Chapter 48 Xu Yinlin appears
Jiang Yunzheng pondered for a moment and couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that you were killed by King Yu's men because you fell in love with the prince and didn't want to assassinate him?"
Hou Yue was speechless for a moment, and seemed unable to refute.
Jiang Yunzheng knew that she had guessed right, and she didn't know what to say for a moment.
Hou Yue said nonchalantly, "I've done a lot of bad things for him over the years. It's only fifty taels of silver a month. We've already settled the score long ago. He was so angry that he sent someone to kill me. Do I, Hou Yue, look like I'm going to betray him?! You're simply questioning my character!"
Jiang Yunzheng: …………
Hou Yue's eyes turned, and she added, "After that woman and that man finish discussing, Xu Jiashu will come to find her!"
After saying this, Hou Yue's face suddenly showed an extremely speechless expression.
After Xu Jiashu went to Tong Li's room, the two of them hugged each other and started kissing. I don't know how they were so good at kissing. Hou Yue almost fell asleep while watching them and almost slipped the tiles on the roof. Only then did she leave.
After listening, Jiang Yunzheng's face was expressionless. She narrowed her eyes and asked, "Did you see the face of the person who spoke to Tong Li earlier? What accent did he have?"
Hou Yue rubbed his chin. "I didn't see his face, but he looked rather large and strong, with a rather rough accent, a bit like someone from the northwest. Anyway, that person said that the King of Zhou was unhappy recently and wanted to take down King Yu to please him. That's about what he meant."
Jiang Yunzheng pursed her lips. Could it be someone from Xixia?
"What time?"
"They said we have to wait until the next time Prince Yu leaves the palace."
Jiang Yunzheng poured Hou Yue a cup of tea: "What are your plans next?"
Hou Yue held the teacup and pondered for a moment: "I want to wander around the world!"
Jiang Yunzheng said, "Then do you have money?"
When Jiang Yunzheng was treating Hou Yue's injuries, he touched her body and found not a single silver ingot.
Hou Yue's face was visibly embarrassed, but she drank a sip of tea as if nothing had happened: "As for the money...it will come slowly."
Jiang Yunzheng curled her lips and said, "I'll give you eighty taels a month, and we'll cooperate."
Hou Yue was choked and wiped her mouth. "One hundred taels."
Jiang Yunzheng said expressionlessly: "Eighty taels."
Hou Yue wanted to try harder, "...ninety taels?"
Jiang Yunzheng poured her another cup of tea: "Seventy-five taels."
Hou Yue immediately stood up and glared at Jiang Yunzheng for a long time, "You are the Zhou Paopi mentioned in the storybook!!"
Jiang Yunzheng remained noncommittal. "King Yu gives you fifty taels a month, and I give you an extra twenty-five taels. Besides, there are no middlemen making a profit from the difference."
Hou Yue picked up the sword on the bed and was about to go out.
The footsteps were very heavy.
Jiang Yunzheng's lips curled slightly. Sure enough, the footsteps were approaching again. Hou Yue spoke very unnaturally: "Eighty taels is eighty taels. I just think you are compatible and I am willing to work with you."
There were only a few days left until the end of the month, so Jiang Yunzheng gave Hou Yue the money for the remaining days of the month in advance.
Since Hou Yue had no place to live, Jiang Yunzheng placed her in Nianyunzhu, next to Wuyou's room.
Hou Yue held the remaining half of the antidote Jiang Yunzheng had given her in her hand, and surveyed the new home. She tutted her lips and said, "Not bad. Eighty taels of monthly silver, including food and shelter."
evening.
Qi Zhenzhen came to Luoya Residence. The little girl held the door frame and walked into the study with short but steady legs.
In the corner of the study, there is a separate small table prepared for Qi Zhenzhen. Although he cannot speak due to a speech disorder, Qi Zhenzhen knows a lot of words. Usually, when Qi Yunshen is handling official business, the little girl practices calligraphy at the table.
Qi Yunshen didn't even raise his head.
Qi Zhenzhen took Qi Yunshen to eat on time. In the past, Zizhu would always call Qi Zhenzhen to come out for dinner, but today was really abnormal.
Qi Zhenzhen signed with a fierce face: "Sister Jiang said, Daddy, you fainted because you didn't eat seriously. Sister Jiang asked me to supervise you."
Qi Yunshen knew that these were Jiang Yunzheng's words to comfort Qi Zhenzhen. Today was a rare occasion. The father and daughter sat at the table, and Qi Zhenzhen would gnaw on a big chicken leg for every meal.
He didn't eat the chicken legs for this meal and kept staring at his old father.
Qi Yunshen frowned at the look of eagerness. He handed the little girl a chicken drumstick and said, "That's enough. If you don't eat more, you won't grow taller."
Neither he nor Xu Jingyang has that kind of personality.
I don’t know who Qi Zhenzhen takes after?
After dinner, Qi Zhenzhen wanted to learn horse riding. Looking at his daughter's increasingly round face, Qi Yunshen decided to help her digest the food today.
Qi Zhenzhen has a snow-white pony named Xiao Bailong. This is the name she gave to Xiao Bailong after reading a storybook. She dressed Xiao Bailong in a big pomegranate red coat, and together with Zizhu, she braided the mane into small braids decorated with turquoise and rubies.
This was a birthday gift for her third birthday that her grandfather brought back from the Western Regions.
Qi Zhenzhen comes to the stable every day to comb the little white dragon's hair.
The little white dragon bent down and rubbed Qi Zhenzhen's neck affectionately, and his clear big eyes looked at his little master loyally. Qi Zhenzhen climbed onto the horse's back, and Qi Yunshen led the horse, and the father and daughter circled the mansion.
Qi Zhenzhen finally felt sleepy and went back to Zhining Courtyard and fell into a deep sleep.
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The next day, Jiang Yunzheng slept until she woke up naturally, a rare occurrence.
When Wu Lu and Hong Yu saw Hou Yue early in the morning, they were shocked. Wu Lu introduced Hou Yue's identity, and Hong Yu was relieved.
After these few days, Wu Lu and Hong Yu became much more stable.
During breakfast, Hou Yue suddenly touched her neck and felt nothing. Her face turned pale, and she stopped eating. She said hello to Jiang Yunzheng and was about to leave.
Hou Yue came and went like the wind.
Jiang Yunzheng fixed his eyes on her back, "Wait."
Jiang Yunzheng has to go to the underground ghost market in Xishi today, so it would be safer to bring Hou Yue, who has higher fighting power.
The two of them took a carriage to Anrenfang first.
Along the way, Hou Yue was driving the carriage in front, feeling very itchy and irritated. He wished he could fly to Jiang's house right now. The carriage drove into an alley and suddenly stopped.
Hou Yue: "There's a person on the ground... I'll go down and take a look."
There was a beggar lying on the ground with his lower body mutilated, covered by a dirty cloth. The wound on his leg bone was faintly visible, and the blood oozing out was foul-smelling. The exposed skin had traces of burns, and there were several tiny bite marks on his dark and skinny arms. His facial features were also deformed by the burns, with only a black mole behind his chin faintly visible.
The beggar was lying at the door of Jiang's house, seemingly unconscious.
Jiang Yunzheng stopped beside the horse and looked at the person on the ground expressionlessly.
In her previous life, she was locked up in the backyard, and Xu Yinlin often brought people to visit her. In the small doghouse, in order to protect her, Dahuang was skinned and injured by Xu Yinlin's guards, and stood high in front of Xu Jingyang.
At that time, the mole behind Xu Yinlin's chin almost blurred Xu Jingyang's eyes. It seemed that if she could pick out the mole, Xu Yinlin would disappear forever and her Da Huang would be resurrected.
The past flashed before her eyes. Before Jiang Yunzheng could even take any action, Xu Yinlin ended up in this state.
Who did it?
Who threw the person here again?
Zhaixingzi's face appeared in Jiang Yunzheng's mind.
As if there was a hand pushing her in secret, Jiang Yunzheng asked Hou Yue to drag the person in.
A dark bloodstain stretched across the ground.
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