Chapter 284 Escape
Xia Zihan no longer hesitated, and stabbed Nuan Xia's heart with the sword in her hand, only to hear a puff and the sound of the sword's blade being like flesh.
"You...you actually killed...killed me?" Nuan Xia couldn't believe that her always delicate and kind-hearted master dared to kill someone.
Xia Zihan's eyes were cold, he drew out the sword, and blood spurted out far away.
Nuan Xia collapsed on the ground, her body twitched for a while, and then she could no longer move
"When the refugees retreat, throw her into a mass grave."
This kind of slave who betrays his master deserves to die and become food for wild beasts, ending up with no bones left.
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Five or six refugees also rushed into Zeng's yard. However, before they could enter the house, they were quietly killed by Zhuo's secret guards.
A refugee also broke into the guest house where Mrs. Xu was, and even broke into Mrs. Xu's room.
Xu was sitting on the kang with the three sisters of the Xia family, as well as the maids and women, talking in a low voice. When they saw the refugees coming in, their eyes turned green when they looked at them, and they raised their swords to chop.
Xu's face turned pale with fright, her hands moved faster than her brain, and she subconsciously pushed the people around her towards the refugees.
"Ah, second aunt, don't..."
Xia Zilan was shocked and turned pale. She quickly grabbed Xu's hand that pushed her with her little hand, "Second Aunt, I'm afraid, don't send me to death. I don't want to die, wuwu..."
Mrs. Xu twisted her little hand hard and scolded, "Don't hold me, let go."
She had to run for her life while the refugees were killing other people. She didn't want to die, she wanted to live.
Just as Xu and Xia Zilan were pulling, they suddenly heard a muffled groan, and then the sound of someone falling to the ground.
The shocked Xu and others saw that the refugee had been beheaded and fell to the ground, with blood spurting several meters away.
And the head... I don't know when, it landed at Mrs. Xu's feet, and the pair of unblinking eyes stared at Mrs. Xu seriously.
Xu seemed to feel it and shuddered.
She looked down and saw those eyes, "Ah..." She screamed in fright, her vision went dark, and she fainted.
Xia Zilan then let go of her hand, but there was a hint of hatred in her eyes as she stared at Mrs. Xu. Her mouth was tightly pursed, her face was covered with tears, and her expression was filled with lingering fear and shock.
After the secret guards killed the refugees, they flew away.
There was a dead person in the room, as well as a bloody and horrifying head. Xia Ziying and others did not dare to stay here, so they moved Mrs. Xu to the wing together with the mothers-in-law.
Xia Ziying ordered a little maid to find Xia Zihan quickly, "Just say that my mother has fainted, and ask the second sister to find Dr. Bai."
"Slave...slave...there are refugees outside, how can I get there?" The little maid was timid and refused to go.
Xia Ziying just wiped away her tears. The pear blossoms were covered with rain. I felt pity for her, "What about my mother? My mother hasn't woken up yet. If my mother gets scared, I...how can I explain to my father?"
Then there was a burst of crying, but I didn't dare to cry too loudly.
Xia Ziying's eldest maid Yafang persuaded her, "Girl, don't cry. There is chaos outside now. Even if you go out, you may not be able to find the second girl."
A nun couldn't help complaining, "The second girl knew that my wife and several girls were here, and there were refugees in the yard, but she didn't send a few more people to protect them."
"Aren't there a dozen women in the yard? The refugee may have avoided the eyes of the women and sneaked into the house." Xia Ziqing said.
Xia Ziying cried softly and went to shake Mrs. Xu, "Mom, wake up quickly, mother... wu wu..."
Xia Zilan pursed her lips and said in a childish voice, "Third sister, if you keep crying, the bad guys will hear you and we will all die."
Xia Ziying choked and couldn't cry anymore.
It wasn't until dawn that all the refugees in Chu's house were cleaned up.
The fox also captured a few alive, but before they could be interrogated, those people bit the poisonous naan on their gums and bled to death.
The fox kicked the corpse on the ground and said, "My subordinates have found out that a group of mysterious people are leading the refugees to rebel, and one-third of the tens of thousands of refugees are their people. Look at what they are doing today." Reach out, there should be some dead soldiers and some soldiers.”
"The person who is chasing the second princess is a dead soldier?" Xia Zihan asked.
The fox hummed, "The guards around the second princess are all very strong in martial arts, and it would be difficult for a thousand ordinary refugees to get close to them."
But not long after the group of refugees appeared yesterday, the second princess suffered heavy losses, and the servants around her were hacked to death one after another.
If it weren't for the group of confidant maids and women who protected the second princess, Princess Qinghui, from the knife, they might not have survived to come to the door of Chu's house to ask for help.
The fox said, "I'm afraid the second princess and her family were not the only ones who were chased last night."
What's the meaning?
Could it be that someone is deliberately disturbing the capital.
Xia Zihan's whole body trembled violently, and a chill emerged from the soles of his feet.
Who is so cold-blooded, actually using the blood of a group of poor people to achieve their goals.
"County Lord, Zheng Qing is back." A guard ran over, "All the refugees on the street were cleared by the officers and soldiers. The emperor issued an imperial edict and posted it at the gate of the government office."
Imperial decree?
It's nothing more than some high-sounding words to appease the people. "How is the small courtyard?" Xia Zihan asked with concern.
The guard said, "A few refugees broke in, but Zheng Qing and the others beat them out."
So it's okay?
After a night of fighting, the entire Chu residence was in chaos. Xia Zihan recruited Manager Lu, He Donglin, and several stewards from the inner courtyard to make important arrangements in advance.
"First count the number of casualties. There must be a lot of injured people. I'm afraid the master has not enough medicinal materials. Captain He, please send a few uninjured guards to several large pharmacies to buy medicinal materials."
I'm afraid I won't be able to buy it if I go late.
"Second Housekeeper Cui, Mother Wang, please first count the number of broken utensils at home, register the losses in a book, and then take them out from the warehouse and add them."
Then he told Mr. Lu, "For the casualties, the guards will receive the same pension as last time. The servants and maids will receive fifty taels of silver each, and the stewards will receive one hundred taels of silver."
But this time, she would not go out of her way to pick up the wife and children of the deceased guard to work in the house.
However, it cannot be ignored.
She thought for a moment and then said, "If the guards have wives and children, please take them to the village to work. If you see which village in the house is short of people, arrange them to come in, but you have to tell them that we don't support them in the village." Idle people.”
"Old slave understands." Mr. Lu said, "It just so happens that the old lady is short of people at a village in Qing'an Town. We can arrange for a few people to come in."
"Well, that's good. You have to handle this matter properly." After all, it is for the family members of the people whose safety is lost in the house. The Chu family will not treat each other badly.
"A few years ago, you see if there is anything for sale in Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city. Let's buy one and arrange for Mrs. Chen's family to work there."
It has been a year since Mrs. Chen and her group came to the mansion, but they still cannot get along with the servants in the mansion, and they have no loyalty to her and her grandmother. Apart from doing things every day, they only care about their own interests and gains and losses.
Just last night, the daughter-in-law of the Chen family took advantage of the chaos to sneak into her room. As soon as she opened the door curtain, Chu Cang grabbed her by the throat.
Da Ya said that she was frightened by the refugees outside, so she panicked and ran to the wrong place.
Such a lame excuse, huh...
Da Ya refused to admit stealing, and Chu Pang had no real evidence, so he had to let her go in the end.
If this group of people is not well-raised, sooner or later it will be a problem.
It would be better to send them out of the house early.
After what happened in Nuan Xia, Xia Zihan realized that some people couldn't stay by her side.
A person can only commit a thief for a thousand days, but there is no one who can guard against a thief for a thousand days.
Don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what happens.
It's better to be cautious.
This time she suffered the loss of Nuan Xia, and the cost was the death of so many servants. They were all servants trained by her grandmother through hard work, but it was because she did not act decisively to kill Nuan Xia that she became the servant. their death.
This kind of loss is enough once, and she cannot suffer it a second time.
After Manager Lu and others went down, Chu Kui came to report, "County Master, the second princess is looking for you."
The second princess was thinking about her youngest son who was still in the second prince's palace, and wanted to go back in a hurry, but Ao Tianchen was seriously injured and could not move, so she had to leave him in the Chu residence to recuperate.
"Chen'er, I'll leave it to you." The second princess held Xia Zihan's hand and said gratefully.
"Concubine, I will go back with you. I miss my father and my fifth brother." Princess Qinghui said.
It was so chaotic yesterday. I don't know if the refugees broke into the Second Prince's Mansion. If the refugees did... Those foxy girls couldn't help themselves when they saw that she was not in the house, and they became a little bit evil, then...
When the second princess thought of her eight-year-old son, she frowned anxiously, "Chu Yu, help me arrange a carriage."
"Well, I will send someone to make arrangements right now, and I will send some escorts to take the second princess back."
The second princess nodded and did not refuse.
Although the homeless people on the streets have been cleared, what if there are still fish that have slipped through the net?
Soon, the carriage was ready, and Zheng Qing personally led thirty guards to escort the Second Princess and Princess Qinghui back to the Second Prince's Mansion.
Qi Mei, Qi Lan and Chu Xing and Chu Fei also went together, and they were able to serve the second princess and her daughter in the car.
Not long after the carriage of the second princess left, He Donglin hurriedly came to report, "County Master, all the medicinal materials for analgesic, hemostasis and wound treatment in the capital pharmacy have been sold out. Our people are late."
"My subordinate wanted to ask Zheng Yan to take people to the surrounding towns to buy it, but the city gate was closed tightly."
With such a big thing happening yesterday, the city gate would not dare to be opened easily again, and there would be no peace outside the city.
In the city, there was a bloody aura permeating the entire capital, and even the air was red.
The streets were full of officers and soldiers, cleaning up the corpses of refugees and civilians. The mountains of corpses were shocking and chilling.
The people who had lost their loved ones were looking for their relatives on the mountain of corpses in grief. He couldn't help but shed tears when he saw the cries full of sadness.
(End of chapter)