Chapter 806: Assassination of Qin Huai
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Qin Huai and Ah Yu had not seen each other for a year. He originally did not think that it was a big deal. In the past, they had also been separated for many years.
It was not until he was in the Hanlin Academy and had attended the wedding banquet of his colleagues four to five times in a year that he was asked when he would get married that Ah Yu’s face suddenly appeared in his mind.
When love first bloomed, his heart was filled with the woman who walked into her heart.
Only then did he suddenly realize that they had been separated for too long. He originally thought that he wouldn’t miss her too much, but he didn’t expect that the moment he thought of her, he would be caught off guard by his surging feelings.
Thinking about it, Ah Yu was 13 years old this year, but she was still 11 years old on the household register. If they really wanted to be inseparable, they would have to wait at least four more years.
He couldn’t bear to wait too long.
More than that, even if Ah Yu still wanted to stay at home for 10 or 20 years, he was willing to wait.
He was only 15 years old this year. Unlike others who liked others due to physical attraction, he naturally didn’t have any romantic feelings for All Yu. He wanted to protect her instead.
It was also because of this wish that Qin Huai was in danger.
The Hanlin Academy he was in was filled with true geniuses, and there were many top scholars.
There were very few Humble Class children in the Hanlin Academy. Even if they were Humble Class children, they were definitely not commoners. To be able to support the students all the way to the palace examination was definitely not something a commoner family could afford.
Therefore, although Hanlin Academy was mostly a clear stream, its roots were actually intertwined. Qin Huai had the Duke Yong Manor behind him, and things were still not going smoothly.
Qin Huai disdained to fight, but he had no choice but to get involved. Everyone bullied him for being young and thought that he was easy to deal with. They didn’t expect to suffer huge losses a few times, so they targeted All Yu.
Ah Yu had been bestowed the title of Village Lord Yu. It was still considered impressive among the commoners. But when she arrived at Wanning City, the legitimate nobles would look down on her.
But no matter how much they looked down on her, she was still engaged to the new Top Scholar. This prevented some schemes to disgust Qin Huai from being used.
When they heard that Qin Huai had once been childhood sweethearts with Village Lord Yu, someone said, “He’s just a brat. How has he ever tasted a woman before? He only learned from others and found himself a countryside wife early on and treated her like a treasure. Fortunately, he’s still young and is at the age of rashness. If we deal with his little fiancee, hmph, we won’t be afraid that he won’t take the bait.”
They had planned it very well. Ah Yu had applied for an external transfer herself. Every year, many officials who were transferred died, let alone a little girl.
If something happened to All Yu, as long as they stuffed a woman from a noble family into Qin Huai’s hands and let her give birth to a few brats for him. Wouldn’t it be easy to control him in the future?
They deliberately raised some women for this purpose and gave them dispensable titles to stuff to the people they wanted to control. Then, they controlled the ladies and they would be taken in by the main family in the future…
How many families had been destroyed by them with such methods?
It was naturally easy to control a brat like him.
However, just as they were about to prepare, they realized that the people they had sent out had disappeared for no reason before they could walk out of Wanning City.
Not only that, even their business outside suffered consecutive blows.
Their business was not doing well, and they couldn’t provide for the money they used to operate. They were overwrought all day, so how could they care about harming others?
However, there were always people who could handle it. They even sent someone to investigate carefully and found out that it was actually Qin Huai’s doing.
Qin Huai had sent a group of guards that he had just trained. These people were all working in his own residence as servants. It was clear that it’s them
The person who was attacked was flustered and exasperated. He invited Qin Huai out and questioned, “Qin Huai, you and I are officials of the dynasty together. Even if we’re not allies, you shouldn’t do this. Your people touched my people for no reason. You have to give me an explanation!”
Qin Huai’s eyes were cold. “You should keep these words to yourself. 1’11 also give Lord Liang a piece of advice. If there’s anything, you can come at me. If I fall, it’s because I, Qin Huai, am useless. I’ll admit it. If Lord Liang and the other dirty rats want to target innocent people, 1 don’t mind letting you see what other methods 1 have!”
Not many people knew that he had once managed the Imperial Prison for a period of time. At that time, he was still young. Even King Xiaoyao was shocked by his coldness.
The expression of the person called Lord Liang stiffened slightly before he left in embarrassment.
However, this matter was not over. They didn’t know Qin Huai’s other identity, but there was always a group of people hiding in the dark and trying to assassinate him.
The composition of those people was very complicated. Behind them was the work of the Qin Family of Jiangnan’s enemies, as well as the power of the family of an unknown person in the harem.
Because Empress Qin had been swift and decisive in the past few years, and with Emperor Minghua’s secret support, many of their methods had been broken. They were no longer as arrogant as before. Hence, they did something they disdained to do in the past—borrowing strength.
The few factions gathered together couldn’t be underestimated. Qin Huai met with an assassination attempt on the way to the imperial court.
A few groups of fully armed people followed Qin Huai out of the Qin Family residence and openly attacked him when they were about to reach Three Thoughts Street.
Coincidentally, at that time, two officials who couldn’t stand Qin Huai pulled him away and mocked him.
When the assassins came, they were frightened out of their wits and their pants were wet. The assassins found them annoying and directly ended them with a slash before heading towards Qin Huai.
Seeing that something was wrong, the people protecting Qin Huai jumped out one after another, wanting to protect him.
Qin Huai was originally in the inner circle and didn’t intend to attack. Compared to the secret guards and servants who trained day and night, Qin Huai’s martial arts were naturally useless.
His martial arts were better for solo fights. He couldn’t gain the upper hand in such a large-scale attack.
“Qin Huai, do you know Wang Ruyu’s true identity!” Suddenly, someone shouted outside.
“She’s in our hands. If you know what’s good for you, submit obediently!” Another person held a pouch in his hand and raised it high.
Qin Huai glanced at it and was immediately stunned. This was All Yu’s exclusive pouch and was made for her by her Second Aunt. There was only one in the world.
Ah Yu never abandoned gifts from her family. Instead, she patiently kept them and cherished them like treasures.
Qin Huai didn’t know where Ah Yu would hide them, but he knew that she must be hiding them somewhere that no one could find.
Now that this pouch has appeared, what about Ah Yu?
Seeing that Qin Huai was in a daze, Chi Jia, who was beside him, hurriedly said, “Little Master, don’t fall into the other party’s trap!”
“I know.” Qin Huai frowned, but his expression was clearly very concerned.
Suddenly, someone shouted in surprise, “Lord, be careful!”
As soon as he finished speaking, an arrow shot out of a window and headed straight for Qin Huai. Chi Jia raised his sword and stopped it, but more arrows shot over.
In the end, when the Shun Tian Manor’s bailiffs arrived, the other party had already fled, leaving behind a pile of corpses.
Chi Jia had been shot seven to eight times in the back. His face was so pale that there was no color in it. There were even more guards on the periphery who’d blocked the arrows. Most of them were still open-eyed, but they were already dead.
Chi Jia protected Qin Huai tightly in his arms. He had also been shot in the shoulder, and the blood flowing out was black. There was also a trembling arrow stuck in his neck that pierced through his skin. However, it was slightly tilted back and did not directly destroy his blood vessels, but he had already fallen into a complete coma.
The first person from the Wang Family to receive the news was Liu Shi. She had just come out of the nursery when she heard that someone had encountered assassins. That person also mentioned Qin Huai’s name.
Liu Shi couldn’t care less and hurriedly ran over. When she saw the chaos and Chi Jia and Qin Huai, who no one dared to move, she gasped.
More Crimson Guards rushed over. When they saw Liu Shi, they seemed to have found their backbone.
“Madam…”
Liu Shi made a prompt decision. “Carry them to the Wang Family! In addition, no matter where Divine Doctor Xue is now, invite him over. Hurry!”
If there was any other place that could give Qin Huai a chance of survival, it could only be the Wang Family, where Ah Yu had left behind many life-saving things..