Chapter 834 Another one killed
Chu Yanluo's shock didn't last long. Seeing that everyone was unharmed and that golden armor was faintly visible under their clothes, she wasn't angry. Instead, she giggled again.
"They're not dead? That's fine, I'll just kill them again, won't I? Today, I'll send you all down to keep me company on the road to the underworld! Ghost slaves, kill them! Shoot their heads off!"
At Chu Yanluo's command, arrows flew in once again.
Everyone tried to defend themselves, but Gu Qianhan stood firmly in front of Shen Wantang, knocking down all the incoming arrows.
A moment later, the arrows stopped.
Chu Yanluo was very displeased: "Ghost slave, did I tell you to stop? Keep shooting them, don't leave a single one alive!"
However, this time, no one responded to her.
"Ghost slave?"
Chu Yanlu had just shouted when a corpse was thrown in front of her.
"Ghost slave!!"
Azure gold and azure silver appeared; one person sheathed his blood-dripping sword, while the other charged towards Chu Yanluo.
Gu Qianhan, watching the scene unfold, made sarcastic remarks: "Chu Yanluo, your ghost servant is dead. No one will shoot arrows for you anymore. Have you thought about where you want to be buried?"
Chu Yanluo roared, "Gu Qianhan, you don't think I only have one ghost servant, do you?! How could I dare to show myself if I only have one ghost servant? Guards, all ghost servants, come out and protect me!"
Eighteen men in black wearing ghost masks emerged from the darkness. Half of them surrounded Chu Yanluo to protect her, while the other half attacked Qingyin who was charging towards them.
Qingyin fought against nine opponents single-handedly and held his own, causing Chu Yanluo to frown.
Although her ghost servants were not the most skilled, they were well-trained and fearless. They even took pills to temporarily enhance their blood energy, but they could still only barely manage to fight Qingyin to a draw.
She was secretly shocked, not understanding how Gu Qianhan could have such a powerful subordinate. In her previous two lives, she had never heard of Qingyin's martial arts being so high!
Moreover, this was only Qingyin making a move; Qingjin was standing behind him watching the show!
Chu Yanlu gritted her teeth: "Everyone, attack together! Whoever kills Shen Wantang will get ten thousand taels of gold!"
Shen Wantang blinked: "Am I that valuable? Chu Yanluo, you have ten thousand taels of gold? You must be lying, right? I remember you were dirt poor!"
Chu Yanluo said coldly, "Shen Wantang, you're about to die, yet you're still spouting nonsense. I'll have the ghost servant cut off your tongue and feed it to the dogs later!"
Shen Wantang glanced at her eighteen ghost servants and shook her head: "You only have a few people, and you think you can kill me?"
"Hmph, my eighteen ghost servants are highly skilled, meticulously trained warriors! Shen Wantang, how many people do you have around you? Not even as many as I have, and you still complain that I have too few? Do you want to die too slowly?"
Shen Wantang suddenly laughed.
Chu Yanlu clenched her fists: "What are you laughing at?!"
"Of course I'm laughing at you for overestimating yourself! If I dare to go out, I certainly wouldn't go out with just a few guards."
"You have guards?! Where are they? I don't see a single one!"
Shen Wantang casually pointed: "There, there, and there, they're everywhere. But they're not my guards, they're—the ones who came to catch the murderer."
Everywhere Shen Wantang pointed, a large group of people emerged.
Soon, Chu Yanluo and her ghost servants were surrounded in layers.
Chu Yanluo finally panicked: "This is...this is government officials?! This is impossible! Aren't the government officials supposed to be protecting Xiao Qingyuan at the Liu family's villa? How could they be here?"
Shen Wantang smiled and said, "Of course it's because Xiao Qingyuan was the decoy, while I was the real bait! See, you've been lured out by the real bait, haven't you?"
Chu Yanluo no longer had time to talk to Shen Wantang, because the government officials had already killed most of her ghost servants.
Don't underestimate the fact that government officials are generally not very skilled in martial arts; they can overwhelm a dozen or so ghost slaves with sheer numbers.
Soon, Chu Yanluo herself was also captured.
Because she was a serious criminal with too many lives on her hands, which had caused a huge uproar, the authorities did not kill her but captured her alive to facilitate interrogation and avoid arresting the wrong person, which would leave them unable to explain to their superiors.
Chu Yanluo was knocked unconscious and taken away. The two officials from the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Judicial Review breathed a sigh of relief and came to thank Shen Wantang.
"Thanks to the Second Young Mistress for luring the enemy with her body, we were able to capture this vixen!"
"The Second Young Mistress is truly admirable; she's willing to do such a dangerous thing!"
Shen Wantang smiled and exchanged a few polite words with them before returning to the carriage and going home with Gu Qianhan.
But as soon as she entered the gate, before she could even step into the inner courtyard, Gu Qianhan's spy rushed over to report: "Young Master, Young Madam, the Prince Xiao of the Ning Prince's Mansion is dead!"
Shen Wantang paused, stunned for a moment: "What?!"
Gu Qianhan was also very surprised: "Xiao Qingyuan? Dead? When did he die? How did he die? Who killed him?"
"He died two quarters of an hour ago. He heard a sinister woman crying outside, went out to investigate, and was shot in the throat with an arrow, dying on the spot!"
Shen Wantang and Gu Qianhan exchanged a glance and exclaimed almost in unison, "Ghost slave?!"
The spy said, "The archer has been captured by the Prince's men. He was indeed wearing a ghost mask and claimed to be here to claim Chu Yanluo's wronged soul. He has already committed suicide by poison."
Shen Wantang gasped, "I didn't expect Chu Yanluo to have a backup plan! I thought I was her target tonight, but it turns out it wasn't just me; she actually wanted to kill both me and Xiao Qingyuan at once!"
Shen Wantang thought he had planned well enough, believing he could take the opportunity to lure Chu Yanluo over, and then use the manpower of the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Judicial Review to capture Chu Yanluo and cut off her life.
Unexpectedly, Chu Yanluo also used her to lure away the people from the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Judicial Review, and then let her ghost servant take the opportunity to shoot and kill Xiao Qingyuan!
Fortunately, she had made thorough preparations before going out tonight; otherwise, she might not have been able to dodge the ghost servant's arrows either.
Just then, Yuan Zheng, who was hiding in the Duke's mansion to avoid being killed, ran over.
Seeing that Shen Wantang had returned unharmed after going out, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank goodness, it's good that the Second Young Mistress is alright!"
"I was worried sick when I heard you went out, afraid that you would be killed by that vengeful ghost! That ghost kills people without hesitation, it's terrifying!"
"Second Young Madam, listen to my advice. Don't go out recently. Stay at home and hide. On Chu Yanluo's blood letter list, only Qingyuan, you, and I are left. We can't afford to lose any more people!"
Shen Wantang: "..."
She sighed: "Young Master Yuan, there are no longer three of us."
Yuan Zheng was taken aback: "Huh?"
"Only the two of us are left. Xiao Qingyuan is dead."
"What?!!"
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