Chapter 140, Chapter 140, Chapter 140...
Chapter 140 I understand
Upon seeing the person who arrived, Shici turned her back to Yang Xiao and said, "Chief Hong, this is my daughter's invitation." She seemed completely unafraid of Yang Xiao, daring to turn her back to him.
“You are…” Hong Qigong paused for a moment, then remembered, “Miss Poetry.”
"Chief Hong still remembers me." Shi Ci smiled faintly and handed over the invitation in her hand.
“You’re someone close to Linghao, so of course I remember you.” Hong Qigong took the invitation, opened it, and then smiled. “This must have been something that kid did, right? If it were Linghao, she would have come to me directly.”
Shici smiled without saying a word. Indeed, sending out invitations was something only their young master would do, while their young lady always came directly to their door.
“Alright, I’ll keep the appointment tomorrow.” Hong Qigong thought for a moment, realizing he could still spare half a day to meet with his friend.
Yang Xiao stepped forward, forcing a smile, and said, "Would you mind taking me with you? It's been a long time since I've seen your young lady."
Hong Qigong hesitated for a moment.
She completely ignored Yang Xiao, saying, "Since Chief Hong has received the invitation, I should take my leave." With that, she clasped her hands in a fist salute and left without any intention of lingering.
Yang Xiao watched Shi Ci's departing figure, his eyes filled with astonishment and uncertainty. Who exactly was she? What was her relationship with Dai Qisi? Was she also a Holy Maiden from the Persian headquarters? Impossible, the headquarters should only have Dai Qisi as its Holy Maiden. Or perhaps it was because Dai Qisi eloped with a man without permission, so the Persian headquarters chose a new Holy Maiden?
At this moment, Yang Xiao's mind was filled with questions.
"Yang Xiao, what's wrong with you?" Hong Qigong sensed that something was wrong with Yang Xiao, so he asked directly.
Yang Xiao almost blurted out that Shi Ci was an accomplice of the person who wanted to kill him, but then he thought of something and changed his story, "That girl has the token of my Ming Cult's Persian headquarters on her. I wanted to ask her about it, but she didn't want to talk to me, so I wanted to follow her."
The woman named Shici is an accomplice of the person who wants to kill him, and she happens to be near Linghao, who is a friend of Hong Qigong. If he reveals everything now, he might lose some clues.
Yang Xiao didn't distrust Hong Qigong; he had no complaints about Hong Qigong's character. However, his immediate priority was to find that person first, and then deal with the rest.
"I see." Hong Qigong knew a thing or two about the Ming Cult. "But it seemed that the young lady didn't want to talk to you."
“Yes.” Yang Xiao smiled wryly. “The people from the Persian headquarters have always been arrogant, as were the people who came to Bright Peak before. Although they are arrogant, my Ming Cult cannot ignore them. If something happens to them in the Central Plains, then my Ming Cult will be the one in trouble.”
Hong Qigong knew that Yang Xiao valued the Ming Cult highly, so he believed him. "Well then, I'll send someone to ask Linghao first. If she doesn't mind, you can come with me. If she does mind, you can think of another way."
Although Hong Qigong and Yang Xiao are friends, he is also good friends with Ling Hao, and he never makes decisions for his friends.
"Alright, then I'll trouble you, Master Qi." Yang Xiao knew Hong Qigong's character and didn't want to make things difficult for him. But he had already made up his mind: he would absolutely not let the person who wanted to kill him get away with it. He had to avenge this.
So, after returning from reciting poetry, Ling Hao received a message from a little beggar. She naturally agreed to what Hong Qigong had said. Although Yang Xiao had been quite annoying before, she was magnanimous and wouldn't hold it against him.
Moreover, Yang Xiao and his Ming Cult followers have done a lot of work on the border these past few days, protecting many citizens of the Great Zhou Dynasty. For that reason alone, she wouldn't hold it against him.
Meanwhile, Shici privately approached Gongzi Yu and told him about how Yang had recognized her.
Gongzi Yu, who possessed Gongzi Mingyue's memories, immediately turned pale. That idiot was so indecisive, couldn't even clean up the mess, and hadn't even confirmed whether the person was dead or not. He was a complete fool. It was bad enough that he was an idiot, but now he was dragging him down with him.
If Ah Hao got angry, he definitely wouldn't let that fool off the hook. Gongzi Yu was mentally sharpening his sword against Gongzi Mingyue, completely forgetting one thing: they were both the same person. If he laid a hand on Gongzi Mingyue, he would be hitting himself.
"Young Master, what should we do?" Shi Ci asked, but her expression remained calm, and her heart was even more unmoved. She had only helped block Yang Xiao's path; she hadn't laid a hand on him. It was the Second Young Master who had nearly killed him.
Even if your daughter finds out, she won't do anything to her, but the eldest son will probably be in big trouble. Thinking of this, Shici felt a strange sense of schadenfreude. Hahaha, he's going to be in trouble.
Well, I guess every worker has thought about what it would be like if their boss went down in trouble, anyway, that's how it is in poetry.
"You may step back." Gongzi Yu glanced up at Shici. He had known since childhood that Shici had a rich inner world; she hadn't quite learned to conceal it before, but now she did it very well. Even so, he could still sense it.
He didn't even need to think to know that Shici was definitely not thinking anything good. Things were already bad enough, and then he had to deal with such a troublesome subordinate. It was truly a nightmare, haha.
"Yes." Shi Ci didn't say anything, turned and left. She believed that the eldest and second young masters would definitely be able to solve the problem, and as for her, she shouldn't get involved. Otherwise, she might become the problem that gets solved, which would be extremely bad.
Gongzi Yu didn't know what to do. Although he knew Ahao knew he wasn't a good person, and although he had frankly shown his cruelty to her, it was within a controllable range. He worried that Mingyue Nu's actions towards Yang Xiao would disgust Ahao, and since he himself wanted to do the same, he had no way to argue.
After much thought, Gongzi Yu still felt that Mingyue Nu was the most hateful; she was truly incredibly stupid.
However, Gongzi Yu soon no longer needed to worry about how to confess to Ling Hao. Because just as night fell, it began to rain. Rain was rare in the northwest border region, yet it rained that very night. And at that very moment, Gongzi Yu became Gongzi Mingyue.
"Ah-hao!" Gongzi Mingyue ran happily towards Linghao. "I missed you so much. Ah-hao, ah-hao, ah-hao, it's been so long since we last saw each other, I missed you so much." Compared to him, Gongzi Yu had become a more reserved person.
The moment their eyes met, Linghao knew it was Mingyue. She smiled and spoke to him, "Mingyue, it's been a long time."
"Ah Hao, who is that old man?" Just as Gongzi Mingyue was about to speak to Ling Hao, she looked up and saw a white-haired old man walking towards them. "Could he be our enemy?"
Feng Qingyang: "???"
Has this kid suddenly lost his mind? What kind of nonsense is he spouting?
“Mingyue, he is my master. Master, this is my friend, Ayu’s younger brother, Mingyue.” When Linghao saw Feng Qingyang appear, her mind went blank for a moment. All along the way, she felt like she had forgotten something, but she just couldn’t remember what it was.
Now that the bright moon had appeared, and Feng Qingyang had also appeared, Ling Hao finally remembered what she had forgotten: she had forgotten to tell him about Gongzi Yu's special circumstances. For a brief moment, her brain had completely shut down.
Nevertheless, she subconsciously introduced the two of them to each other.
"Huh?" Feng Qingyang was full of questions. Was it because he was getting old and his eyesight was failing? Although there were some slight changes, his bone structure hadn't changed. Wasn't Gongzi Yu still Gongzi Yu? How come there's another Mingyue now? What kind of nonsense is this?
"Senior Feng, this is Mingyue Nu, he is A Yu's younger brother." Zhu Qiqi also arrived. Hearing Ling Hao's words earlier, she knew what had happened and hurriedly said this.
Feng Qingyang raised an eyebrow and understood; Gongzi Yu suffered from dissociative identity disorder.
"Master's wife!" Seeing Zhu Qiqi, Young Master Mingyue was very happy. "Master's wife, you left that wretched island?" During those years, Zhu Qiqi had taken good care of him, so he was naturally happy to see her.
“Yes.” Zhu Qiqi smiled at Gongzi Mingyue. “Master’s wife also wanted to come ashore for some fresh air, so she returned to the Central Plains. She had been with Ayu and the others, but Ayu had to leave due to unforeseen circumstances. Fortunately, you came, so now it’s up to you to entertain Master’s wife.”
Gongzi Mingyue smiled and said, "What are you saying, Master's wife? You are my master's wife, my elder, so you are family. There's no need for formalities." He then looked at Feng Qingyang with a bright smile, "Since you are A-Hao's master, then you are my master too. Master, please join us."
Feng Qingyang raised an eyebrow at him and chuckled softly. Although it was a case of dissociative identity disorder, everyone involved was shameless and brazen. This seemingly more cheerful young man was no exception, calling someone "Master" right off the bat. Heh.
Gongzi Mingyue was somewhat puzzled, so she stepped back to Linghao's side and asked in a low voice, "Ahao, your master doesn't seem very happy. Why is that?"
Ling Hao couldn't tell the truth, so he could only say, "Because your brother angered my master, my master is a little angry now. Don't worry, it will pass soon."
"So it was his bad deeds that dragged me into this." Gongzi Mingyue swung his fist. "He really doesn't know how to behave, making people angry everywhere he goes." He then looked at Linghao, his eyes full of expectation. "I'm more obedient and well-behaved, aren't I?"
Ling Hao nodded helplessly and said, "Yes, Mingyue is much more obedient and well-behaved than your brother, Ah...."
“Of course.” Young Master Mingyue’s eyes were full of joy after being praised. “I’ve always been more obedient than him since I was little, haven’t I, Master’s wife?” He then looked at Zhu Qiqi, wanting to get a positive answer from her.
"Yes," Zhu Qiqi replied with a smile.
Actually, no, neither of these two children is easy to deal with.
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Author's note: It's raining again. I'm so fed up. It's always raining; it's been like this for three months now.
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