Chapter 51 Chapter 51 [VIP]

Chapter 51

The other party was silent for a long time. Just when Qian Tong was wondering if he had encountered a ghost, he finally heard Young Master Lan respond, "It's me."

Qian Tong had been here since last night, and it had been several hours now, without hearing any movement. He suddenly appeared, and Qian Tong asked, "Why didn't you say anything?"

Young Master Lan said, "I didn't expect to meet Miss Qi here." He added, "I fell asleep last night and didn't know Miss Qi was here."

Qian Tong lifted the lamp, glanced at him, and revealed, "You're not asleep, you've been drugged." She asked, "When did you wake up? Did you hear our conversation?"

The light from the lampshade dimly illuminated Young Master Lan, who sat opposite. He said, "Seventh Lady, don't worry about me hearing something I shouldn't. I already know the identity of the Song Crown Prince."

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned on the light, and where the light shone was a clean guest room with a bed and a table, completely different from the hay here.

Young Master Lan was sitting on the couch, and there was even tea on the wooden table in front of him.

Isn’t that unfair?

Qian Tong was already fuming with indignation when Young Master Lan said, "The Crown Prince wanted to send me back to Kyoto, but I always remember what Seventh Lady said to me. I'll never be at peace until I've avenged this. I've been waiting for Seventh Lady to come and tell me what to do next. I never thought even someone as intelligent as Seventh Lady would be sent to prison."

His voice was filled with endless disappointment. "Is there no hope for my revenge?"

When he was about to leave, Qian Tong chased him to the dock and dragged him back, telling him that she would help him get revenge. At that time, she had a selfish motive, wanting to bring down the Lu family and cut off their ties with the court. Her goal was achieved, and the Lu family was now wiped out. However, she had not yet fulfilled her promise to Young Master Lan. Hearing the disappointment in his tone, Qian Tong hurriedly comforted him, "I'm a little busy lately. Don't give up yet. I will find a way. When have I ever broken my promise to you?"

Young Master Lan said, "Seventh Lady may not understand this Prince Song, but I do know that the eldest princess is a strict parent. No one in the family is allowed to lie, let alone break their promises. Therefore, every word the prince says is remembered and kept to his word." He reminded her, "If he says Seventh Lady can't leave, then Seventh Lady can't leave."

Without him adding fuel to the fire, Qian Tongpi smiled with a forced smile, "Really?"

Young Master Lan nodded, "I believe that the extermination of the Lu family was not done by Lady Seven. Lady Seven is an upright person. If she wanted revenge, she would not use such a sinister trick..."

When had she become so perfect in his eyes? Yet, the only one who believed in her innocence was Young Master Lan.

"Is it Madam Qian Qi?!" Suddenly a voice came from outside, but from the hateful tone, it was known that the other party wanted to tear her into pieces.

Qian Tong suspected that Prince Song was taking the opportunity to take revenge on him and locked her up with these old friends. It would be fine if it was just Lan Yizi, but what was the point of bringing the head of the Lu family here as well?

Lu Daozhong, escorted here by Wang Zhao, had already seen her. His eyes were instantly glaring, and he grabbed the cell door in front of her and roared, "I'm going to kill you!!! You vicious woman! My Lu family has over a hundred members, how could you have the guts to...?"

He was so fierce that Qian Tong couldn't help but take two steps back.

Wang Zhao had someone forcibly pull him away, "Master Lu, go back to the house first."

Lu Daozhong was taken back to Young Master Lan's room. It seemed that the two of them had been living together for the past few days. He tugged at the cell door and vowed to kill Qian Tong. Young Master Lan tried to persuade him, "Master Lu, calm down first. Lady Qi wouldn't do such a thing."

"What do you know?!" Patriarch Lu cried bitterly, "She even dared to push Prince Song into the sea. What else is there that she wouldn't dare to do?"

Young Master Lan thought about it and decided not to tell him that Prince Song was the seventh uncle of the Qian family.

Afraid that he would faint.

Lu Daozhong cried and cursed, "The ancestors of the Lu and Qian families have known each other for seventy or eighty years, if not a hundred years. We have fought and argued, but the two families have never had a quarrel. What did my Lu family do to you that you actually want to kill us all!!"

Qian Tong's ears ached from the noise, and he said calmly, "How could he not have offended me? Second Master Lu sent someone to beat my father in the street, breaking two of his ribs. I still don't know if he's woken up yet."

Lu Daozhong was stunned. "Impossible! Although the Second Brother is impatient, he would never be so foolish. Your Qian family has obtained the salt permits and the Pu family's shipping business. Your family is no longer in a position that the Lu family can shake. How could he possibly provoke you!"

Qian Tong said, "Master Lu is right. My Qian family is miles ahead of your Lu family. From now on, everyone in the Lu family will look up to me. Why would I throw away such a good opportunity for revenge and kill your entire Lu family and send myself to jail? Am I stupid or crazy?"

Lu Daozhong paused in crying, and a look of astonishment slowly appeared on his face, which was covered with scars.

Qian Tong said, "Use your brain. You and I are both victims."

Lu Daozhong is of course not stupid at this age. He is a little confused. If it wasn't Qian Qi Niang who killed him, then who was it?

When he thought of that possibility, he suddenly felt dizzy and his vision went black. He sat down on the ground, filled with grief and anger.

On the blue bed.

Qian Tong leaned against the corner, staring at the food on the ground in a daze, when Wang Zhao came over again, leading a group of people and rearranging the cell where she was.

An hour later, her room became the same as the one where Young Master Lan and Patriarch Lu lived across the street. It was clean and had everything, even clean clothes were delivered to her.

Qian Tong thanked Wang Zhao, "Master Wang, you've worked so hard. There's really no need to go to all this trouble. Letting me out sooner rather than later can reduce costs. I can use the money to catch bandits, wouldn't that be great?"

Ever since Prince Song had spoken to him last time, Wang Zhao didn't dare to talk to this Seventh Lady again.

He couldn't be calm and collected with her. Even if he had ten times the courage, he wouldn't dare to be violent towards the future Crown Prince's Consort. He just said, "Seventh Lady, you have to stay here until you're cleared of the suspicion."

Qian Tong then asked him, "Did the prince go looking for evidence? Where did he find it?"

Wang Zhao said nothing more, turned around and hurriedly left the dungeon.

Not long after, Lu Daozhong woke up. This time he stopped scolding Qian Tong and kept crying, "My poor children and grandchildren."

"There are eight ten-year-olds, ten six- and seven-year-olds... the youngest is only two."

"When I left, he, he was still smiling at me..." He had just woken up for less than half an incense stick when he fainted again.

Young Master Lan was tortured to death. He was pinched on the Ren Zhong point and given medicine. When he woke up, he was afraid that he would faint again, so he had to comfort him, "Master Lu, don't worry. The prince will definitely find the real culprit and give justice to the Lu family."

Perhaps because he felt that his own strength was too weak, Young Master Lan turned around and asked Qian Tong, who had been silent for a long time, "Right, Seventh Lady."

Qian Tong: ...

Qian Tong noticed that Lu Daozhong hadn't said anything else, and seemed to believe that things were not that simple. He tried to say, "Before the Second Young Master died, he said a few words to me..."

"What did he say?!" Lu Daozhong suddenly sat up from the bed. He was so excited that he fainted again.

Young Master Lan looked at the unconscious, fat-as-a-ball Master Lu lying there, sweating profusely. He secretly regretted that he should not have asked Seventh Lady for help.

——

The bright moon in summer is big and bright, which is very suitable for sitting in an open place to admire the moon. However, at this time, on a flat ground, six people were tied together. They were the ones who beat the second master of the Qian family on the street that day.

Song Yunzhi, dressed in black and wearing a straw raincoat and hat, had been chasing for a whole day, his robe covered in mud. He asked, "Who ordered this?"

"Lu, Lu family."

Song Yunzhi raised his hand and grabbed the speaker's throat, tightening his fingers little by little, and asked, "Who ordered this?"

The secret guards behind him glanced at each other very quickly, and then quickly turned back into wooden stakes.

"Although the Lu family members are dead, the roster still exists. If you dare to tell a lie again, you will not have the chance to answer. If you are willing to tell the truth, nod to me."

The other party nodded with difficulty before he took his last breath.

Song Yunzhi let him go.

The other party knelt on the ground, covered his throat and said hoarsely: "Second, Second Young Master."

"Which Second Young Master?"

"Pu..."

——

After Lu Daozhong fainted several times, he was finally able to hold on for a while.

He wanted to stand up, but Young Master Lan immediately pressed him down on the bed and said, "Master Lu, it's safer to talk while lying down." If he fell to the ground again, he really couldn't drag himself away.

Lu Daozhong hugged himself and cried bitterly.

Her throat was dry from crying, and she asked Young Master Lan for some water. After drinking the water, she continued crying. Qian Tong couldn't help crying, "Can you take a break..."

"Seventh Lady." Young Master Lan was afraid she would make him faint again, so he interrupted and said slowly, "When the Lan family was in trouble, I once had thoughts of committing suicide. If Seventh Lady hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid I would have been buried in the sea by now."

Qian Tong looked up unexpectedly.

"It was Miss Seven who told me that crying is useless. If you're bullied, you can't just cry. You have to make sure the other person gets the punishment they deserve. I think Patriarch Lu, as an elder and having served as Patriarch for many years, should understand better than the younger generation. Nothing can soothe grief more effectively than paying with one's life."

Young Master Lan had been flattered and coaxed by others, and the most common words he heard were words of comfort. He never expected that one day he would be able to put what he had learned into practice.

Lu Daozhong was truly comforted by his words. He stopped crying and said to him gratefully, "Thank you, Master Lan, for your guidance. A friend in need is a friend indeed. I will never forget your kindness today."

Young Master Lan felt a little embarrassed by what he said, and he lowered his head and replied, "It's just a little trouble, Master Lu, don't worry about it..."

Lu Daozhong said nothing.

Young Master Lan thought he had finally calmed down, but when he looked up, he saw Lu Daozhong staring at a lamp coming towards him with his eyes wide open, as if he was about to faint again. "He, he, he is..."

Young Master Lan turned around.

It was Prince Song and Wang Zhao.

Prince Song had an official badge hanging around his waist. Young Master Lan covered Lu Daozhong's mouth, hoping he would faint for a while, and told him, "Don't say a word."

However, Song Yunzhi did not go to Qi Niangzi's cell opposite, but went straight to the two of them.

Song Yunzhi looked at Young Master Lan and said, "Young Master Lan, please accompany me."

Before Young Master Lan could react, Qian Tong stood up in an instant and shouted at him, "Prince Song, why are you looking for Young Master Lan? Come to me, I know everything..."