"Who are you? How dare you attack the county government office?"
Cui and Xie Rou huddled together, the mother and daughter trembling.
Mrs. Cui was older and a mother.
She mustered her courage and, though outwardly fierce, inwardly shouted at a group of men dressed as local officials, "This is the He County government office. Attacking the government office is tantamount to treason!"
"The Yue King's Mansion will never let you get away with this!"
With a trembling voice, Cui uttered harsh words.
After saying that, she felt very sad—
The Xie family and the Yue Prince's Mansion had long been irreconcilable enemies.
When things got really critical, she even used the Yue Prince's Mansion to threaten these villains!
Sigh, what on earth is going on?
Why did the Xie family gradually fall to this state? (Read the book!)
A few years ago, they, born of a collateral branch, wrested back the position of head of the family from the legitimate branch.
Even two years ago, their family lived a glamorous and carefree life.
At that time, Cui never dreamed that she and her family would be like this today.
"Kill the corrupt official! Loot the entire treasury!"
When the retainers sent by the powerful clans heard the words "King Yue's Mansion," their hearts skipped a beat.
But they remembered their master's orders and continued to shout slogans in the local dialect of the Liao people.
He raised his curved sword high and slashed down the maids and old women who were being pushed towards him one by one.
Ah~
"Help!"
"Madam, Miss, I don't want to die!"
"Help! Someone, come quick! I'm in danger!"
The maids and servants screamed in agony or desperately cried for help, and the backyard was in complete chaos.
Thump! Thump!
People fell one by one, and their blood slowly spread across the ground.
"Mother, I...I don't want to die!"
Xie Rou was terrified, her mind went blank, and she unconsciously shouted.
Ah~~
A familiar scream jolted her awake.
Then she realized that in her panic, she had pushed her own mother out.
The group of men in black showed no mercy. With swift movements, they brought down their knives, and Cui could only let out a scream before dying.
Blood gushed from her neck, and her eyes remained wide open until she breathed her last.
He died with his eyes wide open in disbelief!
Xie Rou was both frightened and guilty. It was her, it was her who had harmed her mother.
Waaah, she's so unfilial.
But she had no choice; she didn't want to die.
Perhaps driven by a strong will to survive, Xie Rou unleashed her potential.
She restrained her limp body, staggered to her feet, and ran towards the front yard.
"Yaoguang, let's do it!"
The Embroidered-Clad Guards on the roof, seeing that Cui was dead and only Xie Rou remained, urged him on.
They were already a step too late, and it wouldn't be good for them to be "late" any longer.
If you have two targets you absolutely must kill, you have to kill one of them yourself.
"good!"
Luo Peiyu, codenamed Yaoguang, is no longer the weak woman she was when she was first sent to Lingnan.
After rigorous training, she has grown into a true female soldier.
She raised her arm and pressed the button.
Whoosh!
With a slicing sound, a short crossbow flew out of her sleeve and pierced Xie Rou's neck.
Xie Rou's eyes bulged out, and before she could even scream, the men in black behind her arrived.
A series of cold lights flashed, and Xie Rou was attacked in the head, back, and other areas.
thump!
Xie Rou fell to the ground, and even after landing, she remained in a running posture.
However, she had completely stopped breathing.
She was stabbed multiple times, each blow fatal; she was beyond dead.
"Oh no! An ambush!"
"Run! Run!"
The men in black who had succeeded in their attack did not show any joy when they saw Xie Rou fall.
Because they saw that Xie Rou had a short crossbow stuck in her neck.
There is another force.
Could it be the Prince of Yue's residence?
The leader in black had a bad feeling.
He quickly shouted and led the group to run away.
"Trying to run? Dream on!"
Yao Guangluo Peiyu sneered, picked up the copper whistle, put it to her lips, and blew hard.
"Beep~"
A crisp whistle suddenly rang out.
Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen figures appeared on the wall, and a group of people rushed in from both the front and back gates.
"In the territory of Yuezhou, under the jurisdiction of the Yue King's Mansion, there are actually people who dare to impersonate bandits and storm the county government office. They are truly audacious and deserve to die!"
The person who appeared before the group of men in black this time was not Luo Peiyu, but Helian Chen, who was left behind in the Prince's mansion!
He was the commander of the Yue Prince's personal guards and one of Helian Jue's spokespeople.
Upon seeing that the person who arrived was Helian Chen, a look of despair flashed in the eyes of the group of men in black.
"Let's do it!"
The leader raised his scimitar and shouted for action, but then clenched his teeth.
The other men in black did the same.
"A feint? Damn it, they're going to commit suicide!"
Helian Chen saw that they were just shouting "Do it!" but no one actually did anything. Instead, they all showed pained expressions.
He then realized that he had been tricked.
"Quick! Stop them!"
Helian Chen attempted to remedy the situation by ordering his personal guards to subdue the men and prevent them from taking the poison.
But it was still a step too late.
By the time the crowd ripped off the black-clad men's masks, they had already coughed up black blood and stopped breathing.
"Death warriors! These powerful clans have some nerve, daring to keep death warriors!"
Helian Chen gritted his teeth, but there was nothing he could do.
He could only bring the dozen or so corpses back to the palace and ask Xie Yuan for instructions on how to dispose of them.
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