I played as an assistant in ancient times

Chapter 197 It depends on the situation

Shen Changsui and Guard Xia said in unison: "Impossible."

"Then I'll scratch her face first." The wet nurse moved the hairpin to Shen Xiaoye's chin.

"Stop." Shen Changsui stretched out his hand. His nervous expression made the nanny feel more likely to win.

But Guard Xia said, "You can't go far with a wounded person."

The nurse sneered, "If I escort this girl by myself, I'm afraid she'll be shot into a hornet's nest before we even leave the city."

As she spoke, she pressed down with her hand, and another bleeding cut appeared on Shen Xiaoye's neck.

Because she had already seen someone standing high up with a bow drawn, ready to shoot her at any time.

As Shen Xiaoye was being held hostage, the words "Is this the end?" flashed through her mind. She was now regretting that she should not have deliberately allowed herself to be captured when the wet nurse pounced on her.

It was naive of her to expect this woman to get out of town and bring her into their retreat.

So, when the wet nurse said again, "Let them go quickly," she decided not to suffer any more. She instantly drew a needle on her lowered left hand. In a flash, she bent her right elbow and hit the wet nurse's ribs, while her left hand quickly grabbed the acupuncture point on her wrist.

With a snap, in the blink of an eye, the hairpin in the nurse's hand flew out. When she endured the pain and tried to grab Shen Xiaoye back, a sharp arrow whizzed towards her.

Shen Xiaoye rolled on the ground and moved away from her very swiftly.

Then several arrows flew from different directions and hit her shoulders and legs, but they didn't hit her vital parts.

As a result, the martial arts that the nurse was so proud of were completely useless, and she was knocked down on her back by the impact of the arrow.

Guard Xia and his companions quickly surrounded the man and tied him up in no time.

On the other side, Shen Xiaoye was almost grabbed by the ears by Shen Changsui and scolded, "Who asked you to take risks? Even if the method we initially devised to induce a confession failed, you don't need to do this.

Do you think the enemy is brainless? After she held you hostage, she didn't tell you to leave quickly, but instead deliberately delayed time, maybe to buy time for her real master."

“Mr. Shen, Miss Shen also means well.

Her wound needs some medicine." Guard Xia knew that the second half of the sentence was meant for him, so he could no longer blame Shen Xiaoye.

"Uncle, my wound hurts." Shen Xiaoye covered the wound with a handkerchief to stop the bleeding. She also knew that she had made a wrong judgment.

Shen Changsui snorted coldly, walked to the bound nurse, and stretched out his hand to turn the sword arrow that had not been removed from her shoulder, and said coldly: "Where is the real girl of the Wu family?"

"I don't know." The wet nurse sneered despite the pain. She felt that she had done a good job this time.

Unexpectedly, Shen Changsui said, “The tunnel under the stable leads to a small courtyard in the back alley.

That family left the city three days ago and headed for Huai'an. Don't worry, they will never reach Xinghe."

Although the wet nurse tried to remain calm, her flickering eyes seemed to prove Shen Changsui's words.

After Guard Xia and Shen Changsui exchanged a glance, he said to his men, "Take him away and interrogate him strictly."

Then the two of them turned back to the backyard, and he said, "Master Shen, this woman is not easy to interrogate. You clearly tricked her just now, but she was able to take advantage of the situation and deliberately mislead us with her panicked eyes."

Shen Changsui nodded slightly: "I don't know what's going on in Ganzhou. One of Wu Jiadan's men escaped and fled to the Northern Tartars. Even if we can find his daughter, Xiaoye won't be able to pretend to be her and enter Mobei."

The Wu family he mentioned was the Dada people who submitted to the Great Zhou and changed their surnames to Han.

Some Dada people who came here would change their surnames into Chinese ones in the hope of integrating into the Han people.

However, this is not something that can be accomplished overnight. Both tribes need to adapt slowly. When the Dada people cannot adapt and feel constrained, some of them will give up, rebel and return to the grassland.

When life on the grassland became unsatisfactory, they would move south again to submit, and this cycle of surrender and rebellion, and rebellion and surrender was common throughout the entire northwest.

"Only when His Majesty arrives can I learn the real situation in Liangzhou. Once someone from the Wu family escapes, it would be better for Miss Shen to stay in Xuanfu." Guard Xia was also shocked by Shen Xiaoye's actions. Perhaps this little girl is not suitable to infiltrate the Northern Tartars under another identity.

However, the commander specifically asked Miss Shen to participate, and her influence was insignificant, so she could not stop the decision from above.

"Let's see what happens." Shen Changsui slowed down his pace. He thought that when the higher-ups at the Guard Bureau came up with a plan to use someone else's trick, the Wu family from Liangzhou would have no chance of escaping.

In fact, it was he himself who persuaded (encouraged) the emperor to deploy more elite troops from the Guard Division into the Dada tribe.

But this will undoubtedly weaken the existing personnel of the Guard Bureau active in the Great Zhou, so several of their leaders took advantage of the information reported by Aruhhan to drag Xiaoye into it.

Alas, it was actually me who implicated the little girl. I misjudged the situation and brought her to Beijing, causing her to fall into someone else's trap.

On this side, Shen Xiaoye, who had applied the medicine herself, walked into the room.

Amidst the chaos, the girl who had been knocked unconscious was still lying on the ground.

She walked over and rubbed a few acupuncture points. In a moment, the girl woke up and the first thing she said was: "I am not a member of the Wu family."

"I know that. I also know that your family lives behind the Wu family, and your father often works for the Wu family." Shen Xiaoye tried to speak in a gentle tone.

She asked, "Have you ever seen a girl from the Wu family?"

"I've seen her from afar." The girl didn't dare to look up at her.

Shen Xiaoye asked again: "When did you move in?

Don't be afraid, we are sent by His Majesty to catch bad guys, and Miss Wu's father is a corrupt official, and their whole family must be brought to court for trial."

The girl finally raised her head, looked at her timidly, and asked, "Isn't Miss Wu's father a captain of Yanghe Guards?"

Shen Xiaoye said affirmatively: "No, his father is an official higher than a thousand households.

We didn't catch her, and we found out that she hired your parents to take her out of town."

The girl shook her head: "No, my parents went to help my grandfather and won't be home for several days."

"When did you go? When was the last time you saw them?" Shen Xiaoye had just finished asking when she heard footsteps outside. She hurriedly said loudly, "Tell me everything, and I'll find a way to send you to your grandparents' home.

Well, I'll give you these two taels of silver as well."

The girl saw the silver being stuffed into her hand, clenched it tightly, and said without hesitation: "Three or four days ago, before my parents took me to my grandparents' home, Nanny Wu came to see me.

After she left, my father said that the Wu family girl wanted to find a partner of the same age to do housework together.

But after I came in, I hadn't seen anyone except Nanny Wu and a few maids.

Until today when someone rushed in and Nanny Wu hugged me and brought me into this room, I had no idea what was going on.

"Sister, I have told you everything. Can you send me to my grandparents' home?"

Shen Xiaoye did not answer but asked: "Do you know that your firewood room is connected to the Wu family's kitchen?"