Nine Yang Alchemy Emperor
Chapter 74: Murder

Chapter 74: Chapter 74: Murder

Today, a calamity is destined to befall Sword King Mansion.

Prince Liu, even more so, is planning to use this opportunity to directly annihilate Sword King Mansion.

Eliminating Sword King Mansion for no reason would incur the enmity of many military figures. However, if a female assassin or other substantial ’evidence’ of crimes were discovered during the search at Sword King Mansion, that would be a different matter.

Even if nothing is found, taking the chance to humiliate the people of Sword King Mansion is also a great pleasure.

This would even win the favor of the Emperor.

Others might not understand the royal decree, but Prince Liu is very aware of it.

The Emperor probably dreams of completely eradicating Sword King Mansion, to avoid future troubles once and for all.

After all, the impact of the brutal murder of Prince Jian on the public and the military was tremendous. If the descendants of Sword King Mansion were to overturn the case and reveal the truth to the world, the Emperor’s throne itself might become unstable.

Chu Jianlan was still alert; hearing the noise, he immediately put on a robe and prepared to leave the room to investigate.

Who knew that as soon as he exited the room, a large group of soldiers carrying torches rushed towards him.

"Who are you people? What do you want?" Chu Jianlan could not help but become furious, shouting loudly.

The ordinary soldiers simply held their swords, looking at him with ill intent in their eyes.

Whereas Liu Kui had a cold expression on his face, stepped forward briskly, and spoke in a chilling voice, "I am Liu Kui, the suspension mirror master of Xuanjing Bureau, obeying the Emperor’s command to capture a female assassin who intruded into the Imperial Palace a few days ago."

"We now suspect that Sword King Mansion is harboring the female assassin, it’s best if you cooperate willingly, otherwise, you will be resisting the Emperor’s decree and also suspected of harboring the female assassin!"

As he spoke, Liu Kui even had the audacity to barge directly into Chu Jianlan’s bedroom.

"My wife has not yet dressed properly, if you wish to search, wait for her to be dressed and come out, then you can go in and search!" Chu Jianlan blocked the door.

"Get out of my way!"

Liu Kui, whose strength was far greater than Chu Jianlan’s, struck him with a palm, causing severe injury and flinging Chu Jianlan to the side.

He shamelessly broke into the bedroom, and under the illumination of the torches, Miss Qiao, who was only wearing her nightgown, was exposed to their leering.

"Ah..." Miss Qiao quickly wrapped herself in a blanket while emitting a frightened and furious scream. "Get out now, all of you get out!"

"Heh heh, I’ve long heard that Miss Qiao is a beauty. Seeing her today, her reputation is indeed well-deserved. It’s a pity she’s wed to a fallen waste with neither money nor status."

"It’s like a fresh flower stuck on cow dung!"

Liu Kui unabashedly stared at Miss Qiao’s pretty face, while the soldiers behind him had vicious expressions on their faces.

Chu Jianlan, who was severely injured, had eyes filled with splitting fury as he attempted to stand up to fight these men to the death.

"I’ll fight you all!"

As he just stood up, he was immediately knocked down to the ground by several soldiers. Even more blood spurted from his mouth.

Liu Kui didn’t even glance at him but looked at Miss Qiao with the eyes of a hungry wolf, "Miss Qiao, have you considered changing your husband? Following me would be a hundred times better than being with this waste."

Liu Kui was a highly wicked man, taking the hint from Prince Liu to trample Sword King Mansion to death. His actions were even more arrogant.

"Out, get out all of you!" Tears flickered in Miss Qiao’s eyes. Seeing her husband beaten down and severely injured, her heart ached as if it was being stabbed.

Even with towering rage, she was but a weak woman, without any power to resist.

"Heh heh, it seems Miss Qiao is going to drink a toast of respect unwillingly!"

Emboldened by the tiger skin draping his body, Liu Kui was preparing to further intimidate.

At this moment, Chu Feng had already received reports from Han Qianren and Bloody Beard.

After hiding the black-clothed woman, he rushed over immediately with Bloody Beard and Han Qianren.

Initially, he hadn’t planned to reveal these two trump cards.

But the emergency arose too quickly, and anxious about his senior brother and the others’ disadvantage, he immediately brought his two formidable subordinates to the scene.

"All of you, get out of Sword King Mansion, or face death without mercy!" Chu Feng’s words were utterly icy.

Seeing his senior brother severely injured and his sister-in-law bullied, his heart bled. A towering rage was surging towards Dou Residence.

Liu Kui was about to press on further when he heard an even more arrogant cold shout from behind. He immediately turned around to look at the newcomer.

Upon recognizing the most notorious "waste" of Sword King Mansion, the Third Prince, a sneer of extreme contempt spread across his face.

"Who could it be? Turns out it’s you, the most garbage crawler of Sword King Mansion!"

"A mosquito yawning, what an audacious tone! What’s the matter? You want to kill someone too?"

With extreme arrogance and contempt, Liu Kui sneered at Chu Feng and advanced step by step, aiming to trample both princes of Sword King Mansion underfoot and deal with them ruthlessly, and then target Miss Qiao.

Chu Jianlan struggled to his feet, shielding Chu Feng with his body, "Don’t hurt my little brother!" He was like a tigress protecting her cub.

"As for that kind of worthless crawler, I truly can’t be bothered to crush him, lest I dirty my shoes. I won’t touch him, fine, but on two conditions."

Liu Kui was methodically following his plan.

In reality, he didn’t believe the female assassin was hidden within Sword King Mansion.

"First, give your wife Miss Qiao to me! Let her serve me as a maid!"

"Second, marry Chu Yun of Sword King Mansion to the Eldest Prince of Prince Liu Mansion, Liu Cong!"

Both conditions were unscrupulously depraved.

Liu Cong was an idiot and had once pressed his newly married wife’s face into a basin of water, drowning her alive. Marrying Chu Yun to him would not only lead to her desecration but might also result in torture and death one day.

Chu Jianlan clenched his fists tightly as blood continuously bubbled from his mouth.

His eyes bore a hatred so intense they could devour Liu Kui’s flesh and drink his blood.

"Have you finished talking?" Chu Feng signalled Bloody Beard with his eyes. Without further ado, Bloody Beard stepped forward abruptly and slashed his sword at the utterly unprepared Liu Kui.

Although not the strongest, Bloody Beard’s power was still considerable, especially when compared with Liu Kui.

With the support of a surprise attack, even though Liu Kui managed to defend and evade in time, he still had an arm severed by Bloody Beard’s sword. The pain turned his complexion deathly pale as cold sweat broke out profusely.

"Kill them, kill all these madmen!" Liu Kui, having suffered a great loss, roared furiously.

He hadn’t expected Sword King Mansion to conceal such a high-level expert. Taking a closer look at his assailant, he realized it was none other than the well-known Gang Leader of the Blood Sword Gang from Royal Capital.

Suddenly, his face exhibited an extraordinarily vivid array of colors.