Chapter 246: Eliminating Future Trouble
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Then you can go.”
Qin Xiaoyao’s face lit up with joy and she immediately raised her head to look at Song Que.
Song Que smiled at her dotingly.
“But you have to promise me to come back early.”
“Also, remain safe and sound. Don’t get hurt.”
Qin Xiaoyao smiled radiantly and pounced on Song Que instantly.
“I promise!”
“Thank you, Hubby!”
Song Que was amused by her pounce. He was just about to put on a stern face and scold his wife.
However, he saw the woman’s eyes suddenly darken as she nibbled at him.
Alright, it seemed that… he didn’t feel like resisting anymore…
The winter night came a little early.
The Song family had an early dinner today.
After the meal, the family washed up and went to bed early.
Qin Xiaoyao, on the other hand, bade Song Que farewell and sneaked out of the house without telling the rest of the family.
It was very quiet on the street, and there was almost no one around.
Qin Xiaoyao couldn’t help but curse at Zhang Ershui as she endured the cold bitter wind.
If not for that bastard, why would she have to go out on such a cold night?
Wasn’t it better to stay in the warm room and keep her husband company?
After crossing two streets, Qin Xiaoyao finally arrived at the entrance of the gambling house.
This was the only place still open along these few streets.
It was already so late, yet the place was still so lively.
Without much hesitation, Qin Xiaoyao quickly entered the gambling house.
It was even noisier inside than outside, as there were many people and they were very rowdy.
The gamblers surrounded the tables of pai gow and dice games.
Their voices were very loud. Every single one of them.
In her previous life, Qin Xiaoyao was actually very used to such places.
In particular, when they were in the base, it was common for the mercenaries to go to the gambling house in the base to relax after returning from their missions.
During that time, she would occasionally go to the gambling house with her subordinates to try her luck.
However, ever since she transmigrated to this world, everything from her previous life seemed to be getting further and further away from her.
Now that she had arrived at this gambling house, she actually didn’t feel excited or relaxed at all. In fact, she felt it was too noisy.
Frowning, Qin Xiaoyao wasn’t in the mood to watch other gamblers or join in for a few games.
She started to search for Zhang Ershui and the three mountain bandits who had gone to the Qin family’s place during the day.
After walking past a few gambling tables, she finally found those few people.
Qin Xiaoyao couldn’t help smiling as she felt a little happy.
Hehe! Not bad. All of them were here.
It saved her the trouble of looking for them one by one.
At this moment, Zhang Ershui’s face was flushed and his voice was extremely loud. There was a pile of silver pieces in front of him.
From the looks of things, he had won quite a lot of money.
Qin Xiaoyao’s eyes lit up again when she saw those silver pieces.
This fellow extorted 20 taels of silver from her father and brothers. Later, she would naturally make him pay back using every single coin on him.
After that, Qin Xiaoyao didn’t bother Zhang Ershui and the other three mountain bandits.
Instead, she pretended to gamble a bit at a spot not far from them so that she could monitor the four of them at the same time.
She waited until the four of them left the gambling house.
In the end, she waited until the latter half of the night.
Among the three mountain bandits, one of them had lost all his money and was in a bad mood, so he suggested leaving.
Zhang Ershui and the other two mountain bandits were quite lucky, so they still wanted to continue.
However, the person who was unlucky was a low-ranking leader of the mountain bandits, so they had no choice but to leave with him.
Zhang Ershui won the most money today. In addition, he had extorted money from the Qin family. He generously proposed to treat the three mountain bandits to a drink.
The four of them then left the gambling house happily.
Qin Xiaoyao followed them cautiously.
When they reached the end of the street and entered an alley, Qin Xiaoyao finally revealed herself.
After making sure that there was no one around, a cold glint flashed across Qin Xiaoyao’s eyes.
Then, a dagger appeared in her hand.
After that, she charged at two of the four people as nimbly as a gust of wind.
The four of them had gambled for most of the night and were already tired. Coupled with Qin Xiaoyao’s swift actions, the four of them didn’t even notice what was going on.
The two people that Qin Xiaoyao had picked first had their necks slit in just an instant.
Just as they uttered a sound, causing Zhang Ershui and the bandit leader to turn around, Qin Xiaoyao had already discarded the two corpses and darted like a Grim Reaper toward the remaining two who looked back.
The two of them widened their eyes. Before they could react, Qin Xiaoyao had already rushed up to them.
Immediately after that, the bandit leader next to Zhang Ershui was the first to have his throat slit.
Blood spurted out and quite a lot splashed on Zhang Ershui’s face. He was so terrified that his eyes became very wide.
Just as he was about to scream, the corners of Qin Xiaoyao’s mouth curled up maliciously.
Following that, she slid her hand across his neck.
Blood spurted out again, and Zhang Ershui only gave half a wretched scream before collapsing.
Qin Xiaoyao couldn’t help but frown when she realized her clothes had inadvertently been stained by some blood.
Nonetheless, she didn’t delay any further.
She quickly began to search the corpses.
On one hand, she had to recover the Qin family’s money.
On the other hand, she had to create the illusion that these people had been killed for their money.
After all, the bodies of these four people would definitely be discovered the next morning.
Closing the case with a verdict of murder for money could save a lot of trouble.
Qin Xiaoyao quickly looted all the valuables from the four of them and left swiftly.
She was on high alert along the way and moved quickly.
It didn’t take long for her to return to the Song family’s house.
Naturally, she couldn’t knock on the door. Instead, she climbed over the boundary wall and entered her home.
Thereafter, she carefully made her way through the courtyard and returned to her room.
Although the lights in the room were off, Song Que did not sleep.
When he heard someone knocking on the door from outside, he immediately got down from the soft couch and went to open the door.
When he saw that his wife had returned, the man finally felt relieved.
Qin Xiaoyao entered the room and lit the lamps nimbly.
Then, she took out all the money she had gotten from looting the corpses and placed it on the table.
“I got rid of them.
“I obtained this money from their bodies.”
“Leave 20 taels. 1’11 send it to Father and my brothers tomorrow. As for the rest, you can put them away safely, Hubby.”
As she spoke, Qin Xiaoyao walked into the room.
“I still have to make a trip to the Zhang family’s village to get rid of the remaining hidden pestilence. You don’t need to wait up for me later.”
With that, Qin Xiaoyao took out a coil of rope and a parcel.
Song Que looked worried, and he felt a little like stopping Qin Xiaoyao.
Though he wanted to speak, he hesitated for a while and eventually, he did not say anything.
Finally, he said, “Be careful. Also, I will only sleep when you’re back.” He even looked at the areas on Qin Xiaoyao’s clothes that were stained with blood.
Qin Xiaoyao followed Song Que’s line of sight and looked at her own blood-stained clothes.
“This is someone else’s blood,” she explained.
Song Que nodded at her before replying, “Okay.”
After that, Qin Xiaoyao dashed out of the house.
Along the way, she moved nimbly as if she was a night stalker.
It didn’t take long for her to leave Yong An Lane and reach the town gate.
Then, she found a more remote corner. She threw the rope up the town gate tower, climbed over the wall, and exited the town.
To be honest, she really had to thank these mountain bandits.
After they took over Mountain Spring Town, they did not manage it strictly.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to get out of the town so easily by climbing over the wall.
Once out of town, Qin Xiaoyao braved the wind and snow and traveled through the night to the Zhang family’s village.
After entering the Zhang family’s village, Qin Xiaoyao sneaked into the Zhang family’s house with a sense of familiarity.
Then, she entered the room.
With every raise of the hand and fall of the blade, the entire family was soon wiped out.
Following that, Qin Xiaoyao even re-arranged some things on the scene.
This was to create the impression that this was a case of robbery cum murder..