one legitimate daughter."Besides Marquis Wu'an, the second, third, and fourth branches have not yet divided their households. The matriarch is the wife Lord Old brought in later, so she is only a few...Gu Jingxi swiftly bent down to dodge the assassin's sword aimed at his neck. His own long sword swung back in an instant, the tip flashing across, cutting across the back of the assassin's neck. Blood splattered in a moment, and he took advantage of the situation to kick the assassin, who fell to the ground.

All went well, and danger was averted.

Meng Jin Yao was still shaken, her heart racing. She looked at the assassin lying on the ground. He was still breathing, but blood gushed from his neck, even with his hand covering it. He soon lost his life, dying with a look of grievance. His eyes were fixed on her, so she quickly averted her gaze.

Over there, four people were fighting, their moves were extremely fast and deadly. The clash of swords and blades was terrifying to watch. After a long time, the assassin who had been disarmed by Gu Jingxi was killed with a sword to the throat.

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The room was in disarray, with broken furniture and four bodies lying on the floor. Blood splattered the walls and furniture, and there was a thick metallic scent of blood throughout the room. Fighting sounds could still be heard from the next room.

Gu Jingxi glanced at his little wife hiding in the corner. Seeing her face pale with fright, her whole body trembling, his heart clenched. He hurriedly threw down the blood-stained sword in his hand and walked towards her, reaching out to hug her into his arms and softly coaxed: "Ayao, don't be afraid, it's okay."

Meng Jin Yao slumped in the man's arms, her body still trembling uncontrollably. She had seen people die before, as a child she saw her grandfather pass away in front of her, losing his breath. But now, seeing four people die, a bloody scene with blood splattered everywhere, their eyes wide open and staring at her, she couldn't help but feel terrified. She couldn't face the horrifying scene with a calm heart.

Gu Jingxi gently patted her back and continued to coax, "Aiyao, don't be afraid, it's okay, it's all over now."

"My husband, I, I'm fine.

Meng Jin Yao slowly lifted her head to look at him, seeing the blood on his face, she hurriedly reached out to wipe it away. Her hand became stained with blood, and thinking of the four corpses on the ground, these were their blood. In an instant, she felt the blood was dirty, so she quickly rubbed the blood from her hands onto her clothes.

Gu Jingxi saw her reaction and hugged her tighter, guiltily saying: "Ayao, did I scare you"

Meng Jinyao shook her head repeatedly: "No, he, they all have to die. If my husband doesn't kill them, we'll be the ones in trouble."

Gu Jingxi coaxed the person in his arms softly, the fighting outside had stopped. Zhou Yun came over to check and saw their Marquis holding his wife, with four men in black lying on the ground.

Zhou Yun asked, "Master Hou, Madam, are you alright"

Gu Jingxi replied, "We're fine. How many people came tonight Were any of ours injured"

Zhou Yun replied, "Including the four on the ground, there are fifteen people in total, all of them skilled fighters. Fang Ce and Chan'er were injured. Fang Ce sustained minor injuries, only his arm was hurt, and it wouldn't hinder him much. However, Chan'er's injuries were quite serious."

Gu Jingxi frowned and ordered, "Go fetch a doctor at once."

Zhou Yun responded and went to take care of it.

Meng Jinyao's emotions gradually calmed down, much more stable than before. She also made an effort to keep her voice calm and said, "Husband, this room is very messy. Let's go out first.

Gu Jingxi nodded lightly, seeing a corpse lying at the door, he directly picked up the person and carried them out of the guest room.

At this point, everyone else in the inn was terrified. When the sound of fighting stopped, the innkeeper dared to bring his staff out to see what was going on. As soon as they came out to the foot of the stairs, they met Gu Jingxi. The innkeeper and his staff wanted to leave but couldn't. Staying put made them feel uneasy and afraid of being silenced.

Gu Jingxi saw him and said in a soft voice, "Shopkeeper, please change us four clean guest rooms. We will compensate for the losses tonight, and we apologize for the inconvenience caused to you tonight."

The shopkeeper was afraid of him, and in fact didn't want them to stay any longer. But he dared not disobey him, so he hurriedly replied, "Yes, esteemed guests, please wait a moment." Then he ordered the servant to prepare clean guest rooms for them.

Afterward, Gu Jingxi and Meng Jinyáo went to see Chan'er and the others. Yu Chuan and Fang Ce were cleaning up the bodies of the black-clothed men.

Meng Jin Yao entered Chan'er's guest room, only to see that the room was also in disarray. The corpses had already been removed, and Chan'er lay on the bed with a pale face, a sword wound in her chest, her injuries quite severe.

Qing Qiu's face was as pale as paper, her hands trembling as she applied medicine and bandaged Chan'er's wound. Chan'er had been injured while protecting Qing Qiu, taking a sword blow meant for her. Otherwise, she would have already become the assassin's victim.

Seeing this, Meng Jiny Yao took three steps in two, rushed to the bed and anxiously asked, "Chan'er, how are you feeling"

Chan'er was still awake. Seeing her, she managed a smile and softly replied, "Madam, don't worry, I'm fine, it's just a minor injury. I've sustained worse wounds before, you see."

Meng Jin Yao heard her speak with no strength in her voice, which worried her even more. She quickly said: "Chan'er, don't talk for now, Zhou Yun has already gone to fetch a doctor."

Soon, the doctor arrived.

Besides the physician, government soldiers also arrived. With so many dead, the shopkeeper was unsure whether Jing Xi and his group were good or bad. He secretly sent a clerk to report to the authorities.

Gu Jingxi and his group had their identities confirmed. As the victims of the assassination attempt on Marquis Changxing and Marchioness Changxing, they were naturally not arrested by the officials. After some negotiation, the officials simply took away the bodies of the assassins.

The policy is only a skin injury on the arm, just apply medicine yourself and you don't need to see a doctor.

The doctor only treated Chan'er, saying that her injuries were severe. He estimated that she would have a fever tonight and might be in danger of losing her life. He prescribed medicine and told them to take good care of her. Someone should stay by her side at all times to monitor her condition.

Gu Jingxi thought that Ai Yao and Qingqiu had been frightened, so he asked the doctor to prescribe a calming tea for both of them.

Yu Chuan was going to get medicine for them, so he might as well go back with the doctor.

Gu Jingxi and his group moved to the new guest rooms prepared by the shopkeeper, and asked the servants to prepare water for them to bathe and wash away the bloodstains on their bodies. They then changed into clean clothes.

By then, it was almost dawn.

Meng Jiny Yao also didn't have much sleepiness, so she simply didn't sleep. She softly asked Gu Jingxi: "Husband, do you think Wei Da Ren discovered that the ledger and letters were missing Are all these people sent by Wei Da Ren"

Gu Jingxi frowned and replied, "Although the people who came tonight aren't top-tier experts, they are all quite skilled. He probably wouldn't have sent so many experts if he had this kind of ability. Yuchuan has been paying attention to him these past few days. There are people around him who know martial arts and are good at it, but not that many experts.

Meng Jin Yao was surprised: "So, Lord Han participated"

Gu Jingxi nodded lightly: "That's right, those letters implicated Lord Han as well. He would try every means to prevent us from returning to Beijing alive and seize the ledger and letters to destroy them."ween this and a one-time solution"Gu Xiuming narrowed his eyes slightly, a flash of killing intent appeared in them, and he said coldly: "Human desire is insatiable, like a snake swallowing an elephan...