Get away with it
From the moment Sun Fang collapsed after being poisoned by the incense, Wu Qi sensed something was wrong. Taking advantage of the opportunity to joke with Yi Shen, he whispered to Yi Shen, "When soldiers come, we'll block them; when water comes, we'll dam it."
At that moment, Yi Shen knowingly squeezed her fingers.
The two had already sensed the impending danger, and took advantage of the calm before pressing Sun Fang for answers, forcing him to say what he needed to say.
The slash Wu Qi made at Sun Fang was also to force him to tell the truth.
She was not someone who would hurt people indiscriminately; she was just a little anxious because she didn't know when the unknown danger would arrive.
As long as Sun Fang tells what he knows and it's true, then their efforts to kidnap him won't have been in vain. As for Zhao Lang outside the pastry shop, he was an expected surprise.
It's not that it can't be solved.
Wu Qi urged, "Hurry up, hurry up! If you want to kick it, kick it now! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
It's like a street vendor hawking their wares.
Li Xingge kicked Sun Fang, feeling much better. As for the other women, he kicked them one by one as well.
Wu Qi laughed heartily, nudged Yi Shen's arm, raised an eyebrow and asked, "Young Master Yi, how about giving him a kick? It seems our Yi Shen has never kicked anyone before! Shall we give it a try?"
Yi Shen shook his head and refused.
Seeing that Wu Qi was about to exchange a few more words with Yi Shen while smiling, Zhou Liuhu hurriedly stopped him, saying, "Can you two talk about love after we've dealt with Lord Zhao outside the door?"
With their lives hanging by a thread, these two were still arguing and flirting.
Even if the sky falls, will they still have to fall in love?
Wu Qi laughed and said, "Alright, alright, we two will protect you."
After saying that, she opened the door of the pastry shop.
Outside, the sky was clear and the sun had risen sometime earlier. In the distance, crossbow bolts were all aimed at Wu Qi, awaiting only a command to pierce her heart with a thousand arrows. Not only that, but nearby, swords and blades were equally formidable, their wielders ready to slit her throat at any moment.
Wu Qi acted as if he hadn't seen the swords and said to Zhao Lang, "Why did it take you so long, Lord Zhao?"
That being said, she didn't seem particularly anxious.
Zhao Lang, riding his red-brown steed, raised an eyebrow almost imperceptibly when he saw Wu Qi. Although he had heard of Wu Qi's name before, this was the first time he had met her, and he had not expected that the only daughter of the Wu family would be so beautiful.
He leaped off his horse and said to Wu Qi with great interest, "Judging from your words, Miss, are you complaining that I'm late?"
This man is dashing, frivolous, and handsome. At first glance, one might mistake him for a rich, dissolute young master, but who knows how many lives he has taken?
Wu Qi said with feigned seriousness, "Young Master Sun Fang of the Sun family, he seems to be possessed!"
What? Possessed by an evil spirit?
Everyone was shocked, only to hear Wu Qi say in a serious tone, "He said he killed someone and felt sorry for a woman named Shuying, who had been stabbed more than thirty times. He insisted on dying in this pastry shop to atone for his sins, but fortunately, several women in the pastry shop stopped him and saved his life!"
These distorted and absurd statements left the women in the pastry shop bewildered, exchanging bewildered glances.
is that so?
"Is that so?" Zhao Lang looked at Sun Fang behind Wu Qi.
Wu Qi turned to look at Sun Fang, and said meaningfully, "Yi Shen, I think the halberd from Pingwu City is also a good thing. It should be no different from the halberd from Hubangxue, right?"
Yi Shen replied: "Same, it can be burned or fried."
Their conversation was completely rambling, but Sun Fang was sweating profusely as he listened.
Last night, the two of them took Sun Fang to the Sun residence first. Wu Qi poured all the glitter from the lanterns onto the study of the Sun residence, deliberately saying, "The glitter is flammable when heated."
Furthermore, Wu Qi had somehow placed something into this halberd.
Her eyes were fixed on Yi Shen, but her words were directed at Sun Fang, who was feigning unconsciousness—"Yi Shen, Yi Shen, do you remember the tables and chairs that Liu Ge destroyed in the capital?"
Yi Shen said, "Hmm."
"It's this stuff that was added." Wu Qi didn't specify what it was. "Back then, just one drop of that glittering dagger was enough to blow up a house. Tonight, with so much of it, it could probably raze the entire Sun mansion to the ground!"
Yi Shen said, "Hmm."
Sun Fang, who was pretending to be unconscious, heard all of this clearly.
He knew that Wu Qi's words about burning down the Sun residence were not a joke. If he did not remove the gilded ornaments that had been added to the roof in time, the Sun residence would be blown up at any moment!
"Sun Fang, is what this lady just said true?" Zhao Lang asked, squinting his eyes.
Sun Fang replied, "Yes...it's true."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Lang laughed and said, "What the lady just said about Young Master Sun being possessed by an evil spirit, although we don't know what kind of evil spirit it is, how can we believe what a possessed person says?"
Since Zhao Lang said that Sun Fang was possessed by an evil spirit, Wu Qi was naturally relieved.
"That's right, he's possessed by an evil spirit, so what's the point of kidnapping him? Besides, what kidnapping? Look at these footprints on Young Master Sun's body, they're from these women trying to stop him from dying, but he insisted on paying with his life. They were accidentally left during the argument!"
"These women couldn't stop Young Master Sun, so they tied him up with rope."
The crowd stood still, listening to Wu Qi's ramblings.
Wu Qi pointed at the ropes binding Sun Fang and clicked his tongue twice, saying, "Who is this person who doesn't know how to tie someone up? Did they think Sun Fang was a dumpling?"
Yi Shen lowered his head, a slight smile playing on his lips.
Yeah, who tied them up?
Who mistook Sun Fang for a rice dumpling?
Clearly unconvinced, Zhao Lang continued, "Then why are these women in the pastry shop?"
"Doesn't Lord Zhao know? During the Fire Festival, this young lady," Wu Qi looked back and pulled Chen Pingle forward, "was this young lady who got slapped by her mother and didn't want to live anymore. After thinking it over, she came to this pastry shop to find some human skin woman to commit suicide."
Chen Pingle, unusually quick-witted, continued following Wu Qi's words: "That's right, I wanted to die. My mother beat me in public, I had no face to live anymore. Aren't there some kind of human-skinned woman who kills women? Why doesn't she come to kill me! If these sisters hadn't come to the pastry shop to stop me, I would have smashed my head against a wall and died last night!"
Chen Pingle's words thus reconciled the beginning and end of the matter.
Chen Pingle wanted to commit suicide, and the other women came to the pastry shop to stop him. Just then, they encountered Sun Fang, who was possessed by an evil spirit, coming to commit suicide. The group couldn't stop him, so they tied him up.
It is logical, well-founded, and has a clear beginning and end.
Saving a life is a good deed.
A man leaned close to Zhao Lang and whispered, "During the Fire Festival, this girl's mother did slap her in public; everyone present saw it."
nonsense.
Wu Qi saw it too; otherwise, would she have made up such a story?
The interplay of truth and falsehood, truth within falsehood and falsehood within truth, is the easiest thing to understand and the easiest thing to believe.
Of course, Wu Qi didn't think Zhao Lang would believe what she said.
But it's okay.
Whether Zhao Lang believes it or not, as long as the story makes sense, that's enough.
Zhao Lang stared at Wu Qi and asked with a smile, "Then why are the lady and this young master here, and how do they know these things?"
Wu Qi frankly said, "Because I want to see the woman in human skin. I want to see how such an evil spirit could exist in the world. Is it because she died a tragic death and could not die a peaceful death that she turned into this murderous ghost?"
"As for Yi Shen, he's with me. We grew up together, and everyone in the capital knows that among the children of noble families, the two of us are the closest."
"Oh? Really? Are they the kind of close friends who will get married?" Zhao Lang asked.
“Lord Zhao, she is a lady from a noble family, not your prisoner,” Yi Shen said. “By what status and from what position are you asking her questions in such an attitude?”
Wu Qi stood behind Yi Shen and tilted his head towards Zhao Lang.
This was the first time Yi Shen had used the name of a prestigious family to exert pressure.
"I wouldn't dare," Zhao Lang said. "Since it's a misunderstanding, let's disperse. Put down your swords, or you'll frighten our ladies."
After he finished speaking, the swords and crossbow bolts in the vicinity were withdrawn.
This matter was thus successfully covered up.
As for who reported the case, Zhao Lang didn't mention it, but Wu Qi naturally did; otherwise, he would have to make up a whole story.
Making things up is tiring too.
Zhao Lang could ignore the others, but he had to treat the children of noble families well, both out of courtesy and reason.
"Lady and gentleman have come from afar. I have failed to greet you properly. Why don't you come to my residence for a simple meal?"
Standing next to Wu Qi, Chen Pingle quietly tugged at her sleeve, reminding her not to accept the meal, but Wu Qi said, "Alright, then please treat us well, Lord Zhao."
Zhao Lang stepped aside and raised his hand, saying, "Then please."
Behind him was a carriage. Although he had come on horseback, there was an empty carriage following behind him, which showed his grand style. Or perhaps he was cunning and had already thought that they would get away with it, so he arranged for a carriage to take the two noble families to the Zhao residence.
What Zhao Lang could understand, Wu Qi and Yi Shen could naturally understand as well.
They just don't want to enter officialdom, they're not idiots.
The reason they went to the Zhao residence was because there were still things they hadn't figured out.
For example, where exactly is Lord Li Xi?
What letter did Zhao Lang force Li Shuying to write?
Also, who exactly is the person behind Zhao Lang?
Yi Shen did not allow Zhao Lang to approach Wu Qi. He put his arm around Wu Qi's waist and watched him step onto the carriage before getting on the carriage himself.
For some reason, Zhao Lang also stopped riding his horse and got into the carriage.
The carriage was spacious, and the three of them sat together without feeling crowded. However, Wu Qi kept squeezing closer to Yi Shen. Yi Shen gently put his arm around her and pulled her into his arms, separating her from Zhao Lang.
He asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
Wu Qi pouted and said, "It smells awful and pungent. You smell better."
The carriage was filled with the sweet scent of rouge and powder. Wu Qi was used to the smell of ordinary rouge and powder, but the scent in the carriage was too strong, as if it had condensed into a mist and enveloped Wu Qi.
As soon as she entered the carriage, she found the smell unpleasant, and after smelling it for a while, she found it pungent.
Yi Shen has been burning the fragrance of cold plum blossoms all year round. Even since he was being chased in Qingcui City, he has not burned any fragrance, yet his body is still surrounded by a clear and refreshing scent.
A handful of frost washes away the sweetness.
To avoid the sweet scent, Wu Qi leaned her head on Yi Shen's shoulder, inhaling the lingering fragrance of cold plum blossoms on his neck.
She was used to the scent of cold plum blossoms on him and never got tired of it.
Zhao Lang chuckled and lifted the curtain, just in time to see several people dragging Zhou Lang's golden statue past.
"Lord Zhou Lang is very popular among the people of Pingwu City. Even his golden statue is carefully protected by everyone, for fear of being bumped or knocked." He said, "I have done a good deed. I wonder if Lord Zhou will thank me."
Zhou Lang's golden statue was made on Zhao Lang's orders.
Wu Qi was so overwhelmed by the fragrance in the car that he didn't bother with Zhao Lang.
"Is it an honor to cast a golden statue of an incorruptible official?" Yi Shen said. "It should be a disgrace to Chief Inspector Zhou Lang."
Wu Qi took a deep breath of the cold plum fragrance and thought to himself, "That's right!"
The capital's mansion of Chief Zhou is in such a dilapidated state, yet there is a golden statue of him in Pingwu City. I wonder what Chief Zhou would think if he knew this in the afterlife...
Zhao Lang wasn't annoyed. "What you're saying, young master, is that Lord Zhou will blame me?"
Yi Shen said, "If Chief Zhou were still in Pingwu, he would probably smash this golden statue and distribute it to the poor."
"Then, you will be punished."
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