Chapter 95 I'll Help You Leave the Capital (Part 1)

Everything was silent except for the cool, thin moonlight overhead and the vast path before him.

Zhuang Wan was leaning against the wall of the car with her bag in her arms and dozing off. She didn't know how long it had been when she heard the howling of wolves in the distance.

She woke up suddenly.

After listening carefully for a while, the wolf howls became clearer and she became nervous.

He remembered reading in a book that wolves were afraid of fire, so he jumped off the carriage and searched for dry grass and branches on the roadside and piled them on the carriage as a precaution.

After doing all this, she was exhausted and panting. Turning around, she saw a little spark of fire slowly flowing at the end of the darkness.

She was stunned for a moment. The sparks were getting closer and brighter. She could vaguely hear the sound of wheels rolling over gravel.

Zhuang Wan was not sure who was coming. Maybe it was Wei Shuiyun, maybe it was Pei Xingju, or maybe just a passerby.

She waited quietly, and soon the carriage approached and stopped in front of her.

The car door opened, and a man sat inside, looking at her calmly with indifferent eyes.

"Ms. Zhuang, why are you here alone so late at night?" she asked.

Zhuang Wan didn't expect that the person who came was Liang Yixin.

She was surprised: "I didn't expect to meet Miss Liang here so late at night."

Liang Yixin nodded politely as a greeting: "Miss Zhuang, do you need my help?"

"How did you know I needed help?"

Liang Yixin glanced at her horseless carriage shed and the pile of dead branches and hay on the edge of the carriage, which she had no idea what they were used for.

She said, "I'm passing by here. If you need me, I can help you."

Zhuang Wan was suspicious. Liang Yixin was fine in the palace, so why would she pass by here?

"It's obvious that you can only ask me for help now." Liang Yixin smiled. "Miss Zhuang, you may not know that the west is deep in the mountains and old forests, where tigers, wolves and wild beasts often roam. If you stay here alone, you will be a meal for the beasts before tomorrow."

She continued, "You don't have to doubt my motives. I, Liang Yixin, am not a kind-hearted person, but I won't harm anyone. I was just passing by and wanted to help you."

She spoke frankly. Zhuang Wan asked, "How do you plan to help me, Miss Liang?"

"Where do you want to go?"

"I want to...I want to leave the capital."

Liang Yixin didn't seem surprised at all, and said calmly: "Then I will help you leave the capital."

She said, "He County is fifty miles ahead, and there's a ferry there. It just so happens that my Liang family has a merchant ship heading south tonight. I can use my name to let you travel on the Liang family merchant ship, and I'll ensure you a safe journey."

Zhuang Wan frowned: "Why did you do this?"

Liang Yixin seemed not to understand.

Zhuang Wan asked, "Why are you helping me with every little thing? What are you trying to achieve?"

"Miss Zhuang," Liang Yixin said, "I'm not familiar with you and have nothing to do with you, but I'm jealous of you. I have my own selfish motives for helping you, and I hope you'll agree to one condition."

"What conditions?"

"Can you promise me that you will never return to the capital?"

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Temporary office of the Ministry of Justice.

Pei Xingju sat in the desk and flipped through the verdicts. There was a pile of cases in front of him. These were all things that needed to be dealt with today so that they could be sent back to the capital as quickly as possible for finalization.

Because of coming to the palace, many things became inconvenient, and even work efficiency decreased. In addition, the polo match had delayed us a bit, so the Ministry of Justice had more things to do in the past two days than anywhere else.

In the lobby across the door, two officials sat there in distress.

"Should we consult Lord Pei about this case?" Minister Liu said, "The man who beat the victim to death was the grandson of the old Prince of Jin, his only child. If the sentence is too harsh, the Prince of Jin might make a scene. But if the sentence is too light, the family of the deceased will not let it go. This matter...is difficult to handle."

Across from him, Ye Shiling said, "You go if you want to. I dare not offend Lord Pei."

The two of them glanced towards the desk and saw Pei Xingju sitting there writing with a gloomy face, as if someone owed him hundreds of taels of silver.

This morning alone, several officials were reprimanded. With so many cases under the Ministry of Justice, it's inevitable that there will be omissions. Lord Pei is usually quite easy to talk to, but today he wouldn't even let go of a typo. Who would dare to go up and ask for a scolding?

Anyway, Ye Shiling wouldn't dare to do that.

Minister Liu was also troubled: "What should we do? This case can't be delayed any longer, but if we have to judge it, how should we judge it?"

After a headache, he asked, "What happened to Master Pei? Why is he so angry?"

"you do not know?"

"What's up?"

"Oh, the woman in his house had a quarrel with him, saying that they wanted to break up. I don't understand what breaking up means. Maybe it means that Master Pei was abandoned by a woman, so he is in a bad mood."

"Oh, you're talking about this. I've heard a little bit about it. But... I can't figure it out. Lord Pei is such a handsome man. Why would he be abandoned by a woman?"

"You're confused? Actually, I find it hard to understand too."

At this time, a person passed by and quietly joined the group of onlookers: "You just don't understand. Lord Pei is a handsome man, but he was abandoned by a woman. There is probably only one reason."

"What's the reason?" Minister Liu and Ye Shiling came over curiously.

"Have you ever heard of the story about a young woman in the west of the city who married a wealthy man and then divorced herself within two months?"

"Why? That old man?"

"Immortal."

"Is that gentleman ugly?"

"As handsome as Pan An."

Minister Liu and Shiling Ye were confused.

The man chuckled and said, "Let me tell you, the woman asked to leave because her husband had a hidden illness."

“…”

“!!!”

shock!

Very shocked!

Very shocked!

Minister Liu and Ye Shiling seemed to have discovered some incredible secret, and both turned to look at Pei Xingju in disbelief.

In the case room, Pei Xingju's face was dark.

He had good hearing. Although the three men thought they were speaking quietly, he could hear every word clearly.

He immediately put down his pen and said in a deep voice, "Where's the case file? Bring it here!"

Minister Liu and the other two were caught, and were so frightened that they hurriedly stood up and handed the case file in.