Chapter 346: Chapter 284 Chop Him Up! _3
Xu Yin glanced at him, "Surround?"
"Exactly!"
Lian Rong’s face couldn’t hide his urgency. He looked outside as he spoke, "As soon as they arrived, they blocked all our gateways. When I asked them, they didn’t answer, only asked if Master was at the mansion. Thinking that Master hadn’t given any special instructions, I told them you were here. Now they’ve already sent someone to fetch the Prince!"
Xu Yin stood up, "Him coming to find me was only a matter of time, but why the grand display to surround me?"
Xu Yin knew he couldn’t escape, and he hadn’t even thought of escaping.
He was a key official of the court, a high-ranking minister of the Ministry of Rites, not a subordinate official of Prince Rong’s Mansion. Even if such a significant event happened tonight, it was a private matter to be discussed behind closed doors!
Prince Rong absolutely did not have the courage to make this matter public, nor could he go to the officials to fabricate charges and have him prosecuted.
So, he was not afraid!
What made him fearless was the leverage he had over Prince Rong!
Yet, he hadn’t actually lost anything substantial; even losing Princess Rong wouldn’t be an unbearable thing for Prince Rong, he didn’t believe it!
Princess Rong had looked down on Prince Rong for years, and Prince Rong was well aware of it, he just didn’t take it to heart.
Now that he came in such an aggressive manner, why is that?
"Master! Master!"
The guard rushed in, panting, "Master, Prince Rong is here! The Prince Manor has brought many people, the brothers cannot hold on! The main gate is almost broken down!"
Xu Yin promptly walked to the doorway. In the front, the main gate was ablaze with lights, and the thumping sound of heavy objects battering the gate was incessant!
The doubt in his eyes grew, "This makes no sense! Why on earth is he doing this?"
What Prince Rong valued most was those hidden things, wasn’t it? Since he returned so quickly, not giving him a chance to take the items, shouldn’t he deal with Princess Rong’s affairs first? Why come to entangle with him instead?
"Master! The gate has been broken open!"
The guard who came to report held a broken long sword!
Xu Yin stepped down the stairs, looking through the door hole, towards the crowd under the bright lights at the gate, led by Prince Rong striding forward with a knife in hand!
"Tie him up!"
Prince Rong entered the front courtyard with a furious shout.
The Xu family guards naturally rushed forward to protect him.
Xu Yin frowned, "Why does the Prince muster such a large force?"
Prince Rong, gritting his teeth, "You treacherous wretch, I recognized you as my son-in-law, married my only daughter to you, yet now, in this critical moment, you beast broke into the Prince Manor’s ancestral hall at night, and after your crimes were exposed, you murdered the Princess. You are rebellious and immoral, unforgivable crimes!
"Men, break his legs and send him to the Dali Temple!"
The guards wielding swords and sabers swiftly surrounded Xu Yin!
Unlike Princess Rong, Prince Rong was different; the last time the Princess’s intimidation was a mere show of force, this time it was different. The Princess indeed died at Xu Yin’s hands, and he indeed broke into the ancestral hall at night, these two crimes, each leaving no room for excuses! Even if they truly broke his legs, the emperor would not punish Prince Rong!
Previously, Xu Yin was betting that Prince Rong wouldn’t frame him.
At this moment, he immediately lifted his head, "If it’s just for this, I don’t believe the Prince would mobilize such forces. What’s the real reason?!"
"Still feigning ignorance? Hit him!"
The guards began striking Xu Yin’s legs with their batons!
Xu Yin wasn’t willing to be captured so easily!
He gathered strength in his abdomen, gritted his teeth, and leaped aside, "If you wish to treat me like this, then don’t blame me for being impolite!
"Those items in your hand should have been destroyed six years ago, but you kept them until now, is it to defend yourself in the imperial court in the future?
"If you can kill me here tonight, so be it! If not, I will definitely report this matter to that person later!"
Hearing this, Prince Rong’s eyes glinted with malice, he raised his right hand slightly, and hordes of guards holding bows and crossbows emerged from the four corner walls!
"Xu’s thief, you intend to harm me after all! The items have been taken by you, if not to kill you, why would I come here?
"Fire the arrows!"
"Wait!"
At the critical moment, Xu Yin suddenly looked towards him, "You said the items are in my hands?"
"Facing death and still playing tricks, you must think you have a long life!" Prince Rong gritted his teeth, "Go! Chop him up! Tomorrow at court, I’ll apologize with punishment on my back!"
The bows on the walls and swords from the ground attacked Xu Yin simultaneously, all the Xu family guards surrounded Xu Yin to defend him, in the not-so-large courtyard, under the rain of arrows, it instantly turned into a slaughterhouse!...