Chapter 18: Courting Death (4) Who is so blind as to dare to…
She really didn't dare.
The lessons of her previous life were still fresh in her mind. She had already fallen once, so how could she dare to do it again?
But such words are still very hurtful to hear.
"I've already divorced you. If you want someone you can call and dismiss at will, you can find someone else. You can't humiliate me."
"Also, Yang Yan, if you insist on driving my senior brother out of the capital, then I will accompany him to Lingnan tomorrow. Whoever tries to harm him on the way will be the one I will trouble along the way."
Chai Heng looked at him quietly, her voice trembling slightly. His three words were so devastating that she couldn't remain completely calm.
After hearing her words, Yang Yan wanted to laugh. His handsome features darkened almost instantly, and then he looked at her with a low smile:
"Go to Lingnan with Lu Shichu?"
"Who is Lu Shichu to you? Why do you want to go with him?"
She traveled thousands of miles to Xirong to accompany him because he was her husband at that time and she loved him. What about Lu Shichu, who was he?
"He is my senior brother, my good friend, and he can be anyone to me." Chai Heng held back the tears that had just been brought out by his words and replied to him coldly.
It’s my senior brother.
Are good friends.
It could be anyone.
Could that be the new husband?
Yang Yan rubbed the ring in his hand and laughed at himself for a moment, but he suddenly felt that there was no need to ask this last question. It was a waste of his desire for her to go back, because it turned out that she had already found another home.
"Okay, very good..."
"Chai Heng, since you want to keep Lu Shichu so much, I will let him stay in the capital for a while longer. But I hope you won't regret it one day in the future. Also, Ruyue has already told me about the Xue family's affairs. You'd better think about whether you can afford the consequences."
There was a gentleness in his voice that was almost cruel, but his tone was so cold that it was frightening. After saying this, he seemed to feel bored and turned away without waiting for her answer.
The meal was tasteless.
That evening, Chai Heng sat alone on the steps in the yard, hugging her knees and looking at the moon. Lu Shichu finished cleaning up the dishes and came to accompany her.
"Senior brother, why haven't you gone back yet?" Chai Heng looked at Lu Shichu busying around and felt very sorry.
Lu Shichu lifted his robe and sat next to Chai Heng: "I am worried about you being alone. In the past, every time Master and his wife came to see you, you said you were doing well. Although I am in the capital, after you married Yang Yan, it was not easy for me to visit you. Now it seems that you are not doing so well."
Chai Heng said, "Having enough to eat and warm clothes is also a good thing. But sometimes, I still feel sad."
"What are you sad about?"
"have no idea."
I always feel that fate has given me a chance to start over, but I am still stuck in the same situation as before and feel sad.
"I met a lot of different people in the capital." Chai Heng looked up at the moon in the sky and said slowly.
Lu Shichu smiled and asked, "How different is it?"
"They're different in every way." Chai Heng shook his head, a look of melancholy on his face. "They're different from you and everyone else in Furong Mountain. I've never met anyone like them, and I don't know how to get along with them. But I do know that they're probably the closest people to me in the capital."
"So at the beginning, I thought that as long as I did enough to satisfy them, they would like me. But later I found that no matter what I did, they just didn't like me." Chai Heng said, feeling a little ridiculous, so he laughed as he spoke, "Brother, you know, I once thought that it would be great if I could wake up and become the person they like. So at that time, I really tried to imitate the person they all liked, but I tried my best to imitate her and I couldn't get it right."
Lu Shichu's heart skipped a beat, and then he heard Chai Heng continue, "So, Senior Brother, I want to go home."
"I want to go back to Furong Mountain."
"Even though I know I might die in the future, even though I know my power alone is very limited, I still want to go back."
She hugged her knees, her voice was soft, but she spoke very seriously.
Lu Shichu sat beside her and suddenly remembered his past: "Ah Heng, do you know how I came to Furong Mountain?"
Chai Heng recalled what her uncles and aunts had told her in the past: that her senior brother was picked up by her master's wife because of a landslide in the village where he had lived before. So she subconsciously replied, "Because of a natural disaster."
Lu Shichu shook his head and continued, "No, it was a man-made disaster. When the family property was divided, my father's favorite brother killed him and became the new patriarch. He also killed me and my father's former servants. My master and his mistress took pity on me, saved me, and brought me back to Furong Mountain. I was young at the time, and everyone thought I didn't remember anything. My master and his mistress didn't want me to live in hatred for the rest of my life, so they lied to me."
He laughed and said, "The sad thing is, after coming to the capital, I even met the enemy who killed my entire family, but I am not as powerful as him, so I can't kill him. I can only wait. When the day comes that I am strong enough, I will kill him, take back everything my parents have, and avenge them."
"So Ah Heng, Senior Brother also wants to go back to Furong Mountain, but Senior Brother can't go back. If you really decide to leave, then please stay with them for Senior Brother."
His eyes were sparkling, as if there were stars in them.
Chai Heng nodded: "Okay."
*
Ever since that night when she parted ways with Yang Yan, Yang Yan had not appeared in front of Chai Heng for a long time. Chai Heng was also happy and at ease. She counted the days on her fingers and thought that in half a month, her master and his wife would come back from Xirong and pick her up on the way.
With the Lunar New Year approaching, the Jingwei Division was bustling with activity. Besides Xue Congli, captured by Chai Heng a few days ago, other officers in the division had also apprehended several salt smugglers.
Cui Rushi was in high spirits because of the good news. Before leaving the Beijing Guard Office today, he, who was always stingy, took the initiative to buy several bags of pastries.
"Why has the Lord been so generous lately? In the past, it was harder than climbing to the sky to ask him to treat us to something to eat." Qian Xiaoqi was the shortest in the company, but he also loved to tease Cui Rushi the most. While eating cakes, he smiled and asked the other people whether Lord Cui had stolen the purse from his wife recently.
Old Yang, who was in charge of the company's accounts, was a man who kept an eye on everything and heard the news early on.
"We didn't handle many big cases in our department this year, but Lord Cui gave us a lot of small cases. Although these are dirty and tiring jobs that other government offices are unwilling to do, we do more than we can handle, and we also actively cooperate with our fellow government offices. This time, when the higher-ups evaluated us, our department was rated A, which can be considered a comeback." Old Yang crossed his legs and fiddled with an abacus in the yard.
It was the end of another year, and the time to pay monthly salaries was approaching. He fiddled with his abacus quickly, preparing to settle everyone's accounts.
"Has the Ministry of Revenue awarded any salary to our department?" Qian Xiaoqi immediately grasped the key point.
Old Yang stroked his mustache and spoke very subtly, "The lord is going to the Ministry of Revenue today. Logically, he should be able to collect this year's reward money. But he asked me not to make it public for now. After all, no one will know until the money is in the purse."
Qian Xiaoqi rubbed his hands excitedly: "When will the adults come back?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Cui Ru coming back from outside. When he left, his face was full of smiles, like a Maitreya Buddha, but now he came back with a solemn and dejected look.
Old Yang had a bad feeling and didn't dare to speak.
Qian Xiaoqi, a young and fearless calf, approached eagerly and said, "Sir, can we still pay our reward?"
This question immediately struck a chord with Cui Rushi, who was furious. "Go, eat your cake, and don't say anything that would displease me."
Qian Xiaoqi had a sad face, suddenly feeling that his reward money was hopeless, and turned to look at Old Yang. Old Yang gave Qian Xiaoqi a look, signaling him to be silent, turned around, put down the abacus, and chased Cui Rushi into the house.
"It's almost the end of the year. Although this reward money is not much, it can buy some new clothes for my mother. I also have a younger brother who is waiting for my reward money to go to school."
Qian Xiaoqi was dejected and began to complain about the Ministry of Revenue: "They were very enthusiastic when they were trying to trick us into working, but when it came time to allocate the money, they were so stingy."
Chai Heng comforted him: "Master Cui hasn't said that the reward money is really gone. Wait a little longer, just in case."
As soon as these words fell, Old Yang walked out.
Chai Heng asked, "What did Lord Cui say?"
Old Yang sighed, "Didn't you arrest a young man named Xue at Xishikou a few days ago? The Ministry of Justice thought they had the wrong guy and released him. Just now, my Lord went to the Ministry of Revenue to ask them to allocate funds, and Lord Liang Yuanjing from the Ministry of Justice happened to be there. He pointed out to the Minister of Revenue that our department hadn't handled this matter properly, and as a result, your Lordship's allocation was rejected."
Chai Heng frowned. "Why did the Ministry of Justice release him? Did they find new evidence?"
"No." Old Yang said to Chai Heng, "Deputy Envoy Chai, this isn't your fault. It has nothing to do with you. It's just that the people in the Ministry of Justice are just like that. They use connections to get things done. Liang Yuanjing is a higher official than our lord, and the Jingwei Division has been marginalized by other government offices. Naturally, their words are the truth. That's what irritated Lord Cui."
Liang Yuanjing is Yang Yan's good friend. Although Chai Heng has never met this person, she knows that it must be because Xue Ruyue told Yang Yan about this matter that he intervened on her behalf, which is why Liang Yuanjing targeted the Beijing Guard Division so much.
"But don't worry too much. Our Lord is very flexible. He has already bought food from Xinghua Tower and said that he will invite Lord Liang to come over for dinner later. Maybe a drink will be enough." Old Yang has lived for decades and has seen many such things. He comforted Chai Heng, "Deputy Envoy Chai, you really don't have to worry. This kind of thing has happened too many times in our department. We are not surprised. Just take Xiao Qi to practice swordsmanship. Lord Cui will take care of the rest."
After he finished speaking, the guard outside the door suddenly came in to report: "Master Liang, Master Liang has arrived."
Cui Rushi in the inner hall heard the guard's voice, straightened her clothes, put on a smile, opened the door again and walked out of the inner hall.
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Liang Yuanjing, dressed in a bright red official uniform, had clearly not returned home yet, having not even changed his clothes. He also came over with a smile on his face. He was very young, about the same age as Yang Yan, with the face of a scholar. In a previous life, Chai Heng had often heard Yang Yan mention this name, but today was the first time she had seen him. She only felt that this man had a cunning look in his eyes.
Following Liang Yuanjing was Xue Ruyue, who was wearing a light blue dress today, and it was obvious that she came as a victim.
"Sir Liang, it is truly an honor for me to have you visit me, but my subordinates are not doing their job well. The food from Xinghualou has not been delivered yet. Let's go in and have a cup of tea first."
Cui Rushi went to pick them up with a smile, but in fact she had already cursed them eight hundred times in her heart.
Liang Yuanjing pretended to be unaware that Cui Ruyue was cursing him in her heart, and walked in with Xue Ruyue without any hesitation.
He and Yang Yan were good friends. Although Yang Yan had only mentioned the Xue family's affairs to him briefly, suggesting that Xue Ruyue go to the Ministry of Justice prison to see his brother, the fact that Yang Yan had mentioned it showed that he had a close relationship with this Miss Xue. As a close friend, he naturally wanted to help her to the end, so he simply helped him get her out of prison.
Not only that, today he has to help this Miss Xue get back her revenge and see who is so blind as to dare to offend others. He must teach her a lesson so that his long-term friendship with Yang Yan will not be in vain.
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