The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man
Chapter 1573 Attacked and Leg Broken

Chapter 1573: 1573 Attacked and Leg Broken

"Master Chang, please calm your anger... When Su Qingyue was still my son’s wife, my husband and I doted on her immensely, so how could we possibly want to kill her? You’re overthinking it..." Shen Yun said with a pale face.

"Remember, if anything happens to Su Qingyue, you all will be buried along with her!" Chang Haotian said, flinging his sleeves and leaving with a large group of secret guards.

Once they had left, the Xiao Chonghuan couple almost collapsed back into their chairs.

"Useless, all of you are useless!" Xiao Chonghuan cursed at a group of family servants and guards, "You can’t even guard a door, letting Chang Haotian barge in like that, what’s the use of feeding you!"

"Master, please calm down, please calm down!" the family servants kept begging for mercy, while the guards knelt on one knee, asking for punishment.

"Master, what shall we do now?" Shen Yun asked tentatively, "Should we call off the killers sent after Su Qingyue?"

"What do you think, my Lady?" Xiao Chonghuan countered.

Shen Yun dismissed a large number of servants, and only a few trusted persons remained. She then spoke, "I think that cheap woman Su Qingyue must die! If Master Chang really wanted to kill us, he had the chance in Longwan Town, not to mention just now. Thus, I believe Master Chang won’t truly kill us."

Xiao Chonghuan thought for a moment, "Nowadays, with Pear Blossom Villa and the two major families forming a tripartite balance, even if Chang Haotian took my life, the Xiao Family is not without heirs, someone else will just be established as the Master of the Xiao Family. If anything happens to the Xiao Family, other families will take the opportunity to rise, not to mention the Gongsun Family may have ambitions. Pear Blossom Villa is loyal to the court, and since the current emperor is but a puppet, he cannot withstand turmoil in state affairs, he might even be overthrown from the throne. Su Qingyue must die, and Chang Haotian must die too!"

"Master is wise..." Shen Yun had not finished praising when suddenly another group of men in black arrived.

"Someone, come quick!" Shen Yun shrieked.

The Xiao Mansion guards who had not gone far quickly turned back to protect their master but before they could get close, they fell one by one to the ground.

"There’s medicine powder in the air, hold your breath!" a guard shouted.

The standing guards fought bloodily against the men in black, sword against sword, but soon were overwhelmed.

Just as the men in black seemed to gain the upper hand, more guards from the Xiao Mansion joined from all directions.

Seeing this, a leader among the men in black got close to the Xiao Chonghuan couple, raised his long sword, and with a swing, cut off a portion of Shen Yun’s hair bun, leaving her so frightened that she fainted.

Xiao Chonghuan was so terrified that he turned and ran, but after only a few steps, he was hit by a hidden weapon from the leader of the men in black and fell down awkwardly, "Spare me, please spare me!" In a matter of life and death, he no longer cared for his dignity as the Master of the Xiao Family.

The leader of the men in black gave two vicious kicks to Xiao Chonghuan’s legs.

The crisp sound of breaking bones was heard, and Xiao Chonghuan let out an earth-shattering scream.

With two more sounds of bones snapping, Shen Yun’s leg bones were also broken, snapping her out of unconsciousness from the agony.

"Remember, if you dare to secretly order someone to pursue and kill Su Qingyue again, next time I will take the head off your neck!" the lead man in black coldly warned, and with a wave of his hand, he and his group disappeared without a trace.

After the Xiao Mansion family head and his wife were attacked and injured, the entire Mansion was immediately thrown into chaos.

In the South Garden, Xiao Yuchuan received the news reported by the servants, but remained lying in bed without moving.

"Young Master, what shall we do?" the Housekeeper of the Xiao Mansion was as anxious as if his eyebrows were on fire, "Both Master and Lady have fainted, and now people from the other branches of the Xiao Family are all trying to probe for information. I’ve already sent someone to stop them, saying the Master and Lady are not seriously injured, to prevent them from visiting and stirring up trouble."