Chapter 555 It was still the other side, one step ahead in strategy!
The night was as still as water.
The sound of water was like a small stone thrown into a calm lake, breaking the silence. Pei Xingyuan washed himself up and sat down. Shang Ruyi poured him a cup of hot tea and handed it to him.
"Young Master Pei, please have some tea first."
This is a superior room in an inn in Fenglefang, Xicheng. The room is spacious, and although there is only one lamp on the table, it is bright enough to clearly illuminate the traces of smoke and fire left on Pei Xingyuan's face.
He reluctantly picked up the teacup, took a sip, looked down at his hands, and said, "Am I going to become a cripple?"
Shang Ruyi quickly replied, "No."
Pei Xingyuan put down his teacup and held out his hand to her: "But look—"
Although she had already glanced at it once, Shang Ruyi still couldn't help but gasp when she looked at it more closely—Pei Xingyuan wasn't completely unskilled in martial arts, but he wasn't born into a family of military generals, so his hands were fair and clean, with long, slender fingers, distinct knuckles, and even his nails were neatly trimmed. When he stretched out his hands, although they weren't as graceful as a woman's, they had a kind of masculine beauty.
But because of the struggle in the fire, several blisters had appeared on his hands. And because he was holding onto Jin Daji tightly and they were struggling, several blisters had broken open, revealing the tender red flesh inside. Bloodstains were also running down between his fingers, staining most of his palm red.
The palms and wrists were also covered with similar injuries.
Shang Ruyi hurriedly said, "Young Master Pei, don't worry, the medicine will be here soon."
As soon as he finished speaking, the door was pushed open, and Shen Wuzheng came in with burn medicine and some bandages that he had gotten from the shop downstairs. Tu She'er walked behind him, carrying a basin of water.
Shen Wuzheng walked over and sat down, saying, "Let's clean the wound first, then apply medicine and bandage it."
Pei Xingyuan stretched out his hand with a wronged expression. Shen Wuzheng carefully took a towel, soaked it in water, and gently wiped away the dust and debris from his wound. After cleaning the wound, he applied ointment and then took out a bandage to bandage it for him little by little.
During this time, Pei Xingyuan kept shouting, "Be gentle, it hurts so much!"
Shen Wuzheng glanced at him and said irritably, "What are you complaining about? Did I ask you to go?"
"...!"
Upon hearing this, Pei Xingyuan's eyes flickered.
From the very beginning, they devised this plan to have Pei Xingyuan sell high-priced medicine in Chang Le Fang in order to lure out the other party's greed. Jin Daji did indeed seem to follow this plan. Then, Pei Xingyuan had been associating with him for days, and finally, on the eighth day, he deliberately gave him diluted medicine, causing the people in Chang Le Fang to make a scene, which was also to show the other party.
In this way, Jin Daji became completely convinced that he urgently needed to buy the other party's medicinal materials.
Unexpectedly, Jin Daji's "belief" was actually bait to lure them in. Moreover, he deliberately raised the price to a high price of one thousand taels, making Pei Xingyuan believe that the other party was truly greedy, rather than acting in accordance with a scheme.
Then, in that warehouse, they killed Pei Xingyuan.
Shen Wuzheng had previously warned them that the other party was exceptionally skilled and might actually have the ability to foresee the future. To defeat that person, they had to think one step deeper than the other party.
However, it seems that the other side is still taking a more calculated approach and has a better strategy!
Pei Xingyuan nearly paid the price with his life.
But he wasn't one to back down either. After thinking for a moment, he said matter-of-factly, "But you should have tried to persuade me back then!"
"..."
Shen Wuzheng glanced at him, speechless with anger. He simply lowered his head and pulled the bandage hard. Pei Xingyuan immediately screamed in pain and was about to pull his hand back when Shen Wuzheng grabbed his wrist, tied the bandage properly, and then released him.
Pei Xingyuan looked at him with red eyes: "You, you have such a cruel heart."
Shen Wuzheng ignored him completely, got up and went to the basin on the other side to wash his hands. Shang Ruyi smiled and said, "Young Master Pei, you should be careful these days. Don't lift heavy objects, and don't get your hands wet. Try to let the servants do whatever you need to do."
Pei Xingyuan sighed and raised his hands, which were wrapped up tightly: "What else can I do?"
Shen Wuzheng washed his hands, slowly walked back and sat down, saying, "Don't go home tonight, stay here for the night."
"certainly,"
Pei Xingyuan said, then looked up at the two of them and asked, "Are you alright coming out at this time?"
Shen Wuzheng said, "My family is fine."
Looking at him, the two of them smiled. Everyone knew that although there were two elders in the Shen family, they listened to this son in all matters, big and small. So, no one could stop Shen Wuzheng from going out in the middle of the night.
Pei Xingyuan then looked at Shang Ruyi, who smiled gently and said, "Feng Chen and I came out through the side door; our family doesn't know."
Then he added, "It doesn't matter if you know."
After all, now that Jin Daji is dead and those men in black have been arrested, their plot to murder Pei Xingyuan has been exposed, and the news should be getting back soon. Even if the two of them went out late at night, it would be a normal reaction to this matter.
Shen Wuzheng glanced at her slightly reddened eyes, sighed softly, and said, "You shouldn't have come out."
Shang Ruyi simply smiled.
Pei Xingyuan, who was standing to the side, snorted and said, "So what if Ruyi cares about me?"
Even so, when he turned to look at Shang Ruyi again, he smiled and said, "However, you've been working at Chang Le Fang these past few days and haven't had a proper rest. You really shouldn't have come out to stay up with us tonight."
Shang Ruyi said, "With Young Master Pei taking such a risk, I can't rest peacefully even if I'm at home."
As she spoke, she looked down at Pei Xingyuan's hand.
He said in a deep voice, "Fortunately, it was a close call."
"A close call"—these four words represent the greatest fortune for anyone who encounters disaster, but only those who have experienced it know that these four words also come at a price. Although the ointment felt cool and refreshing on the wound, relieving a lot of pain, Pei Xingyuan felt for the first time how close he was to death in that warehouse.
If it weren't for his quick thinking...
If it weren't for his desperate resistance...
If not, then Jin Daji is indeed greedy...
I'm afraid what they've found now is just a charred corpse.
Pei Xingyuan looked at his hands, still shaken, and said, "I hope I can recoup my losses this time. I hate losing money the most."
Upon hearing this, Shang Ruyi and Shen Wuzheng exchanged a glance and couldn't help but smile.
Just then, footsteps came from downstairs. Although they weren't too heavy, they were still very clear in the quiet environment. Everyone who heard them immediately turned around.
The door was pushed open, and Yuwen Ye walked in, exuding a dark and menacing aura.
Shang Ruyi hurriedly stood up: "Feng Chen, you're back."
He was dressed in all black as he entered the room. The room lights hadn't yet completely dispelled the gloom between his brows, and even the shadow behind him seemed to trail a long shadow of the night. As soon as he entered, everyone's atmosphere became heavy.
But when he saw Shang Ruyi, his eyes softened immediately.
He said, "Hmm."
After saying that, he led Shang Ruyi back to sit down. Shen Wuzheng looked at him but didn't say anything, while Pei Xingyuan, who had been holding back for a long time, immediately asked, "How is it over there?"
Yuwen Ye didn't answer him, but looked at his hand: "Your hand—"
"It's okay, it's okay,"
Just moments ago he was complaining bitterly, but now he waved his hand as if he didn't care at all, and only asked, "Have those people confessed yet?"
Yuwen Ye glanced at him and said, "Those people were hired by Jin Daji."
"ah?"
Pei Xingyuan was taken aback, while Shen Wuzheng, standing to the side, frowned slightly and said, "So, they don't know who's behind Jin Daji?"
Yuwen Ye nodded.
Pei Xingyuan frowned, only then remembering that when he had used the thousand taels of silver to lure Jin Daji into revealing the identity of the person in charge in the fire, the men in black did not stop him at all. Clearly, they only obeyed Jin Daji.
If he were one of that person's subordinates, he probably wouldn't have allowed Kim Dae-gil to take such a risk.
Therefore, it's impossible to trace this lead back to those men in black.
Pei Xingyuan thought for a moment, then immediately asked, "Then, what about that storeroom?"
Yuwen Ye said, "It has been investigated. That place is indeed a warehouse where a Hu person stored spices. However, he went back to the Western Regions to purchase goods recently, so the warehouse was left there and entrusted to a shop assistant to look after. Jin Daji found that shop assistant and said he wanted to rent it for two days. The shop assistant was greedy and thought that no one would know if the owner was not there, so he rented the warehouse to Jin Daji."
"..."
"I never expected things to turn out like that tonight."
Pei Xingyuan shook his head repeatedly upon hearing this.
Shang Ruyi remained silent for a long time before letting out a soft sigh and saying, "It's greed again."
In truth, they lured Jin Daji into their trap because they saw his greed. Even now that they know he was setting a trap to deceive Pei Xingyuan, he was still greedy in the end. That's why, when the plan was about to succeed, he was tempted by the thousand taels of silver and almost lost his life in the fire.
The spice shop owner's greed led him to rent out his warehouse, which resulted in this disaster.
It seems that greed in people's hearts leads to disaster.
While she was thinking this, Pei Xingyuan didn't have so many feelings. He just frowned and pondered for a long time before saying, "Jin Daji is already dead, and those people don't know the truth. We can't find any clues in the warehouse either."
"..."
"So, what we're talking about tonight—"
At this point, he looked up at the other three people in the room and realized that everyone's expression was as gloomy as his, especially Yuwen Ye, whose deep and cold eyes flashed with a cold light.
In other words, their plan to lure out the mastermind tonight has failed completely!
but--
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