Chapter 98 Setting a fire in the middle of the night to burn them to death.

They took the Yang family to the next room to apply medicine and bandages to them.

Inside the house were two other families who were not acquainted with each other. They were resting against the wall and cast curious glances at the Xiao family members who came in with injuries.

Xian'er stared wide-eyed at the wounds on the adults' bodies, "Are Third Aunt and Fifth Uncle really going to die? I don't want Fifth Uncle..."

As she spoke, she lowered her head and wiped away her tears, sobbing softly, her small body trembling slightly.

"Waaaah..." Jun'er and Ming'er also cried; it was a terrible thing for them.

Their father is dead, and they will never see him again. They don't want their fifth uncle to die, so they can still see him and play with him.

Yun Zhaoxue was bandaging Yang's wounds when she replied, "I'm here, you won't die. Don't worry. I exaggerated over there just now, otherwise they wouldn't have let me and your third uncle off so easily."

Xie Wanyun and Song Mingyan each received a lash. Seeing the children crying, they reached out and embraced them, wiping away their tears.

Xiao Xuanwu, who was applying medicine with his back to them, bit his lower lip and forced himself to turn around and coax them, saying, "It's okay, Fifth Uncle is young and strong. He'll be fine in a couple of days. Don't cry, all of you, don't cry. I'm alright."

He wanted to live to protect his family and dared not die at this time.

It was dark outside and about to rain in the evening, so I wasn't in the mood to cook anything. I just ate some cornbread, snacks, and fruit.

Xiao Xuance asked Yun Zhaoxue to take out the food for everyone first, and he promised to make it all up for her by tomorrow morning.

Yun Zhaoxue felt that the pastries didn't taste as good as yesterday's. She thought they would smell bad if left out for too long in the hot weather, so she took them out and divided them up, planning to eat fresh ones tomorrow.

They also gave them water bags filled with the spring water to drink.

Each person can only drink two sips, but Xiao Xuanwu is more seriously injured, so let him drink a few more sips.

After drinking the water, they felt that their wounds were not as painful. After a while, they wondered if it was just their imagination, but it seemed that they were not in pain at all.

They were amazed that such magical water existed in the world. "Third sister-in-law, what kind of water is this? I feel like I don't feel any pain at all."

The changes that occur after drinking water must be due to the water.

Yun Zhaoxue was too lazy to explain and shifted the blame to someone else, "I don't know either, you should ask your third brother."

Xiao Xuance said, "As long as it's good for your health, you don't need to ask anything else."

"oh."

That evening, he took out the straw mat from the car again.

They were all exiled, and the space was so small that they couldn't care less about the separation of men and women, so they all lay down in rows.

In the dead of night, as dusk fell, thunder rumbled but no rain fell. The thunder stopped, and all was silent except for the distant chirping of two insects.

Xiao Xuance opened his eyes, intending to go out for a while, but suddenly heard faint footsteps at the door, so he lay back down.

A bamboo tube pierced the paper window and blew smoke into the room.

Yun Zhaoxue also woke up, opened her eyes, and the two looked at each other in the darkness.

He had a suspicion in his mind. Damn it, they came knocking on his door before he could even report back. Tonight was his death day.

Xiao Xuance slept next to her, close enough to hear her soft breathing, and raised his hand to cover her mouth and nose.

Yun Zhaoxue removed his hand and wrote two words on his palm: "I know what I'm doing."

The mere sleeping gas had no effect on him, just as they were wondering how the other side would kill them.

There was a thud outside. The two walked to the door and saw a masked figure pull a tinderbox from his waist.

So they were going to be burned to death.

The instant he threw out the tinderbox.

The two quickly opened the door and went out to catch the tinder he threw.

When the other party saw them come out, they subconsciously drew their swords. By the dim moonlight, they could immediately recognize that it was the escort officer's sword, and the figure was very similar to Wu Chuang's.

He had countless doubts in his mind, but dared not ask them, because speaking would expose them.

"Wu Chuang, stop pretending. I recognized you a long time ago. Don't think you can hide your crimes by wearing a mask."

"You guys didn't fall for it? You tricked me? How cunning!"

Yun Zhaoxue said, "Thank you for the compliment. If we hadn't been more vigilant, we would have been wandering ghosts somewhere long ago."

Wu Chuang had fought them before and lost, so he planned to let them go this time and leave quickly before anyone saw him.

Wu Chuang turned to run, but suddenly heard a whooshing sound above him. He looked up and before he could react, he was kicked away.

"Bang!"

He clutched his chest, used the knife to support himself as he scrambled to his feet, and tried to run to the side.

Suddenly another dark figure landed in front of him.

He held his knife, his eyes warily fixed on the two men who were surrounding and blocking his path. "You, who exactly are you? Xiao Xuance, you actually have secret guards hidden in your possession! I will definitely report this to the capital and make you regret it!"

"You have no chance." Zhu Feng drew his sword and slashed it directly at his neck.

Wu Chuang immediately swung his knife to defend, and the two swords clashed, a silent contest of strength.

Zhu Feng possessed profound internal strength, which Zhu Feng could not withstand. He could only turn his head to the side to avoid the sword's edge.

He leaped up again and slashed down at him with his sword.

Wu Chuang drew his sword to defend, "Clang!"

The sword suddenly changed its move in mid-air, transforming from a slash into a thrust, aiming straight for his throat.

Wu Chuang hurriedly parried with his sword, "Clang!"

With a flick of his wrist, Zhu Feng's soft sword tip trembled, producing a dazzling display of silver light that made it impossible to discern his moves.

Attack the opponent from the top, middle, and bottom three directions.

Wu Chuang spun around to dodge, ducking to avoid the attack from above, then swept his lower leg across, the blade slicing across his opponent's abdomen.

Zhu Feng swiftly kicked his wrist, causing the steel knife in his hand to fall.

Using the momentum, he flew up and kicked Wu Chuang in the chest, "Bang!"

Worried that the steel knife might fall and make a noise, Zhu Feng kicked it, sending it flying straight into a nearby wooden stake with a "bang!"

It penetrates seven-tenths of the way into the wood.

Upon seeing this, Yun Zhaoxue's eyes flashed with amazement. She grabbed his arm and said, "Such strong strength! Your subordinates are all quite skilled in martial arts. I must learn internal energy cultivation in the future."

"Hmm..." Xiao Xuance responded faintly, lowering his eyes, his long eyelashes concealing the loneliness in his eyes, and glancing at his legs.

Nobody likes a disabled person.

He didn't like it either.

Wu Chuang lay on the ground, vomiting blood uncontrollably. He tried to struggle to his feet but fell back down.

Zhuiying pressed her sword against his neck and asked, "Your Highness, what should we do with this man?"

"Cough cough... Who among you dares to punish me? I am the Second Prince's man, release me immediately, or His Highness will certainly not let you off..."

Zhuiying silenced him by striking his acupoint.

Xiao Xuance said in a deep voice, "Cut off his head and throw it into the Second Prince's residence."

"Yes!" Zhuiying raised his sword, ready to strike on the spot.

Xiao Xuance instinctively raised his hand to cover Yun Zhaoxue's eyes and scolded in a low voice, "I didn't tell you to cut now. Take it away."

The gruesome sight of a severed head would terrify her and her unborn child.

"yes!"

...

Half an hour later, the post station was ablaze with fire.

Those sleeping near the entrance of the main hall felt like they were in a furnace and about to be roasted alive; they thought they were dreaming.

He opened his eyes and saw that there really was a fire outside. He woke up his family members who were beside him, opened the door and rushed out, shouting, "Fire! Fire! Help! Run!"