allonlinenovel Chapter 212: Escaping Guilt
Chapter 212: Escaping Guilt
Faced with Pei Yan's playful teasing, Ouyang Tuoba's expression became complicated.
What does he mean? Could it be that...?
Seeing that he had frowned slightly, Pei Yan became even more certain of what he had just said.
He vaguely remembered that when he first saw this person come to his home, he felt that this person was a bit strange.
Especially when Fang Xiaoxiao took Zhou Wenjian out on the street, this guy followed closely behind.
Later, when Fang Xiaoxiao and her companion were walking down the street, they were almost hit by a carriage that was traveling normally. If they hadn't intervened in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
At the same time, Ouyang Tuoba appeared in the crowd.
If this is a coincidence, then it's far too coincidental.
Later, at the Yangchun Noodles stall on the long street, two assassins suddenly appeared, and they still saw Ouyang Tuoba's figure.
Later, the little girl from Lingxi Pavilion was injured by a hidden arrow...
The fact that Ouyang Tuoba could be seen in all of these events is simply too bizarre.
This is the thought.
Pei Yan stared coldly at Ouyang Tuoba.
He wanted to find the answer in the other person's eyes.
at this time.
Fang Xiaoxiao also began to realize what was happening.
I remember the last time I was at Lingxi Pavilion, a female assassin who suddenly appeared seemed to have mentioned the name Ouyang.
At the time, she was fleeing for her life and did not think carefully about who Ouyang was.
But now that I think about it, that Ouyang was probably Ouyang Tuoba.
Ouyang Tuoba's expression was solemn, but he was thinking about how to defend himself.
In his view, as long as there are no witnesses, no matter how much they speculate, it is all just empty talk.
As a prince of the Great Shang Kingdom, he was quite adept at playing mind games.
Besides, even if they just arrested me, so what?
He sent out assassins; anyone caught would be forced to commit suicide with poison.
as predicted.
Just as everyone was waiting for Ouyang Tuoba to admit that he was the mastermind behind the assassination attempt on Fang Xiaoxiao, a man suddenly rushed in from outside.
The man was tall and had a full beard.
His face showed tension and unease.
"My lord, my lord, something terrible has happened! The assassin we just captured... he..."
“What’s wrong with him!”
Pei Yan and Fang Xiaoxiao asked in unison.
The burly man's eyes darted around for a moment before he lowered his gaze and spoke.
"He committed suicide by poison. We had just finished confiscating all his weapons while we were guarding him. We never imagined that this guy was a suicide soldier who had a poison hidden in his molar."
"Taking advantage of our momentary lapse in attention, he bit into the poison and died instantly. Even we were surprised by the potency of that poison; it was completely unlike anything from our Great Yu Dynasty."
The two points the man mentioned were that the captured assassin was a death squad member, and the poison was not from the Great Yu Dynasty.
Fang Xiaoxiao was taken aback. She hadn't expected that when she tried to capture an assassin, she would actually capture a death squad member, and one who was an outsider at that.
It should be noted that assassins are extremely rare, and almost all of them serve powerful and influential families.
Furthermore, the money and effort required to train assassins are extremely difficult.
Even someone like Pei Yan, born into a prestigious family, only has a group of relatively loyal subordinates, which is far inferior to the elite assassins.
To put it bluntly, if you really wanted to kill these servants, they would probably immediately kneel down and beg for mercy, revealing their master's identity.
Unlike assassins who would directly administer poison and risk their lives for secrecy.
Pei Yan's brows had relaxed as he listened to his subordinate's words, thinking that he could bring Ouyang Tuoba to justice. He never expected such a thing to happen.
He was very annoyed, his sharp eyes, like those of a hawk, staring intently at Ouyang Tuoba, who was bound hand and foot.
His tone was one of great indignation.
"Tell me, how many of those assassins do you still have?"
Seeing his enraged appearance, Ouyang Tuoba was not afraid at all; instead, he mocked and ridiculed him.
"Haha, Young Master Pei, you're joking. How could an ordinary person like me have any assassins? Besides, isn't it a bit petty of you to make such a blatant judgment that the assassin was sent by me to assassinate my wife?"
"Tonight, I was just looking for a place to rest, but suddenly you, Young Master Pei, had me kidnapped. I haven't even said anything yet, and you've already framed me. Isn't that going too far?"
Ouyang Tuoba immediately turned to look at Fang Xiaoxiao, his eyes pleading, and his face showing that he had suffered a lot of grievances.
He was as if he were saying that Pei Yan had slandered him.
Pei Yan was so choked by this guy's words that his heart trembled uncontrollably. His hands clenched into fists so tightly that his bones cracked.
They were just one step away from getting information out of Ouyang Tuoba.
It will soon be proven that Ouyang Tuoba was the mastermind behind the assassination attempt on Fang Xiaoxiao.
Who would have thought that a Cheng Yaojin would suddenly appear out of nowhere? How could this not make people angry?
Think about this.
Pei Yan's eyes, as he looked at Ouyang Tuoba, radiated a murderous intent.
But all of this was completely useless in Ouyang Tuoba's eyes; he was nothing more than a clown.
Ouyang Tuoba looked aggrieved, his voice trembling with sobs.
"Waaah, my wife, you must be discerning! You can't wrong an innocent person like this."
"Although I am not as eloquent as Li Renyi in this family, nor as skilled in accounting as Zhou Wenjian, I am still your lawfully wedded husband. Even if I have not made any great contributions to this family, I have certainly worked hard!"
He spoke with such sincerity that an outsider might mistakenly believe he was a good person who was simply being ostracized and slandered because of his lack of ability.
Pei Yan was so angry at his words that she couldn't speak, and could only let out a cold snort.
As for Fang Xiaoxiao, she had just recovered from the news of the assassin's death when she saw Ouyang Tuoba pleading with her.
Even though she had her suspicions, now that the witness was dead, and she had no other evidence to prove that he was the one who did everything, she could only sigh helplessly.
"Hey, Ouyang, what you said seems to make sense. We did wrong you. Please don't take it to heart. We've all been through so much lately that we're more vigilant than before, which is why we acted this way."
"Alright then, since the assassin is already dead and Pei Yan can't produce any new strong evidence, I'll untie you now so you can go back and rest."
As she spoke these comforting words, she winked at Pei Yan.
Pei Yan, who was already angry, felt resentful upon seeing her like this, so he turned his head to the other side and pretended not to see her.