As soon as the fake Zhou Ying turned around, she saw her third aunt with blood on her face, giving her a sinister smile.
He couldn't care about anything else; he just wanted to run out as quickly as possible. But even though his mind gave the order, his body kept trembling and he didn't want to move at all.
"Mother, are you really going to kill your child?" The fake Zhou Ying had no choice but to play the emotional card, hoping to find a way to survive.
But the third aunt was not fooled at all. She smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, your mother won't make you suffer too much. Just a little pain and you'll be reunited with your parents in the underworld."
After saying that, without waiting for the fake Zhou Ying to say anything more, the Third Aunt's long knife reappeared, and she killed her last enemy in the world.
After watching the fake Zhou Ying fall unwillingly to the ground, the third aunt wiped the blood and tears from her face, looked at the corpses lying haphazardly in the room, and murmured.
"My dear child, Mommy will come to be with you right away, just wait a little longer."
After saying that, the third aunt left the room and headed towards the back kitchen. She soon returned carrying a large jar of wine.
She poured wine all over the room, then slowly took out a tinderbox from her person and casually tossed it onto the gauze on the bed. The fire quickly started.
After the fire started, the third concubine laughed, picked up a long knife, and slit her throat before collapsing into the flames.
Soon, the main courtyard of the Zhou residence caught fire, but because the third concubine had dismissed all the servants earlier, no one noticed anything unusual about the Zhou residence.
The fire was only discovered by the neighbors when it spread to the outer perimeter, but by then it was too late to put it out, and the entire Zhou mansion was burned to ashes.
Xu Jinhuan, however, had already disguised himself as a servant and was heading to the post station outside the city.
This was a plan she suddenly came up with when she discovered that her third aunt wanted to die together with her.
"Knock knock knock"
"Help! Help!" Xu Jinhuan shouted loudly.
There was no response from inside the courtyard at first, until Xu Jinhuan's voice grew louder and louder, as if someone had finally been woken up, and that person walked over cursing.
"Why aren't you sleeping properly at night? I'll knock your grandpa's door open!"
Amidst the sounds of cursing, the gates of the post station were quickly opened.
The innkeeper sized up Xu Jinhuan and saw that his clothes were tattered and his face was covered in dust, so he didn't look like a rich man and said with disdain.
"What brings you here? Our inn is full and we're not accepting anyone to stay overnight."
Xu Jinhuan feigned panic and said, "The wild geese in the north are flying south, flying back and forth in the same place. Quick, take me inside, someone wants to kill me."
Upon hearing the pre-arranged code, the innkeeper's expression changed from lazy to serious.
"Who are you?"
He knew Zhou Dabing, and only he and Zhou Dabing knew the code. But the person in front of him was clearly not Zhou Dabing. Could he be a spy from somewhere else?
As the innkeeper thought this, he quickly reached for the dagger hidden at his waist, ready to slit the man's throat if he showed any sign of trouble.
Xu Jinhuan showed no fear and continued anxiously, "I am a servant of the master. The master originally came to deliver something today, but he suddenly fell ill."
They intended for me to come here and inform them, but unexpectedly, a villain came to the manor. Thankfully, Third Madam risked her life to protect him; although the Master was severely injured by that man, he survived.
As Xu Jinhuan finished speaking, he wiped away non-existent tears from the corners of his eyes and sniffed.
“At that time, I happened to be with the head of the household. He took advantage of the man’s rampage and sent me to you with some things, saying that you would help him take revenge.”
"Oh, by the way, the patriarch also mentioned that his enemy's name is something like Tingjun; you'll understand once I tell you."
After speaking, Xu Jinhuan looked at the innkeeper with anticipation, "You'll definitely be able to avenge the patriarch, right?"
Looking into those clear, innocent eyes, the innkeeper felt inexplicably guilty. He coughed lightly and spoke vaguely.
"Yes, I know about this. Give me what you brought."
Xu Jinhuan, seemingly oblivious to his guilty conscience, handed over all the evidence he had been carrying to the other man.
The innkeeper carefully protected the evidence, then said to Xu Jinhuan, "Take this money, forget what happened here, and find another place to live."
After saying that, he picked up the money bag at his waist, reluctantly took out a silver ingot weighing one tael, and handed it to Xu Jinhuan.
Xu Jinhuan twitched his lips speechlessly. "Brother, are you kidding me? You think you can make me leave my hometown for just one or two taels of silver?"
Before Xu Jinhuan could speak, an even rougher voice came from the courtyard.
"Little Liu, when are you going to get rid of this old habit of being greedy? It's already very kind of you that the young man helped bring things over."
"You're punished by having to give the rest of the silver to this young man as well."
After saying that, a pair of dark, large hands snatched the money bag from the innkeeper and handed it to Xu Jinhuan.
"Hehe, little brother, don't bother with this idiot. Take the money and find a place where nobody knows you, and live a good life."
As for the revenge for your family head, we will definitely help you avenge him.
Xu Jinhuan looked in the direction of the sound and saw a burly man who was nine feet tall. The man was covered in black, and he was showing her a set of beautiful white teeth.
The scene was simply unbelievable; if a child saw it, they would probably burst into tears.
Xu Jinhuan smiled at the burly man who looked like a black bear come to life, deliberately shrank back for a moment, and then shakily accepted the money bag.
She subconsciously weighed it in her hand, and after feeling its weight, she said with a look of fear and trepidation, "No, this is too much..."
The black bear spirit—or rather, the burly man—chuckled and said, "Young brother, please accept this silver. Otherwise, we'll feel uneasy."
Xu Jinhuan then accepted the money pouch and ran away.
Once they were out of sight of the two men, she opened the money pouch with a smile.
"Oh my, no wonder that little Liu was looking at me like that. It turns out there were not only loose silver coins inside, but also silver notes."
Xu Jinhuan smiled and put the item into his spatial storage. He then went to a corner and used his supernatural ability to hide his figure before starting to change his appearance again.
The reason she made this special trip was not only to deliver evidence to the enemy of the enemy, but also to pin Zhou the richest man's death on the male protagonist and further fuel his hatred.
The enemy has already attacked him directly. Even if the Fourth Prince had nothing else to do but save face, he would still have to teach Lei Tingjun a lesson.
At this time, at the post station outside the city.
Xiao Liu looked at his older brother with a resentful expression, "Boss, that's the money I saved up to get married. You gave it all away at once. Do you want me to stay a bachelor forever?"
The other man, dressed as a scholar, turned his gaze to the burly man immediately after hearing this and asked gently.
"Brother, do you think there's something wrong with that person?"
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