Transmigrated Leftover Woman in Rural Style

Chapter 281: Peeling off the cocoon

Those three people were clearly the deceased nanny and two other guards.

But at that moment, the three men were kneeling unharmed behind Uncle Qing. Without even thinking, Uncle Qing knew what had happened.

I wonder if something went wrong in this process, that the dead could be brought back to life. That shouldn't be possible. He personally supervised the poisoning, making sure the person was truly dead before letting go.

But as it turned out, the three people did come back to life. Moreover, they were kneeling properly beside him, casting regretful glances at him.

As for how Prince Jing handled the matter, Li Xiaonuan and her family had no idea. They were currently sleeping soundly.

Li Xiaonuan was awakened by a soft groan. The sound came from very close to the hay shed, along with the dull thud of flesh hitting the ground.

It seemed someone had been killed. That was Li Xiaonuan's only thought at that moment.

If that were really the case, her whole family would be in danger. Li Xiaonuan was so shocked that she instantly came to her senses.

Ignoring the fact that it was the wrong time, she quickly shook Su and the others awake and signaled them to be quiet.

The hole that Li Xiaonuan had dug out earlier has been enlarged to allow a person to crawl out, but it's stuffed with hay so you can't see it.

Li Xiaonuan first stretched out half of her body, looked around, and seeing that there was no danger, she climbed out.

After that, it was Xiao Gang's turn, followed by the Su family.

Once the whole family had landed on the ground, the hay shed was smashed open with great force.

Terrified, Li Xiaonuan urged the Su family to run forward quickly. She, meanwhile, used a hastily tied bundle of straw to cover up their footprints.

Having been more cautious beforehand, Li Xiaonuan filled in the hole that had been dug out. Therefore, those people shouldn't discover their escape route so soon.

While running and concealing their footprints, Li Xiaonuan and her group quickly made two turns.

Because the snow was still quite heavy, the footprints that had been deliberately concealed were quickly covered by a thin layer of snow, making them look as if no one had ever walked on them.

Li Xiaonuan was delighted and stopped worrying about the footprints when she reached the third corner.

Holding the map, Xiao Gang ran while explaining to the Su family where they had ended up.

Finally, Li Xiaonuan and her group completely disappeared into the alley.

In Uncle Qing's courtyard, blood is flying everywhere. Not a single person from his family has been spared.

This includes Uncle Qing's granddaughter, who was less than a month old, and the five horses in his stable.

However, Uncle Qing and his wife escaped this ordeal because they were still being tried in the Prince's mansion.

As for the hay shed next to the stables, it is now engulfed in flames.

Amidst the flickering flames, a woman laughing maniacally could be seen, protected by a group of men in black.

On the hitching post in front of the woman was a little boy bound to it. The boy's abdomen had been cruelly ripped open, and his intestines and internal organs were scattered all over the ground.

By the firelight, it was easy to see the bloodstains on the hands and face of the woman who was laughing so hard she was trembling.

That boy was Uncle Qing's only grandson.

“Miss, we should leave now. If we don’t leave soon, we’ll have a hard time getting out of the city,” a man in black said respectfully as he stepped forward.

"Leave? So fast? Didn't Chu Feng say he could overthrow the emperor and become the prime minister of Qi Song? Why is he slinking out of the city like this now? Heh..." The woman, her face and hands covered in blood, asked contemptuously.

"Miss, don't act rashly. Let's talk about it after we leave the city." The man in black genuinely cared about the woman and was worried about her.

"Heh... Chu Feng is going to escape. He sold me out twice in order to reach that position second only to the emperor. Now, he's actually going to run away with his tail between his legs. What am I then? What do all my sacrifices amount to?" The woman stared intently at the boy's gruesome corpse, her eyes bloodshot.

Seeing that something was wrong with the woman, the man in black felt a pang of pity and advised, "Miss, as long as you're alive, are you afraid you won't have a chance to take revenge?"

Upon hearing this, the woman, who had fallen into a frenzy, suddenly stopped laughing, gave the man in black a sharp look, and asked:

"Then are you willing to become my sword, mercilessly cutting down those who are against me?"

The man in black looked pained and blurted out, "I do."

"Alright, then I belong to you now. I command you to kill them all right now, and then take me to Chu Feng and kill him too." At the mention of Chu Feng, the woman's face contorted again, her eyes turning bloodshot.

The man in black sighed, said "excuse me," and then knocked the woman unconscious, hoisted her onto his shoulder, and disappeared into the courtyard with his group of men in black in a few leaps.

When Uncle Qing and his wife were brought back by Prince Jing's men, this was the scene of devastation they witnessed.

His entire family, including servants, nearly forty people in total, were brutally murdered.

Uncle Qing's eldest son had his eyes and heart gouged out, and his genitals cut off and hung inside the gate.

Uncle Qing's daughter, granddaughter, and daughter-in-law were killed by having wooden stakes driven into their genitals.

When Uncle Qing and his wife finally saw their grandson, whose face was unrecognizable, outside the stable, they screamed in anguish and began to curse.

The head guard who brought the people over looked at the couple who had aged twenty years in an instant and asked without any sympathy, "Where are Miss Li and her family being held?"

The couple cursed incoherently, completely ignoring the head guard's question.

"Men, gag these two and throw them into the snowdrift outside to calm them down," the head guard ordered, unable to bear the couple's madness any longer.

Looking at the rear building in front of him, which was burned beyond recognition, he asked uncertainly, "A-Si, are you sure Miss Li and her family are really being held here?"

If there were really people inside, they would probably have been burned to ashes.

“Boss, their whole family is locked up here. But I think they must have escaped,” the man called Ah Si replied.

"Fortunately, the snow was heavy enough, otherwise the fire might have spread elsewhere," the head guard nodded and said.

Immediately, people stepped forward and searched through the still-burning fire for Li Xiaonuan and her family.

Before long, someone came to report: "Boss, we searched carefully and found that there was indeed no one inside."

The leader nodded again and asked, "A-Si, do you know which way Miss Li and the others will escape to?"

Ah Si shook his head and replied, "All I know is that Miss Li made a hole in the roof earlier, and they must have escaped through the back alley. As for where they escaped to, nobody really knows."

At this moment, the man who was responsible for throwing Uncle Qing and his wife into the snowdrift returned and reported: "Boss, the steward and his wife kept calling out Chu Lin and Chu Feng, and I think this matter is related to those two people."

"Chu Feng and Chu Lin? It seems there's more to this than meets the eye. Quanzi, quickly take Uncle Qing and the others back to the Prince for questioning. A Si, you come with me, we'll go find Miss Li and the others." The head guard immediately gave the order upon hearing the two names.

They must now search for Li Xiaonuan and her family. Chu Feng is a ruthless man. If he encounters Li Xiaonuan and her family first, their fate is predictable.

Furthermore, if we are fortunate enough to capture Chu Feng and his sister this time, it would be a great achievement.