Chapter 62 He Wenqing's men will take Wei Yin...
He Wenqing's men kept a close watch on Wei Yin. Not to mention Chen Xuanhua, even the maids who came in to deliver dinner had to be checked by them. Wei Yin sat coldly in the room watching. Chen Xuanhua would occasionally come out to peek, but she could never get in. When she tried to leave the courtyard, she was also stopped.
It was only then that Chen Xuanhua realized that the letter she found in the study was probably something He Wenqing had deliberately made her find.
Wei Yin had no appetite for the food brought by the maid.
Seeing Wei Yin's worry, Chen Xuanhua felt a pang of guilt and reluctance. After hesitating for a moment outside, he immediately said to the guards, "I need to go out. I haven't paid my respects to my mother today. I need to pay my respects to my mother. Are you going to stop me from paying my respects to my mother, my lord?"
The guards looked at each other, but couldn't persuade Chen Xuanhua otherwise, so they sent someone to accompany her.
As soon as Chen Xuanhua arrived before Madam He, she said, "Mother, my husband suspects my sister of having an affair with her cousin. He has now imprisoned my sister and brought many people... to kill my sister's cousin. Mother, you must stop him! If someone is killed, it will be terrible..."
Madam He barely noticed Wei Yin and Lu Hun's affair; she only heard that He Wenqing was going to kill Lu Hun, and she immediately stood up excitedly.
"What did you say? Wenqing is going to kill Wei Yin's cousin..."
Chen Xuanhua nodded. Madam He clutched the hem of her dress, her face dark and silent for a long time. But after a moment, she seemed to clear her mind and slowly loosened her grip on her dress and sat down.
Chen Xuanhua looked at her in confusion, while Madam He shook her head and sighed.
While Chen Xuanhua was pleading with Madam He, Wei Yin was sitting at her desk when suddenly something long and soft lay on the back of her neck and gently touched it. Wei Yin immediately remembered the snake in A Zhu's memory, which also had a long neck and touched her body in the same way.
She turned around with a pale face, but saw nothing.
She stared blankly for a long time, even scanning the corner behind her, but there was no snake at all, before she sat back down.
But as soon as she sat back down, that long thing touched the back of her neck again.
It's icy cold.
It was incredibly bizarre.
The long thing seemed to lose interest when it saw that she wasn't turning around, so it slowly swayed up to her.
It turns out to be the Po Jun sword.
Wei Yin slapped its head, right on the hilt of the sword, in a fit of irritation.
"Are you still playing around? Lu Hun is about to die."
Po Jun floated in the air for a moment, seemingly understanding Wei Yin's words. Instantly, the entire hilt of his sword flew into Wei Yin's hand, and the tip of the sword turned, pointing at the guard outside the door.
Then, before Wei Yin could react, he swiftly grabbed her and dashed away.
The guards at the gate were caught off guard when a sword flew out carrying Wei Yin. They stared wide-eyed, never having heard of such a thing before. Po Jun was a sword that already possessed sentience and had fought alongside the emperor. It was filled with murderous aura. Just two sword energies swept out in all directions, and the guards could not withstand them. They were so frightened by the murderous aura that their legs trembled.
Po Jun then easily led Wei Yin away.
Wei Yin took a breath and staggered back to her senses. Not daring to delay, she quickly went to the stable, drove out a horse, and headed straight for the Wen family's old residence.
The Wen family's old residence was about half a day's journey away. By the time Wei Yin arrived, it was already the hour of Yin (3-5 AM), and in a few more hours, it would be dawn.
On a small hill near the Wen family's residence, in the distance, they heard some noisy fighting sounds and the sound of magical artifacts. Wei Yin dismounted and quietly looked ahead, and saw that many people had surrounded a large area. It was impossible to see what was happening inside. Behind this group of people, He Wenqing was sitting on the head of a horse, and He Wenqing was sneering at the inside.
Wei Yin approached and saw that the group had surrounded a boy. The boy's robes were soaked with large patches of black blood, and blood was even oozing from his body, turning the robes almost entirely dark black. The people who had intercepted the boy were in an even worse state, with almost half of them kneeling on the ground.
Seeing that Lu Hun was also spitting out black blood, Wei Yin turned pale with anxiety.
He Wenqing turned around unintentionally and spotted Wei Yin. He was extremely surprised, "Wei Yin?!"
The cry of "Wei Yin" startled the besieged boy awake. He straightened up from the ground and looked out through the crowd.
He Wenqing naturally wouldn't give them any more chances. He dismounted and tried to pull Wei Yin away, but before he could get close, the Po Jun sword flew over and slashed him twice. It wasn't satisfied yet and seemed to want to stab the man who had bullied its master twice more. He Wenqing instantly drew blood. He glared at the sword that was chasing after him and, no longer caring about Wei Yin, hurriedly hid behind the two experts.
Wei Yin said to Po Jun, "Ignore him, go find Lu Hun quickly."
Po Jun flew over and landed back in Lu Hun's hands.
With the support of the Broken Army, Lu Hun reversed his previous weakness and began to show signs of gaining the upper hand.
Lu Hun gradually broke through the encirclement.
Those people couldn't stop him.
They could only watch helplessly as he broke through the gap and headed towards Wei Yin.
Just then, a rooster crowed from somewhere, and someone shouted excitedly, "Quick! It's almost dawn! Surround him with all your might! Once it's light, he won't be able to do anything!"
As a result, the gaps were immediately plugged one after another.
Lu Hun's expression tightened. He knew he was being held back. He used his last bit of strength to slash at the crowd. As many people screamed and fell, the gap reappeared.
Lu Hun was about to leap out.
However.
At the same time, the sky brightened, and sunlight shone on him.
All that could be heard was a sizzling sound, like meat on a stove. Lu Hun quickly knelt on one knee and someone gently tapped his hand, causing the Po Jun Sword to fall limply from his grasp.
"Lu Hun—"
Wei Yin was terrified and ran towards him through the gap.
The boy lay on her, his face covered in blood. The sunlight sizzled all over his body, and his clothes and skin were visibly rotting away. Wei Yin, her eyes blurry with tears, held the quiet sixteen-year-old boy tightly, desperately trying to shield him from the sunlight with her own clothes. But no matter how hard she tried, the merciless sunlight still shone down on him without leaving any gaps, scorching his skin. She had no choice but to shout to the surroundings.
"Someone, bring me an umbrella! He's going to be burned to death!"
But no one paid any attention.
Lu Hun stared at her silently.
He was quiet and silent, remaining expressionless even at this moment. He was a person who liked to keep his head down and didn't like to talk much, and usually didn't dare to look at Wei Yin's face.
But only at this moment did he have the courage to stare directly at her.
With difficulty, he reached out his hand, his already slightly scalded hand, and touched the silver hairpin adorned with locust blossoms in Wei Yin's hair. Enduring the burning pain, the young man confessed his feelings for the first time.
“Wei Yin…this hairpin isn’t my mother’s at all. I made it myself. I made it for you on your sixteenth birthday, intending to give it to you…that was the day you gave me the pastries you brought, and I accidentally spilled them on the floor…”
"I remember that day..."
"So, do you like this hairpin?" he asked ambiguously.
Wei Yin paused for a moment, as if she had sensed the ambiguity in the boy's words. She nodded ambiguously in return, and replied with a choked voice, "I like it."
He Wenqing could no longer tolerate this scene, so he brought his men over and pulled Lu Hun away.
Wei Yin held Lu Hun's hand tightly.
But they still dragged Lu Hun over and pulled him to the sunniest spot. The sun came out, and Lu Hun was in so much pain from the sun that he couldn't get up. He could only curl up on the ground, letting the sunlight shine on his whole body. But he didn't let out a scream. He gritted his teeth and endured it. When he couldn't take it anymore, he let out a heavy, strange groan from his throat.
Wei Yin was firmly held by He Wenqing. Helpless, she bit He Wenqing's hand, but He Wenqing only smiled coldly and let her bite.
"What are you all doing?!"
Suddenly, a procession of carriages and horses appeared from behind.
One of Pei Lao's attendants stood there. With a wave of his hand, several people came down and covered Lu Hun, who was being scorched by the sun, with a black cloth. Then they turned around and helped the centenarian out of the room.
Old Master Pei frowned. "What's wrong with the Lu family's child? Quickly help him back to my carriage."
He Wenqing was greatly displeased. Seeing that it was Elder Pei, he could only say, "Teacher, you mustn't! You don't know, this Lu Hun is not a human at all, he's a ghost. I'm having someone take him away. Look, he's been scorched by the sun and his body is rotting."
"nonsense!"
Old Master Pei slammed his cane on the ground and scolded, "Wenqing, you are a scholar, a top scholar, and you used to be very upright. How come you're like a woman now, believing in such nonsense?! This Lu family child has just contracted some strange illness that makes him afraid of sunlight, and you're talking about ghosts and gods?"
He Wenqing frowned. "Teacher, he really is..."
"Stop saying such things! You're being ridiculous, believing this and treating your wife's cousin like this! What kind of behavior is this!" Old Master Pei didn't want to hear him say any more. "Look at you, you've scared this kid from the Wei family half to death. You're coming back with me now."
After saying that, he turned and left.
“Teacher…” He Wenqing was unwilling to give up.
"What?" Old Master Pei's imposing gaze swept over them. "You don't even respect your teacher's words anymore?"
He Wenqing had no choice but to lower his head and say, "This student dares not."
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The Wen family lived nearby, and Pei Lao's men noticed the commotion and realized that something had happened to them. Wei Yin was Wen Xuan's granddaughter, so Pei Lao naturally couldn't stand idly by and had to get up early to come over.
However, it was still too late.
Upon arriving at the Wen family's residence, Lu Hun was carried to a room. His entire body was scalded, with few unscathed areas. His robes were tattered and stained with blood, sticking to his body and emitting a foul odor. Wei Yin wanted to remove Lu Hun's robes to examine his injuries and change his clothes, but even as he lay unconscious, the young man remained shy and clung tightly to his clothes, refusing to let her see his naked body.
Even though Wei Yin said she just wanted to change her clothes and didn't want to see his body.
He stubbornly refused, pursing his lips.
Wei Yin was amused by his shyness. What time is it? Why is he still concerned about such things?
But he was injured like this, so she couldn't be angry with him. She lowered her head, ignoring the blood on his face, hugged his neck, and pressed her lips to his, coaxing him, "How about this, can I take your clothes off for you?"
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