Chapter 454: Chapter 455, Secret Trap
Mr. Yi did not dare to hesitate and immediately followed Xiu Xunxun to the courtyard behind her quarters, where indeed there was a dried-up well. Mr. Yi lowered Xiu Xunxun down, then turned to leave.
However, after Mr. Yi left, a black shadow silently swooped into the well. Xiu Xunxun looked at the incoming person and smiled, "Shadow!"
"Hmm!"
"You’ve come at the perfect time, quickly take me away from here!"
The Shadow shook his head slightly, "Can’t take you!"
"Why not?"
"There are masters!"
Xiu Xunxun immediately understood. Shadow’s martial arts were highly skilled; he could come and go alone perhaps, but taking someone with him who didn’t know martial arts, like her, would be difficult.
"Then first bring me some food and water. I can stay in this dried-up well for a few days. You find the right opportunity to come and take me out!"
"Hmm!"
The Shadow assented and then silently departed.
Xiu Xunxun finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, she had once saved Shadow in a moment of kindness, earning three years of repayment. Now, two years had passed, and when June of next year arrived, Shadow and she would have no relationship. The Xiu Family was likely beyond saving now, and her father could not be relied upon. She needed to quickly plan for herself.
On the other hand, Mr. Yi and his men quietly left the Xiu Residence. He thought they were being discreet, but he didn’t know that someone had already been watching them closely. They had not gone far from the city gates when a group of more than ten men in black, appearing from nowhere, made a move to assassinate Mr. Yi and his men.
Mr. Yi was not lucky; he died on the spot.
Before he died, his eyes widened in disbelief, regret, and extreme horror.
The other several groups were no different. Anyone who left the Xiu Residence did not survive, and beside their bodies was a piece of paper.
The paper read, "The justice of heaven is clear, retribution never fails. It’s not that there’s no retribution; the time has just not yet come!"
Only the corner of the paper harbored a very peculiar and familiar pattern.
The Venerable Law, too restless to sleep, had gone for a walk and came upon the massacre. He watched indifferently but moved forward to examine the rice paper.
The totem in the corner...
It seemed familiar, as though he had seen it on Prince Chu Yu.
Picking up the rice paper and folding it, he immediately sent out a secret signal, and soon, the members of the Yue Sect that were hidden in Yangxi City hurried over, "Your subordinates are here to see the Venerable Law!"
The followers knew that the Saintess had arrived in Yangxi City, but they dared not act rashly and were on high alert at all times.
"Go and check if there are more of these killings tonight in the city, and see if there are any similar notes. Collect all of them and bring them to the inn!"
"Yes!"
The followers scattered to carry out the orders.
That night, the gates of all four sides of Yangxi City were quietly opened, and the family members that Xiu Bingsheng had sent out of the city were all murdered, a similar note beside them...
The Inn
Chu Yu went to see Lord Xin.
In just a few days, Lord Xin had aged considerably, no longer displaying his once-glory. Seeing Chu Yu enter, he looked up at him, then slumped back down despondently.
"Is it true that you conspired with bandits to kill the entire Xing Family, three hundred people from top to bottom?"
At this, Lord Xin said nothing but began to cry.
They were his family, his own blood. How could he dare? How could he bear?
But with Liuliu in Xiu Bingsheng’s hands, what could he do but to take all the blame?
"A useless man, deserving heavy punishment!" Chu Yu snorted coldly, "Bring that woman here, let her tell us in her own words how she feasted and lived luxuriously at the Governor’s Office, sleeping with one man today and another tomorrow, no different from a whore!"
Was such a woman worthy of people dying for her?
Chu Yu left and soon Mrs. Liu was brought in.
Already frightened, Mrs. Liu, upon seeing Lord Xin, hesitated for a long while before breaking down in tears, "Lord Xin, Lord Xin, it was not intentional, it was that beast Xiu Bingsheng who forced me, I really didn’t do it on purpose, Lord Xin, you love me so much, you surely won’t blame me, right?"