in2ebook Chapter 146 Assassination
Chapter 146 Assassination
Jiang Hao and Xu Xing went to the mine and risked their lives for several days, which was very tiring.
Xu Xing took advantage of the fact that there was no news from the capital and bought a lot of things to express his gratitude to Jiang Hao. He bought everything from food to daily necessities and clothes to wear, and also bought one thousand taels of silver.
Jiang Hao looked at the dozen or so items placed in the yard and was quite satisfied, but he said, "You don't have to be so polite."
"It should be. If Miss Jiang hadn't come with us, I'm afraid we wouldn't have found the account books so quickly and wouldn't have been able to arrest these people. But Qingchuan County is not as good as Kyoto. Many things can't be bought. The things are shabby. Please forgive me, Miss."
Xu Xing was still as polite as ever: "After this matter is settled, I will send some new things to the girl after I return to Beijing to report."
After the two chatted for a while, Xu Xing said goodbye.
Before leaving, he suddenly asked Jiang Hao what his plans were.
Jiang Hao thought he was just asking casually, so he answered casually: "Maybe he'll stay in Qingchuan County, or he may go around. Maybe he'll go to the capital."
When Xu Xing heard that she wanted to go to Kyoto, he seemed to be hesitant to speak, but after thinking about it, he simply said nothing.
What if what Jiang Huaiqing said was false?
Or maybe she actually knows nothing.
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The night is dark and windy, it is the time for murder and arson.
Jiang Hao stayed up half the night to organize the things that Xu Xing sent. Just as he blew out the candle and lay down on the bed, he heard light footsteps coming from the roof.
Although the other party was very careful, it still didn't escape Jiang Hao's ears.
The tiles were removed, and in the moonlight, the people on the roof saw Jiang Hao wrapped in a quilt lying on the bed with his back to him, apparently fast asleep.
After the three people on the roof communicated with each other through gestures, they split into three groups and quietly sneaked into Jiang Hao's room.
The leader walked to the bedside, raised the big knife in his hand and was about to chop at the person on the bed. However, the knife he raised did not fall.
The other two were surprised. One of them stepped forward and raised his hand to grab the man's shoulder. There was a "bang" and his companion fell heavily to the ground with his eyes bulging out, as if he died with his eyes open.
The remaining two were startled and moved closer to the bed, but before they could react, they smelled a strange fragrance, and then their hands went limp, the knife fell to the ground with a clang, and the two collapsed to the ground, soon losing consciousness.
Jiang Hao sat on the bed looking at the two people and the corpse lying in the room, her mind racing, who wanted to kill her?
Jiang Huaiqing's family has already been thrown into prison, so logically no one would want to kill her.
However, these people were clearly here to take her life.
Could it be the Xie family?
No matter who it is, we can just wait until those two wake up and ask them and everything will be clear.
Thinking of this, she stood up, found a rope and tied up the two living people.
As for the other person, a silver needle pierced through his forehead and he was already dead.
Jiang Hao got them out, went back to the room, closed the door and continued to sleep.
After dawn, Hongxiu was frightened by the three men in black in the main room, and hurriedly knocked on Jiang Hao's door.
Jiang Hao yawned and saw that the two were still asleep, so he patted Hong Xiu on the shoulder and said, "Go, bring a basin of cold water."
Soon, cold water was brought in, and Jiang Hao ordered Hong Xiu to pour it on the two men's faces.
The two men shivered from the cold and shook the water off their faces. Then they saw Jiang Hao looking at them with a half-smile on his face. Their faces changed at the same time.
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