Shi Wenxia added, "Brother, it's alright. Once you get to Dingzhou, just find the spare warehouse next to the Dingzhou border army's granary and make sure that all the grain bags inside are marked with the character 'Su'!"
Huang Xing still didn't understand, "That's it?"
Shi Wenxia said with certainty, "The spare warehouse contains a large number of weapons. This is irrefutable evidence that Su and the border general of Dingzhou were secretly mining iron ore and manufacturing weapons together! As long as you grasp this point, the head of the Su family will definitely not dare to act recklessly."
She curled her lips slightly, "Besides, that Su family patriarch is just a spoiled brat from the second branch of the Su family named Su Hong. If you're a bit forceful and intimidate him, he'll submit!"
Huang Xing shook his head again, "No, no, no, sister, I can't... I'm only sixteen, I'm still a child..."
Shi Wenxia slammed her hand on the table. "You're already fourteen! Time waits for no one, you need to get moving! I'm here waiting for you to return home in glory!"
Huang Xing stammered, "Sister, I...I dare not...I haven't left the manor even once in the past six years. You want me to go...to Dingzhou, which is a thousand miles away?"
Shi Wenxia glared at him angrily, "What? You don't dare?! Don't forget, you are now the only bloodline of the Shi family. If you don't stand up, how can the Shi family stand up?!"
Huang Xing shrank back, not daring to say another word.
Shi Wenxia's finger was almost poking his head. "Xing'er, remember this: if you want to shoulder the responsibility of the Shi family, how can you do it without money? Right now there's a mountain of gold you're not moving on, what are you waiting for?! Once you have money, you can have any power or wealth you want in the future."
Huang Xing felt bitter inside.
These past few years, he's been holed up in this village, growing from a ten-year-old boy to sixteen. He's only grown older and taller; the courage he developed from being terrified by the execution of his entire family hasn't grown at all.
Shi Wenxia pushed the money in front of him, "I believe you can do it! It will be hard for you on this journey north, so go on horseback."
"What? Granny Huang isn't coming with me?" Huang Xing exclaimed in shock.
"You're destined for great things, how can you let an old woman control you?!" Shi Wenxia's expression turned stern again. "You're all grown up now, and I'm already struggling to take care of myself. This is all the protection I can offer you! Little brother, you must become strong and independent! I believe in you!"
After saying that, she got up and left the house.
Su Youran remained hidden in the shadows, her heart surging with emotion.
Therefore, in her previous life, the reason she asked Shi Xing to blackmail the Su family was actually two things: first, the Su family's foreign bloodline, and second, what the Su family had done for Jiang Mingxin in Dingzhou.
Now both things have fallen through, and in those six years, she truly hasn't missed a single important piece of news.
But why was she so certain that the Su family still had weapons hidden in the granaries supplying the border troops of Dingzhou?
She watched Shi Wenxia's departing figure, her eyes filled with boundless hatred.
Therefore, the destruction of the Su family in the previous life was all because of this woman!
It seems that simply luring Wu Xinxin and Zhou Qingqian into this situation was too lenient on her!
After thinking for a moment, she forced herself to suppress her resentment and went to search through the houses outside the village. She found an old woman who was tending a fire.
She stepped forward and took out a handful of silver notes.
...
That night, Wuwang observed the stars and saw a star suddenly shine brightly. His expression changed, and he flew away.
A moment later, he found the tranquil Leisure Residence and, sure enough, heard the maid crying inside, her sobs both restrained and heartbroken.
Su Yue stood helplessly by her side, wiping away her mistress's tears and trying to comfort her, "Miss, Miss, what's wrong with you? You've been crying all the way back from that temple, and you won't let me go and fetch Madam. What happened? Please tell me!"
They were clearly as anxious as ants on a hot pan.
You Ran just curled up on the bed, clutching her sleeve tightly with one hand, crying with tears streaming down her face.
He walked in silently, flicked his fingertips, and a small pebble hit Su Yue's sleeping acupoint, instantly putting her to sleep.
Su Youran was startled and sat up halfway, but when she saw it was her master, she lay back down.
Wu Wang lifted Su Yue to a low couch beside him before sitting down on the edge of the bed and asking softly, "You Ran, what happened?"
Su Youran forcefully suppressed the grief and indignation in her heart, and after shivering a few times, she finally stopped crying. She picked up a handkerchief and wiped her eyes haphazardly, revealing her red and swollen eyes.
When Wu Wang saw her face, he was startled. It really was this girl!
This girl's face, which originally looked full of good deeds, has now become extremely fierce, clearly experiencing overwhelming resentment, and it's unknown what she's plotting in her heart.
Su Youran tossed aside the already soaking wet handkerchief and unceremoniously grabbed a section of his snow-white sleeve to wipe her face.
Wu Wang: ...
He waited until she calmed down, then took off a string of Buddhist prayer beads from his wrist and handed it to her. "You Ran, even though you refuse to tell your teacher, when you are angry, you might as well count these prayer beads. Perhaps it will help."
Su Youran wiped her hands clean by holding her master's sleeve before letting go, taking the Buddhist beads, and putting them on her wrist.
Sure enough, I felt a cool sensation coming from my wrist, as if it had dispelled some of the anger in my heart.
She sniffed and then sighed, "Master, do you still remember the dream I mentioned to you before?"
Wu Wang felt slightly relieved, realizing that she still trusted him, and asked, "Of course I remember. That nightmare kept you in a coma for over a month. How could I forget?"
“In that dream, I… I also dreamt of my brother’s tragic death, and the destruction of my maternal grandfather’s and uncle’s families. Today I have discovered the murderer who killed my brother and my maternal grandfather’s family!” As she spoke, her eyes shone with anger once again.
Wu Wang's heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "How did you know?"
"I...I went to Baifu Temple today and met someone. I heard her tell another person that she was going to Dingzhou to harm my maternal grandparents' family!" She dared not reveal that she had been reborn, so she could only pretend not to know that Shi Wenxia had been reborn. "I don't know how she learned some of my maternal grandparents' family's secrets, and she actually wanted to use them to blackmail my uncle and cousin!"
Wu Wang comforted him, "Even so, don't torture yourself into this miserable state. You've just recovered from a serious illness, so you shouldn't get too emotional again. Now that you know who the mastermind is, how could you be without a way to deal with it?"
Su Youran then slightly raised her chin and said proudly, "Of course I can handle it!"
But then she became despondent again, “It was only when I thought of my brother and my maternal grandfather’s family of over a hundred people in my dream that they all met with tragic ends that I felt grief overwhelmed.”
Wu Wang nodded. "Since you have a solution, the events of your dream will likely not happen again. You've already gained the upper hand and can turn the situation around, so what's there to be sad about?"
Su Youran blinked, then suddenly smiled, "Just as I thought, thank you for your wise words, Master!"
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