Chương 38: Wrath (3)

Shen Yue tentatively looked at her left arm, which Shen Tianyu was practically pushing in front of her face. Seeing her arm, her face grew another shade darker.

"I-This was not me! You're trying to frame me!" Shen Yue still tried to deny it.

"Haha. Still trying to deny? Well, whatever, I don't have time to recount everything you did behind closed doors." Shen Tianyu replied as she threw her away by the chin. She then took out her dagger and cut Shen Yue's tendons, just like she did with Shen Chiang.

After she was done, she turned to the bodyguards, only then did they know she was finished. Frowning, Xia Ji asked her. "Miss, will that be all?"

"They are a proud lot. Making them fall this far is already worse than any torture I can do to them. Well, I'll give them the honor of assisting in my finances." Shen Tianyu replied as she now walked towards Shen Luoji.

"What-what do you want to do now?!" His eyes seemed to shout. Since his jaw was dislocated still, he couldn't say it out loud. Shen Tianyu easily turned him into a vegetable also.

She then pointed to Shen Luo. "Put her in the sack. We're bringing her back." She then pointed at Shen Luoji, Shen Chiang and Shen Yue in turn. "Drag them to the pig market. They should fetch a good price as pig meat. As for Shen Yue..., I reckon she'll fetch the highest price." She said the last part with a devilish smile.

"Yes Miss!" Xia Ji responded. "But what of the Head Guard?"

"Ah... I think Mu Shenchou wanted to interrogate him some more. Bring him back too." Xia Ji moved to put the Head Guard and Shen Luo into the sack while the rest of the Shen family just looked at Shen Tianyu, dazed.

At this time, another guard came over. "Miss, we've taken everything that seems to be of value. Will we be torching the Residence now?"

"Ah. Good timing, I just finished up here. Let me check the place to see if there are any hidden rooms or something." Shen Tianyu stated as she walked past the guard.

The guard followed after her, leaving Xia Ji and three other guards with the Shen Family. Though, they might be outnumbered but they were, by no means, any weaker so she didn't need to worry. Besides, they were only outnumbered by one.

Shen Tianyu walked all around the Estate to find hidden rooms. She found found one in the Master's Study. It was similar to the one she built at Lavender Palace's office and was quite easy to open. In it were many magic bags, most of which were filled with yuan that was not documented. This was most likely embezzlement from the Department of Justice. The other magic bags were grouped according to what they contained. The one with the least amount of things was the one containing a single common herb. Though it was worthless to them, it was still better than nothing. The rest just contained important documents related to the yuan found.

Shen Tianyu smirked. 'Though it would be good to keep the yuan, Lavender Palace is in no dire need of money...'

She threw everything to the guard following her, who put everything into his own magic bag he brought, passed out by Manager Sung that morning. She soon found another hidden room in the Ancestral Hall, which was slightly harder to crack. The hidden room in the Ancestral Hall had more machinations. Good thing she was from a more advanced society. This hidden room was smaller than the one found in the Study and had a pedestal, which reached to her chest. On it was something that looked like half of a wooden box acting as a container or tray for the two pills on it. Shen Tianyu also pocketed those then went back to the Master Bedroom.

When she arrived, the Shen Family was already gone, dragged to be sold at the pig market or stuffed into a sack and brought back to Lavender Palace. She also checked in the bedroom but found nothing. She then brought out a bamboo bottle of oil and poured it all over the bedroom before setting it on fire and ran out. Very quickly, the Master Bedroom was engulfed in flames. Sparks flew and set more of the Residence ablaze, the places that weren't set on fire by hand was burned by sparks from other fires. The other Yaodu members gathered back in front of the Bedroom and quickly left, not wanting to risk being burned. Many saw the fleeing servants from before and now Shen Estate was ablaze. Of course this was quickly reported and spread, but it won't be dealt with as one would expect.

...

Back at Lavender Palace, Shen Tianyu took out their haul and set aside the yuan and documents, instructing Sung Ming to give them to the Prime Minister and Emperor. The rest of the things, she divided among the people that went with her. They were intent on refusing but she managed to push it on to them, saying it was for payment or whatever and that they could sell them for money. As they were dividing up the loot, the Yaodu members that went to sell off the rest of the Shen family returned and managed to get a share. The money they brought back was given to Sung Ming for safekeeping.

...

By that night, news of the incident at the Shen Estate had spread and mixed opinions arose. Some thought Shen Tianyu had went too far with killing her parents. Some thought it was justified as they never treated her as even a human being to begin with. Many were in debate but the core of the debate was locking herself in her room. People on both sides of the debate were at Lavender Palace that night and the air was tense as an argument over the matter could erupt into a full-on fight at any time. Of course, the courtesans approved of Shen Tianyu's actions but could not admit it. They only nodded along to their clients. After all, these were their sources of cash. And besides, they didn't really need to debate about it so there was not much of a problem. Shen Tianyu had Ming Su announce that she will not be available for today and went to cultivate in her room. Since the hot topic was not available, those that wanted answers could not get them and so the night would pass on like this.

Rong Jian was in the first wave of customers so he had heard Ming Su's announcement. Though he did not call over or accept any invitation from the other courtesans as he sat three for a while. Eventually, people stopped minding him and he was finally left alone. At this time, he steadily walked over to Ming Su who was on service duty for tonight. Seeing him come over, she harrumphed in her heart but put on a cold expression.

When he stood in front of her, she opened her mouth first. "Sir, I am not available for company. Little me is only in charge of bringing things over."

Rong Jian was startled but quickly recovered. "No, no. Little Miss is mistaken. I merely asked if I could have a private audience with Tian Feng. I want to talk to her."

"Miss Tian Feng is not available today."

"Can't I just see her for a little bit?" He asked, bashfully scratching the back of his head. 'This servant girl is tenacious...'

"She isn't seeing customers today. If there's nothing else sir, please choose someone else to accompany you for tonight or leave."

"Uhh... This..." 'Hey, is asking a customer to leave like that good for business?' He thought. "Can you tell her Rong Jian is here to see her and misses her dearly?"

Ming Su's lips twitched but agreed to the request from this pestering customer. She went upstairs to the Birds of Paradise room and knocked on the door.