"Your mother has scolded you so many times, but you never take it to heart!"
The Duke of Zhenguo was also quite frightened this time.
God knows that when he climbed down the rope from the place where Wan Jinlan fell off the cliff and saw the man in black being pierced by dry wood thorns, his legs went weak.
He knew that Wan Jinlan's skills were decent, but she was not a top-notch master, and she was not indestructible. As a girl, she was very likely to get into an accident after falling from such a high place.
Wan Jinlan was scolded so hard that he shrank his neck and dared not say a word.
Her father loves her on weekdays, but when he gets angry, his face becomes so serious that it can scare a child to tears.
She had often heard her mother say that she was frightened to tears by her father's expression when she was young.
Although she didn't remember much about her childhood, she usually didn't dare to contradict her father when he was angry.
The Duke of Zhenguo said: "I think you have no idea how high the heavens are and how deep the earth is after learning martial arts. You rush into everything."
Wan Jinlan acted like a quail, calling out in his heart for Brother Zhijing to come and save him.
Why is the Duke of Zhenguo so angry?
There is a reason for this.
Coincidentally, today is the day when the Duke of Zhenguo takes a day off.
The mother and wife at home went to Huayan Temple to burn incense, leaving the idle father at home, swinging his sword in the martial arts field.
He didn't want to practice swordsmanship with the old master, so he rode out of the outer city and went to the southern suburbs to run a horse. After all, he had been very busy with official duties recently and had to deal with complicated relationships in the officialdom. He was a little tired, so he might as well run a horse to relax.
It happened that I encountered the scene where all the guards in the mansion were dispatched.
After asking, I found out that Wan Jinlan had fallen off a cliff.
He rushed all the way to the edge of the cliff, climbed the rope and led people down to the middle of the mountain, where he saw the corpse. Not only was he terrified at that time, but there was something even more thrilling.
Wan Zhijing and Xiao Minghuan, who had gone down ahead with their men, were confronting a group of pigs with their guards and servants. Many of the guards were injured, and the pigs' eyes were red after seeing the blood, and they had gone mad.
If he had come a little later, who knows how many people would have been killed or injured.
After most of the pigs were killed, he asked Xiao Minghuan and Wan Zhijing to go up first.
No matter what, Xiao Minghuan is a nobleman. If something happens, their mansion cannot bear the responsibility, and he does not want to bear this responsibility. Besides, when it comes to finding someone, one more or one less person will not make any difference, and he does not want the mansion to owe him a favor.
The group of pigs wasted a lot of time. He was afraid that there might be other ferocious beasts at the foot of the mountain, causing more casualties. No matter how anxious he was to find Wan Jinlan, he did not split the group into two groups. As it got dark, it became difficult to find the person, so Wan Jinlan waited and waited but no one showed up.
The people in the mansion had already made preparations to rescue people. As soon as the guards noticed the rope shaking, they pulled the people up with all their strength.
To prevent the rope from breaking, more than one strand can be lowered.
The Duke of Zhenguo was afraid that something might happen to his daughter on the way up, so he pulled the rope from behind Wan Jinlan to protect her.
After reaching the cliff, Wan Jinlan felt relieved and suddenly felt pain all over his body.
Shen Qing and the old lady were both waiting in the carriage. The old lady was holding a string of Buddhist beads in her hand, her brows furrowed.
It wasn't until Wan Jinlan came up that she breathed a sigh of relief.
When Shen Qing saw her daughter's miserable appearance, she felt distressed and wanted to teach her a lesson.
Third Aunt Gu said thankfully, "Finally, Lan Niang has made it here safely. I always say that good fortune will come to Lan Niang."
As the daughter-in-law of a duke's mansion, although Gu's family background was not the best, she was from an official family. Compared with Shen Qing, who was from a merchant family and got the title by donating silver, she had always been a little proud.
Shen Qing's background was not as good as hers, but she became the eldest daughter-in-law of the Wan family. Over the years, it was inevitable that she would join forces with her second sister-in-law Lin to exclude the Shen family.
But today, she heard Heng'er and Yu Niang talk about the thrilling events of today, and knew that if Lan Niang had not come to her aid, who knows what would have happened to her Heng'er.
Gu was naturally grateful in her heart, and even looked at Shen with favor.
Xiao Minghuan had also been waiting here and had not left. He stepped forward with a worried look on his face, "I'm glad that cousin Lan is okay. I can rest assured now."
Wan Jinlan asked, "Where is the man in black wearing a mask?"
Xiao Minghuan's heart skipped a beat, but he remained calm because he saw the pierced body halfway up the mountain.
He was not worried about Wan Jinlan knowing something from that person.
He and Wan Zhijing had risked their lives to go down there because they wanted to strike first. Now that the person was dead, he wouldn't have to take action again.
"That person had poison hidden in his mouth and committed suicide shortly after being caught." Xiao Minghuan looked worried.
Wan Jinlan sneered in his heart.
She didn't need the masked man to come back and point out anything, she concluded that the two masked men were related to Xiao Minghuan.
The hero saves the beauty and ruins her reputation.
If she fell down with Xiao Minghuan today, she would survive, but they would be alone at the bottom of the cliff.
If the rumor gets out again, people will not think that they fell off the cliff and were injured and unable to do anything. They will just say that the two of them were alone in a place for several hours and it was unclear what happened.
Once the news gets out, how can she still talk about marriage?
I didn't expect that Xiao Minghuan looks gentle and polite on the surface, but he is so unscrupulous in doing things.
The city gates were closed, and the carriage from the mansion went to the farm in the eastern suburbs.
After settling down, he asked the doctor on the farm to take his pulse.
When she took off her clothes, she saw bruises and blood all over her body, which was shocking because of her fair skin.
Shen Qing was applying medicated oil to her swollen ankle.
Wan Jinlan hissed.
Although Shen Qing was angry, his movements became much lighter.
Wan Jinlan is very spoiled when she is being spoiled. She doesn't dare to act like a spoiled child in front of her father, but she is very good at acting like a spoiled child in front of her mother.
"Mom, I've learned my lesson this time, so please don't say anything more. Besides, Heng'er's neck was almost cut off, how could I remain indifferent?"
Seeing his mother glaring at him again, Wan Jinlan continued to admit his mistake sincerely until he managed to calm his mother's expression.
This time she really realized that she had been taking risks. There were explosives in the cave. Thinking about it now still made her spine cold.
Seeing that her mother's expression had eased a little, she told her everything about the letter she had received and what she had seen and heard when she went down the cliff and into the bottom of the mountain today.
Needless to say, Shen Qing's expression, which had just relaxed, turned back to normal again.
Wan Jinlan promised again and again that he would never dare to do it again.
Just this once, she felt that Xiao Minghuan was a person who would do anything to achieve his goals, and she had to be extra vigilant in the future.
Seeing that her mother was about to start scolding her again, she quickly diverted her attention.
"Mother, if today's situation was set up by the Third Prince, then there must be someone in our house who tipped him off. This person must have followed us up the mountain in the past two days."
Chen Qing has been in charge of the family for many years, and his mind has been trained by the old lady to be much more sophisticated, so he can naturally think of this level.
"Mom, go talk to grandma and dad about what happened today, and let Chuntao come in to serve."
Mom, please go away. I really don’t want to be taught a lesson anymore.
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