Chapter 105 Stupid I'll take her home and then go with you. ...
But in the blink of an eye, the situation changed in a way that no one could have imagined.
With a sword against his neck, Grand Secretary Du forgot his fear for a moment and stared sideways at Xie Yuchao.
"Chao'er." Xie Mingru's expression relaxed slightly. "What are you doing?"
No wonder, no wonder it went so smoothly, Xie Yuchao thought, everything went incredibly smoothly, it turned out to be waiting for him here.
How could he be so stupid as to not be on guard at all?
"Where is my real bride!"
"It's right in front of you." Xie Mingru seemed impatient. "But just because someone said a few words to stir up trouble for no apparent reason, do you even doubt your own bride?"
"Do you have to involve innocent people?" Xie Yuchao asked back.
The father and son looked at each other, and there was a hint of stalemate.
But after a moment, Xie Yuchao continued, "I don't know who is under this veil, but it's definitely not my real bride. With so many guests here today, do you insist on me taking her veil off in public, making her and the rest of us lose face and become a laughing stock before you admit what you did?"
"Xie Yuchao!" Xie Mingru was a little annoyed. "How can you question your father like this without any reason or evidence?"
"Just because I'm a father, does that mean I can control my life without any loopholes?"
"You..." Xie Mingru suddenly fell speechless.
Because almost all eyes present were focused on him, the only exception was the bride wearing a red veil, who was standing alone pretending to be calm after losing her support.
"Come here, take the young lady back to her room."
The maid appeared trembling with fear and carefully helped the bride away. The other servants of the Xie Mansion also appeared in large numbers, began to apologize and send the guests away.
The hustle and bustle of the Prime Minister's house is not something you can just watch if you want to. Everyone was tactful and left in small groups.
At the same time, Xie Mingru turned his back and said, "Rebellious son, follow me in!"
"Hey!" exclaimed Du Daxueshi.
Before Xie Mingru took two steps, he felt a cool breeze blowing past him and a sharp sword was just inches away from his neck.
Jiang Keyu pushed Academician Du away, strode into the inner hall, and held Xie Mingru at sword point.
"I have no interest in interfering in your father-son affairs, and I don't have time to wait for you to fight each other." Jiang Keyu said impatiently, "I'll ask you one last time, where is my Ayuan!"
"If you have the ability, push the sword in your hand forward an inch." Xie Mingru was not afraid at all, and even turned around to confront him.
Jiang Keyu had a blank expression on her face, and she exerted so much force on the back of her hand that veins popped out. "Don't think I don't dare."
"Jiang Shaoqing." Xie Mingru said calmly, "You are a newcomer to the officialdom and you are working under me, which is one of the few. I looked at the child walking over. Considering our past friendship, if you leave now, I will not pursue your fault."
"Fellowship?" Jiang Keyu heard the most ridiculous thing in the world. "You are getting old and confused."
Xie Mingru remained calm, "As the Junior Minister of the Dali Temple, you should be most aware of the law. You must know the consequences of your actions."
"I know."
"Are you crazy?" Xie Mingru expressed his confusion. "You have achieved your current status and success. I understand your efforts and difficulties better than most people in this world. But what are you doing now? Have you disregarded your dignity? Don't you care about your future?"
“Effort and prospects.”
At this moment, those difficult days and nights flashed through Jiang Keyu's mind.
"Then who do you think I am doing this for?"
Xie Mingru was stunned.
"Oh." He suddenly sneered, "That woman is the one who will break up with you and discard you like a piece of trash just for the sake of fame and fortune!"
The guests had mostly left, and he could no longer suppress the dissatisfaction in his tone, "Are you two all possessed by evil spirits?"
Jiang Keyu couldn't stand it any longer, "Tell me where she is!"
"Go ahead!" Xie Mingru snorted coldly, "Come, let me see how many talented young men I have who dare to openly threaten the Prime Minister!"
He even approached Jianfeng himself and said, "You will never know where she is in this life. If you kill me, not only you, but no one else in this world will know!"
"you……"
Jiang Keyu had the urge to chop him with a sword, but she couldn't, after all, Ayuan was still missing.
"You hold the sword in your hand, and the one you hate is right in front of you." Xie Mingru twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, full of contempt. "You still can't do anything and can only be manipulated by others. Just like before, do you think it was really me who prevented you from being promoted smoothly in the Dali Temple?"
Xie Mingru raised his hand and casually brushed away the sword in front of him, "No, it's you."
He said quietly, "The root cause is that you don't have the ability to hold that position. In the end, you should be thanking me. If I hadn't trained you, wouldn't you have known long ago that you were incompetent? How could you have achieved what you have today? Rather than Elder Sheng, you should respect me as your mentor."
He sat down calmly. "When I was promoted from the Dali Temple to the Cabinet, I wanted to take you with me. But you chose to let the criminal surnamed Chu go for the sake of a few insignificant friendships. I knew you would suffer greatly in the future because of such emotional behavior. Look, isn't this proof of that?"
Xie Mingru sneered and looked up at Jiang Keyu. "Even though a day of marriage is like a hundred days of love, she abandoned you and would rather never have anything to do with you in order to climb up the social ladder. She even regards everything she once had, especially you, as her stain! She doesn't care about you at all, don't you have any grudges at all? You'd better figure out whether you are loyal and righteous, or just stupid!"
"She's not that kind of person!" Jiang Keyu retorted harshly, "She's just..."
He suddenly choked up, "It's just that, you are disappointed in me."
"Heh." Xie Mingru patted the table and sighed, "Stupid, really stupid. There are more than one such stupid guy."
He turned his head and looked at Xie Yuchao, "For such a despicable woman, you can disrespect your own father."
Xie Mingru's eyes were gloomy, as if he was suppressing his anger. "I tell you, Xie Yuchao, today's bride will be your future wife! You have to accept her whether you want to or not!"
"Impossible!" Xie Yuchao said coldly, "If you want to recognize someone, do it yourself. Why don't you marry him yourself?"
"Asshole!" Xie Mingru clenched his fists. "What bullshit are you talking about!"
Seeing Xie Yuchao's stubborn expression, he softened his tone slightly, but his attitude remained unchanged. "I know you blame your father for being too strict with you and meddling too much in your affairs. But why don't you look at yourself? You're so rebellious for a woman, disregarding the overall situation. How dare your father give you freedom? How dare I let you go? How dare I hand over the burden of the Xie family to you? How dare I let you control my only son's life!"
"Do you really think you are right?" Xie Yuchao asked with his head raised.
"I said I don't have time to watch you and your son's crusade." Jiang Keyu interrupted, his voice much lower.
The eyes he looked at Xie Mingru were like a bottomless cold pool.
"Xie Mingru, I was controlled by you because I was too cautious. I have a wronged biological father waiting for me to redress his injustice, a recently deceased adoptive father who is counting on me to take over his legacy, a stigmatized wife who needs my protection, and a family with a new child who needs my support. Xie Mingru, Master Xie, your life cannot threaten you, but I don't believe you really have no scruples."
As he spoke, he raised the hand that was gripping the hilt of the sword again and pointed it at Xie Yuchao's heart.
The latter neither hid nor avoided.
Xie Mingru was shocked. Although his expression remained unchanged, he stood up unconsciously and said, "You dare."
The two words that sounded calm were not questions, but threats.
"Why wouldn't I dare?" Jiang Keyu was overly calm. "I've already overturned the verdict and preserved the business. My parents can rest in peace. I've also found a supporter for my child and made arrangements for his future. Now I only have a wife to protect, but you chose to hurt her."
"She's no longer your wife. She's abandoned you and wants to marry someone else!" Xie Mingru couldn't hide his anger. He couldn't understand how such a fool could exist in the world. "Are you still stubborn?"
Jiang Keyu thought, yes.
"No matter what the world thinks of her, in my heart, she is my wife, and that is enough."
Jiang Keyu suddenly made a move, slashing Xie Yuchao's arm with a sword as a warning. "To be honest, if I wasn't worried that Ayuan would hate me forever, I would have wanted his life long ago. So, Mr. Xie, don't worry about whether I dare or not. If anything happens to my Ayuan, I will have nothing to worry about. He, you, and your entire Xie family will be buried with us."
Xie Yuchao was in pain but didn't say a word and still didn't avoid it.
Xie Mingru looked at his son, his eyes filled with mixed emotions, the strongest of which was a feeling of disappointment.
"Tell me." Jiang Keyu said coldly, "Where is she?"
*
In the woods outside the city, although the original big pit has not been filled, it is no longer possible to tell what is buried inside.
"That's enough." A man put down his shovel and said, "That little girl is so weak, she won't be able to crawl out unless she is buried."
His companion didn't answer him, but looked around and asked, "Did you hear any sound?"
"What?"
Several people stopped what they were doing and listened carefully.
It seems like... there is the sound of horse hooves.
And there are many of them, getting closer and closer.
"call out!"
"Bang!"
The arrows flying through the woods scared them so much that they scattered and dropped the shovels in their hands.
"Whoa!"
They had barely run a few steps when a large group of people appeared and surrounded them.
Jiang Keyu dismounted and asked anxiously, "Where are the people you captured?"
Yan Zhi and Tang Yuan grabbed a nearby man and put a knife to his neck, threatening him, "Tell me!"
The sudden change frightened several people and they were at a loss as to what to do. They looked at the hole they had just filled in panic.
Jiang Keyu glanced over and immediately understood something. Her heart tightened, followed by a feeling of suffocation.
"Ayuan." He didn't dare to think too much, and knelt on the ground and dug the soil with his bare hands, "Ayuan, Ayuan, Ayuan..."
"Bastard!" Yan Zhi couldn't help but curse, dropped the person in her hand, and hurried to help.
Using tools might hurt people, so I have to use my hands.
"Ayuan."
Fortunately, it wasn't very deep.
When Jiang Keyu caught a glimpse of Song Baoyuan's face in the dust, her hands were shaking, and her heartbeat and breathing were extremely heavy.
"Get a doctor! Go quickly!"
"Yes." Yan Zhi took the lead and rode her horse to pick up the doctor who had been prepared long ago but whose speed was not as fast as theirs.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Jiang Keyu's inner defenses suddenly collapsed, tears bursting out, "I'm sorry."
He knew exactly what kind of person Xie Mingru was, yet he still let his guard down. He knew it clearly!
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Jiang Keyu murmured, fear and guilt filling her heart.
"sorry……"
*
Thank you, the doctor walked into the house quickly.
Xie Yuchao sat there in a daze, with blood flowing from his shoulder, but he didn't care, as if he didn't feel the pain, and seemed to have lost his soul.
Xie Mingru stood a few steps away. "He wants to kill you. Don't you have legs? Don't you know how to run? I raised you up, and you don't value your life at all!"
"Master, please calm down." Steward Lin stood aside with a frown on his face, not knowing what to say, but also not knowing how to say nothing.
Xie Yuchao looked completely listless as he slowly raised his head. Although his gaze did not show, he knew it was towards his father who was furious.
"Dad." He smiled inexplicably.
But there was no joy on his face, only sarcasm. "From childhood to adulthood, there were so many things you didn't let me do, but I seem to have done them all."
Xie Mingru was stunned, not knowing why he suddenly said this.
"You wouldn't let me read miscellaneous books, so I'd change the covers and read them secretly. You wouldn't let me keep a cat, so I'd hide it under the bed. You wouldn't let me drink, so I'd have a drink whenever I had time. I've always wondered why I seem to be born with the talent for pretending to obey but actually disobeying."
The smile on his face grew even wider, "So, we are of the same lineage."
"you……"
Xie Mingru was furious, but he was helpless when he saw the child in front of him.
He waved his sleeves heavily and turned to leave.
Butler Lin followed behind and saw with his own eyes that the master kicked over the potted plants under the stairs to vent his anger as soon as he left the house.
After all, he is my biological and only child. What can I do to him?
But someone must bear this tremendous anger.
*
In the carriage, Jiang Keyu's eyes were still red. He carefully held Song Baoyuan, who had not yet woken up, in his arms.
The slowly advancing carriage suddenly stopped without warning.
"My dear." Liu'an's frightened voice came from outside.
Jiang Keyu lifted the car curtain and saw a face that was not unfamiliar.
The imperial guards surrounded his carriage, blocking his way forward.
"Jiang Shaoqing, by order of His Majesty, please move to the Imperial Prison." The leader of the Imperial Guards said, standing in front of the car window. "Jiang Shaoqing, please cooperate and don't embarrass us."
Jiang Keyu had already expected that Xie Mingru would not let him go. He was completely unprepared and had no way of escaping.
I just didn't expect it to come so soon.
He looked down at the person in his arms, reached out and gently brushed away the strands of hair from her forehead, his eyes looking lonely as if he was saying goodbye.
"It's on my way. I'll drop her off home and then I'll go with you."
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