Chapter 3: Killing the Chicken to Scare the Monkey

In the main room, the second young lady was holding a golden hairpin and gesturing on her body. She was not sure where to hide it. The door was kicked open with a bang. Several officials stood at the door. The leader said, "Everyone, take off your jewelry and outer clothes, and gather in the front yard!"

The little girls in the side room next to her started crying immediately. The second young lady was also frightened by the sudden movement, and the golden hairpin in her hand fell to the ground.

The official's eyes turned on the golden hairpin and shouted, "Come out! Take off your clothes and jewelry!"

The little girls came out of the side room crying. Gu Fei pulled the second young lady to the corner and reached out to take off her outer clothes.

The second young lady covered her chest in fear, "No, you can't take it off. There are men here!"

Gu Fei smiled bitterly, "Second young lady, take it off. We can only go to the front yard in our middle clothes."

There will be more men outside in a while!

The second young lady figured it out quickly. Her face turned pale and she trembled slightly while grabbing her clothes.

Gu Fei did not force her. She knew that the second young lady still needed time to prepare herself mentally. She did not need to take off her clothes. She was recovering from her injuries and was originally wearing a white fine cotton middle coat.

The second young lady hesitated for a while. Seeing that the maids around her were taking off their clothes, she had to take off the jewelry on her head and body one by one with shame, and then gritted her teeth and took off her outer coat. Fortunately, she had hidden the jewelry close to her body.

Then the officers and soldiers drove everyone to the front yard.

The huge yard was full of people.

Pingyang Marquis and Pingyang Marquis's son knelt on the ground in their middle coats, tied up.

A group of female relatives squeezed aside and shivered.

Gu Fei moved with difficulty and stood in the crowd with the second young lady.

Soon, one big box after another was lifted out from inside. When several officers and soldiers lifted a box over, the rope suddenly broke, the box tilted to the ground, the lid opened, and a golden ingot rolled out.

Gu Fei glanced through the gap in the crowd. This box of gold ingots weighed at least hundreds of kilograms!

She blinked. What a pity. There was so much gold. Although gold was not valuable in her previous life, in this world, you can't move without money!

I want it so much, woo woo woo.

An official scolded, and several officers and soldiers hurriedly picked up the gold ingots and stuffed them back into the box.

Everyone stood in the yard for an unknown period of time. At first, there were still women crying softly, but later, perhaps they were numb from crying, and they all stood there stupidly.

Until the last box was lifted out.

An official waved his hand, "Men and women stand separately! Men will go to the prison of the Ministry of Justice, and women will go to the women's prison of the Ministry of Justice."

This shout was like a drop of water falling into an oil pan.

Those who were numb at first, or still had a glimmer of hope, were now desperate.

There were people crying and shouting, sitting on the ground, beating their chests and stamping their feet, and so on.

At this time, the six-year-old son of Pingyang Hou ran out of the crowd and ran towards the gate, "I don't want to go to prison, I don't want to go to prison--"

Before he finished speaking, an official drew his sword and swung it at the little boy.

The little boy's running posture was instantly frozen, and a stream of blood spurted out from his neck, accompanied by a sound like pulling a bellows.

The small body slowly fell down, and a heart-wrenching scream broke out in the crowd: "Xing'er--"

The second young lady's face was pale, her whole body was shaking, and she tightly grasped Gu Fei's arm. Gu Fei gently patted her hand to comfort her.

"Stop arguing! If you continue to argue with him, you will end up like this!" An official shouted sternly.