Chapter 98 Chapter 98 [VIP]
Chapter 98
Qian Tong didn't want to talk to idiots.
There were dense cold arrows all around, and the only place to take shelter was the fire room behind her. Just as she was about to carry Lu Daozhong in, a blade came towards her from behind. Qian Tong had to let go of Lu Daozhong and turn around to take the attack.
Pu Huailang pointed the knife at her neck and glared at her, "What on earth do you want to do tonight, Madam Qian?!"
Qian Tong was speechless. "I told you they weren't mine, Master Park, can't you see that? Someone set up a trap tonight to strangle our two remaining family heads..."
Park Huailang also wanted to believe her.
However, after just a moment of hesitation, the cold arrows from the dark were aimed at him again. Pu Huailang hid behind the pillar of the fire room, and one of the feather arrows fell right at his feet.
Under the moonlight, he could clearly see the sign above.
Pu Huailang's eyes trembled, and he glared at Qian Tong, who was about to retreat into the house. He gritted his teeth and demanded, "This cold arrow was made by the prefectural government. Madam Qian, tell me, besides you, is there anyone else who can mobilize the prefectural government's troops?! My family has already offered the salt fields and agreed to open the canal. Why does Prince Song still want my life after giving in to such a degree?!"
After saying this, he stabbed the knife in his hand towards Qian Tong.
Seeing Park Huailang going crazy, Fu Yin had no choice but to let go of King Pingchang and help Qian Tong block the knife in Park Huailang's hand, "My lady, hurry up!"
Without anyone holding him hostage, King Pyeongchang suddenly ran towards the enemy without fear of death and asked Park Huailang, "Brother Park, does he know how your second son died?"
Pu Huailang was stunned.
Fu Yin slashed his arm and forced him to retreat into the yard.
The second wave of cold arrows just ended.
Prince Pingchang took advantage of this opportunity and ran to the other side, saying as he ran: "He was captured by Prince Song and given to the Seventh Lady. Master Park thought that even if his daughter was dissatisfied with this marriage, she had no grudge against your son, so how could he have harmed him to such an extent? Do you know what your son looked like when he died? His tongue was gone, and his lower body was gone..."
Pu Huailang's face trembled suddenly, he turned his head and looked at Qian Tong fiercely.
Swear to take her life.
Qian Tong realized that there was nothing more to talk about with Pu Huailang, and seeing that the situation tonight was special, he took out a flare from his chest without hesitation.
The brilliant fireworks bloomed in the sky, forming a gold ingot.
The ingots came out to call the people of the Qian family.
The copper coins are used to call out to the people from the mountain stronghold.
The light from the flare also illuminated the people lying in ambush on the roof.
Qian Tong threw out a hidden weapon in his hand, which hit the leg of King Pingchang, and the others swept onto the eaves, tearing a hole in the roof before the second wave of cold arrows arrived to capture King Pingchang.
Behind him, Pu Huailang and Fu Yin were under a barrage of arrows, their swords clashing. Seeing Qian Tong about to jump to the opposite corridor, he hooked a feather arrow on the ground with his foot and blocked her way.
Pu Huailang has been guarding the Strait Line for so many years. Although he has his own conspiracy, he is also a skilled martial artist. Fu Yin's advantage lies in her agility, but after a long time, she will not be able to beat him.
Qian Tong turned around and planned to work with Fu Yin to deal with Park Huailang, the troublemaker.
King Pyeongchang was able to catch his breath for a moment. Holding his injured leg, he found strength and fled to the opposite corridor. He hugged a pillar and suddenly shouted to Park Hwayang, who was under the rain of arrows, "Brother Park! Over here!"
Park Huailang was being attacked by Qian Tong and Fu Yin, and had to dodge the arrows. He was already struggling, but when he heard the sound, he subconsciously retreated in the direction of King Pingchang.
At the same time, he also left his back to King Pyeongchang.
The moment he approached, King Pyeongchang took out a feather arrow hidden in his hand, aimed it at Park Huailang's back, and stabbed it hard.
An arrow pierced the heart.
Pu Huailang was stunned for a moment, looking down at the cold arrow that had pierced through his body. The arrowhead was covered in his blood, and the barb had also brought out some of his internal organs and flesh.
It was so sudden that Qian Tong and Fu Yin didn't react.
After stabbing Park Hwayang, King Pyeongchang retreated and hid behind a pillar, crying and saying with joy, "The lives of my two sons have been paid for! Die! Die!"
Pu Huailang grew up on the sea and practiced martial arts since childhood. He has been struggling in troubled times for years. He was once stabbed in the chest, but he survived in the end. This arrow was not enough to take his life.
He gripped the knife in his hand and turned to look at King Pyeongchang behind the pillar.
After taking two steps, his body lost control and he fell to the ground.
At the moment of his death, he probably still thought that he could live. His eyes were wide open, staring in the direction of King Pyeongchang in the darkness.
Who could have thought that the dignified head of the Pu family, who had been so powerful in Yangzhou for many years and even the emperor had to give him some face, would eventually die at the hands of a maggot as dark as him.
Lu Daozhong hid in the fire room, not daring to come out. He saw Park Huailang fall down through the propped-up wooden window. He couldn't stand up for a long time. He couldn't help but feel happy. He clasped his hands together and looked up at the roof, comforting his deceased wife and children and grandchildren, "The Park family has finally received retribution. Madam, my son, my grandson, you can rest in peace..."
Great revenge has been achieved.
Come.
The cold arrows did not stop, but they were not aimed at Lu Daozhong, but at Qian Tong and Fu Yin.
When King Pyeongchang killed Park Hwayang, he had a way out.
They caught him and rushed out of the teahouse.
The cold arrows from behind were chasing after him. Prince Pingchang was strangled by her neck and used as a target. He was panicked and anxious: "Madam Qian, where did you provoke this desperado from?"
Qian Tong sneered, "Didn't the prince just say that he was mine?"
A cunning look flashed across the Prince of Pingchang's face. He said, "Now I believe Madam Qian. Didn't you send out a signal flare? When will the people arrive? Hurry up and ask Duan Yuanjin to come and rescue us..."
"Shut up, you're going to die, don't rush." Qian Tong pressed his knee against his lower back, listening to his painful howls. He exposed his true feelings, saying, "I'm not Pu Huailang. I was provoked by you. You, the King of Pingchang, know who this master is better than I do." Qian Tong lifted his slumping body and said, "How did you escape from the prefectural government? Who set the fire there? Do you think I don't know?!"
King Pyeongchang's body froze and he forgot to call out.
"Your Highness, are you still counting on him to save you?" Qian Tong asked, "Whether the King of Pingchang killed the Second Shang, or the Second Shang killed the King of Pingchang, do you think the one who survived would have a good ending?"
King Pingchang was stunned.
Qian Tong dragged him along and said coldly, "You can confess your sins slowly after we get into the dungeon. I, Qian Tong, will not dirty my hands."
It is not known whether King Pingchang listened to him or not, but he stopped struggling and cooperated with Qian Tong to retreat out of the teahouse door.
Fu Yin protected Qian Tong and cleared a path for her with the scimitar in her hand.
The two finally reached the door. The moment they kicked open the door of the teahouse, Fu Yin heard the earth-shaking sound of horse hooves. Looking sideways, she saw a burst of flames.
The troops from the prefecture have arrived.
The person in the front is Shen’s cousin.
Fu Yin's expression relaxed, "Madam, the prince is here."
As soon as the reinforcements arrived, the cold arrows in the teahouse disappeared instantly.
Qian Tong dragged the King of Pingchang out of the teahouse. Fu Yin put away her scimitar and took the man from Qian Tong.
As the two of them stood in the alley, a deep and clear voice came from the other side in a panic, "Qian Tong, let go of Prince Pingchang. I have already investigated the case from six years ago. Don't be impulsive, do you hear me..."
What's impulsive?
Qian Tong was stunned.
Before she could come to her senses, a feather arrow suddenly pierced through the soldiers of the opposite prefectural government. Qian Tong was completely unprepared, and neither was Fu Yin. It was too late to draw their swords.
At the last moment, he could only use his body to block Qian Tong.
Qian Tong's mind went blank and his ears stopped for a moment. He couldn't figure out what was going on.
It wasn't until she saw Fu Yin's body begin to slide down that the voice that had disappeared from her mind suddenly surged up. The buzzing sound was so loud that it almost made her deaf. "Fu Yin..."
Qian Tong couldn't hear her own voice and hurriedly supported her, "Fu Yin... Fu Yin..." She saw the arrow on her back, it was not a dream.
What exactly happened?
Didn't the reinforcements arrive...
"Who shot the arrow?!" Chen Che turned around and glared, "Who told you to do it?"
The guard behind Duke Dingguo, who had argued with Fu Yin before, said stubbornly, "I see that the prince is in the hands of that female thief. I'm afraid that the prince is in danger..."
"Prince Pingchang's death is not a pity!" Shen Che's mind was confused, and the veins in his neck were exposed with anger. He took out a knife and was about to chop the guard, but was stopped by the Duke in front of him, "Is Master Shen crazy?"
Chen Che: "My Lord, please stop protecting him. I'm going to kill him today!"
Duke Dingguo was also angry about his subordinates' unauthorized behavior, but was he going to be killed for it? Wasn't it a bit extreme? Duke Dingguo said: "Master Shen, calm down. Madam Qian is wrong to hire an assailant to kidnap the prince tonight!"
"This matter has not yet been decided! The Crown Prince hasn't arrived yet, but the Duke's men took action first. What's the meaning?"
Duke Dingguo said, "Master Shen also saw it just now. She released a signal flare tonight to invite the bandits into the city!"
Shen Che was going crazy.
As soon as he returned to the prefectural government, he saw the Duke leading his troops out of the government office, saying that Madam Qian was planning to start a massacre in the city tonight, and was going to kill the King of Pingchang along with the remaining two big merchants.
It just so happened that the prince was called to the Qian family by Madam Qian, so he had no choice but to follow her.
He was certain that Fu Yin had lowered her scimitar upon seeing him, but his Lord's men had indiscriminately fired arrows at her. Chen Che was furious, "Did she kill the Prince of Pingchang? Did the bandits come? If she died, could you take responsibility for it? How would you explain this to the Yongning Marquisate and to Prince Song?"
Duke Dingguo's face was filled with anxiety after hearing his yell. If the Qian family's maid hadn't sacrificed herself to save him, it would have been Madam Qian who was struck by the arrow...
The consequences are unimaginable.
Duke Dingguo turned around and glared at the guard who had acted on his own initiative. Just as he was about to hand the man over to Chen Che, he suddenly heard an earth-shaking sound of fighting behind him.
"The bandits are coming!"
“Ahhh…”
"Run! The bandits are coming!"
"Sir, help me..."
The people on the street were running desperately, not knowing where they were run over by the other side...
Chasing behind the crowd was a group of bandits with bells hanging on their heads, holding scimitars and shouting like wild beasts. The man in the front of the team was wearing white clothes and a half-green mask.
Qian Tong's vision was blocked and he couldn't see anything.
She could no longer care about anything else. She just hugged Fuyin, gently touched her cold cheek, and begged again and again: "Fuyin, please wake up..."
Fu Yin's eyes were still open.
But he was no longer breathing.
Like Park Huailang, she probably didn't expect that she would die tonight, so suddenly, and so early. She hadn't seen her wife's wedding, nor had she seen her become the Crown Prince's Consort.
Her last words to Qian Tong were full of hope, "My lady, I will accompany you to Kyoto. Everything will be fine."
Therefore, Qian Tong did not believe that she would die.
But after a while, her eyes didn't move at all, and her body became colder and colder. Qian Tong finally realized that she was dead.
Fu Yin is dead.
Died to save her.
They dodged the arrows shot from the dark, but died at the hands of the reinforcements from the prefectural government.
She said that none of the officials were reliable.
She shouldn't believe...
Qian Tong was filled with hatred, but he didn't know who to hate. Yet, he hated everyone, and the hatred was deep in his bones.
Her eyes burned red with hatred.
She stared intently at the soldiers of the prefectural government across from her. As if sensing her hatred, the soldiers of the prefectural government began to stir. Someone shouted, "It's Duan Yuanjin!"
"It's Young Master Duan!"
"The people from the mountain stronghold have come down the mountain!"
And Chen Che, who had just questioned the Duke with great words, forgot to react and stood there in a daze when he saw the young master in white clothes on the horse opposite.
Duke Dingguo didn't bother to hit him in the face. He glared at him, then turned around and led his men to rescue the bandits. "Stop them! I'm here. Anyone who dares to act rashly will be killed without mercy!"
The team dispersed, and Qian Tong, who was at the back, finally saw the scene ahead clearly.
Duan Yuanjin is here.
Wherever the bandits went, no one survived. Women and children died at the hands of the bandits, and some bandits died at the hands of the imperial court. Everywhere was filled with sounds of fighting and screaming, and blood flowed like a river. It was a horrific sight.
Qian Tong's mind went dark for a moment and was completely confused.
Why is Duan Yuanjin here?
She didn't call Duan Yuanjin at all tonight. She used the Qian family's flare, and the person who came should be a member of the Qian family, not someone from the copycat.
Considering everything that happened tonight, she knew exactly what had happened.
She put Fu Yin down, drew the scimitar from her waist, stood up, and went to find Duan Yuanjin...
The person was not found and was stopped by the Duke.
"Madam Qian, put down the knife!"
"Mrs. Qian, please don't be stubborn anymore!"
Chen Che blocked the Duke, "Don't come forward, Duke!"
"Didn't you see the bandits she called over tonight? How many people have they killed?!" Duke Dingguo angrily said, "Song Yunzhi has gone mad, and you want to go crazy with him?"
Just as he finished speaking, with a "bang", a long sword flew from behind and pierced the Duke's horse's hoof.
The horse was frightened and the Duke hurried to pull the reins.
Song Yunzhi dismounted without even glancing at the Duke. However, when Duke Ding saw him walking towards the enchanting woman, he hurriedly stopped him, "Prince Song, don't go over there!"
Song Yunzhi turned a deaf ear to her and quickly walked up to Qian Tong, using his back to block Duke Dingguo's troops for her.
I arrived in such a hurry that I didn't even have time to take off the wedding dress I was trying on.
The tears in Qian Tong's eyes had been accumulating for too long. At this moment, her eyes moved and fell. When she looked at Song Yunzhi, the proud gleam in her eyes disappeared without a trace. Her gaze became dim, as if all the obsessions in her heart were gone at this moment. She murmured, "The prince is right. The four major merchants in Yangzhou must die. The Park family, the Cui family, and the Lu family are gone, and next will be my Qian family. Why didn't I think of it... Even if the prince can tolerate me, how can others tolerate it..."
She is a witch.
She is a witch who keeps bandits in captivity and kills civilians indiscriminately.
She didn't know why it became like this...
Prince Song has been busy dealing with people from the court recently. Tonight, she just wants to capture King Pyeongchang and hand him over to the prince, and then marry him. After the marriage, she will tell him that she wants to go to the Strait Line to look for her relatives and see if they are still alive.
When everything is over, she will give Duan Yuanjin to him.
Tell him that Duan Yuanjin is not a bandit.
But it's too late now.
Regardless of whether Duan Yuanjin who came tonight was real or fake, the bandit was real. She became the real bandit leader. She killed her own maid, and the bandits she kept killed the people...
She deserves to die.
She was covered in blood and her eyes were empty. She had lived for twenty years and could sort out everything and find answers to every problem, but tonight she was in trouble for the first time.
She really didn't know how to redeem herself or clean up the mess. "How about Prince, please grab me and bring me here."
"Go home first."
After hearing this, Qian Tong was suddenly stabbed by the silver needle in Song Yunzhi's hand, and he fell into darkness completely. Song Yunzhi picked him up in time and said to Chen Che in front of him: "Make way."
Duke Dingguo roared in anger, "Song Yunzhi!"
Song Yunzhi pretended not to hear and said to Shen Che calmly, "Anyone who blocks our way will be killed without mercy!"
The cavalry that Chen Che brought back tonight were all from the imperial court. If they were to clash with the Duke's guards, the scene would only become more chaotic and tragic.
Duke Dingguo never expected that he would fight with him just to protect a witch who killed civilians indiscriminately.
Is he going to rebel?
Before Duke Dingguo could start reprimanding him, Song Yunzhi suddenly looked up and said indifferently, "I will give you an explanation for what happened today."
Wang Zhao was late again.
When he first heard that Madam Qian was going to recruit bandits into the city tonight, he didn't believe it at all. He knew that something might happen. After the Duke took his men out, he immediately went to the Qian family to find the Prince.
The prince has left.
He returned to the prefectural government and originally planned to stay at the mansion and wait for the messenger to come back. However, the little princess was anxious and insisted on running out to testify for Madam Qian. He had no choice but to bring his men and rush over to protect the little princess.
Who knew that what they would see was hell on earth.
He thought that Madam Qian was a smart person, and she was not the kind of bandit leader who killed innocent people indiscriminately. There was no way she would call the people from the mountain stronghold to the city tonight.
He also slaughtered civilians along the way.
Fortunately, Master Shen returned tonight with the imperial court’s troops at his disposal, so there were not many casualties. The bandit leader Duan Yuanjin had no idea where he had escaped to.
Wang Zhao watched Song Yunzhi holding someone from afar, his heart pounding. He walked closer, squinting one eye to look at Madam Qian in her arms. Seeing that she was covered in blood, he was unsure if she was still alive, so he tried to call out, "Madam Qian..."
Song Yunzhi passed by him.
Suddenly seeing Song Yunzhao with a pale face behind him, he did not bother to ask her why she was here, and said to Wang Zhao: "Leave a few of the bandits alive, and I will deal with the rest when I get back."
After saying this, he carried the person onto the horse, turned over, looked at the woman lying on the cold bluestone slab not far away, and ordered the secret guard: "Take Fu Yin back to the Qian family."
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Qian Tong woke up and it was already dawn.
She was lying on her back on the bed, already wearing her wedding dress.
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