The guards of the Chu family were terrified, not daring to resist. They dropped their weapons, covered their heads, and squatted on the ground, not daring to move.
"Young Master, spare our lives! Spare our lives, Young Master! Please let us go!" the Chu family guards wailed.
"Scram," Chu Chen waved his hand.
As if relieved of a great burden, the Chu family guards fled the scene one after another.
"Phew! That scared me to death!"
"Young Master's move just now was so cool. He killed four or five guards from several meters away with one blow."
"Fortunately, we followed the Young Master's instructions and left in advance. Otherwise, we would probably be dead by now."
As these guards walked away, they chattered amongst themselves, feeling lucky and relieved.
"You bunch of idiots, the Young Master said not to harm any Chu family members, understand?" an older guard glared and reprimanded them.
"Uh... we were careless." The group immediately fell silent, not daring to say another word.
"The Young Master is truly a divine being, to have foreseen the enemy's move and guessed that Lin Hao would defect to His Highness Prince Qin!"
"No matter what, as long as Lin Hao is dead, our troubles will be resolved, and we can live here peacefully from now on."
These guards discussed amongst themselves. Although they were guards, they were also retainers of the Chu family, and their loyalty was unquestionable.
Without the guidance of Chu Chen, their master, they would never have thought of so many things.
The rain stopped at night, and the guards in the Chu family mansion breathed a sigh of relief, thinking they could finally have a good night's sleep.
Chu Chen strode in from outside the door, his eyes narrowed, and he said faintly, "Second Young Master Lin? Heh heh..."
He suddenly stomped his right leg on the ground, and his body shot out like an arrow, instantly appearing behind the Chu family guards.
He punched a guard's head, pulverizing his skull.
"You..." The guard's eyes widened, his pupils dilating, as if he couldn't believe how Chu Chen had suddenly appeared behind him and killed him with one blow!
"Bang!" He fell to the ground, unconscious. At the same time, the other guards suffered similar fates, all dying with a single blow, without exception.
In less than a moment, all the guards of the Chu family were dead on the spot, except for a gaunt old man.
"You..." The old man looked at Chu Chen with a mixture of fear and shock. He had lived for most of his life and had never seen such a cruel and wicked person who left no room for others to survive.
Chu Chen walked slowly towards the old man with a sinister smile and said, "The reason the Lin clan could rise was entirely dependent on the protection of the Qin family.
Now that Qin Yang is dead, the Lin lineage has lost its support. Since that is the case, let me help the Lin lineage find complete liberation!"
A strong killing intent flickered in Chu Chen's eyes.
"Stop! You can't do this!" the old man roared, trying to struggle but unable to stop Chu Chen.
The next morning, Chu Chen changed into a brand new white robe and wore a jade crown, appearing very handsome and dashing.
Outside the Chu family mansion, a carriage was already prepared.
"Young Master, please board the carriage," the Chu family steward respectfully greeted Chu Chen, leading the carriage to him with utmost deference.
Chu Chen glanced at him, did not respond, turned, and boarded the carriage directly. He lifted the curtain, slipped inside, sat cross-legged in a corner, and closed his eyes to cultivate.
"Young Master, is it really okay to do this?" the Chu family steward hesitated to speak.
"Hmm?" Chu Chen opened his eyes, his sharp gaze piercing like a sword, making the Chu family steward shiver.
"I know what I'm doing," Chu Chen said faintly, then closed his eyes again.
The Chu family steward sighed and shook his head secretly.
He knew that his advice was useless. Chu Chen rarely changed his mind once he decided something, especially when it involved the survival of the family.
"Alas, forget it, forget it. I hope the Young Master can understand my difficulties and not blame me," the Chu family steward sighed softly and quietly withdrew.
The Chu family guards returned one by one, each carrying a corpse on their shoulders. They were the guards who had tried to resist last night.
"Reporting to the Patriarch, the Captain of the Guards and the other brothers are all dead. Their bodies are piled up in the main hall."
"What?" Chu Yunxiao almost fainted upon hearing this.
In such a short time, the Captain of the Guards and more than a dozen guards were all dead? What did that mean?
The Chu family had a total of over 130 guards. Excluding those who were injured and recuperating, there were only a little over sixty left. That was a loss of almost half!
"What exactly happened?" Chu Yunxiao was furious, his eyes extremely dark, and killing intent surged. He wished he could rush into Chu Chen's room immediately and strangle that little beast!
"To answer the Patriarch, Young Master, he... he wouldn't let us go, so we had to resist with all our might, and in the end..." a guard stammered, lowering his head.
"Bang!" Chu Yunxiao smashed the table with his palm and cursed through gritted teeth, "Scoundrel!!"
"Father, what exactly happened? Why would Young Master attack the Captain of the Guards?"
Chu Chen's sister, Chu Linglong, had a confused look on her pretty face. She knew her brother very well.
He was not someone who would kill indiscriminately, let alone these guards who had fought alongside their parents on the battlefield and defended the country. How could they have been killed by their own brother?
After Chu Chen left the Chu family, the Chu family began to investigate the Lin lineage. Chu Yunxiao sent people to investigate for two days.
Upon hearing the news, the Chu family guards were indignant and wanted to seek revenge on Lin Hao. However, the Lin family was backed by the imperial family. Who would dare to offend imperial authority?
The Chu family not only did not dare to retaliate but also had to send gifts and apologize, compensating for the losses, so as not to anger His Majesty the Emperor.
Chu Yunxiao had also privately asked Chu Chen why he had killed the Captain of the Guards, but Chu Chen remained silent.
Regarding Lin Hao's death, Chu Chen's attitude was simple: Lin Hao deserved to die!
The scenes of the previous night flashed through his mind: the helplessness, the sorrow, the panic...
Chu Chen muttered to himself, his voice gradually growing colder.
He strode out of the backyard of the Chu family and headed towards the east of the city.
The Chu family mansion was about a dozen miles from the east of the city. At Chu Chen's speed, it took him only the time it takes to brew a cup of tea to reach the east of the city.
At this moment, in the eastern part of the city, the Lin family mansion.
"Hahaha! Lin Wenwu, my son died well! Weren't you very powerful? Weren't you arrogant and overbearing?
Bah! Now that my son is dead, let's see what you have to be arrogant about!!" A middle-aged man in luxurious clothing laughed wildly at the sky with a ferocious expression.
This middle-aged man was Lin Wenchang, the paternal uncle of the Lin family patriarch. Lin Hao was his son.
Originally, the Lin family was a very ordinary family. It was because of Lin Hao that the Lin family soared to prominence and entered the ranks of noble families.