Chapter 1278: Miss Cousin Does Not Want to Be Entrusted to Her (23)
Although Wei Ninghe managed to escape, it did not mean that their troubles were over.
Tao Qian was originally afraid of death. He had a feud with a gangster in the past. In addition, he and Shangguan had embezzled a lot of money from the court. He had a guilty conscience and was afraid that he would be killed one day, so he hired an expert to protect himself.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Ruqing and Wei Ning were unlucky and chose to attack his family, so this time they met a tough opponent when they "robbed the rich to help the poor". The master invited by Tao Qian was not a man of fame in the world, but a real talent. Wei Ning and Xiao Ruqing ran into the entrance of his wooden warehouse and were seriously injured. They lost more than they gained.
When Tao Qian learned that someone had broken into his house at night, and that his study was the one that was robbed, he immediately started to think a lot about it. After all, he had a guilty conscience and was afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night.
Tao Qian mistakenly believed that Wei Ning and Xiao Ruqing were sent by himself or Shangguan's political enemies, and they sneaked into his study to steal intelligence and the evidence of his crime - because he and Shangguan embezzled most of the relief funds during the Yucheng flood last year, and he was afraid that he would be thrown out by Shangguan as a scapegoat, so he left a lot of evidence.
Unexpectedly, these evidences have become a hot potato now. Although he came to check as soon as he knew that the study was robbed and did not find that the fatal evidence he had kept had been taken away, he could not guarantee that the two thieves had not read or copied these evidences.
For the sake of his own life and that of his family, he dared not take this matter lightly, so he kept a close eye on Wei Ning and Xiao Ruqing who broke into his study room at night, and he had to catch them. After all, if they were not careful and the matter was exposed, their entire clan would be implicated.
So Wei Ning and Xiao Ruqing got themselves into big trouble without knowing it.
Two of them were wanted, a man and a woman, known as the male and female thieves. Their stature, age, and approximate appearance were all described, and their portraits were posted and circulated at the city gate and on the streets. The goal was to catch them.
In addition, Tao Qian and his superiors colluded with each other and sent people to search everywhere. Wei Ning and Xiao Ruqing's life suddenly became difficult. In addition to hiding from place to place, they were also worried and lived in misery.
And they were still injured, but they couldn't get good treatment for their injuries, and they couldn't buy good medicine. Over time, their injuries were delayed and turned into chronic illnesses, especially Wei Ning. His old injuries had not healed yet, and he was seriously injured by the masters invited by Tao Qian. His physical condition became worse and worse, and finally his foundation was gradually damaged. He was destined to not go far on the road of martial arts, and could only become a second- or third-rate master at best. It was impossible for him to become a first-rate master like in the plot of the original world.
They hid from place to place in the capital and almost lost half their lives before they escaped from this place that had given them a severe setback. After escaping the capital, they wandered for more than a month before returning to Wanqu Villa.
Wei Ning didn't want to come back in such a disgrace, because he not only didn't make any name for himself in the world in the past six months, but was also wanted by the court. He also escaped back in a miserable state with injuries, which made him lose face.
However, he had to come back because they were really out of money. The silver bills they stole from the Tao family had been spent, and their wanted warrants were everywhere. They were seriously injured and had to be careful at all times to escape from the court's pursuit. If they didn't return to Wanqu Villa, they might even lose their lives.
Therefore, compared with losing one's life, losing face seems less important.
When Wei Ning returned injured, the person who could not believe it the most was his mother Zhou Wei. Zhou Wei could not believe her eyes when she saw her son, who was a handsome and radiant young man when he left home more than half a year ago, but now he came back as a wounded person with a pale face, a thin body, and even a little hunched.
"How did you become like this?" Zhou Wei was horrified and checked her son's body. She found that he was covered with wounds. She was so heartbroken that she burst into tears.
After Wei Ning explained his experience in detail, and after hearing that he and Xiao Ruqing went to the Tao family to rob the rich and give to the poor but were unlucky enough to encounter a master, which resulted in further injuries, Zhou Wei immediately found a way to vent her resentment and unwillingness - that was to vent her anger on Xiao Ruqing.
She didn't care that Xiao Ruqing was her son's savior. She only knew that her son was instigated by her to "rob the rich to help the poor" and thus suffered more. Therefore, she did not hesitate to vent her anger on Xiao Ruqing. She said all kinds of sarcastic words to Xiao Ruqing and even warned her not to have any ideas about her son...
This time, without Jin Shichu as a cannon fodder blocking the way, Xiao Ruqing had to face Zhou Wei's anger head-on.
Although Wei Ning and Xiao Ruqing did not fall in love while they were together in the martial arts world as in the original world, they actually developed a romantic relationship this time as they shared life and death and escaped from the imperial court's pursuit. When they returned to Wanqu Villa, they had already expressed their feelings to each other and were in perfect harmony with each other, otherwise Xiao Ruqing would not have followed Wei Ning back to Wanqu Villa.
Therefore, when Zhou Wei made things difficult for Xiao Ruqing, Wei Ning was unhappy. He tried his best to protect Xiao Ruqing and persuaded Zhou Wei to accept Xiao Ruqing and not to make things difficult for her.
However, Zhou Wei only felt that Xiao Ruqing had been bewitched by this rude and barbaric woman of the underworld and had lost respect even for her as his mother. As a result, she became even more disgusted with Xiao Ruqing and treated her even more harshly.
Xiao Ruqing was not a woman who would just accept things as they came. After enduring for a while, she found that Zhou Weishi not only did not restrain herself, but became even more presumptuous. So she stopped enduring and started to go against Zhou Weishi...
Wei Ning was caught between his beloved woman and his mother, feeling extremely miserable. He was worried all day about how to reconcile their conflicts. Naturally, he couldn't rest and recuperate, and his body couldn't recover, let alone practice martial arts. This made his father very dissatisfied. He felt that he couldn't distinguish between the important and the unimportant, was indecisive, and didn't have the spirit of a chivalrous man in the martial arts world who was swift and decisive. He also began to question whether he could take on the responsibility of carrying forward Wanqu Villa.
The chaos between the male and female protagonists did not affect Jin Shichu at all. She had long forgotten about these two people. Although when she saw the wanted posters all over the streets, she looked at the portraits of the man and woman and for a moment she doubted whether they were Wei Ning and Xiao Ruqing.
But then she changed her mind and realized that it was none of her business whether it was true or not. If it was really Wei Ning and Xiao Ruqing, then she felt that she could gloat over their misfortune.
She never expected that just by saving Jin Xiangrong's life, the fate of the male and female protagonists Wei Ning and Xiao Ruqing would change so drastically.
(End of this chapter)
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