By now, the shop assistant was on the verge of tears, "Shopkeeper, what I’m saying is the truth. The entire Chen Family... every single person in the Chen Family is dead!"
Spurt!
Yang Zelin, who had just taken a sip of tea and hadn’t yet swallowed it, sprayed it all over the floor. His face was a mask of shock as he asked, "What did you just say?"
The assistant swallowed hard and said with terror, "The news just came out. Overnight, from top to bottom, including the house servants and protectors, a total of three hundred and twelve people... They all suddenly died!"
Crack.
The teacup in Yang Zelin’s hand dropped to the floor and shattered, scalding tea splashing all over him.
But Yang Zelin barely noticed, staring at the assistant dumbfounded, "You... What did you just say?"
The assistant took a deep breath and tried to calm himself, "Shopkeeper, I just heard this news from the market, it’s spreading like wildfire, and it’s definitely true!"
Yang Zelin’s complexion turned from red to white, and then from white to blue.
Suddenly, he asked urgently, "Then... what about Young Master Chen Jiayu?"
The assistant shook his head, "There’s no Young Master Chen anymore. Not a single person from the Chen Family survived; they’re all dead, even the man-eating hounds they kept in the back yard were dismembered! And..."
At that, the young assistant’s face showed sheer horror.
"What’s ’and’?" Yang Zelin’s eyes were bloodshot as he asked hoarsely.
"And... all those wealthy young masters of the Capital City who were close to Young Master Chen are dead too!"
There was dead silence in the room.
Yang Zelin felt his legs shaking.
Yang Yue was standing on the side, her complexion deathly pale, every hair on her body standing on end.
At that moment, confused footsteps and loud discussions filled the streets outside.
"My God, are you serious?"
"Nonsense, my brother works at the government office; he saw it with his own eyes! He said that the entire Chen Residence’s ground was soaked with blood, and that the condition of the corpses was so dreadful that even Liu, the experienced head of our county government, was scared speechless for quite a while!"
"Hiss! So, you mean to say... the Chen Family is finished?"
"Of course they’re finished! Everyone from top to bottom is dead! How could they not be?"
"I’m telling you, the Chen Family definitely got too arrogant and offended some powerful person!"
"Tsk, tsk, that hero is just too ruthless; we’re talking about hundreds of lives!"
"Hehe, but in my opinion, not a single one of those people died undeservedly!"
"To wipe out a family overnight and then depart without a trace, such peerless elegance, it must be the work of some extraordinary master!"
These discussions firmly confirmed, the assistant’s words were no fabrication.
But the more true it was, the more frightened Yang Zelin became.
At that moment.
He suddenly remembered today’s event.
Xue An, whom he thought would never part with his silver, had indeed parted with it.
And what he had said in the house hinted at something odd now that he thought about it.
Begging to return the silver later while crying and shouting...
Yang Zelin shuddered suddenly.
Because he remembered the almost imperceptible smile on Xue An’s lips when he spoke those words.
That smile seemed to see through everything.
At this moment, Yang Zelin’s peripheral vision caught sight of the ingot of silver on the table. He was initially taken aback, but then he lunged for it.
His hands trembling, he turned the silver over to look at the engraving on its back in the light from outside.
Normally silver ingots would bear the mark of different households as a means to prevent theft.
Although it was somewhat blurred, upon closer inspection, he could still make out the small character "Chen" on the back of the ingot.
When he saw this character, Yang Zelin’s whole body shook like a sieve, and he collapsed to the ground.
Because he had understood everything.
No wonder Xue An had made that bet so confidently yesterday.
No wonder he didn’t show the slightest hint of panic.
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