When Meng, Xu and Song Lin heard the news and rushed over, they heard that Song Wangyue was going to the capital to sue the emperor, and Meng immediately ordered Sister Wu to pack her things.
“Second brother,” Song Wan Yue instructed Song Shen with red eyes, “after we leave, let’s stop the family’s business for now.”
Song Shen nodded heavily, “I understand.”
Over there, Song Lin, Song Shu and Song San Xiao moved the skeletons from the ox cart to the carriage. Sister Wu packed up the things, and the group got on the carriage and headed all the way towards the capital.
Not long after they had left, the Third Prince woke up and the moment he opened his eyes he thought what had just happened was a dream and that the Duke of Qi was not dead.
“Where is Grandfather?”
Only Imperial Doctor Zheng and Imperial Doctor Liu were guarding him, and when they heard his question both of them were shocked in unison.
Imperial Doctor Zheng spoke with a trembling voice, “Third Prince, the Prince of State, he, he has gone!”
The Third Prince froze.
Then he lifted the quilt off his body and ran outside barefoot.
Imperial Doctor Zheng and Imperial Doctor Liu scrambled to follow him.
The third prince ran out of the courtyard and saw the carriage parked outside the courtyard. He paused violently, wanting to go forward but not daring to. He did not believe that his grandfather had died just like that, but his dream was clear, so clear that he could remember every detail of his grandfather’s life before he died.
He slowly walked over and reached out a trembling hand to lift the curtain. Inside the carriage, the Duke of Qi lay on his back, blood still lingering at the corner of his mouth.
Not a dream!
The blood on the Third Prince’s face instantly receded, and his body shook.
Imperial Physician Zheng and Imperial Physician Liu subconsciously reached out to help him, but he pushed them away and roared, “You two useless pieces of sh*t!”
If they hadn’t been useless, Grandfather wouldn’t have let Yao’s surname heal him and he wouldn’t have lost his life.
Thinking that without his grandfather’s support, he was one step further away from that throne, the Third Prince went berserk and ran to the door of Qin Qian’s house, kicking it open.
After the careful care of the two imperial doctors over the past few days, Qin Qian’s injuries had improved. He had just sat up when the Third Prince rushed to him like a gust of wind and grabbed him by the neck, “It’s all your fault, if you hadn’t lured us here, Grandfather wouldn’t have died, you pay for his life!”
Qin Qian was caught off guard by the chokehold and instantly couldn’t breathe, he raised his hands in panic and tried to pull away the Third Prince’s hands, making a difficult sound, “Third, Third Prince ……”
The Third Prince pushed harder and harder, and there was bloodthirsty madness in his eyes.
Qin Qian’s terrified eyes widened as he tried to plead for his life, but not a word could come out.
Soon, he stopped struggling and his hands hung down weakly.
The blood in the Third Prince’s eyes intensified.
Only after a long time did he let go of his hands and Qin Qian’s body fell limply.
“Someone!”
No one answered.
The Third Prince ripped Qin Qian off the bed, dragged him out of the house with one hand, came outside the courtyard and pointed at Imperial Doctor Zheng, “Go, call Qingping County here!”
The imperial doctor Zheng was so frightened that he rolled and crawled to call someone.
The Imperial Physician Zheng ran to the kitchen and scooped up a basin of water and poured it directly on the Imperial Physician’s head.
He sat up with a start.
The people in the room took a step back in fright.
Before the Prefect could react to what had happened, Imperial Doctor Zheng said urgently, “The Third Prince wants you to go over!”
The Third Prince!
The County Magistrate gave a jolt as all that had just happened came back to his mind.
He fell off the bed, and before anyone could come forward to help him, he struggled to get up and stumbled along with Imperial Doctor Zheng to the Third Prince’s presence, seeing Qin Qian’s corpse and the Third Prince’s bloodthirsty killing intent, he fell to his knees in fright.
The Third Prince threw Qin Qian’s corpse in front of him, “Send someone to throw him to a mass grave and watch him being gnawed by wild dogs, don’t even leave his bones!”
The county magistrate answered with a shaking voice, too late to order anyone else to drag Qin Qian’s body himself, the master running behind him hurriedly called for the magistrates to come forward to help.
“Why are you still kneeling!”
The third prince kicked the county magistrate, “Go and prepare a good coffin!”
In his anger, the third prince’s kick was not light, the county eunuch was kicked by him and hurriedly got up and kneeled down in response.
When Sheriff Zhang ran into the backyard, he saw the situation in front of him and paused abruptly.
The master winked at him, and Zhang understood and retreated. The master took the opportunity to drag Qin Qian’s body out of the backyard and said to Zhang, “The Third Prince has gone mad, don’t touch the bad luck at this time.”
“Miss Song and the old man and the others have gone into the capital to sue the imperial court and have just left, so I rushed back to give the master a word. ”
The master was stunned, then dragged Sheriff Zhang a long way away, “Then you must not go in, if the Third Prince finds out, he will kill you! Listen to me, hurry and find a place to hide.”
Zhang replied in a panic and hurriedly left the magistrate’s office.
The master thought about it and turned around and went back to the backyard. Exempting himself, he came to the Third Prince and told him what Sheriff Zhang had said.
The Third Prince was unstable right now, and the people in the county courthouse were unsure when they would be unlucky. If the Third Prince heard the news and could immediately rush back to the capital, they could also breathe a sigh of relief.
“What did you say?”
The master took a step back in panic and said what he had just said again, “My humble servant believes that whoever returns to the capital first will have the upper hand, the old gentleman is old and their carriage will definitely not be able to go fast, if you fasten your horse ……”
“Prepare the horses! Quickly prepare my horses!”
The master himself ran to prepare the horses.
“You two stay behind and take Grandfather’s casket back to the capital properly.”
The Third Prince left this sentence behind, walked quickly to the back door, turned on his horse and rode back to the capital.
……
Inside the carriage, Song Wan Yue told the old man about the death of Duke Qi.
“He’s getting his comeuppance, he deserves it!”
Mr. Xu Er did not hold back.
For the sake of his own selfishness, he had killed one hundred and thirteen people and even burned down the mansion, such a person did not deserve to live in the world.
The old gentleman did not reprimand him this time, he felt the same way in his heart, if Dafu Yao was still alive, the Duke of Qi would not have died, it was all karma.
“I suspect ……”
Song Wan Yue pursed her lips, “They moved all of the Gu family’s property away before they set the fire, just now I saw that no one around them was there, so they should be busy moving their property.”
“Simply beasts!”
Mr. Xu Er had always been gentle and had never been this angry before.
A rush of horse hooves passed by the carriage.
“Old sir ……
Xu Liang lifted the carriage curtain, “The Third Prince just rode past.”
“He’s wickedly gone! Father, why don’t I ride back too?”
The old gentleman glanced outwards and vaguely saw the Third Prince galloping his horse, he withdrew his gaze, “You’ve never ridden a horse before, you can’t outrun him.”
“I can ride a horse.”
Song Wangyue voiced out.
“No!”
After all these years, he had gotten to know Song Wangyue’s temperament. She looked like she was smiling and easy-going, but in fact she had a lot of ideas. If she was allowed to go to the capital alone, she would probably go and beat the dengwen drum, and with her small body, she wouldn’t be able to withstand even ten strokes before she died.
“We always have to make the first move.”
Song Wangyue advised.