The fate was changed, the mistress of the Hou family was slapped in the face and made money to win

Chapter 148 How did Mr. Shen come here?

"Thank you, Mr. Shen, for today." Jiang Suining thanked him sincerely.

Shen Yanxi appeared just in time, otherwise even if the knife didn't hit her, she would not be able to deal with the other masked man.

Shen Yanxi stared at Jiang Suining intently. Thinking of what happened just now, he was still frightened. "Fortunately, you are okay."

The moment he saw the masked man raising the knife, his heart almost jumped out. Even now, he still didn't dare to think about what would happen if the knife fell.

Shen Yanxi's eyes were too intense. Jiang Suining's heart slightly moved and he avoided his gaze, but soon returned to normal and asked, "Why did Master Shen come here?"

"I went to Ning Mo Zhai today and happened to meet your brother and Chu Changhe. From their conversation, I learned that you had left the city. A few days ago, I happened to hear people talking about how there seemed to be bandits blocking the road outside the imperial city. I was worried and thought about going out of the city to take a look."

On the way over, he saw frightened horses running away.

There was a spot of white on the horse's forehead. He remembered that the horse used to drive the carriage that Jiang Suining often rode in also had this feature on its forehead. He stopped the horse at that time, and when he saw the rope was cut, he was worried about something going on, so he rode fast.

Fortunately, fortunately he arrived not too late.

but……

"Those two people just now didn't look like ordinary bandits." Shen Yanxi frowned and said.

"Maybe they want to kill to silence the witness." Jiang Suining said in a deep voice.

Shen Yanxi's eyes darkened, "Murder to silence the witness?"

Jiang Suining briefly described what had happened, including the bodies in the bushes.

When she was chasing them just now, she had already sensed that they didn't seem to be trying to rob them of money, but rather simply to kill people.

After all, if they were just ordinary gangsters, there would be no need to pursue them relentlessly even if they wanted to commit another crime. They were masked, so they naturally didn't worry about being recognized afterwards.

Moreover, when the action took place, there was actually a person hiding in the bushes. If they were just bandits robbing people, they would have rushed out together.

However, ordinary bandits don't have to care whether they have seen the body in the bushes, nor do they need to be so cautious in killing people to silence them.

unless……

They killed the people in the bushes not for the purpose of robbing them of their money, and this matter must not be known to others.

Jiang Suining turned his head and looked back in the direction he had just come from, with confusion in his eyes.

After a moment, she said to Shen Yanxi: "I want to go back and take a look."

"Okay." Shen Yanxi nodded, "I'll go with you."

Jiang Suining walked towards the horse left by Yuan Liang. She had learned to ride a horse in her previous life. Although she was not very good at it, she had no problem riding it normally.

Jiang Suining held the reins and was about to mount the horse, but Shen Yanxi stopped her and tore a piece of cloth from his robe.

"What are you doing?" Jiang Suining was stunned.

Shen Yanxi looked at Jiang Suining's red and swollen palms and said, "Wrap them up. It will hurt when you hold the reins."

Although he wanted Jiang Suining to ride with him, since there were two horses, Jiang Suining probably would not agree.

Jiang Suining looked at his palms. Both of his palms were red and swollen, which looked a bit scary. It was because of the rubbing when he was driving and pulling the reins just now.

He wanted to say it was okay, but when he saw that Shen Yanxi had already torn the cloth into a robe, he did not refuse and spread out his hands.

When Shen Yanxi was bandaging her, Jiang Suining noticed that several fingertips on Shen Yanxi's right hand were broken and covered in blood.

"Mr. Shen, your finger..."

"It's okay, it was just a rub." Shen Yanxi said nonchalantly.

After carefully wrapping the cloth strip around Jiang Suining's palm, he took the reins, steadied the horse, and let Jiang Suining mount.

Soon, the two returned to the bushes they had been to before.

The heavy rain just now had washed the bloodstains in the grass onto the road. The road surface mixed with mud and blood looked horrifying.

Jiang Suining and Shen Yanxi dismounted and walked to the edge of the grass. The strong smell of blood mixed with the smell of rain hit them in the face.

There were three bodies lying in the grass, one man and two women. Two of them were slightly older, and the other was a woman who was about thirteen or fourteen years old. They looked like a family of three.

There were no carriages or luggage around, but the grass leading from here to the woods not far away was in a mess, obviously having been trampled.

Shen Yanxi looked at the traces around him and said, "It seems that they ran here in panic, trying to get to the official road, and then were killed."

Jiang Suining nodded and looked past the grass to the forest.

If I remember correctly, there is a path in the forest leading to the imperial city.

Maybe they did not take the official road at that time. After meeting the masked man in the forest, they fled here, wanting to see if there was anyone passing by on the official road to rescue them, but they were still caught up by the masked man.

"Do you want to go take a look in the woods?" Shen Yanxi asked Jiang Suining sideways.

The latter stared at the forest, was silent for a while, shook his head and said: "Forget it, let's hurry back and report to the police."

The masked man who escaped might not return, and it was unknown whether he had other accomplices. Although she was curious, there were only herself and Shen Yanxi here. If they entered the forest and were ambushed by someone, they would be courting death, and Shen Yanxi might even be implicated.

Jiang Suining looked at the three bodies carefully again, and then left with Shen Yanxi.

After they left, a figure in a black robe walked out of the woods. A cloak and hood of the same color covered his face, making it difficult to see clearly.

There were seven or eight masked men standing behind him, one of whom was the one who had just escaped.

"Master, that man is quite skilled. I really can't handle him alone. Should I lead some people to chase him and get rid of him now?"

Just now, the master and his men had not come yet, and he could not handle it alone, so he had to retreat first. But now that the master has brought people here, it should be no problem to silence those two people.

"Didn't you say there were five of them in total? If we kill these two, the rest will still report to the authorities when they return to the Imperial City. If we don't do it cleanly, it will only arouse more suspicion."

The man in black clothes spoke coldly, looking at the direction where Shen Yanxi left, with a faint light in his eyes.

"Besides, do you know who that person is?"

"Master, do you know him?"

"The new number one scholar, Shen Yanxi, is highly praised by the emperor and will be a pillar of the court in the future. You really did a good job, but he happened to see it!"

The masked man's heart trembled, and he immediately bowed his head and dared not say anything more.

"Forget it. Shen Yanxi has lived in the imperial city for a long time. It is impossible for him to know those three people. As for that woman..."

The man in black paused slightly. Although he didn't know who the other person was, since he was acquainted with Shen Yanxi, it should not be difficult to find out. As long as he lived in the imperial city for a long time, it would be impossible for him to know those people.

"Take the three bodies away before the officers arrive."

"Take him away?" The masked man was stunned. "Master, what if the officer comes and finds that the body is missing?"