Chapter 253: Horses Startled in the Busy Streets

Although he was just asking for an old hen, Ling Chu did not refuse to help because Aunt Sun was a repeat customer.

In the eyes of wealthy people, a chicken is simply not worth mentioning.

But in poor people's homes, it is a rare and valuable thing, and it is a good thing that may not be eaten once throughout the year.

Some people carefully raise an old hen at home, just waiting for it to lay eggs to replenish the health of the elderly and children in the family.

Some people are even reluctant to eat an egg. They want to save them one by one, sell them, and exchange them for money to buy oil, salt, rice and noodles.

Although Mrs. Sun's family is starving to death, an old hen is still precious to her.

Seeing that Ling Chu agreed to get it back for her, he felt happy and thanked her again and again.

Aunt Sun rarely made a trip to Beijing. In addition to coming to Ling Chu to help her collect debts, she also wanted to go shopping and buy some things for her family.

So we agreed to go collect the debt later in the afternoon.

After Aunt Sun left, Ling Chu continued to make talismans in the shop.

One morning, Shopkeeper Lu sold two talisman papers, while Ling Chu calculated three hexagrams.

Although the income was not much, a deal was finally made.

After lunch, Ling Chu asked the escort to drive her to Sun's aunt's house.

Worried that someone would come to the shop to cause trouble, Ling Chu left a guard in case Shopkeeper Lu couldn't handle it alone.

After getting in the car, Ling Chu closed her eyes. Although her body was better than before, she still had to seize every opportunity to rest her mind.

Just when she was drowsy, the guard Shen who was driving the carriage suddenly shouted, "The horse is frightened, girl, be careful..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the carriage suddenly started running wildly.

All kinds of screams and curses immediately sounded in the street.

Ling Chu suddenly woke up.

Ignoring the pain in my back from being hit by the wall of the carriage, I hurriedly lifted the curtains and saw the panicked crowds of people on the street retreating quickly.

Shen Huwei did not expect that the originally good horse would suddenly go crazy.

While shouting at the people on the street to avoid him, he desperately grabbed the reins and tried to stop the horse.

But he didn't know what was going on with the horse. He tried his best, but couldn't make it stop.

Ling Chu was worried that the carriage would hit pedestrians, so he quickly took out a piece of talisman and threw it at the horse.

The talisman paper had a calming effect, and the horse's galloping speed was slowly slowing down.

The guard was overjoyed and quickly increased his strength.

It took some more effort to get the carriage to stop.

Ling Chu breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to get out of the car to check if he had hit any pedestrians along the way.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she got up, the horse that had finally stopped suddenly ran forward with all its might, causing Ling Chu to be knocked backwards.

Just when she hit the wall of the car, she happened to see an arrow stuck in the horse's belly.

Ling Chu was so angry.

She was plotted against again.

Shen Huwei was angry and blamed himself. Seeing the carriage running wildly, he couldn't care less about dealing with the person who had secretly done it, and tightly tightened the reins in his hands.

However, the horse was hit by an arrow and couldn't stop in pain.

Even if Ling Chu added three more talisman papers to it, it wouldn't work.

Seeing the horse rushing towards a wall in front of him, Shen Huwei could only jump on it and wiped its neck with the dagger.

The carriage stopped barely before hitting the wall.

With a pale face, Ling Chu dragged his aching body out of the car and immediately ordered the guards, "Go and check quickly to see if there are any traces of the assassin."

Shen Wei pursed his lips and stood still, with a look of guilt and worry on his face, "Miss Ling, I can't leave. My lord asked me to protect you."

Ling Chu glanced at him and waved his hand to summon a shovel and a small hammer, "Don't worry about me, you go check it out quickly. I'll deal with the stall that the carriage crashed into."

Shen Wei didn't want to leave, but she insisted and had no choice but to investigate first.

Just as the guards left, there was the sound of horse hooves running towards us from both ends of the long street.

Xia Zhi was overjoyed, "It's Master Ning who is here."

Ling Chu looked at the figure running towards him on horseback, pursed his lips, and turned to look to the other side.

It was Cao Cao who commanded the envoy and his men.

Ning Chuyi turned over and dismounted, frowned and asked in a deep voice, "Are you injured?"

Ling Chu looked back at him and shook his head, "Thank you for your concern, sir. It's not a big problem."

Seeing her pale face, Ning Chuyi knew that she must be injured, but he didn't say it out loud.

Somehow, a surge of anger suddenly arose in my heart.

After pressing it, he asked in a deep voice, "Where is the escort I gave you? Why didn't you take it with you when you went out?"

"I left Zhao Jian in the shop while Shen Weigang went to find the assassin."

Ning Chuyi frowned and waved his hand to Wei Feng to take someone to help Shen Wei.

He turned to look at the horse whose neck had been wiped.

Over there, Cao Hongxin hurried over with someone, "Miss Ling, I heard that your carriage had an accident on the street?"

Ling Chu nodded and told the story in a few words.

Ning Chuyi had already finished checking, "In addition to being shot with arrows, your horse was also drugged."

Ling Chu had already had a premonition that if her horse hadn't been tampered with, it wouldn't have gone crazy suddenly.

I don’t know if there are any clues from Guard Shen.

Not wanting to think any more, Ling Chu endured the pain in his body and hurried back along the road.

This time, the frightened horse crashed into more than a dozen small stalls. Fortunately, Guard Shen kept reining in the reins and the carriage did not hit anyone. But a few fell and were injured while avoiding the carriage.

Ling Chu took out the banknote in public and promised that she would pay for all the damaged stalls. She also pays for the medical expenses of the injured.

Those who were originally full of complaints, seeing that she did not turn a blind eye, and perhaps seeing that the commander of the West City Military Department and Lord Ning were present, did not continue to blame her.

Cao Hongxin also breathed a sigh of relief, and asked his men to help count the damaged stalls, and helped Ling Chu to exchange silver bills for copper coins to compensate those small stall owners.

The injured were also sent to the clinic for treatment by the doctor.

Ling Chu breathed a sigh of relief after the aftermath was done.

Wei Feng, who had led people to track down clues, had returned, but unfortunately, nothing was found.

The person in the dark came prepared and acted very cautiously, leaving no clues.

The arrow shot into the horse's belly was the same as the arrow used to pour oil and set fire last time.

The arsonist last time has not been found, and there is still no clue this time.

Ling Chu smiled bitterly in her heart, not knowing who had killed her again and again.

All the stalls that were destroyed had to be compensated with silver. Seeing that it was getting late, Ling Chu planned to hurry to Sun Da Niang's house to collect the debt and then go back to the mansion to rest.

But he found that the figure of guard Shen was missing.

Ning Chuyi waved his hand and called four men in tight clothes, "There are some things at the Ningguo Mansion. I asked Shen Wei to go back and deal with it. These four guards will be with you in the future. Remember to take them with you when you go out."

Wei Feng stood aside and did not dare to speak. In fact, Shen Wei did not go back to deal with things. He was guilty of negligence and failure to protect Miss Ling. He had already gone back to accept the punishment. (End of this chapter)