Chapter 79: Leaving Evidence, Pointing to the Pei Family
Zhang Xiang died so quickly, which was beyond Li Mumu's expectation. She thought this guy could at least resist.
But the result is that there is no chance to struggle.
Li Yuan's eyes lit up. After all, with Zhang Xiang's death, the yamen runners were leaderless. He once again thought about lobbying Mr. Gu.
After being scolded several times, he still shamelessly said, "Dad, who are these people coming for?"
He just saw it. If he really came to save the Gu family, he shouldn't have attacked Li Mumu.
Mr. Gu's face was solemn. "I don't know, but it doesn't mean they are here with good intentions."
Li Yuan looked at Xie Xun and thought of the knife wound on his body. "Could it be directed at you?"
Xie Xun smiled faintly and retorted: "No matter who it is directed at, it won't stop you from protecting your wife and children, right?"
"You..." Li Yuan was stunned. How dare the young boy talk to him like that.
However, the next moment he saw Xie Xun's arrogant confidence.
His injuries had not yet fully recovered, but he was still flying up and down, fighting several people alone. Although he was young, his body was agile, and he was as graceful as a swimming dragon. His momentum was not inferior to that of the battle-hardened Gu brothers.
Seeing that the men in black couldn't gain any advantage, Mr. Gu felt relieved and stayed by his wife and daughter, protecting his two daughters-in-law who had no martial arts skills and his children.
However, the men in black were not so easy to deal with. Governor Pei had seen how powerful Xie Xun was, so how could he let some random people come? These were his assassins, and they would never reveal his identity even if they died.
After all, killing imperial criminals is a serious crime. The emperor spared their lives, but he wanted to kill them. This is going against the emperor.
Li Mumu picked up the arrow from the dead man in black and curled her lips. "Your archery skills are terrible. I'll show you what real skills are."
Li Mumu drew his bow and shot an arrow, hitting a small bean bun with each arrow.
Xie Xun looked at the person in front of him and raised the knife in his hand to chop at him, but the next moment he fell in front of him, and then faced Li Mumu's smiling face.
He was really shocked. This little girl had such ability?
Seeing more and more men in black dying, Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. He glanced at the yamen runners huddled together, walked up to Old Man Gu and said, "Dad, the yamen runners are dead. This is a good opportunity."
Mr. Gu glanced at him and asked, "What opportunity?"
"Dad, the world is cruel and treats all things as straw dogs. Are you willing to stay in the North from now on?"
How could Mr. Gu not know what he was thinking? But he wanted to instigate himself without spreading any bait. Who did he really think was a fool?
If he didn't want to know the big fish behind him, he probably wouldn't bother to deal with him here?
"Let alone just one yamen runner, even if they were all dead, I, Gu, would take my entire family to the north." Old Master Gu said coldly, "Mingyu, leave them alive."
He said this because he could see that these men in black were about to be finished.
But the remaining few men in black were still trembling, but the Gu brothers didn't have to fight them hard, they vomited blood and died.
Li Mumu took a deep breath, walked to the body, and was about to find out what was going on, but was stopped by Xie Xun.
He bent down carefully and placed his hand on the black-clad man's neck. Only after making sure there was no pulse did he let Li Mumu get closer.
Li Mumu smiled. She didn't expect that this guy looked cold and kept strangers away, but was actually quite attentive.
"All dead? I haven't even touched him yet," Gu Mingjing shouted in confusion.
"Strange, I didn't hit him either." Gu Mingtang said.
Li Mumu looked at her puzzled uncles and said in a deep voice, "They took poison before they even arrived."
Gu Mingyu frowned. "That is to say, regardless of whether the assassination was successful or not, they will die. Who could have done such a cruel and ruthless act?"
"Needless to say? Who could possibly be the one who could support so many assassins?" Li Yuan said, "It must be the one from Shangjing City."
Li Mumu looked at her scumbag father and saw that he was still leading everyone astray. If Xie Xun hadn't known about it early on, she might have thought that it was the work of that person sitting high in the court.
He wanted a reputation for benevolence, but he also wanted to eliminate those who were dissidents.
But this is what Prefect Pei did. Why would his scumbag father let his grandfather misunderstand that person?
"Don't say that." Old Master Gu glared at Li Yuan, "Go check if they have any evidence."
Originally, these people definitely didn't have it. After all, they could even come up with a method to silence people regardless of success or failure, and Xie Xun's testimony was not convincing.
But Li Mumu will not let Governor Pei off easily.
If he has the intention to kill, he must be prepared to bear the consequences of failure.
"Hey, what is this?" Li Mumu pulled out a golden locket from the arms of a man in black.
Everyone gathered around, believing this might be the clue. However, Gu Lan, who was a little behind, had a gloomy expression on his face. "What the hell is this..."
"Lan'er, do you recognize this lock piece?" Zhang Yi asked anxiously.
Gu Lan took two steps forward, took the lock piece, and nodded. "At first I thought I was seeing things, but now I'm sure it's... something from the Pei family. I saw it on Pei Zhenzhen."
"The Pei family?" Madam Gu was stunned, but she quickly figured it out. "The Pei family is such a piece of shit! They won't let us go."
Li Yuan's face turned red and white. If he had known that he could find clues, he would not have said so much.
At this moment, he could only watch and didn't dare to say a word.
"Okay, you scared me to death. These people are coming for you. I sprained my foot. You have to compensate me." Zhao screamed. She was almost scared to pee her pants just now. Now that she has recovered, she wants money.
Song Qiang rolled her eyes at her and said, "I told you to run, but you didn't run. If you just stood there, you wouldn't be able to twist your leg."
"I...why are you being unreasonable?"
"What's the point of reasoning with someone like you?" Song Qiang rolled her eyes. "This Pei family is too cruel and ruthless. We absolutely can't let this matter go like this. My father is still in the court. I'm going to find a way to have him report him."
Gu Mingtang sighed, thinking that his father-in-law's family might not care about this matter. After all, on the day they were exiled, his father-in-law's family didn't even show up.
Li Mumu took back the lock and handed it to Liuzi. "These people killed Uncle Zhang. We can't just let it go like this. Uncle Liuzi, when you go to the capital, you must report the truth."
Liuzi was an upright person, and since Zhang Xiang had also been killed by these people, he couldn't just let it go. He collected the evidence and said, "Don't worry, everyone. I will report everything that happened on the road. The brothers are all witnesses."
"Yes, we all testify for you." After Zhang Xiang's death, the yamen runners were leaderless and actually wanted to rely on the Gu family. After all, their lives were saved by the Gu family along the way, more than once.
Liuzi had no idea what kind of changes this thing would bring to him. At this moment, he just wanted to do things with an upright heart.
"The boss is dead, so who are we going to listen to from now on?"
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