The masked man didn't expect Shen Yunyao to do this, and was really stopped by Shen Yuanlin.
He pulled out the long knife from Xu's limp body and touched Shen Yuanlin's neck with his backhand.
Shen Yuanlin felt a pain in his neck, a large amount of blood gushed out, his body began to feel cold, and then he didn't know anything else.
The man in black wiped his knife on Shen Yuanlin, then turned around to chase Shen Yunyao, who had not run far at all.
Although Shen Yunyao ran with all her strength, her little physical strength was not enough.
Not long after I ran, my legs started to feel heavy, my breathing became more and more rapid, and my throat felt like a knife.
The footsteps getting closer and closer behind her made her dare not stop, but the speed still became slower and slower.
The masked man quickly caught up and snorted: "You are quite ruthless. Unfortunately, it only bought you more time for a cup of tea."
After he said that, he raised the knife and stabbed Shen Yunyao in the back of the heart.
"ah--"
Shen Yunyao yelled, her eyes turned black from the pain, her feet softened and she fell to the ground, rolling down the hillside into the river below.
The masked man held the long knife that was still dripping with blood and walked down the hillside to the riverside for a while.
The river was cold and fast, and Shen Yunyao had long since disappeared.
She thought that the knife she had stabbed her in the heart just now, and now that she had fallen into the river again, there was definitely no chance of her surviving.
So the masked man did not go into the water to explore, but turned back to the carriage, changed back to the coachman's attire, stabbed himself on the shoulder with his backhand, tore off a few strips of cloth from his clothes and bandaged them randomly, and drove the carriage back. Yongzhou Prefecture.
Although the carriage took the Xu family and the three people for several days, they were actually driving around Yongzhou Mansion.
So early the next morning, just after dawn, the coachman drove the carriage outside the city gate covered in blood.
As soon as the officers and soldiers on duty today opened the city gate, they were startled by the scene outside.
I saw a carriage parked outside the city gate. The driver was covered in blood, and most of his body was hanging on the shaft of the carriage. He seemed to have passed out.
Several officers and soldiers looked at each other, all drew out their sabers from their waists, formed a tacit understanding of the encirclement, and slowly shrank closer to the carriage.
One of the men approached the carriage and opened the ajar door with the tip of his knife.
A strong smell of blood hit his face, and two corpses, one large and one small, were faintly visible in the blood.
After confirming that there were no other dangers in the car, the little boss on duty today felt relieved and said in a loud voice: "Whoever is coming, hurry to the Yamen to report the news and call the police and the gangster to come over..."
Before he could finish his words, the man who had just opened the car door stopped him with a pale face.
"Boss, wait!"
"What's wrong?" Upon hearing this, the little boss immediately clenched the saber in his hand and looked around nervously.
"Boss, come here and take a look, is this..." His voice trembled, and his upper and lower teeth were chattering.
"Look at your career, you've never seen a dead person!" The little boss couldn't stand his appearance and rolled his eyes at him, but he still took a few steps forward and looked into the car.
"Boss, do you think these two are the two from the government office..." the subordinate asked in a very low voice.
The little boss had met Xu and Shen Yuanlin before. Although their faces were pale and covered in blood, it did not prevent him from recognizing their identities.
After seeing his appearance clearly, he felt that his legs were weak, so he held on to the shaft of the car to steady himself.
"Boss, this matter should not be publicized!" his subordinate whispered.
"Of course I know." The little boss raised his hand to close the car door, took a deep breath and said, "You watch from here, no one is allowed to come near, I will report it to the government office."
The little boss walked into the city gate with heavy steps, secretly thinking that he didn't know what evil he had done, but he encountered such a thing during his shift.
But since the incident happened while he was on duty, even if he didn't want to, he had to bite the bullet.
I just hope that Mr. Shen can stay rational for a while and not take his anger out on himself.
Various thoughts kept churning in his mind, but he still walked quickly, and he arrived at the government office in a short time.
It was still early at this time, and the sky had just turned white. The gate of the government office was closed tightly, so he could only step forward and knock on the door.
After filming for a long time, the impatient voice came from inside: "Who is it? It's so early in the morning. Do you want to get slapped?"
"It's me, Yue Changdong, I have something urgent."
The doorman quickly came over and unbolted the door, opened the door and asked, "Hey, Mr. Yue, what's going on so early?"
"Don't ask any questions. Something serious has happened. Take me to see the adults quickly."
Looking at Yue Changdong's face, the disciple knew that the matter must not be trivial. He was very obedient and didn't ask any more questions, but he still said with some embarrassment: "Your Excellency, you went back to your house to rest yesterday. Mr. Cheng was on duty at the Yamen last night, so why not me?" Go and wake up Mr. Cheng..."
"We must meet Mr. Shen!" Yue Changdong said firmly, "Hurry up. If something goes wrong, neither of us will be able to bear the responsibility."
When the door saw this, he didn't dare to refuse anymore and walked quickly towards the second door.
Anyway, if it is not an important matter to wake people up, the person who bears the responsibility is Yue Changdong, so he cannot be blamed.
The door knocked at the second door, and soon there was movement in the yard.
When the cloud board rings, it is definitely not a trivial matter, and the people in the back house naturally do not dare to delay.
Shen Zhonglei stayed in Ping's mother's room last night. He had too many troubles recently, and he didn't sleep well. He was woken up as soon as the cloud board rang.
"I'm going to take a look. Don't get up first and go to sleep for a while." He comforted Ping Niang, who wanted to get up too, put on her clothes and went out, frowning and asking, "What happened?"
The maid in Ping Niang's room hurriedly said: "Sir, it's the cloud plate fastened by the front office. I just went over to ask. The disciple said it was Yue Changdong who was on duty at the city gate today. He said that there are urgent matters that must be reported to your lord. The front office The people in the government did not dare to delay, so they knocked on the cloud board."
Hearing that it was business, Shen Zhonglei nodded, asked the maid to help him change clothes, and then hurried to the front office.
After Shen Zhonglei left, how could Pingniang sleep?
She quickly stood up, raised her hand and pressed her heart, and said worriedly: "My heart is beating very fast, and I always feel unsteady, but I must not let anything happen."
People in other courtyards of the back house, some were awakened by the sound of cloud boards, and some were awakened by the maid, and they all got up one after another.
Although they didn't know what happened, everyone still sent the maids out to find out the news and got up to wash up in order to avoid having to deal with any urgent matters.
After Shen Tianshu got dressed, he took the maid to Mrs. Shen's residence.
"I heard banging on the cloud board outside, but I didn't know what happened. I was afraid that my grandmother would be worried, so I came over to take a look."
Grandma Jiang stood at the door and said with a smile: "The old lady is chanting sutras and asked no one to disturb her.
"But the eldest lady is very filial. When the old lady has finished paying homage to the Buddha, the old slave will convey it to her."
