Chapter 385 Gunpowder
"You're not human! If you like me, why did you send me to that kind of place to be played with by other men? Su Xuan, I hate you!" Zhang Yuyan thought of her days on the frontier, a life worse than death. If she hadn't been clever and knew how to please others, she would have died there long ago. All the maids and nannies who served her were dead.
"Didn't you want to be a general's wife? If you weren't greedy for the position of general's wife, would you have married into the Su family? Since you want the honor of being a general's wife, I will give it to you. But you shouldn't have run away. The consequence of running away is that you will be thrown into a pool of wine and meat to continue serving men. If you want to live, you'd better behave and obey. Otherwise, I can't guarantee that you can still live a peaceful life."
"What do you want from me?" Zhang Yuyan gave in, knowing Su Xuan's methods.
"Go and invite your dear sister in for dinner."
“You need to deal with Zhang Yumo,” she said.
“Wrong, I want to deal with the Crown Princess, but I need your help.” Su Xuan said directly, “Didn’t you want to marry Jiang Jinyan and become his concubine? I can help you. After you marry Jiang Jinyan, you won’t have to flirt with him at Jishan Hall every day. Unless you don’t want to seduce your brother-in-law, then pretend I didn’t say any of this.”
"You're spying on me." Zhang Yuyan couldn't believe that he knew about her affairs at Jishantang.
"Besides me monitoring you, Zhang Yumo has also sent people to monitor you. Didn't you know that?"
Zhang Yuyan couldn't believe it. "Why is she spying on me?"
"Of course she's going to help her husband monitor you and then try to please him, Jiang Jinyan. You're the young mistress of the Su family. Do you think you, the wife of a disgraced official, can escape? Instead, they put you in Jishan Hall. Aren't they just using you to lure me out? You've been so smug these past few days. Aren't you just a pawn in Zhang Yumo's hands?" Su Xuan directly tried to sow discord between Zhang Yumo and her.
“You knew perfectly well that they were using me to lure you out, yet you still dared to come looking for me.” Zhang Yuyan said, “Aren’t you afraid that Jiang Jinyan’s men will be nearby to arrest you? There are soldiers everywhere on the streets; you won’t be able to escape.”
"They can't catch me. I'll lure them all out. They dared to wipe out my Su clan, and this general will make them taste the bitterness of extermination." Did Jiang Fenghua think he only kidnapped Zhang Yumo to blackmail her? She was wrong. Jiang Fenghua had already arrived at the Jiang family and seen the letter he left for her! Everyone was looking for Zhang Yumo.
Zhang Yuyan grew increasingly anxious. It turned out that Zhang Yumo didn't trust her at all, and even Jiang Jinyan was using her to capture Su Xuan. Giving her these things was also a way to make her deliberately lure Su Xuan out.
Zhang Yumo, you've been unkind to me, so don't blame me for being unjust to you. "I've lured her here for you, so let me go. From now on, we'll have nothing to do with each other." She just wanted to escape from Su Xuan.
"make a deal."
Su Xuan stood by the window, watching Zhang Yuyan's figure already downstairs. He sneered, "It's good that everyone has arrived. When will Jiang Fenghua come? The signal flare has been going on for a while now. It seems she's still too slow. Well then, this general won't wait for you. Anyway, none of you will escape today. It's dinner time now, and many people will die. Many people will be buried with the Su family."
Over here, seeing that the guards had not yet returned, Zhang Yumo grew anxious and said to her maid, "Green Willow, send someone to check..."
Zhang Yuyan walked over, "Why are you still here, sister?"
Zhang Yumo glanced behind her. Where was Guard Wang?
She said, "Sister Yan did not return to Jishantang either."
Zhang Yuyan said, "I suddenly feel hungry and want to get something to eat. My sister has been with me all day, let's go eat together! It's on me."
Zhang Yumo was conflicted. Could Su Xuan be inside as well? If so, how could she notify Jin Yan and have them arrest him?
Green Willow said, "Young Madam, let's go back to the manor first!"
"Green Willow, go to Mingyi Shop and invite Second Miss to join me and Sister Yan. Tell her it's a reunion of old friends, and we'll have a meal together. I'll wait for you here. Go quickly!" Zhang Yumo, not wanting to miss this opportunity, smiled and began chatting casually, "You have several clothes that Second Miss gave you. She didn't accept any money, so we should thank her."
Zhang Yuyan's heart skipped a beat. Just as Su Xuan had guessed, she wouldn't have dinner with her alone and even wanted to stall for time until the soldiers arrived.
Su Xuan had said that she could call whoever she wanted to come. At this time, Zhang Yuyan was unaware that gunpowder had been planted in the restaurant. Calling more people would only lead to their deaths. Su Xuan deliberately appeared in front of Zhang Yumo to lure them over.
She said, "Yes, I also want to thank Sister Rumeng. After I returned to Shengjing, only you and Sister Rumeng have been the best to me."
Mingyifang was not far away. Jiang Rumeng received the news from Lvliu and she was very anxious. "An old friend reunited? Su Xuan really went to find Zhang Yuyan."
She was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. Yu Mo was heavily pregnant, and Su Xuan was nearby. Could she be trying to use her as bait? No, I have to go and call Yu Mo back.
She hurriedly went to find her husband, "Aji, quickly send someone to find our elder brother, and also send someone to the government to arrest the fugitive."
Jin Ji was busy inside, but upon hearing his wife's words, he immediately put down what he was doing and sent someone over. "What fugitive? Is he the one who rebelled? You can't go, I'll go."
“I’ll go. You’re a grown man and you don’t have any connections with them. Don’t worry, I’ll stall for time until my brother arrives,” Jiang Rumeng said.
She moved quickly and followed Green Willow. Jin Ji also secretly followed with his men. If the fugitive dared to harm his wife, he would rush out and fight.
When she saw Zhang Yumo, she calmly said, "It's all my fault for not thinking things through. I should have treated you to a meal before going back."
Zhang Yumo glanced at her, "It was also Yuyan who remembered that she wanted to thank Rumeng for the new clothes."
"Yes, Sister Rumeng, I should thank you," Zhang Yuyan said again. "I've already asked the waiter to set the table with the food and drinks. This meal is on me, please!"
Jiang Rumeng said, "The food at this restaurant isn't good, let's go somewhere else! We can't go in, you're so pregnant it's inconvenient for you to run around."
She held Zhang Yumo's hand tightly, signaling her to leave first. If Su Xuan was to be lured out, she could go and lure him out too. Su Xuan only wanted to capture a member of the Jiang family to threaten the Crown Princess and Jiang Jinyan.
When Zhang Yumo thought of how Su Xuan had killed her grandparents and how their enemy was inside, she knew they had to stall for time to wait for Jin Yan to arrive and not let him escape. She said, "Whether it tastes good or not is not important; it's just Yu Yan's kind gesture."
"Yes, Sister Rumeng, please do me the honor." Zhang Yuyan was the first to enter the restaurant and stood on the stairs. "Sister Mo, Sister Rumeng, come quickly! I've booked a private room, it's on the second floor..."
The two walked slowly, one after another, glancing around. They seemed perfectly ordinary. Was Su Xuan really hiding in the restaurant?
Jiang Rumeng has a keen sense of smell. "There seems to be a smell, it stinks!"
She pulled Zhang Yumo back out, saying, "Let's go, this smell is wrong, it smells like sulfur." She then led Zhang Yumo back.
Su Xuan, who was upstairs, was unaware of their actions. He only saw them enter the restaurant and Jiang Jinyan rushing over from a distance. Only then did he fire another signal flare into the sky.
Jiang Jinyan called out coldly, "Jiang Rumeng, Zhang Yumo."
The two turned around at the same time, only to see Jiang Jinyan leading a group of people rapidly approaching them from a short distance away. He shouted, "Why are you running around like this?"
Jiang Fenghua led her men on horseback and shouted, "Brother, there's gunpowder! Retreat quickly!" However, her voice was quickly drowned out by the explosion.
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