"Young master, something bad has happened! Young master, something bad has happened..."

"What happened? Why are you all so flustered?" Gu Yiqiao's heart tightened, and his brows furrowed.

The servant rolled to his feet and grabbed his leg, pointing to the door with one hand and saying, "Young master, something terrible has happened! A group of officials have come to the door and say they want to arrest you."

"What do you mean? Why are the officials arresting me?" Gu Yiqiao asked, looking completely bewildered.

"I don't know! A lot of officials came, they looked fierce and menacing, waah!" The servant started crying before he could finish speaking.

Before Gu Yiqiao could sort out his thoughts, he saw a group of soldiers, about twenty men, walking menacingly toward him. The lead constable stared at him and said, "Young Master Gu, someone has come to the government office to report that you colluded with bandits to murder your biological father in order to seize the family property. The prefect has ordered us to take you to the government office."

"You're arresting people without any evidence. Why should I go with you?" Gu Yiqiao glared angrily at the constable.

"This is the prefect's order. Whether he is guilty or not, we'll talk about it at the yamen. Do you dare to disobey the prefect's orders?" The constable drew his sword, as if he would kill Gu Yiqiao with one blow if he dared to resist.

At the signal of the constables, a group of yamen runners immediately tied up Gu Yiqiao.

"Let me go, let me go! I've been framed! How can you frame someone like that?" At this point, Gu Yiqiao didn't know what else to do besides crying out for justice. He was completely unable to resist.

"Whether it's a false accusation or not, our superiors will decide after their trial. We've already confirmed that Master Gu has indeed been poisoned and is unconscious. How do you explain that?" The constable sneered.

"It wasn't me! How could I possibly harm my father? You're making baseless accusations!" Gu Yiqiao shouted angrily.

"Don't worry, I heard that the bandits you colluded with are also at the Gu residence. None of them will escape today. Take them all back to the yamen and lock them up." The constable and his yamen runners continued to arrest people.

Knowing beforehand that there were many bandits, all the yamen runners were mobilized today, a total of fifty people, to arrest everyone in the Gu residence.

When the soldiers rushed in, Zhu Lin was wiping the sword in his hand. This sword was found by the Gu family. It looked much worse than his own sword, but it looked quite sharp and should be able to cut through iron like mud. He wanted to try it out.

Before the soldiers could speak, the boy said, "If you want to arrest me, you'll have to ask the sword in my hand for permission first."

“Junior brother, you should go protect the Zhou family and the others. Xingxing is still young, and it would be bad if something happened to her. Are you sure you want her to go with someone else?” Zhu Changge appeared just in time; she was always calm and composed.

They were fully aware of the soldiers' every move after entering the Gu residence, and had already arranged for the Zhou family members and Gu family servants to take the injured and sick out of the secret room first.

The group from Xianwu Island were not afraid of the government officials, but killing them would bring a lot of trouble. They also had a large group of people with them, and if they were chased by the government officials, the situation would be bad.

Seeing that his junior brother looked like he wanted to practice with the sword, Zhu Changge had to hurry over to stop him. Once his junior brother made up his mind, it was very difficult for others to change it.

However, he now has a weakness: that little girl Xingxing can keep him in check. He's worried about her, so naturally he'll be eager to find her.

Sure enough, upon hearing that Xingxing had left first, Zhu Lin stood up and frowned, saying, "Who told you to take her away? The little girl must have been tricked into going with you."