Chapter 119: Expelled from the Huo Gang
After coming down from the mountain, Huo Gannian suddenly became very cold.
Yun Chen felt a little confused.
She always thought that Huo Gannian treated her differently and had some feelings for her.
But after hearing her confession, he suddenly became distant and only handed her a confidential letter and asked her to deliver it to Yan Shijiu.
She carefully put the letter into her pocket and turned away quickly as usual, not noticing that his drooping eyelashes trembled slightly, and the sad and reluctant look beneath those eyelashes.
Yun Chen went to Yan Shijiu's old mansion in Yancheng with familiarity.
This time, the Huo Gang used the excuse of moving the ancestral hall back to Yancheng. Yan Shijiu did not participate, but unexpectedly came with the princess.
When she walked into Yan's house, she saw Yan Shijiu lying on a chair with his legs spread out reading a picture book.
She handed the letter to Yan Shijiu.
Yan Shijiu pointed at his nose and asked in surprise:
"Huo Gannian has a confidential letter for me? Me?"
Yun Chen was actually very surprised. Although they were both big merchants under the princess, the Huo Gang rarely dealt with Yan Shijiu.
Huo Gannian and Yan Shijiu had never spoken to each other and had never exchanged letters.
But the guards just had to obey orders. Yun Chen said:
"My young master said that this is a very important confidential letter, please read it in person, Master Yan."
Yan Shijiu curled his lips, took the letter carelessly and opened it, then was stunned.
Yun Chen stood opposite and couldn't see what was written on the letter. He could only see that Yan Shijiu's expression was becoming more and more solemn.
After pondering for a long time, Yan Shijiu stood up and went into the study.
Seeing Yun Chen coming with him, he sat down at the desk again, glanced at her who was quietly waiting for a reply not far away, casually moved the rockery-shaped inkstone on the table, then wrote a reply, sealed it carefully and handed it to her.
Yun Chen habitually kept the letter close to his body and did not forget to tidy up his clothes, for fear that the letter would be exposed.
Looking at Yun Chen's meticulous and serious movements, Yan Shijiu's brows grew deeper and deeper.
"Yan Shijiu, what's with that expression on your face? Did something happen?" she asked.
Yan Shijiu's brows immediately relaxed, and he smiled brightly. He lay back in his chair, resting his arms comfortably behind his head, and said with a smile:
"Xiao Yunyun, hurry back and deliver the letter—remember, if you need anything, you can come to me. I'm always here to help you."
"Being weird again." Yun Chen muttered, then turned and left.
Looking at her back, the smile on Yan Shijiu's face slowly faded, and his expression became deep again.
Wan Chen was hiding in the dark guard post nearby. He could not see the person, but only heard his voice:
"Sir, this letter..."
Yan Nineteen sneered:
"You should have seen that the letter is not important, the person who delivered it is important—Huo Gannian, this useless thing! You have to go to such lengths to let go, bitch!"
Although Wan Chen was on duty in the dark, he was very close to Yan Shijiu. He clearly saw that the letter was just a blank piece of paper, and Yan Shijiu's reply was also a blank piece of paper.
With the help of the rockery inkstone, the tip of his pen was suspended above the letter paper and did not touch the letter paper at all.
Wan Chen understood: "Sir, do you want to send someone to make arrangements in advance?"
Yan Shijiu said, "Of course we need to send twenty guards and ten secret guards."
"As you command. My lord, Guard Yun will likely be here again soon. Otherwise, just say that you've been summoned by the princess for a meeting and won't be back."
"It's useless. With her stubborn nature, she will definitely chase me to the Princess's Mansion and wait until I come out."
After pondering for a while, Yan Shijiu raised the corners of his lips, and his voice was filled with a hint of excitement:
"Huo Gannian, you gave this up to me, so—
You'll never see her again in this life!"
On the other side, Yun Chen left Yan Mansion.
When she returned to the Huo Mansion with Yan Shijiu's reply letter, she saw Huo Gannian wearing a very formal double-breasted black robe with cypress pattern, sitting upright in the main hall.
Ye Yan and Hua Jue were not there. The mansion's chief military officer stood by, and both sides of the hall were filled with guards she was not very familiar with.
From Huo Gannian's eyes, it can be seen that he is waiting for her.
She was a little puzzled and didn't understand why such a big fuss was suddenly made.
The last time it was so formal was a few years ago when she first entered the Huo Mansion and fought with Hua Jue.
She walked into the main hall and was about to step forward to present the letter, but Huo Gannian asked the martial artist beside him to stop her, took the letter, and did not let her get close.
This is a more unfamiliar feeling than ever before.
She was a little confused. Standing in the hall, she felt uncomfortable being stared at by everyone, and was even more curious about what happened to Huo Gannian.
However, before she could ask, Huo Gannian took the letter, opened it, threw the white paper down, and asked in a cold voice:
"Yun Chen, I asked you to deliver an extremely important confidential letter. Where is the letter?"
Looking at the white paper on the ground, Yun Chen was stunned.
"Young Master, I personally saw Yan Shijiu write and put the letter in my pocket, and then he gave it to me. I kept it safe all the way here, without a single careless mistake. I don't know why this happened."
Huo Gannian's face was expressionless. "The blank paper is right here, and you have no right to refute it. This is a confidential matter concerning the Huo Gang, and you carelessly lost it. What is your crime?"
Yun Chen was anxious: "Young Master, I really wasn't careless. The round trip only took an hour. I guarantee that the journey was safe and that nothing unexpected happened!"
Huo Gannian seemed to not want to hear this explanation at all, and only uttered two cold words:
“Kneel down!”
Are you kidding me? Yun Chen looked at Huo Gannian in shock.
This was the first time she heard these two words from his mouth.
Looking at that cold face like iron, and a pair of eyes that suddenly became cold and indifferent without a trace of tenderness, she finally bent her knees and slowly knelt down, feeling extremely aggrieved.
"Young Master, I don't know why this letter turned into a blank piece of paper, but I really wasn't careless..."
Before she finished speaking, Huo Gannian interrupted her coldly:
"Either you lost the letter and deceived me; or you were careless and didn't even notice that the letter was replaced; or -"
After a pause, he tried his best to steady his voice and continued:
"Or, you have ulterior motives towards the Huo Gang and are colluding with external enemies, and today you finally revealed your true colors."
"I didn't!" She was stunned and didn't understand what was going on.
She is the fourth personal guard of the Huo Gang!
He is one of Huo Gannian’s most trusted confidants!
How did he suddenly get labeled a traitor?
She suddenly became flustered: "Young Master, what's wrong with you? Why are you like this all of a sudden? Is there something big going on?"
Huo Gannian said mercilessly:
"It was because I trusted you too much and indulged you too much that you dared to question me so unceremoniously, and it was because you were careless in your work that you lost the important letter."
Without waiting for her to argue, Huo Gan read out:
"Come here! Take off your swords and uniforms, and expel Yun Chen... from the Huo Gang!"
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