Chapter 461 Exiled
Dusk is falling.
Huo Zhanfeng took Sang Hushi to the western hills outside the capital.
Behind him were two guards carrying boxes.
On the top of the mountain, dozens of people stood on the edge of the cliff.
There were three ropes tied to the big tree next to them, and at the other end of the ropes were two children and Xu Mengwan.
About five meters below the cliff, he was dangling with his hands tied.
"Mom!" Sang Yuqiong called out Sang Hu.
"Did they beat you in jail?"
Mrs. Sanghu looked dejected and shook her head.
She was not beaten, but in that kind of environment, with screams everywhere, it felt like she had endured several years in such a short period of time.
"Huo Zhanfeng! Put down the boxes and let them go!" Sang Yuqiong shouted.
Huo Zhanfeng's eyes were cold and calm, and he nodded to the two guards.
Several assassins followed the two guards until they saw them go far away, then they returned to check the silver in the box.
After confirming that everything was alright, they nodded to Sang Yuqiong, then lifted the box and quickly turned into the woods, disappearing from view.
Sang Yuqiong waited for a while before ordering again: "Let my mother come over!"
You no longer have the right to choose!
Don't play tricks, or else three lives will be lost below the cliff!"
Huo Zhanfeng still had no expression on his face, his eyes fixed on the people standing next to the big tree.
He already knew what they wanted to do.
At the same time as Sang Hushi was released, several darts were shot at those people.
But those people are all death warriors, they will complete the mission even if they have only one breath left.
With one knife, three ropes were cut at the same time, and a scream that pierced the sky came from the bottom of the cliff.
The rope was caught just as it was about to disappear over the cliff face.
The Sang family's assassins protected Sang Yuqiong and Sang Hu and quickly disappeared into the forest.
Huo Zhanfeng lay on the ground, holding two ropes in one hand and one in the other, his arms bulging with veins as he moved slowly to the edge of the cliff.
"Jinxin, Jinxiu, don't be afraid, Daddy is here to save you!"
"Erlang!" Xu Mengwan looked up in embarrassment.
It was meeting Huo Zhanfeng's head.
"Ji Lang, save me!"
"Jinxin, Jinxiu!" Looking at the two children with their heads drooping and motionless, Huo Zhanfeng's eyes were filled with fear.
"What happened to them?"
"No, it's okay. They drugged me." Xu Mengwan didn't dare to tell the truth.
Suddenly, I heard a strange noise.
The rope above my wrist was actually slowly cracking.
Xu Mengwan screamed in fright again.
"Shut up!" Huo Zhanfeng growled through gritted teeth.
The rope had been tampered with and was cut in half. If it stayed that way for a long time, it would definitely not be able to withstand the pressure and would break completely.
If we give up Xu Mengwan now, we can pull the two children up quickly.
This thought flashed through Huo Zhanfeng's mind for only a moment.
"Don't leave me, don't leave me..." Xu Mengwan closed her eyes in fear.
Then she felt herself swaying to the right.
"ah--"
She thought she was about to fall off the cliff, but her body stopped again. Broken rocks fell from above her head, and she fell into the abyss.
Xu Mengwan looked up again, only to see Huo Zhanfeng's face was ferocious, with bulging veins all over his forehead.
He held a whip in one hand and three ropes in the other!
He swung the whip several times before he managed to tie up Jinxin and Jinxiu at the same time. He exerted his strength to lift the two children up and grabbed the broken part of the rope.
Although his hands were bleeding from being strangled, and his expression was hideous and ferocious.
But this was the first time Xu Mengwan saw what Huo Zhanfeng was like as he was described by others.
He is so brave and strong-willed.
Pulling it up a little more, Jinxin and Jinxiu were lifted up.
"General!"
The guard from before finally returned.
Carry Jinxiu and Jinxin to a safe place and untie the ropes.
When Xu Mengwan's rope was about to break, Huo Zhanfeng tied her up again with his whip.
After rescuing the person, he ran to the child.
"General, the young lady's pulse is very weak. She must be treated quickly."
"Take them down the mountain!"
Huo Zhanfeng had just exerted too much force and injured some of the meridians in his arms, so he needed to rest.
"Erlang...thank you for saving me." Xu Mengwan took a breath and crawled over with weak hands and feet.
"Don't get me wrong, I'll save the child first, and you can save him if you can, but forget it if you can't.
Although we no longer have any love for each other, you gave birth to these two children for me after all. This is my final repayment to you, Huo Zhanfeng.
From then on, we became strangers.
Don't let these two children see you again!
I will tell them that their mother is dead."
Huo Zhanfeng stood up, clasped his trembling arms, and strode down the mountain.
"Erlang, do you really not want me anymore?"
Behind him, Xu Mengwan's wailing could be heard.
She really regretted it, so much!
She once obtained a treasure that many people in this world could not obtain, but she treated it as a fraud and finally abandoned it.
…
At this time, it was the border between the capital and Changting.
The Sang family appeared.
"Now all the troops of the Huo family are concentrating on reorganizing the capital. Let's take advantage of this gap and head south. After crossing the Xinjin ferry, we will reach the territory of the Minman people. We will go there to avoid disaster first, and come back in a few years with a changed identity!" said Sang Yuqiong.
"That's all we can do."
They looked towards the capital again, with reluctance in their eyes.
"Uncle, don't be so reluctant. Do you think the Huo family will really let you go? It's just a slow cooker, and they'll be dealt with sooner or later!"
"Hey, let's go."
The family agreed to take a short rest before continuing on their journey.
But suddenly a group of soldiers holding swords appeared in front of them.
"Huo, Qiu, Ye."
"Yes, it is this General!"
"You, how did you know we would come out from here?" Sang Yuqiong's eyes turned black.
She claimed to be the smartest in the Sang family and often gave her mother advice.
She looked at the map for a long time. This place was obviously the closest to the capital. Anyone would think that they were running far away!
"I don't know! You probably don't know, but this mountain is completely surrounded in all directions."
How many people would it take to surround them all?
“Originally, the Huo family had already let go of the Sang family’s branch.
But who told you to be so ignorant of life and death? "
The Huo family will not kill innocent people indiscriminately, but anyone who has evil intentions towards the Huo family will never be spared!
The Sang family was completely desperate.
"We were wrong, General, please forgive us!" All the branches of the Sang family knelt down.
"Fools, you really believe it!"
"Shut up! It's all your fault! It's clearly your family's fault, what does it have to do with us? We were supposed to stay in the capital..."
General Huo, please spare us!"
"It's too late!" Huo Qiuye waved his hand.
None of the Sang family members were left behind.
A few days later, the Supreme Court came to the Huo family to report a case.
Xu Mengwan had an argument with her mother, probably because her mother asked her to ask the Huo family to rescue their two sons from prison. Xu Mengwan refused, and the two accidentally fell during the tussle.
Xu's mother hit the back of her head and died on the spot.
The Chief Justice came over and asked what to do.
The Huo family just said: Handle business as usual.
The Chief Justice understood what was going on, and when he returned, he had Xu Mengwan put in jail.
According to Dongyang law, Xu Mengwan committed the crime of matricide, which was a heinous crime and an unforgivable crime. However, because it was not intentional, she was not sentenced to beheading but to exile.
Coincidentally, her place of exile was also Liangzhou.
When she left the capital, Li Yuzhi and others went to see her off. They prepared food, warm clothes, silver, and many other things she needed, and also instructed the yamen runners.
This was to repay her previous kindness in giving me this gift.
"Liangzhou is better now than before. No one dares to do evil. If you go there, the work will be harder." Li Yuzhi said.
Although they were sisters-in-law, Xu Mengwan took the wrong path and could not travel with them.
I probably won't see you again in this life.
Xu Mengwan embarked on the road of exile crying.
But after all, her situation was much better than the Huo family's at that time.
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