A team of several hundred people slowly advanced on the main road. This team was not an army, but rather attendants and a guard escort.
The several hundred strong team had an arrogant Aura, and in the middle of the team was a magnificent carriage pulled by four swift horses.
One look was enough to know it was Su Yibo, the villain we despised most, because our protagonist, who had lost his love, was preparing to act.
In a narrow gorge, Lin Han did not make a move, because the road section there was too dangerous; scouts would ride ahead to check, and only after they confirmed the path was safe would Su Yibo’s team be notified to pass.
In a valley with few trees, low mountains, and a wide, open view, scouts generally wouldn't check the mountainside.
Looking up, the mountain only had some green trees and grass, with no possibility of hiding several enemies.
However, there was now a man-made clump of green trees and grass, with many stones hidden inside.
The safest place is often the most dangerous—that was the logic here.
Lin Han, who was inside the natural green grass and tree clump, had been waiting for a long time.
When he saw the Su Family carriage slowly approaching, Lin Han's breathing became rapid with tension, because he could not fail.
As Su Yibo's carriage passed on the road below, Lin Han immediately lit the fuses of four explosives, then lit the fuses of the blasting stones, and when the explosives were about to detonate, he threw them onto Su Yibo's carriage.
Four explosives were thrown onto Su Yibo's carriage simultaneously to ensure his death.
Just as the explosives fell from high above towards Su Yibo's carriage, at that critical moment, the two experts to the left and right of Su Yibo's carriage sensed the danger from above.
They casually threw their swords, deflecting two of the explosives, which landed on the surrounding attendants.
However, two explosives still landed around the carriage, blasting it to a charred black, as if burned by fire, with tattered, scorched cloth hanging unattractively.
But the main frame of this carriage was made of special metal steel as a support for the compartment, and Su Yibo inside was also protected by the metal steel compartment, narrowly escaping death.
The outside of the carriage was beautiful silk and satin, but the inside was a compartment made of special metal steel.
These rich people really knew how to protect themselves at critical moments; Lin Han was just unlucky.
When the explosives detonated, Lin Han saw two of them explode around the carriage, and his heart bloomed with joy.
Then, the green grass and trees exploded, and rocks rolled down the mountain, crushing many of the attendants and guards around the carriage, causing numerous deaths and injuries.
The carriage was also hit by two rocks, but the thick special metal steel only suffered a slight dent.
One of the two great experts, the black-clothed expert, immediately led some expert guards to rush up the mountain to capture Lin Han.
Another white-clothed expert remained around the carriage to protect Su Yibo, while the surrounding attendants and guard team looked around vigilantly.
Su Yibo, inside the carriage, was only slightly shaken by the recent explosion.
When the white-clothed expert came to check on the carriage, Su Yibo angrily cursed, "I'm fine! Go find the culprit immediately! You must catch him!"
Did Lin Han wait for them to catch him?
No, he had already lit the last fuse, then ran a short distance, mounted his horse, and slipped away.
Many explosives were buried underground on the mountain, and no one could see anything amiss, so the Su Family scouts hadn't noticed them earlier.
All the explosives were connected by a single line.
All the explosives detonated, sending rocks, trees, stones, and earth flying into the air, only to fall back down the mountain, crashing into everything below.
The black-clothed expert and some Su Family expert guards had just rushed up the mountain and suffered heavy casualties.
The black-clothed expert, relying on his agile movements, hid under a rock, perfectly safe.
When the explosions stopped, the black-clothed expert was the first to rush up the mountain, but Lin Han had already vanished.
He still chose a direction to pursue, but this direction was not Lin Han's escape route, so he was chasing in vain.
Lin Han galloped all the way, and only when he saw no pursuers behind him did he finally relax.
However, he continued to gallop wildly, burying his clothes and the self-destructing explosive in a chosen secret spot.
He then took out a prepared, plain set of clothes, put them on, rode his horse quickly back home, and then casually went out to stroll on the streets around his house as if nothing had happened.
Su Yibo was currently cursing, "You dog slave, you're truly useless! You couldn't even catch one person..."
Many of this team were killed or injured, but Su Yibo didn't care about a single one of them.
After the attendants and guards gave Su Yibo a good scolding, the team cautiously returned to the Su Family.
When the explosion occurred, two scouts from Su Yibo's team quickly rode back to the Su Family to report, and the Su Family had already dispatched an army, which met up with Su Yibo on the road.
Upon returning to the Su Family, Su Yibo was furious, "Who dares to act against me? My father's political enemies in the imperial court? Impossible, my father doesn't seem to have any political enemies, and my Su Family even has an Immortal in existence.
Regardless, I'll send a letter to my father first to communicate, we must investigate thoroughly."
Su Yibo immediately wrote down all the detailed circumstances and sent them to Su Wenyi in the capital, also asking Su Wenyi to protect his 9-year-old biological brother, Su Yike.
Then Su Yibo asked his attendants about the situation at the time; two attendants had seen a figure quickly leaving the mountain.
When asked about the appearance, the attendants said they couldn't see the face, but they generally knew the size of the figure.
Su Yibo had already thought of several possibilities and had sent people on fast horses to monitor the vicinity of the Lin Family and Ma Family on the way home, mainly to see where the culprit returned.
However, Lin Han had taken a small path and returned home early, even changing into new clothes and coming out to stroll as usual.
The clothes he wore while riding were too dusty, so he changed and burned them in his room, and he also wiped his face clean.
At the Su Family, his cousin Su Youwei and uncle Su Hao came to see Su Yibo.
Su Yibo said he was only shaken and not seriously injured, but needed a few days to recuperate.
Then, the three members of the Su Family discussed clues about the culprit.
After much thought, Su Yibo and the two others ruled out some people they had offended in the past, leaving only the Qian Family, Lin Family, and Sun Family.
As for the Ma Family, such a large Family, they probably wouldn't do something so brainless, and even if they did, there was nothing they could do against the Ma Family, they could only slowly investigate for evidence, as the two Families were too powerful to fall out.
Of course, if there was evidence, the Su Family would still seek revenge.
Suddenly, a servant returned to report, "Young Master Su, someone near the Lin Family saw a fast horse running towards the Lin Family's direction.
The rider's build was similar to the person who blasted the rocks on the mountain.
Our people say that Young Master Lin came out to stroll, and Young Master Lin only came out after that fast horse returned..."
Su Yibo was furious upon hearing this and immediately told the two attendants to identify if Lin Han's build was the same as the person on the mountain.
Half a day later, Su Yibo heard another report from a servant: Lin Han's build was similar to the person who blasted the rocks on the mountain.
Su Yibo sneered, "It seems Lin Han is the most likely suspect.
Adding to that, Lin Han is someone I just offended, so he is the most probable culprit.
Of course, we can't rule out the Ma Family, Qian Family, and Sun Family.
Yes, Lin Han's lover is about to be forced to marry me, so it would be strange if Lin Han wasn't anxious..."
Su Yibo ordered someone to inquire about what had happened to the Yin Family recently.
The servant reported that Yin Father, Yin Mother, and Yin Cui’s older brother spent their days comforting and teaching Yin Cui, while Yin Cui cried all day long.
Su Yibo was thoroughly enraged this time.
He stormed to the Yin Family, angrily questioning Yin Family parents how they raised their children, how they raised such a girl, and then ordered his men to severely beat Yin Cui’s older brother, causing Yin Zhongda to scream for mercy in pain.
After Su Yibo had his fill of beating, he even said he would come in two days to take Yin Cui and her entire Family to watch a play, to cheer everyone up.
Before leaving, Su Yibo did not forget to instruct, "This is all my Su Family's territory.
Any slight disturbance from any Family will not escape our eyes.
Hmph!"
Lin Dong heard that Su Yibo wasn't dead, that he had been saved by the special metal steel carriage and only suffered minor injuries.
He was so enraged that he fainted on the ground, and it took him a long time to regain consciousness in bed.
"This was the last chance, Heaven! How could you let this beast escape unscathed, Yin Cui...?"
Lin Dong was heartbroken and extremely sad, thinking he couldn't lose Yin Cui, and began to ponder what other methods he could use.
However, the Su Family, who had previously been confident that no one would dare to assassinate them, had no defenses, but now their defenses were so strict that no one could approach Su Yibo.
It was said that the Su Family wanted to invite the Yin Family to watch a play, and the Yin Family naturally dared not refuse.
The Yin Family thought it was a kind gesture before the marriage to take them out for some entertainment.
The entire Yin Cui Family followed Su Yibo's team to the Sun Family, only to see the Sun Family surrounded by a group of soldiers.
These soldiers belonged to the Su Family, and all the Sun Family members were forced to their knees by the soldiers, each bound with black iron chains.
The Yin Cui Family immediately realized that things were not as simple as watching a play.
When the Sun Family saw Su Yibo approaching with Yin Cui and others, everyone in the Sun Family immediately shouted words like "Young Master Su, we've been wronged!" but Su Yibo sneered, "You dare to assassinate this Young Master, and you still dare to cry 'wronged.' You will all become history tonight.
Kill."
After this command was given, the Sun Family members were beheaded one after another.
Knowing they wouldn't survive, they all cursed loudly, "Su Gou, Heaven will punish you!
One day we will meet in the underworld, and then we will accuse your Su Family before the King of Hell.
Even as ghosts, we will not let your Su Family off..."
Yin Cui and everyone in the Yin Family saw such a bloody scene for the first time.
Everyone in the Yin Family was drenched in cold sweat, their bodies trembling.
Especially Yin Cui, a young girl, who had never seen such a bloody and cruel scene before, was so scared that she didn't dare to make a sound, her heart filled with terror, and her hands were shaking.
Su Yibo, however, burst into laughter, "Stubborn commoners, still defiant even at death's door.
Torture them first, then kill them."
The soldiers immediately brought out various torture tools to torment the Sun Family members, and their painful wails echoed throughout Xuanling Village, where the Sun Family resided.
The villagers of Xuanling Village shivered in fear and dared not come out, as if everyone could smell the blood of the Sun Family in the air...
Su Yibo sneered as he turned to look at the Yin Family and said to Yin Cui, "A few days ago, I was ambushed, and it was found that the Sun Family and Qian Family were responsible.
I came here specifically to deal with these unruly commoners.
These commoners are too bold, daring to ambush me as my wedding day approaches.
I will not let a single one of them go today."
Yin Cui didn't know how to respond when she heard this, and when she heard "as my wedding day approaches," she thought, "Could it be Han-ge?
No, it couldn't be...?"
Yin Cui was even more terrified, her thoughts completely in disarray, she had forgotten what to say in response to Su Yibo, unable to utter a single word.
Su Yibo saw that Yin Cui was too scared to say a word, and then burst into laughter, "It seems you haven't seen a scene like this before, no wonder.
Our Su Family's retaliation against unruly commoners is considered light."
Su Yibo continued, "Two years ago, when I passed through here, I took a liking to the Sun Family's second Young Miss and wanted to marry her as a concubine, but she ran away, leaving only a letter saying she eloped with her lover.
The Sun Family said it was the second Young Miss who ran away on her own, and it had nothing to do with them.
These people were negligent in their supervision, and I originally intended to punish them lightly.
If they hadn't come to my house to apologize first, with their entire Family kneeling at my house for two days and two nights, and giving me many gifts, I really wouldn't have let them go.
I mainly forgave them because they gave me their ancestral treasure, the Sweat-Blood Glazed Jade.
Afterward, I only killed the elder brother and mother of the second Young Miss who let her go.
Sweat-Blood Glazed Jade, I never expected the Sun Family's ancestors to have such a thing.
Alas, for the sake of this Sweat-Blood Glazed Jade, I was soft-hearted and let them go back then, but they not only showed no gratitude, they now found people to assassinate me.
Hmph, this time they brought it upon themselves.
Let everyone see what happens to those who dare to assassinate our Su Family."
Yin Cui was even more terrified and numb upon hearing Su Yibo's words.
Yin Father, Yin Mother, and Yin Zhongda were also trembling with fear, but they forced themselves to remain calm and echoed, "Young Master Su is right, these unruly commoners indeed need to be taught a lesson."
Su Yibo laughed wildly, watching the last Sun Family member's head fall, then ordered his subordinates to burn their Sun Family bodies to ashes with fire before leaving with his team, satisfied...
In the carriage, Yin Cui's thoughts were in a chaotic mess: Because of Lin Han, he wouldn't do such a foolish thing, would he, with the wedding approaching?...
The Qian Family had long been sealed off, and all its members were arrested, just like the Sun Family.
Of course, here, both the Su Family soldiers and the Qian Family members were waiting for Su Yibo to come and watch the show.
When Su Yibo arrived at the Qian Family, there were similar sounds of the Qian Family members pleading for mercy and shouting that they had been wronged.
Su Yibo loudly cursed, "Qian Wuyi, you conspired with the Sun Family to harm me.
I have already reported the matter to the City Lord, and now no one will come to save your Qian Family.
Three years ago, I heard that your Family had an ancient agate crystal, and I was prepared to buy it from you at a high price, but you sold me a fake.
After I discovered it, you even said that you had also been deceived and didn't know it was fake.
This method of selling fakes is clearly meant to deceive my Su Family.
I immediately slaughtered your two obedient sons to make you realize and hand over the agate crystal.
But you went to the City Lord first, saying you were deceived by a merchant and received a fake, and were willing to compensate my Su Family ten times the money.
Out of respect for the City Lord, I accepted your compensation.
Now you and the Sun Family have conspired to assassinate me, nearly killing me.
Hmph, you are truly audacious..... Luckily, my life was not meant to end.
Your Qian Family shall die today."
At this point, Qian Wuyi laughed loudly, fearless, "To accuse someone of a crime, one can always find a pretext.
Your Su Family is famous for being bandits.
Any priceless Family heirloom that others possess, your Su Family cruelly obtains through various means.
Those are ancestral possessions of others, how many such things have you done?
Furthermore, even if I had the agate crystal and gave it to you now, you would still say I deceived you before and would not spare us.
Hmph...."
Hearing this, Su Yibo was furious.
He wanted to force Qian Wuyi to bring out the Family heirloom, the agate crystal, to save his life, and then kill him on the charge of fraud.
Now that his plot was exposed, he had no choice but to kill Qian Wuyi directly.
Anyway, their Su Family had already found many rare treasures in the Qian Family, so they didn't lack this one, and besides, Qian Wuyi was determined to die and would not bring it out no matter what.
"Kill them, but leave the Qian Family's Third Young Miss."
The old video of the Sun Family was replayed here at the Qian Family, only with an addition: he had taken a liking to the Qian Family's Third Young Miss and wanted to capture her to play with for a while.
The one called the Qian Family's Third Young Miss suddenly collapsed.
Upon investigation, it turned out she had bitten her tongue to commit suicide, and the blood from her tongue had flowed into her stomach, so no one noticed.
She also knew the Su Family's methods; after killing the Qian Family members, Su Yibo wouldn't spare her life for revenge.
He would kill her after he grew tired of playing with her.
The Qian Family's Third Young Miss would not let that Su Gou play with her.
Su Yibo was enraged: "Torture them first, then kill them!"
Then, the painful wails echoed through the sky once again.....
After the video ended, Su Yibo turned and asked Yin Cui, "Was this play good?
What do you think the next play will be?"
After Su Yibo finished speaking, his eyes glinted with malice, and he stared fiercely at Yin Cui and the Yin Family members.