My Wife is Unbeatable in the Whole World, Touch Me If You Dare!-Chapter 123 - 94: Why Do You Force Me?_3

The crime scene was located at the deepest part of the alley.

Li Nuo almost got dizzy walking through the maze of alleyways, and if it hadn’t been for the victim’s neighbor leading the way, they might not have found the place at all.

Moments later, the group stopped in front of a courtyard.

The courtyard gate was wide open, and just standing at the entrance, they could smell an extremely strong scent of blood.

A pale-faced senior constable stood outside and said to Li Nuo, "Young Master, it’s quite bloody inside the courtyard. Think carefully about whether you want to enter or not."

Li Nuo stepped into the courtyard, and the first thing he saw was a ground stained red with blood.

Six figures were kneeling in a neat row, facing the entrance.

They were all headless.

The severed heads of two elderly people, a middle-aged couple, and two children were scattered haphazardly on the ground.

The expressions of terror before their deaths still lingered on their faces.

Their eyes, filled with bloody tears, stared straight at everyone.

Li Nuo’s body trembled; this shock was greater than the one he had experienced with the two charred bodies last time.

He instinctively turned his head, unable to look a second time.

County Captain Wang’s face was also somewhat pale, but he still approached cautiously. After closely examining the scene, he took a deep breath, his eyes showing shock, and he said to Li Nuo, "This family of six were beheaded all at the same time; the assassin struck only once, severing the heads of six people with a single sword...

The cuts on their necks are too clean; this could not have been done with an ordinary sharp weapon. The murderer is a high-tier martial artist from the Fourth Realm or above. These are wounds caused by Sword Qi!"

His face filled with shock, he murmured, "This family were just ordinary commoners. Which Martial Path master could so mercilessly strike at such poor common folk?"

Li Nuo also looked surprised, not expecting this to be yet another case involving a High Realm martial artist.

He and County Captain Wang shared the same confusion.

Why would a Fourth Realm martial artist use such a ruthless method on ordinary common people?

He was about to ask the neighbors about the situation, to see if the family had offended some important figure.

At that moment, County Captain Wang seemed to remember something. Looking over the bodies, he suddenly said, "Instant decapitation, this method seems somehow familiar, as if I’ve seen it somewhere before..."

After being reminded by County Captain Wang, Li Nuo also felt this method of murder was very familiar, and he quickly recalled where this sense of familiarity came from.

It was Nanny Wang’s lover, the headless charred male corpse, who had been decapitated before death.

Li Nuo had once thought that his father had arranged that case.

Later, he realized that it must have been someone behind Nanny Wang silencing a witness by murder.

If the mastermind behind this bizarre massacre and the killer of Nanny Wang was the same person...

Then.

Li Nuo’s face suddenly changed.

Oh no, they’re coming for me!

This massacre was just a lure!

He had been baited!

Before Li Nuo could even warn them, Housekeeper Wu and four gray-clothed elders had already sensed the danger.

They instantly shielded Li Nuo in the middle, their True Qi surging out to protect both Li Nuo and the nearby County Captain Wang.

Several fierce Sword Qi strikes slashed from different directions.

All the Sword Qi were blocked by a layer of True Qi Shield, leaving Li Nuo and County Captain Wang completely unharmed.

But the senior arrest officer, who stood a bit farther away and was not within the shield, wasn’t so lucky.

He was hit by a wave of Sword Qi, severing his arm at the shoulder, and he fell to the ground, groaning in pain.

Housekeeper Wu and the others, unable to attend to him, fixed their gazes tightly on the seven black-clothed men who suddenly appeared in the courtyard.

All seven, without exception, were Fourth Realm martial artists.

How could there be so many Martial Path masters here?

This location was in the poor district, far from the bustling area of Chang’an, where even the Imperial Guard wouldn’t patrol—this was a carefully planned attack specifically targeting them!

Across from them were seven men, but they only counted five; they were at a definite numerical disadvantage.

Though their five could join forces against these seven, that was not without some combat potential, but the most important aspect was the young master’s safety.

If anything happened to him, even if they killed all seven, they wouldn’t be able to escape the blame.

Housekeeper Wu made a quick decision, grabbed Li Nuo’s shoulder, and swiftly retreated out of the courtyard.

The four elderly men in gray tacitly blocked the yard gate to prevent anyone from pursuing.

But they were only four; even with all their might, they only managed to stop five.

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The remaining two men easily crossed the courtyard wall, chasing in the direction of the disappearing Li Nuo and Housekeeper Wu.

In the narrow alley, Housekeeper Wu, carrying Li Nuo on his back, could feel two rapidly approaching breaths behind him.

Carrying the young master hindered his movement; they would soon catch up.

One against two, he might be able to hold them off for a while, but he definitely couldn’t attend to the young master.

Decisively, he set Li Nuo down, pointed in a direction, and said with a deep voice, "Young master, run fast! Just past this corner, there’s a carriage. Once on the carriage, keep heading east; you’ll be safe when you find the Imperial Army!"

Without time to say more, he turned to face the two men.

Li Nuo knew he was just a hindrance and ran towards the direction Housekeeper Wu had indicated.

After rounding a corner, he indeed saw a carriage parked at the entrance of the alley.

His speed increased, but halfway there, his pace gradually slowed.

At the mouth of the alley stood a figure in black who seemed to be waiting for something.

There was another one!

Li Nuo’s eyelids twitched, but he had no time to think and instantly changed direction, running towards another small alley nearby.

After a few steps, he stopped again.

He stared at the wall at the end of the alley, his face showing a look of frustration.

Damn, a dead end.

The wall wasn’t high; Mumu could have easily jumped over.

But he wasn’t Mumu.

His wife wasn’t by his side either.

As he turned around, the black-clothed man had already appeared at the entrance of the alley.

The black-clothed man drew his long knife.

As a High-tier Martial Artist of the Fourth Realm, killing a commoner hardly required a weapon.

His drawing of the knife was simply to facilitate decapitating him later.

Although the client hadn’t specifically requested this, it was basic professionalism for an assassin.

Watching the black-clothed man slowly walk into the alley,

Li Nuo sighed deeply.

Before long, two dull thuds echoed through the depths of the dark alley.

There, the black-clothed man leaned against the wall, his eyes wide open, looking up at a patch of sky above.

Even in death, his eyes remained open.

The expression in his eyes before dying was filled with perplexity and shock.

On his chest, two indented palm prints were clearly visible.

One palm print was covered in frost, while the other showed a burnt black color.

Li Nuo, somewhat drained, leaned on the wall, looking at the assassin and said resentfully, "I just wanted to investigate a case. Why did you force my hand?"

[ps: Some readers are asking why there is only one chapter a day. I would like to subtly explain that the total word count for one chapter or two chapters a day is about the same. Sometimes it’s split up, other times combined. The daily updated word count is always above five thousand, sometimes six or seven thousand, and occasionally ten thousand, depending on the plot points... not deliberately sticking to a fixed number...]