Chapter 2363 Taking Action
Meng Yunzheng whispered to the others, "We'll see how things go and adapt as needed."
Lord Cheng and the others were all on high alert, pushing the women back even further.
The next moment, the door was pushed open, and Cheng Wu walked in, his face somewhat grim, and said, "Young Master Meng, please come with me."
Before he could finish speaking, Rong Hou slammed the door shut behind him. Cheng Wu heard a 'bang' and was about to turn around when Rong Hou pushed him.
Then I heard him say, "Move, do it."
Meng Yunzheng reacted the fastest, drawing his soft sword from his waist and thrusting it at Cheng Wu.
But the latter was no pushover; he narrowly dodged the attack. Immediately afterward, he was heard shouting outside, "Rong Hou is a traitor!"
Before he could finish speaking, Lord Cheng, his eyes red, seized the moment when Meng Yunzheng was blocking the tip of his sword and instantly plunged a dagger into his chest.
Cheng Wu looked down in astonishment at his chest, which was stained crimson, and then the eldest son of the Cheng family pierced his neck with a needle.
In just a few breaths, Chengwu slowly fell backward.
Before anyone else could react, the door was kicked open again. Meng Yunzheng only had time to shout, "Attack!" before rushing out and engaging the guards in the courtyard who had been drawn over by Cheng Wu's shout.
Lord Cheng handed the dagger in his hand to his eldest son, picked up Cheng Wu's weapon from the ground, and charged out with him.
Xia Yan and Ying Xiyue went outside, and the rest of the Cheng family who still had the strength went out with their weapons.
Shu Yu stayed inside to oversee the situation. Rong Hou's eyes darted around, and he quickly retreated behind her, whispering with some unease, "What should we do? There are only a few of you, and so many guards outside. Are you sure we'll be alright?"
Shu Yu glanced at him, observing the situation outside, and asked, "What's going on with Cheng Wu? Why is he here?"
“Didn’t you say you were going to make your move today? I was alone, and I had a lot of preparations, so it was a bit more commotion. Chengwu already disliked me, so he became suspicious. This morning he wanted to go out. I was worried he was going to report something, so I deliberately sent someone to tell him that Meng Yunzheng was acting strangely. He wanted to make a name for himself, so of course he had to come and check. I rushed over here. I was planning to tell you beforehand and lure him into the house to kill him. But he arrived so quickly. I had just run outside the courtyard when he arrived, so I had no choice but to go in with him.”
Shu Yu understood. "Cheng Wu was an accident. What about the rest? Are you alright? Has my master been settled?"
"Alright, alright, I've hidden the Dongqing Temple Master. I've drugged all the guards in the Cheng residence, but it will take some time for the drug to take effect. What I'm worried about now is that if a fight breaks out here, other guards will hear the commotion and run out to report. If even one of them runs out, we're finished."
"Don't worry, they can't escape."
Rong Hou's face twitched slightly. You're really confident. Do you think you can stop so many people with just a few of you?
However, what he didn't know was that some of the guards had indeed realized something was wrong.
Most of the archers on the rooftop had fainted, and others were too weak to draw their bows. Even if they could, they couldn't hit their targets at all.
Some people immediately dropped their bows and arrows and tried to leave to report the news, but before they could even get off the roof, they were shot in the chest by arrows that were being fired from afar and fell off the roof.
Immediately afterwards, seven or eight people arrived outside the Cheng residence and killed all the guards who tried to escape on the spot.
(End of this chapter)
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