"Hasn't mother ever thought about why your good grandson disappeared out of thin air for no apparent reason?"

Qu Yunchu patiently gave a final reminder: "Especially our delicate wife, she is pregnant and the war is in chaos. Where can she go?"

These words shocked Lu Boyong, Lu Wenjing and others.

"Yes, mother, where did Yanchao and Youning go?"

Lu Wenjing asked suspiciously: "My son heard earlier that he had mobilized a lot of guards to guard the Li Banyan Courtyard. How come half of them are missing now?"

Although Jiang Rui felt very strange in her heart, she would definitely not let Qu Yunchu deflect the blame in front of everyone.

"Lu Shen, you have the nerve to mention Yanchao and Youning. If it weren't for your ignorance, why would their whereabouts be unknown?"

As soon as he finished his indignant words, a sharp scolding suddenly came from not far away:

"When did mother learn to accuse people indiscriminately?"

Everyone looked around and saw Lu Wenqian being carried slowly over by the boys.

Lu Boting's family and Lu Junwan gathered around him and walked together to Jiang Rui.

"Sister-in-law, you have misunderstood your niece-in-law."

Lu Boting explained: "Liu Zhizao had already taken precautions. Gambling with his nephew and wife at Hongshun Casino was just a ploy to lure the enemy. Right now, the Hanyi Guards are blocking the rebels outside Yanyang City. The battle reports have been sent back. The Hanyi Guards and The Changzhou army worked together to defeat the rebels."

"If that's the case, why are there so many rebels pouring into the city?"

Lu Boyong asked in confusion.

"Hey."

Lu Boting sighed helplessly and turned his eyes to Lu Wenqian, with a look of shame on his face.

"Mother, all this is caused by Yan Chao and the Holy Empress."

Lu Junwan said angrily: "The Holy Lady has already sent a message to Han Dian, the commander of the Changzhou Guards, ordering him to stand still. This made the commander of Tanzhou City fall into the quagmire of fighting alone. If Liu Zhizao hadn't been prepared, he ordered the Hanyi Guards to take the initiative. We attacked and set up an ambush on the way, severely injuring the rebels. If we really wait for the rebels to come to the city, Yanyang City may have completely fallen now."

"You damn girl, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Jiang Rui scolded dissatisfiedly: "Why does Mrs. Hua's matter involve your nephew?"

Just at this moment, Liu Quan also rushed back with his people.

Hearing Jiang Rui's words, I really didn't know how to comfort her, so I had to smile helplessly and said: "Mrs. Jiang is really stubborn. Do you still naively think that your sweet grandson is a kind person?"

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Qu Yunchu happily, and couldn't help but compliment: "Young Madam knows things like a god, and our family really admires her. If Young Madam hadn't planned the strategy for our family this time, this Yanyang City would have pointed out I don’t know what it will look like.”

"Eunuch Liu, thank you for the award."

Seeing Liu Quan's complacent look, Qu Yunchu already knew the result.

It seemed that the rebels had indeed completely retreated.

She felt a little ashamed for causing the city to suffer a small round of turmoil.

Liu Quan first took an imperial edict from the imperial envoy behind him and said with a thick smile: "Your Majesty has decreed the death of Hua Clan, deprived Hua Clan of all titles, and beheaded Han Dian. It will take a few days for Li Du to command the envoy. Be able to return with a great victory.”

"what on earth is it?"

Jiang Rui was confused.

"Mrs. Jiang, the Hua family and the head of your family had already expected that the rebels would enter the city, so they fled here in advance."

Liu Quan explained: "The order Hua gave to our family before leaving was to ask the Hanyi Guards to stand still and allow the rebels to enter the city and cause chaos."

"impossible."

Jiang Rui refused to give up and immediately denied it: "Even if Mrs. Hua has ulterior motives, how could Yan Chao cruelly abandon this whole family and run away alone?"

"What does mother think he can't do?"

Lu Wenqian retorted coldly, asked Ji Zhen to escort Ji Ping up, and asked sternly: "Tell me, what does your master mean by letting you stay at Hongshun Gambling House?"

Ji Ping was anxious and uneasy, as if he was at a loss, but he could not betray his master no matter what.He gritted his teeth and chose to remain silent.

Lu Junwan looked at the messy mansion trampled by the rebels, and was quite angry. He stepped forward and kicked him to the ground. Then he grabbed a sword from someone else and pointed it at him angrily, shouting loudly. :

"Look, what kind of harm has been done to this family by the master of the family, and you still want to hide it for him? If you don't tell the truth honestly, I will pierce you with a sword."

Ji Ping still lowered his head and remained silent.

Seeing that Lu Junwan was about to pick up the sword, Qu Yunchu hurriedly stopped him and said, "Sanniang, it's useless for you to kill him now."

Thinking of Lu Yanchao's earlier incident of hiding the master of Baiyun Temple and plotting to kill Liu Quan, Qu Yunchu said unhurriedly:

"I heard that before the rebels entered the city, my eldest nephew was still in the house, so it was impossible for him to leave the house openly. What's more, his wife is pregnant. It's not easy to get out. There must be a perfect plan."

After looking around at everyone, she said with certainty: "You might as well go to the Li Banyan Courtyard and search carefully. If my guess is correct, there must be a secret passage leading outside the city."

Upon hearing this, Liu Quan couldn't hold it anymore and said loudly: "Let me search. Even if we are three feet away, we will still find the couple."

He gave the order, and the Hanyi guards swarmed in and soon found a secret passage in the Junirong courtyard.

Looking at the group of people who were watching eagerly, Ji Ping no longer dared to hide anything, and said truthfully: "The head of the family ordered me to lead people to guard outside Hongshun Gambling House, and let me take advantage of the chaos to take away the second young lady."

After a pause, he continued: "As for the wife of the family, she has been transferred from the secret passage to another place by my younger brother."

"So, Yan Chao really knew that the rebels would enter the city a long time ago?"

Lu Boting and Lu Boyong shook their heads in disbelief and sighed.

Everyone in the whole house was heartbroken.

"It's more than just knowing."

Ji Zhen said angrily: "He went to great lengths to frame the second master, and he did not hesitate to let the whole family be buried with him to achieve his goal."

"No, it's impossible. Chao'er is definitely so inhumane."

Jiang Rui still refused to believe this fact.

Lu Boyong also felt that his nephew was not so cruel, so he whispered to Lu Boting in a low voice: "Second brother, is there any misunderstanding here?"

Lu Wenqian was already a little impatient after hearing this.

Anyway, he felt relieved when he saw that Jiang Rui was fine. At least Sanniang wouldn't blame him.

"Master Weaving, the rest of the matter will be left to you and Xie Zhixian."

After speaking to Liu Quanzhi calmly, he glared at Ji Ping with a gloomy look and ordered sternly: "Ji Zhen, execute this fool immediately to comfort the souls of the dead who died tragically."

Lu Boyong felt that his nephew was taking revenge on the public and venting his anger on Ji Ping, so he shook his head angrily.

Lu Wenqian was too lazy to care about the looks of others, and gestured to Qu Yunchu: "Madam, if you don't follow me back, my mother-in-law and little sister are still waiting in the courtyard."

"mother in law?"

"Little sister?"

"Which mother-in-law, which little sister?"

Everyone was confused, but Lu Wenqian was carried over and hooked Qu Yunchu's finger and left.

Behind him, Lu Boting said in a solemn tone: "Lao San, where were you hiding just now? I have to tell you some unfortunate news. My sister-in-law and two nephews were killed by the rebels."

"what?"

Lu Boyong was startled and immediately burst into tears: "My son, my son."

When he saw the cold corpses being carried up, he became furious, drew his knife and slashed at Ji Ping: "You are a person who has been stabbed a thousand times, and I asked you to hide something that dehumanizes me and my whole family." This is how small I have fallen.”

Without waiting for Ji Zhen's order, he directly cut Ji Ping into pieces with his knife.


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