A few minutes later, everyone here fled or died, and the whole family, which was originally noisy, became an empty and silent place.
There were many bloody corpses scattered on the ground, forming pools of red blood.
The lanterns hanging on the corners of the tall pavilions in the courtyard still emitted red light, which was reflected on the corpses, pools of blood, and the rocks and trees nearby, making the place look like a ghost town.
After creating such a scene of genocide, when Xi Heng was wiping the blade of his sword with the cloth on the surface of the corpse, he suddenly heard a large dark dog barking nearby.
She glanced at it with her red eyes full of murderous intent, and the big dog, which was only about one meter tall and strong, immediately stopped barking, lay down and whimpered.
Xi Heng approached and rubbed the trembling puppy's head. He turned around and glanced at the side. Seeing that the four blood killers had also finished their tasks, he stood up and said:
"Let's go to the next one." Xi Heng said, and walked away using light kung fu.
She just didn't believe that these six treacherous ministers would be frightened by a letter and rumors and none of them would dare to fight her head-on.
Of the entire family, only the big black dog was left, propping up its limbs on the ground, turning left and right, shaking its head, and walking slowly and tremblingly in this lonely yard.
……
At the second family, the Zhu family, Xi Heng finally encountered some decent resistance.
There were family guards and archers on the building of this courtyard. When they saw her break in, the whole building immediately turned into an arrow tower. Below, there was a dark force master who was leading three ordinary dark force masters and a dozen bright force masters who were protecting the family courtyard together.
Xi Heng stepped forward and destroyed the arrow tower with a sword, and killed several dark forces with his sword moves head-on.
They rushed to the main house of the enemy family, and even some private soldiers of the family who had formed a formation appeared and resisted with contradictions.
Training private soldiers is a serious crime, not to mention that this is the capital. If His Majesty finds out, no one can protect this family.
But as all the dark forces were killed, they really had to use all their strength.
However, for Xi Heng, who had been fighting against Yan Meng's army for a long time, there was no need to worry about such small soldiers. He could just slash out a sword energy and even a large shield covered with iron sheet could be cut off directly.
In her eyes, the defensive efforts made by this family were just a makeshift team.
As long as you show your murderous power, most of them will want to retreat, and then use sword energy to kill them all, they will immediately scatter.
The fleeing caused a chain reaction among the entire defending army, and a large number of retainers fled in panic before they even engaged in battle.
But after two or three minutes, there was no more resistance.
Halfway through the fight, they saw an official who looked familiar.
The other party appeared from under the main house of the family, wearing armor that did not fit his fat body and holding a long-handled broadsword in his hand. He was none other than Zhu Xun, the head of the Privy Council and one of the targets of this mission.
He seemed to have not used martial arts for a long time. Even though one could see some signs that he had learned martial arts before, his movements were stiff and his steps were unstable. He just tried to walk forward step by step with an air of power.
"When I heard it yesterday, I still couldn't believe it. I didn't expect that the so-called Merciful Saint was really you..." He resisted the murderous aura in the air and spoke in a deep voice:
"Your Highness."
Xi Heng tilted her head. She remembered that she was wearing a mask, so how could she be recognized?
"You old guys have a pretty good intelligence network. No wonder the last one escaped." She took off her mask and said with a sigh:
"Then why don't you run away?"
"Where can I escape to? I just didn't expect that His Majesty would actually attack me." After saying this, he looked around at the corpses and sighed softly:
"I am your majesty's maternal uncle. When she was young, I was the only one who took the best care of her and her mother. However, I never thought that after my niece became emperor, I would end up like this. It is really as the rumors say... the emperor is ruthless."
"..."
Xi Heng hesitated for a moment after hearing this, and then heard the man ask:
"Who are you going to kill next?"
"Cai Yuan, Li Shimei, Wang Xiangfu, Liang Cegong." She recited these names skillfully.
"Cai Yuan's home is being visited by a Buddhist master whose power is unfathomable, and Liang Cegong has spent a lot of gold to hire the Black Spirit Sword Master, a Hua Jin warrior, to protect him... Could you kill him?"
Hearing the words "Hei Ling Dao Master", Xi Heng's murderous intent suddenly increased a bit, and he replied: "I will definitely kill him."
"Well then! Don't leave me alone on the road to the underworld!"
After the other party finished speaking, he immediately swung the long-handled broadsword in his hand and rushed towards her.
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Chapter 115: Who is coming?
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Seeing the enemy coming, Xi Heng turned his wrist slightly, pointed the tip of the sword forward steadily, and made a trembling sound.
The enemy raised his long-handled sword high, and in an instant it fell like thunder.
She pointed her toes and her figure flashed forward as her whole body was filled with strength.
The red shadow flashed behind the knife-wielding man in the blink of an eye, the knife fell to the ground, and her sword cut off the enemy's neck.
The sword swung lightly, and blood from behind sprayed out with a hissing sound.
Splashing on the ground, dyeing it with a scarlet color.
The person behind him also leaned forward.
He used his last bit of strength to hold up his body for a few seconds without falling. The last few breaths came from his severed throat, but they were so vague that it was impossible to make out what they were saying.
When she sheathed the sword, the opponent fell to the ground and died.
After killing the bloated corrupt official who seemed to have not really fought for more than ten years with one knife, Xi Heng looked back and saw that the entire family here had become silent.
There was a bloody smell in the surrounding area, and most of the tribesmen had been killed by the blood killers she hired.
People were fleeing and scattering, several houses were on fire, but no one cared in the panic.
Xi Heng took a quick look and saw that the fire was only in the stable and the chicken coop, which were far away from the main house. It was unlikely that the entire family residence would be burned to ashes, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
If the fire spreads to the main house, she might really have to think of some way to put it out.
This corrupt official's family has been almost wiped out, and when the imperial guards search and confiscate their property, they will probably take all the real estate and houses here back into the imperial court.
Although the court is now headed by Zhao Chuxiao, after Xi Heng becomes emperor, everything will be hers.
If it were to burn to ashes right before my eyes, I would still feel a little regretful.
After dealing with most of the Zhu family members in this piece of land, she did not leave immediately. Instead, she walked around it first, consciously paying attention to the fire sources such as lanterns and candles, and then glanced to see if the granary was safe before finally stepping out.
The black shadows of the four blood sons followed the red shadow transformed by Xi Heng and immediately headed towards the ancestral land of Liang Cegong's Liang family.
The Zhu family and the Liang family's ancestral lands are not far apart, and it only takes a few minutes for a martial artist with Hua Jin's lightness skills to reach them.
On the way, Xi Heng's murderous intent became stronger and stronger.
Every time he took a step on the eaves using light Kung Fu, he would recall his previous life, when he first fought with the Black Ling Sword Master in the imperial palace.
At that time, that guy had no martial ethics at all. He used the strength of a Hua Jin warrior to crush several An Jin warriors in the court without any shame.
Although Xi Heng often treats others like this, he cannot accept being treated like this himself, and he must take revenge in this life.
Although for the Black Ling Sword Master, he had no idea about the previous grudges, nor did he know how he had offended her.
But Xi Heng doesn't care about that.
Today, she happened to hear the name of the Black Ling Sword Master, and the other party happened to be protecting the person she wanted to kill, and she happened to be holding a sword - everything was just right.
It seemed that it would not be long before the round head of the Black Spirit Sword Master, without hair, beard or eyebrows, would be chopped off by her sword.
Xi Heng raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and as his murderous intent grew, the blood and energy in his body made the red in his pupils more and more obvious.
Gradually, the cluster of houses with some lights on in the distance, the so-called Liang family mansion, was getting closer and closer.
The girl used more strength to break a few tiles on the roof, increasing her speed.
After flying dozens of meters, his footsteps landed in front of the wide gate and long courtyard wall of the Liang family mansion.
Looking to both sides, one can hardly see the edge of the courtyard wall. One wonders how vast this clan land is.
Four sturdy guards holding iron-covered wooden sticks who were standing in front of the Liang family mansion heard Xi Heng's unconcealed fall to the ground and looked over.
"Who is it!" They shouted as they saw a figure walking out of the darkness.
"The people I want to kill now are not you." Xi Heng released a strong murderous aura: "I'll give you three seconds. If you don't run away, you will die."
"One." Her voice was flat, as if she was just chatting.
But the fierce murderous intent accompanied by the red eyes that were not like those of an ordinary person was enough to make people panic.
When the guard at the door encountered murderous aura, a deep chill crept up his spine and he subconsciously stepped back.
A strong but timid guard at the back hesitated for a second and then immediately stepped aside.
When the other three people around saw this, two of them retreated together, and the other one, who seemed to be the captain of the security guard, shouted at the coward's name and told him to get back.
In a few seconds, the four people showed different postures.
Xi Heng didn't care much about it. He was only thinking about how to kill the Master of the Black Ling Sword.
When you count to one, walk forward.
Three people have escaped, and one person has not escaped, so one person will die.
The sword in his hand flashed coldly, he took a light step, and struck the man's throat with one sword.
The gatekeeper could no longer speak. He stammered and made a gurgling sound in his throat, then fell to his knees with his hands covering his neck.
She stepped over the person who was still twitching on the ground in front of her, raised her right leg, gathered her strength, and stepped forward fiercely.
With a loud bang, a hole wide enough for two people suddenly appeared in the middle of the thick and wide red door in front of them.
Countless wood chips and blocks flew everywhere, spraying backwards like an explosion.
The roar was like thunder, and it would surely wake up many sleeping people within a thousand meters around.
Xi Heng broke into the room without hesitation, without concealing his appearance at all, and walked forward.
The commotion had obviously caused chaos within the Liang family. As the candlelight flickered, many servants from the outer courtyard rushed out clutching oil lamps and lanterns.
However, as soon as they walked out of the room and hadn't seen anything clearly, they felt a chill running through their bodies.
Suddenly, a woman screamed "I encountered a ghost" in a hoarse voice and fled to the inner courtyard with a group of maids.
Upon hearing this, most of the male servants also retreated.
Only a few brave ones dared to extend the oil lamp forward so that they could see the figure in front clearly.
Xi Heng was covered in blood, wearing a pale mask, his hair was turning white, and blood was dripping from his sword.
No matter how you look at it, he doesn't look like an ordinary person.
The servants of varying heights and weights remembered the word "ghost" they had just heard. Cold sweat broke out on their foreheads and they became more and more terrified. Finally, they dropped their lanterns and oil lamps, shouted "Don't come over here" in a trembling voice, and turned around to flee.
The murderous girl saw the candles and oil lamps falling to the ground, she sighed, raised her sword and directly killed the guys who threw the oil lamps.
"Do you have any fire safety awareness?" She swung her sword, bent down, picked up the oil lamp and threw it into the empty courtyard, letting the kerosene splash onto the soil and slowly burn.
Then, Xi Heng followed the fleeing servant, walked around the screen wall, the west wing, stepped through the hanging flower gate, and came to a wider central courtyard.
The middle courtyard is not as empty and quiet as the front courtyard.
On the contrary, the surrounding roads were hung with lanterns on both sides, and a feast was set up in the wide wooden pavilion next to the stone pond.
Men and women were sitting in the pavilion, talking and laughing happily to each other just now. But when they heard the loud noise and saw the servants running over, they put down their bowls and chopsticks and looked towards the commotion.
"It's quite lively." Xi Heng smelled the aroma of food, raised his hand slightly, and saw many people in luxurious clothes sitting in the pavilion, obviously most of them were from the head of this family.
"Is there a family gathering? Can I join in?"
The people having dinner over there stopped talking and just exchanged glances with each other.
"..."
After a moment's silence, one of them stood up and bowed to her.
"Welcome to the Merciful Saint. Our family is having a Mid-Autumn Festival reunion banquet. I wonder from which direction we have been blessed to have you here?" This man had a kind face and seemed honest.
But Xi Heng recognized this man. He was the mastermind who had asked the Black Ling Sword Master to assassinate her, the emperor, in the previous life - Liang Cegong.
Seeing this familiar, flattering face, I felt murderous intent.
"Stop talking nonsense. Where is Master Hei Ling Dao?" Xi Heng did not respond to the other party's flattery, but asked directly.
Although her original intention of coming here was to kill the Liang family, when she heard that the Black Ling Sword Master was here, she immediately set her sights on this person.
