It was now deep into the night. There was no moon tonight, so it seemed even darker.
Outside the city, at the residence of Minister Dong.
Most of the family members had already gone to sleep. Since Minister Dong had quarreled with his wife, he was staying in his study tonight. After coaxing their youngest son to sleep, Mrs. Dong headed back to her own room.
As she passed by the study and saw the light still on, she knew her husband was still poring over those useless strategies. She was about to knock on the door to urge him to go back to the bedroom, but then she remembered how he had ignored her advice this afternoon. Gritting her teeth, she held back her hand and turned away.
Inside the study, Minister Dong saw the figure outside clearly. Thanks to the candlelight, he could see his wife pause for a moment, seemingly wanting to knock but finally leaving.
Sighing involuntarily, he put down the scroll in his hand and couldn't help recalling the argument with his wife today.
Didn't he long for a peaceful and harmonious family? But the current situation forced him. When Nan Gong Liuyun approached him, he knew he could no longer hide. So he had to choose to cooperate with him; otherwise, his family would be ruined.
But how could he tell his family about such a thing? So he had to keep it a secret. Outside, he had to act as if he respected the Nan Gong family whole - heartedly. But who knew the great torment he endured in his heart? He just wanted to protect his family.
Living in troubled times, one often had no control over many things.
Now he could only pray that Nan Gong Liuyun's plan would succeed. If so, he would become the greatest hero, and no one would be able to threaten his family.
Thinking of this, a tired smile crept onto his lips. Then he blew out the candle and lay down on the bed.
At this moment, in the hidden areas outside Minister Dong's residence, countless Wolf Guards were hiding. Led by Tian Gang, they were here to carry out the young master's order - to kill the Dong family!
Although Tian Gang felt a twinge of reluctance, he had no power to object. After all, Meng Yu's decision was to prevent the exposure of the Wolf Guards, even if such a cruel and bloody method was used.
When the night was completely dark and the Dong residence was completely quiet, and they were sure that only some night - watchmen were left in the mansion, they quietly climbed over the outer wall one by one.
Their mission was to secretly kill all the members of the Dong family without making any noise or leaving any clues. In this way, they must not alert anyone.
Tian Gang climbed over the wall first. He had only taken a few steps when he met a night - watchman carrying a lantern. Before the watchman could let out a scream, Tian Gang rushed behind him, covered his mouth and nose, and slit his throat with a single knife. Blood spurted out immediately.
After carefully laying down the body of the watchman, he looked around and found no other patrolling guards. Then he signaled the people outside the wall. Immediately afterwards, the Wolf Guards climbed over the wall one by one.
What followed was a massacre. Since no one made any loud noises, the people in their sleep didn't wake up. They just fell into a permanent slumber one by one.
But when a Wolf Guard was about to kill someone, the man suddenly opened his eyes. After seeing the situation in front of him, he shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Murderer!!!"
The loud cry startled the Wolf Guard. He immediately drew his knife and slashed down, but it was too late to prevent the people in the mansion from waking up.
Minister Dong also heard the shout. Without even bothering to put on his clothes, he jumped out of bed. But he didn't dare to rush out recklessly, so he opened a crack in the window and peeked outside.
Sure enough, he saw some unfamiliar faces, and they were all holding weapons.
Seeing this, the man's heart started pounding. He had no idea why such a thing had suddenly happened to his family at night, and who had sent these people.
Then he slapped his forehead and exclaimed, "Oh no!" He was worried about the safety of his wife and children.
As soon as Mrs. Dong heard the commotion, she knew something was seriously wrong. She immediately rushed out of her room. Fortunately, there were no signs of trouble in the inner courtyard yet, but she was still worried, so she ran to her son's room.
Her son was only seven years old and not very sensitive to the outside world. He was snoring peacefully, as if having a sweet dream.
When Mrs. Dong saw him, her heart softened. She immediately rushed over and picked him up.
"Mommy, what are you doing?" the little boy opened his sleepy eyes and asked the woman in front of him.
"Be a good boy, son. Mommy is going to play hide - and - seek with you," she said, forcing a smile.
"Really?! That's great!" the little boy exclaimed excitedly. As expected, children's nature made them unable to resist the temptation of playing.
Then Mrs. Dong hid him in a wardrobe and told him, "Don't let them find you, or you'll lose. Mommy will come to pick you up later."
After seeing the little boy nod vigorously, she turned around and left the room.
The moment she turned around, the smile on her face disappeared, replaced by a look of calm determination. Now she was going to find her husband. She wanted to ask who these people were.
But most of the outside area was already surrounded by the Wolf Guards. They knew they had been exposed, so they couldn't continue the killing plan secretly. Instead, they might as well go all out.
Without having to worry about anything, they killed more quickly. Soon they reached the door of the study.
Just then, Mrs. Dong rushed over. She had no time to hide and was spotted by Tian Gang. Then he waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to capture her.
"Where is Minister Dong?!" he demanded sternly.
Just now, their people had checked the main bedroom but found no one. They were about to send someone to search carefully when this woman unexpectedly showed up.
Mrs. Dong couldn't help stealing a glance at the study. She thought to herself that her husband hadn't been discovered yet. Then she struggled free from the Wolf Guards and rushed towards the man in front of her. But after all, she was just a woman, and her action caused no harm.
"I don't know anything. If you want to kill me, just do it!" she roared, her eyes bloodshot.
Inside the study, Minister Dong saw everything outside clearly through the crack in the window. Seeing his wife protecting him like this, his tears started to flow uncontrollably. He was about to rush out of the door.
But the woman outside shouted again, "My lord! Don't come out!"