Bloody Kyoto

With the Xiang family present, the men in black who broke into the Fu residence never managed to enter the inner courtyard.

Gradually, the men in black were killed one by one, and the sounds of battle in the outer courtyard gradually subsided.

But a sharp cry came from the inner courtyard. The Fu family guards and secret agents, who had just finished fighting, heard the sound and immediately rushed to the inner courtyard.

Following the sound, they arrived at Madam Fu's courtyard. At the entrance of the courtyard, an old woman lay paralyzed on the ground, her eyes unfocused, clearly terrified.

Before they even entered the courtyard, they could smell the strong stench of blood.

Everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

Fu Cheng followed closely behind, as did Fu Feng.

Fu Feng pushed open the closed courtyard gate with trembling hands, and what he saw was the corpse of the gatekeeper woman.

Upon entering, one sees three corpses inside the wide-open doorway.

Two of the bodies were those of maids, and the other was the body of Master Fu's trusted nanny.

Fu Cheng pulled aside Fu Feng, who was too afraid to enter the house, and strode inside.

Even the usually calm Fu Cheng couldn't help but gag after seeing the scene inside.

What followed was his shrill roar.

"mother!"

The others followed them into the house, and upon seeing the scene before them, they instinctively turned their heads away, unable to bear looking.

It was no less tragic than the deaths of Liu Zihe and Chen Shifeng.

The murderer was truly despicable; he even lit several oil lamps to illuminate the entire room.

Without these oil lamps, they wouldn't be able to see so clearly.

On each side of the luxurious bed canopy hung a leg, and in the very center hung the head of the disheveled Madam Fu, with two arms hanging on either side of the head.

There was no wind in the room, but the limbs were still swaying back and forth, and blood was still dripping down.

Add to that the fact that Old Madam Fu's eyes were still wide open, wide open in death, and it was just too creepy to look at.

"Ahhh, who is it, who is it!" Fu Feng grabbed the cabinet next to him and went crazy. "Who is it? Who would be so cruel as to kill my mother?"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuu, mother..."

"Cheng'er, what's wrong with your mother?" Fu Taishi's stiff voice came from outside. The guards at the door made way for Fu Taishi, who stepped heavily across the threshold and into the house.

With just one glance, he coughed up blood and fainted.

In the palace

Li Nanle arrived at the palace where Consort Shu lived. Perhaps because Consort Shu was not valued, there was not a single secret guard in the palace, nor were there any guards outside the palace.

The vines lifted her up and carried her into the palace. The two eunuchs on night watch fainted the moment they saw Li Nanle.

Whether she was truly dizzy or feigning it, Li Nanle didn't care. Those who were still guarding the gate now were probably people who weren't usually favored, and they probably wouldn't get involved in Yunxia's matter.

I walked past the two unconscious eunuchs, pushed the palace door, but it wouldn't budge; it was locked from the inside.

Li Nanle took two steps back and kicked one of the unconscious eunuchs.

"Wake up quietly, or I'll send the vines to wake you."

Upon hearing this, the eunuch shuddered. Although he was a nobody, he still knew the news that the general public knew.

For example, the maid of the Fu family was impaled by vines, the young master of the Chen family was strung together by vines, and the deaths of the restaurant manager and the brothel manager.

He didn't want to die, and he didn't want to be impaled by vines. Trembling, he opened his eyes, got up, and knelt down.

"Please feel free to give me any orders." Rather than being impaled by vines and dying, he felt he could cooperate with the person in front of him first. If his masters blamed him later, he could simply end his own life.

Li Nanle glanced at him, then kicked another eunuch.

"You get up too!"

These words were spoken in a commanding tone, and since the other person had already complied, the eunuch obediently got up and knelt down without being threatened.

"Open the door!" Li Nanle ordered again. The door was too hard; although she could break it with brute force, it would make a huge noise.

To avoid attracting other people, she wanted to go in in a gentler way.

The two eunuchs exchanged a glance, both looking flustered. They didn't have the key, and besides, the door was locked from the inside.

Li Nanle glanced at the two of them and roughly guessed what was going on.

"Is there another place we can get in? Or is there a place that can be easily destroyed?"

As soon as they finished speaking, they both pointed to one side.

Following the direction the two pointed, Li Nanle arrived at a window.

She took out a dagger, cut and tore the window screen, and then grabbed a wooden pillar of the window and gently snapped it in two.

Once inside the hall, screams erupted, but a vine immediately silenced them.

What followed was a flurry of footsteps; it was the middle of the night, and not a single person in the hall was asleep.

Is it because you knew she was coming that you were afraid to sleep?

Li Nan tossed a seed of sesame vine out the window, activated his supernatural power, and in a short while, the sesame vine completely surrounded the entire palace.

Those who tried to escape will find themselves trapped this time.

The screams rang out again, and without exception, they were all dealt with by a single vine.

In the darkness, if he didn't scream, he might have survived a little longer, since Li Nanle didn't have X-ray vision to accurately know everyone's location at night.

She did not touch the palace maids who did not resist, were frightened into fainting, or pretended to faint.

They searched the entire palace with vines but still couldn't find Consort Shu.

Her gaze swept over the group of palace maids who were either pretending to be unconscious or squatting in the corner with their heads in their hands.

One of the palace maids suddenly raised her head and met Li Nanle's red eyes.

She opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but seeing the other palace maids beside her, she didn't say anything.

He looked extremely anxious.

Li Nanle understood. She wanted to tell her where Consort Shu was, but there were Consort Shu's confidants here, and she was afraid that she would be retaliated against if she told them.

This is easy to handle!

With a flick of his finger, the vines that were already nearby shot out and pierced a person's heart. The person died before he could even cry out in pain.

Then came the others, who, without realizing it, were pierced in the heart by the vines and stopped breathing.

"Just say what you want to say!"

The palace maid glanced at the corpse beside her and said in a trembling voice, "Consort Shu secretly took the Fourth Princess away from the palace a few days ago."

“They escaped!” Li Nanle murmured, her gaze fixed on the palace maid who had spoken.

Even with her head bowed, the palace maid could feel the gaze upon her, and her body trembled incessantly.

Li Nanle's gaze fell on her fingers, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

With a slight twitch of his left middle finger, the vine swiftly pierced the back of the palace maid's hand, which was bracing itself against the ground.

"Ah..." the palace maid cried out in pain, looking up and glaring fiercely at Li Nanle. Perhaps realizing that her expression was inappropriate, she immediately lowered her head and changed her humble and pitiful appearance.

Li Nanle walked up to her, squatted down, lifted her chin, and traced her chin with his fingers.

The palace maid was extremely nervous, her eyes filled with fear.

"Found it." Li Nanle touched the unusual spot on her neck and spoke softly.