Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

Even though he was not in charge of any big projects, but with Nan Shu Cheng's backing, Qu Family had been thriving.

Now, they were the first to be pulled down.

And no one would feel pity when they saw how miserable these people looked like.

"I…" Master Qu opened his mouth and closed it again.

He knew that it was over.

There was no way that he could get out of here without having his name tarnished like this. Originally, the plan was for him to leave if he was found out, but they directly sent a group of soldiers to his place.

And the punishments for traitors were…

Death sentence.

Taking a deep breath, Master Qu then smiled faintly. "Is that so?"

Swish!

Turning around at the fastest speed possible, Master Qu headed towards the East Courtyard of his residence.

The Commander snorted. "Chase him!"

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Several soldiers were moving towards Master Qu's direction. Their swords were ready and before long, the sound of metal clashing could be heard.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

These soldiers didn't hesitate to target his vital points.

They were under the direct order to capture everyone from Qu Family, dead or alive.

Master Qu seemed to know their plan and knew that his only chance was if he could get away from this place safely. There was no room for negotiation. What he had done so far had already crossed the line.

Fighting with his life on the line, Master Qu looked at the swords that were attacking him and felt incredibly annoyed and helpless.

"Let me get away!"

Clang!

The soldiers who were fighting with Master Qu snorted and kept on attacking. As if they would let him get away and send more news to other kingdoms about their Fei Yang Kingdom.

No way!

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The attack grew fiercer and more wounds appeared on Master Qu's body. He was not a martial arts experts and only learned martial arts a bit. The foundation he had was definitely not comparable with these soldiers.

Several guards in Qu Family also tried to fight back, trying to free Master Qu from his pursuer.

Pity.

Their martial arts were too poor. They were unable to hold on for a long period of time, so more and more people died.

Thud! Thud!

The smell of blood grew thicker.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Seeing that more and more of his people died, Master Qu was growing desperate. There were supposed the guards who were sent to protect him and allowed him to escape safely, but Fei Yang Kingdom had good martial arts and the soldiers were pressuring him again and again.

He couldn't hold on any longer and watched as the sword was heading towards him and finally closed his eyes.

He had high ambitions and dared to take the steps in his pursuit of that dream.

A pity.

He made the wrong bet.

Thud!

The soldiers looked at the fallen bodies without any expression. The evidences were clear and it had pointed this person's identity as a traitor very clearly.

No one felt pity on him.

They even felt that his death was so easy.

He should have been tortured to death first before he was killed.

But the soldiers said nothing and dragged the body to the Commander's location without any regards about the condition of it. Even if it was dusty or filled with rocks on the ground, they simply dragged the body.

They felt that this person not worthy of any respect whatsoever.

The Commander looked at the dead Master Qu and nodded. Anyway, Master Qu resisted, thus he was put to death from the very beginning. There were still many others in Qu Family such as Master Qu's brothers, cousins, children and so on.

At the back courtyard, there were many women who were shivering when they saw the soldiers. In their lives as noble ladies, when have they ever faced with the situation where these soldiers didn't care about etiquette and barged inside?

Were they not worried of tarnishing the noble ladies' reputation?

"Why are you barging inside? Everyone inside are noble ladies and you're not allowed to come inside!" the maids were screaming.

The soldiers snorted. "There's no noble ladies in this residence, only the family members of traitors!"

Traitor?

First Young Miss Qu, Qu Yu Nie, was so dumbfounded when she heard that. Does it mean that her father was actually a traitor?

"Lies! Qu Family is a loyal subject of Fei Yang Kingdom! We will not betray the kingdom!" Qu Yu Nie was hysterical.

The soldiers waved their hand and one of the soldiers came forward to gag Qu Yu Nie's mouth. They knew very well that there was no point in arguing with these people. They were all simply born in the wrong family.

But there were also the possibilities of them knowing what their father was doing.

After all, they were all living together and some parents even asked for their children's help. So the soldiers didn't feel any burden in their heart when they were doing their tasks.

Thud!

Qu Yu Nie was forced to kneel on the ground as the soldiers were handling the maids. These maids were all just ladies who didn't have any martial arts. How could they resist when these soldiers came forward?

They could only obediently follow.

Even though they were afraid and hesitant in their heart, they still chose to follow in the very end because they knew that there was nothing they could do anymore.

This was the end for them.

The only person who was relatively calm all these times was the Second Young Miss Qu, Qu Yu Ni. She lowered her head, acting like a timid young lady. However, there was a fierce glint within her eyes.

She was one of the few people who knew her father's plan.

Unlike her stupid older sister, she knew much more about the things that their father had been doing and also the many hidden secrets that the Qu Family was holding. The reason why her aunt was allowed to marry Nan Shu Cheng was more or less because of Master Qu's ambition.

If they succeed, they would be able to live well when they headed to Zhang Xu Kingdom.

Unfortunately, her father had failed.

Thus, Qu Yu Ni knew that if she wanted to live, she had to figure out a way to get out of this mess.

She looked at her older sister and a thought flashed inside her mind.

Making use of her older sister, there will be a way out for her. All that she had to do was to wait for the right moment.

…

<Nan Family, Nan Shu Cheng's Residence>

Nan Shu Cheng had been on tenterhooks these days. He felt that the other officials who were his friends had started to distance themselves from him. Not to mention, there were also many of his tasks that were transferred to others.

This made him afraid.

Would he be dismissed?

After all, Nan Shu Cheng had to admit that he was not exactly a clean official. He had been gathering wealth on his own so that his life could be better. But for the past few months, his life hadn't been easy.

The secret business he had was failing.

It was said that there were some bandits who disturbed him, causing him hefty loss.

But because this was a secret and illegal dealing, Nan Shu Cheng had no way to vent his distress. He could only swallow his loss silently and felt that everything was bad.

And then, his residences hadn't been peaceful lately.

Even after Nan Hua left, the other concubines had been making trouble one after another. Without Madam Qu holding the power, these concubines felt that they might have better chance and started to act out.

Previously, they were afraid of being targeted by Madam Qu. Who didn't know that Madam Qu was favored by Nan Shu Cheng?

They didn't want to fight Madam Qu head on and possibly be targeted by the other party. Did they think that their lives were too comfortable and wanted to seek some problems to add flavor?

No one was that stupid.

But after Madam Qu was grounded and the authority was taken away, they started to have some thoughts here and there. If they could obtain more of Nan Shu Cheng's affection, wouldn't it be better for them?

Anyway, Nan Shu Cheng might not be the most handsome man, but he was definitely not bad looking.

And this was what made Nan Shu Cheng feel like going crazy.

He could only stay inside his study room, asking his guard not to let anyone inside.

Today was supposed to be the same.

But there was commotion outside.

"What is it?" Nan Shu Cheng asked, his tone was as bad as his mood.

"Master, there are soldiers here, saying that Nan Family is not allowed to leave until trial tomorrow."