Proud Feather

Chapter 51 Hijacking
After asking this question, Wa Si was about to close.

"Miss Chu," Xiao Lianxiang stopped them before leaving and asked cautiously, "I have said everything I need to say. Will there be any evil people waiting for an opportunity to attack me?"

Chu Ling said: "Don't go out these few days. I will ask people to guard it and leave after the incident is settled."

Xiao Lianxiang breathed a sigh of relief and said gratefully, "Thank you, Miss Chu."

For some reason, she felt that Miss Chu's words carried a lot of weight, and that if she agreed, nothing would happen.

When the three of them emerged from the brothel, Yang Yu asked, "Princess, what about your maidservant? Should we send for the government officials to look for her?"

"No need." Chu Ling said, looking around.

Yang Yu and Chu Xiaojiu were a little confused and didn't know what she was looking for.

"Got it." Chu Ling saw the mark drawn on the railing and walked in the direction indicated.

We looked around as we walked and soon left this tile shop.

"Princess, what are you looking for?" Chu Xiaojiu couldn't help but ask.

"Looking for someone!" Chu Ling replied.

Yang Yu seemed to understand: "Your maid..."

"It's a guard." Chu Ling smiled slightly, "The female guard who has been with me since childhood."

Yang Yu suddenly understood. He said, "The princess is traveling incognito, and in such a mixed place, why would she only bring a palace maid with her and no one to protect her?"
"So she wasn't just being pushed away, but she walked away on purpose?"

Chu Ling nodded: "She found someone suspicious, and I asked her to chase him."

Chu Xiaojiu became excited: "The murderer? If they catch us, will they catch the murderer?"

Chu Ling was about to speak when suddenly there was a noise beside him, as if something had collapsed.

"Here!" The three of them turned the corner and saw two people fighting in the alley.

One was the female guard, and the other was a masked strong man.

Seeing Chu Ling and the other two, the strong man turned around and left.

"Where are you going!" The female guard's face was fierce. She kicked the firewood beside her and sent it flying, hitting the strong man. The strong man dodged and the firewood hit the wall, "crackling" and breaking into pieces.

The force frightened Chu Xiaojiu so much that he shivered.

He was just about to say, "As expected of the princess's guard, he's so fierce." He turned around and saw the burly man coming towards him, seemingly intending to take him hostage.

He shouted, "Princess, go!" Then he pushed Chu Ling away and stood in front of her without hesitation.

As a result, he was pulled by Chu Ling and almost fell to the ground. When he raised his head in a hurry, his eyes almost popped out of his head in shock.

Chu Ling raised his arm and an arrow flew out from his sleeve.

"Bang!" The strong man dodged in time and watched the sleeve arrow hit the bricks, splashing a string of sparks.

This was not the end yet. Several more sleeve arrows were fired, forcing the strong man to dodge repeatedly and retreat back to the alley.

The female guard jumped up, blocked his way, and trapped him in the alley.

"Oh my god!" Chu Xiaojiu blurted out, stunned.

Is the princess really that powerful? After all, he's the one holding her back.

Chu Ling glanced over and said, "Don't move. Swords have no eyes."

Although she had never properly studied martial arts, she had always enjoyed horseback riding and archery. Furthermore, she had spent so many years in Shangyuan, facing either raids by the Western Wei or plunder by the Northern Hu. How could she not have some means of self-defense?
But why did this burly man look familiar? He had the aura of a fierce general from the Northwest Army. Could we have met in a past life?

Yang Yu was also shocked. He knew that the princess was not as simple as she seemed, but he didn't expect her to be so extraordinary! She could handle this situation calmly, so she was no ordinary person!

"Who are you?" Chu Ling stared at the burly man. "You seem to have extraordinary martial arts skills. Why don't you go to the battlefield to make achievements, but instead serve as a lackey and do such shady things?" The burly man didn't say anything, but just looked at them vigilantly.

He had just tried to climb over the wall but failed. He had no way to retreat. The only way to escape was to knock them all down.

The situation then came to a stalemate, and no one dared to move rashly, fearing that the other side would take advantage of the opportunity.

In the stalemate, a cicada chirped from somewhere, distracting the female guard for a moment.

The burly man moved at this moment. He raised his hand and threw a flying knife.

"Princess, be careful!" the female guard shouted and rushed over here.

But the burly man's target was not Chu Ling at all, but the official light at the intersection!
It was late at night, the crowds in the taverns gradually dispersed, the lanterns in the shops were extinguished, and the alleys were illuminated entirely by the official lights at the intersections.

The flying knife hit the lantern directly, and the candle went out with a puff. The moon was dim tonight, and the surroundings immediately fell into darkness.

Faced with this situation, neither the female guards nor Yang Yu and Chu Xiaojiu cared about the strong man anymore and went to protect Chu Ling first.

But they were too late.

The female guard came back empty-handed, there was no one there.

The moment the official lamp went out, Chu Ling felt a soft belt flying towards her, wrapping around her body and taking her away from the spot.

Then, a slightly cool body touched my back.

She raised her elbow to strike back, but was stopped first. A faint voice sounded above her head: "Don't move. The princess is worth a lot of money. It would be bad if she got hurt."

!!!

This voice! Chu Ling was stunned and unconsciously let go.

Chu Xiaojiu shouted, "If you dare to hurt the princess, His Majesty will dig three feet into the ground and cut you into pieces!"

The voice chuckled softly, "You want my life now, who's afraid of being hacked into pieces later?"

Chu Xiaojiu paused: "You..."

"No!" Yang Yu said, "You are not that person just now."

Young Master Yang had practiced martial arts and could quickly identify an additional presence in the alley.

This aura is gentler than that of the strong man, and its strength... may also be stronger.

"Who are you?" the female guard shouted. "How dare you kidnap the princess? Do you know that disrespecting the royal family is a crime of treason?"

"Don't worry, we didn't kidnap the princess, nor did we despise the Heavenly Family. It was just a misunderstanding. Otherwise, how could the princess get what she wanted so easily tonight and get clues from the witnesses?"

Yang Yu was stunned for a moment: "You mean, you didn't want to kill Xiao Lianxiang just now, but to help the princess scare her?"

"Of course," the voice said matter-of-factly. "If they were going to kill her, would they wait until you guys came to rescue her? The fire hasn't even reached the main house, so how can you say you're silencing her?"

Yang Yu suddenly understood, and the awkward thing that had just made him feel uncomfortable now had an answer.

The murder shouldn't have been swift, and certainly not in front of the princess. The fire shouldn't have been limited to such a small area, and Xiao Lianxiang shouldn't have just fainted.

But who exactly is that person? How could he have intervened so seamlessly? Was he keeping an eye on the princess?
The female guard shouted, "You are talking nonsense, you..."

"Green tea." Chu Ling's voice finally sounded.

The female guard Qingcha confirmed that she was safe and quickly responded: "Princess!"

Chu Ling's voice was mixed with an inexplicable meaning, and he sighed: "He is right, he helped us."

Updates from the venue: others were watching the stars, while I was hiding behind and secretly checking my phone.