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Chapter 172 Embroidered Spring Knife Zhou Miaotong 6

Ding Xiu handed the letter to her casually. Zhou Miaotong opened it and saw that her master had asked Ding Xiu to go to the capital to help. The letter didn't say what kind of help he was going to provide, but Ding Xiu knew that it would not be simple, and if it was simple, he would not have been asked.

However, Ding Xiu did not say much to Zhou Miaotong about these concerns. Instead, he made the excuse that he would not be able to see her for a long time after going to the capital and that he was in a bad mood because he could not bear to leave her.

Hearing this, Zhou Miaotong said directly: "Then I'll go with you. I can't bear to leave you either!"

This made Ding Xiu confused. He wanted Zhou Miaotong to stay in the village, but Zhou Miaotong insisted on going with him.

Helplessly, Ding Xiu took Zhou Miaotong to the capital.

After arriving in the capital, Ding Baiying first hosted a welcome party for Ding Xiu and Zhou Miaotong, but was not in a hurry to reveal that he needed Ding Xiu's help.

Seeing that his master was not in a hurry, Ding Xiu naturally became anxious too. He and Zhou Miaotong leisurely went to the guest room to rest.

At night, Ding Baiying took Ding Chong and Ding Tai out to do some business and rescued the painter Hokusai from the Jinyiwei.

The painters Hokusai, Ding Baiying and Lu Wenzhao were all from Prince Xin's family.

Hokusai was arrested by the Imperial Guards on orders because his paintings were suspected of alluding to Wei Zhongxian.

Ding Baiying received orders from Prince Xin and brought two apprentices to rescue her from the Jinyiwei.

After rescuing Hokusai, Ding Baiying placed her in the abandoned Jinling Tower.

After being rescued, Hokusai told Ding Baiying that there was an internal conflict between the two Jinyiwei who came to arrest her, and that one of the Jinyiwei captains, Shen Lian, killed the Jinyiwei general Ling Yunkai.

Ding Baiying informed Prince Xin of the news, and Prince Xin immediately ordered Ding Baiying to use this incident to settle the previous matter.

The previous beginning and end refer to the fact that Prince Xin used eunuch Guo Zhen, who was ordered to build the treasure ship, to tamper with the construction of the treasure ship.

When the emperor was touring Taiye Lake on a treasure ship, the ship was damaged, causing the emperor to fall into the water and become seriously ill.

Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch beside the emperor, suspected that someone was secretly behind the destruction of the treasure ship, so he ordered someone to secretly investigate the destruction of the treasure ship.

In order to prevent his plan from being leaked, Prince Xin asked Beizhai to meet Guo Zhen at Jinling Tower, and asked Ding Baiying and others to kill Guo Zhen, creating the illusion that Guo Zhen was killed by mistake when bandits strayed into Jinling Tower and robbed property.

Unexpectedly, the minutes of the treasure ship built under the supervision of Guo Zhen were still in the file library of the Zhenfu Division.

In order to prevent someone from discovering clues from the treasure ship minutes, Prince Xin asked Ding Baiying to clean up the mess.

This time, Ding Baiying wanted to use the incident of Captain Shen Lian accidentally killing the general flag to force him to burn the archives. By then, the treasure ship minutes would be reduced to ashes, and there would be no evidence. No one would be able to find out that the emperor's fall into the water and serious illness was related to him.

She left a note at Shen Lian's house, threatening him to come to the woods outside the city by saying that he had murdered his colleague.

In this operation to capture Shen Lian, Ding Baiying called Ding Xiu and Zhou Miaotong.

Before the action, Ding Baiying told them that she and Lu Wenzhao had taken refuge with Prince Xin.

Zhou Miaotong wanted to persuade her master Ding Baiying not to trust Prince Xin, lest the good bows be put away when the birds are all gone and the running dogs be cooked when the rabbits die.

However, Ding Baiying said that Prince Xin was a trustworthy man, and that Prince Xin promised to kill Wei Zhongxian when the task was accomplished.

After hearing this, Zhou Miaotong fell silent. Her family was destroyed because of Wei Zhongxian. If Prince Xin could keep his word and kill Wei Zhongxian afterwards, killing a few people for him would be nothing.

Zhou Miaotong was persuaded, and she and Ding Xiu followed Ding Baiying and the others to ambush in the woods outside the city.

Ding Chong and others were outside the woods, and she appeared to lead Shen Lian over.

Shen Lian came to the woods and saw Ding Chong. He knew that this person must have led him here. Seeing Ding Chong running deep into the woods, he chased after him without hesitation.

It was a capital crime for the Jinyiwei to kill their colleagues. Since the person in front of him could use this matter to threaten him, he would kill him to silence him no matter what.

Not wanting to wait for him to chase deep into the bamboo forest, the rest of the people showed up and surrounded him together with Ding Chong.

Zhou Miaotong also appeared from the dark, holding a long sword and together with Ding Xiu blocked Shen Lian's retreat.

Shen Lian knew that he had fallen into a trap. He looked around and felt that he was not sure he could defeat the five men, but he might still have a chance to escape.

Ding Baiying noticed Shen Lian's intention, and while talking to Shen Lian, he used the incident of Shen Lian killing his colleague to force him to burn the archives, while looking at him teasingly in a cat-and-mouse manner.

While the two were talking, Ding Xiu noticed that the moment Zhou Miaotong saw Shen Lian, her hand holding the knife became a little shaky.

He looked at her with concern, knowing that now was not the time to ask, so he didn't mention it.

Zhou Miaotong's attention was attracted by Shen Lian at this time. She stared at Shen Lian, and her mind uncontrollably recalled the scene of the house search.

That day, she was caught by the man in front of her who was wearing a Feiyu costume and holding an embroidered spring sword, and then he sent her to the Jiaofangsi.

On the way, Zhou Miaotong couldn't bear the humiliation, and with the idea of ​​dying, she broke free from his hand and dived into the river.

A second before jumping into the river, Zhou Miaotong saw his shocked eyes and his hand reaching out to grab her.

It turns out his name is Shen Lian!

Zhou Miaotong's mind wavered for a moment, but when she came to her senses, she tightly gripped the knife in her hand.

Now her destiny is in her own hands, and she will not easily let others control her destiny.

After a conversation between Shen Lian and Ding Baiying, not only did they fail to find out the whereabouts of Hokusai, they were also forced to burn down the archives.

Killing a colleague was a crime punishable by slow slicing, and the same went for burning the archives. Naturally, he was unwilling to give in easily. His eyes were fierce, and he drew his knife, trying to break through by force.

Perhaps because Zhou Miaotong looked the weakest, he chose to break through in Zhou Miaotong's direction.

Zhou Miaotong had been ready for action, so she drew her sword without hesitation and faced him.

The blades collided with each other, making a "ding" sound. Through the place where the two blades met, Shen Lian saw a hint of hatred in Zhou Miaotong's eyes.

Feeling the pressure from the knife held by Zhou Miaotong, Shen Lian didn't have time to think too much and realized that the person in front of him was no pushover.

Shen Lian fought back and shouted.

"Step aside!"

Zhou Miaotong remained silent, but her men did not hesitate at all.

Shen Lian didn't want to continue the fight. The enemy outnumbered him and there was no chance of winning. He increased his strength to block Zhou Miaotong's knife and planned to escape past her.

Unexpectedly, another person jumped out from Zhou Miaotong's left and stopped him with a sword.

"Your opponent is me. If you can escape from me, I will consider you awesome!"

After saying that, Ding Xiu swiftly swung his sword towards Shen Lian.

Ding Baiying folded her arms across her chest, and together with Ding Chong and Ding Tai, she looked at the two of them with a relaxed expression.

They all believed that Ding Xiu would be the final winner.

This was indeed the case. After just a few rounds, the ordinary standard long sword in Shen Lian's hand was cut off by the long sword in Ding Xiu's hand. The unarmed Shen Lian was finally forced to agree to Ding Baiying's request.