Chapter 310: Take down everyone in the Jiangjun Fu!

Li Jingchuan turned to look at the person behind him—it was Zheng Wanxiu, who had already left the Jiangjun Fu the previous night.

She wore a black mask on her face, and frowned tightly at the fact that Li Jingchuan would appear here: "Xiao Chuan, how did you come too?"

"Could it be that you intend to enter this Jiangjun Fu?"

Li Jingchuan didn't reply, but his silence already answered.

Zheng Wanxiu, angry, grabbed his arm firmly: "Come with me!"

Zheng Wanxiu was about to leave with Li Jingchuan, but Nan Gongdi stretched out his hand to block them.

"Madam Zheng, I and Luo'er saved your lives, and this is how you repay us master and disciple?"

"You think you can leave without a sound, and treat us master and disciple as easy marks?"

"Without Luo'er's order, if this young master leaves, I don't mind shouting now: 'Lotus Sect remnants are here!'"

"By then, don't say you still want to save your brother—you might not even save your own life!"

"I only hope Madam Zheng acts prudently, so as not to implicate this Young Master Jingchuan."

Only then did Zheng Wanxiu violently release her grip on Li Jingchuan's arm.

"You—!"

She had lost to him several times, knowing he was a man of his word and decisive in his methods.

She herself was no match for him.

Even if threatened to this point, she could only grit her teeth and then glare resentfully at Nan Gongdi.

Zheng Wanxiu naturally wanted to quickly take Li Jingchuan away from this place of right and wrong.

But Li Jingchuan did not leave.

Zheng Wanxiu was thus forced to keep a stern face and stay.

At this moment, inside the Jiangjun Fu.

After Liu Qingzhu left, all the household members and servants in the mansion had been seized and brought to the front courtyard.

Packed full, over a hundred people.

Liu Mian'er, Lou Yiniang, and Huan Jieer were the last to be brought out.

Liu Mian'er's belly was already quite big.

Lou Yiniang supported her, and Huan Jieer trailed behind listlessly.

Seeing Li Qingluo appear, Huan Jieer, eyes red, shouted: "Elder sister——! Wah wah, elder sister……"

Since Li Qingluo left, Li Qinghuan has had no one to teach her.

The Qu clan never cared whether the concubine's daughter could read or write.

So Lou Yiniang could only hold her daughter and get through each day cautiously.

Huan Jieer, however, greatly missed her elder sister.

Yesterday, after her sister finally returned, she had wanted to go see her, but the aunt said her sister was already very tired and told her to stay put and not disturb her.

Who would have thought that upon waking early, the entire mansion had completely changed.

Li Qingluo saw her younger sister, and her heart clenched tightly.

If Li Chao Jing died, it would be just desserts.

But if guilt by association extended to the entire household, then Huan Jieer, Lou Yiniang, Liu Mian'er, and even an unborn child would all suffer alongside him.

Li Qingluo spoke to comfort her: "Huan Jieer, don't be afraid, your elder sister is right here."

Li Qingluo had wanted to reach out and bring Li Qinghuan over, but Qu Dao Yuan sliced her off with a horizontal sword strike.

"Miss Li, what are you doing?"

"Don't rush."

"Let's go together; after all, your whole family can still reunite in prison. There's no need for these formalities now, lest we waste time and I fail to report to the palace promptly."

Li Qingluo raised her knife and knocked aside his sword: "You don't need to bluff here with the fox borrowing the tiger's might. Don't try to scare me with these words—I, Li Qingluo, have never been intimidated by anyone."

Qu Dao Yuan gave a cold laugh: "Don't think you two, grandparents and grandchild, can escape this."

"Even if you have indeed moved out of the Jiangjun Fu, one of you is Li Chao Jing's birth mother, the other his birth daughter—no matter how you run, you cannot escape the blood relation."

"Confiscating property and exterminating the clan—none of you will survive."

Qu Dao Yuan's words were also exactly where Li Qingluo felt powerless today.

Damn it, I've had bloody bad luck.

In this lifetime, I haven't enjoyed a single day of Li Chao Jing's blessings, yet I get dragged into his punishment.

She and her grandmother are clearly the two direct blood relatives Li Chao Jing has mistreated the most, yet they must bear the penalty for his great mistake—truly disgusting to the core.

Li Qingluo felt resentful and indignant, but could only protect her grandmother and retreat backward again.

She had delayed here for so long, hoping that Deng Mama had already successfully gone to inform the Prince Su's Mansion.

Their Xiuli Jiangjun Fu now also counts as having successfully relied on the Prince Su's Mansion; Duan Rongshi would certainly not stand by and ignore her and her grandmother, so Li Qingluo still has some confidence in this.

Although she dares not fully trust human nature, with Duan Rongshi Li Qingluo feels an inexplicable, absolute trust—she herself cannot explain this feeling.

Clearly, she shouldn't place such unreserved trust in anyone……

Wait a moment!

Who is the culprit behind today's disaster? Her own father, Li Chao Jing, who has gone mad?

This morning, everyone in the mansion was arrested, yet this deeply sinful person has no trace to be seen.

Could he have run away?

Li Qingluo had just been thinking that, when Li Chao Jing was dragged out by someone……

"Sir, sir—both sirs, look, this criminal Li Chao Jing is actually, actually really mad!"

The General of the Cavalry has gone mad with loss of mind; although this has been rumored throughout Jinling City, it has never actually been confirmed.

Although the Qu family already knew about it.

But this matter has not yet fully blown up.

Today, seeing the facts, the soldiers and officials throughout the mansion all sighed with regret.

Li Chao Jing, completely unaware of how people now see him, was dragged away while screaming and crying alone.

He still clung to a pile of broken wood in his arms.

After being shoved to the ground, the pile of wood he had been guarding carefully scattered everywhere in an instant.

Li Chao Jing screamed at the top of his lungs: "My little horse, my little horse—this was handmade by my mother on the battlefield and sent back to me!"

You, you destroyed it!

I'll kill you, ah—!! Kill you!

Li Chao Jing, crying and shouting, actually rose up angrily and was about to rush at the person who had just shoved him.

In panic, that person raised a knife to stab Li Chao Jing, but Pei Lao Furen could bear it no longer, snatched the broadsword from Li Qingluo's hand and threw it over——

The broadsword accurately blocked the knife aimed at Li Chao Jing; Li Chao Jing seized the moment to lunge, grab that person's arm, and bite down.

That soldier let out a miserable scream.

Afterward, trying to shake off Li Chao Jing, he found that Li Chao Jing's sheer brute strength made it impossible for him to break free.

Until Pei Lao Furen let out a low growl: "Jing'er! Enough, come back!"

Only then did Li Chao Jing release his bite.

Turning around and seeing Pei Lao Furen, his face lit up with joy as he immediately ran over: "Mother——"

Mother called him Jing'er, mother called him Jing'er!

Li Chao Jing, tears in his eyes, lunged forward and hugged Pei Lao Furen tightly, tears streaming down: "Mother, you're not angry with your son, are you? My son broke the little horse, sob…"

"My son truly knows he was wrong."

Pei Lao Furen also didn't know what to say.

But the sour ache in her heart had long outweighed any hatred.

Everything he is today is naturally his own doing.

But he has indeed become an idiot, completely immersed in his childhood, his memories confused, still believing he is the child waiting for his mother to return.

Seeing the illustrious General of the Cavalry now reduced to such a fool, everyone present changed expression and fell into an eerie silence.

Pei Jingzhe suddenly leaned close to Qu Dao Yuan's ear, unknown what low words he spoke.

Qu Dao Yuan glanced at the hardest-to-capture grandfather and grandson pair, gave a cold snort: "You may have scruples, but I, the official, have none!"

"Regardless, today Pei Lao Furen and Miss Li have shown intent to defy the edict, which is truly a grave crime of offending His Majesty!"

"Since they dare to do so, I will instead arrest this grandfather and grandson who have insulted and assaulted court officials, and personally escort them to see His Majesty."

"Come, seize them all for me—anyone who obstructs, kill without mercy——"

At Qu Dao Yuan's order, the constables who had long been ready to make arrests immediately drew their knives and rushed forward.

The grannies hurriedly brandished their knives and rushed out to fight.

Li Qingluo, meanwhile, clung desperately to her grandmother, also prepared to fight to the death if necessary.

At the critical moment, a furious shout came from the gate: "Everyone, stop!"

Parting the crowd, the Prince Su's Manor's close guard—Zhui Yu—strode out.

"Yo, what's going on here?"

Seeing such a scene, Zhui Yu instead strolled leisurely, wandering slowly through the crowd.

"Official Qu, His Majesty ordered you to arrest the criminal Li Chao Jing and his family, not to come to the General of the Cavalry's mansion and start a massacre."

"By then, you might not even be able to drag back a single living person, let alone a guilty official."

"Or do you plan to simply exterminate the entire General's mansion?"

"By then, what crime this General Li actually committed won't even need interrogation—you can say whatever you want."

Hearing this, Qu Dao Yuan nearly ground his teeth to pieces.

Who in the court doesn't recognize Prince Su's guards?

His entourage of Wind, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning, though not officially appointed in the Ministry of Justice or any bureau, wield authority no less than that of the imperial secretaries.

They symbolize Prince Su's hand; their words and deeds all represent his will.

Who in the court does not fear them?

Although they are ultimately just servants, the whole court dares not offend them; whoever sees them must yield three parts of respect.

Upon seeing this person and hearing his just‑uttered viciously sharp words, Qu Dao Yuan's face instantly darkened.

"This, this, simply isn't true!"

Zhui Yu gave a dismissive smile: "Not true? You really think I can't see through it?"

"Just because you hold an imperial edict, you act as if you were some heavenly lord, free to do as you please in the General's mansion and toy with everyone's lives?"

"In front of me, Zhui Yu the young master, your petty tricks are hardly worth a second glance!"

Qu Dao Yuan, humiliated to his face, struggled to keep composure: "You! You're merely a guard of Prince Su's mansion, yet here you act like a big shot, borrowing the tiger's might!"

"Never mind that Prince Su isn't here; even if he were present today, he couldn't interfere with my official duty to arrest people under imperial order!"

Having spoken angrily, Qu Dao Yuan felt Pei Jingzhe suddenly push forward from behind.

"It turns out you're the Zhui Yu guard beside Prince Su; the two of us officials are indeed here on imperial orders to investigate the case."

"I don't know why the Zhui Yu guard suddenly appeared at the General's mansion—could there be some urgent matter?"

Only then did Qu Dao Yuan realize what was happening!

Indeed.

How could the illustrious guard of Prince Su suddenly appear here?