Chapter 97 Escape from the Capital
Redress the injustice? Reveal the verdict in front of a saint?
It's too late!
The emperor was determined to eradicate the Dingbei Hou Mansion, otherwise he would not have ordered the confiscation of the Song family without investigation.
Now that the Hou family is in ruins and blood is flowing, how can we talk about redressing the injustice and reversing the case? How can we still save it?
Simply ridiculous!
From now on, the Song family will never be loyal to the monarch of Zhou Dynasty again. The Wu family's imperial power is their genocidal enemy!
Song Xi quickly subdued Yang Che with a quick sword attack, and then used the True Word Pill to interrogate the reason behind the confiscation of his home.
After learning that the left and right prime ministers had joined forces with the two princes to frame the Hou Mansion as treasonous and treasonous with false evidence of unknown origin, Song Xi felt desolate in her heart, but she felt that it was indeed the case.
The two forces never gave up plotting against the Hou Mansion. If they failed to win over, they directly used poisonous tactics to destroy it. When the Hou Mansion fell apart, they took the opportunity to carve up the military power of the Song family.
If the speculation is correct, then the Xiang family must have taken refuge with the eldest prince, otherwise Ganzhou's defense deployment would not have been easily leaked, and the father and brother would not have been seriously injured due to inexplicable mistakes on the battlefield!
Xiang Kexin dares to use her own daughter's life as a bargaining chip to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Is there anything shameless that the Xiang family can't do?
My father should never have promoted Xiang’s Jackal in the first place!
Song Xi, extremely angry, immediately cut off Yang Che's head, flew to the ground and killed the remaining soldiers with the secret guards.
Every move reveals ruthless killing intent, cutting off the enemy's life in an instant.
In less than half an hour, all the soldiers who ransacked the house were wiped out by Song Xi and others. Everyone who had survived the disaster looked at the corpses on the ground, feeling a little sad and dazed.
Mu Yang and Chi Xue walked to Song Xi and persuaded him to flee immediately with serious expressions.
"Mr. Song, we have to leave as soon as possible! If the nearby guards notice something is wrong, they will definitely come to investigate the situation. By then, they will attract more pursuers, and we will not be able to leave at all!"
Since the vicinity of the Hou Mansion has been blocked by the troops of He Yanchang and Yang Che, the changes in the Song family have not been discovered by anyone for the time being. They can use this time difference to escape from the Hou Mansion and leave the capital before the emperor's pursuers arrive.
Song Xi nodded expressionlessly, walked heavily into the ancestral hall and picked up his cold dead mother.
Mu Yang and Chi Xue also carried the bodies of Mrs. Song and Song Lin respectively, took all the surviving secret guards with them, and quickly fled through the secret passage in the main courtyard of the Hou Mansion.
The setting sun was like blood on the evening sky, and the dim afterglow reflected the death on the ground. A few crows sang a lonely funeral song, as if they were lamenting the end of a tragedy.
The once prosperous Dingbei Hou Mansion is now only a place of sadness and desolation. Right and wrong, success and failure are all gone. None of the heroes and powerful families still exist.
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Mu Yang and Chi Xue took everyone in the Song family and rushed all the way to Yongqing County, which is close to the capital.
At the end of the intricate secret passage, there is an ordinary three-in house in the county town.
After placing the secret guards of the Song family, they both went to Song Xi's room to apologize and explain.
"Time was running out just now, and I didn't have time to explain everything to the young master. Now that we are temporarily safe, we are here to apologize to the young master."
Mu Yang and Chi Xue bowed and clasped their fists, their faces full of guilt and remorse.
Song Xi was a little confused, "Why are you asking for forgiveness?"
Mu Yang pursed his lips and told Yu Yalan's arrangements and thoughts sincerely.
"On the way back to Xianping, my master was chased by Princess Yongning. Later, he was very worried that the royal family would take the opportunity to plot against the Hou Mansion, so he sent me and I back to the capital to take care of the plan secretly.
In accordance with the master's instructions, we quietly dug a secret passage under the Marquis's Mansion to open up a quick escape route out of the city, and established a concealed and smooth convenient passage between the capital and Xianping, so as to avoid leakage of information and affecting the safety of the passage.
, we can only supervise this matter personally, which is why we have left the capital these days.
I didn't expect that the Hou Mansion would encounter a disaster in such a short period of time... Even if we rushed back overnight, we still couldn't save the Hou Mansion in time. If one person could have stayed behind to protect the Hou Mansion, the two old ladies and the young lady would not have been...
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It’s us who have failed the master’s trust! Please don’t blame the master, Mr. Song!”
Mu Yang sighed in annoyance, no matter how many words he regretted, there was no point.
If the master knew that the Hou family was in ruins, he would not know how much pain and regret he would feel in his heart.
They had all thought too naively before, and had no idea that the emperor would be so eager. They would rather be criticized and harmed by the people of the world than to give the Beihou Mansion a chance to defend themselves.
Song Xi did have many questions before, wondering when the secret escape route appeared in the Marquis Mansion. Now that he learned that Yu Yalan had prepared it for a rainy day, she felt extremely grateful.
"thank you all……"
Her choked voice trembled slightly, and tears welled up in her sour eyes.
In just one day, Song Xi, whose family was ruined, had been tortured to the point of physical and mental exhaustion. If he hadn't been worried about his father and brother in the northwest, he would have completely collapsed by now.
In a corner that he didn't know, Lan'er had been silently planning for him, and her concern was sincere. How could he have any resentment?
Today, he was surrounded and suppressed by dead soldiers in Qingfengpo. The situation was very dangerous. He led three secret guards to break through the encirclement desperately, and all the elixirs and amulets on his body were exhausted.
Later, three secret guards died for him, but the dead men who were chasing him were still pursuing him. If Mu Yang and Chi Xue hadn't arrived in time, it was unclear whether he could have survived!
Because of the help of the two of them, he was able to return to the Hou Mansion smoothly. Not only did he kill the enemy who ransacked the house on the spot, he also brought back the bodies of his relatives and rescued the loyal secret guards.
He is very grateful to Yu Yalan for taking care of him secretly. This is a warmth and kindness that he will never forget in his life!
Mu Yang's eyes filled with tears when he saw Song Xi's moved face, but there was no resentment on his face. He only felt more guilty in his heart.
"Mr. Song, please rest here for a while. I will go outside to get some food for everyone. I will also prepare the funeral coffin. If you need anything later, just ask!"
Chixue also reported his itinerary in advance, "I plan to return to Beijing now to investigate the situation. I should be able to return at noon tomorrow. I will discuss any ideas until tomorrow. Only when I have enough energy can I plan the next move."
Song Xi nodded and accepted the two's persuasion, turned around and walked back to his room.
However, after closing the door tightly, he did not immediately go to bed to rest. Instead, he placed the storage ring in his hand on the table, then knelt down and kowtowed to the ring.
In order to prevent the bodies of the Song family's women and children from rotting, Mu Yang suggested that he put the bodies in a storage ring and wait until the situation was stable before burying them.
"Grandma, mother, Song Xi is unfilial! He failed to return home in time to rescue you, which resulted in you being wronged and aggrieved, and you were forced to commit suicide by taking poison.
I shouldn't have believed the Xiang family's lies and fallen into the enemy's trap without any preparation, leaving the Song family isolated and helpless, and even the chance of escape was completely lost!
Chapter completed!