The moment Xiao Yu beheaded Liu Yunfei in the street, Xiao Yu and Duke Liu were already locked in a life-or-death struggle!
Only then did Liu Quan secretly kill Li Lei and Zhang Xin, and then frame Xiao Yu for it...
Although this matter was not instigated by Duke Liu, through Liu Quan's confession, Xiao Yu learned that Duke Liu and Minister Sun were preparing to report this matter to His Majesty!
If it weren't for Xiao Yu's swift case-solving, which allowed Yang Niannian to find Shi Tao and Lü Xiao to prove that Liu Quan was the murderer, those people would have had a lot of ideas on how to frame her.
"You dare to kill me?"
Duke Liu's eyelids twitched violently, and he said with a fierce but weak voice, "I am a Duke! Xiao Yu, if you dare to kill me, be careful that His Majesty will only punish you!"
Even so, he was still very scared.
In the few days since he became enemies with Xiao Yu, he had come to realize that Xiao Yu was a lawless madman who was truly capable of killing him.
“If I kill you, His Majesty will not only not blame me, but will even reward me.”
Xiao Yu gave a cold laugh and said, "Tell me where the body is buried in the yard, and I might spare you the torture."
"corpse--"
Duke Liu's eyes widened suddenly. A second later, he deflated like a punctured balloon, his spirits quickly waning. He muttered, "Liu Quan told you everything? He told you everything... This traitor! I even helped him find a wife and children... How dare he? How dare he betray me?!"
Nearby, three guards and three beautiful women on the bed were stunned when they heard there was a corpse in the courtyard!
They weren't fools; seeing Liu Guogong's ashen face, they immediately understood what had happened.
The Duke of Liu imprisoned women in his mansion to satisfy his desires; they treated these women as tools and didn't care about their lives.
When you're tired of playing with them, you can sell them to Baoyuelou and make a profit.
"Your Highness, even if he doesn't say anything, we can dig for a while longer and still find the body!"
One of the soldiers exclaimed indignantly, "He actually killed someone and buried the body for his own selfish desires; he's simply a beast!"
"It's a waste of time and energy; we might as well force him to tell us."
Xiao Yu refused the soldiers' mine-sweeping search of the body, saying, "Break his legs first!"
"You dare?!"
Duke Liu roared, "Without any evidence, you dare to touch the Duke? Do you have a death wish?"
"Your Highness, perhaps...we should find the body first, and then we'll talk?"
Another soldier spoke up, not because he was afraid of Liu Guogong's angry shouts, but because he was worried that if there was no body, Liu Guogong would go to His Majesty and turn around and accuse Xiao Yu.
Xiao Yu didn't speak, but took the knife from the soldier.
"Whoosh!"
A flash of cold light, and Duke Liu felt a sharp pain in his legs. His body could no longer support him, and he collapsed to the ground.
Because the sword was swung too fast, blood only began to flow continuously from Liu Guogong's legs after he fell...
His legs were severed at the knees, and within seconds, the floor was stained red with blood.
"Aaaaaaah!"
Duke Liu writhed on the ground in agony, letting out piercing screams: "You, you...you dare to cut off my legs? Xiao Yu, you just wait!"
"Um?"
Xiao Yu pressed his head against Liu Guogong's face and asked with a smile, "What are you waiting for? You don't even know if you'll survive tonight! Tell me honestly where the body is buried, or the next thing I'll do is cut off your arms!"
After saying that, Xiao Yu slowly raised the knife.
"I'll talk, I'll talk!"
Duke Liu was terrified. Even though he knew that speaking out would mean certain death, he knew that if he didn't speak out, he would still die even with his limbs cut off.
However, Liu Guogong, shrouded in fear, only wanted to live as long as possible, hoping for a turnaround.
"The body is buried under the tree... Go and dig it up!"
Duke Liu said, his face ashen.
Xiao Yu glanced at the guards he had brought, and the three of them understood and quickly went to the courtyard to dig up the corpses.
On the bed, three beautiful women trembled with fear, hiding under the covers and secretly watching Xiao Yu... Their intuition told them that Xiao Yu was Liu Guogong's enemy and had come to rescue them.
But seeing Xiao Yu's ruthless nature, they dared not ask any questions, much less utter a sound.
"You are free."
Xiao Yu glanced at the three beautiful women on the bed. They were indeed attractive, but there was a deep melancholy between their brows, a result of long-term imprisonment and abuse. Moreover, there were scars on their arms and shoulders.
After saying that, Xiao Yu waved his hand, and a burst of energy lowered the bed curtains.
"Put on your clothes, and then tell me how you were imprisoned here," Xiao Yu said.
"Thank you, young master!"
Three beautiful women came from behind the bed curtains to express their gratitude, and then they quickly put on their clothes.
At this moment, Duke Liu, due to excessive blood loss, lay on the ground, making weak sounds... He dared not utter another word.
Xiao Yu pulled over a chair, sat down, and waited quietly.
A moment later.
Three beautiful women got out of bed dressed, their hair loose and uncombed because of the rush.
"Young Master!"
After getting out of bed, they knelt before Xiao Yu and thanked him again for saving their lives. "Thank you so much, young master, for saving us. We have no way to repay your great kindness and are willing to serve you like a slave!"
“I saved you not so you could be treated like cattle.”
Xiao Yu interrupted them, saying calmly, "Stand up and tell us how you were imprisoned here."
"yes."
A beautiful woman with an oval face and large eyes spoke up: "I am from Yunzhou. I came to the capital with my parents for a trip, but I was kidnapped on the way here... It has been more than half a month now, and I don't know if my parents are still looking for me in the capital..."
“If you’re not here, I’ll send someone to take you back to Yunzhou,” Xiao Yu said.
She was kidnapped on her way to Beijing. Nobody knows whether her parents are in Beijing or not.
"Thank you, young master, thank you!"
The beautiful woman knelt down again, sobbing uncontrollably.
Xiao Yu helped her up, and then asked the second woman.
“I was sold by my husband.”
The second woman was voluptuous with beautiful almond-shaped eyes; she was an extremely beautiful young woman with alluring eyes.
Speaking of being sold, her peach blossom eyes welled up with tears again, and she sobbed, "My husband owed two thousand taels of silver at the gambling den. They came to our house, beat him, and demanded that he pay back the money... Two thousand taels of silver, even if they beat him to death, he still couldn't pay it back. In the end, they had no choice but to mortgage the house and sell me... I just never expected that I would end up in his hands."
As she spoke, the plump woman pointed at Duke Liu.
"It seems he also owns a casino in the capital."
This was something Xiao Yu hadn't expected. After a two-second silence, he asked her, "Now that you're free, are you planning to go back to your husband, or do you have other plans?"
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