Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 1463: Chapter 1564: The People Offended Recently_1

Bai Ruozhu deliberately made a hand-sealing gesture, so before those assassins fell, they all thought they had been afflicted by her ”magic technique,” when in fact they had merely been poisoned.

From a distance, Chasing Wind saw this scene and was already experiencing a tumultuous uproar in his heart, but he knew it was too late, he had to kill that woman who he had failed to kill last time!

He drew his bow again, firing an arrow, a black shadow flashed by, and with a clang, someone blocked his second arrow and quickly charged towards him.

Realizing the danger, Chasing Wind immediately retreated, then drew his bow again and fired a sword at Jianqi.

Jianqi was very cautious and, deflecting the incoming arrow with another clang, charged towards Chasing Wind, quickly the two of them disappeared from everyone’s sight.

Bai Ruozhu felt her legs weaken and almost collapsed to the ground, it took her quite a while to calm her racing heart.

She walked up to one of the assassins, roughly pulled off his mask, but unfortunately, the man had a very ordinary face and she gleaned no clues from it.

Bai Ruozhu pressed on his acupoint and then woke him up with an antidote.

”Speak, who hired you to kill me?” Bai Ruozhu coldly asked.

The assassin’s eyes still held a trace of bewilderment; she had been woken by Bai Ruozhu’s antidote, but some substances to induce trance were added, so her mind was somewhat unclear.

”Don’t know, we don’t make contact with the employer, we just follow orders from above,” the assassin answered.

”Who’s above you?” Bai Ruozhu asked again.

”It’s Lord Chasing Wind,” the assassin answered confusedly.

A dark guard came over and asked, ”Master, how should we dispose of these people?”

Bai Ruozhu’s eyes flashed with a cold light, ”Since we can’t get anything more out of them, just kill them all, it’s time to give Qisha Pavilion a taste of its own medicine.”

”Yes!” The dark guards obeyed the order, swung their swords, and the unconscious assassins instantly lost their lives.

”What happened up ahead!” The voice of a patrolling officer could be heard from a distance as a squad of cavalry charged over.

Bai Ruozhu was still clothed in the attire of the government office; female officials were extremely rare, so the leading patrolling officer immediately guessed her identity.

”I am Chief Doctor Bai Ruozhu, having just left the palace only to encounter an assassination attempt by Qisha Pavilion; fortunately, my escort arrived in time, allowing me to escape disaster, though the coachman had one eye shot out,” Bai Ruozhu said, greeting the other party.

The patrolling officer then noticed the coachman with a face full of blood, an arrow still sticking in the eye socket, and thought to himself that it was no wonder Bai Ruozhu was called a Divine Doctor, to be alive after such an ordeal.

He also saw the corpses of the assassins on the ground and frowned, ”Lord Bai didn’t leave any survivors?”

”These assassins were extremely fierce; we dared not take any chances. Some, seeing no chance of escape, chose to end their own lives.” It’s quite normal to claim they committed suicide since they all died from a slit throat.

”Does Lord Bai know who the instigator is?” the patrolling officer inquired.

”I tried to fish for information from them earlier; they seem to be uncertain of the employer’s identity, only that it must be someone I have recently offended. Considering my recent encounters, there are only a few suspects,” Bai Ruozhu said as she clasped her hands towards him, ”I’ll leave this place in your hands, I must take the coachman back for treatment.”

The patrolling officer was naturally aware of the incidents between Bai Ruozhu and Liu Fei, the Imperial Concubine, and silently cursed himself for asking too many questions. Was he supposed to report this to the Emperor and request a thorough investigation? He couldn’t afford to offend Liu Fei, who was now a formally recognized consort.

”Good, good, Lord Bai, rest assured, I will report this to my superiors,” he hurriedly said.

Seeing this, Bai Ruozhu paid her respects and thanked him, then had someone help the coachman and headed toward the Bai Residence.

They had barely walked a few steps when Cui Fan from the Bai Residence received the news and brought people with him, bringing back the horse carriage that had fled earlier. Seeing that Bai Ruozhu was unharmed, he sighed a great sigh of relief.

”Quickly help me get the coachman onto the carriage; his condition is very dangerous,” Bai Ruozhu ordered.

Seeing Bai Ruozhu’s concern for an ordinary coachman, everyone couldn’t help but admire her greatly. And faced with such danger, unlike most women who would either cry or be scared out of their wits, she revealed an even stronger admiration within her subordinates, who all thought their mistress truly equaled any man.

Since the assassination attempt had occurred in broad daylight, the Bai Family had already received the news, and Bai Yihong and the others were all waiting at the entrance. Seeing that Bai Ruozhu was unharmed, they finally relaxed.

”Father, mother, I’m fine. It’s the coachman who’s been hit by an arrow; we must treat him immediately. Hurry and bring him inside,” Bai Ruozhu said urgently.

The Bai Family, being kind-hearted, became extremely nervous when they heard this. They immediately ordered servants to fetch a stretcher, and some went to get Bai Ruozhu’s medicine box, while others volunteered to go to the kitchen to prepare clean, hot water. Soon everything was ready.

Despite feeling drained, Bai Ruozhu performed surgery on the coachman, removing the arrow that had pierced his eye. Although that eye could no longer see, luckily his life was spared.

By the time Bai Ruozhu finished with the surgery, her steps were faltering.

”Ruozhu, are you alright?” Lin Ping’er was terrified, ”What’s happened to you? Did you sustain an internal injury before?”

”Mother, I’m fine, just very tired. I’ll be okay after some sleep,” she said, having spent too much essence and barely holding on until now.

”Who exactly hired an assassin to kill you? Was it the same person who went after your brother before?” Lin Ping’er’s eyes reddened with anger.

”Mother, don’t ask too much for now. There will be a time to deal with them. I know you’re worried about me, but you mustn’t act rashly. I need to sleep...” Bai Ruozhu’s voice grew fainter and fainter, and before finishing her sentence, she fell asleep.

Initially, Lin Ping’er thought Bai Ruozhu had fainted and was about to look for a doctor outside, but Bai Yihong and the others confirmed several times that Bai Ruozhu was merely asleep, which finally put her at ease.

Bai Ruozhu slept until late at night before waking up. She got up and left the room, and saw that Muyu and the others were all waiting in the yard, showing signs of relief upon seeing her awake.

”Jianqi hasn’t returned yet?” Bai Ruozhu, not seeing Jianqi, was greatly alarmed.

”Not yet, but he left a signal saying he has gone out of the city,” Muyu responded.

Blaming herself for sending Jianqi to kill Chasing Wind and telling him not to hold back, Bai Ruozhu feared that Jianqi might have risked his life in the attempt. But with him chasing alone, what if he fell into an enemy trap?

”You should go back and rest,” the ’Jiang Yichun’ disguised by Shocking Thunder said as he came out of the Ear Room, speaking to Bai Ruozhu.

For a moment, Bai Ruozhu felt dazed. If only Achun were here, she wouldn’t be so panicked, and as for dealing with Qisha Pavilion, he certainly would have had a better plan than her.

In the end, Shocking Thunder wasn’t Achun, and Bai Ruozhu turned her gaze away, saying to Muyu, ”Go to the kitchen and find me some food. I can’t sleep now, and I truly can’t settle down.”

Muyu obeyed and quickly returned from the kitchen with a bowl of hot porridge and a few side dishes. Bai Ruozhu, feeling exceptionally hungry, finished the porridge and almost all the side dishes. Then suddenly, she heard a series of footsteps on the roof of the courtyard...

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