Chapter 33 Save her? On what grounds?
It turned out that the Huang family discovered the information about You Bingyue was incorrect after they went to Yanwupo.
Yanwupo did indeed harbor villains, but they were not simply kidnappers; rather, they were a bandit leader in disguise and his gang of brothers.
These people used Yanwupo as their base and planned to pull off a big heist—kidnapping the families of high-ranking officials and nobles in Shengjing, especially their direct descendants, in order to extort ransom.
These thieves were all desperate criminals, extremely fierce, and highly skilled. Yu Bingyue and the Huang family members, who underestimated them, suffered the consequences.
You Bingyue was in a better position; she was indeed quite skilled and was able to fight three out of three bandits without being at a disadvantage for the time being.
But the Huang family was in a much worse situation. They were just two civil officials and a motley crew of servants. How could they possibly be a match for a notorious bandit?
In a single encounter, the Huang family suffered heavy losses.
Yu Bingyue also exhausted her strength in round after round of attacks and was pierced through the right shoulder by a ruthless bandit!
If Du Ziheng hadn't been well-informed and found out the identities of the bandits at Yanwu Slope, and hadn't inadvertently discovered that You Bingyue was working as a bounty hunter, and that the investigation of the bounty mission she was working on was in Yanwu Slope, and hadn't promptly notified the city guards to rush over, then the Huang family and You Bingyue would probably have died at Yanwu Slope!
Du Ziheng heard Yu Zhiyi's name from You Bingyue and inquired about the ins and outs of the matter from the Huang family. He learned that Yu Zhiyi was also involved in the matter, which is why he came looking for her.
However, he hadn't completely lost his mind. He knew that Yu Zhiyi couldn't have intentionally killed You Bingyue and the Huang family, so he could only question her about why she didn't stop them.
If she had stopped them, neither Bingyue nor the Huang family would have been hurt.
Du Ziheng was already annoyed, and listening to Yu Zhiyi's sarcastic words, he suddenly started to have a conspiracy theory: "I admit, Bingyue can be a bit stubborn at times, but she doesn't deserve to die..."
Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he said, "You wouldn't be doing this on purpose, would you?"
"You knew Bingyue wouldn't die, so you didn't try your best to stop her. But you also knew that although Bingyue wouldn't die, she would be injured because of it. Moreover, you also calculated that your cousin's nephew wasn't in Yanwu Slope but in the capital. You deliberately did this to highlight your abilities, to let me and Mother see how capable you are, and how incompetent Bingyue is?"
The more he thought about it, the more convinced he became: "I misjudged you!"
Yu Zhiyi tilted her head back slightly, her eyes narrowed, revealing only her speechlessness.
With his penchant for conspiracy theories, he must rarely see the sun, right?
Before Yu Zhiyi could say anything, Madam Yao snapped, "Shut up! How could I have given birth to such a stupid son?"
"Mother!" Du Ziheng felt a pang of heartache at the thought of You Bingyue's shoulder injury. "She is indeed capable, but her mind is just... Do you know, Bingyue was injured. If the city guards hadn't arrived in time, she might have..."
Madam Yao realized that You Bingyue was not dead and didn't bother to dwell on the matter: "I didn't see any bad intentions from Yi'er, but I did see that you are both stupid and wicked! How dare you speak so ill of a kind woman, have you lost all your manners?"
She took several deep breaths, otherwise she was afraid she would lose control and have her way with her unfilial son.
"Yi'er came back this afternoon, and she hasn't mentioned that woman's name since she got home!"
“If you hadn’t come in and made a scene, I wouldn’t have known that woman had gotten involved and was so stupid as to hurt herself and the Huang family.”
Du Ziheng's face turned pale: "What?"
Yu Zhiyi patted Yao's back: "Mother, calm down."
She looked coldly at Du Ziheng: "I can indeed calculate a lot of things, and I can often foresee good or bad fortune, but... I cannot interfere with other people's karma. I helped my cousin-in-law because she transferred her karma to me."
"If it weren't for my cousin-in-law's concern for the Huang family, I wouldn't have reminded Miss You at all, because I knew that saying anything would just be a waste of breath."
He immediately scoffed disdainfully: "Besides, even without the constraints of the Heavenly Dao, why would I help a woman who is constantly targeting me? Does she think my life is too easy?"
"How could you..." Du Ziheng opened his mouth.
"How could you be so heartless?" Yu Zhiyi said expressionlessly, "To be honest, ever since I learned of Miss You's existence, I never intended to get involved in your affairs. I even thought it would be good for you to have a few more confidants by your side."
"And what happened? Instead of causing her any trouble, she provoked me time and time again."
"Not personally dealing with her was my last act of mercy. Saving her? That's something that wouldn't even happen in a dream."
Du Ziheng was greatly shocked.
Few people can openly admit their dark side.
However, her dark side is not without reason.
Yu Zhiyi's gaze was too cold and indifferent, as if she could see through people's hearts.
Under that clear, cold gaze, Du Ziheng suddenly felt like a piece of trash.
Mother is right, he is indeed being unreasonable.
It was clearly Bingyue's search for clues that went wrong, and Yu Zhiyi had indeed given her a heads-up. However, because Bingyue harbored hostility, she ignored the well-intentioned advice and treated it as a joke.
What did Yu Zhiyi do wrong?
She did nothing wrong.
The mistake was You Bingyue's stubbornness, and the mistake was his overconfidence.
He was too ashamed to stay there any longer, and didn't even dare to look at Yu Zhiyi again. He bowed to Madam Yao and hurriedly fled Yimei Garden.
"How could Heng'er have become like this?"
Ms. Yao was heartbroken.
How could her bright and intelligent son have become such a fool, blinded by a single leaf and easily swayed by one side?
Yu Zhiyi didn't respond.
When a mother scolds her son, it's because she loves him deeply and is very strict with him. But no matter how she scolds him, it's because they are of one heart.
She would be incredibly stupid to join in the cursing.
Afterwards, the mother and son reconciled and she became the villain.
What she should be doing now is actually speaking well of Du Ziheng.
but……
On what grounds?
He's so beautiful.
After complaining a few more times, seeing that Yu Zhiyi looked listless, she assumed that Yu Zhiyi was heartbroken, so she stopped bothering her and let her go back to Linfeng Pavilion to rest.
That night, Yu Zhiyi sat cross-legged in meditation.
Suddenly, four beams of golden light of merit entered between his eyebrows.
She didn't find it strange.
In my past life, a serial killer emerged in the capital. He murdered four people, all of whom were elderly, weak, women, and children.
After the last pregnant woman died, the man stopped and never made another move. Therefore, he was never caught until Yu Zhiyi died.
At the time, she was accompanying Zhang Tianshun on his new post outside Beijing and was not involved in the matter. She did not return until several years later, so she did not know who the murderer was.
Until today, I met Song Xiyuan.
To avenge his criminal son, this old man harbored resentment towards all the officials who had arrested him, but lacking the courage to confront them directly, he turned his attention to their relatives.
He was somewhat clever, knowing that killing all the relatives of his "enemies" at once would lead people to associate him with his son, thus tracing the clues back to him. So he spent six years slowly taking his revenge.
Now that this person has been apprehended, the lives of those four people have been saved.
Yu Zhiyi silently expressed her gratitude for the gifts bestowed upon her by Heaven, and then used these merits to temper her body.
One night passed.
The next day, when Yu Zhiyi opened the door, she saw Zi Yuan's surprised look.
"What's wrong?"
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