flstandardbreds Chapter 163 Kill Me If You Dare
Chapter 163 Kill Me If You Dare
"Snapped!"
The Marquis stepped forward and slapped Pei Yan hard, saying angrily:
"You beast! You poisoned Liu Xu yourself, and yet you're trying to turn the tables and put the blame on your eldest brother. You beast!"
"Yes! I'm a beast!"
Pei Yan got up from the ground and met the Marquis's eyes.
"In your eyes, there will always be only him! I am just a concubine's child, a naughty and useless child."
"If you hadn't been partial to my eldest brother's family and refused to uphold justice for Ping'er, how could Liu Xu have ended up like this? She avenged our son, what's wrong with that?"
"I had to abandon her and kill her with my own hands for the sake of the Marquis' Mansion. What have I done wrong?"
"Why is everything my fault!"
"The traitor! The traitor!"
The Marquis picked up Pei Yan and raised his hand to hit him again, but was stopped by the Marquis's wife.
"My Lord, Yan'er did this for the Marquis' Mansion. That bitch did such a wicked thing, she'll be beaten to death if she's taken back to the Marquis' Mansion! Yan'er did nothing wrong for the Marquis' Mansion!"
After the Marquis's wife's whitewashing, Pei Yan did make a contribution by killing the poisonous woman in order to save the Marquis's mansion.
Su Li sneered in his heart and changed his mind:
"The assassins Liu Xu collaborated with were all armed with firearms identical to those used by the gang responsible for the Tongtian Tower case. She was so rebellious, and as someone who slept with her, didn't Third Brother realize it at all?"
Upon hearing this, the Marquis's wife glared at her fiercely.
Su Li looked back dimly and declined politely.
"Firearms? What firearms?"
The Marquis was shocked and shook Pei Yan violently.
This morning, Prince Kang and his ministers suddenly attacked Prince Jing, accusing him of being the mastermind behind the Tongtian Tower case, raising assassins under his command, and stockpiling firearms and explosives.
According to the laws of this dynasty, anyone who privately hoards more than one hundred weapons will be charged with treason.
What's more, this is an unprecedented firearm.
The Tongtian Tower Incident was a horrific crime, and firearms had been listed as a top priority weapon by the imperial court. The Ministry of War worked day and night to develop a solution, but found no solution.
Until today, when Prince Kang produced the firearms confiscated from the captured killer, the whole court was shocked.
Su Li wanted to tell the Marquis that today's dispute was not about whether Liu Xu should kill her, but that the matter involved a more serious issue, firearms.
For the sake of willow catkins, I'm afraid this matter will be left unresolved.
But if firearms are involved, it is treason.
The nature of the matter is different.
As expected, when he heard about firearms, Pei Yan's expression of wanting to lose finally became a little flustered. His eyes flickered and he said, "I'm not going to do that anymore."
"I do not know."
"You beast! Why don't you tell the truth? I'll beat you to death!"
The Marquis picked up a feather duster and was about to hit him. Pei Yange blocked it with his hand and roared:
"Dad! Although I killed Liu Xu, I really didn't know anything about what she did beforehand! I only found out after what happened yesterday, when I saw her expression was strange and I kept asking her questions."
"Father, she runs a shop and does business, handling a lot of money. Who knows where she hired the killer? I questioned her, but she argued with me, saying that if I didn't help her get revenge, she would have to do it herself. Father, the people she hired to kill her had firearms. For the safety of the Marquis's mansion, I had no choice but to kill her!"
"You'd better have nothing to do with this!"
The Marquis was so angry that his chest hurt and he fell down on the chair with a thud.
Seeing this, Madam Hou walked over to Su Li and said hypocritically:
"Li'er, this incident was ultimately committed by that bitch Liu Xu. It has nothing to do with Yan'er. Look, you and Huan'er weren't hurt at all. In my opinion, we should just let this matter go."
In the eyes of the Marquis’ wife, sins are forgiven when a person dies.
Liu Xu is already dead, and Su Li is fine. This matter will be resolved behind closed doors.
Ha ha!
Su Li sneered in her heart. Her mother-in-law was really good at calculating.
Pei Yan claimed he knew nothing about firearms, but she didn't believe him. Without him, how could Liu Xu and Prince Jing be connected? Liu Xu had enjoyed immense success in the past six months, and Pei Yan had been reinstated and transferred to the Ministry of War. How could this have anything to do with Prince Jing or firearms?
The matter has long been clear.
The only problem is that we don’t have any real evidence at the moment.
Pei Yan was so confident because he was sure of this.
The government must pay attention to evidence when solving cases.
But Su Li only cares about grudges!
If Pei Yan falls into her hands today, she won’t be able to kill him.
She was about to speak, but was stopped by Pei Heng, who said coldly:
"Mother, why do you have to embarrass A-Li!"
"Liu Xu's sins are forgiven by her death, but Pei Yan, as her husband, cannot escape the blame! Come, give me forty strokes of the cane! Beat them!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Helan Yue stepped forward, grabbed Pei Yan by the back of his collar and threw him into the yard.
"Why did you hit me? What did I do wrong?"
"My Lord, you can't hit me!"
Madam Hou and Pei Yan started shouting.
Qin Chuan and the others ignored them completely, rushed forward, grabbed Pei Yan and started beating him with wooden sticks in the open space in front of the yard.
Screams suddenly rang out.
Qin Chuan, Helan Yue and Qi Min are all Pei Heng's personal guards. Three years ago, for the sake of that bastard Pei Yan, three thousand brothers never returned. They have long hated Pei Yan to the core.
Now he wanted to beat him to death with a stick.
"My Lord! Tell them to stop fighting! Stop fighting! If they keep fighting, they'll be killed!"
"Yan'er! Yan'er!"
The Marquis's wife surrounded Pei Yan, jumping up and down.
Helan Yue was a tall and strong man. He pushed her to the ground with an expressionless face and hit Pei Yan with his stick mercilessly.
"Why do you hit me!"
"What's wrong with me!"
"Brother, I'm not wrong! Why did you hit me? I'm your younger brother! The brother who grew up with you! All these years of family love, isn't it worth this woman? In order to avenge this woman, you even didn't let your own brother go?"
Pei Yan's mouth was full of blood and he was crying.
If you don’t know, you would really think how miserable he is and how vicious Pei Heng is.
Pei Heng sneered,
"This woman? This woman is your sister-in-law!"
"If you want her life, I want yours! Pei Yan, you'd better understand this!"
"besides,"
Pei Heng turned to the Marquis and said, "Father, please go to the Ministry of War tomorrow and resign on his behalf. Don't take up the job there anymore. Just stay home and do nothing!"
"Why!" Pei Yan roared, his face grim. "I earned that through my own ability. Why are you going to ruin my future with just one sentence?"
"What are you capable of?"
"Pei Yan, you have committed a heinous crime by manufacturing firearms and raising assassins. You want the entire Marquisate to die with you!" Pei Heng's anger was about to overflow.
Pei Yan's body shook violently and he suddenly burst into hysterical laughter.
"Pei Heng, if you have the guts, beat me to death!"
"Although you have divided the mansion, the Pei family will share life and death, honor and disgrace. If I die, I will drag you to be buried with me! And the entire Pei family! Hahahahaha!"
"You think I don't dare?"
Pei Heng drew out the sword from his waist with a bang, and murderous aura suddenly surged from his body as he chopped towards Pei Heng.
"do not want!"
The Marquis's wife let out a scream.
Su Li was also terrified and covered her mouth with her hands. The Marquis, who had been sitting in a chair behind her, rushed forward with a cry of "Ah".