Chapter 102 Paying murder to kill someone

"careful!"

Xu Shuhe almost didn't hesitate. He leaned forward, grabbed Chen Zhi's hand, and pulled him back into the car.

In an instant, a cold machete fell from where Chen Zhi had just stood, cutting off a small piece of his robe, which was really frightening.

If it was a little slower, the machete would have cut off more than just the clothes.

Xinyue's face turned pale with fright, but she still subconsciously opened her arms to block in front of her, as if she was protecting her two masters.

Outside, Zhang Ping was also dragging his injured arm and trying his best to resist.

He wanted to prevent the bandits from getting past him and hurting the people in the carriage.

But in such a predicament, it is only a matter of becoming a dead soul by the sword sooner or later.

This was the first time Xu Shuhe was so scared that she felt weak all over. She seemed to have seen the Yama Palace waving at her.

Is the mission going to end with the sudden death of both her and Chen Zhi?
In his mind, Xu Shuhe desperately called out to the system, but received no response.

This also confirms what the system said before, that there are no special skills or cheat codes, it is just a panel that displays the progress of the task.

It’s over.

Xu Shuhe held Chen Zhi in one hand and Xinyue in the other, and regretted that he didn't have the chance to spend more time with them.

Chen Zhi wasn't much better either.

At this moment, he hated himself for not being reborn earlier. Otherwise, he would have learned martial arts and would not be so passive when danger came.

The only thing he could think of doing now was to stand in front and protect Xu Shuhe more.

However, just when everyone was almost in despair.

Suddenly, several crossbow arrows flew over, and at the same time, four of the bandits who were surrounding the carriage, looking for opportunities to kill, fell down.

The sudden change made the remaining bandits stunned for a moment, and at this moment, four young men dressed as ordinary servants came quickly using their light skills and fought with them without hesitation.

Although there were only four people who arrived, it was obvious that each of them was very skilled and far superior to the group of bandits, so they quickly dispersed the group of villains.

"Master, Madam, someone is here to rescue us!"

Zhang Ping shouted with joy, and at that time the people in the car had already felt the changes in their surroundings.

"I'll go out and take a look, don't move." Chen Zhi ordered in a low voice, still not daring to take it lightly.

Xinyue protected Xu Shuhe and hid in a safer corner of the carriage. Then the two watched Chen Zhi walk out of the carriage.

The situation outside does seem to be averting danger, but where did these four servants who came to rescue come from?
Chen Zhi subconsciously looked back, and not far behind him, there was indeed a carriage coming towards him quickly, and it was one he recognized.

It was Lin Jinyi’s carriage.

Only at this time did Chen Zhi finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Lin Jinyi is a trustworthy person.

"It's okay, Miss Lin's people are here to rescue us!" Chen Zhi hurriedly bent down and said to the people in the carriage.

Xu Shuhe was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then he let out a long sigh and quickly climbed out of the car.

By then, the four skilled servants of the Lin family had joined forces to capture the thieves. Chen Zhi got out of the car, checked Zhang Ping's injuries first, and then helped Xu Shuhe down.

Lin Jinyi finally arrived and almost jumped out of the car.

He ran over here as soon as he got out of the car. "Ah He, are you okay?"

"Luckily I met you, if I had been a little later something bad would have happened!" Xu Shuhe was also still scared, so he quickly stepped forward and held Lin Jinyi's hand, "I was so scared!"

Lin Jinyi also held her hand tightly, his face full of fear, "It's also good luck that I know you well, and my four guards also recognize your carriage. Otherwise, we would not have dared to come forward when we saw bandits from afar just now."

After saying this, he looked at Chen Zhi.

"Did you make any enemies? How did you run into such a dangerous situation?"

"No enemies." Chen Zhi frowned, and felt that something was wrong today. "I don't think these people are bandits. They look like assassins who are paid to do the job. There are no bandits in the area outside Qizhou City. And they all hold the same machete. I have seen bandits before, but they don't have such a complete array of weapons. Most of them use whatever they have, and they are different."

Xu Shuhe calmed down a bit now, "Yes, if they really wanted to make money, they shouldn't have chosen the second day of the second lunar month to strike on the official road. There are many people passing by on this road today, and many dignitaries in Qizhou City also went to Qingyuan Temple to burn incense and pray for blessings. How could the bandits be so rampant and strike so randomly in broad daylight?"

Listening to what the couple said, Lin Jinyi's expression became a little serious.

Just at this moment, the Lin family guards came over with a wounded bandit, and Lin Jinyi immediately stepped forward and asked in a cold voice.

"Where are you from? Why are you pretending to be bandits and hurting people?!"

The man looked at her and then closed his eyes, as if he was ready to be treated as he pleased and would not open his mouth.

This behavior made them even more certain that he was not a bandit.

Chen Zhi's eyes turned cold, "Since he won't tell me, send him to the government and let them interrogate him."

The man still didn't move.

Seeing this, Xu Shuhe narrowed his eyes, took a half step forward, and spoke in a deep voice.

"I don't think we need to send him to the government. The guards around Jin Yi are so skilled that they will torture him to extract a confession. As long as he opens his mouth, we can just take the testimony to the government. If he doesn't say anything, that's enough."

Having said this, Xu Shuhe paused, then sneered again.

"You've been tortured like a stream of torture instruments without telling me. I don't know how much money the other party paid you to deserve the pain of your body and flesh, and you've been tortured like hell, and in the end you still can't save your life."

With this threat, the man's eyelids indeed moved.

Chen Zhibian immediately responded tacitly, "If you are willing to tell the truth, we will let you go. Every wrong has its perpetrator, and I believe you are doing this for money, so I won't make things difficult for you."

At this time, the man opened his eyes, looked at Xu Shuhe, and said sullenly.

"Someone paid us to kill this lady. I am just a subordinate. Only the superiors know who paid us to do this. We have memorized the portrait of this lady, as well as the portrait of the carriage you are riding in and the portrait of the driver, and we have been guarding here on time. I think you know who you have offended."

It is clear indeed.

At this point, it was obvious who had hired the killer to harm them.

Isn’t it Feng who asked her to go out with him today to burn incense and pray for blessings?

If not, how come it happened that the carriage that Feng and Li Mingzhu were riding in broke down not far from the city, and they were allowed to go first without having to wait?

Xu Shuhe and Chen Zhi looked at each other, and both of them understood what was going on.

"Come with us. We won't harm your life, but you have to help us do something else. Once you're done, I'll let you go."

Chen Zhi spoke to the man.

The other party must be unhappy, but in the current situation, he is a prisoner and failure to cooperate means death.

So after thinking about it, I nodded dejectedly.