The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1988: Are There Not Enough Assassins?

Chapter 1988: Chapter 1988: Are There Not Enough Assassins?

"If things continue to develop this way, not to mention the lady, even the family head will be implicated," he said.

"Have you found out if this really was the lady’s doing?" Yue Chong ground his teeth as he questioned the guard.

In fact, he didn’t need to ask since he had already determined that the assassins must have been sent by Luo Mianyi; however, he wanted to know if others could trace the connection between the assassins and Luo Mianyi.

"Reporting to the family head, subordinates have confirmed that those assassins were influenced by Nanny Liu from the lady’s entourage to go to the Eldest Young Master’s courtyard," the guard replied.

"Nanny Liu..."

As Yue Chong murmured the old woman’s name, a flicker of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

"You go, don’t let Nanny Liu speak again."

He ordered the guard.

"Yes, family head."

The guard responded without feeling any error in Yue Chong’s command.

To them, Nanny Liu, who was at fault in this matter, deserved death, and it was her honor to take the blame for her master.

Watching the guard leave, Yue Chong took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, and prepared to head to Luo Mianyi’s courtyard.

...

"What did you say? Failed, how could it have failed?"

Luo Mianyi looked incredulously at the nanny before her, gripping her collar with one hand as she questioned.

She had asked Nanny Liu to gather so many assassins as a precaution, fearing Lin Caisang and the others’ spiritual powers were good enough to escape.

Therefore, she was willing to spend so much money to hire so many assassins.

But who could tell her why, with so many people, they still failed? Were those people just eating for free? They couldn’t even kill Yue Chushui!

These people had only been cultivating spiritual powers for a short while.

"Tell me, how could it have failed? Were there not enough assassins, or were they not powerful enough?" she demanded, looking at the nanny before her.

"My lady, now is not the time to debate whether there were enough assassins,"

The nanny, hearing Luo Mianyi’s words, was almost amused to death, looking at her master with a face full of bitterness and deep hatred.

She’d never seen such a careless master before. At a time like this, she was still concerned about that? Didn’t she realize that with things having escalated to this point, the Eldest Young Master would not let her off easily?

"The Eldest Young Master and his guests are currently leading those assassins this way. Nobody can stop them," she said.

"What? Coming... coming this way?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Mianyi’s eyelids twitched, and she felt extremely troubled.

"Why should he come here, what does it have to do with me? It’s the assassins who want to kill him; let him deal with those assassins."

Her words betrayed her uneasy conscience. After all, those assassins had been instructed by Nanny Liu to find them, and if anything went wrong, she would be the one to suffer.

Thinking of Nanny Liu, her eyes turned sharp.

"Where’s Nanny Liu? Where did she go?" she asked.

"Nanny Liu heard some rumors just now, and she must have gone to check the situation," the nanny speculated.

If it had been her, she would have hidden at the first hint of such news, not letting anyone find her.

These major family affairs, those of us who work as nannies understand best. When the masters get into trouble, to avoid consequences, someone close usually takes the fall.

She guessed this time would be no different.

Was Nanny Liu not hurrying to find a place to hide, waiting instead to find death?