Thinking of this, Gu Momo felt a chill run down her spine: "Zhan Ting, I suddenly have a possibly bad feeling."
"In the documents Ye Meng showed us, almost all of them involved the deaths of fathers and children together. Considering that the surviving members of the Ye family are all imposters from the Emperor-Killing Alliance, is it possible that the Shao family members who died a few years ago were also killed by these imposters?"
"And he died at the hands of an imposter who looked exactly like his own children!"
A deep shock flashed in Li Zhanting's eyes, and he felt a chill run down his spine.
Yes, just like they discovered with their own eyes that the second master died at the hands of his own son.
Almost all of the deceased elders of the Shao family died at the hands of their own "descendants"!
A chill ran through Li Zhanting's heart: "If our guess is correct, then the Emperor-Slaying Alliance is simply utterly horrific."
No matter who you are, once you become a parent, you will love your children the most.
If members of the Emperor Killing Alliance were to impersonate their most beloved children, even if they sensed something amiss, they probably wouldn't have the heart to harm someone who looked exactly like their own children.
To die at the hands of someone who looks exactly like your own children—how cruel that is!
How cruel is this to the parents who died at their hands without knowing the truth?
They left this world with endless regret and disbelief, not even knowing that the children who killed them were imposters.
“That’s true.” Gu Momo frowned. “So far, every time the Emperor-Slaying Alliance kills someone, they set a fire. I guess this is related to the massacre of the Shao family back then.”
Because when the Shao family was wiped out, they were killed first, and then the entire Shao family was burned down.
So the Emperor-Killing Alliance is clearly repeating the way the Shao family died back then.
Perhaps from the very beginning, the leader of the Emperor-Killing Alliance orchestrated this grand scheme in order to take revenge on the Shao family!
Li Zhanting gently squeezed Gu Momo's hand: "We can only put our minds at ease about this matter. After all, it's the Shao family's own karma. As long as we can do what we should do, we can rest easy."
The gentle voice brushed against Gu Momo's heart like a feather, and Gu Momo's mood couldn't help but feel a little more relaxed.
Yes, everyone has their own cause and effect, so why should she grieve over other people's fates?
"Okay..." Gu Momo smiled gently, then took Li Zhanting's hand and prepared to leave.
The two had only been strolling in the courtyard for a short while when suddenly, hurried footsteps sounded in the distance. Numerous servants rushed about, their expressions panicked: "Hurry! It's all over... we're really doomed..."
"Oh no, I don't want to die either, but what can I do? How can I escape?"
"That's right! Now that even the patriarch is dead, death is already close to the Shao family! The Shao family patriarchs have been on the run for so many years, but in the end, they still couldn't escape the clutches of death of the Shao family. We're doomed too!"
The servants were panicked and disoriented, their faces drained of color, a truly horrifying sight.
Gu Momo and Li Zhanting slowly walked towards them, only to hear a servant continuing to wail and scream:
"Run! We have no choice but to escape! If we stay here, we'll surely die with the Shao family!"
Before she could finish speaking, another servant retorted, "Run away? Have you forgotten? So many servants in the Shao family tried to escape, but within two days, they were all dumped in the wilderness! How are we supposed to escape?"
The painful sounds seemed to plunge all the servants into deep despair, and they all wept bitterly.
Looking at their grief-stricken appearance, Gu Momo and Li Zhanting had countless questions in their minds.
They hurried over to the servants: "What did you just say? What happened to the master?"
The servants seemed surprised to find Gu Momo and Li Zhanting there.
He quickly said, "Miss Gu, Mr. Li..."
Li Zhanting's handsome face was stern. He frowned and said, "Answer me, what happened to the master?"
The servants were startled by Li Zhanting's cold, stern voice and hurriedly answered tremblingly:
"Reporting to Mr. Li, news just came from the master's courtyard that the master... he is dead!"
Gu Momo and Li Zhanting were immediately shocked, and their breaths even froze.
Then another servant said, "Yes, and the fire completely destroyed the master's courtyard. Although the fire is out now, I heard that the master was burned to a crisp, and nothing else was left..."
Gu Momo and Li Zhanting felt a chill run down their spines, and a sharp, cold light flashed in their eyes.
However, Gu Momo was best at grasping the key points in other people's words. She frowned and asked, "You just said that you wanted to escape from here, but all the people who escaped were left to rot in the wilderness? What happened?"
Hearing Gu Momo speak, the faces of the servants turned pale, and they didn't dare to look up.
Gu Momo's eyes sharpened slightly, and her voice turned colder: "All of you, raise your heads!"
Her voice was so authoritative that the servants had no choice but to submit and finally slowly raised their heads.
Gu Momo looked clearly at each of their faces and said, word by word, "Since you all know that the Shao family is like a dead end now, then you should know that only by uniting and cooperating can you have a sliver of hope. Whether you can leave here alive or not, your hopes probably rest on Zhan Ting and me. What, are you still trying to keep what you know a secret?"
Hearing Gu Momo say this, the servants seemed to finally waver a little.
Immediately, a maid looked up and said earnestly, "Miss Gu, Mr. Li, everything we said is true."
“Countless murders have occurred in the Shao family over the past two years, so naturally we felt this place was eerie and thought about sneaking away. Especially these past few days, we couldn’t wait to leave, but everyone who left ended up dying a horrible death. Some were even hung on the Shao family’s gate, their bodies dried out by the sun!”
"Yes, that's why we feel there must be ghosts hiding inside and outside the Shao family's house. We're afraid to go anywhere now..."
Upon hearing this, Gu Momo and Li Zhanting couldn't help but look into each other's eyes.
Li Zhanting spoke first: "Okay, Momo and I understand. You two go back and rest. You don't need to serve the masters here for the next few days. You can stay in your own courtyards."
“Okay…” Although the servants didn’t understand Li Zhanting’s actions, they had no choice but to comply.
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