Chapter 129 The Su Family Fire
Huo Xingzhi's men followed the carriage all the time, but because they were afraid that Su Yanqiu would hurt Su Yuheng, they simply didn't follow too closely.
Bai Ze rode his horse to Huo Xingzhi's side and asked, "Your Majesty, are you going to keep Prince Su alive?"
Huo Xingzhi's expression was cold. "No need. If he doesn't die, Heng'er will be in danger when I go to the border. He must die."
This was one of his plans.
What's more, he is a man and doesn't like other men coveting his wife.
Therefore, Su Yanqiu must die.
Keeping some people will only cause more trouble.
Bai Ze clasped his fists and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."
At the same time, the Su family.
Four or five black-clad secret guards rushed into the inner house from all directions.
It instantly attracted the attention of the Su family's guards.
"Catch the assassin!"
"Quick, catch the assassin!"
Those men in black were agile and extremely fast, like a gust of wind, and they would disrupt the security of the entire Su family in an instant.
The Su family guards held long swords in their hands and chased the figure in black in each room and courtyard.
After Su Mingzhe received the letter from Linglong, he suddenly stood up from his chair.
He took Linglong and a secret guard to Su Yanqiu's study.
Su Mingzhe searched for some useful letters in the study.
"Master, there is a dark room here."
The voice of the guard came from the south of the study. Su Mingzhe strode in and opened the darkroom.
What comes into view is a picture of a beauty.
"Heng'er?"
"It turns out that he has been coveting Heng'er for a long time."
Su Mingzhe said expressionlessly: "Let's burn this place down."
"Yes, Master."
The black-clad guard lit a tinder and threw it at the pile of calligraphy and paintings. Soon, thick smoke filled the study.
Thick black and white smoke rushed into the sky through the window, attracting all the guards of the Su family.
"The prince's study is on fire, quickly...quickly put out the fire."
"Come with me to put out the fire!"
Countless guards rushed towards the study.
The servants carried water and ran around to put out the fire.
The Su family suddenly fell into chaos.
Liu was in the yard and heard the sound of a water leak from afar.
He pushed open the door of the wing, looked towards the thick smoke, and was instantly startled.
"Isn't that Yanqiu's study?"
"Madam, the prince said you can't go out!" A black-clad guard reached out to stop her. Liu was furious and slapped the black-clad guard in the face.
"You bastard, don't you forget that I am the mistress of this house!"
The black-clad guard said coldly, "We only obey the prince. Madam, please don't embarrass us."
Liu said angrily, "Didn't you see the fire in the prince's study? Why don't you go put it out? Do you want to lose your head?"
After Liu finished speaking, she ignored the black-clad guards' attempts to stop her and rushed to the study with two maids.
The study was engulfed in flames, and all the Su family's guards rushed to put out the fire.
Everyone knows that the most important place in the entire Su family is Su Yanqiu's study.
Su Yanqiu had been conspiring with the King of Qi for a long time, and there were countless letters in it.
Three of the five guards who were originally guarding the Su family ancestral hall also participated in putting out the fire.
There were only two guards guarding the Su family ancestral hall.
After Su Mingzhe brought Linglong and a guard to the Su family ancestral hall, Linglong knocked the two guards unconscious.
Linglong asked, "Sir, do you know the mechanism?"
Su Mingzhe nodded: "Of course I know, but there is a nine-linked formation set up near the Buddha statue in this temple."
Linglong said, "When I arrived, the prince had already drawn the route and formation of the Nine Linked Rings Formation for me."
"Sir, please look."
Linglong said this, taking out a picture from her sleeve and handing it to Su Mingzhe.
Su Mingzhe took a look at the picture and had an idea in his mind.
Following the direction indicated on the blueprint, he slowly approached the Buddha statue with Linglong and a black-clad guard.
Just as he took two steps forward, a sharp arrow suddenly shot out from the Buddha statue.
In an instant, Linglong flew into the air, picked up the long sword in her hand and shot down the sharp arrow directly.
"It's safe."
Su Mingzhe nodded, and continued to walk towards the Buddha statue with Linglong and the black-clad guards.
After walking to the altar of the Buddha statue, Su Mingzhe squatted down and turned the switch under the altar hard.
When the Buddha statue opened, what came into view was a dark corridor with a cool breeze.
A few people could also hear a hoarse voice coming from the corridor.
That voice made Su Mingzhe's scalp tingle instantly.
"Sir, there really is a secret passage here."
"How about I go down and wait for you upstairs?"
Su Mingzhe shook his head and said, "No need. I'll go with you."
After Su Mingzhe finished speaking, he took Linglong and the black-clad secret guards into the black corridor.
It was pitch black inside, but I could still hear the faint sound of water.
The three of them walked down with torches. The closer they got, the clearer the hoarse male voice became.
After the three of them reached the flat ground, what came into view was a large jar, and they could smell the scent of泔水 from a distance.
Linglong was shocked when she saw the black thing in the big jar.
Although she was a killer and secret guard, she had never seen such a dirty thing.
"What is that?"
Su Mingzhe was also curious. He took a torch and mustered up his courage to look into the jar. He saw a disheveled man covered in slop, his limbs curled up in the vat.
His heart beat faster and his back felt cold.
Just as I was about to walk over, I heard a hoarse voice.
"Mingzhe."
It was Su Yuan's voice.
"Father, it's really father!"
Su Mingzhe couldn't believe his eyes. He walked over, lifted the man's hair, and saw a familiar face.
Su Mingzhe fell to his knees with a thud, his body shaking uncontrollably.
"Father, you are still alive."
"You're really still alive, that's great!"
Seeing this, Linglong smashed the jar with her sword, only to find that the man in the jar had been fed poison.
"The young master has been poisoned, and this kind of poison is something I have never seen before."
Linglong's gaze fell on Su Yuan's legs.
There was a red line on Su Yuan's leg, which she had seen before.
If my guess is correct, Su Yuan can only live for one month at most.
"What kind of poison did you take?" Su Mingzhe asked.
Linglong said, "I'll tell you after we leave this ancestral hall."
Su Yuan was fed poison and locked in this jar for almost a year. The skin and flesh on some parts of his body had rotted away, and a strange stench could be smelled.
Fortunately, the limbs are still intact.
Su Mingzhe asked the black-clad secret guards to help him get Su Yuan out of the ancestral hall and directly went to his own Xuexiangyuan.
Now Su Yanqiu has not returned home, and Su Yuan has been poisoned.
This has just been rescued, so it’s not appropriate to tell others.
On the other side, the fire in the study had been put out a lot, and Liu was directing everyone to put out the fire.
After a while, the guards hurried over and knelt before her.
"Ma'am, something happened."
Liu frowned and asked in a low voice, "What happened? Why are you in such a hurry?"
The black-clad guard then stood up, walked over to Liu, and whispered, "Madam, someone broke into the ancestral hall today and took the people inside away."
"Now that the prince is not here, I can only come to inform the lady."
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