Chapter 100 Return to Beijing
Shen Qingyuan hid the pillow in the quilt to pretend that there was someone on the bed, and then took Chunxi in his arms and hid behind the bed curtains.
After a while, the two assassins thought the drug should have taken effect, so they pried open the door with a dagger and tiptoed in.
The other person was wearing the coarse cloth shorts worn by post station servants, and was not covering his face with a scarf. He looked very ordinary, but his eyes were cold and fierce, revealing a cold-blooded and ruthless murderous intent.
The two men entered the room but did not kill anyone directly. Instead, they lifted the quilt to first confirm the identities of the two people on the bed.
When they found that there was only a pillow under the quilt, their faces changed slightly. However, before they could react, Shen Qingyuan attacked as fast as lightning.
The person who was walking in front and lifting the quilt was kicked away, and the other person had his knife snatched away by Shen Qingyuan and was forced out of the house.
The two men were highly skilled and reacted quickly, immediately cooperating tacitly to attack Shen Qingyuan from both sides.
But in the blink of an eye, the three of them fought from upstairs to the backyard of the inn.
Chunxi cursed while enduring the pain and tying his belt.
You want to assassinate me in the middle of the night, and you choose this time. I, Cao Chunxi, will fight you to the death!
Chunxi grabbed a bench and rushed out of the house.
In the backyard, the situation was somewhat stalemate. Although Shen Qingyuan was not at a disadvantage in his one-on-two fight, he was unable to capture them. At this moment, Chunxi shouted loudly: "Hurry up, there's an assassin!"
While shouting, Chunxi tried his best to throw the bench in his hand away.
One of the assassins who wanted to escape just used his lightness skills to jump up a little, but was hit by a bench and fell heavily to the ground. The other one was chopped on the arm by Shen Qingyuan and kicked away.
The next moment, the accompanying guards arrived and captured the two men. Lights were lit everywhere in the post station, and Shen Qingyu and Mo Yunwan also rushed over to check the situation.
"What's going on? Where did the assassin come from?"
Shen Qingyu's face looked a little ugly.
He thought it would be safe to return to Beijing with Shen Qingyuan, but he didn't expect to encounter an assassin.
Come to think of it, the Xuzhou case involves a wide range of people, and the dignitaries in the capital may have benefited from it. How could they hope that Shen Qingyuan could escort the criminals back to the capital smoothly?
Shen Qingyuan still ignored Shen Qingyu. He wanted to interrogate the two killers first, but they committed suicide by taking poison immediately.
In the night, Shen Qingyuan's face was gloomy and a cold aura spread in the air.
Shen Qingyu rubbed his arms and asked again: "They committed suicide. What should we do now? Will there be more assassins coming?"
If there are more assassins coming, he, as the eldest brother, may not care about their lives, so it may be safer for them to go separately.
Shen Qingyuan completely ignored Shen Qingyu and only instructed the people around him: "Hand over the bodies of these two men to the Yizhou Prefecture Government and hang them on the city wall for three days. If no one claims them, throw them into the mass grave and feed them to the dogs."
Dark clouds had gathered in the sky at some point, blocking out most of the moonlight. The night grew thicker and the air became sultry. Shen Qingyuan's voice was particularly cold in the night, like ice that had not melted for a thousand years. The knife in his hand was still dripping with blood. He had lost the righteous awe he had during the day, and instead looked like an iron-blooded and ruthless Yama.
Mo Yunwan clenched her palms and tried her best to restrain herself, but she still couldn't help feeling afraid.
All the fantasies she had when she saw Shen Qingyuan's strong and powerful body turned into fear at this moment.
If Shen Qingyuan ever knew the truth about her running away with the actor, would he chop her up and feed her to the dogs?
Thinking of this, Mo Yunwan couldn't help but take a step back. At this moment, the sound of footsteps suddenly came from behind her. Chunxi quickly rushed through the crowd to Shen Qingyuan's side and kicked the two corpses.
"A gentleman loves money but earns it in a proper way. Why would you kill my husband when you could kill anyone else? Do you know he just caught a corrupt official and got rid of him for the people? If you make money like this, you will go to hell after you die!"
Chunxi was filled with righteous indignation. Not only was he not afraid, but he looked so ferocious as if he wanted to whip the two men to death.
It was exactly the same as Shen Qingyuan who had just ordered the corpse to be exposed for three days and then chopped up and fed to dogs.
At this moment, Mo Yunwan suddenly realized that she could not compete with this woman named Cao Chunxi.
Although she would pretend to be weak to gain sympathy, she definitely did not have the courage to rush to Shen Qingyuan to defend him at this time and take action to help him vent his anger.
If she wanted to return to the Marquis' Mansion, she had to find another way out.
Thinking of this, Mo Yunwan turned her gaze to Shen Qingyu.
No one cared about Mo Yunwan's changes. Shen Qingyuan was afraid that Chunxi would tear her wound, so he carried her back to the room directly.
In the second half of the night, heavy rain came.
Due to bad weather and the need to deal with the assassin, the group stayed in Yizhou for three days.
Shen Qingyu was frightened by the assassin. After discussing with Mo Yunwan, he finally decided to go his separate ways with Shen Qingyuan.
Afraid of being left behind by Shen Qingyuan, the two did not dare to stop along the way and finally returned to the Marquis' Mansion ten days later.
After sleeping in the open air all the way, the two of them got tanned, lost a lot of weight, and looked very haggard. Mrs. Mo was so distressed that she burst into tears. After the two of them went to wash up and rest, Mrs. Mo immediately called Mrs. Ning to discuss countermeasures.
Ning has informed the entire Mo family and will never agree to Shen Qingyuan and Mo Yunwan breaking off their engagement. If Shen Qingyuan really likes his new wife, the Mo family can only agree to let Cao Chunxi be his co-wife.
In order to put pressure on Shen Qingyuan, the Mo family specially called Qingyuan Hou back to the mansion to take charge. However, the two families were on high alert for four or five days, but there was no news of Shen Qingyuan's return to Beijing.
Mrs. Mo was worried that something had happened to Shen Qingyuan along the way, so she asked someone to investigate. However, the news she got was that Shen Qingyuan had taken a water route after leaving Yizhou, and was currently wandering around Qingzhou leisurely.
"He really did it on purpose. My sister-in-law and I were injured and wanted to take a carriage, but he and his men rushed us as fast as they could, eager to leave us far behind. But as soon as we separated, they started sightseeing. He clearly meant to torment us."
Shen Qingyu was so angry that his face turned ashen. He had been traveling so hard these days that his bones were almost broken. He couldn't eat or sleep well. He was just waiting to go home and vent his anger, but the other party was not in a hurry to come back and even went out for fun. Where could he go to seek justice?
Mrs. Mo naturally felt sorry for her son, but Shen Qingyuan and Cao Chunxi had not returned yet, so she had to hold back her heartache.
Marquis Qingyuan had no feelings for this family. He didn't care whether Shen Qingyu was being teased or not. He just felt that it was a waste of time for him to leave his beloved and wait in the Marquis' Mansion for several days. He said to the people of the Mo family with a cold face: "Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. The children are grown up. We old guys will only be disliked if we interfere too much. If you want to continue waiting, then wait. I won't accompany you anymore!"
After saying this, the Marquis of Qingyuan stormed out. Madam Mo lost face in front of her family and burst into tears, "You all saw it. My life is truly miserable!"
The Mo family: "..."
Didn’t you say before that everyone in the Marquis’ Mansion had been under your control for a long time? How come you were defeated by that rebellious son before they even had a confrontation?
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