Chapter 390 Cutting off ears
When the refugee incident occurred, after a killer pretended to be a refugee and besieged Chu's house, Xia Zihan became more defensive. When repairing the yard, she secretly ordered the secret guards to dig a secret room in Zeng's yard.
The entrance and exit of the secret room is in the toilet that no one can imagine.
Although the secret room is right next to the toilet, the smell cannot be transmitted in, and the secret door is sealed tightly. The ventilation holes are designed in the cracks of the rockery in Zeng's yard.
The gap is so narrow that only a three-year-old child can fit in, and adults generally don't pay attention there.
As for the people who knew about this secret room, apart from Xia Zihan's secret guards, only a few personal maids and mothers-in-law around them knew about it, and not even the lady in charge of the house knew about it.
Qingya and Hongmei clean and tidy up everything in the secret room on weekdays.
A few days ago, the emperor was in danger of being poisoned, so Xia Zihan ordered Hongmei to put some food into the secret room, just in case.
Unexpectedly, something really happened.
Fortunately, with this secret room, the three mothers and sons of the Zhuo family and the Zeng family would be fine. However, Xia Zihan was afraid that there would be accidents, so he let the Zeng family, Zhuo family, and others live in the secret room.
"The emperor has passed away, and the court must be in chaos now. What if..." Xia Zihan paused after saying this, "What if the Lu family takes power, aunt, I will find a way to send you and the second and third sons away." When you go to Shuimu City, you will never fall into the hands of the Lu family.”
"Ayu, good boy, my aunt is not afraid. Even if she falls into their hands, the worst she can do is give her life to them." Mrs. Zhuo said, looking at the twins with distress, her eyes full of reluctance, "If we, mother and son, really fall into the mainland, In the hands of family members, we I am afraid that all five members of my family will have no way to survive. I can't let the three of us, mother and son, drag down the two of them. What if... what if that day comes? Ayu, don't worry about us. The Lu family is very powerful. You fight. But them.”
If we really get to that point, if we don't want the whole family to be ruined, I'm afraid there is only one way to go.
The three of them, mother and son, could only go to Huangquan Road first to clear the way for them.
A trace of determination flashed in Zhuo's eyes.
Mrs. Zeng hugged the third child and scolded Mrs. Zhuo, "What nonsense are you talking about? We are a family. How can we watch your third daughter in danger and ignore her?"
Then, she approved Xia Zihan's decision, "Let's just say it. You two mothers will stay here with my old lady for a few days. When it's peaceful outside, we can go out again. In these few days, let Yu Niang stay here." Let’s get some information from outside.”
Originally, Mrs. Zeng did not plan to live in the secret room. She was worried about Xia Zihan being alone outside. It was obvious that Mrs. Zhuo did not want to stay, so she used staying here with her as an excuse to keep the three mothers and sons of Zhuo.
However, she was always worried that Xia Zihan would be alone outside, so she pulled Xia Zihan and gave her many instructions, "Grandma knows that you are good at martial arts, but you can't be brave and run away if you can't fight. This There is nothing to be ashamed of. You can’t risk your life just to show off your strength.”
"Yu Niang, grandma is waiting for you here. You must be safe and sound."
"Well, grandma, don't worry, I'll be fine."
Seeing Xia Zihan's determination, she could not relax.
The emperor has passed away, and there may be chaos in the palace at the moment.
I hope the queen and the eldest prince are fine, otherwise...the Chu family, the Chu family, the Xia family, the Dou family, and the Liao family who are friends with the Chu family will all lose their lives.
Xia Zihan also thought of this and decided to go out to find out the news. He could not just sit back and wait for death.
When Xia Zihan went out, Qingya and Hongmei followed him.
With such a big thing happening in Chu's house, everyone in Zeng's yard can't help but show up, right?
Outside, Doctor Bai Yuexi was busy running around, treating and bandaging the wounds of all the injured people.
The most seriously injured person was He Donglin.
He was stabbed twice on the back, and once on the arm. One arm was almost chopped off from the bottom of the shoulder. The bones were chopped off, and the tendons were also chopped off. Only some skin and flesh were still attached to the shoulder. It was shocking to watch, too miserable to look at.
Doctor Bai is a stumbling block.
Staring at the unconscious and pale He Donglin, he stamped his feet and said, "I just asked for two hundred-year-old Dipsacus stems from the eldest prince. I haven't even warmed them up yet, and they're about to be used by this kid like you."
Dipsacus is the most important medicinal material for making Black Jade Dipsacus Paste. The more years of Dipsacus Dipsacus, the better the effect of Black Jade Dipsacus Paste will be.
Last time, he made black jade intermittent ointment, but because he didn't make much, it had already been used up, and the dipod used was only fifty-year-old.
That is already very rare.
Unexpectedly, this time he accidentally discovered two Dipsacus stems that were hundreds of years old in the palace's medicinal material storehouse, which made him extremely happy.
You know, there is no shortage of Duan Duan Mountain, but it is difficult to find Duan Duan that is more than ten years old, let alone one that is hundreds of years old.
Because the medicinal materials were rare, Old Man Bai still thought of staying for a while to make black jade intermittent ointment. Unexpectedly, in less than a day, Chu's house was besieged by hundreds of killers.
And I am afraid that his hundreds of years of discontinuity will not be retained.
Old Man Bai sighed and stared at He Donglin with blazing eyes.
Xia Zihan entered the room and saw old man Bai with an angry face, blowing his beard and staring. She walked over and said, "Master, what's wrong? Who made you angry?"
"Who else could it be?" Old Man Bai glared, "If I know who sent someone to cause trouble in Chu's house, I will definitely make him walk away without food."
With that gnashing of teeth attitude, Xia Zihan silently lit a candle for the person behind the scenes. It's not good to offend anyone, but Doctor Bai. You know, he is not only good at saving people, but also good at killing people, and he is the kind of person who kills without blood.
In this room, old man Bai went to make black jade ointment all night. Bai Yuexi was also there, helping the master make some medicine to relieve pain, stop bleeding and heal injuries.
After Xia Zihan visited all the injured, he went to comfort the servants who were still alive in the mansion. There were not many survivors, and most of them were on duty in the kitchen and backyard. When the incident happened, the people in the kitchen were The servant hid in the wine cellar and vegetable cellar in time and escaped with his life.
And the front yard...
Almost all the maids, wives and servants on duty in the front yard were dead. Manager Lu was seriously injured and has not woken up yet.
Fortunately, the second steward Cui gave Xia Zihan the order. He went to Zhuangzi a few days ago to discuss with the head of the farm about planting fruit trees and adding greenhouses, but he was busy and never came back.
When he left, he also took several young servants from the front yard with him to help in the village. He was afraid that the people in the village would be too busy, otherwise more people would die in the front yard.
Xia Zihan looked at the mountains of corpses piled up in the yard illuminated by the fire. Many of the people inside were familiar faces. They were still alive and kicking yesterday, but they died without a sound today. They were miserable.
Xia Zihan's heart was filled with sadness, and his eyes were a little moist.
She choked with sobs and whispered to Hua She, "Calculate how many people we have died in total, and tell the people below that the Chu family will give a generous burial to those who died protecting the Lord, and will also provide a generous pension. ”
Everyone is dead, so what if you have money? No amount of money can save a living life.
These people died due to the struggle for power by the people above. The man behind the scenes was really hateful. For his own selfishness and for the sake of gaining power over the world, he did not take human life seriously.
If such a cruel and ruthless person really became the emperor, I am afraid that the people in the whole world would have no way of living.
Xia Zihan sighed.
The next day, when it was time to open the city gate, the city gate was not opened and was tightly closed.
Xia Zihan sent Chu Fei and Hua She out to inquire about the news.
An hour later, Hua Snake came back to report that the palace gate was closed. The courtiers who went to the palace to attend court yesterday did not come back all night. No one knew what was going on in the palace now.
But it is true that the emperor died.
But the news brought by Chu Fei made Xia Zihan panic.
It turned out that yesterday afternoon, assassins were not only present in the Chu residence, but also in the offices of six cabinet ministers.
The guards in their house were all killed by assassins in one noon, and their wives, children, and parents were all taken away by assassins.
According to some people, he was taken into the palace.
Also, when Ao Tianchen was assassinated, a major event also happened in the Second Prince's Mansion.
The concubine of the second prince's palace captured the family of a second-class maid next to the second princess, and forced the maid to give the second princess the ecstasy. Then, the unconscious second prince's palace was sent out of the second prince's palace by the concubine, waiting for Ao Tianchen. After returning to the house, the whereabouts of the second princess had long been unknown.
After a thorough investigation, the head of the second-class maid was found.
That maid was the second princess's confidant, and she remembered the second princess' kindness in promoting her, but among her family and the second princess, she chose her family.
During Ao Tianchen's interrogation, the girl felt guilty, so she tried everything, even the concubine. In a rage, Ao Tianchen used the lives of the concubine's two biological children to force the concubine to tell the truth. The whereabouts of the princess.
The concubine gritted her teeth at first and said nothing. She was sure that Ao Tianchen would not dare to kill her own children. Even if they were the concubines of the second prince, they were still the blood of the royal family and were very precious. Even if Ao Tianchen is the legitimate son, he doesn't dare to kill his hands and feet at will.
Otherwise, a reputation for cruelty and cruelty will spread.
However, just when the concubine was feeling proud, Ao Tianchen swung the sword in his hand, and the ear of the concubine's son was cut off by Ao Tianchen.
The child, who was only thirteen years old this year, was still immature. As soon as his ear was cut off, he rolled on the ground in pain and glared at the concubine angrily, "It's all your fault, it's all your fault. Brother Wang asked you to speak out. Why don't you say, wuwu...it hurts me so much. I have no ears. How will I get a wife in the future?"
Blame all the fault on the concubine.
The concubine cried, but still didn't let go.
Ao Tianchen was so angry that his forehead hurt. He raised his sword and was about to cut off his concubine's other ear.
When his concubine saw this, he screamed, "Concubine, tell Brother Wang quickly, would you rather watch me die by Brother Wang's sword than see your wish?"
Her son knew exactly what the concubine wanted, and he just wanted to get rid of the second princess and step on her to ascend to the throne.
Seeing that the concubine was indifferent, Ao Tianchen twisted his eyes coldly and dropped the sword. In just one second, another ear of the concubine's son was cut off.
(End of chapter)