The queen of the last days became a maid and just wanted to lie down

When the others saw the bloody footprints, they became nervous.

"The thief is injured and still in the Jia family. If Lord Jia is unwilling to cooperate, this thief is very skilled in martial arts. If anyone in the mansion is injured by this desperate criminal, please don't blame us."

Jia Sheng struggled for a while, and the armored men let him go. He stood up straight and looked at Zheng Chi with a suspicious look: "Even if that's the case, you shouldn't be so rude to me. My rank is higher than yours."

Zheng Chi smiled and said, "Lord Jia, if you have time to show off your authority to me, why don't you find the person first? The assassin I'm chasing is a notorious thief who kills without blinking an eye. Captain Wang of the Wang family almost died at his hands."

The more Jia Sheng heard him say this, the more nervous and flustered he became. After much thought, he was still unwilling to let the armored guards go in to search.

This is the Jia family. The Jia family represents the emperor, and the Tiejia soldiers are the empress dowager's private soldiers.

What would it look like to have the Armored Guards come to search?

But he couldn't just ignore it. Jia Sheng asked his servants to ask for the Yulin Army, while he asked the guards in his mansion to search for the whereabouts of the assassin.

"If I find him, I will hand him over to General Zheng. If I can't find him, this place is surrounded by you guys, so I don't think this little thief can escape. What do you think, General Zheng?"

Zheng Chi smiled and snorted coldly: "It's fine as long as Lord Jia doesn't regret it."

Zheng Chi calmed down and began to think about whether Zhao Xi's choice to enter the Jia family was an accident or intentional.

He was a little confused now. After suffering losses at the hands of Zhao Xi repeatedly, he dared not underestimate this girl anymore.

He found the excitement he had when he was fighting against Zhang Yao, even more excited than then. Zheng Chi was excited, and he had to catch Zhao Xi no matter what.

After Xu Yao sneaked into the Jia family, he hid the mask and the bloody knife in the dark according to the plan, and then jumped into the Jia family's pond and swam away when no one was paying attention.

She had already prepared an escape route, anticipating that once she led people here, these armored guards would definitely surround the Jia family and make it impossible for them to escape. At that time, she was thinking about how she could get away.

It must be difficult to disguise as a maid. It would be too easy to find out who the strange maid suddenly appeared in the mansion.

Xu Yao thought for a long time but couldn't figure out how to escape.

Until I accidentally heard that the Jia family's pond was connected to the living water outside, and it was said that it could lead to the Yanzhi River in the city.

Xu Yao calculated the distance from the Jia family to the Yanzhi River, and thought that with his ability to hold his breath, he might be able to swim out within two minutes.

So she went to explore the bottom, and she found that there was a very wide passage, big enough for three people to swim through together.

But the distance is a little far, and if one does not have Xu Yao's skill, he will not be able to hold his breath and will drown in here.

When the Jia family invited the Yulin Army, Xu Yao had already escaped from the pond. He looked for a place to hide his clothes, changed into clean clothes, disguised himself, and came to a secret courtyard.

Inside the house, Pei Shuo was waiting for her nervously. He heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Xu Yao return safely, but he soon smelled a faint smell of blood on her body.

"Master, are you injured?"

Xu Yao looked at his arm and said, "It's okay, just a minor injury. I've already applied medicine."

What she said was true. When it came to cherishing his life, Xu Yao still cared a lot about it.

She still wanted to keep her life, get the huge inheritance left by Zhang Yao, and live a carefree life. How could she lose her life so easily?

If I die like this, wouldn't it be a shame for all the hard work I've put in to deal with so many people from the Yuanqing Sect?

Wang Muzhi was in a state of unconsciousness at this time. He was tied to a chair by Pei Shuo and could not move. There were only a few oil lamps lit in the room and the light was dim.

There was no one living nearby, so Xu Yao was not afraid of being discovered.

After confirming that it was Wang Muzhi himself, Xu Yao took two steps forward and pressed on his neck twice, and Wang Muzhi slowly opened his eyes.

He became nervous when he saw the two masked men in front of him, but he did not forget to show off his authority: "Who are you? How dare you kidnap an official appointed by the imperial court? I don't want to..."

Before he could finish his words, he was captured by Xu Yao and forced to drink a bottle of potion.

When the bitter taste entered his mouth, Wang Muzhi wanted to spit it out, but Xu Yao held his chin and forced him to drink it. Wang Muzhi then felt scared and no longer dared to act arrogantly. He quickly begged for mercy: "Please spare my life, please spare my life. You want money, but I have plenty of money. I'll give it all to you."

Xu Yao didn't say anything, just waited quietly for the medicine to take effect.

Wang Muzhi only felt that these two people were standing in front of him, just like the Black and White Impermanence, staring at him expressionlessly. He was extremely frightened and didn't understand why these two people didn't speak. What on earth did they want to do?

The medicine took effect quickly, and Wang Muzhi gradually felt his vision become a little dazed. Two people floated vaguely in front of his eyes. Two became four, and four became eight. Why did the number of people increase?

Gradually, he felt that his mind was out of control, and he heard someone ask him, "Where did you take Duke Pei?"

You can’t say that. You must never tell anyone about this.

Wang Muzhi knew clearly that he would surely die if he told the truth, but he couldn't control his mouth.

He heard his own voice saying, "I was only ordered to bring him from Da Zhou. I worked with the people of Qing Zong to set a trap for him. He was poisoned by us and lost consciousness, so we transported him to Beichen."

When Pei Shuo heard him say this, he couldn't help but clench his fists.

Xu Yao glanced at him and signaled him to calm down. "With so many guards around Duke Pei, how could he let you succeed so easily?"

Wang Muzhi: "We had already planted spies next to him. Before the incident, the spies drugged his water, and he couldn't escape at all."

"Who is the spy?"

Wang Muzhi shook his head. He didn’t know that. He was Yuan Qingzong’s man.

Xu Yao could only ask: "Is the person still alive?"

"The Queen Mother wants a living person, not a dead person. She also asked us not to hurt him."

Wang Muzhi couldn't help but sneered: "I don't know what the Queen Mother is planning. Even if Duke Pei is capable, he is loyal to the Great Zhou. If we bring him back, can we really let Duke Pei attack the Great Zhou?"

Even though he is usually loyal to the Queen Mother, deep down, these people are only loyal to their own desires.

If this master is not good enough, they will just switch to another one. As long as the benefits are high, he will be anyone's dog.

"Is the person in the palace?" Xu Yao asked again.

Since the Queen Mother brought the person here, she can't be locked up outside. Maybe he is hiding in the palace.

Wang Muzhi shook his head, "I don't know, I really don't know anything. The person was taken away by the Armored Guards. I was only responsible for designing the plan to capture him."

Xu Yao asked a few questions, but could not ask anything more related to Duke Pei.

She became more and more curious and asked, "Is Yuan Qingzong the Queen Mother's minion?"

Wang Muzhi nodded: "Of course he is the Queen Mother's man. She subdued Wu Sanlang, and Wu Sanlang helped her take down Yuan Qingzong. From then on, the world's number one assassin sect is nothing more than a running dog in the Queen Mother's hand. She dares not go west even if she lets him go east."