Chapter 202 Did Ye Hongying run away?
Yun Zhaoxue led Xiao Mingshu down the mountain and overheard Xiao Xuanjing's words, "Did Ye Hongying tell you that I tampered with the wound medicine?"
"Yes! My mother's wound is surrounded by a large black circle, which means she has been poisoned. Who else could have poisoned her besides you?"
Yun Zhaoxue said, "If I did it, I'll admit it. But I didn't, so no one can pin this on me. As for Ye Hongying, bring her out and confront me face to face."
"What else is there to say? You and my mother had a grudge, you've wanted to kill her for a long time, and you're the one who killed her!"
"Ye Hongying is gone, isn't she? She instigated you to poison us, and after taking revenge, she ran away, not caring whether you live or die."
When Lao Liao heard that the person had run away, he was so angry that his face turned black. "Ran away? I took it and ran away. If I catch her, I'll beat her to death."
"Impossible, Hongying would never abandon me." Xiao Xuanjing stood up, leaning against a tree, and looked around but couldn't see Ye Hongying.
"He probably went to relieve himself; he'll be back in a bit."
"Fool, you've been fooled by her. She's using you to get what she wants from us."
“Uncle Liao, I was gathering firewood on the mountain when I saw a dark figure walking uphill that looked a lot like Ye Hongying. I was curious about where she was going and wanted to tell her that it was dangerous on the mountain. If I lost her, I would get lost until my third sister-in-law found me.”
"Useless trash, can't even handle his own wife." Old Liao raised his whip to lash Xiao Xuanjing.
"Master Liao, don't be fooled by her. Hongying just went into the mountains to relieve herself and will be back soon."
Old Liao guessed that she had most likely run away. This drugging incident was definitely related to her. Whether the plan succeeded or failed, she was probably hiding and too afraid to come back.
Send several guards to take Xiao Xuanjing into the mountains to search for Ye Hongying. If they find her and she tries to escape again, kill Xiao Xuanjing on the spot.
Uncle Xiao stayed behind as a hostage.
Zhao Jiu was in charge of leading the men up the mountain. They searched the western side but didn't see a single ghost. They then decided to go around to the other side.
They happened to run into Yan Wanshan and several other escorts who were hunting in the mountains.
The group cursed under their breath, "Damn it, what bad luck! In the middle of nowhere, making such a fuss over a woman? If I weren't so hungry and craving meat, I would have gone around and scared that man into submission."
"What a coincidence, that's what I was thinking too, hahaha..."
"Which family is so shameless? Shout louder! People at the foot of the mountain can hear us. My legs are weak from traveling every day. Only today, with a carriage, do we have the energy to go hunting. That man is stronger than us. Isn't he afraid of dying from exhaustion?"
"No matter how tired I am, I still have to satisfy my wife, otherwise what if she runs off with another man?"
"Yeah, it's really not easy being a man. Brother Shan, there are so many beautiful women in the team, how about we brothers go and have some fun with a few of them?"
"Do those noble ladies all consider themselves superior and look down on us peasants? Unless..." Yan Wanshan deliberately kept everyone in suspense.
"Unless you force yourself on her."
One of the guards grinned lewdly, "That's a good idea, Brother Shan, when shall we get a few?"
Hearing their conversation, Yan Wanshan's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he sneered, "With the person above me in charge, you can forget about it. He's the leader, keeping us completely under his thumb. He won't let us do this or that."
If he forces himself on someone, and the woman's family complains, he'll skin you alive just for his own pleasure, you know? It's not worth it! Just bear with it.
"Brother Shan, I can't take it anymore. Last time we made a small mistake and they beat us half to death. I still remember it."
"What can you do even if you can't bear it? What do you want to do?"
The man raised his hand and gestured across his neck, intending to kill him to silence him.
The group then plotted how to kill Lao Liao.
When Yan Wanshan saw Zhao Jiu and his group, he nudged the person next to him with his elbow and said, "Don't say anything yet, the lackeys are here."
Zhao Jiu approached Yan Wanshan, who was at the head of the court, and bowed.
Before he could even speak, he was mocked by the other party, "What, did Lao Liao send you out to look for someone? Are you afraid we'll run away again? Don't worry, we won't run away. We went hunting, or rather, we chased a pheasant for almost half the mountain, so we're only coming down now."
Zhao Jiu said with a forced smile, "Brother Yan, you've misunderstood. We didn't come here to see you. Did you see Ye Hongying, the daughter-in-law of the second branch of the Xiao family, when you came down from the mountain?"
"I didn't see her. Why are you looking for her? Did she run away?"
"Yes, the person is missing. Brother Liao told us to go up the mountain to look for them."
"Go find it quickly."
“We just came down from over there and thought we heard a woman’s voice. Why don’t you go look over there?” Yan Wanshan teased him, pointing in the direction where they had heard the inappropriate sounds earlier.
"Thank you! Farewell!" Zhao Jiu clasped his hands in a fist salute and quickly led his men in that direction.
"Brother Yan, I'm also curious about who that person is. Shall we go take a look?"
"Let's go."
As they approached, they heard the woman's moans, which sounded like a mixture of pleasure and pain, and the man's heavy breathing, "Hmm, ah..."
Zhao Jiu was a teenager and had never been to a brothel, so he didn't think about it in that way. He quickly led his men in that direction, saying, "There's some noise over there, let's go check it out."
He assumed that Ye Hongying's painful groans were from accidentally tripping and falling into a pit or stepping on a trap while escaping.
"Hurry, he's over there."
"It's Hongying, Hongying's voice! She didn't run away! Let me go right now!" Xiao Xuanjing said excitedly. The pain in his body was causing him to hallucinate, and he couldn't recognize the sounds that only men and women make during pleasure.
“That’s my mother’s grave. Hongying is paying respects to my mother. She’s heartbroken and crying. She didn’t run away. The eldest son’s family is trying to divert the officers’ attention by framing Hongying. I beg you officers to do me justice and kill that bitch Yun Zhaoxue.”
"Slap!" Zhao Jiu slapped him on the back of the head, making him stagger.
"You slut, you slut, your whole family are sluts. The princess said she didn't poison you, so she didn't."
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