Chapter 36
As a local leader in Yanzhou, after six generations of hard work, the Huang family's ancestral home now occupies dozens of acres.
Its open terrain, waterside pavilions, beautiful ponds, mulberry bamboos, green trees and green vines are all available. In order to maintain the normal operation of the garden, more than a hundred servants and servants are needed.
However, this beauty was broken today.
Fanzi from the Six Gates barged in like a wolf and a tiger. As long as he saw a living person, he would cut him with a knife without any explanation.
The sounds of killing and crying turned the originally quiet garden into a hell on earth.
It is not that no one in the Huang family rose up and tried to resist. Wu has been passed down to the family for a hundred and fifty years, and there are still quite a few direct descendants in the family who have practiced Qi.
However, when encountering such a tough nut to crack, the bandits did not fight them head-on. Seven or eight people formed a small formation and trapped the people under the command of the leader. From time to time, they secretly fired two hand crossbows.
After a short while, when they are almost exhausted, the anti-robbers will take action to kill these stubborn people.
Huang Youfu's heart bleeds when he sees his fourth and fifth brothers, as well as several up-and-coming nephews, so despicable and shameless as they hate Liu Men.
The responsibility as the head of the family made him realize that he could not continue to waste his life like this. He made a decision in his heart and took Wu Shizhan's sword with all his might. Huang Youfu grunted and ran towards the back garden without looking back.
Kan Yi secretly thought something bad and thought that the other party was trying to escape. It was not like he didn't know the principle of "beating a snake and not killing it, but leaving its harm behind". If Huang Youfu, who was really strong in internal energy, was allowed to escape, he was afraid that he would never be able to escape again. Want to have a good night's sleep.
"Want to leave?"
Wu Shizhan hurriedly used Qinggong at his feet and chased the opponent in the direction of escape.
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On the other side, Beiyuan, where the Huang family lives directly, is in chaos.
From the mouth of the boy who escaped here by chance, he learned that his family had been labeled as a rebel for no reason, and that people from the six gates were coming to kill here. The old, weak, women and children were even more panicked.
Seeing that the normally aloof lady was crying uncontrollably, some of the maids gradually started to have thoughts that they shouldn't have. Taking advantage of the chaos, they sneaked out and went straight to the makeup box where their master used to keep his jewelry.
"Bad maid!"
Seeing that something was wrong, Huang Xueqi, who had sneaked back first, was planning to take his mother and younger sister with him to escape.
I just happened to see the maid sneaking out of her courtyard, with a bulge on her chest. I immediately understood and wiped the bitch's neck with my sword.
"Qi'er, did our family really commit a crime?"
Hearing her son's voice, a charming and beautiful woman walked out of the house with tears in her eyes, grabbed Huang Xueqi's hand and asked nervously.
"Father is still trying to stop the gangsters from Liumen. I came back and wanted to escape with my mother and little sister."
The young man pursed his lips and did not answer directly. He just kept urging the woman to clean up her clothes.
"Impossible, this is impossible!"
The woman's backbone seemed to have been ripped away at once. If Huang Xueqi hadn't reacted in time, her body would have almost fallen to the ground.
"How long have you been thinking about this? Mom, you can't do this. If we don't leave, we really won't be able to leave!"
Anxiously like an ant on a hot pot, Huang Xueqi groped for two jade bracelets and gold hairpins from the maid's arms, and then stared at the house where his mother lived.
"Yes, yes, it's important to stay alive, it's important to stay alive!"
Muttering as if waking up from a dream, the woman finally came out of the despair of having her family broken up and her family dead.
Suddenly, as if she remembered something, she grabbed Huang Xueqi's hand and almost screamed with excitement.
"I remembered, Qi'er, go to the master's study quickly. There is a book on the second row of the shelf. It is a trap. It should be able to open a hidden compartment."
Holding her son's arm tightly, the woman urged incoherently.
Seeing that Huang Xueqi was a little puzzled, he immediately explained in an iron-clad manner.
"My mother once made a soup of white fungus and brought it to my master. I happened to see him putting a book back in its place. When he saw me, he had murderous intent in his eyes and asked me repeatedly if I had seen anything."
"If your mother hadn't been pregnant with your sister at the time, her life might have been lost."
The plump and beautiful woman patted her chest with lingering fear.
"Mother, what do you mean-"
When he realized what he was doing, Huang Xueqi's breathing became rapid.
He is just an inconspicuous one among Huang Youfu's many concubines. Whether it is talent or martial arts, he is only average at best.
If it hadn't been for this incident, perhaps the best ending in this life would be to rely on my mother's favor to be assigned to a few land-deeded shops and live out my life in an ordinary way.
But now the two direct brothers are gone, and the father's life or death is uncertain for a while. The internal skills passed down by the Huang family are right in front of him. How can you not make him excited.
"Mom also has a house in the west of the city. Your father bought it for me from Jinwu Cangjiao back then. Not many people know about it. Our three mothers will live there for a few days and leave the city as soon as the storm is over."
Having made up his mind, Huang Xueqi's heart felt hot, wishing that God would give him two more legs so that he could get to his father's study earlier.
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"It's not this one, it's not that one either, wait a minute——"
After subconsciously tugging, it failed to move. A flash of light flashed in the young man's eyes, and he moved several books around him in three strokes.
Sure enough, a mechanism disguised as a book appeared in front of him.
The direct lineage's internal skills, the treasured soup and mu prescriptions, and the land deeds to the Huang family's various properties...
Huang Xueqi's breathing gradually became thicker. He had never thought that the Huang family's huge business would actually benefit him, a bastard who was usually inconspicuous, in such a dramatic way.
He reached out his hand and gently triggered the mechanism. Full of longing for a better future, the blue-light-quenched crossbow arrows smashed the boy into a sieve with a few whizzes.
"Click, click!"
Unidentified sounds came out of his mouth, especially in disbelief, and the young man's eyes finally lost their look.
At this moment, with the sound of the door creaking open, Chen Qingzhi appeared in the study.
It was really dangerous. If I had overheard the news outside the house and hurried to the study, I am afraid that I should be the one who has been tricked now.
Looking at the dark secret passage behind the bookcase, Chen Qingzhi took a deep breath and stepped up the stairs with all his energy.
The air inside is not turbid, and you can still vaguely feel the flow of the breeze. It seems that the Huang family was suddenly in trouble, leaving an escape route for the family members.
After walking for a while, he didn't encounter any traps. What appeared in front of Chen Qingzhi was a small box.
He covered his mouth and nose, opened the lock with a knife, and the young man suddenly dodged to the left.
However, as he imagined, some hidden arrows tempered with poison appeared in the box.
Come to think of it, the trap in the study room may also be set up to prevent future generations from being kidnapped. The box is filled with things that are easy to take away on the road. No matter what mechanism is installed, there is no need to worry about the bumps along the way being broken and affecting future generations.
Chapter completed!