Chapter 1100: The Tenderness of Prince Xiao (XII)
In order to prevent the news from leaking, the canyon was sealed off. Ye Yueying and Ren Feng could only stay in the tent to recuperate. Xiao Moxi was busy investigating the evidence of Ren Feng's crimes and had not been seen for several days.
After drinking the medicine, Ye Yueying strolled in the canyon, looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar scenes around her, her mind full of happy scenes of her childhood with her family.
Unfortunately, when she walked to the front of the cave and saw Ren Feng imprisoned in a cage, those cheerful scenes were like broken mirrors, shattering and disappearing bit by bit.
In the cage, Ren Feng, who was wearing bracelets and anklets, recognized Ye Yueying at a glance as one of the assassins, and stared at her fiercely.
Ye Yueying was also looking at Ren Feng in the cage.
The two of them just stared at each other from a distance.
After a while, Ren Feng's eyes flickered first.
There was no other reason, because he found that the person in front of him looked familiar, and resembled an old friend in his memory.
Ren Feng suddenly thought of something. He gripped the cage bars tightly with both hands, staring straight at Ye Yueying and calling out uncertainly, "Yingying?"
Ye Yueying remained silent.
Without her answer, Ren Feng confirmed that the person in front of him was his sworn brother's daughter. Thinking of everything he had done to the Ye family, he looked guilty and embarrassed for a moment.
Ye Yueying originally wanted to ask Ren Feng in person why he killed his father who had saved his life and treated him like a brother, but after thinking about it, she felt that none of this mattered anymore and turned to leave.
"You killed Feihong, right?"
Ren Feng suddenly spoke.
Ye Yueying turned to look at Ren Feng and saw that he closed his eyes in pain, with a look of satisfaction after revenge on his face.
Ren Feng quickly opened his eyes, looked at Ye Yueying indifferently, and said with a look of regret: "I shouldn't have been soft-hearted and spared your life back then."
Hearing this, Ye Yueying sneered and walked straight towards the cave. She stopped one meter away from the cage and said to Ren Feng word by word:
"According to your argument, shouldn't my father, who is in the afterlife, have saved an ungrateful, white-eyed wolf like you out of a moment of weakness?"
Ren Feng, who had been quite self-righteous just a moment ago, looked at Ye Yueying's fiery eyes and suddenly looked away in embarrassment: "It's your father. He's the one who wants to cut off my source of income!"
Ye Yueying roared, "What about the other Ye family members? Why are you trying to kill them all? Hasn't my grandmother treated you well? My second uncle adores you like his own brother. How could you be so scared?"
Ren Feng let go of the iron rod and sat with his back to Ye Yueying. "If you want to blame someone, blame your father for being such a blockhead. He insisted on investigating the list of officials who mined silver with me and even reported the list to the court. Do you think I can let him go?"
"Illegal silver mining is a serious crime that will result in the execution of the entire family."
Ye Yueying sneered: "So, we have to wipe out the entire Ye family first?"
Ren Feng snorted coldly, "Who told your father to hide the list? The death of the Ye family was caused by your father."
Seeing that he still didn't forget to shirk responsibility, Ye Yueying sarcastically said, "You are a selfish and despicable person. Saving you was my father's biggest mistake."
After saying that, she turned around and left without saying any more words to him.
As soon as I turned around, I saw Xiao Moxi standing not far away.
"You already know my identity, right?"
By the river, Ye Yueying looked at the flowing water and asked Xiao Moxi beside her softly.
Xiao Moxi did not deny it: "Investigating the identities of relevant personnel is the rule of Jinlingwei in handling cases."
Ye Yueying turned to look at Xiao Moxi: "So, that's why you appear in front of me every time by coincidence?"
Xiao Moxi quickly said, "The first few times were completely accidental. Later, when we ran out of leads, we took the initiative to look for you."
Ye Yueying retracted her gaze: "It doesn't matter, these are no longer important."
Seeing her like this, Xiao Moxi explained: "Brother Ye, I have never thought of taking advantage of you."
Ye Yueying glanced at him without responding. Instead, she handed Xiao Moxi a note: "My father did investigate Ren Feng and left a list. I hid it in Haqi City. Here's the address. See if it helps you."
Xiao Moxi took the note solemnly. This list must be very important since it could induce Ren Feng to wipe out the entire Ye family.
Maybe seeing Ren Feng reminded him of the past, or maybe Ye Yueying wanted to find someone to confide in about the troubles that had been buried all these years, so Xiao Moxi heard Ye Yueying talking about the destruction of the Ye family.
"In fact, my father was already on guard against Ren Feng back then. Ren Feng also noticed this, so he sent his son Ren Feihong to poison my father."
"My father had very few children and only had me when he was middle-aged. He has always treated Ren Feihong as a half-son. He never thought that Ren Feihong would hand him a cup of poisoned wine."
"The death of a third-rank general would surely alarm others. To avoid suspicion, Ren Feng threw my father's body to a wild bear that was out foraging, making it look like he was killed by the bear."
"He didn't even leave a corpse for my father. Tell me, is he a beast?"
"When my father was buried, Ren Feng artificially caused an avalanche, burying all the members of the Ye family. I was one step behind due to my leg injury, so I was lucky enough to escape."
"Afterwards, he even gained a good reputation by stepping on the corpses of the Ye family. Tell me, how can someone be so shameless?"
Xiao Moxi looked at Ye Yueying's misty eyes and stayed by her side silently without saying a word to comfort her. At this moment, all her words were pale and powerless.
Ye Yueying raised her head and forced back her tears, looking at Xiao Moxi apologetically: "I'm sorry, I talked too much today."
Xiao Moxi smiled and said, "It's okay. Friends can get along with each other and talk about their inner thoughts."
friend?
Are they friends?
Ye Yueying stared at Xiao Moxi, then quickly looked away.
After that, neither of them spoke and returned to the tent silently.
Half a month later, the officials sent by the court to control the situation in Liaodong arrived. Only then were Ye Yueying and Leng Feng able to leave the canyon, and Ren Feng was also escorted away.
"You're not going back to Haqi City?"
Xiao Moxi looked at Ye Yueying and Leng Feng in surprise as they came to say goodbye.
Leng Feng said, "We have family members waiting for us to return somewhere else."
Xiao Moxi looked at Ye Yueying, and suddenly an indescribable feeling surged in his heart, but he didn't want to keep them, so he smiled and watched the two of them leave.
Seeing that Xiao Moxi didn't look away for a long time, Wu Yutang smiled and touched Xiao Moxi's arm: "Why, you don't want to see Brother Ye leave?"
Xiao Moxi glanced at him sideways, suppressing the strangeness in her heart: "What nonsense are you talking about? Don't just stand there, there are still many things to do."
Qitong Post Station.
Ye Yueying returned to the guest house booked by the Wang family and quickly changed out of her men's clothes. Just as she changed her clothes, the servants from the Wang Mansion arrived.
"Cousin, you're finally back. You don't know how worried we were about you during this time. If you hadn't come back, we would have gone to Haqi City to look for you."
Ye Yueying looked calmly at the housekeeper sent by her aunt: "Haqi City has been a bit chaotic recently, so it took some time, but fortunately I have already paid my respects to the entire Ye family." Then, she changed the subject.
"Are you all okay?"
The housekeeper smiled and said, "It's almost healed."
Ye Yueying: "Your health is a big deal. You should all go back and recuperate. Xuehua will be there to take care of me."
When the housekeeper saw Ye Yueying holding up the tea, she could only leave the room with her people in embarrassment.
As soon as the others left, Ye Yueying looked at the maid Xuehua. This girl was given by her grandmother, and she was the one who took care of her daily food, clothing, and daily necessities. "I want to take a bath. Please prepare hot water for me."
Ye Yueying took a nice bath. She hadn't cleaned herself properly during the time she was dressed as a man.
The next day, Ye Yueying had just gotten up and put on her makeup when a cold wind blew.
"Uncle Leng, what's wrong?"
Leng Feng waved Xue Hua away, and then said to Ye Yueying, "I've found out Xiao Moxi's background."
Ye Yueying's expression brightened, and she quickly asked, "Who is he?"
"The eldest son of Prince Weiyuan, the youngest prince of the dynasty."
Leng Feng sighed as he spoke, not noticing that when Ye Yueying heard these words, the light in her eyes dimmed instantly.
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
