Chapter 14 [He is innocent! ]

Guan Yue was a little surprised that the husband-in-law did it himself, because kidnapping was usually done by the younger brothers behind him.

But she didn't take it to heart. It was better to leave. She reminisced with Jiang Lili without any scruples. Sisters were more important!

"Boss! Come and see, we've made a fortune!!!"

The second in command of Guan Yue Village rushed into the temple excitedly. He asked people to carry the discovered treasures from the carriage outside in boxes.

"These are gold, silver, jade, and precious silk fabrics, all of which are extraordinary. Add to that the ornaments we took from Xu Youshan, and I estimate their value to be no less than ten thousand taels of silver."

The second in command opened the first box, which was filled with a dazzling array of gold and silver jewelry and pearls and jade. Any one of them could be enough to cover the annual expenses of an ordinary family.

Jiang Lili and Guan Yue stared with their eyes wide open. Every item here could rival the collections in the museum. This was too much of a shock for two modern people who had traveled through time!

"Thank goodness Xu Youshan loves to show off, so he always brings two large suitcases with him when he goes out. Otherwise, if he only brought banknotes, it would be useless to us!"

The second in command cheerfully opened the second box. "Ginseng, Polygonum multiflorum, deer antler, bird's nest... This box is full of precious medicinal supplements. The ginseng must be at least thirty years old."

The aroma of medicinal herbs hit Jiang Lili's face, and she was overjoyed. It was really worth it that she talked about her lips being dry and her tongue being parched today.

The third and fourth boxes were filled with food ingredients, including air-dried beef, jars of braised meat, smoked lamb legs... and a cage of black-bone chickens.

After the second in command finished taking stock of today's harvest, Guan Yue told him to put all the boxes on the cargo cart they brought and take the small road back to Guanjiazhai.

Guan Yue sat down with Jiang Lili to reminisce about the past. Xu Youshan had prepared a table full of delicious dishes but they hadn't even started eating yet!

"Tsk tsk, he actually used precious jade to serve food. How extravagant! This Xu Youshan is indeed the darling of the local emperor."

Guan Yue was afraid of bumping into the bowl when she picked it up.

Jiang Lili was concentrating on eating without saying a word. She hadn't eaten delicious rice and oily dishes for a long time.

Guan Yue looked at Jiang Lili, who looked like a starving ghost, and patted her head. This kid had really suffered on the road. "Eat slowly. After you finish eating, I'll take you back to the village to take a hot bath and have a good rest."

"I have already sent people to make arrangements with Marquis Zhaoping. As soon as we arrive at the mountain stronghold, the doctor there will treat Madam Yang."

Because of Yue's advance greetings, and because they all had some respect for the heroic deeds of Marquis Zhaoping and his son in killing the enemy, the younger brothers were particularly gentle when they kidnapped Marquis Zhaoping's family, and let them ride in a carriage to the mountain stronghold.

"Thank you, Sister Yue!"

Jiang Lili's heart finally settled down.

Guan Yue waved her hand: "Why are you being so polite to me? You are my savior."

After eating and drinking, Jiang Lili's curiosity was aroused. She poured herself a glass of wine and asked, "Is that young man in white your husband?"

Guan Yue also became excited when talking about this: "Yes, he was picked up by the patrolmen of the village before I came here. He was seriously injured and unconscious at the time. He was nursed in the village for two months before he recovered."

"The original owner saw that he was a good-looking man and forced him to be her husband. But on the wedding night, the original owner was probably too excited and had a heart attack and died. Then I came here."

Guan Yue recalled the erotic scene she had experienced before, "You don't know, when I opened my eyes, I found myself lying on top of a handsome man with his clothes half removed. I almost had a nosebleed!"

The picture was so vivid that Jiang Lili clapped her legs and laughed, but then she remembered the terrible situation when she came here, and she couldn't laugh anymore.

"Your little darling husband is very skilled, what is his background?"

Guan Yue shrugged: "He suffered a brain injury and lost his memory. He only remembers that his name is Jiayu."

"During the past three days together, I've discovered that he listens to me and obeys my orders. He even gave me some advice when he heard I was planning a robbery."

Guan Yue was very satisfied when she talked about Jiayu, and she couldn't help but smile shyly: "There was a troublemaker in the village, and he helped me to deal with it. Otherwise, I would have been killed by the sword long ago without any martial arts skills."

Jiang Lili took in Guan Yue's expression and made a cheering sound of "Yo yo yo".

Guan Yue nudged Jiang Lili with her elbow: "Stop teasing me!"

"Didn't you see that when I said I wanted to snatch you away, Xin Che looked like he wanted to tear me apart!"

Jiang Lili shook her head and said firmly, "That's just because I'm righteous and I can't stand seeing a bandit leader like you forcibly snatching a woman from the people, okay?"

"Okay, this place is pretty shabby, let's go back to the village." Guan Yue pulled Jiang Lili up and asked the younger brothers to come in and clean up the dishes.

Guan Yue brought Jiang Lili to the luxurious carriage that Xu Youshan had taken when he came. The carriage was spacious and comfortable, and Jiang Lili just lay down like a lazy fish.

Seeing Jiang Lili looking so exhausted, Guan Yue said, "If it were you, I'd arrange for you to fake your own death, and you could just stay in this village."

Halfway through her speech, she overturned her previous words: "Oh, no, you are also responsible for saving Xiaopang from the nuclear waste water crisis."

"Yeah, and it's not that easy to fool people. Many eyes are staring at the Marquis Zhaoping's Mansion!" Jiang Lili turned over and said, "If I stay here for too long, it will bring trouble to you."

Guan Yue's carriage drove towards Guanjiazhai. Guan Yue's husband Jiayu and Xin Che had already arrived at Guanjiazhai.

Jiayu took Xin Che to the study in the main building, then took off the sack on Xin Che's head and untied him.

"Master, I apologize for any offense I caused you just now."

Jiayu knelt on one knee and clasped her fists.

Xin Che looked at Jiayu's clean and fair face, and couldn't help but recall the scene of Jiayu being touched on the head by the female headmaster in the dilapidated temple.

This was the captain of the light cavalry who once fought against a hundred enemies alone at the border. He was extremely fierce and terrified the enemy!

Xin Che's icy face didn't hold back, and he revealed an expression that looked unbearable: "Although our Zhaoping Marquis Mansion has fallen on hard times, people can't... at least shouldn't..."

"Master, please listen to my explanation!"

When Cheng Jiayu saw his master's expression become guilty and helpless, he knew that his master was overthinking it and he was innocent!

Xin Che sighed. He didn't need Cheng Jiayu to explain. It was his fault.

"Get up, after all, it's me who has implicated you."

"Let's talk about something more important. How many of us are left? And how did you end up in Guanjiazhai?"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Jiayu said sternly, "After you returned to the capital, a mutiny broke out at the border. Some people betrayed us, and we had no choice but to stay behind to survive."

"The scene was extremely chaotic, and everyone had no choice but to flee in all directions. A rough estimate is that there were less than 300 people left."

Xin Che frowned when he heard this. Of the five batches of elite soldiers he had personally trained, less than one-third were left.

Cheng Jiayu poured Xin Che a pot of hot tea and said, "Two months ago, I fled here from the northern border. I traveled three thousand miles and lost two horses before I finally escaped the pursuers."

"I was seriously injured and fainted, and was picked up by the leader of Guanjia Village. Information is very limited here, and I only heard the news that Zhaoping Houfu was sentenced to exile in Haizhou ten days ago."

"Guanjiazhai is very close to the route of your exile, so I stayed to see if there was any chance to rescue you."

"Who knew that the village chief was not only very wary of me, but also forced me to get married in the bridal chamber!"

Cheng Jiayu recalled the events of her wedding night: "But something strange happened."