As soon as Nero saw Bai Ruozhu, his wrinkled smiling face almost turned into a chrysanthemum, and he said respectfully: "Master and Young Master are worthy of being capable people. Even the king of the country treats you as honored guests. You are the right one for me." Got the master."

Bai Ruozhu rolled her eyes at him and said, "Stop saying such nice things. How is the matter I asked you to do?"

"How dare I delay? Boss Jacob has already negotiated and is just waiting for you to make a decision. Otherwise, why don't we bring the goods over now?" Nero asked.

Bai Ruozhu thought that she might be very busy later on, so it would be better to bump into the other day. It would be best to meet him today.

She immediately asked Jian Qi to arrange for the two of them to bring the goods, and followed Nero to the boss Jacob whom he contacted.

Jacob is the owner of a ready-made clothing shop. He supplies goods to the nobles of the Western Regions and people with noble status in the temple, so he often purchases some of the finest clothing materials shipped from Danliang.

Bai Ruozhu arrived at Jacob's shop and soon saw Jacob himself. He was a fat businessman like Jin Wanliang. He also looked fat, but he looked much smarter than Jin Wanliang.

The two parties said hello and exchanged a few pleasantries, then negotiated the price and settled the payment.

"If Mrs. Bai comes to Gaochang City to do business again in the future, don't forget me, Jacob." The fat on Jacob's face trembled when he smiled. It was rare for him to meet such a cheerful businessman as Bai Ruozhu, although The profit margin wasn't much, but it saved him trouble.

"If I don't come in the future, I will arrange for Nero to come for me. Boss Jacob, please don't bully my subordinates." Bai Ruozhu said with a smile. She did plan to let Nero be responsible for running the business in the future. The profit of the businessman is really quite a lot.

"Easy to say, easy to say." Jacob smiled.

Suddenly, Jian Qi next to him had a stern look on his face and whispered: "Master, someone is coming and seems to be surrounding us."

Jacob's expression changed, "How could it be? Who dares to be so arrogant in broad daylight?"

Bai Ruozhu glared at him. Could it be that this guy reported a message to the people in the temple?

Jacob was startled by Bai Ruozhu's glare, and said hurriedly: "I didn't know in advance that you would come, so I can't do anything at this time, right?"

Bai Ruozhu ignored him because people outside had already rushed in at this moment.

What appeared were masked men in black. In fact, if you look closely, you can see that they are the moves and routines of the temple. They were just masked because they didn't want to be too obvious.

The number of assassins far exceeded those brought by Bai Ruozhu. It was not that she was careless, but that this was the territory of the temple. Even if she brought all the secret guards, the temple could arrange more troops if it wanted to assassinate her.

This was also the reason why she agreed to the monarch's proposal and lived in the palace temporarily. At least there were many guards inside and outside the palace to guard her. It was not easy for the temple to attack the palace directly and unjustly.

But no matter how much she thought about it, she never expected that the temple would come to assassinate him with such a big fanfare in broad daylight. Otherwise, she would not dare to take part in this transaction.

"Madam, I will protect you and leave!" Jian Qi said in a deep voice. The other two guards who were originally delivering the goods showed determination in their eyes. They were ready to sacrifice and planned to fight to the death to protect Bai Ruozhu from escaping.

Bai Ruozhu's heart twitched hard. These secret guards were all her confidants. They had been following her loyally since her master gave them to her, even though she sometimes asked them to do some chores very unreliably. , they had no complaints, and even protected her from danger several times. Although they didn't always come to serve her like Jian Qi, she had already regarded them as friends or even family members.

How could she bear to watch them die for her now?

A cold look flashed in Bai Ruozhu's eyes. She shook off Jian Qi's hand and said, "I won't leave. If you want to leave, let's go together. Since you came with me, I won't let anyone die here!"

Nero shivered with fear, and was moved to tears after hearing these words. Fortunately, he didn't know that what Bai Ruozhu said did not include him at all.

Jian Qi was a little anxious, but he couldn't bear to let his secret guards die. Maybe he could really give it a try? He hurriedly sent a signal outside. The other secret guards would come immediately after receiving the signal, as long as they could hold on for a quarter of an hour.

Thinking of this, he tightened his grip on the sword in his hand. Even if he fought to the death, he would not let her suffer any harm.

At this moment, Bai Ruozhu had raised his hand and sprinkled powder into the air. Jacob reacted quickly and hurriedly covered his mouth and nose, shouting: "Mrs. Bai, why am I having trouble breathing? I really didn't harm you, You have to believe me!"

Bai Ruozhu snorted coldly, "If it really didn't harm me, I will naturally help you detoxify later."

Fine powder spread in the room, and the assassin who rushed in first fell down without even having a few fights with Jian Qi and the others.

The assassins were not slow to respond. Someone shouted: "Get out of the house quickly, the room is poisonous!"

The other people who were not poisoned retreated one after another. Bai Ruozhu immediately shouted: "Quickly close the doors and windows, everyone hide under the table!"

They couldn't enter the house, so the next step would definitely be to use long-distance attacks.

Sure enough, just when everyone was hiding, there was the sound of arrows whizzing through the air outside the house. One arrow after another hit the door and window, and some arrows pierced the window paper and shot into the house.

Jacob was pulled under the table by Bai Ruozhu, and then an arrow landed on the place where he was originally lying. He was so frightened that his calves trembled, and he kept saying: "Thank you, Mrs. Bai, for saving your life. Thank you, Mrs. Bai." Life-saving grace..."

"Shut up and be quiet!" Bai Ruozhu shouted violently, frightening both Jacob and Nero to the point where they did not dare to express their anger.

Bai Ruozhu pricked up her ears. She was listening to the situation outside in order to respond to changes outside in time.

"No, they are going to fire and shoot arrows." Bai Ruozhu said quickly, wanting to burn them alive.

"Madam, we can't wait any longer, we'll protect you and rush out!" a secret guard said anxiously.

Bai Ruozhu squatted under the table and held his shoulders, "Don't move, let's hold on and wait for rescue."

While he was talking, a flaming arrow shot in. Jacob was so frightened that he screamed repeatedly. Seeing how fat he was, he screamed like a woman. Bai Ruozhu glared at him fiercely, Said: "Don't stop me from listening to what's going on outside, or you'll throw me out and use me as an arrow target!"

Jacob hurriedly reached out and covered his mouth, suppressing the scream that almost escaped his lips.

At this time, there was another scream in the room, and Jacob looked at Bai Ruozhu pitifully, meaning that it was really not him this time.

Bai Ruozhu looked and saw that the holy guard who had been unconscious due to poisoning was shot by a flaming arrow. His body quickly caught fire. However, he could not move due to the poisoning and could only endure the flames spreading on his body. What was waiting for him was to be killed alive. The fate of being burned to death...