Chapter 330 Young Master Song Encounters Water Bandits
Jiang Yuwei always thought that as the leader of the martial arts alliance, he was quite knowledgeable. Apart from matters of the imperial court, there was nothing in the vast world outside the imperial court that he did not know.
Unexpectedly, in less than half an hour, his worldview was being constantly overturned.
Yu Zhiyi ignored the old man's feelings: "Since the other party stole the fortune of the Martial Alliance, it means that he is also a martial artist. Next, as long as you pay attention to the major forces in the martial arts world, see if any force or people in the force were once at their peak, but suddenly started to decline rapidly from tonight, or even became seriously injured and on the verge of death, you can basically lock onto the target."
In fact, she already had a guess in her heart, but after all, she had not seen with her own eyes that the flow of fortune of the luck-changing array was flowing towards Juxian Manor.
Even now, a large amount of fortune is flowing back from the direction of Juxianzhuang.
But this is only a general direction. To truly condemn Juxianzhuang, one must witness firsthand how its fortune flows back from Juxianzhuang.
But only she can see this kind of thing. Given her uncle's suspicious and autocratic nature, he probably won't believe it until he sees the evidence with his own eyes.
Otherwise, no matter how eloquently she speaks, he will still have doubts in his mind.
Nevertheless, she still wanted to see it for herself.
Just as they were about to set off, a servant suddenly came to report: "Master, Second Master, Second Miss, the Prefect has arrived and requests to see the Second Miss."
Jiang Yuwei's heart skipped a beat: "Could it be because of what Jin'er said at noon?"
Yu Zhiyi did some calculations and then smiled, "Yes."
Jiang Yuwei was initially worried that his niece might have miscalculated, and he secretly feared that the Song prefect and his wife had come to settle accounts. However, seeing the smile on his niece's face, his worries inexplicably dissipated.
Jiang Siying, however, heard that the Song Prefect and his wife had come to visit and thought that Yu Zhiyi's "jinx" at noon might not have worked.
She went to the reception room excitedly to see the joke.
Just as they reached the entrance of the Hall of Righteousness, they heard Prefect Song's grateful words: "Thank you so much, Second Miss, for saving my son's life!"
Immediately following was the voice of Young Master Song: "Thank you very much, Miss Jiang, for saving my life. If it weren't for you, I would probably be drowning at the bottom of the river by now."
Unlike the politeness and distance he displayed at noon, Young Master Song's voice was full of sincere gratitude.
Jiang Siying stared wide-eyed in disbelief.
It actually came true?
Jiang Yuwei was also surprised.
Despite having already experienced enough shocks today, he was not immune. He was still filled with astonishment and curiosity: "What exactly happened?"
Young Master Song said with lingering fear, "This afternoon, I went fishing with a few friends at a place we often go. Usually, when we are three or five friends, we will each bring one or two servants and some things to cook the fish and meat. We don't usually bring too many people."
"I've been fishing for four or five years now and have never had an accident, so when Miss Jiang reminded me at noon, I didn't take it to heart."
He looked deeply ashamed when he talked about it.
Yu Zhiyi didn't seem to care much.
There have been plenty of people who don't believe her over the years; one more or one less won't make a difference.
She only reminded them because the Prefect and his wife spoke up for her today, and she wanted to repay that favor.
If something happens to him because he doesn't trust her, that's his fate and has nothing to do with her.
Young Master Song continued, "At first, everything was fine. My friends and I had a good catch, and we caught about ten fish in less than an hour."
"We were happily discussing how to cook it when two boats suddenly appeared on the river, and both boats were approaching us."
He still feels lingering fear when he talks about it.
Although he found it a bit strange to see the boat suddenly approaching, he couldn't stop people from crossing the river since it wasn't theirs. So he just glanced at it and looked away, not taking it seriously.
Unexpectedly, the two ships stopped right next to theirs, flanking them from both sides.
Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen burly men wielding knives rushed aboard from each of the two boats.
It turns out that these people were all bandits who had been observing Young Master Song and his group for a long time and had figured out their habits.
I know that they go fishing on the river on the same day every month, and I also know that they never bring many people with them when they go out, with a maximum of only ten or so people on a boat.
Therefore, it was more than enough for more than twenty people to rob more than ten wealthy young men.
Fortunately, Young Master Song brought more than twenty men with him today, otherwise they would have been intercepted and killed.
However, before Young Master Song could finally breathe a sigh of relief, an accident occurred.
When the enemy's men were almost wiped out by the guards brought by Young Master Song, a thief who was not quite dead suddenly became emboldened and, taking advantage of everyone's inattention, pulled out a dagger and attacked Young Master Song.
At the time, Young Master Song's attention was focused on the battle not far away, and he never expected that the person who had already been knocked down would still be able to kill him.
The thief was after him, aiming to kill him; the dagger was aimed straight for his heart.
If it weren't for the chest protector, his heart would have been pierced.
Afterwards, he took out the breastplate and saw that it had been dented.
One can imagine just how much force that thief used.
After saying that, he thanked Yu Zhiyi again: "Thank you, Miss Jiang. If it weren't for you, I would really be dead on the ship today."
Prefect Song nodded in agreement: "Indeed, if it weren't for Miss Jiang's reminder, I would be burying my child today."
Upon hearing the news, Jiang Liuting paused in his tracks.
Your humble servant?
Didn't Prefect Song just refer to himself as "this humble official"?
Although he didn't know much about the imperial court, he had heard a little about it.
Generally speaking, when a person refers to himself as "this humble official," it means that the person he is facing has a higher official rank or status than him, and by a considerable margin.
So, his second sister, whom he had just found, didn't actually have a bad life after being separated from her family. Instead, she ended up in the home of some powerful and wealthy person and became their adopted daughter?
It has to be said that this guess is very close to the truth.
Jiang Liuting suppressed his doubts without showing any emotion and carefully observed the expressions of Prefect Song and his son after entering the Hall of Gathering Righteousness.
Prefect Song truly respected Yu Zhiyi.
In contrast, Young Master Song's expression showed more gratitude.
Jiang Liuting seemed to be deep in thought.
Prefect Song's visit to express his gratitude was certainly not empty-handed.
He stuffed antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and precious medicinal herbs into the box as if they were free, including a 500-year-old ginseng root.
Young Master Song also sent a gift of thanks.
They are several very precious pieces of jade.
Because he had heard from somewhere that people in the Xuanmen sect loved the spiritual energy in jade.
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