The Blade-Wielding Legend-Chapter 1327 - 688: Crimson Stairs at the House of Zhu (Part 2)

But he clearly didn't notice the killing intent in the eyes of the Hundred Households Captain.

As the Captain waved his hand, two gunmen behind immediately pulled the triggers.

Boom, boom!

Two loud bangs, smoke arose everywhere.

The Eight Trigrams Palm expert in the air, whose name was still unknown, suddenly exploded into pieces, leaving no remains.

"Firearms?!"

The remaining prince mansion tributes' faces changed drastically, they hurriedly sought places to hide.

They were paid to do their job, but didn't plan on sacrificing their lives.

At the same time, the remaining two arrows also fell into the middle court, directly piercing the gold-plated copper crane incense burner.

With visible expansion of frost, the gold-plated surface began to peel away.

Such a commotion had naturally caught the attention of everyone in the courtyard.

All the actors on the stage of Qing'an Hall were dumbfounded, with the woman playing Magu dropping the Pantao from her hands.

"What are you waiting for, hide quickly!"

Manager Liu Sanhuai yelled angrily, leading everyone to dodge.

Thankfully, the theater troupe members had practiced martial arts, although not high-level, they were quite nimble and found places to hide.

Amidst the chaos, Liu Sanhuai looked around but found that Li Yan had already disappeared.

"Oh heavens…"

How could he not know that this sudden attack was related to Li Yan.

They promised to investigate the mansion, but ended up causing this scene.

Attacking Prince Ying Mansion would surely bring huge trouble afterward...

This manager had wild thoughts, not knowing today would be the end for the mansion.

In the reception hall, the sound of instruments also came to an abrupt stop.

The guests, initially inebriated, immediately became clear-headed, each looking shocked.

Only Zou Yanli, the National Academy Sacrificial Officer, laughed heartily while holding a wine cup.

Sha Lifei was a bit speechless, "Old sir, we're leaving, you should hide first."

"Hide from what? No need to hide, you go ahead, it's worth it even if I die today!"

Zou Yanli directly waved them away.

Sha Lifei slightly shook his head, leading Lv San and Long Yan'er to leave.

He knew from the Captain Bureau that many years ago, the then-foolish Prince Ying had drunkenly beaten a scholar from the Imperial College to death, who was actually the old Sacrificial Officer's only grandson, but his identity was kept hidden to avoid attracting attention.

Zou Yanli endured for years and finally saw his chance, hence he brought them into the mansion.

The trio quickly rushed out of the main hall, while Zou Yanli, behind them, poured wine into his mouth while shouting in a high pitch, "The wine and meat of rich families smell foul, tonight the steps will be stained with blood. The hounds bow down, the royal flag falls overnight. Those who bullied the good in the past, cry bitterly atop the high platform today. With joy, I rise, laughing at the arrival of the Heavenly Dao!"

The wine spilled onto his white beard, and his cloudy old eyes were full of tears.

"Assassins!"

The Prince Mansion Guard Commander yelled, already escorting Prince Ying and Xiao Jingyan out.

"It's not assassins, it's the Captain Bureau!"

Chen Tieshou, the Tongbei expert from Cangzhou who just acted, ran over.

Prince Ying's face turned pale, he roared, "Could the Captain Bureau be rebelling?!"

"Hahaha…"

Chen Tieshou laughed, showing no past respect, mocking, "Prince, this is the Captain Bureau, this is the Capital, what rebellion could happen? It's the Emperor himself who wants to take action against the prince mansion, we're going ahead, take care!"

With that, he turned and left with several offered experts.

"You... you all!"

Prince Ying was furious, flames in his eyes, but the nearby guards couldn't stop these experts.

He was sheltered since childhood, thinking money and power could gather people's hearts, not knowing that interest brings together and interest will disperse.

At the critical moment, none of these pugilistic world experts could be relied on.

"Brother, we must leave quickly!"

Beside him, Xiao Jingyan's face was pale, trembling as he spoke, "Luckily we prepared early, leave through the secret path first and then make plans."

"But mother..."

"There's no time to worry about that old thing now!"

Seeing Xiao Jingyan urge repeatedly, Prince Ying Xiao Jingyuan finally gritted his teeth, intending to run to the rear yard.

"Gentlemen, where are you hurrying off to?"

Sha Lifei, with Lv San and Long Yan'er, emerged just in time, blocking their path.

"Courting death!"

The Prince Mansion Guard Commander was still loyal, leading his men with swords raised.

Bang, bang!

Sha Lifei suddenly raised his hand, firing both flintlock guns simultaneously.

With two resounding bangs, the Guard Commander had his chest blown open, while another guard lost his head.

The court's regulation of firearms is much stricter in the Capital compared to other places.

The Prince Ying Mansion feared trouble, so they only prepared a few, and all of them were hidden beneath the Prince's bedchamber.

They had not anticipated that their own mother secretly joined the "Pantao Conference", leading Luo Mingzi to bring people straight in for an unexpected attack, leaving no time for any plan.

As Sha Lifei's gunshots just fell silent, Lv San swiftly waved his hand.

Buzz!

A swarm of poison bees from the demon gourd descended from the sky.

The Prince Mansion's Feng Shui Formation was breached, allowing the poison bees to enter uninhibited.

Screams erupted as the guards were instantly stung, crying out like ghosts and wolves.

As for Long Yan'er, she stood beside the two, and when she saw guards hired by the Prince Mansion running over, she directly used the Gu Technique to render them unconscious.

With their Dao and coordination, ordinary forces are difficult to resist.

Even Prince Ying was stung by a poison bee, screaming and rolling on the ground, trembling as he took out a wolf bone whistle from his chest, and blew it desperately, then shrieked: "Master Wu, save me today, and I'll clear all past debts!"

Boom!

As soon as he finished speaking, the stone slab ground in front of the ancestral temple of the Mansion exploded.

Amidst the falling dirt and stones, a mass of black mist surged forth, roughly forming the shape of a giant wolf in the air, darting up and down, accompanied by a hoarse voice, "Hmph, all fools, I told you to keep a low profile..."

Though saying this, it still lunged towards Sha Lifei and others.

At this moment, the gate of the Mansion was breached, and Luo Mingzi and his men swarmed in.

"Yin Soul Travel?!"

Seeing the wolf-shaped black mist, the elder who broke the formation was immediately terrified.

Yin Spirit Travel is a capability only possessed by four to five level Daoists.

This Magic Method enables controlling Magic Artifacts and talismans to attack, assassinate enemies hundreds of miles away, and even engage in Possession and Body Seizing.

More crucially, this Yin Soul Travel already has a form, almost tangible, probably with Sixth Floor Daoist prowess.

One step further, and it would gather the Yang God, a figure akin to an Immortal on earth.

How come the Prince Mansion is hiding such a monster?

"Don't worry." 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Luo Mingzi beside him looked calm, shook his head and said, "We've been waiting for him."

Just as he finished speaking, a majestic voice came from the distant pavilion:

"Heaven has chronicles, earth has principles, Yin Bureau captures souls, living people avoid!"

"Living Yin messenger?!"

The wolf-shaped black mist originally lunging towards Sha Lifei and the others suddenly screamed and whistled as it fled outward.

Above the pavilion, darkness swiftly spread to pursue it.

"Coward!"

Sha Lifei glanced disdainfully, directly going up to kick Prince Ying over.

Just as he was about to tie him with rope, Li Yan's voice came from the pavilion:

"Yu Wenhai is also here, don't let him escape!"

Lv San immediately released hawks to hover over the Yu Royal Mansion.

Sha Lifei quickly reloaded his magazine, his expression serious, scanning around.

Suddenly, the hawks above cried out.

Lv San said in a deep voice: "They went to the tunnel with those women."

Before finishing his words, he grabbed the Bone Flower and rushed towards the backyard.

Sha Lifei and Long Yan'er followed closely behind.

Behind them, Prince Ying Xiao Jingyuan was trembling all over, just stood up, only to be pinned down by the wolf-like Hundred Households Captain.

Regarding Luo Mingzi and others, they had already kicked open the side hall where the old Princess Consort entertained guests.

Inside, not a single member of the "Pantao Conference" was missing.

Vice Minister of Ministry of Revenue Zhou Mingyuan held a large opium pipe, his eyes dazed, with a silly smile on his face.

The others were the same.

Using opium, they eased the Pantao poison, already floating like immortals, utterly oblivious.

"Arrest them all!"

Luo Mingzi, full of disdain, ordered in a deep voice.

But just then, a sound of bamboo flute wafted from the night sky.

The flute melody was melodious, ancient in its atmosphere, seemingly otherworldly.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, Vice Minister of Ministry of Revenue Zhou Mingyuan, who was grinning foolishly, felt a wrenching pain in his stomach, shrieking and howling.

Terrified, he looked down, only to see his official robe rapidly swelling and bursting.

Under his skin, a tumor rose, and a child's face appeared, squirming ceaselessly within the flesh...