Chapter 67 Sunflower
If it weren't for Nan Lijun's spies intercepting Yu Yangji's handwritten secret letter, knowing that there was an ambush on the Huo Mansion's route, he would have immediately sent his personal soldiers to help.
I'm afraid that when Ye Yan and others arrive, they will only see Huo Gannian and Yun Chen buried alive.
Yun Chen's judgment was correct. There was indeed something wrong with the six new graves in the forest. They were simply the soil dug out by the Yu family when they were digging trap pits, and they were just disguised as grave mounds.
If there had been more yellow earth dogs at that time, perhaps they would have been able to smell something unusual in advance and discover the trap.
Then the Huo Gang’s guards wouldn’t have suffered so many casualties.
Zhao Gang was covered in wounds, trembling as he stood there, looking around:
At least half of the Huo Gang's guards had fallen, lying all over the ground. The court physician and the medical officer sent by Nan Lijun were busy running around, looking for those who were still breathing.
The brothers who were usually on good terms with him were helping him to mediate the fight a few hours ago, but now they were lying on the ground with their bodies torn apart.
The tall, strong and dark-skinned Xiaoliu was covered in blood and couldn't stop bleeding; Xun Xuan had a piece of his scalp cut off and was leaning against a tree trunk groaning.
And there was Yun Chen, the man he hated the most. There was not a single good spot on his body. Every time she took a step forward, there was a wet, bloody footprint on the ground.
Finally, Zhao Gang saw Huo Gannian sitting in a wheelchair. Ye Yan and Hua Jue hurriedly undressed him, only to discover that both of his shoulders were covered with bloody holes caused by iron sticks.
When they fell into the trap, the two shields were enough to protect the slender Yun Chen, but they could not protect the tall and strong Huo Gannian.
Looking at the tragic scene before his eyes, and then thinking that it was all because of his temper and disobedience to orders, and not finding four yellow earth dogs... Zhao Gang suddenly felt so painful that he couldn't help but kneel down and cry.
Bu Yan threw two iron shields that were riddled with holes like sieves in front of Zhao Gang, pointed at the hundreds of corpses around him whose throats were cut by Yun Chen's sword, and said coldly:
"Didn't you ask Yun Chen 'why'? Just because of this!"
Without saying a word, he turned and left.
Zhao Gang stared blankly at the iron shield in silence for a long time. Finally, he stood up shakily, staggered to Huo Gannian, knelt down, and said in a trembling voice:
"Young Master, I have committed an insubordinate act and caused a grave mistake due to my selfishness... Please... expel me from the Huo Gang!"
Hua Jue sneered from the side, "It's only because our young master doesn't kill his own guards, otherwise someone like you would be torn into pieces as an apology - I've just heard about your 'glorious deeds' of bullying Yun Chen, you're quite arrogant!"
This time, Zhao Gang didn't say a word. He just knelt there with a pale face, waiting for Huo Gannian's decision.
Huo Gannian didn't even raise his eyelids. "Leave it to Yun Chen."
Yun Chen didn't expect that Ye Yan came back and Huo Gannian asked her to deal with someone.
She thought about it and felt that Zhao Gang had made such a big mistake. Even if he was not expelled, he would not be able to stay in the Huo Gang in the future. It would be better for him to find another way to make a living.
Thinking of this, she said to Zhao Gang, "Write your resignation letter and just say you're looking for a better job, don't say you're being expelled from the mansion."
With the resignation letter, others will only think that Zhao Gang resigned on his own initiative, so he won't be unable to make a living in the future.
Hua Jue shouted in dissatisfaction:
"Achen! Don't be soft-hearted! Giving him the letter of resignation is too easy! If it were me and Buyan, or even Brother Ye Yan, we would never let this guy leave in such a dignified manner!"
Yun Chen ignored Hua Jue and took a pack of hemostatic bandages and healing medicine from the court doctor and handed them to Zhao Gang.
"I guess you don't want to stay and get treated, so take this and go. Let's put things in perspective. Mistakes cannot be tolerated, but no one will forget the blood you shed and the life you risked for the Huo Gang."
After hearing this, Zhao Gang couldn't hold back any longer and knelt on the ground crying loudly.
While crying, he struggled to get up and slowly walked away in the opposite direction.
Zhao Gang walked and cried all the way, and walked in a daze for half a day until his body was in great pain and he remembered to heal his wounds.
He sat down against a tree and began to apply medicine to himself to stop the bleeding.
Not long after he sat down, he felt a chill on the back of his neck. He didn't hear any sound, but he intuitively sensed danger.
Just as he was about to turn his head, his mouth and nose were covered in an instant, and then his muscles and bones went limp and he fainted.
He didn't know how long it had passed, but when he slowly woke up, he saw the clear autumn air, blue sky and white clouds, and brilliant sunflowers all around.
Looking sideways, he saw a temporary pavilion not far away. Luxurious food and wine were placed under the pavilion. A tall young man in brocade clothes was sitting at the table, stirring a bowl of honey and milk cheese with a silver spoon out of boredom.
Zhao Gang recognized him as Yan Shijiu, the carefree man who always had a sunny smile on his face.
Just as he was about to get up, he felt a pain in his back. He then realized that there were guard knives stuck upside down under him, arranged like the trap pit of the Yu family.
He was tied up and lying on the knife points of the guards who were densely packed on the bed.
Seeing him wake up, Wan Chen waved his hand gently, and several Yan family guards immediately brought a large stone slab and pressed it on Zhao Gang.
In an instant, Zhao Gang felt his back, waist, buttocks, legs, and even the back of his head were all pierced by the tip of the knife, and he screamed in pain.
Yan Shijiu came over with a smile, waving his folding fan, and asked curiously:
"Wan Chen, you just said that the trap dug by the Yu family was like this? Was it this thing that almost killed my little Yunyun?"
Wan Chen replied, "My Lord, yes. I was delivering a bouquet of sunflowers to Guard Yun on your orders when I happened to see Guard Yun protecting Huo Gannian and him falling into a pit. I only had time to kick out two shields, so Guard Yun should be fine."
Yan Shijiu nodded, then gently waved his folding fan and said to the guards beside him:
"What are you standing there for? Keep going!"
Several Yan family guards hurriedly continued to move the stone slabs, piling them on Zhao Gang layer by layer.
Soon, the tip of the knife pierced through Zhao Gang's body. The pain was so severe that he couldn't even scream, and his whole body twitched continuously.
Blood flowed out from the bloody holes all over his body, flowed along the blade to the ground, soaking a large area of land.
Yan Shijiu looked at Zhao Gang with satisfaction and said with a smile, "It's a good thing Wan Chen heard it when he left. Anyone who dares to scold my little Yunyun must die - and anyone who dares to snatch my little Yunyun must also die!"
After hearing Yan Shijiu's last words, Zhao Gang suddenly opened his eyes wide and struggled desperately, but he only felt excruciating pain in his body.
Before he died, Zhao Gang looked at Yan Shijiu's kind face and cold eyes, blood foam gushed out of his mouth and nose, and used up his last bit of strength to cry out weakly:
"Young Master... please... be careful of Yan Nineteen..."
It’s a pity that no one will ever hear these words.
After Yan Shijiu and the others left, the sunflower garden returned to its former tranquility.
The blood seeped into the soil, and perhaps the sunflowers next year would bloom even more brilliantly...
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