Shanhe Festival 220. Dealing with the Sick Scholar

Ye Li quickly translated the text on the silk. Fortunately, Emperor Gaozu did not cheat again this time. The real treasure is in the northwest. It is not very far from Li City, but now is obviously not a suitable time to dig for treasure. At least we have to wait until the dignitaries of various countries who are still in the northwest secretly looking for treasures have left. Ye Li handed the translated text to Mo Xiuyao, who just took a look and memorized it in his mind, and then burned the translation and the original treasure map without leaving any trace.

Ye Li arranged the Yanwang Pavilion and other people in a medium-sized courtyard in the northwest corner of the mansion. Although Licheng was not going smoothly at the moment, it was a rare peace compared to the chaos outside. Ye Li had nothing else to do, so he turned his attention to the Blue Sky Flower. The first thing he had to do was to deal with the sick scholar, who deserved a beating.

After breakfast, Ye Li went to the courtyard where Yan Wangge and others lived to visit. Ling Tiehan and Leng Liuyue were fighting. The sick scholar sat alone and stared at the brothers and sisters flying and dodging in the garden. The excited brothers and sisters looked gloomy, and the hands holding the chairs were grasping the armrests fiercely as if they wanted to scratch the red wood chairs. Ye Li smiled and walked to the sick scholar, and said with a nonchalant smile: "I have heard that although Lengge Master is a woman, she is also a top master in the world. Now I see that she and Lingge Master are really a perfect match."

The muscles on the sick scholar's face twisted, and he raised his head and glanced at Ye Li sinisterly. Because of her previous life's occupation, Ye Li had seen all kinds of vicious and perverted people. The sick scholar's skills were not enough for her to see. She smiled at the sick scholar and said, "It's strange to say, Master Leng is already in her early thirties, right? A girl hasn't married at this age, Master Ling is really delaying her. I should mention it to my prince and ask him to remind Master Ling. Third Master, don't you think so?"

"Ye Li!" The sick scholar gritted his teeth, followed by another earth-shaking cough. When he took his hand away, his palm was stained with blood.

Ling Tiehan and Leng Liuyue heard the noise and immediately stopped fighting and rushed back. "Third brother, what's wrong?" Ling Tiehan asked in a deep voice. The sick scholar did not appreciate it. He raised his head and looked at Ling Tiehan with resentment, then got up and went back to the house. Ling Tiehan frowned and said to Leng Liuyue, "Liuyue, go see him." Leng Liuyue nodded silently, put away the pair of short spears in his hand, turned around and went back to the house.

Ling Tiehan picked up a cloth placed aside and wiped his hands, then turned to Ye Li and said, "Princess, my third brother is in a bad condition, please be gentle with him." Ye Li raised her eyebrows and smiled. It turned out that Ling Tiehan saw that the sick scholar suddenly coughed up blood because she was angry with him. Ye Li did not shirk responsibility, she flicked her sleeves and sat down opposite Ling Tiehan and said with a smile, "Master Ling, even though the third master is your relative, you can't be too biased. I was also very angry with the third master yesterday. If I can't let go of this anger, I will be unable to sleep or eat." Ling Tiehan was helpless. His brother-in-law's mouth was so bad that even he, as the eldest brother, sometimes wanted to slap him hard, not to mention outsiders. Seeing Ye Li sigh, Ling Tiehan said, "Princess, are you wondering why I have been protecting my third brother all this time?"

Ye Li nodded slightly. She was indeed a little curious. With Ling Tiehan's personality and character, he would not like someone as stubborn, gloomy and cruel as the sick scholar. It's not that Ling Tiehan himself is so compassionate, but although Ling Tiehan is the head of the Yanwang Pavilion, he is much more upright than some decent people who pretend to be righteous but are secretly thieves and prostitutes. Such a person would definitely not like someone with a dark and twisted mentality.

Ling Tiehan sighed with some regret: "I have known my two brothers and sisters since childhood. Although my third brother was taciturn when he was young, he was not like this now. At that time, we were still children and had no ability to roam in the martial arts world. Naturally, we suffered a lot. One year... Liu Yue fell seriously ill, and all our savings were spent, but how could that little savings be enough to pay for medical treatment? In order to save Liu Yue, my third brother sold himself and left with only money. After Liu Yue recovered from his illness, we joined Yanwang Pavilion. Liu Yue worked hard day and night. I practiced martial arts in the hope that I could find my third brother one day. But it was more than a year later when I found him. No one knows how much he suffered during that time. When we found him, he was seriously injured and almost dying. My third brother’s aptitude was not good. Even if he practiced martial arts, he could not fight to the level of Liu Yue and me. He was not suitable for a place like Yanwang Pavilion. After he recovered from his injuries, Liu Yue and I hoped that he would live a peaceful life like ordinary people from now on. With Liu Yue and I looking after him, he would not be bullied. But who knew that he…”

Ling Tiehan smiled bitterly and said, "He didn't listen to Liu Yue and I's advice at all, and finally he entered the Yanwang Pavilion on his own. With his qualifications, if he practiced martial arts, he could only become a second-rate assassin in the Yanwang Pavilion at best, and was often used as cannon fodder. So he took a different approach and specialized in poison techniques, which made him become the top assassin in the Yanwang Pavilion. Although he is cruel and ruthless to outsiders, he is very good to his own people. Although he is an assassin, Liu Yue is a woman after all, and sometimes she will be soft-hearted. Third brother always takes the initiative to take over some business for Liu Yue that she can't do."

Ye Li listened to Ling Tiehan quietly, but she didn't expect that the three heads of the most feared Yanwang Pavilion in the martial arts world had such a past. But it was true, after all, born perverts were a minority, and the sick scholar's mental illness was not formed in a day, "Master Ling and Master Leng tolerated him so much, because they felt sorry for him?" Ling Tiehan was silent, obviously tacitly agreeing with Ye Li's words. Back then, Ling Tiehan was still young and energetic, and in a place like Yanwang Pavilion, he spent most of his energy on improving his martial arts. When he came to his senses, his brother had become a poison master that made people tremble with fear in the martial arts world.

Ye Li looked at Ling Tiehan thoughtfully and asked, "Speaking of which, among the three Pavilion Masters, even the Third Pavilion Master should be nearly thirty years old this year, but he has not yet started a family. Why is that?"

Ling Tiehan lowered his eyes and thought for a while before he sighed and said, "I am concentrating on martial arts, and I really have no intention of getting married. Besides, what Yanwangge does is to buy and sell murder. Those who kill must be killed... It's better not to have any family burden. But... After hearing what the princess said today, I remembered that I would delay Liuyue and my third brother." Ye Li couldn't help but frown, and looked carefully at Ling Tiehan's calm and somewhat annoyed expression. It seems that Ling Tiehan really has no interest in Leng Liuyue. It is certain that the sick scholar has a crush on Leng Liuyue. If Ling Tiehan has no interest in Leng Liuyue, things will be much easier. I just don't know what Leng Liuyue means. Even if a woman is a killer, she shouldn't be over 30 and still not want a lover, right? The only men Leng Liuyue is close to are Bing Shusheng and Ling Tiehan. If Ye Li were to choose, she felt that she would never give up Ling Tiehan and fall in love with Bing Shusheng.

"Master Lingge, do you know why I'm here?" Ye Li asked softly.

Ling Tiehan nodded and said, "Of course. In the next two days, Liuyue and I will try our best to persuade Third Brother to teach you the prescription. After all, this is a matter of mutual benefit, and there is no need to make it a lose-lose situation."

"Then... Master Ling, please answer a question for me?" Ye Li said.

Ling Tiehan was startled, a little surprised but still nodded and said, "I'll tell you everything I know."

Ye Li lowered her eyes and asked in a low voice: "What does Pavilion Master Ling think of Pavilion Master Leng?"

Ling Tiehan frowned and said, "Of course I treat Liuyue as my own sister..." Ling Tiehan reacted very quickly and understood what Ye Li meant as soon as he said it. His calm and handsome face showed surprise and said, "What does the princess mean?" Ye Li smiled faintly and was about to nod when she heard the sound of a sleeve fluttering behind her. They both turned around at the same time and saw Leng Liuyue's distant black voice. Ye Li looked at Ling Tiehan helplessly and smiled bitterly. It seemed that Leng Liuyue had heard their conversation. More importantly, Leng Liuyue might really have feelings for Ling Tiehan, so she left sadly after hearing what Ling Tiehan said. "Master Leng is unfamiliar with Licheng, so you should go and take a look first. Don't let anything happen." Ling Tiehan also knew that Licheng was different from other places. The secret guards of Dingwang Mansion, the Black Cloud Cavalry of the Mohist Army, and the mysterious Qilin all gathered around this city. If Leng Liuyue really caused any trouble, he might not be able to escape unscathed. Nodding, Ling Tiehan stood up and chased in the direction where Leng Liuyue left.

Looking at the direction where Ling Tiehan disappeared, the gentle smile on Ye Li's face gradually faded, and her beautiful face gradually became cold. Originally, she shouldn't interfere in the emotional entanglements of several people in Yanwang Pavilion, but if this was the only weakness of the sick scholar, she didn't mind using his feelings for Leng Liuyue to achieve her goal.

Standing up, Ye Li walked towards the room where the sick scholar was resting. Before she entered, she heard intermittent coughing. Shen Yang and Doctor Lin were right, the sick scholar was indeed terminally ill. She pushed the door open and went in. The person inside turned around suddenly when he heard the sound of the door opening, but when he saw that the person at the door was Ye Li, his eyes gradually dimmed, "What are you doing here? As a princess, don't you know that you have to inform in advance before entering someone else's room?" Ye Li didn't care about his rudeness. She walked into the room with a smile and sat down on a chair not far from his bed. She smiled faintly and said, "Just now I was talking to Pavilion Master Ling, but I was not paying attention and Pavilion Master Leng heard us. Then Pavilion Master Leng ran out alone."

"What on earth are you talking about?!" A trace of worry flashed across the sick scholar's eyes, and then he yelled at Ye Li.

Ye Li blinked and smiled, "Nothing. I just happened to hear that Pavilion Master Ling said that he treated Pavilion Master Leng as his own sister. Is there any problem?"

The sick scholar was stunned. He rarely sprayed venom at Ye Li but lowered his head and remained silent. Seeing that the sick scholar was silent, Ye Li raised a faint smile. He said seriously: "Third Pavilion Master, there is nothing in life that can be perfect. The key is to see the personal choice. Compared with spending a lifetime with the one you truly love, is it really that important to fight with my prince for that breath? If my prince and you have some grudge that can destroy your family, it's fine, but as far as I know, you and our prince have no contact except for the fight a few years ago, and even the family you were born in has no grudges with Ding Wangfu. Why do you have to do this? Taking a step back, the world is vast. This sentence sometimes makes some sense. What do you think?"

The sick scholar raised his head abruptly and glared at Ye Li fiercely. The expression on her face was unpredictable. There was anger at being seen through by Ye Li, as well as hatred and unwillingness towards Mo Xiu Yao, and some inexplicable inferiority and sadness. "You say it so nicely, don't you just want the prescription?" Ye Li nodded in agreement and said with a smile, "I said this for the prescription and for my husband's life. Could it be to matchmake for the Third Pavilion Master? I'm not sitting around doing nothing. With the prescription, I'll be happy if my prince can save his life. Now that you're well, it's your own business whether you want to pursue Pavilion Master Leng. Speaking of which, if the Second Pavilion Master really falls into the hands of the Third Pavilion Master in the future, I'll feel guilty." In Ye Li's opinion, the sick scholar with a weird temperament was not worthy of Leng Liuyue at all. So she only used Leng Liuyue as a breakthrough point to talk to the sick scholar, and would never give him advice on how to pursue Leng Liuyue. Of course, a woman like Leng Liuyue must be determined, and if the sick scholar himself cannot impress her, the advice of others may not work.

"You!" Bing Shusheng hated nothing more than being told that he was not worthy of Leng Liuyue. Although he knew in his heart that he was not worthy of his sister, he could not bear to hear it out loud.

Seeing that she had said almost everything, Ye Li stood up and prepared to leave. "Third Pavilion Master, think about it carefully. Should you try to keep your life or take a gamble with my prince to see who has a stronger life. I promise... I will find a suitable husband for Pavilion Master Leng before you die."

Leaning on the head of the bed, watching Ye Li walk away without hesitation, the sick scholar coughed violently again, "Ye Li! You are so cruel..." Ye Li had indeed grasped his weak spot. He was not the kind of gentleman who could help others achieve their goals. If he really had to watch Leng Liuyue marrying someone else, it would be more painful than letting him die.

No one knew what Ling Tiehan and Leng Liuyue talked about. Later in the evening, the two returned to Prince Ding's Mansion one after the other as if nothing had happened.

After dinner, Ye Li and Xu Qingchen sat down to play chess and chat in a rare leisure time. The sick scholar asked the guards in the yard to bring a piece of cloth with ancient and old words written on it. Ye Li unfolded it and smiled with satisfaction. He handed the cloth to Qin Feng behind him and asked him to deliver it to Shen Yang and Doctor Lin's yard.

Finally solving the problem that had been bothering her for a long time, Ye Li looked more relaxed.

Xu Qingchen was thinking as he picked up the chess piece, and said, "I got the prescription for Biluohua. Are you so happy?"

Ye Li smiled and said, "Of course I am happy. Isn't my brother happy?"

Xu Qingchen shook his head and said with a smile, "Girls should not be kept when they grow up."

Ye Li was embarrassed by what he said. She has been married for more than two years, okay? Xu Qingchen dropped a piece calmly and said with a smile: "You deliberately provoked the emotional entanglement between Ling Tiehan and his three siblings to force the sick scholar to submit. Ling Tiehan is upset and has not reacted yet. Wait until he comes to his senses and he will cause trouble to you." Ye Li didn't care. She raised her hand and dropped a piece to swallow a few white pieces of Xu Qingchen and said: "How can Ling Tiehan have the nerve to cause trouble to me? That Leng Pavilion Master is over 30 years old, and his whole youthful age has been wasted on him. He should also give an explanation, right?"

Xu Qingchen paused for a moment, looking at her with a smile and said, "Why do I feel that what you said is meant by something?"

Being stared at by Xu Qingchen with a half-smile, Ye Li immediately felt a chill down her spine. But she still tried to remain calm and said, "Isn't it wrong? In this world, how can a girl over 30 find a good family? Regardless of whether Ling Tiehan knows it or not, it's too unreasonable for him, as the eldest brother, to let his sister over 30 not get married without even asking about it? To put it nicely, Master Ling is obsessed with martial arts and not disturbed by external things. To put it bluntly, he is a scum who has ruined the life of his daughter!"

"Scumbag?" Xu Qingchen's smile deepened. "Sister Li'er, if you have anything else to tell me, you can tell me all at once."

Ye Li sweated and cursed herself for not living up to expectations. She didn't know why she was so afraid of Xu Qingchen, instead of being afraid of Xu Qingze, who had been more stern and unsmiling since he was a child. Of course, this is not Ye Li's fault. In fact, the three brothers under the Xu family are more afraid of the gentle Xu Qingchen. "I'm not talking about you, brother. Brother, please don't take your seat." Xu Qingchen nodded and looked at Ye With a rare guilty look, Li sighed helplessly and asked: "Princess Anxi came to see you?"

Ye Li was a little embarrassed. Xu Qingchen's emotional affairs were not her business. "Princess Anxi didn't say anything about you, but..." Princess Anxi was a princess of a country and the crown princess. The people of Nanzhao had a completely different culture from the Central Plains and had no interest in the so-called imperial seal. But why did they stay in Licheng for a long time? How could Ye Li not know? Although Xu Qingchen did not hide from Princess Anxi, he was busy with affairs in the northwest and could not spend much time with her. Every time Princess Anxi came to see Ye Li, she was hesitant and gloomy, which made Ye Li feel very sympathetic.

"Brother, what do you think about Princess Anxi? My second brother is getting married soon, and my uncle and aunt must have urged you, right?" After thinking about it, Ye Li decided to ask Xu Qingchen what he thought. Not only because of Princess Anxi, but also because of my aunt and grandfather who were looking forward to my brother getting married soon. "Princess Anxi is not young anymore, no matter what you think, it's better to tell her clearly."

Xu Qingchen nodded and said, "Brother knows, he will take care of it."

“Brother, you…”

"Anxi and I are not suitable." Xu Qingchen smiled calmly, "She is the princess of the Southern Xinjiang King, and will inherit the throne of Nanzhao one day." Ye Li frowned, unsure whether Xu Qingchen was interested or not, "What if Princess Anxi is willing to give up the throne of Nanzhao?"

"We are just friends."