Feng Yuheng gently retracted his raised footsteps, leaned back against the cabin and listened carefully. oM., visit:. .
There were groping sounds inside, and from time to time there was a woman's delicate moan. A man's voice was heard, reminding the woman to "keep her voice down." His tone was cautious, and he sounded very timid.
The woman said again, "What are you afraid of? There are several cabins between us. She always sleeps soundly. When we were in the mansion, she didn't wake up even when we were behind the screen. She was like a dead pig. You are the only one who is afraid of her."
The man said, "I'm not afraid, I'm giving face to her family. After all, she is a branch of the Duanmu family. Do you think I can really rely on that third girl to be the governor of Qingzhou? It depends on whether her family can help. Hurry up, it will be bad if she wakes up."
"Why are you so impatient? You just take advantage of others, but I can't even get the title of a concubine. I am really at a loss following you."
The man's words were quite helpless. "Who made you her maidservant? She didn't care that I had so many concubines, but she just revealed last year that she wanted to take you as her concubine. She almost turned the whole house upside down. Do you think I dare to bring it up? Stop it, come quickly..."
Feng Yuheng didn't listen anymore, and returned to the fence of the deck, pretending to look at the night view of the river, but his mind was working rapidly.
The man and woman were actually Lu Tongpan and his maid. Their relationship was very clear, and she also learned a piece of news. It turned out that Lu Tongpan's wife was a branch of the Duanmu family. This made sense, why the concubine of the Lu family could be sent to the Dutong Mansion in the Northern Realm.
Lu Tongpan's goal was to become the prefect of Qingzhou. Although the prefecture position of the fifth rank was not high, Qingzhou was under the jurisdiction of Hetian Prefecture after all, and was too close to the capital. If he were to become the prefect of Qingzhou, it would undoubtedly provide a more stable force for the Duanmu family in Yuan.
But it was fine this way, Feng Yuheng was calculating, maybe the matter between Lu Tongpan and the maid could be used by her. And her ultimate goal, although a little risky, was the best and most direct way to go deep into the North Realm.
She didn't stay any longer and turned to walk straight to the elegant room of the Lu family. As soon as she reached the door, she could hear snoring coming from inside. She shook her head helplessly. It was no wonder that men liked charming young women. Mrs. Lu had a bad appearance, but she was not well-groomed. A woman's snoring was almost as loud as a man's. Who would care about her?
Feng Yuheng knew that even if she tore down the door, the person who slept like this would not wake up, so she did not wait any longer. She raised her hand to take a hairpin from her head, inserted it into the keyhole, and after only two twists, she opened the door silently.
She walked to the bed, squatted down, and kept herself in a position where the person on the bed could not see her directly. Then she flipped her hand, took out a silver needle, and gently pierced Mrs. Lu's acupoint. The sleeping person woke up immediately.
The person who woke up was completely unaware that he had woken up abnormally, and subconsciously reached for the other side of the bed, but found nothing. He immediately sat up, was stunned for a moment, and heard the woman gnashing her teeth and saying, "Could it be that that little bitch seduced him?" After saying that, she got up to put on her shoes, grabbed her outer robe, and walked out of the cabin.
Feng Yuheng followed quietly from behind, and when he passed his private room, he pushed the door and slipped in.
Huang Quan was standing in the cabin, holding a cloak in his hand. Seeing Feng Yuheng coming back, he quickly said, "Miss, you are finally back. I was just about to go out to look for you."
Feng Yuheng rubbed his hands and told her, "Put it on. We still have to go out and watch the fun later."
"Huh?" Huang Quan was puzzled. "What's the excitement?"
Feng Yuheng didn't answer, but just pointed outside and whispered, "Listen."
Huang Quan listened with suspicion, and soon, there was a commotion outside. A woman was yelling, "I'm going to kill you today, you shameless bitch. I'm going to beat you to death and throw you into the river to feed the fish!"
Then there was another female voice begging for mercy, "Madam! Madam, please stop hitting me. Spare my life! I won't dare to do it again!"
"Don't dare? What else are you afraid of?" The previous voice came again, "Shameless thing, I brought you to marry in vain, and I treated you so well for so many years in vain. You were flirting with the servants in the mansion behind my back, but I didn't expect you to think of the master. I'll beat you to death!"
Following these shouts, the outside immediately became chaotic. Many people ran out to watch the excitement, their footsteps were chaotic, causing the boat owner to run out to maintain order, shouting "Go back! Go back! Danger!"
But who can listen to him? As long as the excitement continues, there will be people who risk their lives to watch. Feng Yuheng also decided to risk his life, pulling Huang Quan out while saying, "Go call Wangchuan and Yuanfei, we can't miss such a fun thing."
As soon as the door opened, Wang Chuan and Yuan Fei just walked out. When they looked at each other, Huang Quan said, "Master, Madam, there seems to be a fight outside."
Yuan Fei nodded and said politely, "Let's go over and take a look;"
So, Huang Quan followed Yuan Fei, Feng Yuheng supported Wang Chuan, and they walked together towards the crowd.
It has to be said that Madam Lu's fighting ability is really strong. The maid looked tall and young, but she was not on the same level as Madam Lu when it came to fighting. Madam Lu grabbed her hair and kept kicking her in the chest with her legs. Even Lu Tongpan, who wanted to come up to stop the fight, was slapped aside by his wife.
The poor maid didn't even have time to put on her clothes, and was dragged out of the private room naked and beaten. Feng Yuheng finally understood why the people who watched the fun couldn't go back no matter how hard the boat owner tried to drive them away, especially the men. It turned out that they were watching the beautiful spring scenery for free! Those who went back were fools.
Gradually, more and more people gathered together. The boat owner, realizing that he couldn't drive them away, could only ask the boatmen to keep an eye on everyone and make sure they didn't fall into the river.
The Lu Tongpan family was fighting fiercely. Feng Yuheng noticed that the leader of the inferior singing girls she had seen when she first boarded the ship was constantly looking at the people around her. His eyes were focused on those who were dressed elegantly and stood in a position that was obviously close to the elegant side. Soon, Yuan Fei caught his eye.
The man approached Yuan Fei and seemed to whisper something. Feng Yuheng was standing at a bad angle, so she could neither hear the sound nor see the shape of his mouth, but it was obvious that Yuan Fei was stunned for a moment, and then his peripheral vision swept over her, and he seemed to deliberately repeat what the man had just said, "What did you say? Is there any of your singing girls who used to be princesses?"
Feng Yuheng was stunned, and instantly thought of the back of the woman who looked familiar to her when she boarded the ship. Her heart moved, and she immediately nodded to Yuan Fei, and then she saw Yuan Fei again, "How could the princess come out to be a singer? Could it be that she is cheating people just to collect more money?"
The man said something else, and Yuan Fei bargained with him in a very formal manner. Finally, he nodded and said, "Then send it to my private room later. I live in room 3."
The man walked away happily. Feng Yuheng watched him for a while, and then saw him walk to a few women and say a few words to a woman wearing a headscarf. The woman immediately looked towards Yuan Fei, but her eyes paused when she saw Huang Quan behind Yuan Fei.
Feng Yuheng's heart trembled, and she felt very uncomfortable. Even though the woman was wearing a headscarf and her face was half covered by a veil, she still recognized her. It was Qingle. She only knew that the once-popular Princess Qingle left the capital after King Ding'an was dethroned, but she had no idea what changes had taken place afterwards, so that Qingle had fallen to the point of having to be a low-ranking singer.
However, she changed her mind again and decided that it was too early to draw conclusions. If Prince Ding'an's family had not really fallen to ruin, then Qingle's appearance here would be something to ponder.
She was still looking at Qingle, and saw Qingle immediately nodded to the man after seeing Huang Quan. The man was also very satisfied and continued to look for the next target in the crowd.
Mrs. Lu was finally tired of being beaten, and was successfully pulled away by Lu Tongpan. She sat on the ground and cried loudly. Lu Tongpan apologized and coaxed her, and finally managed to temporarily stabilize Mrs. Lu's emotions. The poor maid was still lying naked on the ground, with bruises all over her body and her face scratched out of shape. Lu Tongpan didn't even look at her. To show his determination, he said to the boat owner very straightforwardly, "I am the Tongpan of Hetian Prefecture. She is a slave sold by the mansion. Now she has committed a serious crime, and death is not worth it. You can ask someone to carry her away and throw her into the river, and I will not lose your hard-earned money."
Under feudal rule, slaves were no different from animals. Whether they lived or died, no one cared as long as the master said so. Even the government could not control the masters’ beatings of their slaves. Even if they were beaten to death, it was justified.
When the boat owner heard that the girl was an official, he immediately called two boatmen to come forward without saying a word. They carried the maid, who could no longer speak, to the side of the boat, and with a "splash", they threw her into the river without any mercy.
Feng Yuheng glanced at the river, but she didn't feel anything. It wasn't that she had grown cold-hearted after being in this ancient time for a long time, but she had always hated women who secretly hooked up with married men. Although men were allowed to have three wives and four concubines in ancient times, they had to be divided into legitimate concubines, or those who secretly had sex with men knowing that their wives didn't agree. If a woman doesn't respect herself, no one can save her.
Judge Lu helped his wife walk to their private room. Madam Lu looked very angry. It was obvious that beating a maid to death was not enough to quell her anger. When they arrived at the door of the private room, she refused to go in no matter what. She pushed Judge Lu inside with force, slammed the door shut, and then sat down at the other end of the deck, continuing to wipe her tears.
Seeing that there was nothing more exciting to watch, people went back to rest. The boat owner did not dare to disturb Mrs. Lu when he saw her like that. Soon, peace returned to the boat, especially on the deck where Mrs. Lu was. All the boatmen stayed away from her.
Feng Yuheng raised her lips and chuckled, and whispered to Wang Chuan, "You guys go back and rest first, I'll go take a look." After that, she walked over to Madam Lu... Mobile phone
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