he’s holding in his hand is a bunch of Ice Silk Threads. That was why we only got that little bit of silk threads."
Baisu said nervously, as she seed to recognize what he was holding in his hand.
Lin ngya nodded. Never would she expect that the killer would use the thod of severing her head on her.
How great was the grievance that the killer had resorted to this brutal thod of taking her life?
"I’m warning you not to get any closer, otherwise I will strikeout."
Lin ngya stepped out in front of the two lasses to protect them as the three continued to retreat.
"Hey, Princess Yu, you can stop your struggle now. I’ll be honest with you. You are our ultimate target. We have killed all those n so we could slow you down."
The killer’s words stunned Lin ngya in that instant.
How was she their ultimate target?
She pondered for a second but that did not make sense to her. How was her influence so great that Peach Blossom Dock had to sacrifice so many highly skilled killers one this mission?
"You better be obedient and co over here--- ah---"
Just when the killer was about to take Lin ngya’s life, he slipped and fell into a deep snare.
The three had temporarily escaped the crisis, not forgetting that Night was also following secretly behind them.
Night, who had been keeping an eye on the entire situation in the dark had discovered and confird who the rat was long ago.
When the horse carriage entered this clearing just now, she already knew the exact location of a snare dug out by the hunters.
After the three of them scanned the surrounding to make sure that the coachman did not have any other companions, they walked up to the side of the snare boldly.
Lin ngya had instructed n to set up overnight, large spikes which were used to trap preys at the bottom of the snare.
Even if a bear, not to ntion a human, were to fall into the trap, it would be pierced through and through.
Lin ngya stood by the side of the pit as she looked at the shocked expression on the dead coachman, and she could only let out a sigh.
She had told him not to co closer.
What happened to the mutual trust between man and man? She had given up.
"Master, I’m guessing that he wouldn’t resurrect?"
Baizhi could not bring herself to look into the pit, although she thought the killer was deserving of death.
Lin ngya and Baisu exchanged looks and Lin ngya said, "Rest assured, he is dead as a dodo. Night, get so n to fill up the pit."
"Yes, Master."
Although Night was nowhere to be seen, his voice seed to have echoed through the air from all directions. Not even Baisu was able to pinpoint where the voice was coming from.
"He’s really impressive. Not many people could master the art of invisibility to this level."
Baisu expressed her admiration for Night from the bottom of her heart. Both Night and Qinghu were tiptop martial artists hard to co by.
"That’s enough, stop being envious. I believe there are not many girls of your age who have attained your level of skills too."
Baisu was only around fifteen to sixteen years old, yet she was poised and highly skillful in martial arts. She supposed Xiaoyu must have put in much effort in training and nurturing his talents.
Lin ngya had been surprised that he would so easily give Baisu to her.
Once back in the horse carriage, Baisu searched the entire inside of the carriage to make sure there was nothing suspicious before she let Lin ngya and Baizhi in.
"What shall we do now that none of us know how to drive the horse carriage?"
Baizhi turned her eyes to Lin ngya as she was confident that her mistress was all-powerful and would know how to do literally anything.
Lin ngya let out a dry laugh as she rembered the fact that the only thing she had not achieved in the modern world was getting her driver’s license.
She had failed the driving test three tis consecutively and was now one of the oldest students in the driving school.
Little did she expect that after traveling back to ancient tis and already being the one to exploit others in this life, she had to enter such a desperate situation.
"I... I’ve no idea how to drive a horse carriage."
The three of them exchanged looks and finally sighed and let out a helpless laugh.
"Let go look for Baishao. I suppose there will be soone among the guards who knows how to drive a horse carriage."
Baisu leaped off the horse carriage and ran back.
Thank goodness that Baiji and Baishao were not too far away, otherwise Lin ngya would not know whether to laugh or cry in such a desperate situation.
She could not possibly ask Night to show himself and have him, highly-skilled martial artist, to drive the horse carriage for her.
She thought it would be such a beautiful image.
"Master! Master! Are you alright?"
Lin ngya heard the loud voice of Baishao after approximately fifteen minutes.
Lin ngya was appreciative of Baishao in many ways, except that her voice was getting louder.
Sotis when Baishao was berating the servants in the courtyard, her voice would travel far and wide. It was as if she were turning into the stewardess of the household.
"Both Master and I are alright, how about you?"
Baizhi welcod her companions back into the horse carriage and the mont Baishao boarded the carriage, she held on tightly to Lin ngya and looked her up and down.
"I’m indeed alright, don’t get all worked up."
Lin ngya let Baishao and Baiji scrutinize her for a mont.
"We were just behind you, but all of a sudden, you disappeared. At that mont, however, we were unable to just walk away from what we were doing. You made us so worried."
In reality, the coachman killer did not kill the guards. He rely diverted them sowhere to borrow so tools. Thank goodness that there was soone among them who knew how to drive the horse carriage.
"Alright, now tell us what you’ve found out."
Seated in the carriage, Lin ngya began analyzing the information reported by the two maidservants.
"Just as you expected, the ministers who were murdered had t with their servants just before they died. These were either sidekicks, maidservants or guards who found an excuse to see their master. We also realized that these servants had all disappeared mysteriously afterwards."
Lin ngya went into deep thoughts after hearing Baishao’s words.
The thods which these people used were not considered brilliant.
Moreover, servants asking to see their master was not usual.
As for their disappearing, this could not be explained away with coincidence.
"We’ve taken care of that coachman who turned out to be a killer, but I guess we will attract more attention from the killers soon, so let’s gear up for the possible storm that is approaching."
Lin ngya was not sure if Peach Blossom Dock was really targeting her.
Combing through the information she gathered, Lin ngya realized that the ministers who were killed were either neutral or belonging to parties that were not for the Crown Prince.
On the other hand, the fretful way the Crown Prince fled for his life did not seem like a pretense.
What exactly was happening?
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