Chapter 658 Don't be delusional

Looking at the black and white words on the white paper in his hand, Xie Kuan's face turned pale and then paler. He had been hoping for the best before, but now he was becoming more and more uncertain.

I never expected Xie Zhao to have made such a huge mess outside, nor did I expect that Xie Zheng knew about all the things he thought he had kept secret.

"If you think that's not enough, there's something else. You and Chang Yunxuan were discussing how you planned to kill my daughter and divide my family's assets. It doesn't matter if you don't admit it, I have plenty of leverage to make you suffer the consequences."

With that, Xie Zheng raised his voice and said, "Go outside and tell them that the government officials can come and arrest them."

Xie Lingyun was shocked and terrified; they actually wanted to kill her!

Song Chunxue never expected that the reality would be even more terrifying than she had imagined.

She thought she had seen the worst, but she never expected that Xie Kuan and his son would be so eager to exploit the childless.

"Third Brother!" Xie Kuan knelt down immediately, pleading desperately, "Third Brother, I didn't do it, it was my trusted aide who was bewitched..."

Xie Zheng looked at him indifferently, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

“You know perfectly well what you’ve done. If you and your son hadn’t come to cause trouble today, I would have pretended I hadn’t found out. But you knew I was poisoned by an arrow, so you couldn’t wait to bully Yun’er. If this matter isn’t resolved today, it will happen again after I die, so I will not let you off lightly.”

As they were speaking, orderly footsteps entered from outside the door.

"Thank you, sir."

The head constable greeted Lord Xie.

"I won't keep you for tea. I'll treat your people to drinks later. You've been investigating that case for a long time, haven't you?"

The constable nodded. "Yes, catching the suspect is the priority. Our officers have spent seven days trying to deduce the truth, but we haven't been able to find anything. We never expected that this person would be a member of the Xie family. I admire Lord Xie's courage in putting family members before righteousness."

Seeing that Xie Zheng had been secretly colluding with the constables, Xie Kuan was furious. There was no turning back now. He stood up, grabbed a dagger, and charged at Xie Zheng.

"Xie Zheng, I'll kill you!"

Song Chunxue kicked the dagger out of his hand, and as her foot landed, she stomped hard on his fingers.

"Quickly, hold him down and search him for any other weapons."

"yes!"

Two or three people came up, pinned Xie Kuan down, pulled him up, and controlled his hands. They searched his body and found two small throwing knives.

The others quickly stepped aside, their hearts pounding with fear.

"Take him away." The constable bowed to Lord Xie, "We won't disturb you any longer, sir."

"Chunshu, see Officer Liu off."

Liu Chunshu was suspicious, so he followed them out with a small bag of silver in his pocket.

Xie Zhao was still shouting, cursing something under his breath.

The room fell silent. Xie Lingyun ran over and knelt down, choking back tears, "Dad, are you alright? Are you dizzy?"

"Thank goodness you weren't scared, were you?"

"No, Xie Zhao slapped me, and Aunt Song slapped him back." She was just scared and felt sorry for her father.

Xie Zheng patted her head and said, "When I'm not in the capital in the future, bring more people with you. If you encounter something like this again, don't say anything, just let your subordinates take action."

Xie Lingyun rested her head on his knees, tears streaming down her face, and nodded, "Father, I know."

Song Chunxue wanted to persuade him to stay in the capital for a while longer, but then she remembered what the guard had said.

"Liuguang, bring them in." Xie Zheng then instructed the people outside the door, "Have them come and protect the young lady now."

A voice came from far away outside the door, "Yes."

It was the masked bodyguard, and two men and one woman who were skilled in martial arts.

These are the people Xie Zheng found for Xie Lingyun; they were all carefully selected and trustworthy.

After making the arrangements, Xie Zheng got up and went to his room.

"Father." Looking at her father, whose face looked so pale he looked like he could faint at any moment, yet still insisted on thinking of her so much, Xie Lingyun's eyes filled with tears as she called out softly.

"You can make your own arrangements. I'll go back to lying down." Xie Zheng said, looking at Song Chunxue with pale lips, but his intention was clear.

Song Chunxue walked over and took his arm. "Let's go."

A smile appeared on his calm face as he slowly returned to his room.

Song Chunxue helped him to the bedside, "Lie down quickly, take good care of your injuries."

He reached out and grasped her wrist, leaning weakly against the headboard.

"Don't rush off, talk to me for a bit."

Song Chunxue covered him with a thin silk quilt, saying, "We'll talk about it tomorrow; you're very weak right now."

Xie Zheng closed his eyes, his voice low and hoarse, "Then you can stay with me for a while, or meditate here."

"..." It would be strange if she could calm down and meditate in this room.

But since he said that, and he's still my junior brother, I can't just ignore him.

"Then you should lie down properly."

"Hmm." A smile appeared on his lips as he gently lifted his eyelids, his joy evident in his eyes.

Song Chunxue gently pulled her arm back, sat down to the side, and took out a book given to her by her senior brother Dongfang from her Qiankun bag.

What books are you reading?

"I was practicing alchemy and met a powerful fellow Daoist near Mount Kongtong. He gave this to me. Would you like to see it?"

“I don’t want to see it. Why don’t you tell me what you and your senior brother saw and heard? My wound hurts so much that I can’t sleep.”

Such a deep arrow wound must hurt, but he told her so directly, could it be that he was showing weakness to her?

Seeing the faint blush on his face, Song Chunxue couldn't help but tease him.

"Even though you're injured, your romantic prospects are becoming increasingly clear. You must have had many women vying for your attention when you were young. Why weren't you aware of it back then? How come now..."

"You said I've been having a lot of romantic luck lately?" Xie Zheng smiled, his eyes half-open as he looked at her. "So that's why you suddenly want to distance yourself from me?"

"no……"

"No wonder you were having a great time practicing your sword yesterday, but then suddenly you started saying heartless things to me. You have to admit, you care about me because you care about me."

"..." Song Chunxue opened her mouth, wondering why she had brought this up.

Anyway, he knew when Peach Blossom arrived that she wasn't lying.

"Can you see a lot of things in other people? You said Xie Kuan kept a mistress, and Xie Zhao was no exception. What makes you that judgment?" Xie Zheng's voice was very soft, but his thirst for knowledge was extremely strong. "Then during the Ghost Festival, can you see a lot of ghosts?"

"..."

"What else do you see in me?" he muttered to himself, frowning. "So, you should be able to see Xie's true feelings."

Song Chunxue remained silent.

"You don't think that admitting your feelings for Xie means you'll have to be by my side like a wife, preventing me from going wherever I want like I am now, so you're heartlessly saying these cruel things to me and keeping your distance from me, do you?"

"..." Song Chunxue stood up. "Take good care of your injuries and stop thinking up any crooked ideas."

"I was right."

He raised an eyebrow, his slightly reddened eyes carrying a hint of smugness. "You really are stupid. You could have just asked me directly. Why push yourself to the point of tears?"

Song Chunxue closed her eyes. The fact that she wanted to cry as she spoke was indeed her biggest weakness; she just couldn't control it.

From what he said, it seemed like she couldn't bear to be separated from him and was saying things she didn't mean, even as she was crying.

"Don't flatter yourself, I'm not pushing you to the limit..."

"My lord, Princess Anyang has sent someone with medicinal herbs, saying she wishes to see you."