At the same time, Lao Quan had also dealt with an enemy.
Shen Jing picked up the equipment dropped by the fallen black-clad man and was about to rush over to help Madam Su, when he saw a crossbow quietly emerge from a nearby carriage, aimed at Madam Su.
"Watch out for hidden arrows!"
Shen Jing roared, reminding Madam Su, and then suddenly lunged, pressing against the carriage.
Su Yourong didn't hesitate for a moment, kicking up the corpse on the ground, intending to send it flying towards the carriage to block the arrow, but she was still a step too slow.
"Whoosh!"
The moment the crossbow bolt left the string, Shen Jing fiercely slashed down with his blade, right alongside the arrow.
Su Yourong's pupils suddenly contracted, secretly startled.
So fast!
"Ah!"
A piteous scream was accompanied by spurting blood.
Shen Jing's strike was incredibly fast; the entire wrist of the black-clad man hiding in the carriage, who had fired the hidden arrow, was severed by Shen Jing.
Thanks to Shen Jing's warning, Madam Su also quickly dodged the crossbow attack, and at the same time, performed a graceful bend and slash, opening a gash on the black-clad leader's body.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the black-clad leader immediately dragged his injured body and began to flee.
"I'll leave this side to you all!"
Madam Su growled, immediately giving chase.
Without another word, Shen Jing immediately rushed into the carriage, quickly dispatching the black-clad man hiding inside.
Su Yourong also cooperated with Lao Quan, subduing the remaining black-clad man.
Su Yourong quickly drew her blade, skillfully severing the black-clad man's hand tendons, then instructed Lao Quan: "Ask them their origins. If you can't get anything out of them, kill them!"
"Yes!"
Lao Quan accepted the order.
Su Yourong quickly rushed to another carriage, looking at Shen Jing, who had emerged from the carriage with a blade, and asked nervously: "Are you injured?"
"I'm fine, it's all that Sunzi's blood."
Shen Jing looked down at his blood-splattered clothes and then said: "Let's go, quickly go help Mother-in-Law!"
"No need!"
Su Yourong felt relieved and said confidently: "That person is no match for Mother. Mother wants to keep him alive, otherwise he would have been dead long ago!"
Just as Su Yourong's words fell, Madam Su returned, dragging the heavily injured black-clad leader.
After handing the half-dead black-clad leader over to Lao Quan for interrogation, Madam Su came before Shen Jing.
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"You little rascal, you actually know martial arts?"
Madam Su looked Shen Jing up and down, her eyes filled with intense curiosity.
Although she hadn't seen the entire process of Shen Jing's strike earlier because she was fighting an enemy, the corner of her eye had still caught a glimpse of part of it.
From her experience, this young man's moves were steady, accurate, and ruthless, not focusing on flashy techniques, but only on eliminating the enemy with a single move.
This was definitely not a novice!
But according to her understanding, Shen Jing shouldn't have learned martial arts!
This son-in-law, whom she had picked up for free, truly brought her surprises again and again!
"I've always known how!"
Shen Jing met Madam Su's gaze without flinching, "I practice boxing at the Manor every day, didn't you see?"
"This..."
Madam Su was speechless.
He was telling the truth!
Since arriving at Su Manor, Shen Jing had practiced boxing almost every morning and evening.
Moreover, the sessions were not short.
But he was so soft all over, his punches lighter than dancing; who would have thought he was actually practicing boxing?
She and her daughter even joked privately that with Shen Jing like that, he couldn't even beat an eighty-year-old man.
"It's you two, Mother and daughter, how do you both know martial arts?"
Shen Jing's gaze swept back and forth between Madam Su and Su Yourong.
Madam Su knowing martial arts didn't surprise him much.
After all, Madam Su clearly had connections with people from the martial world like Du Yidao.
But Su Yourong knowing martial arts did somewhat surprise him.
Moreover, Su Yourong's moves were clean and decisive, and she showed no discomfort after killing, not seeming like it was her first time.
He had always thought Su Yourong was a refined young lady who played the zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting!
Su Yourong pursed her lips and smiled, "When did we ever tell you we didn't know martial arts?"
...
Shen Jing was instantly speechless.
They really hadn't said that!
He had just taken it for granted that the mother and daughter didn't know martial arts.
However, given their usual behavior, who would have thought they knew martial arts?
"What was that you scattered just now?"
At this moment, Su Yourong asked Shen Jing again.
"Lime."
Shen Jing grinned and took out another packet of lime, handing it to Su Yourong.
"Still more?"
Su Yourong was astonished, "Why do you carry so many lime packets on you for no reason?"
"Of course, it's for emergencies!"
Shen Jing said righteously: "Before, I thought that Sunzi Zhao Ying would try to ambush me, so I always kept this stuff with me! Although it wasn't used on Zhao Ying, didn't it come in handy today?"
Madam Su laughed in spite of herself, genuinely sighing: "You little rascal are truly cunning!"
Shen Jing didn't mind, "When dealing with enemies, being as cunning as possible is perfectly reasonable!"
The Su Family mother and daughter exchanged glances, then nodded in agreement.
While they were talking, Lao Quan had already knocked out one of the enemies and was interrogating the other.
Lao Quan's interrogation methods were simple and brutal, directly using a knife to slice off pieces of flesh from the enemy's body.
"Ah..."
The person let out a piteous scream, trying to commit suicide several times, but was stopped by Lao Quan.
Chi Chi peeked her head out of the carriage, took just one glance, then tightly closed her eyes, not daring to look again, only letting out a heavy sigh in her heart.
Half an hour later, Lao Quan's interrogation concluded.
"Master Leng?"
Shen Jing frowned.
"Yes, it's Master Leng."
Lao Quan replied: "Previously, when the government soldiers surrounded the Zhao Family, Master Leng, who was hiding in the Zhao Family, injured the soldiers and escaped, then met up with them! Two days ago, after the city gates opened, Master Leng had already fled Luochuan Prefecture, ordering them before he left to find an opportunity to kidnap you. If they couldn't kidnap you, then to kill you..."
For these two days, these few people had been staking out near Su Manor.
It wasn't until today that they found an opportunity to act.
"That bastard!"
Madam Su gritted her silver teeth, "If this old woman ever catches him, I'll castrate him!"
Amidst her anger, Madam Su couldn't help but curse those government soldiers in her heart.
A bunch of useless things!
So many people surrounded a Zhao Family, and they still let that Leng fellow escape?
"It seems Prince Ji and his subordinates are truly set on you now."
Su Yourong looked sideways at Shen Jing, "From now on, when you go out, you must be careful!"
"It's fine!"
Shen Jing said indifferently, "Let them be set on me! If one comes, I'll kill one; if two come, I'll kill a pair!"
"Can't you stop boasting? Don't you understand the saying, 'It's easy to dodge an open spear, but hard to guard against a hidden arrow'?"
Madam Su glared at him with wide eyes, "Oh, and about you knowing martial arts, keep it a secret if you can! The more enemies underestimate you, the more opportunities you'll have to take them down!"
"Mm-hmm."
Shen Jing agreed casually, then asked with a half-smile: "Is that why you two, Mother and daughter, don't show your martial arts to outsiders?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Madam Su snorted lightly, showing a proud expression unbefitting her age, "This old woman, a dignified First-Rank Imperial Lady, needs to display martial arts?"
"Mm-hmm, you're right."
Shen Jing gave a perfunctory smile, too lazy to delve deeper.
Everyone has their secrets, don't they?
As long as the mother and daughter weren't trying to harm him, that was fine!