I've been reborn, who still wants to be a cowardly little white flower?

Jiang Yuan took Xie Yunxiao's words to heart, so the next day, Jiang Yuan said that she would go to Huangjue Temple to stay for three days. She was worried about her brother, so she wanted to fast for three days and pray for blessings.

After Chunzhi and Zhishu sent her to Huangjue Temple, she also sent them away.

Huangjue Temple and Cangwu Academy are in the same direction, not too far apart, and share the same official road in and out of the capital.

"Third brother, that scholar hasn't returned to the academy for several days. We are waiting here, but how long do we have to wait?" A man put his hands in his sleeves, approached the other person called Third Brother, sniffed, and looked a little impatient.

The man called Third Brother also sniffed. They had been lying in ambush here for several days. The news the eldest brother had received was that this scholar would return to the capital every two or three days. They had been waiting for four days but had not seen him.

"Wait for one day today. If he still doesn't come, I'll go back."

"Third brother, what if he never comes back? We can't even get close to Cangwu Academy."

"No, he is a scholar who is going to take the imperial examination. How could Cangwu Academy allow a student to miss classes for so long? He will definitely come back."

"Well, why doesn't he take this route?"

"Are you stupid? This is the shortest way. And when he got news from Big Brother, he always took this way. There are two other ways, and Big Brother also arranged for people to go there a few days ago."

Six or seven people were guarding in the woods on both sides of the road, their legs numb from the cold.

The man who had just spoken couldn't stand it anymore, so he stood up and stretched his legs. Suddenly, his knee was hit by something, his legs went limp, and he fell directly, rolling down the slope onto the road.

The people around were also surprised. They stood up and chased the "roller" to the road.

"Sixth son, what's going on?"

Liuzi sat up, holding his knee in extreme pain, and grimaced, "Third brother, something hit my knee."

"Who and what?"

"Who are you?" Someone noticed Jiang Yuan walking slowly towards them. She was wearing a black dress, her hair was tied into a ball on top of her head with a wooden hairpin, and she wore a long veiled hat. She slowly approached them.

"Third brother, it's a little girl." From her figure, one can tell at a glance that it is a girl.

The man called Third Brother grabbed the stick beside him, stood up and ran towards Jiang Yuan without saying a word.

The stick hit Jiang Yuan's head from top to bottom with full force.

Just when the stick was about to hit her, the woman raised her hand and easily caught the falling stick. She pulled it downwards, turned her wrist, and the stick slipped out of her hand instantly. Then she felt a pain on the side of her head, and her vision went black. She was knocked out in one move.

Seeing this, six people a few steps away picked up their sticks and ran towards the woman.

Jiang Yuan took the stick, turned it a few times in his hand, and instead of retreating, ran towards them.

Those people felt a shadow in front of their eyes, and they couldn't tell whether it was the shadow of a person or the shadow of a stick. They only felt that every part of their body began to hurt terribly at the same time.

With just one move, all seven men fell to the ground.

He poked the ground with the stick in his hand and turned his head to see sacks and ropes on the hillside not far away.

Half an hour later, some passers-by spotted them and reported the case.

People from the yamen rushed over and saw seven people stripped naked except for their pants, with their hands tied behind their backs, ropes tied around their waists, and hung from six trees.

Why are you wearing pants? Ah, you should still consider the innocent female passers-by and avoid getting stye.

A sack was dangling from another branch. The runner opened it and found seven sets of clothes inside.

The seven people were put down and were still alive, but their lips were blue from the cold and they were not far from death.

The bailiffs asked the people who found them why they didn't let them go.

The passers-by also said innocently, "Sir, who knows if they are alive? I thought they were all dead, but if they are dead, I can't just move them casually."

The bailiff nodded in agreement. Indeed, they were hung too high to reach even if they wanted to detect the breath. It was truly a death scene and they couldn't move.

After asking a few questions, the people were allowed to leave and the seven people were taken back to the yamen.

After interrogation, the seven people naturally did not reveal their purpose. They only said that they were attacked while passing by. As for why they were attacked, they said they were innocent.

The following events happened after Jiang Yuan returned from Huangjue Temple and went to her and her brother's home. There was a plaque hanging at the door that read "Jiang's House".

They met a few people playing with sand there, and Xie Yunxiao told her.

They were still discussing whether those seven people were the ones who ambushed Jiang Huai, but they couldn't be sure and didn't think about it any further.

While Xie Yunxiao was drawing water from the well, he said, "Don't worry, second sister. I checked yesterday and didn't see any suspicious people on the three roads."

"That's good, but I still have to trouble General Xie to protect my brother for a while."

Xie Yunxiao carried the bucket and placed it next to the device. He scooped water with a large ladle to simulate the flow rate during the flood season, and said to Jiang Yuan, "Sister, we are so familiar with each other now, so don't call me General Xie. It's too strange.

Just follow your brother and call me Fourth Brother Xie, or just my name."

Jiang Huai raised his leg and kicked towards Xie Yunxiao, "Stop trying to get close to my sister and get to work."

After watching them busy for a while, Jiang Huai suddenly remembered something and turned to Jiang Yuan and said, "Oh, it's my grandfather's birthday in a few days.

No matter how reluctant you are, you have to go back to worship. We have to go to Qiuer Mountain to worship every year. Do you want to go with father this year, or do you want us to go together as brothers and sisters?"

Jiang Yuan had forgotten about this and immediately had a plan in his mind, "I'm afraid it's not the one we two chose."

Jiang Huai laughed at himself. Indeed, this was not something they could choose.

Jiang Yuan left Jiang's house. As soon as he walked out of the door, Xie Yunxiao's voice came from behind him, "Second sister, please stay."

"Thank you, Fourth Brother, is there something you want to talk to me about?" Jiang Yuan turned around and looked at him with some surprise. Why didn't he tell me if there was something in the yard just now?

Xie Yunxiao bared his big white teeth and chuckled, "Okay, this name sounds comfortable, it's not me who has problems, it's you who has problems.

What, are you having trouble going to Qiuer Mountain to worship your ancestors?"

Jiang Yuan looked at Xie Yunxiao steadily. How did he know?

Xie Yunxiao took the initiative to explain, "I noticed that you were absent-minded just now, and your eyes were always on Zichang, so you must be worried about something.

Considering your eldest sister's recent hiring of assassins, it's not hard to guess that you don't want your son to go to the ancestral worship?"

Jiang Yuan nodded, "Fourth brother, do you have any idea to prevent my brother from going with you?"

"What about you? If your brother is in danger, you may not be safe either."

"I want to go. I want to see what Jiang Wan can do. But I can't let my brother follow me. If he follows me, I'll be distracted."

Now it was Xie Yunxiao's turn to look at Jiang Yuan steadily.

A few minutes later, Xie Yunxiao patted his chest and assured that he had a way to trip Jiang Huai, but asked Jiang Yuan to promise him that she would take good care of herself and not put herself in danger.

Jiang Yuan said that he would ask Qu Ying to send two secret guards to follow him, and Xie Yunxiao felt relieved.

As soon as he returned to the Marquis' Mansion, Mother Cui came over and gave Jiang Yuan an order and a box of silver as a deposit.

Chunzhi brought back a letter from outside. It was written by Jiang's father. It was about Qiu'er's ancestor worship at Mount Qiu. It specified the time and asked her and Jiang Huai to go to Jiang's house together.

"Girl, shall we go?" Chunzhi's heart was pounding and she felt very uneasy. She didn't want Jiang Yuan to go.

But Jiang Yuan nodded, "Go, you go with me."

"it is good."