kingnovel Chapter 280 Who is your third brother?
Chapter 280 Who is your third brother?
"Kill!"
A group of masked bandits rushed into the Banshan Tea House, but as soon as they broke through the gate and entered the yard, they realized something was wrong.
In the huge teahouse, there was no one in sight except the blazing fire.
"That's strange, why is there no one here?"
Qian Jinru laughed triumphantly, "It seems they were all poisoned to death by the woman surnamed Lu. That's good, it saves us a lot of effort."
"You guys, go find a young man around twenty years old, and bring him here."
"You, come with me to the main courtyard, cut off the heads of Pei Heng and his wife, and present them to the master."
"Yes!"
The bandits split into two groups.
Qian Jinru rushed directly to the main courtyard based on his memory from the day. His path was smooth, until he kicked open the main courtyard gate and was about to rush in when suddenly a burst of intense trigger sounds came from the vast night, and countless short arrows whistled towards them like a rainstorm.
"Uh!"
"Uh! Uh!"
The man in black beside him had not even had time to draw his sword before he was hit by dozens of arrows and fell in a pool of blood.
"There's an ambush!"
Someone just shouted and was shot in the throat. The moment he fell to the ground, several more arrows pierced his body, and he became a dead hedgehog.
Qian Jinru was walking at the end of the team. The moment he saw the people in front of him fall down after being shot by arrows, he stopped in time and retreated out of the yard.
Even though he moved quickly, he was still hit by two arrows.
The arrow was short and sharp, made of pure iron, and it came with great force. Once it penetrated his body, it was like a spinning top spinning in his flesh, nailing him firmly with great force.
"puff!"
After only two arrows, he was shocked to the point of spitting blood and falling to the ground.
"Withdraw! Withdraw!"
Qian Jinru's mouth was full of blood. He no longer cared about his companions who were falling like leeks in front of him, and ran back the way he came.
In the darkness, Su Li walked out with a crossbow in his hand.
With a raise of his hand, the crossbowmen around the roof collected their arrows and crossbows in an orderly manner.
"Ma'am, one ran away."
"Can't run away!"
Su Li waved her hand, and several figures in the darkness followed Qian Jinru to the front yard like night owls.
"Count the bodies, and if there are any living ones, keep them and send them to the authorities."
"Yes!"
A sudden attack, in just a moment, ended the battle.
Su Li had truly witnessed today how terrifying the continuous firing of crossbow arrows was.
Qian Jinru, still terrified, ran all the way to the front yard, but what he saw was the same corpses strewn across the ground as in the backyard.
The other small team he sent to search for Huang Yiwen was neatly stacked in the front yard, like soldiers lined up waiting for his inspection.
"what!"
Qian Jinru roared, and the voice filled with anger, unwillingness and fear echoed over the villa for a long time.
"Lu Shiyuan! You lied to me!"
"You betrayed your master, and you will die a miserable death!"
But the villa was completely silent, and even the blazing fire had gone out silently without anyone noticing.
Suddenly, there was a rustling sound of footsteps in the surrounding corridors.
Two rows of maids holding lanterns walked out in unison from both sides of the corridor and went to their respective seats in silence.
"Light up!"
Following a loud shout from the leading maid, the maids on both sides began to hang lanterns and light lamps.
In a short while, countless lanterns lit up, and the front yard was as bright as day.
At this time, Qian Jinru also clearly saw that the yard was surrounded by guards, and even the roof was full of people.
But when he came during the day, he clearly did not see these people, and he didn't even smell their breath.
They were like ghosts, standing silently in a place where the light could not reach, leaving only a dark shadow, but one could feel their murderous gazes.
At this moment, Qian Jinru regretted it.
Who is Pei Heng?
He was once a great general who protected the nation. Even without his military power, he was still a first-rank military marquis. Even though he was unconscious, it was impossible for him not to deploy a large number of troops around him to protect him.
This family is so well hidden.
"Qian Jia Erlang?"
A graceful figure appeared in front, and Su Li walked out with the support of Song Zhi and Song Tao.
"Ah!"
Qian Jinru snorted coldly and pulled off his face mask.
"Mrs. Pei, what a great method! Qian admires you."
"Each each other."
Su Li pointed at the corpses scattered on the ground and said coldly, "Qian Jia Erlang, I originally thought you were a smart man, but I didn't expect you to be so stupid. You will never achieve anything great if you are so impatient!"
The arrow wound on his body caused a sharp pain, and Qian Jinru groaned.
"If it weren't for that brat Huang Yiwen, why would I be so desperate and take such a risk? Madam Pei, you kept my third brother by your side, wasn't it just to force me to take action?"
"If the Second Young Master had nothing to hide, how could he have been so desperate as to fall for my trick?"
Yes, Su Li investigated Huang Yiwen's life experience, and combined with the secrets of the Qian family that her third aunt told her, she came up with the bold guess that "Huang Yiwen is Qian Jinru."
Meeting Huang Yiwen on the tea mountain today was completely unexpected. It just so happened that Qian Jinru had encouraged Pei Yao to come to the tea mountain to play.
The moment Su Li met Qian Jinru on the mountain road this morning, a plan quietly formed in her mind.
She was sincere in taking Huang Yiwen by her side as a mentor, but there was also an element of exploitation in it. She even had Xi Jie'er take Huang Yiwen to play in the front yard on purpose, just to create an opportunity for Huang Yiwen and Qian Jinru to get along.
Qian Jinru was not disappointed and became flustered when he saw Huang Yiwen.
Little did he know that all this fell into Su Li's eyes.
"How do you know for sure that Huang Yiwen is my third brother?"
Qian Jinru himself was not sure about this.
However, he did not dare to take the risk. Even if there was only a one in ten thousand chance, he would still kill Huang Yiwen.
"I don't need to be sure. I just need to make you doubt it. Even if there's only a one in ten thousand chance, as long as you doubt it, I win."
Su Li was in a good mood as she looked at Qian Jinru who had been defeated.
"What third brother? Who is your third brother? What are you talking about?"
Huang Yiwen's voice suddenly sounded behind Su Li.
Before, he was taken by the servants and hidden in a secret passage. He was only just released and told that it was safe outside. When he got here, he heard Qian Jinru saying that he was Qian Jinru's third brother.
Huang Yiwen had no memory of this body before. Hearing Qian Jinru's words, he was inevitably shaken.
Huan Ge'er, who was beside Su Li, turned his head and looked at Huang Yiwen as if he was an idiot.
Su Li also felt a little apologetic.
Qian Jinru laughed out loud when he heard this:
"Qian Erlang, ah Qian Erlang, you pride yourself on being clever and romantic, but in the end, you were schemed by a woman and ended up like this. The master is right, there really isn't a single person in the Pei family who is easygoing! I underestimated the enemy after all."
Huang Yiwen was still asking questions, but Huan Ge'er had already waved his hand and several guards came over and tied Qian Jinru up tightly.
Su Li couldn't bear it, so she pulled Huang Yiwen and said:
"Mr. Huang, I'm sorry to have taken advantage of your identity. We suspect you are Qian Jinwen, the third son of the Qian family who fell into the water and is missing."