Chapter 556: Massacre
Half an hour later.
The dozens of people in the entire Yushi Mansion were all eliminated by a dozen secret guards.
Under the maids, people’s corpses were lying in various places in the house, and the scene was extremely bloody.
Yan Li stood in the front yard with a white iron sword in her hand, covered in blood, looking at the scene in front of her expressionlessly, as if her mind had triggered some kind of cold isolation mechanism, and she could not see her at all. At this moment, is it sadness or despair?
A dozen secret guards held bloody long knives in their hands and slowly walked up to her and reported, "My Lady, as you ordered, everyone in the house has been eliminated. What are your next instructions?"
"Burn it for me. After burning the backup carriage, escort me back to Kyoto overnight, and then another A few people outside spread rumors to me, saying that in order to go against the Crown Prince, Gu Chan sent a killer to the Yushi Mansion to kill me. As a result, I was rescued by you, and the killer he sent killed the Yushi Mansion. Dozens of people caused this tragedy." Yan Li ordered coldly.
“Yes, empress.” More than a dozen secret guards responded in unison.
Then they divided several people to set fire, while others left the Yushi Mansion and spread rumors throughout Jiangnan City overnight.
After a fire broke out in the Yushi Mansion, several guards rode fast horses and drove a carriage to escort Yan Li away quietly.
Sitting slumped in the carriage, Yanli did not cry or fuss, but just let the tears roll down silently from her eyes. It truly proved the saying, that is: when a person is extremely sad, he cannot cry at all. .
More than an hour later.
When Yan Lidu had successfully left the city under the protection of the secret guards and rushed towards Kyoto.
Xu Ziguang, the newly appointed patrol yamen commander, led all the officials to check the scene. However, the fire was too strong and could not be extinguished in a short time. He could only stand outside the Yushi Mansion and watch. Everyone put out the fire, but they were extremely helpless.
“Damn it, I’ve only been in office for three days, how can I encounter such a big case? Even the imperial censor’s mansion was burned down. How can I do that?”
After watching it for a while, Xu Ziguang muttered angrily.
He never imagined that he had just been promoted by Gu Chan for three days and his buttocks were still feeling hot! The Censor's Mansion was burned to such a degree. What worried him the most was that no one in the Censor's Mansion had run out yet. If something happened to Yan Xishan and others, he would Trouble.
Just when he was feeling uncomfortable, an official came over quickly and reported, "Sir, the fire has reduced a bit, and our people also rescued some people from the front yard, but..."
“Don’t be hesitant, just say what you have to say.” Xu Ziguang said with a stiff face.
"They are all dead, and they are all burnt black. Judging from the situation, there may be no living people in the Yushi Mansion tonight." The official said in a solemn tone.
Xu Ziguang's eyes suddenly widened and he was extremely surprised.
You know, there are dozens of people in the Yushi Mansion! If there really were no living people, wouldn't it be a massacre? Now Gu Chan has not found a suitable candidate for the county magistrate, and the position of Jiangnancheng county magistrate is still vacant. If he really wants to investigate this massacre, won't this matter have to fall on him, the patrol yamen commander?
Thinking of this, Xu Ziguang immediately shouted anxiously, "Hurry, take people in to search, no matter what, rescue Master Yu Shiyan first, he can't die!"
"Yes, sir." The official responded hurriedly.
Then he led everyone into the Yushi Mansion, and while putting out the fire, he dragged out the corpses one by one, and searched for Yan Xishan in the sea of fire.
After dawn, the fire in Yushi Mansion was finally put out completely.
At this time, the Yushi Mansion had long been burned into ruins, and dozens of charred corpses were placed outside.
Xu Ziguang led Zuo Zuo forward to confirm one by one, and finally found the bodies of Yan Xishan and Bai Xi among the dozens of charred corpses. Wu Zuo said in a deep voice, "Sir, the murderer is too cruel. Master Yan's fatal wound was on his heart, his wife's fatal wound was on her abdomen, and these dozens of maids and servants were all killed with one knife, that is to say , they only set fire to it after they were killed. "
" ." Xu Ziguang waved his hand.
An officer almost nodded in agreement, and immediately returned to the patrol yamen to organize manpower, and began to blockade Jiangnan City and conduct a rigorous search.
Following Xu Ziguang's instructions, Wu Zuo led a team of people to temporarily send the dozens of corpses to Yizhuang for preservation, and did not dare to bury the corpses easily.
On the other side, inside the lord's mansion.
At this time, Gu Chan was still lying on the bed in the room, fast asleep.
“Bang bang bang…”
Yuan Jie quickly ran to the door, reached out and knocked anxiously on the door.
Gu Suan woke up from his sleep, lying on the bed and yelling angrily, "What's going on so early in the morning?"
"Master, get up quickly, something serious has happened." Yuan Jie said anxiously outside the door.
"Oh! It's so annoying." Gu Chan said angrily.
After saying that, she got up with a look of displeasure on her face, put on her clothes, and then slowly and leisurely went to open the door.
As soon as the door was opened, Yuan Jie stared at her and said, "Master, it's bad, Yan Xishan's family was wiped out last night."
"Huh?" Gu Chan was dumbfounded.
"Xu Ziguang led people to put out the fire all night last night. In the morning, the fire in the Yushi Mansion was completely extinguished. However, there were more than 40 people in the Yushi Mansion, none of them survived, and they were all burned. It became coke!" Yuan Jie explained.
Gu Chan came back to her senses, her face turned as white as paper.
Seeing that there was only half a month left before she and Zuo Wangfeng were conducting military exercises and offensive and defensive battles. At this juncture, Yan Xishan's family was wiped out. This was undoubtedly a big deal for her. What a blow!
After all, Yan Xishan is the censor of the capital of Jiangnan, and his status is only below her, the lord of Jiangnan. The officials, merchants and wealthy families in Jiangnan may deny her face, but they will never deny Yan Xishan face.
Now that Yan Xishan is dead, who can she rely on to control so many people who have their own agendas?
Yuan Jie was about to speak, but at this moment, a maid ran over in a hurry and shouted anxiously, "Lord, it's not good, something big has happened. Patrol the Yamen Lord Commander Xu led a group of officers and soldiers to block the door of the mansion, saying that they wanted to arrest you for questioning!"
"Huh?" Gu Chan just came back to his senses, and now he had a look on his face. Confused.
Yuan Jie also raised her eyes and looked at the maid, with her mouth wide open and speechless in shock. She wondered if Xu Ziguang had taken the wrong medicine and was so courageous that he dared to bring people over to arrest Gu Chan for questioning. ?
After Gu Chan was stunned for a few seconds, she didn't have time to think about it anymore, and immediately ran towards the gate of the Lord's Mansion with Yuan Jie.