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One second to remember [Brushstroke Pavilion] [Free of charge, read the wonderful novel!]

The sun was bright and beautiful, but many people woke up to the sound of screaming.

The capital was in a complete mess. The imperial guards were so busy that their feet were off the ground and their legs were almost broken from running. For some reason, many young masters and ladies of aristocratic families had pimples growing on them overnight.

The commoners were all terrified. If not for the timely order by the Emperor to pacify the commoners and to close the city gates, the capital would most likely have become an empty city.

Baili Qingfeng ordered for the imperial court to be suspended. He ordered all the officials to stay in their own residences to not move about as they wished, and then sent the imperial physicians of the imperial court and the officials of the imperial court to find out the cause of the chicken pox outbreak.

Accompanying Chen Jun, the governor of the Capital's Residence began searching the house. However, he was unable to find any useful information. In fact, he had helped those officials discover many methods that were used by the women in the backyard.

At this moment, because it had been locked away, the Residence of Princess Radiant appeared unshakable and unshakable. It was much quieter and more peaceful.

She didn't even know how the night had passed. In order to smoothly carry out the assassination, she had secretly stolen the Death Soldiers' Talisman from Xiao Feng Jue's hand and had summoned twenty-two Death Soldiers. However, these people had gone to the Mansion of the prefecture lord of Zhao Hua City, and had not received any news of the assassination at all.

This was something that had never happened to the death soldiers of the Xiao family before. In the capital, the death soldiers had never failed in their missions. Normally, news would reach them within four hours, but this time, an entire night passed!

Suddenly, the door was kicked open. Xiao Huan Xi jumped up like a frightened bird. She looked towards the door and met Xiao Feng's baleful face with her own.

"Big brother, you … …" Why are you here? "

Xiao Feng walked into the room with big steps. The veins on his forehead were constantly popping up. "Did you steal the command talisman to transfer those Death Soldiers?"

Xiao Huan Xi trembled as she was being stared at by that emotionless gaze. She felt chills down her spine as she said, "Big brother, what command token? I don't understand."

Xiao Feng Jue regained his senses and kicked the table on the bed. The heavy wooden table was knocked over and one of his legs was broken.

The table flipped and made a loud noise, making Xiao Huan Xi cover her ears as she screamed.

Xiao Feng Jue did his best to resist the urge to slap his opponent. He gritted his teeth and said, "Did you know that you've caused a great disaster?"

Xiao Huan Xi took two steps back and leaned against the wall. Her eyes were filled with panic as she asked, "What … what kind of disaster is this?"

"This morning, the Emperor announced that he would suspend court and ordered all officials to take a step outside the palace without any business, because this morning, sixteen people had chicken pox on their bodies."

"What?" Xiao Huan Xi's eyes widened, "Shen Ninghua's little brother isn't the only one who has chicken pox. How can he spread it so quickly?"

"This is what you did!" If Xiao Huan Xi wasn't his sister, he would have definitely ordered someone to drag her out and beat her to death, "These sixteen people are all living in very clever places. They are connected to our Xiao family in a straight line."

Connecting into a straight line?

Xiao Huan Xi quibbled, "That doesn't mean anything?"

"Are you really confused, or are you pretending not to understand? Last night, someone witnessed the dozen or so black-clothed men escaping from the Residence of Prefecture Lord Zhao Hua and heading towards our Xiao family. After a night, some of these black-clothed men had chickenpox on their escape routes. How did the chicken pox spread? Do you need me to say something? "

Xiao Huan Xi's heart was thumping hard. With a desperate struggle in her eyes, she said, "Even so, we can't say that those black-clothed people are members of our Xiao family. Maybe someone is framing us.

Xiao Feng narrowed her eyes. Her eyes were filled with mockery, "You know very well whether it is a trap for us or not. Hand over the amulet for the Death Soldiers!"

Xiao Huan Xi's face became even paler and her lips started to quiver. She knew that it was useless trying to hide it now. She could only tell him the truth, "Big brother, I'm in a trance …"

Xiao Feng Jue's voice was impatient, "I don't want to say a word to you right now. Give me the talisman!"

Xiao Huan Xi bit her lips and took out the talisman from under her pillow. Her face was filled with panic as she said, "Big brother, it's been a night and we haven't received any news from those Death Soldiers. They should be fine, right? Didn't someone see the black-clothed person escape last night? Did they return to the Xiao family? "

Xiao Feng Jue shook her off and turned towards the door.

Suddenly, a clamor came from the courtyard:

"Please spare my life, master, this servant is innocent."

"Ah, help!"

It was soon followed by the dull thud of a stick striking flesh.

Xiao Feng Jue's expression changed as he quickly walked out the door. The yard had already turned into a mess. A group of guards surrounded Xiao Huan Xi's courtyard. All of the female attendants were grabbed and held on the ground. Two of them had already been knocked unconscious by the Ting staff.

"Father, what are you doing?"

Xiao Jingran stood to the side with his hands behind his back. He turned his head to look at him: "Someone just heard your conversation with Huan Xi."

Xiao Feng's expression changed, "Then let's just deal with the person who heard about it."

"A woman's benevolence!" Xiao Jingran frowned and his face darkened, "Kill all of them. Just say that they got chicken pox and were dealt with."

"Father!" Xiao Feng became vexed. Who knew how many people had their gazes fixed on them at this moment? If they were to suddenly be caned to death, wouldn't that be telling others that something had happened to our Xiao family? Even if he had chicken pox as an excuse, he could still hide it from some people, but he couldn't hide it from everyone, especially from the emperor …

Xiao Jingran, however, didn't care. Xiao Huan Xi's actions weren't that subtle. He couldn't guarantee that any of the servants wouldn't know what she did. Thus, in order to be safe, they had to die.

At the beginning, there were still cries, but after about a quarter of an hour, the eighteen servants in the yard all stopped breathing.

Xiao Feng Jue could only feel pain throbbing in his head. How could his father not pay attention to the big picture?! Was he forcing the Xiao family onto a path of death?

Xiao Jingran did not seem to care about his concerns at all: "My Xiao family has been through countless storms over the past hundred years. This time, it is not enough to shake our foundation."

Xiao Feng clenched his fist, the badge in his hand was so painful that it hurt his palm, but he didn't care at all as he walked out of the courtyard filled with blood.

When Chu Junyi arrived at the palace, Shen Ninghua had already received the news.

When she heard that Xiao Jingran had killed all of the servants in Xiao Huan Xi's courtyard, she thought to herself, "Patriarch Xiao really has no scruples. If he wants to die, no one can stop him!"

If it was twenty years ago, even if he were to slaughter the commoners in half of the city, no one would dare to say that the Xiao Clan was wrong, much less a servant who was able to decapitate a courtyard.

Because at that time, the Xiao family was the guardian of the peace, protecting the peace of thousands of citizens. Twenty years ago, Xiao Jingran was still a general.

However, 20 years had passed and the Great An Empire had not experienced war for a long time. Although the Xiao Clan still had a high status, they no longer had the qualifications to do as they pleased.

Even more so, the emperor would not allow his subjects to announce their special status under his nose.

Chu Junyi walked into the room and laid down on the soft couch. She sighed in relief, "I didn't think that foster father would do that …" This was simply putting the Xiao family on fire.

Shen Ninghua put down the brush in his hand and frowned slightly. If something were to happen to the Xiao family now, it would definitely implicate Chu Junyi. It would be extremely disadvantageous to him.

"Xiao Hua, what are you going to do next?"

Shen Ninghua raised his eyes, "Right now, the Emperor has already suspected the Xiao family. In addition to Xiao Jingran's death, I don't need to do anything else, the Emperor will definitely seize this opportunity to investigate the Xiao family. Although due to the Xiao family's status, he won't punish them unrestrainedly, but once this suspicion is kept in his heart, he will probably explode."

"Yes." Chu Junyi knew what she said was reasonable, so she only replied with a grunt.

"When the Emperor suspects it, I will send those Death Soldiers I captured last night back to the Xiao family. "Then, the hospital will donate the prescription and find a way to treat varicella, and those people who were previously infected with the varicella will get better."

Chu Junyi's heart skipped a beat, and a wry smile spread across her face. "What a joke …"

He didn't finish his sentence, but Shen Ninghua understood his meaning. The servants of the Xiao family were all people who had chicken pox as an excuse, so it didn't seem like there was anything wrong with dealing with them. However, after she treated those who had chicken pox as an excuse, the Xiao family's actions became especially cold-hearted.

As the two were speaking, the sound of weapons clashing could be heard from the courtyard.

Chu Junyi quickly rose to her feet. When she saw the figure in the yard, she frowned. "Big brother?"

In the yard, Xiao Feng and the cyan sparrow were fighting intensely.

Shen Ninghua spoke to stop the cyan sparrow, "The cyan sparrow stop."

Chu Junyi looked unhappy. "Why are you here?"

Xiao Feng tidied up her clothes and looked coldly at Shen Ninghua. She pursed her lips tightly, without a hint of a smile on her face, and said stiffly, "I used this method to get in because the entire mansion has been sealed off. Please forgive me, Princess."

"Young Master Xiao, you're too polite. May I know what business you have by barging in?"

"I'm here to look for Chu Junyi."

Chu Junyi stepped forward to stand in front of Shen Ninghua. "What's the matter, big brother?"

Xiao Feng Jue took out the Death Soldier's talisman, "This talisman is for you." Giving the order to him was also hinting that he could deal with those Death Soldiers that were caught as he pleased.

"Those Death Soldiers have offended the one you love, so naturally, it should be left to you to deal with."

Shen Ninghua sneered inside his heart. He looked like he had good intentions, but was actually planning something bad. She had originally wanted to cripple their skills and throw them back to the Xiao family while the Emperor was investigating. However, Xiao Feng gave the command medallion to Chu Junyi and then crippled their skills and skills, which would be a waste of talent. After all, it was not easy to nurture Death Soldiers.

If she couldn't use the death soldiers, she would lose the ability to control the Xiao family. She might even get into an argument with Chu Junyi …

Chu Junyi shook her head. "Big brother, these people want to hurt Xiao Hua. I won't accept them." Condensation was his reverse scale. Once someone touched it, they would not stop until they were dead!