Chapter 32 Good Advice Is Hard to Persuade a Damned Ghost
Song Xiyuan entered a house.
This house is located on Luoyang Street, where official residences are lined up. The house is not luxurious in appearance and the location is not good, which indicates that although the owner of the house is an official, his position is not high.
He pushed open the door and went straight to the main house.
At that time, a boy of seven or eight years old was lying on the bed.
The boy's hands and feet were tied to the bedpost, like a prisoner about to be torn apart by five horses.
His mouth was stuffed with a rag, and his eyes were already swollen from crying.
When he saw Song Xiyuan return, he tried to shrink back in fear, but because his hands and feet were tied, he could not curl up. He could only helplessly watch the terrifying man walk towards him step by step, and tears streamed down his face again.
Song Xiyuan pulled out a kitchen knife from behind his back, his old face full of a ferocious smile: "Kid, blame your father for being a heartless man and causing my son's untimely death."
"He killed my son, so I'll kill his son!"
"Don't worry about me. They think you were kidnapped by the bandits of Yanwu Slope. Once I kill you, I'll dump you there. Then everyone will only suspect me because you were killed by those bandits..."
Tears streamed down Huang Ping'an's face as he watched the man raise the cleaver high; fear instantly overwhelmed him.
Just as Song Xiyuan's cleaver was about to fall on Huang Ping'an's neck, the door was suddenly kicked open. Huang Ping'an was so frightened that he trembled and paused for a moment.
Taking advantage of this pause, a guard from the Prime Minister's residence rushed forward, kicked the kitchen knife out of his hand, and then kicked him again, sending him sprawling on the ground.
Yu Zhiyi went into the house, picked up a kitchen knife, cut the ropes binding Ping Huang'an's hands and feet, and then casually threw it away. The kitchen knife disappeared into the ground in front of Song Xiyuan.
The cleaver fell almost to the tip of his nose, nearly splitting his skull open. Without anyone saying a word, he was so scared he wet himself.
I literally peed.
Despite her nausea, Madam Huang held her nephew in her arms and comforted him for a while before sending someone to report the case to the Jingzhao Prefecture.
After that, there was nothing more for Yu Zhiyi to do. She was not used to the heartwarming scenes of aunt and niece reuniting and mother and son reuniting, so she quietly led her people back to the Prime Minister's residence.
Upon hearing that she had returned to the mansion, Madam Yao immediately abandoned Prime Minister Du, who had finally managed to steal a moment of leisure to return home and rest.
Prime Minister Du: "..."
Yao didn't notice her husband's resentful expression. After arriving at Linfeng Pavilion, she didn't stand on ceremony and asked, "Yi'er, how is it?"
Yu Zhiyi said, "We've found the person. We arrived just in time. The child wasn't hurt, and we caught the perpetrator in the act. With the evidence and the perpetrator caught red-handed, the perpetrator had no way to deny it."
This person was very clever. He hid Huang Ping'an on his bed in his bedroom. In this way, even if the Huang family found him, he could lie and say that he had brought the child back to his bedroom to treat him after seeing him faint outside.
If the perpetrator hadn't been caught red-handed, this matter would likely have dragged on for a while.
Yu Zhiyi briefly described the rescue process, but did not mention You Bingyue.
Firstly, it was unnecessary; secondly, she had already seen the inevitable defeat on the faces of the Huang family's servants.
Their mission will not only fail, but they will also be injured.
She has no interest in brewing tea and doesn't like having the smell of tea on her.
However, Yu Zhiyi didn't want to drag others down, but she couldn't stop some people from having paranoia.
Yu Bingyue clutched her pierced right shoulder and roared, "Bitch! She must have done it on purpose!"
After she finished yelling, she fainted.
Du Ziheng felt both heartache and helplessness as he looked at his beloved's pale face.
She instructed people to take good care of You Bingyue, while she rushed back to the Prime Minister's residence.
It was dinnertime, and Prime Minister Du, a very busy man, was summoned to the palace again. Du Ziheng hadn't come back to eat in recent days, so neither Yao Shi nor Yu Zhiyi intended to wait for him to return before starting the meal.
Yu Zhiyi was very hungry, and she devoured the food as soon as it was served.
It was said that she ate quickly, but she was actually just eating fast. Her movements were not rough at all; on the contrary, they were quite pleasant to watch.
It is elegant and can also make people's mouths water.
Following the way she ate, Yao added half a bowl of rice to her bowl.
In just a short while, the results from the Jingzhao Prefecture came out.
It turns out that Song Xiyuan kidnapped Huang Ping'an to avenge Huang's elder brother.
Huang's elder brother works in the Ministry of Justice. Some time ago, he arrested a criminal who raped and murdered a girl.
The perpetrator was Song Xiyuan's son.
Originally, Song Xiyuan had already paved the way for his son. As long as he escaped from the capital and hid outside for a few years until the people in the capital forgot about the matter, Song Xiyuan could bring him back and raise him as a cousin or nephew.
Just as Song Xiyuan's son was about to leave the city gate after disguising himself, Huang's elder brother noticed something amiss, grabbed him, and exposed his true identity.
With irrefutable evidence, Song Xiyuan's son was beheaded seven days later.
Song Xiyuan only had one son, and the grief of losing his son made him hate Huang's brother.
He wanted to make the other party experience the pain of losing a child!
Ms. Yao sighed deeply.
Since it was still early, Yao Shi started chatting with Yu Zhiyi. Most of the time, Yao Shi did the talking, and Yu Zhiyi would occasionally respond.
Although she didn't talk much, her responses were always to the point, and Yao Shi didn't find it boring at all; on the contrary, she became even more interested.
Suddenly, Aunt Wen's anxious voice rang out from outside the door: "Young Master, please wait for me to announce your arrival!"
Without waiting for the announcement, Du Ziheng rushed into Yu Zhiyi's presence like a gust of wind.
a long time……
Yu Zhiyi looked completely bewildered: "What exactly do you want to do?"
She thought he had come to confront her, and in fact, his impulsive manner certainly didn't seem like that of a kind person.
But why did he become mute when he was right in front of me?
At that moment, his eyes were wide open like copper bells, almost spitting fire, but his mouth remained obedient, not uttering a single word.
Mrs. Yao was also confused by her son.
When she saw Du Ziheng rush in, she immediately shielded Yu Zhiyi.
She thought her son would suddenly go crazy, but to her surprise, he just glared at Yu Zhiyi from a distance, even though she was two heads shorter than him.
At once……
It's quite baffling.
Du Ziheng closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened his eyes again, he still looked displeased, but he wasn't as angry as before.
He spoke, his voice cold and deep: "You've figured it all out, haven't you?"
"You clearly had the ability to stop them, so why did you just stand by and watch them go to their deaths?"
Yu Zhiyi found it amusing: "I clearly reminded them out of respect for my cousin's wife, but they wouldn't listen. Do I have to kneel down and beg them not to go?"
Her expression turned slightly cold: "Perhaps you have heard the saying, 'Good advice is hard to persuade a damned ghost'?"
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