Chapter 18 If there is a grudge, it must be taken now
It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge.
Yun Chen is not a gentleman, and if she has a grudge, she will take revenge now.
Since Huo Luyu's clothes could be stained with the other person's pine oil scent, the other person must also have Huo Luyu's powder scent on him.
Yun Chen let the big black dog smell Huo Luyu's clothes.
In addition to the smell of powder, the big black dog obviously also smelled the aphrodisiac, and was obviously a little intoxicated. He drooled and began to look for this smell. He began to wander around the front hall and the back yard, sniffing here and there.
Yun Chen followed it slowly.
When Hua Jue passed by, he saw Yun Chen "walking the dog" in the courtyard of the ancestral hall.
At the last Qingyuzhou banquet, Hua Jue despised Yun Chen for being a lunatic, and even brought fish food with her when she went out to escort him. Later it was proved that there must be a reason for her weird behavior.
Hua Jue thought for a moment, then quickly and quietly found Ye Yan. The two of them discussed it and decided to go to the courtyard to report the matter to Huo Gannian who was watching the show.
Over there, Yun Chen followed the big black dog around for several circles and finally came to the outside of the courtyard.
On the stage, the troupe sang enthusiastically, the seats were full of guests, and no one was making any noise.
In such a formal occasion, Yun Chen had to abide by the rules and could not enter at will, so he had to stop outside the court.
But the big black dog was not well behaved. Smelling the faint scent of aphrodisiac, it rushed into the guest seats and circled around a man with yellow skin and narrow eyes, wagging its tail very happily.
The man was startled by the big black dog that suddenly rushed in. He was wondering why there was a dog in this quiet area of the ancestral hall. When he looked up, he met Yun Chen's sharp murderous gaze not far away.
Thinking back to when the curtain had just fallen and there was no sign of Huo Luyu on the stage, the man instantly understood what was going on. The big show he had carefully arranged had unexpectedly failed. Bai Bai had painted himself up in oil paint, disguised himself as an actor, and gone deep into the backyard to kidnap the lone Huo Luyu.
But he was not panicked at all, and even glanced at Yun Chen with contempt, then leaned over and whispered a few words into the ear of Yu Yangji, the old man dressed in golden clothes.
Yu Yangji glanced at Huo Gannian, who was listening to the guard's report and whose attention was not elsewhere, and waved his hand, signaling the sallow-skinned and narrow-eyed man to step back.
Yun Chen then looked at Yu Yangji.
The latter's eyes widened obviously, with a look of astonishment in them. He looked her up and down as if he was selecting livestock, and then he grinned, revealing an ambiguous smile.
Yun Chen felt very uncomfortable being stared at. Yu Yangji had white hair and an old face, but his skin looked tight and even smoother than a woman's, which was very strange.
"Zhou Li, go and fight him for a few moves." Yu Yangji ordered.
Zhou Li narrowed his eyes, took out a double-hooked short spear from his boots, raised his chin arrogantly towards Yun Chen, and signaled Yun Chen to "see you in the backyard".
Zhou Li was in front and Yun Chen was behind. The two avoided the main road and entered the backyard one after the other.
Yun Chen locked the gate with his backhand.
Zhou Li had a forced smile on his face and was ready to follow the normal rules of the underworld, introducing himself first and asking for his name.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he said the word "I", Yun Chen drew his sword and rushed over, stabbing him in the vitals.
He dodged with all his might, staggering several times before he finally stopped. He was so frightened that his back broke out in a cold sweat, but he still pretended to be calm and said sarcastically:
"Boy, you are a bit unsportsmanlike."
Yun Chen had no expression on his face. Without saying a word, he raised his sword and attacked again.
Zhou Li quickly waved his halberd to block.
He was ordered to harm the second daughter of the Huo family, but unfortunately he failed.
The reason why Yu Yangji asked him to choose this place to take action was, firstly, because it was difficult to contact the Huo family under normal circumstances, and secondly, it was just to give the second Miss Huo a bad reputation and embarrass the Huo family, but there would be no substantial harm.
But Zhou Li didn't expect that a small guard would dare to attack him in the Huo family ancestral temple and even come up to take his life.
Zhou Li's martial arts skills were considered top-notch among the thousands of guards of the Yu family, but he felt that compared to the pretty boy in front of him, he would surely die within five moves.
Seeing that Yun Chen was a ruthless man who didn't talk much, he flew his sword and stabbed fiercely, and every sword move was filled with murderous intent. Zhou Li became very anxious and whistled quickly.
Soon, before Yun Chen could finish his move, more than a dozen guards wearing Yu family uniforms kicked open the gate and rushed into the backyard.
One to many, very good.
Yun Chen glanced around, secretly weighing the order of killing in his mind. When he was about to take action, he heard Yu Yangji's sinister voice:
"The Huo Gang's guards are skilled, but why resort to violence? If you want Zhou Li's life, you can come to my house and ask for it. I will definitely give it to you."
The Yu family guards respectfully stepped aside. Yu Yangji stepped forward and stared at Yun Chen with undisguised greed, which made her feel a strong sense of disgust from the bottom of her heart.
Yu Yangji paced around Yun Chen, looking him up and down, and then down and up.
Yun Chen felt that he was very much like the big black dog that was spinning around.
No, even the big black dog looks more normal than him.
"Here, this is for you." Yu Yangji took out a gold ingot from the arms of his attendant guard and handed it to Yun Chen with a smile.
Yun Chen looked at him coldly, with a look as if he was looking at shit.
Seeing that Yun Chen was unmoved, Yu Yangji took out another ingot of gold and held both ingots in front of Yun Chen, his tone full of inducement:
"Here, it's your reward."
The monthly salary for general guards is four taels of silver, six taels for close guards, and eight taels for personal guards.
The two gold bars in front of him are worth at least one hundred taels, which is equivalent to one thousand taels of silver. Yun Chen would have to work as a guard for almost ten years, without eating or drinking, to earn that much.
Yu Yangji felt that there was no reason for a small guard to refuse, but unexpectedly Yun Chen just said coldly:
"Thank you for the reward, sir. I will use this gold to buy his life—"
Yun Chen pointed his sword at Zhou Li, and then scanned the entire audience, saying word by word:
"Or buy all your lives!"
If Yun Chen had not discovered it early, Huo Luyu would have been humiliated in public.
What awaits her is either life imprisonment or innocence that cannot be exchanged even until death.
Thinking of this, Yun Chen became furious and his words became more and more unpleasant.
Unexpectedly, after hearing these extremely provocative and arrogant words, Yu Yangji was not angry at all. Instead, he laughed heartily and said with satisfaction:
"Very good. To eat meat, you have to chew bones. The harder the bones, the better I like them... hehe..."
Yun Chen was too lazy to waste time talking to this wretched old man and was about to pick up his sword and start fighting.
Over there, Zhou Li had secretly clutched the Yu family's unique aphrodisiac "Soul-Stirring Smile" in her hand, waiting for Yun Chen to rush over and sprinkle it on her face.
If she inhaled even a tiny bit, she would be guaranteed to suffer a fate worse than that of the second young lady of the Huo family.
Just when the situation was about to break out, Huo Gannian's voice was like a sudden rain on a wildfire.
His cold and calm voice interrupted and scolded:
"Yun Chen, don't be rude."
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