No wonder they were suddenly so wary of her; they mistakenly thought she and Cheng Yuerong had a good relationship.
Once Feng Xiao has slept with Cheng Yuerong, the alliance between the Feng and Cheng families will be like adding wings to a tiger.
Cheng Yuerong is also the young mistress of the Feng family.
And so, unknowingly, she became someone they perceived as "borrowing power from others," someone they couldn't afford to offend.
"Hehe, this is really interesting." Lin Qixia laughed somewhat sarcastically as she thought of this.
Footsteps could be heard again from outside the wall.
It was because the place was too remote that the servant couldn't get anyone to come after calling for a long time, so he went to another place to call for someone.
Lin Qixia breathed a sigh of relief and planned to take this opportunity to slip away.
But as soon as she took a step, she realized that this courtyard was not simple.
The yard seemed to be a warehouse, and through the crack in the window of one of the rooms, she saw piles of sacks, their contents unknown, stacked like small mountains.
A thought popped into her head: "System, help me search if the grain taxes collected by those yamen runners are in this area."
The system immediately responded: "[Detecting in progress]"
[Test complete. Returning to host. The grain is indeed nearby, in this yard.]
Lin Qixia's expression brightened with joy, "I knew I was right."
It seems that the pile in front of us is the grain tax they collected earlier.
It's unbelievable that they so blatantly put the public grain handed over by the people into their own private coffers.
"They're really greedy." Lin Qixia jumped into the warehouse, lifted the cloth covering it, and stared at the bags of grain with a mocking smile.
The grain they had worked so hard to grow and deliver was embezzled by others.
Lin Qixia looked at the grain and still couldn't accept it.
"Since this corrupt official is so heartless, then don't blame me for breaking the rules." Lin Qixia said, secretly deciding to come back at night and take all the grain away.
There are too many people around during the day, and they just made a scene next door, so they can't do anything else to disturb others.
Furthermore, since Lin Qixia couldn't resolve the issue of the official seal for opening her shop through Feng Xiao, she had to come over at night to collect as much evidence as possible.
Using this as leverage, they might be able to successfully negotiate with Feng Changchao.
In conclusion, Lin Qixia did not take immediate action.
Having made up her mind, she turned and left the courtyard. She needed to leave quickly before the servant returned with his men.
Lin Qixia headed in the opposite direction from where Feng Xiao had been in the courtyard.
After walking for about ten minutes, we turned a corner and went around a pavilion, and arrived at the noisy front hall where a crowd was gathering.
The people here don't seem to have been disturbed by what's happening in the backyard.
Lin Qixia quickened her pace and took the opportunity to walk through the crowd toward the main entrance, as that was the easiest place to get out.
She successfully blended into the crowd through the front hall, but after only a few steps, she heard Feng Changchao's voice behind her: "Hey! Stop right there!"
Lin Qixia, "..."
She pretended not to know that the other person was talking about her and continued walking forward.
"I'm talking about you, the one in the blue clothes!" Feng Changchao said, already walking towards her.
As he looked Lin Qixia up and down, he asked her, "Miss, why do I feel like I've seen you before?"
Lin Qixia tugged at the corner of her lips.
She thought to herself: He does look familiar, after all, you were the one who had me kicked out.
"you--"
Feng Changchao walked over, about to pull her close to make sure he hadn't mistaken her for someone else, when the servant's voice rang out from not far away.
"Master, something terrible has happened! The young master is in trouble!"
"What?" Feng Changchao stopped moving, turned around angrily, and asked the servant, "What happened to Feng Xiao?"
The servant boy cried and hurriedly replied, "Young Master...Young Master has been murdered!"
Taking advantage of Feng Changchao's distraction, Lin Qixia quickly quickened her pace and left.
She finally breathed a long sigh of relief after walking through the front hall, down the porch, and out the main door.
We managed to escape unscathed.
"You're out?" Huo Yanqing arrived just in time, appearing right beside her.
Lin Qixia replied, "Okay, let's go!"
Immediately, the voice of Feng Changchao leading his men in pursuit rang out from behind, "Stop! They are the assassins!"
"Damn it!" Lin Qixia cursed under her breath and grabbed Huo Yanqing's arm. "Get out of here right now!"
Huo Yanqing had no suspicions and quickly led Lin Qixia away.
The two disappeared quickly at the gate of the Feng residence, leaving behind a group of people who had chased after them, looking bewildered.
“Master Feng, are you sure you’re not mistaken? Your servant only said that an assassin broke in and injured Young Master Feng, but he didn’t say it was that girl from earlier.”
"Lord Feng, are you sure you haven't mistaken her for someone else? Your son is so strong and healthy, how could a frail little girl like her possibly hurt him?"
“That’s right, and besides, that girl looks quite kind to me.”
However, amidst the group's discussion, Feng Changchao stood at the door, his face dark with anger.
For no other reason than that he had already remembered who the woman in green was—she was Lin Qixia, the owner of "Xiahe Manor"!
...
At Qingyun Inn, Huo Yanqing led Lin Qixia upstairs.
"This is the room. I've already settled the person in, but—" Huo Yanqing frowned, seemingly troubled.
Lin Qixia assumed that he was a boy and wouldn't be able to manage Cheng Yuerong's situation, and since she didn't know anything about it, she simply said to him, "Leave the rest to me, you just stay here and watch over her."
"Mm," Huo Yanqing responded.
Lin Qixia pushed open the door and entered the inn room.
Inside the room, Cheng Yuerong was in much better condition than before. Her eyes were clear, and the flush on her face had subsided.
Previously, she had been taken to the inn and vaguely saw Huo Yanqing. In her dazed state, she had intended to take advantage of the situation and undress in front of him.
Unexpectedly, he made an excuse and left.
Just then, someone pushed the door open and came in. She thought it was Huo Yanqing returning, so she quickly got up to look.
A figure dressed in green appeared, and upon closer inspection, it was Lin Qixia's familiar face.
Cheng Yuerong lowered her eyes, feeling somewhat disappointed.
"You're awake." Lin Qixia, unaware of this, glanced at her and asked.
As she spoke, she placed the pastries she had just ordered from the waiter downstairs on the table in front of her.
Then he poured her a cup of tea, saying, "Come and have some, it will make you feel better."
The effects of the drug must have been unpleasant, even though she has recovered now.
Lin Qixia had experienced how uncomfortable it was before.
"Thank you." Cheng Yuerong walked over and sat down dejectedly, downing the cup of tea in one gulp.
Lin Qixia hadn't appeared before, and she was still confused and didn't remember her.
But the other person's appearance reminded her that she had vaguely heard Lin Qixia's voice at the time, so she must have been one of the people who saved her.
Lin Qixia took out plates of tea and snacks one by one, saying, "Eat up, it's not good to drink tea on an empty stomach."
"Hmm." Cheng Yuerong's face was unpleasant, but she was very obedient and didn't contradict her at all.
After eating a piece of tea snack, I drank some tea.
After I had completely calmed down, I asked her, "How did you two find out about me?"
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