It was a death scream.
Today, for the great general's wedding banquet, countless masters from the imperial court and the martial arts world gathered in the general's mansion. No one thought that anyone would dare to kill anyone here.
But it happened.
Screams came from the bridal chamber, and the first person to come over to check was the wolf general who was guarding not far outside the bridal chamber.
He first called out "General" twice outside the door, then knocked on the door but received no response. In his anxiety, he ignored etiquette and pushed the door open with both palms.
When Fang Yunhan, Lu Xiaofeng and others came rushing over following the sound, they just saw the Wolf General's back crossing the threshold.
The courtyard in front of the bridal chamber is quite spacious, and the flowers, plants and trees planted here are all low-lying species. People can have a panoramic view from here. A bluestone path leads directly from the front of the door to the moon-shaped door on the south wall, which is about 20 meters long.
As soon as the wolf general stepped over the threshold of the bridal chamber, he let out a cry of surprise.
The wedding candles and lanterns in the bridal chamber were all lit, but at that moment, they were all extinguished by a heart- piercing cold wind.
In the dim light of the setting sun, the wolf general's body suddenly flew backwards, flew a distance of nearly twenty meters, and almost hit the south wall.
There was a shocking wound on his chest, about an inch wide. The breastplate was cut in half at an angle. The iron armor at the wound was damaged, and the small pieces of iron were stuck in his flesh, causing the blood to flow non-stop.
Fang Yunhan immediately stepped over and supported him.
Only after getting closer did they discover that the Wolf General's injuries were more serious than they had imagined. In addition to the wound on his chest, blood seemed to be constantly gushing out of his mouth and nose. However, because he was wearing a mask, the blood could not be spit out for the time being, and could only drip down his chin.
Fang Yunhan took off his visor, pressed his palm on his shoulder, and continuously poured his internal energy into his body.
Hua Manlou had also arrived. Although he was blind, he was able to determine the position of the Wolf General after a quick groping. He then moved as fast as the wind and sealed several acupuncture points on the side of the Wolf General's wound, stopping the bleeding and taking out medicine.
At this time, the other three of the four generals of the Lei Mansion, Wu Ben, Zheng Shi, and Wang Tu, had all arrived and rushed into the bridal chamber together.
The three of them were not slow, but definitely not as fast as Lu Xiaofeng.
Lu Xiaofeng's red cloak was so red under the setting sun that it made people dizzy.
He floated down from the top of the wall and swept into the bridal chamber without touching the ground. His red cloak suddenly fell at the door, then folded and spun sharply, making a crackling sound.
It's like a person who thought there was a smooth road ahead, but while running wildly, he suddenly discovered that there was a jungle of swords and spears ahead. After a rapid pause, he was ejected in the opposite direction.
“Don’t go in!”
When Lu Xiaofeng floated back to the courtyard, he opened his arms and stopped the three generals of Lei Mansion. With a look of incredible horror on his face, he repeated, "Now, you must not break in!"
In just a short while, more people had gathered inside and outside the courtyard.
There were martial arts masters who used their lightness skills to rush over, and there were also court officials who were relatively close.
The people from the East Factory entered the courtyard, and Xiao Shusheng also brought King Qi to the courtyard.
"That's my daughter's voice." The King of Qi was panicked. After coming in, he wanted to go into the bridal chamber before he even stood firmly.
Cao Zhongxian grabbed the clothes on the back of the Prince of Qi's neck and said, "My Lord, you are a precious person. You don't know what's going on inside. Don't act rashly."
Jia Fugui, the big boss of the East Factory who was close to Cao Zhongxian, had already given the order on his behalf, asking the "two kings and two thieves" to go in and investigate.
These "two kings and two thieves" are the four most skilled martial arts masters who have defected to the East Factory in recent years, so Cao Zhongxian brought them with him when he came to the General's Mansion this time.
However, before the four people could take any action, the person in the bridal chamber came out on his own.
Lei Zhentian, dressed in a slightly disheveled red robe, walked out with a black axe in his hand and a somewhat strange expression.
His boots were stained with someone's blood. After he stepped over the threshold, he left one bloody footprint after another on the bluestone path.
Cao Zhongxian shouted, "Lei Zhentian, what are you doing?"
Here, he was the only one who had the courage and confidence to ask like this, but Lei Zhentian had no reaction after hearing this.
The newly-wed general turned his face slightly to the side, not looking at the people in the courtyard, but staring at a certain point on the ground. The expression on his face was sometimes confused, sometimes gritting his teeth, as if he was trapped in a nightmare that no one else could perceive .
The expression on his face became more and more bizarre, his face twitched suddenly, and gradually revealed a crazy look.
Woo!
The black axe began to vibrate slightly in his hand. A cold wind came from nowhere and lingered in the courtyard, blowing the drunk people dry and freezing them.
The area around the bridal chamber quickly fell silent, but people in other parts of the general's mansion still had no idea what was happening. In the distance, they could still hear the hurried shouts and the mixed footsteps of people holding lanterns.
The sounds were approaching, yet seemed so far away, so far that they would never arrive.
This entire courtyard seemed to be separated from the general's mansion. The light of the setting sun fell here, shining on people's cheekbones, noses, and foreheads, leaving shadows of varying depths, like rows of human sculptures smeared with wet blood-red dye.
Stiff, rigid, and motionless, with only moist air flowing in and out of the mouth and nose.
In the strange and indescribable scene, the laughing scholar beside the King of Qi suddenly moved.
The Laughing Scholar's lightness skill is completely different from Lu Xiaofeng's. It does not have much of the ethereal and graceful feeling, but is just extremely fast and straightforward.
He rushed past Lei Zhentian into the dim room in an instant, and soon rushed out carrying a woman.
Lei Zhentian let Xiao Shusheng walk back and forth beside him, but he still didn't react at all.
When the King of Qi saw the woman that the laughing scholar was holding, he screamed and fainted on the spot.
The woman was still wearing her wedding dress, so she was naturally the daughter of the King of Qi who was getting married today.
But now, the priceless red dress was torn from the left side of the neck all the way to below the right ribs.
The skin and flesh of the King of Qi's daughter also cracked along with her wedding dress, and the dark red stain inside her chest could almost be seen.
When several civil servants saw this scene , their faces turned pale, and the faces of Lei Zhentian's subordinates changed drastically.
The wounds on the body of the King of Qi's daughter were extremely obvious, and there was no third person in the bridal chamber before.
General Lei actually killed his wife on their wedding day? !
When Cao Zhongxian saw the corpse of the Prince of Qi's daughter, his pair of yellow eyebrows twitched as if in shock, but his eyeballs moved rapidly and the expression on his face did not change much.
"Lei Zhentian." Cao Zhongxian left the unconscious Prince Qi to the eunuchs around him to take care of him, staring at Lei Zhentian with a strange look in his eyes, "You've finally gone crazy~"
"Come here, the traitor Lei Zhentian killed the daughter of the King of Qi with an axe and murdered the royal family. His crimes are heinous and unforgivable. Capture him immediately!"
Cao Zhongxian said word by word, "If anyone resists, kill them without mercy."