"You guessed right, it is indeed a human thigh bone," Zhu Yueran replied coldly.

Zhou Erfu dared not speak, standing behind them like a quail. No matter how brave he was, he had never done anything so bloody and brutal. Hearing that human bones were used as weapons made his blood run cold and his scalp tingle.

Seeing the soldiers fall one by one, Zhu Qiuyu narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "It seems that the second strange one has cowered and dares not come out to rescue people. Then let's arrest the fourth strange one first, no need to wait any longer."

So the strange second brother, hiding on the second floor of a teahouse, watched helplessly as his fourth brother was surrounded and killed by several men in white. Then his eldest and third brothers were also beheaded. He could only watch from the shadows, not daring to show himself, otherwise he would die too.

The second brother withdrew his gaze, leaned against the wall, and closed his eyes. He admitted that he was afraid of death and could not die with his brothers. He had long suspected that today's rescue of the execution ground was a trap, and that it was almost certain that he would die and never return.

He also advised the fourth brother not to come, saying that rather than dying together, it would be better to stay alive and escape this calamity first, and then find a way to come back and take revenge later.

But the fourth brother roared and cursed, "We four brothers grew up together since we were little, we eat together, sleep together, practice martial arts together, and kill together. We also said that we would live and die together. Second brother, how can you not save eldest brother and third brother because you are afraid of death? If they die, how can we live alone?"

The fourth brother is so stubborn. If we all die together, it's pointless. If there's a chance to live, of course we'll try to save our lives. Knowing it's a dead end, he still insists on going for it. He's just tired of living.

Anyway, he didn't want to die like this. Right now, he had to find a way to escape the capital. Revenge was out of the question for the time being, and he could only think about it later.

Zhou Erfu held the knife and looked at the blood-stained ground with a helpless expression. He had said he would come to help and make a contribution, but he had no chance to do anything and just watched the show from the sidelines.

"It seems I'm not needed here anymore, so I'll be going." Zhou Erfu quickly returned home. He needed to take a bath and change his clothes as he had to go to the Chen residence later.

I haven't seen my cousin Siqing for two days, and I miss her terribly. I must bring her a small gift to visit her today.

The second eccentric didn't linger at the teahouse. As soon as the fourth eccentric was killed, he left the teahouse, intending to find a chance to sneak out of the city.

However, upon leaving the teahouse, he discovered that the city was swarming with imperial guards, who were searching and questioning every household with his portrait in hand. Where could he possibly hide?

After a moment's thought, the second eccentric figured out a hiding place. Ordinary people and inns and shops would be searched by the soldiers, but the residences of court officials and nobles were not to be searched at will unless they saw the thieves go in with their own eyes or had an imperial edict in hand.