novelapdf Chapter 281 Yan Nie
Chapter 281 Yan Nie
boom!
He pressed his palms heavily onto Gong Tianbao's back.
Click!
The internal force of these two palm strikes erupted entirely within Gong Tianbao's body.
Gong Tianbao swayed, his skin and flesh were still intact, but his internal organs had all turned into minced meat. He swayed, blood flowed from his seven orifices, and he was already dead when he stood there!
Grandpa Jin used his palm as a knife and swung it forward.
The head of Gong Tianbao, the former martial saint, fell into his hands.
He burst into laughter, then suddenly started sobbing uncontrollably, looking utterly miserable.
"Godfather... Godfather..."
"How could you have died...?"
"If you had listened to me and sided with the new emperor back then, why would my son and I have had to fight each other?"
Grandpa Jin held the head of "Gong Tianbao," aka Li Hongen, crying and laughing at the same time. Then he kicked the still-standing corpse hard, crushing it into a cloud of blood.
His voice turned cold, and he began to curse wildly.
"You old fool, you don't know the times, you don't know when to advance or retreat!"
"You were so stubborn, you almost got our family killed, do you know that?"
"Pah... He deserved to die, he lived up to his name!"
After the madman-like eunuch Jin finished venting his anger, he straightened his sleeves and regained his demeanor as a grand eunuch.
In the courtyard, Grandpa Jin and the men in black all stood with their heads bowed, not daring to breathe loudly.
"Little Jin, have you counted everything?" Eunuch Jin slowly wiped the blood from his hands and asked gently.
Xiao Jinzi trembled all over and hurriedly knelt down to report.
"Replying to Godfather."
"The Yan family has fifteen men and thirteen women."
"The four men and women he took with him when he fled from our Great Wu Kingdom are all among them."
"Everyone was verified, without exception!"
Grandpa Jin nodded in satisfaction and waved his hand.
"What are you still standing there for?"
"Search it! See what good stuff the old man brought out of the palace!"
"These all belong to our master; not a single item can be missing!"
The crowd responded with a roar and dispersed to various rooms like a flowing stream. Some even brought out sledgehammers and shovels to break through walls and dig out bricks for a thorough search.
Separated by a courtyard wall.
Yang Silang and Hu Jiaoniang exchanged a glance.
That old eunuch, Gong Tianbao, is gone just like that.
The entire household, men, women, and children, also perished.
This wealthy neighbor, who had only moved in a little over ten days ago, hadn't even had time to warm up his new home before his entire family was wiped out.
wrong.
And Wang Xiaoyue.
These henchmen of the Wu Kingdom had thoroughly investigated the names of everyone in Gong Tianbao's household, demonstrating the great effort they had put in.
The question then arises: where is the real Wang Xiaoyue in her own residence?
Who was the dead Wang Xiaoyue in the palace?
How did the final headcount match up when such a large, living person was missing?
Hu Jiaoniang voiced her doubts.
Yang Silang thought for a while and then slowly said.
"I don't quite understand."
"This old master Gong... no, many of the arrangements made by old master Li seem to be more complicated than they appear."
"Let's take a look first."
"As long as they don't demolish our house, we don't need to worry about it."
Master Gong was a generous and kind neighbor; it's a pity he died.
As for offering help, Yang Silang never even considered that option; wouldn't that be inviting trouble?
On the other side is the violent machine of a newly emerging country.
Yang Silang could sense that, apart from Eunuch Jin and his group in the courtyard, there was a powerful yin energy swirling in the sky.
The people sent by Wu also had backup plans waiting outside to provide support.
After sensing the situation, Hu Jiaoniang confirmed that there should be a powerful cultivator at the Transcendent Realm in the sky, along with several Daoist cultivators, presiding over the formation.
She didn't want to make an enemy of a neighbor for no reason.
Especially since this neighbor's identity is so sensitive, it could involve many things.
As for the two of them handing Wang Xiaoyue over, that's even less likely, since she is, after all, a nominal disciple of Yang Silang.
The other side has already found "Wang Xiaoyue's" body and removed her from the list, so why invite trouble upon themselves?
Meanwhile, the men in black in the courtyard made their move.
They practically demolished the entire courtyard.
Even the Taoist priests descended into the formation from the sky.
The once arrogant eunuch Jin forced a smile and went up to greet him, addressing him as Master Sun.
Sun Daoren used his magic to probe the entire mansion.
soon.
People will reap the rewards.
First, five storage rings were found in a hidden compartment under the bed in Gong Tianbao's bedroom.
In addition, a basement was discovered in the courtyard, where several magical artifacts and weapons were displayed on a shelf.
The Taoist broke through the restrictions on the storage room, scanned it with his divine sense, and burst into laughter.
"I knew that old scoundrel would take a lot of good stuff with him when he fled."
"What cat doesn't steal fish?"
"With Yan Ni dead, it would be a miracle if these chief eunuchs didn't seize the opportunity to steal something."
The eunuch Jin, standing nearby, chuckled. Strictly speaking, he also had a background as a former dynasty eunuch.
"But we haven't found the Great Secret Realm Stone that the old codger is in charge of yet."
It turns out that the royal family and powerful clans would use spatial stones to connect them to the entrance of the secret realm through secret techniques. In this way, if something unexpected happened, as long as they took the secret realm stone with them when they escaped, it would be equivalent to protecting a secret realm.
With the support of this secret realm, there will be a chance to make a comeback in the future.
at this time.
Xiao Jinzi squatted on the ground, carefully examining the remains of "Gong Tianbao" and dismantling them into pieces.
Suddenly he shouted that he had found it.
He used his knife to cut open a section of Li Hongen's leg bone, and pulled out a square seal from it.
The seal looked like a private seal, only the size of a quail egg, and it shone brightly.
The seal looked like a private seal, only the size of a quail egg, and it shone brightly.
The Taoist priest took the seal and channeled his magical power into it.
hum...
A flash of blue light appeared.
A large gate with a blue halo appeared in the courtyard.
The eunuch and the Taoist priest exchanged a glance, their faces beaming with joy, and then stepped into the gate of light.
After a while.
The two appeared, beaming with joy, their smiles practically overflowing from their faces.
"Good, good, good, this old scoundrel deserves to die."
"So greedy, actually taking one of Yan Ni's nine great secret realms, Buzhou Secret Realm, with him when he escaped."
"Now that this great achievement has fallen into our hands, we can report back to the Emperor."
"The three scattered secret realms, Buzhou, Mingying, and Qingyun, have all been found."
"The remnants of the Yan rebellion will no longer be able to cause any trouble."
Eunuch Jin ordered the troops to retreat.
The crowd poured kerosene on the headless corpse of "Gong Tianbao" and other remains, which were piled up in layers in the open space of the courtyard, forming a large bundle.
As for "Gong Tianbao," his head was wrapped in cloth and he was to go back and report.
Eunuch Jin and the Taoist priest withdrew first, taking away the array plate and dismantling the large array that covered the entire alley.
As the Taoist priest was leaving, he bowed and clasped his hands in greeting to Yang Silang's courtyard next door.
"Thank you for observing from the sidelines, fellow Daoist."
"I am from the Embroidered Robe Pavilion of Wu Kingdom. I am carrying out an imperial decree to kill someone. It is my duty. I apologize for disturbing you, fellow Daoist."
"This is to make amends."
He took out a storage bag, tossed it into the air, and it landed gently in the Yang family courtyard.
Bed.
Hu Jiaoniang snorted coldly.
Meanwhile, in the palace courtyard, only Eunuch Jin and two men in black remained; he was in charge of cleaning up the mess.
He waved his hand and gave the order.
"ignition!"
They immediately threw torches onto the dozens of corpses.
boom!
A raging fire immediately broke out.
The three men watched until the entire pile of corpses was burned from the inside out before they left.
Two men in black walked a few steps ahead. Suddenly, the young eunuch Jin turned around, stared at the body package for a while, a look of sadness in his eyes, nodded slightly as if in respect, and then quietly left.
Because of the kerosene poured on it, the fire shot into the sky like a pillar, burning fiercely and illuminating the surrounding sky.
soon.
The patrolling watchmen noticed something was wrong, and several watchmen rushed over from all directions, striking a gong that carried far and wide in the silent night, sounding extremely jarring.
Then, from all directions, night patrol officers rushed to the scene, shouting for help to put out the fire.
Normally speaking...
With such a commotion, the neighbors should have been alerted and jumped out long ago.
For no other reason than that.
Fire is merciless; if it spreads to other courtyards, an entire alley could be burned down.
But the neighbors were completely silent; not even the dogs or horses they kept made a sound.
The head constable sensed something was wrong and hurriedly ordered his men to put out the fire. At the same time, he scaled the wall and entered the courtyards of each house, only to find that everyone was fast asleep under the influence of a sleeping potion.
He hurriedly ordered someone to splash water on his face, first waking up the servants, and then having the servants wake up the master.
Meanwhile, Fu Hongying and Wang Xiaoyue were lying in bed when a basin of cold water was poured on their faces.
The face of the cook, She Nu, appeared before her eyes.
"Wake up."
"The palace next door is on fire!"
"By the way, Xiaoyue, your master instructed that from now on you are not allowed to say a single word."
Upon hearing this, Fu Hongying immediately sat up.
Wang Xiaoyue was half asleep when she suddenly heard that her house was on fire. She was so stunned that she couldn't even speak.
Fu Hongying pulled her and ran out.
Just then, Wang Daniu, dripping water from his head, was carrying buckets of cold water over to pour onto the courtyard wall.
In the backyard, out of sight of the others, Daqing sucked at the well and shot out a jet of water that landed in each of the empty buckets.
A huge fire was raging next door, making the air scorching hot.
The master and his wife stood to the side, their hands behind their backs, watching the fire next door. The master was also holding a storage bag in his hand.
Yang Silang turned to look at Wang Xiaoyue and explained, word by word.
"From now on, forget all your past identities."
"From this moment on, you are a native of Gongzhou Prefecture."
"Let's call her Xiao Yue."
Wang Xiaoyue.
Xiao Wangyue.
That was Xiao Yue.