Minister Ma said, "Great hero, if you spare me, I am willing to compensate you."
"Then tell me the location of the warehouse now, or I'll poison you immediately."
When the madman Chu went to inspect the storeroom, Minister Ma's bodyguards immediately grabbed him and ran outside.
When he arrived at the front yard, Minister Ma saw that there were over a hundred people lying there.
He asked weakly, "Who are all these people?"
"They were all brought by Young Master Luo, and Young Master Luo is dead now," the guard said. "It was Madam who wrote a letter to Prefect Luo, asking them to avenge the Ma family."
"Foolish woman, utterly stupid!" Minister Ma roared. "The Ma family has no way out, and now they're just pushing everything onto the madman Chu."
He publicly claimed that Madman Chu killed people indiscriminately. In any case, Madman Chu was notorious in the martial arts world and killed people only according to his whims.
Madman Chu went to the Ma family's warehouse.
The warehouse was filled with countless large wooden crates with rivets; any one of them was a hundred or a thousand times better than what bandits had.
"Damn it, there's so much, I can't carry it all. It's so annoying."
He grabbed a handful of silver notes and a few silver ingots, and went around to each courtyard. He poisoned any living person he saw.
In the entire Ma mansion, apart from Miss Ma the Fourth and the servant who fought three hundred rounds, everyone else was dead, including the little fat boy.
As he walked, Madman Chu said righteously, "I swore that anyone who bullies Madman Chu will be wiped out of the Ma family. Annoying brats will never amount to anything when they grow up; the sooner they die, the better."
He searched everywhere but couldn't find Minister Ma; that old rascal had run away.
By daybreak, the Ma family mansion had become a massive tomb.
Madman Chu was not afraid at all. Holding silver notes and silver coins in his hand, he ate and drank heartily on the street. He had killed a lot of people today, so he needed to eat something good to calm his nerves.
In addition, he needed to find a place to make medicine.
With such a large sum of silver notes from the Ma family, he was going to buy the best medicinal herbs. He finally had the money to buy several expensive herbs. Just wait and see, another powerful new poison has appeared.
Jiutian and Yin Jin'an finished packing up at the inn and prepared to leave.
They were only temporarily staying in the neighboring county; their destination was Kyoto.
However, there was a great commotion in the streets, with countless soldiers searching for people from house to house, and the city gates were already closed.
The inn was naturally among the first to be searched.
The soldiers rushed in and searched each room.
The officers and soldiers shouted, "Don't panic, everyone. We are ordered to capture the murderer, Madman Chu."
Yin Jin'an and Jiu Tian had already come downstairs and saw the shopkeeper stamping his feet in anger: "It's over, we're going to have to cut off business for several more days."
Jiutian pinched her little hands together, her eyes widening in shock.
She tugged at Yin Jin'an's sleeve, beckoned with her little hand, and Yin Jin'an bent down.
"Second Uncle, Madman Chu wiped out the Ma family. Except for Minister Ma, everyone else was poisoned. Even Young Master Luo, who came to their aid, was killed."
“!” Yin Jin’an looked around.
"Second Uncle, Madman Chu can't blame us."
Yes, they were all poisoned to death; Yin Jin'an wouldn't poison anyone.
At noon, the yamen runners from the county and prefectural governments had turned the county town upside down. Wang Can followed the head constable to the inn's dining hall to look for the madman Chu.
Seeing that Yin Jin'an was still there, his face turned pale: "Jin Yi, why haven't you left yet?"
Yin Jin'an said, "We were going to leave, but the city gates are closed."
Wang Can was already powerless at this point.
Of the five hundred men that Young Master Luo led to the Ma residence, more than one hundred were poisoned to death by the madman Chu. The remaining three hundred or so, led by the general, retreated back to the state military supervisor's office.
The military supervisor reported this to Prefect Luo, who then realized the seriousness of the problem.
She hated her daughter for ruining her son, and she also hated her son for being a fool.
But no matter who he hated, his legitimate son and daughter were all killed by the madman Chu.
Immediately inform the military supervisor Li Zhen to gather the entire military force of the prefecture and march on the neighboring county to capture the madman Chu.
All major transportation routes leading out of Lin County were thoroughly searched. Because Madman Chu valued his reputation highly, he would not beg for food in the countryside, so he sent people to search every house in the city.
Wang Can felt uneasy and said to Yin Jin'an, "Originally, I planned to let you leave immediately, but now the Ganzhou military officers are guarding every intersection outside the city, so I can't make that decision anymore..."
Yin Jin'an said, "It's alright, you go about your business. Jiu Tian and I will stay at the inn for a few more days."
It was a cold winter day, and the city gates were closed. There wasn't even a single stall on the street, so Yin Jin'an couldn't take Jiu Tian out to play.
Having grown accustomed to staying at home on the mountain, Jiutian didn't find it boring at all. He said with a grin, "Second Uncle, I'll recite the Tai Xuan True Scripture for you, and you can practice martial arts?"
"No need, I'll practice on my own. You memorize the medical books, and when I have time, I'll find you a renowned physician."
It was too chaotic today, and Yin Jin'an was worried about leaving Jiu Tian alone at the inn. He didn't dare let her out of his sight, so he decided to practice his martial arts in the courtyard of the inn while keeping watch over Jiu Tian.
Less than an hour into the martial arts practice, a large group of people arrived at the inn again, creating a noisy scene.
Prefect Luo arrived with Wang Can and Military Supervisor Li Zhen.
"Your name is Xiang Jikong?" The travel pass that Yin Jin'an left at the inn had the name Xiang Jikong on it.
Seeing that he was wearing only a thin shirt in the dead of winter and sweat was dripping from his face, Prefect Luo thought to himself that he was indeed a skilled martial artist, no wonder the Ma family came to ask for help.
Wang Can was unaware that the Ma family had falsely accused Prefect Luo, nor that the eldest son of Luo had privately mobilized the military officers and soldiers. He had been wondering why so many soldiers had died at the Ma residence.
“Young Master Xiang,” Wang Can pretended not to recognize Yin Jin’an and pointed to Prefect Luo, saying, “This is Prefect Luo of Ganzhou, who has come to investigate the case of the Ma family being murdered by Madman Chu.”
He gave Yin Jin'an a hint about who was in front of her and told her to be careful in her reply.
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