Chapter 280 Strong Counterattack
Li Jizu, the young master of the Li family, finally regained his senses. He originally wanted to get rid of the problem once and for all, but ended up getting only five thousand taels of silver, which did not match the rumored huge fortune left by Wu Youcai. That was why he was able to escape the disaster of being killed and was saved.
Li Jizu knew that if he wanted to take Wu Youcai's wealth, he had to start with the original body, so he quickly evacuated with his servants.
At dawn the next day, he pretended nothing had happened and came to the funeral with his servants, claiming to be Wu's cousin. At this time, the Wu family's small house had been surrounded by government runners, and corpses were carried out one after another. This was almost a massacre of the entire family, which naturally alarmed the local county magistrate.
The arrival of Li Jizu made the county magistrate pay more attention. He did not expect that this small wealthy family, which was not very prominent, actually had relatives in the capital. He immediately mobilized people to look for clues, vowing to catch the evildoer.
In fact, when the original body saw Li Jizu on the second day, he knew that it was the Li family who came to kill him yesterday, because Li Jizu, a dandy boy, had the habit of burning incense like the nobles in the capital. Even though he changed his clothes, the original body could still smell the fragrance.
The original body was terrified and indeed stimulated by the blood, but she was young and could only cry. She did not provide any useful information. Most importantly, she did not dare to say anything. She knew that as long as she showed the slightest abnormality, the only thing waiting for her was to be silenced.
Lianyi suddenly opened her eyes at this moment, interrupting the original owner's memory reception. When she left the mourning hall, she looked up at the sky and found that there was less than half an hour left until midnight.
The servants in this courtyard were all loyal servants left to the original body by her father. It was because of the tragic deaths of these people that the original body was left with no useful people around her. After being taken to the Li Mansion in the capital, she was surrounded by people from the Li family, so that her every move was under surveillance and controlled by the Li family. Naturally, there would be no good result in the end. As the tasker, Patriarch Lianyi would not give the Li family such an opportunity.
She stood up and walked out of the side hall, beckoning to her personal maid Luo Ying who was burning paper. The maid immediately tiptoed out of the mourning hall and asked in a low voice:
"Miss, is there something wrong?"
"Luo Ying, I'm tired and want to sleep for two hours. Keep an eye on the time and remember to wake me up when the time comes."
Ripple said softly.
"Miss, Luo Ying will serve you and let you rest."
After saying that, he went in and woke up another maid, Luo Huai, who was leaning against the pillar and was in a daze, and said in a low voice:
"Luo Huai, go and burn some paper so as not to interrupt the master's incense offerings. I will help the young lady and take a rest for a while."
Luo Huai was only two years older than the original body. At the age of fourteen, he loved to sleep the most. After being pushed awake, he yawned, rubbed his sleepy eyes, climbed up, and obediently took Luo Ying's place.
Luo Ying then followed Lian Yi to the boudoir in the second courtyard, changed her young lady into mourning clothes, helped her to sleep, tucked down the quilt, and prepared to take a nap on the footstool.
"Luo Ying, you don't have to stay with me anymore, go to the funeral hall and stay with your father."
"I'm worried about the young lady being alone."
Luo Ying was very conscientious and said with a frown.
"Don't worry, I'm not a child anymore. I'll be the boss from now on. If you don't listen to me, who will listen to me in the future?"
Ripple said with a small frown.
Luo Ying looked at the sky outside the window. It was less than two and a half hours until dawn. She would have to welcome guests who would come to pay their respects when the sun rose. She had to take care of all this early. Before the master passed away, he had sent the butler out to do some work, and the earliest he would be back would be tomorrow morning.
So she didn't hesitate any longer, let her young lady rest in peace, and turned to leave the room.
After making sure that the footsteps had completely disappeared, Lianyi threw off the quilt and sat up, jumped off the bed, and stuffed her dress into the quilt to create the illusion that someone was sleeping.
Then he pulled out a pair of deerskin boots from his closet and put them on. Then he left his room wearing a white satin lingerie and went to his father's bedroom. The things there had been tidied up, and there were eight camphorwood boxes on the floor.
She went straight to the box where clothes were stored, found a black short shirt that belonged to her original father, put it on herself, and casually tied a black belt to fix the ill-fitting clothes on her body. Then she took out a dagger from another box and stuffed it into her arms. This was a dagger that her original father had someone make before he died, and he used it for self-defense.
After making preparations, Lianyi slipped to the stable in the backyard. There was a dog hole where the horse feed was piled. Her original body had sneaked out from there once before with her maid, so Lianyi chose to go there this time as well so as not to alarm anyone.
After pulling open the mat woven with weeds, Lianyi crawled out without any burden. She looked at the alley behind the yard in the moonlight. It was pitch black at this moment. There was no one in sight. Only the sound of the night watchman could be heard from afar.
After making sure that there was no one in the back alley, Lianyi quickly stood up and ran out of the alley. She walked along the back alley and came to the front of her house. There was a white lantern hanging at the door and white flowers hanging on the Wu family plaque, indicating that the family was handling a funeral.
She picked up a stone from the roadside that was as big as her two fists, and then she squeezed it gently, and the stone was crushed into small pieces. Then she put all the pieces of stone into her pocket. The incident happened suddenly, and she could only use these pieces of stone as weapons. After all, she had even used date pits to kill people before.
Then she quickly walked out of the street where the Wu family's courtyard was located, ready to meet Li Jizu and the others. They should have left their temporary residence and were heading towards the Wu family.
After Lianyi walked out of the street, she hid in the shadows of an alley. Less than a quarter of an hour later, she heard footsteps. Among these people, only five of them were skilled in martial arts, so their footsteps were very light. The others were just ordinary servants.
When those people showed up, Lianyi could tell at a glance that the person surrounded in the middle was Li Jizu. They were all wearing black clothes and masks, obviously not wanting to reveal their identities.
Lianyi grabbed the gravel, raised his hand and fiercely knocked out all five or six stones in his hand. The people surrounding Li Jizu immediately fell to the ground groaning. Four of the guards immediately surrounded Li Jizu. They never thought that someone would ambush them here.
Lian Yi would not give them a chance to react. She grabbed the gravel with both hands and shot it out with all her strength. At the same time, she used the shadow to roll over, broke through the fallen servants outside, and turned over to the feet of the four guards.
She did not have the advantage of height, so it was impossible for her to kill them with one blow. Therefore, the first thing she did was to cut the tendons of the four guards, and when these people subconsciously bent over and attacked the ground, she pierced their throats or hearts.
During the whole process, Lian Yi's breathing was steady, fast and fierce. He spun around like a whirlwind and dealt with the four people with the highest martial arts skills.
Li Jizu was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, and crawled out with trembling hands and feet. He looked so embarrassed.
At this moment, a man in black on the periphery noticed something was wrong and immediately turned around to protect Li Jizu as he escaped, but he fell to the ground after only running five steps.
“Help! Help!!!”
My dears, I'm sorry! I had a severe allergy yesterday, and my entire right eyelid was red and swollen. In addition, the temperature was 40 degrees yesterday, and it was stinging when I sweated. Fengling was forced to rest for a day. The temperature continued to be high today, so I wrote late. I will upload one chapter after I finish writing. Thank you for your understanding!
(End of this chapter)
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