Chapter 69: Killing

The blood from Zhang Huai's eyebrows quickly soaked his face. Song was about to scream when she saw a flash of silver light. She felt a sharp pain in her throat, and then something seemed to spray out, and she fell limply to the ground.

The rain was getting heavier, and so was the wind.

The mourning cloth in front of the mourning hall in the main hall of the front yard was fluttering wildly in the wind. The Duke of England kept holding the silver hairpin in his hand. The weather outside made his face, which was full of years, look even more vicissitudes of life.

It was almost the end of the hour of midnight, and there was no other maid in the mourning hall except Mrs. Xue's personal maid.

Suddenly, the Duke of England hissed. He lowered his head and saw that the middle finger of his left hand was pierced by the barb of the silver hairpin. It was also at this time that he smelled a faint smell of blood.

Although the sound of rain and wind was loud, a strange sound could be heard faintly.

The maids in the mourning hall also noticed the strange noise.

The Duke of England put away the silver hairpin in his hand, stood up and walked outside. Looking at the rain falling like threads under the lanterns in the courtyard, he frowned, and at this time the strange voice disappeared.

Just as the Duke of England turned around and was about to walk back into the mourning hall, several light footsteps were heard behind him.

He turned around suddenly and saw about seven or eight men in black soaked in the rain in the courtyard. The bloodstains on the steel knife in the hand of the man in front had faded a lot under the washing of the rain.

When the group of men in black attacked the Duke of England, screams were heard in the mourning hall.

Another group of men in black entered from the small doors on both sides of the main hall. They seemed to be crazy and killed anyone they saw, or more accurately, any living thing they saw.

The sounds of fighting in the courtyard mixed with the wailing in the mourning hall were shocking under the cover of the rain.

Finally, after being stabbed several times, the Duke of England knelt in the yard, and blood seeped out of the cloth and mixed with rainwater and dripped onto the ground.

The long knife in Gu Xun's hand was pointed at the Duke of England's neck, but he did not take action for a long time, as if he was deliberately keeping the Duke of England's last breath.

The Duke of England also saw why the man in black hadn't taken action yet. "Who sent you?"

Gu Xun stared at the Duke of Yingguo with sinister eyes and said, "Xue Changyang."

The Duke of England's pupils shrank, and he couldn't say the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

"It seems that the Duke is very familiar with Xue Changyang's name." Gu Xun said coldly.

At this time, Liu Wenyang walked out of the courtyard gate, his eyes were bloodshot.

When Gu Xun saw Liu Wenyang coming, he put away the long sword that was pointed at the Duke of Ying.

Duke Ying looked at Liu Wenyang's face with the veil pulled off, his face tensed and his heartbeat quickened a bit. Although she was not similar to Xue Changyang, he still remembered the appearance of Xue Changyang's eldest sister. In an instant, a pregnant woman kneeling at his feet begging for mercy flashed through his mind.

He actually forgot that Xue Changyang had a nephew!

He thought that Xue Changyang's nephew died at the hands of other killers that night, but he didn't expect that there was still a killer who escaped!

Gu Xun's gaze fell on the silver hairpin lying on the ground not far from the Duke of Ying. He stepped forward, bent over, and picked up the hairpin. Then he walked over to the Duke of Ying, squatted down, and said, "Duke, my master asked me to convey a few words to you."

The Duke of England was horrified. If his nephew Xue Changyang was not the mastermind behind the massacre, who was?

Gu Xun raised the silver hairpin in his hand and said calmly, "My master said that if she were you, after slaughtering the entire Xue family, you would thoroughly examine all the bodies of the Xue family and leave no harm for yourself. I will also show you that tonight's bloodbath at the Duke of Ying's mansion is definitely more cautious than your bloodbath at the Xue family."

"She, how could she know..." The Duke of England thought that no one would know what he had done back then, and that group of people were also his assassins.

"My master said that if you don't want others to know, you must not do it yourself." Gu Xun raised an eyebrow. "She also said, don't worry, your affair with your fake daughter will also be known to the world. Your Zhang family's reputation should have been destroyed by you long ago. With your experience as a lesson, we must cut the grass at its roots."

The Duke of Yingguo's gaze lingered on the silver hairpin in Gu Xun's hand. His entire body was trembling slightly as he said in disbelief, "You, your master is, is Xie Rongying?"

Gu Xun did not answer. He stood up and said to Liu Wenyang, "I leave the Duke of Yingguo here to you. I will go and check it again. No living creature can be left alive in the Duke of Yingguo's mansion."

After Gu Xun finished speaking, he left two men in black to take the others away without waiting for Liu Wenyang's response.

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Two quarters past midnight, at the mansion of the Marquis of Yongyi.

East Garden.

There are three or four candlesticks in the wing room, all around the desk. The sound of wind and rain outside makes the room even quieter.

Occasionally, there was the sound of flipping pages. Xie Rongying, who was leaning against the desk, was looking at the storybook in her hand. Perhaps she had seen an important part, and her brows were slightly frowned.

At this time, Yunniang walked in from outside. She patted the water droplets on her shoulders and walked towards Xie Rongying.

"Miss, there's been some movement in the North Courtyard. Madam Yuan left the house after the 3:00 PM hour. I followed her but lost her. She left again at the 6:00 PM hour. When she came back, she said something to Madam. Madam then told everyone to pack up, saying she was leaving the house for another trip."

Xie Rongying raised her eyes and stared at Yunniang, a smile on her lips: "According to Jiang's caution, he should have gone to investigate the situation in Wanmiao Village."

Yunniang asked, "Will Madam be able to find out the true situation in Wanmiao Village?"

"The true situation in Wanmiao Village?" Xie Rongying's smile widened. "Are you talking about a situation where a cunning servant is bullying his master, or is Wanmiao Village a popular place?"

Yunniang raised her eyebrows: "It's both."

"Given Jiang's personality, she would never investigate the situation of slaves and masters in Wanmiao Village," Xie Rongying said, her eyelids half-closed. "She only cares about how much money Wanmiao Village can make every day."

"Can Li Dongfu be trusted?" Yunniang asked again, "Do you want me to go to Wanmiao Village?"

"You can't." Xie Rongying closed the storybook: "I have already arranged this matter. Now you just need to take care of Dongyuan."

"yes."

Xie Rongying stood up, walked over the table, and went to the window. She pushed it open and looked at the rain in the courtyard. She chuckled, "It's a dark and windy night with such heavy rain. What a..."

A good time to kill.

Dongxue heard this and stepped forward and said, "According to the time, Gu Xun should be back soon."

"I wonder if Gu Xun can find my silver hairpin." Xie Rongying put away her smile, stared at Dongxue, and said, "Tomorrow you will follow me to Wanmiao Village."

"Miss, what you mean is that Jiang is leaving the house to go to Wanmiao Village?" Dongxue said.