The young lady might be foolish, but the servants weren’t. Third Master’s North City Military Commissioner office was just a few alleys away.

Tangyuan and Second Miss’s personal maid Xinghua held up the Second Miss from both sides and hurried her out of Baoyu Pavilion into a carriage.

Yan Sanhe waited for the carriage to leave before grabbing the man in her hands, dragging him as she walked outside.

These young nobles when going out, nine times out of ten rode horses. If her luck was good, perhaps she could leave smoothly like last time.

Reaching the street, Yan Sanhe realized her thinking was wrong.

It was broad daylight now, the streets and alleys were full of people. Even if she successfully mounted a horse, she couldn’t run fast.

What to do?

Just as she was caught in this internal struggle, she heard someone nearby cry out in alarm.

“How can this be Young Master Xu?”

“Who is Young Master Xu?”

“The only son of Left Vice Minister of Justice Xu Lai!”

Left Vice Minister of Justice?

Though Yan Sanhe didn’t understand what rank this official held, it sounded like a high position. She just didn’t know compared to the Xie family, which official position was higher.

That person from the Xie family… seemed to have entered the Cabinet!

Her heart stirred, and she decided not to run.

“Young Master Xu, you molested our Xie family’s young lady and injured our Xie family’s guards first. I wounded you and held you hostage second.”

Her voice was very loud. The common people watching from afar heard clearly and were all shocked.

Which Xie family?

Could it be the household of Cabinet Minister Xie Daozhi?

“The matter itself isn’t major. How about we call it even, turn a major matter into a minor one, a minor matter into nothing.”

Yan Sanhe always planned before acting.

With these few sentences, the people on the street were all witnesses. Even if the Xie household’s official rank couldn’t compare to the Xu family’s, in court she would still occupy the position of being in the right.

Having said this, she put away her dagger, tossed the person toward his escorts, and stood straight-backed in the middle of the street.

“Call it even, my ass!”

The son of Left Vice Minister of Justice Xu Lai was named Xu Sheng—a lecherous demon who feared neither heaven nor earth. Molesting a woman was nothing; he even dared to kidnap them home to rape and kill them.

“Seize her for me!”

This bitch’s kick was truly fucking ruthless—the pain was killing him.

Ouch, ouch!

When the master gave the word, the escorts dared not disobey. Five or six people surrounded her, encircling Yan Sanhe completely.

Why did throwing out the Xie household’s golden signboard have no use at all?

Yan Sanhe gritted her teeth. Since it was useless, then let’s do this.

Those two guards’ footwork wouldn’t be too slow. Delay for however long she could.

She held the dagger across her chest and smiled faintly.

“Attack!”

The Xu household’s escorts were all trained fighters. Earlier was because their master was in Yan Sanhe’s hands. Now with no concerns, each one struck more ruthlessly than the last.

Yan Sanhe’s ability to capture that Xu fellow used the same methods as when she captured Xie Erli last time: first, relying on the element of surprise; second, relying on quick strikes.

In a real one-on-one fight, she didn’t have that stamina. Moreover, she was facing a gang of vicious thugs—in just a few moves, she fell at a disadvantage.

At this moment, one escort thrust his dagger forward. Yan Sanhe had no choice but to bend at the waist. The dagger sliced past her hair, barely missing.

Another escort extended his leg and kicked viciously. Yan Sanhe’s calf took the pain, and she fell down.

As her long hair fell loose, a dagger was already pressed horizontally under her neck, frightening the surrounding common people into gasps.

“Master, we’ve captured her. How should we deal with her?”

“Kill her for me…”

The words suddenly caught.

The woman before him sat sprawled on the ground. Her originally high-bound long hair draped over her shoulders, revealing a jade-white face, a pair of bright black eyes like inlaid pearls.

Beautiful beyond breath.

Xu Sheng signaled for a servant to quickly help him up. “Killing her would be a waste. Bring her back to…”

“Master, she’s from the Xie family.” The servant supporting Xu Sheng said in a low voice.

Xu Sheng’s face flashed with malice.

Taking someone from the Xie family back to the Xu household indeed wasn’t appropriate. If someone died, it wouldn’t be easy to explain.

But the Ministry of Justice was his father’s territory. Raping someone to death in the prison—even if the Jade Emperor himself came, there’d be nothing to say!

“Take her to the Ministry of Justice.”

Xu Sheng forcibly endured the pain in his lower body, grunting toward the surrounding onlookers: “I, Xu Sheng, never abuse my power to bully others. I’m going to hand you over to the authorities.”

Hearing these words, the escorts’ lips simultaneously twitched.

Once inside the Ministry of Justice, what way out did this little spitfire have?

After the master played with her, he might even reward them a turn.

This body of delicate skin and tender flesh—absolutely gorgeous!

Yan Sanhe observed the escorts’ expressions, the knuckles of her clenched fist turning white, cracking audibly.

This Xu fellow could molest women in the street—clearly, how many women’s innocence and wronged souls stained his hands.

She calculated the distance between herself and that bastard young master, suddenly rolled three or four times on the ground, then extended a foot.

“Ahhh—”

Xu Sheng screamed miserably, clutching his manhood, rolling all over the street.

The escorts grabbed Yan Sanhe on one side while going to help their own young master on the other.

But how could they help? Their master rolled back and forth in pain, completely unable to stop, only shouting through his mouth.

“Beat her to death… beat her to death… beat her to death for me…”

When the master commanded beating, who dared not listen?

Fists hammered down. Yan Sanhe’s hands clutched her head tightly.

She wasn’t afraid, nor did she feel guilty. She only regretted that kick’s force was still a bit too light—she hadn’t crippled that Xu fellow completely, preventing him from harming other women.

Just at this moment, someone in the crowd who wasn’t afraid of death shouted.

“Stop beating! If you beat her to death, first save your master’s manhood—that’s more important.”

Right!

The young master was the Xu family’s only heir. If something happened…

“Quickly find an imperial physician for the young master!”

“Where should the imperial physician go?”

“Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Justice.”

“Take that bitch to the Ministry of Justice too.”

The escorts all spoke at once, working frantically—those who carried carried, those who escorted escorted.

Yan Sanhe felt something flowing down from her forehead. She struggled to reach up and touch it—her hand was covered in blood.

…

North City Military Commissioner.

A blade-carrying soldier rushed into the inner office.

“Third Master, Third Master.”

Third Master had just planned to steal a moment of leisure for a sip of tea. Hearing the person’s ghostly shouting, he knew this tea was undrinkable.

“Speak. What’s happened outside?”

“Third Master, your household’s Second Miss is waiting outside the office?”

How could she come here?

Xie Zhifei’s instinct said this wasn’t good. He tossed the teacup in his hand and rushed out.

Zhu Qing and Ding Yi quickly followed.

At the office entrance, Xie Wanshu anxiously looked left and right. The person who went to announce had been gone for ages—why hadn’t Third Brother come yet?

Tangyuan, sharp-eyed, said, “Second Miss, Third Master is here.”

Xie Wanshu looked and couldn’t care about propriety or decorum anymore. Lifting her skirt hem, she flew toward him.

Reaching close, before words could leave her mouth, tears fell first in patters.

“What’s this about?”

Xie Zhifei frowned tightly. “Tell Third Brother, who bullied you?”

“Third Brother!”

Xie Wanshu still lowered her head crying miserably. Living this long, she’d never experienced such things—frightened senseless.

“Third Master.”

Tangyuan panicked. “Just now Second Miss was molested at Baoyu Pavilion. Those people even injured two of our Xie household’s guards. It was Miss Yan who held that person hostage with a dagger that we were able to escape.”

“What?”

Xie Zhifei couldn’t believe his own ears at all.

Baoyu Pavilion was right in his North City Military Commissioner’s jurisdiction. There were actually people not afraid of death who dared provoke him?

Xie Zhifei said angrily, “Who was that person?”

Tangyuan: “This servant doesn’t know.”

Guards: “We’ve never seen him either.”

Xie Zhifei’s heart grew anxious. “Then where is Yan Sanhe now?”

Tangyuan shook her head, her voice also carrying sobs. “Miss Yan told us to leave first. Third Master, quickly go save her—if you’re late, it’ll be too late.”

“…”

A surge of angry energy became stuck in Xie Sanye’s chest.

He suddenly inhaled sharply. “Ding Yi, escort Second Miss home.”

“Yes!”

“Zhu Qing, we’re leaving!”

Just as his words fell, someone suddenly jumped down from a horse at the office entrance and rushed over like a madman.

“Xie Wushi, you’re not fucking going anywhere—stop right there for me!”