Chapter 428： Man in black

“Bao’er, are you still going shopping?” Chun Niang asked her daughter.

Yingbao looked at the bright lights on the street, and then at the happy maids, "Mother, if you are tired, go back first, and I will take a few of them for a walk."

Chun Niang was really tired after walking all the way, so she nodded: "Then you go home early."

My daughter is protected by so many people and there are guards around her. It is difficult for passers-by to get close to her. I am not worried about anyone doing harm to my daughter.

Moreover, the two sons and Wei Zhanhuzi were walking not far away. If there was any abnormality, they could rush over.

"Okay." Ying Bao asked four guards to **** her home, while Amber and Pearl had to follow her. Wei Xiuxiu saw that it was late and children tend to fall asleep easily, so she accompanied An Ren on the carriage.

At this time, Ying Bao took four maids, two maids and two guards to wander around the market. When she encountered something interesting, she bought it.

The street market is full of young girls in bright clothes, as well as handsome young men. Many of them are wearing masks, including cute fox or rabbit masks, and black and red masks of ghosts and gods. They look particularly special in the bustling street market. mystery.

Yingbao saw that the maids all looked envious, so she stopped in front of a ghost noodle stall and bought one for everyone.

She herself put on a golden fox mask and looked in front of the stall owner's mirror.

The bronze mirror was very clear, and she could see almost every detail. She saw someone wearing a beauty mask with an oval face and red lips and a white face, flashing past behind the crowd.

Yingbao even caught the cold look in this person's eyes, as well as a trace of murderous intent.

She turned around, and there was only the maid wearing a ghost mask and a rabbit and butterfly mask behind her, and no one else.

The surroundings were full of people wandering around in fragrant clothes, holding lanterns, or eating candied haws.

“County Master, where are we going?” Mei Xiang, wearing a black-red face ghost mask, approached Ying Bao and asked in a low voice.

Yingbao looked around and said, "Go back."

She doesn't want to have a conflict with people in the busy market, and it will be bad if she hurts the people and her own family.

"yes."

Meixiang turned around and ordered several sisters to return.

Although the little girls felt regretful, they still walked back with the county lord surrounded.

I happened to meet Wei Zhan, Jiang Jie and Jiang Wu on the road. They were standing in front of a kebab stall, each holding a large handful of mutton kebabs and eating enthusiastically.

 Wei Zhan saw Ying Bao at the first sight and ran over quickly, giving her the mutton skewers in his hand, "Here, it's just roasted, I'm about to deliver it to you."

The boy brought a basket from his hands and said, "These are all your favorite snacks and pastries, but you should eat less roasted chestnuts, as they will harm your spleen and stomach."

Yingbao took it and took a look, and saw that there were dragon beard candies, sesame and pine nut candies, chestnut cakes, fried chestnuts, fried chicken head rice, candied haws and fried milk cakes.

Some of these things are still hot and emit fragrance.

Ying Bao took it and handed it to Mu Dan. He took off the mask and ate the mutton skewers.

Jiang Wu and Jiang Jie also came over and asked, "Sister, why don't you stop shopping?"

"It's too late now. Let's go back early while there are lights." Not every street is lively on Lantern Festival night. In those remote ones, once the lanterns hung by the house owners under the eaves are extinguished, the road will be dark. The paint is very unsafe.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, it would be better for her to go back early.

Wei Zhan nodded: "It's really late, let's go back together."

So a group of people walked back carrying lanterns.

Nothing happened along the way. Yingbao paid attention to her surroundings and no one was following her.

But she didn't think that the sight was just unintentional, because when she met the sight, the man quickly moved away and quickly disappeared into the crowd.

This is very unusual.

In the early hours of the morning, everyone in Jiang's house was fast asleep. Ying Bao heard several people entering her yard and walking lightly toward her house. Then she saw a bamboo pipe piercing the window paper and blowing smoke into her room.

Ying Bao covered his mouth and nose with a cloth, stood behind the window, and instantly entered the cave.

After a pause, the window was pried open and someone climbed in.

They all had their faces covered and were dressed in black. They came to the bedside lightly and opened the curtains. They saw that the quilt on the bed was bulging, as if someone was sleeping in it.

He opened the quilt and the man in black shouted, "No!"

Because there is only a long soft pillow under the bedding and nothing else.

Just as the two were about to exit, Ying Bao suddenly appeared with a long knife in his hand and slashed at them.

“Ah!” The man in black screamed and fell down.

The other man wanted to meet the enemy, but before he could swing his sword, he was cut to the ground.

The two men in black who were standing sentry outside had noticed something was wrong, saw that the situation was not good, and ran away quickly.

Ying Bao jumped out of the window and chased, but only one person was injured, and the other person fled from the other direction.

The movement in the yard has alerted the servants and guards in the mansion. Wei Zhan and Jiang Wu rushed over quickly and saw Mu Dan and Xing Hua giving medicine to Mei Xiang.

In the room, Ying Bao pinched someone's neck and tried to pull the poison out of his mouth.

"What's going on?" Wei Zhan took the man in black from Ying Bao, but he couldn't stop him from dying.

Ying Bao had a dark face and wiped the blood on the man in black: "They are all dead soldiers. They probably want to kidnap me. They all have poison in their mouths."

I wasted two bottles of Wudingzhi liquid and failed to revive them, which is really annoying.

Wei Zhan frowned: "Did they hurt you?"

Ying Bao shook his head: "No." It's a pity that none of them survived, otherwise they would have to be interrogated carefully.

Chunniang also hurried over and saw several dead people in the yard, and she almost fainted from fright. "Bao'er, did they hurt you?"

"No, Aniang, please go back quickly, there are just a few thieves, nothing will happen." Yingbao asked the maid to take Aniang back to the house, and called the servants, asking them to report to the official at dawn.

 Wei Zhan, Jiang Jie and Jiang Wu looked at the men in black and found nothing to prove their identities.

"Who is so brave and dares to commit murder in the capital?" Jiang Wu was frightened for a while.

If my sister didn't have some martial arts skills, I might have fallen into their trap.

Wei Zhan frowned: "Could it be that their master has a grudge against Ying Bao?"

Those who can use dead soldiers must be from aristocratic families, and they may also be military commanders.

However, even aristocratic families cannot train many dead soldiers. After all, dead soldiers are also human beings, and they have seven emotions and six desires. It is impossible for all of them to be stupid enough to sacrifice their lives to their employers, unless there is sufficient benefit or they are coerced.

"What's the grudge? My sister has never offended anyone in the capital, so why did they send people to assassinate her?" Jiang Wu banged the table angrily: "If I find out who he is, I won't be able to spare him!"

Yingbao had some guesses in her heart.

This matter must be closely related to Xiao Chengjun and Chen Tiantian.

“I guess it’s the Xiao family.” Yingbao said, “I’ll go to the Changshou Marquis Mansion tomorrow.”

Wei Zhan frowned slightly. The mistress of the Xiao Mansion was his aunt. What would he do if he was innocently implicated?

But then I thought, if this matter is not figured out early, it will be a matter of time before my aunt is implicated. It is better to go and see for myself. "Yingbao, I'll go with you!"

Jiang Jie shook his head: "No, I broke into the Marquis' Mansion for no reason, just in time to get someone's clues. Sister, let's report it to the official first, just say they were sent by the Changshou Marquis' Mansion."

Since you have doubts, you must confirm them. Being ambiguous will be detrimental to yourself.