Seeing Tu Feibai shoot Ding Jingman, Yu Yi was both shocked and angry.
She couldn’t understand why Tu Feibai would kill Ding Jingman. Then she saw Ding Jingman on the ground slowly moving, seemingly trying to prop herself up, with a large pool of warm liquid quickly forming beneath her.
Ding Jingman was still alive!
Yu Yi had learned basic first aid during her idle days. If Ding Jingman could receive timely treatment, she might survive. She hesitated only for a moment before putting away her glasses and rushing out of Gong Shi’s house towards Tu Feibai’s.
The two houses were adjacent, and Yu Yi quickly reached the gate. Soldiers who heard the gunshot had four men go to check what happened, with two soldiers still at the entrance. Seeing Yu Yi running, they raised their guns and ordered her to stop.
Yu Yi hurriedly stopped: “I’m A Ju, who used to serve the commander’s third concubine A Ju.”
The two soldiers, having heard gunshots, didn’t dare to be careless and still pointed their guns at Yu Yi. The four soldiers who went to investigate soon returned, saying the commander had fired the shot and told them not to interfere, so they didn’t dare ask more.
Only then did the two soldiers lower their guns.
Yu Yi said, “Brothers, could you let A Ju in? A Ju is worried about the commander.”
One soldier said, “The commander is in a rage right now. It’s best you don’t go in. Besides, wasn’t that maid who ran away you? Why did you run away and then come back?”
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Seeing they wouldn’t let her in, Yu Yi turned away disappointedly, then circled to the back of the mansion and climbed over the wall. She understood that even if they let her in, Tu Feibai would not allow her to save Ding Jingman.
The servants, frightened by the gunshot, were timid. Soldiers who entered to inquire were driven downstairs by Tu Feibai, who scolded a few bold servants trying to understand what happened upstairs, telling them to go back to work. Fearing Tu Feibai’s anger, the servants gathered in the kitchen to discuss the matter.
