Worried that their son, daughter-in-law, daughter, and son-in-law might be murdered in their sleep without them realizing it, Zhong Daya and Li Quan disregarded their own safety and shouted at the top of their lungs.
"Help! Murder! Help!"
Hearing the roar, Yokoyama Ichiro abandoned his attempt to go to other rooms, led his men over, kicked open the door, and swung his sword at Li Quan and Zhong Daya.
"Clang."
"Ah!" Although Li Quan and Zhong Daya blocked the sword with an iron box, they were still thrown back by the shock and crashed into the wall, both spitting out a mouthful of blood.
At this moment, Zhao Guizhi and her group were hurrying towards the Li family. As Zhao Guizhi ran, she felt her eyelids twitching. She stopped and told Tangguo, Xiaoxiao, and Jingjing to go and rescue the people first.
"The two of them can guard this place. The three of you go to the Li family to rescue them. My cousin's family doesn't know any kung fu. Congzhi and his two brothers-in-law have only learned a little bit. They're not very useful. If no one helps them, they'll die."
However, the three children were unwilling to abandon Zhao Guizhi's family. Before their parents left, the master and mistress had instructed them to prioritize the protection of Aunt Zhao's family, so they had to ensure the safety of Zhao Guizhi's family first.
Of course, when Zhou Laoda and Zhao Guihua left, they didn't expect things to turn out like this tonight. Otherwise, they would still have given the same instructions, but they would have asked a few more guards to stay at the Li family's residence.
In the palace of the capital, Xingxing woke up in the middle of the night with a start. She saw that her aunt and cousin's families in Nanyang Prefecture were being chased by men in black.
"Why are you awake? Did you dream about something?" Zhao Guihua was sleeping in the outer side room. Perhaps she wasn't used to the palace, so she couldn't fall asleep. As soon as Xingxing sat up, she knew and immediately slipped on her shoes and came in.
Xingxing calmed her rapidly beating heart. In the dim light of the luminous pearl, her eyes shimmered slightly. She closed her eyes briefly to calm herself.
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