Hearing the maid's scream outside the room, Li Niang's face turned pale.

She hurriedly came out of Ye Shiqing's arms, at a loss, and asked in a trembling voice: "Blood, what happened?"

The maid at the door said, "Li Niang, I'm afraid your brother won't survive today. He is at the side door to see you for the last time."

“What, how could this happen?”

Li Niang couldn't believe her ears. She had just separated from Pang Jian two hours ago, so how could something like this suddenly happen?

She almost lost her balance and collapsed.

At this moment, a strong hand held her tightly and comforted her gently: "Li Niang, don't panic, I will take you downstairs to see, your brother will be fine."

"Um."

Li Niang nodded repeatedly and was held in Ye Shiqing's arms. She followed the maid to the side door of Yihong Tower with her trembling body.

The side door opened and a carriage was parked there. Blood could be vaguely seen flowing out of the carriage.

In front of the carriage was a middle-aged man in plain clothes, who looked like an ordinary citizen.

Seeing Li Niang coming, the man immediately said, "You must be Li Niang. Your brother was injured in the forest and said he wanted to see you for the last time. He is in the carriage."

Li Niang didn't believe it at all. She reached out to the carriage with trembling hands and slowly lifted the curtain. What she saw was Pang Jian, covered in blood, lying in the carriage, dying.

His mouth and nose were stained with blood, and his luxurious clothes were also covered in blood.

Blood kept flowing out of his chest, and there was a big hole in his leg. The smell of blood filled the entire carriage.

Pang Jian opened his eyes weakly and stretched out his pale fingers towards Li Niang feebly.

Li Niang walked over and held his bloody hand in hers, her whole body trembling.

"Pang Jian, what happened to you? Who did this?"

"You must not be in any danger. This is my only relative."

Pang Jian's breath was weak, and he spoke slowly: "Sister, it's the Shen family... Mrs. Shen."

"Mrs. Shen..."

"Leave quickly...leave Yanjing, the farther the better."

"They want to kill you, leave quickly... I shouldn't have come to Yanjing, Madam Shen is a liar..."

When the last sentence fell, the hand that was tightly holding Li Niang collapsed weakly, and Pang Jian was no longer able to breathe.

Li Niang hugged his body and cried loudly, "Pang Jian... wuwu.

"Shen family, Mrs. Shen?" Seeing Li Niang so sad, Ye Shiqing immediately hugged Li Niang in his arms with a distressed look.

"Li Niang, are you talking about the wife of the Marquis of Pingyang? The daughter of the Duke of Huguo?"

Li Niang nodded repeatedly, her eyes red, and she choked up and said, "Mr. Zhou, I don't want to implicate Mr. Zhou."

“It’s me they want to kill.”

"It's Li Niang. It's me who shouldn't have gotten involved in the dirty business of a rich family."

Li Niang knew very well that if she, a prostitute in a brothel, contracted a contract with a mistress to harm her stepson, what would be the consequences if the matter was exposed.

Shen Feng was punished by his family, and I guess the matter has been exposed to the public.

Even if Lin wanted to give up the dowry she had cheated, she would rather kill the person to silence him in order to preserve her reputation.

However, only the dead can take the secret away forever.

However, she was unwilling to accept that her brother had lost his life.

But what can she do?

She was just an orphan. Even if she reported the case to the authorities, it would be of no use. Besides, she was also guilty in this matter.

She was a prostitute with no power or influence, so how could she possibly fight against the dignitaries in Yanjing?

At this moment, Ye Shiqing pretended to be affectionate and hugged Li Niang tightly in his arms, looking at her with a distressed face.

"Now, have you offended Mrs. Shen?"

Li Niang nodded and looked at Ye Shiqing, feeling somewhat helpless.

"Mr. Zhou, if you dislike Li Niang, then separate from her."

"The Shen family is the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion, and Madam Shen has the support of the Duke of Huguo. Li Niang is afraid..."

“They won’t let me go.”

Ye Shiqing grabbed Li Niang's hand, looked at her firmly, and said sincerely: "Li Niang, trust me, I will take you away."

"My family is in Xiangyang, and we are quite wealthy. If you come with me to Xiangyang, I will change your name and marry you with three letters and six betrothals. They won't be able to find you."

"Yanjing is quite far from Xiangyang City. Even if they go there, our Zhou family has the ability to protect you."

Li Niang bowed her head and cried bitterly, looking at Pang Jian's body in the carriage, and suddenly thought of his last words, asking her to leave Yanjing City.

She is now in a dilemma. If she wants to survive, she can only agree to Ye Shiqing.

She murmured, "Does Madam Shen really want to force me to do this? Madam Shen..."

In the evening, Li Niang and Ye Shiqing buried Pang Jian.

Li Niang knelt in front of the grave and cried bitterly, "Pang Jian, I am sorry for you. I shouldn't have let you come to Yanjing."

"Don't worry, one day, I will come back to build your grave."

Ye Shiqing held Li Niang in his arms and looked at her tenderly.

"Li Niang, don't worry, you will come back again, you have me."

"kindness."

In the evening, Li Niang packed up all her things, took the money she had saved in the past six months, and the Jiang dowry she had swindled from Shen Feng, and hurriedly got into a carriage through the side door with Ye Shiqing.

The madam of Yihonglou was so angry when she first learned that Li Niang had run away with a pretty boy that her face turned purple.

Although Li Niang's face recovered, she kept it a secret from the madam.

More importantly, Ye Shiqing had been wrapping her in a large bag of gold during this period of time.

In the pitch-black night, carriages loaded with jewellery left Yanjing City one after another.

It was already evening when Shen Mi received the news from Yun Lan.

Yun Lan closed the door, walked to Shen Mi, looked at the quiet girl in front of her and said with a smile: "Miss, Pang Jian's death was not unjust at all. He raped several girls in Tongxiang, and Lin wanted to use him to deal with you."

Shen Mi smiled, put down the teacup in her hand, and sighed softly.

"Lin's family must be really pissed off. They didn't get the money, but the person ran away."

Yun Lan smiled and said, "When I came back just now, I saw Nanny Wang beside Lin. She looked unhappy and hurried to Lin's courtyard. I'm afraid she already knew that Li Niang had run away."

Shen Mi took a deep breath, put down the teacup in her hand, and tapped the table with her hand.

"Arrange a few more assassins to follow Li Niang and Ye Shiqing."

"You should inform Ye Shiqing in advance and ask him to take the medicine, and also ask those assassins not to hurt his vital parts."

"If you want to get your mother's dowry back, you have to do it for real."

"As for Li Niang, she is the last chess piece. We just need to wait until Shen Shu's coming of age day and let this chess piece play an important role."

"Yes, miss."

The night was as dark as ink. At this moment, in the Chunhua Courtyard of the Shen Mansion, angry curses broke the tranquility of the night.

With an angry look on her face, Lin smashed the teacup in her hand to the ground, making a harsh sound.

"Well, I planned this for so long and she ran away."

Nanny Wang came over with an anxious look on her face and said quickly, "Madam, what should we do now? If Li Niang tells others about this, I'm afraid the master will know about it..."

Lin sneered and said with a smile: "Does she dare?"

"This bitch actually eloped with so much money, good."

Nanny Wang said, "Madam, please don't be angry. Now we can only send someone to inquire and see if we can find Li Niang's whereabouts."

"The madam of Yihonglou said that Li Niang ran away with a young man named Zhou, who was the son of a wealthy businessman in Xiangyang."

"Xiangyang is so far away from Yanjing City, where can we find it?"

Lin's mouth twitched with anger. She looked at Nanny Wang and said, "Send someone to ask around and see if you can find out the name of that young master."

"If you can find out, send someone to Xiangyang to kill Li Liang and Li Niang. I want to make sure that there is no trace of Li Niang left."

"Yes, ma'am." After receiving the order, Nanny Wang turned and left the room.

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