First, they followed the passionate and indignant people to the Marquis' Mansion. More and more people gathered outside. Everyone was outraged and shouted for the Marquis to come out and give everyone an explanation.
The doorman was so frightened that he closed the door and ran inside.
Instigated by Ma Dong and the others, everyone banged on the door in unison. Bai Zhiyue also helped. The door was not so easy to open to begin with, but she broke the heavy bolt with a little force.
Everyone rushed in
The soldiers on guard outside, remembering Wu Tou's instructions before he left, that they would go to the Luo Mansion to check on him, followed in under the pretext of maintaining order.
"You can't barge in!"
Some people wanted to stop them, but at this time, who could stop them? They were pushed aside by Ma Dong's men.
"Everyone go find the Marquis."
"Yes, I'm looking for the Marquis!"
There was also chaos inside. The marquis's wife was having people pack up some particularly valuable items and store them in the warehouse first, to be taken out later.
Suddenly, something hit him in the face. It was a ball of paper that No. 2 had kicked hard with his foot.
"What hit me? Who was it?"
"Ma'am, look, it's a ball of paper. It looks like someone threw it here on purpose."
"Oh? Bring it here and let me see it!"
When I unfolded it, fire started to burst out.
"You are such a good fellow, Luo Jinhu! Not only did you kill my son, but you also kept silent even though you knew the truth had been revealed. You only wanted to escape alone. What a dream! If you don't take me with you, no one else can escape."
What he cared about most was not killing his son, but not telling her the truth and abandoning her.
She drew the sword hanging on the wall and called the people around her.
"Follow me to stop the Marquis."
If he agrees to take her with him, then that's fine. If he doesn't agree, I will try my best to keep him with me at the risk of my life. We will go together and die together.
The other concubines in the backyard also got the news. They had their belongings roughly packed up and ran to the front yard one by one.
I must ask the Marquis to take me with him. There is no benefit in staying.
Luo Hou had collected almost everything by this time and could not take any more with him. He only took some extremely valuable and easy-to-carry items. Just as he was about to take his men away, his wife rushed in.
"Luo Jinhu, how dare you!"
"What are you doing here? Didn't I tell you not to leave the yard without my order?"
"I'm going to listen to you and wait for you to leave with your family and property alone? You can't leave me behind and run away!"
"What did you say? What nonsense are you talking about?"
"Oh, you really thought I didn't know that Captain Wu had already taken your evidence. You knew that staying here would lead to your death, yet you didn't tell me. You wanted to sneak away quietly and let us take the blame for you, just to prevent anyone outside from noticing anything and give you time to escape.
I may be stupid, but I'm not completely clueless. Either take me with you today, or we'll be together forever."
Her family also came from a military background, and when she got married, her parents gave her several guards and servants who were skilled in martial arts.
"Do you think you can defeat the assassins around me with just the few people you have?"
"Humph, even if I have to risk my life today, I will stop you!"
The people around her really couldn't withstand a few attacks from the assassins, but she had no way to retreat.
"If you don't agree, the worst that can happen is a poisonous smoke bomb and we'll all die together."
"You~ This matter is not certain right now. Maybe there is no evidence at all. I just want to move some property as a precaution. If something really happens, it won't be too late to leave later."
He didn't want to make any more trouble. If the guards outside found out, he wouldn't be able to escape.
"If you really want to leave now, then let's go together!"
Let's go first and find a chance to kill her when we get out. She has always been stupid. She is seeking death by making such a fuss now.
"Hmph, you're smart. I don't have time to clean up. Give me two hundred thousand taels of silver, and we'll go our separate ways after we leave. I won't rely on you."
Luo Jinhu gritted his teeth, oh, so this is the plan.
"Okay, give her two hundred thousand taels of silver."
Someone behind him took out a large stack of banknotes from a box.
The Marquis's wife took it and counted it roughly, and found that there was only one more and one less.
"Let's go!"
"My Lord, Madam, please wait for us~"
Well, here came a group of beauties of all kinds, each holding a bag of valuables, running hurriedly.
But some of their hairpins fell off, some lost their shoes, and some were crying while running, which made Luo Hou frown.
"Shut up! What are you yelling about? Do you want everyone outside to hear you?"
He winked at his subordinates.
Several assassins came out, covered her mouth and were about to break her neck.
At this time, there was a sound of a large group of people's footsteps outside, and someone shouted,
"My Lord, please come out and give us an explanation."
"Your Majesty must confess your guilt. This is your responsibility. The Crown Prince's crime is not his fault alone."
"Hiding from you, Lord, is not the behavior of a gentleman!"
Luo Jinhu can't care less
"Go!"
Those assassins who were quick to act had already broken someone's neck, and the others followed orders to let go of the person and head towards the tunnel.
When the beauties were freed, they found that the Marquis was so ruthless and killed people without hesitation. They screamed in fear.
"Help! Someone's killing someone!"
The people outside rushed in and saw Luo Hou and his party opening the tunnel.
"Luo Hou is trying to escape, hurry up, we can't let him get away!"
"The Marquis of Zhenxi is trying to escape from his crime. Catch him!"
"Oh, someone's dead! He killed someone again!"
Someone saw the dead concubine
The scene was in chaos. Luo Hou asked his assassins to block the people while he planned to escape alone.
The soldiers from the military division fought with the death squad
The civilians and students who broke into the mansion saw that someone was really going to kill someone, so they shouted and scattered.
Bai Zhiyue took advantage of the chaos to take out a newly made hidden weapon, which was filled with steel balls. It could not kill him but could hurt him.
He found a good position and fired two shots at Luo Hou's legs.
The steel ball penetrated the flesh and hit the bone, but the man fell into the secret passage all of a sudden, and the sound of him screaming in pain could be heard from the tunnel above.
Humph, there’s no way to escape now.
When the people from the Bingmasi saw him entering the tunnel, how could they let him go? They immediately sent two people to go in and capture him. Some assassins wanted to stop them, but Bai Zhiyue secretly gave them two marbles.
Captain Wu finally got the emperor's order to arrest Marquis Luo, and he rode his horse quickly with a team of guards and broke into the marquis's mansion.
Seeing this mess, I screamed
"We are following the Emperor's orders to capture Luo Jinhu. All unrelated individuals must step back. All personnel within the palace must remain in the courtyard and await their fate!"
Bai Zhiyue knew that she was safe, so she pretended to be a commoner and left the mansion with the others, hiding her achievements and returning in stealth.
The assassins also wanted to kill Marquis Paul, but were taken over by the emperor's guards and killed one by one.
The Marquis' wife and the concubines were already terrified. They never imagined that the Marquis of Zhenxi, who was so arrogant and high-ranking yesterday, would become a criminal wanted by everyone and the emperor today.
And they had no power to resist at all. They watched as the person who could decide life and death at will before was dragged out and thrown to the ground like a piece of mud, with no dignity left.
Looking at Luo Jinhu who was injured and lying on the ground, the Marquis' wife moved her lips. She was either regretting that she should not have cared so much and entered the tunnel earlier, or she was regretting that she finally got the retribution because of her son.
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