Chapter 276 Arrival in Yizhou
The group had only walked a dozen miles when a group of masked assassins suddenly rushed out halfway.
Qian Bolin and several guards immediately jumped up from their horses, drew their swords and started fighting with the masked men.
Qianhuan was lying on her side in the carriage and heard the sounds of fighting outside. She sat up straight with great effort, pulled open the curtain and looked out of the window, only to find that there were about a dozen masked assassins coming.
Qianhuan thought that the assassins were unwilling to accept that they had not caught her before, so they came back to catch her.
She originally thought that if Qian Bolin and his companions were no match for these assassins, then she would just go back with them obediently to avoid implicating Qian Bolin and his companions.
Unexpectedly, this group of masked men were obviously not the same group of assassins as the previous ones. They kept attacking the carriage, and every move they made was a killing move. It was obvious that they wanted to kill Qianhuan.
Suddenly, an assassin found the right moment and stabbed into the carriage with a long sword. Qianhuan sensed the danger and quickly lay down to avoid the sword.
The assassin did not give up and used his inner strength to split the roof of the carriage, and Qianhuan was immediately exposed under the assassin's eyes.
Qian Bolin immediately flew over upon seeing this and protected Qianhuan behind him. Qianhuan was hit by the cartilage powder, so Qian Bolin could only support her with one hand and use the sword with the other to deal with the enemy.
After dealing with several assassins, Qian Bolin was obviously struggling.
At this time, an assassin stabbed Qianhuan from behind. At this critical moment, Qian Bolin sensed the murderous aura behind him and immediately pulled Qianhuan behind him. Then the assassin's sword slashed Qian Bolin's arm.
Qian Bolin ignored the wound on his hand and stabbed the assassin's heart with a sword. After dealing with this assassin, Qian Bolin began to deal with the remaining assassins.
Qianhuan really couldn't understand who wanted to kill her. Logically, the Xuefu fruit should have been delivered to Prince An's Mansion by now. The other party also sent people to assassinate her. It was obvious that the purpose was not to target Ziyu, but to target herself.
Fortunately, the strength of the commander of the Royal Guards should not be underestimated. After a short while, more than a dozen assassins were dealt with by them, and two were left alive.
Qianhua looked at the two assassins who were pinned down by the guards and asked, "Who sent you to assassinate this county lady?"
Unexpectedly, the two assassins didn't say anything. Just when Qian Hua was about to continue asking questions, Qian Bolin suddenly said, "Oh no, they have poison in their mouths."
As soon as Qian Bolin finished speaking, the two assassins vomited blood and fell to the ground and died.
Qianhuan said with some regret, "What a pity. We were almost able to find out the mastermind behind this."
"There is nothing you can get out of them. These people are probably assassins hired by powerful families. If their mission fails, they will bite themselves to death. They would rather die than betray their masters."
Qianhuan never expected that these ancient people would be so loyal that they would rather die than betray their masters. This really made her look at them in a new light.
"Commander Qian, you saved my life again. I will definitely repay you if I have the chance. Your arm was just injured. Is it serious?"
"It's just a minor injury, nothing serious. We shouldn't stay here for long. Let's hurry to Yizhou. But the carriage is broken, and the girl has been poisoned by cartilage powder. I'm afraid I'll have to ask her to ride with me."
"I'm not wronged, but I have to trouble Commander Qian to give me a ride again."
After that, they rode on their horses and started on their journey. Qian Bolin was indeed a gentleman. Qianhuan sat in front of him, and he always kept a certain distance. Qianhuan couldn't help but have a better impression of him.
Before sunset, they finally arrived at Yizhou City. Qian Bolin sent Qianhuan to the clinic first. The doctor prescribed an antidote. Quarters of an hour after taking it, the cartilage tendons in Qianhuan's body were released.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qian Bolin also treated the wound on his arm.
After finishing his work at the clinic, Qian Bolin suggested, "Miss Qianhua, let's go to the clothing store to change clothes before going to my grandparents' house, otherwise they will be worried when they see us like this."
Qianhuan looked at herself and saw that she was still wearing men's clothes. There were blood stains from the assassin on Qian Bolin's body. This was indeed inappropriate, so she nodded and agreed.
After packing up and coming out of the clothing store, Qian Bolin said, "Miss Qianhuan, since you want to lie and say we are siblings, then when we get to my grandmother's house later, remember to call me Brother Qian and I'll call you Sister Qianhuan."
Qianhuan nodded obediently, "Okay, Commander Qian."
Realizing that she had said the wrong thing, she immediately smiled and corrected herself, "Oh no, it was Brother Qian."
"Yes, sister Qianhuan."
Qian Bolin's maternal grandfather's surname was Han, and they were a famous scholarly family. His maternal grandfather was once the head of the Hanlin Academy. Unfortunately, his uncle had no interest in being an official. After his maternal grandfather passed away, his uncle took his maternal grandmother back to their hometown in Yizhou to live.
When several people arrived at the Han Mansion, one of the guards went in to pass the message. The housekeeper quickly asked someone to notify Old Madam Han while he personally led people in.
When the housekeeper led a few people to the inner courtyard, the old lady of the Han family, Mr. Han, Mrs. Han, and several children all came out to greet them.
When Qian Bolin saw Old Lady Han, he immediately called out affectionately, “Grandma, Bolin is here to see you on behalf of my father and mother.”
Old Mrs. Han was very excited to see her grandson, "Ah, you, my boy, finally came to see an old woman like me."
Old Mrs. Han continued to ask, "Is your mother okay now?"
Qian Bolin seemed a little sad when talking about his mother, but he still answered, "Mom is fine. She is now a vegetarian and chants Buddhist scriptures. It is inconvenient for her to travel far, so I came to accompany you on your birthday."
Mrs. Han had tears in her eyes. "I'm relieved that she's doing well. Come meet your uncle, aunt, and cousins."
Qian Bolin called everyone one by one, and everyone exchanged a few words.
Qianhuan stood behind them and looked at the happy scene of their family, and she also felt it was very warm.
It was only then that Old Lady Han noticed that there was a beautiful girl following behind Qian Bolin.
The old lady looked at Qianhuan and asked in confusion, "Bolin, who is the girl behind you?"
Qian Bolin then remembered that he had not yet introduced Qianhuan, who was following behind him, to everyone, "Grandma, this is Miss Qianhuan, my adopted sister."
Qianhuan walked forward and bowed. Without her consent, she couldn't just call Old Madam Han "grandma", so she could only shout, "Qianhuan greets the old lady."
Seeing that Qianhuan was pretty and well-behaved, Old Lady Han liked her very much.
She took Qianhuan's hand affectionately and said, "Good child, since you are Bolin's adopted sister, you are also my goddaughter. From now on, you and Bolin can call me grandma. Bolin's uncle and aunt are also your uncle and aunt."
"Yes, thank you grandma."
Afterwards, Qianhuan also paid a visit to Mr. Han and Mrs. Han, as well as Qian Bolin's cousins one by one.
Then the whole family went into the front hall and started to have dinner. The Han family members were all very easy-going, Qianhuan got along very well with everyone, and the meal was finished in laughter.
Qianhuan was arranged to rest in an exquisite little courtyard. Qianhuan knew that tomorrow was Old Lady Han's birthday. Since she had used her identity as the granddaughter, she naturally had to give the old lady a gift. During dinner, she had already found out about Old Lady Han's preferences from Qian Bolin's cousin.
Fortunately, Qianhuan's "Half-Day Qinghuan Garden" had already opened branches in all the provincial capitals of the entire Dayuan Kingdom. Qianhuan secretly contacted the person in charge of the branch in Yizhou City and asked them to deliver the gifts she wanted early tomorrow morning.