Chapter 24 Murder

Qi Cheng heard Yun Chan's scream and came to his senses a little. He struggled to get up and saw Xu Kun holding her down. He immediately hugged his waist and fell backwards. Yunchan felt the restraints on her body disappear, so she picked up her coat, got out of bed, and ran out the door. After Xu Kun was knocked down by Qi Cheng, he turned around and pressed him down hard, then kept punching him. Qi Cheng couldn't defend himself, and in the chaos, he grabbed something at hand and stabbed him without hesitation.

The back of Xu Kun's hand was scratched immediately, and he gasped in pain. He relaxed for a moment, and Qi Cheng under him quickly broke free. He ignored the wound and grabbed his ankle, saying viciously: "Including the last time I will settle the score with you."

Qi Cheng didn't understand what he was saying and just wanted to escape. He fell to the ground, and Xu Kun was quick to grab his neck, so he couldn't get away.

Xu Kun yelled: "I just want to sleep with a prostitute! Why do you have to pick on me?"

After being beaten up by Xu Kun's servants downstairs, the guests in the building left one after another, not daring to stay any longer. The madam had just sent someone to ask for the official to come, when she saw Yunchan in a panic, with her hair in disarray, several hairpins missing, and her clothes not even properly dressed. She asked her, "Did that guy hurt you?"

Yun chan hugged the madam and said nothing, but her body was shaking so badly that the madam could only keep stroking her back to try to calm her down.

"Madam, please send someone to call the police. I'm worried something might happen." She managed to steady herself with great difficulty.

The madam comforted her: "Someone has been sent." Then she looked up to the second floor with worried eyes. The girls and guests from other rooms all ran downstairs. The guests said to the madam, "It's really not peaceful! We're not having fun." They dropped the silver and left. The madam said she was very sorry and sent them off properly before coming back. She also asked the servant to go up and keep an eye on the place to make sure nothing happened.

Qi Cheng's ears were ringing and he couldn't hear what he was saying. With the last bit of survival instinct, he stabbed him hard with the hairpin. Xu Kun groaned, his hands loosened immediately, and he slowly fell down while covering his neck. After Qi Cheng caught his breath, he realized that he was no longer moving, so he slowly approached him and raised his finger to feel his breath. There was no heat anymore, so he quickly withdrew his hand. This scene happened to fall into the eyes of the servant who came to check the situation.

The servant saw that Xu Kun's clothes were stained with blood. Qi Cheng looked over in panic. The servant was so scared that he rolled and crawled downstairs, shouting, "Murder! Murder!"

Qi Cheng's eyes were blank, he was breathing heavily, and he kept telling himself: "It's not me... It's not me..."

The madam watched the servant run downstairs in panic and almost fell. She said anxiously: "Be careful!"

The servant almost crawled to her feet, speaking incoherently: "It's over... dead... dead."

The madam couldn't believe it and asked: "What did you say? Who... who died?"

The servant lowered his head and said sadly: Master Xu is dead!"

After he finished speaking, the girls gathered together in panic and burst into tears. The faces of the servants brought by Xu Kun turned pale. The leader went upstairs to take a look and saw that Qi Cheng seemed to be crazy, muttering non-stop, while Xu Kun fell in a pool of blood, motionless. He had no choice but to take the remaining servants back home and report the matter to the lady.

After hearing this, the madam almost couldn't breathe and nearly fainted. Fortunately, Yunchan and Ying'er supported her in time. Ying'er was a calm person, and at the moment she was the only pillar of support. She said to the madam, "Mother, you have to hold on. All the sisters are counting on you now."

She told the servant, "Don't be afraid. When the police come, you just need to tell them everything."

Then she looked around and asked, "Go see how long it will take for the police to arrive?"

The madam, Yunchang and her stood up straight. Although her fingertips trembled slightly, she looked calm and said calmly, "even if the sky falls, i will support you."

The servant who went to the government office came back to report the news, "The officials are coming."

But the people who came were two night watchmen, but at least they were able to solve the problem. The bailiff held a long stick in his hand and looked majestic. He asked in a stern voice, "Where are the two troublemakers?"

The madam said respectfully, "On the second floor. I don't know how they are now." She asked the servant to take the two bailiffs upstairs.

When the bailiff passed by the madam, his eyes were fixed on Yun Chan. Seeing her shoulders slightly exposed, he could not help swallowing. Yun Chan noticed their gazes and felt disgusted. She gently tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and stared straight at the bailiff.

The servant bowed and said, "Please come this way, sirs."

The bailiff was so fascinated that he came back to his senses when he heard the voice and followed the servant upstairs.

One of the yamen runners found the dead man and felt something was wrong. he kicked the servant and said, "asshole, how did you kill someone?"

servant knelt on the ground and leaned over and said: "I...I don't know! Master Xu brought a lot of people to the building to make trouble. He was very angry. He also broke into the Miss Yun's room, Master Qi was also here, but I don't know why the two of them suddenly started arguing."

Another yamen runner squatted in front of Qi Cheng and asked, "Which one is Master Xu?"

The servant closed his eyes and stretched out his hand. Pointing in a direction, the yamen runner glanced at Xu Kun, raised his hand to pat Qi Cheng's face, and said, "Then this must be Master Qi."

Qi Cheng was suddenly startled and shrank back. He denied it: "It's not me... It's not me..."

The two yamen runners looked at the servant, and the servant said quickly: "When I found out, Master Qi was like this, and everything I said is true."

After a moment of silence, the two yamen runners came to a unanimous conclusion, "It seems that the two men had a dispute over the beauty's smile, but this Master Qi accidentally killed Master Xu."

This kind of thing is not just one or two, there are several every year, they It has become commonplace.

The servant took the opportunity to flatter: "The two masters are very observant!"

"For now, we can only detain Qi Cheng first, and the rest will have to wait until the county magistrate goes to the court early tomorrow to sentence and execute them."

The two yamen runners asked the servants in the building to tie up Qi Cheng, and the two of them packed up the body and brought it back to the yamen together.

Yunchan suddenly appeared behind them and said softly, "My two masters, you left something behind."

The bailiff stopped, looked at her and smiled, "What is it?"

YUnchan spread out her hands, and it's a bloody silver hairpin. She gently inserted it into Xu Kun's hair and bow slightly, "Please trouble my two masters. Come back for drink later, Yunchan will accompany you to the end."

Inside the Xu Mansion, the eldest lady Fang was sleeping soundly. The personal maid woke her up gently, her tone very anxious.

Fang woke up slowly and scolded, "Why can't you wait until tomorrow?"

The maid looked anxious and ignored the etiquette. She said directly, "The master was beaten to death!"

Lady Fang woke up immediately and couldn't believe it, She grabbed the maid's arm and said to her, "You are old and confused! How can you talk about such a matter of life and death so easily?"

The maid lit a lamp, and there's light in the room, so she could see more clearly. Her face and forehead were covered with sweat.

"How could I fool the lady? It was the servant of the master who came back to tell her that, and he said it himself!"

Lady Fang looked at her face carefully several times. It didn't seem to be fake, but she was not sad in her heart, but stunned.

"Why did he die out of the blue?" she muttered.

The maid said quickly, "Madam, don't think about it for now! Go and see the master!"

Asked her to ask the servants who came back whether he had reported to the goverment officials. the maid replied, "I asked, the madam of yanchunlou went to find the officials after the master came."

"If that's the case, I think the officials have already gone to the building." Lady Fang lay down again, "Of course, there's no need for me to judge the case. Let's talk about it tomorrow."

The maid stayed where she was, not expecting the lady to be so cold and indifferent.

"You can go leave." Lady Fang lay on her side with her eyes closed. She heard the maid preparing to leave and then said, "We will be busy tomorrow."

That night, Yanchunlou and Xu Mansion were all restless, and the same was true for Qi Mansion. When Qi Changsheng and his beautiful concubine had just fallen asleep, they heard a commotion outside, but they stood outside the door and did not dare to say anything to him. He was suspicious and got up to open the door. He saw the steward standing on one side, and Yan Dong, the servant beside Qi Cheng, was kneeling at the door wearing his clothes, trembling all over.

The steward explained: "I was checking the night just now. When I passed by Cheng Ge'er's yard, I found that Yan Dong was not guarding outside the house. I went to see what was going on, and found him hiding in the house wearing Cheng Ge'er's clothes.

"Where's my son?" Qi Changsheng stared at him and asked.

Yan Dong leaned down and said, "Master went to Yanchunlou."

The steward stepped forward and slapped him in the face. The sound of the slap was particularly crisp in the silent courtyard.

Qi Changsheng heard the concubine's exclamation in the room, and after comforting her for a few words, he turned around and said, "Last time he went to the gambling house, you also covered up for him. I will spare you this time because you have been with him since childhood."

Yan Dong covered his face and said in a dull voice: "I won't dare to do it again! I really won't dare to do it again!"

"Then go and find him back." Qi Changsheng threatened him: "If you can't find him, you don't have to stay with him anymore."

Yan Dong didn't dare to delay, he stood up and ran out, just as he walked out of the courtyard, he bumped into a servant, who was guarding the main gate.

The servant ignored the pain and limped towards the yard. "Master!"

Qi Changsheng stopped when he heard the voice, and saw the servant's face full of panic, and he said anxiously: "Cheng Ge'er has been taken to the torture room of the government office!"