Chapter 477 Lu Liang asks for help
Yan Shijiu originally thought that he and Yun Chen could continue to play, fight, chat and laugh like this.
But when the servant came and said the name "Lu Liang", Yun Chen was stunned at first, and then his face changed immediately. He stood up from the stool with a "whoosh", and the lamb chops in the bowl were spilled.
Seeing Yun Chen's extremely nervous expression, the first thing he asked was, "What happened? Why is Lu Liang here? Is there something wrong with Anian?"
Yan Shijiu knew that he had to speed up his plan and make her forget Huo Gannian as soon as possible so that he could capture her heart and possess her completely.
Yun Chen rushed to the front hall for guests. When she saw Lu Liang's face covered with bruises and scars, and bloodstains on his neck and wrists, she was shocked:
"How did it become like this? What happened? What happened to Anian? Someone—Wan Chen! Bring me my Taiping Sword!"
Lu Liang quickly spoke up to stop him: "No, the young master is fine. Well, I can't say he's fine... It's Runhe who's in trouble. Yunchen, please save Runhe."
Runhe? Huo Gannian's personal servant?
Hearing that Huo Gannian was not in trouble, Yun Chen felt relieved, but he was still worried:
"What happened to Runhe? I heard that when everyone in the Huo Mansion was dismissed, except for a cook and a servant, only you and Runhe refused to leave. What happened to Runhe? How did you get so many injuries?"
Facing Yun Chen's series of questions, Lu Liang's mouth moved around, not knowing where to start. After a long time, he sighed heavily. When he opened his mouth again, his eyes were red:
"The cook stayed because he needed to eat, and the servants stayed because they needed to do odd jobs. Runhe and I stayed because we just wanted to be with the young master. But who knew that the young master's wife... no, it was Zhiluo.
Who would have thought she was so cruel? Not only did she beat and scold Runhe and me every day, she also slapped us, whipped us, and often twisted our flesh with pliers, forcing us... to take off all our clothes and kneel in the yard in the middle of winter... These were common occurrences, but we could still endure it by gritting our teeth.
But these past two days, she brought back a giant white-browed tiger from the palace. Yesterday, she forced me to fight the tiger with my bare hands, saying it was a performance to help me digest my lunch. I had martial arts skills, so I managed to escape. But today, she forced Runhe to open the cage and feed the tiger raw meat!
When Run He refused to go, she threatened to hurt the young master... Run He had no choice but to go, but as soon as she entered the cage, she locked the door and wouldn't let Run He out... Yun Chen, while we're talking, I don't even know if Run He is still alive..."
After Lu Liang finished speaking, he couldn't help but cover his face and cry.
Yun Chen's scalp went numb after hearing this.
Since returning to Beijing, she had heard about the crazy and perverted "that guy" and knew that Zhi Luo's temperament had changed drastically.
But I didn't expect that she has become more and more unscrupulous and even plays tricks on living people for fun!
The more Yun Chen thought about it, the angrier he became. He grabbed the Taiping Sword from Wan Chen's hand and walked out.
When she reached the gate of the mansion, which was heavily guarded and forbade her to leave, she remembered that she could not go out casually now. If she wanted to go out alone, according to current regulations, she must have an "outing warrant" approved by Yan Shijiu, or be accompanied by him.
She was just hesitating about what to say to Yan Shijiu when the latter, with his hair combed and a cloak on, came over and said to her, "I'm ready to go out."
"Come on, I'll go with you."
She nodded gratefully to Yan Shijiu.
Afterwards, Wan Chen drove the horse, and she, Yan Shijiu, and Lu Liang rode in a carriage. They also brought two palace doctors, and the group quickly rushed towards the Huo Mansion.
After passing through layers of strict guards, Yun Chen jumped off the carriage and looked around at the familiar scene that was once so prosperous, but now it has become dilapidated and desolate, and his heart was filled with sadness.
Saving Runhe is the most important thing right now, there is no time to be sad! She said this to herself in her heart, and hurriedly passed through the layers of deep doors and rushed into Qiyunju.
From a distance, she could hear bursts of tiger roars and Runhe's terrified cries.
She could no longer bear it, so she used her Qing Kung Fu to get up and rushed into the backyard as fast as she could.
In a large iron cage in the backyard, a tiger was seen licking its mouth with blood all over its body.
On the other side, Runhe was hanging on the top of the cage, holding on to the iron bar tightly like a monkey. His calves had been scratched by the tiger's claws, and there was a deep bite mark on one of them, with a large piece of flesh missing.
Seeing Lu Liang appear with Yun Chen, Run He, who had been holding on with all her might, suddenly burst into tears. The strength in her hands loosened, and she was about to fall into the tiger's mouth.
Yun Chen immediately drew out the Taiping Sword and threw it out fiercely. It passed through the bars of the cage and pierced the tiger's neck accurately, causing the beast to become instantly angry. It rammed the iron cage towards Yun Chen, growling and baring its teeth.
Yun Chen was about to step forward, but Wan Chen was quicker than her. She opened the cage and got in, pulled out the Taiping Sword from around the beast's neck, and in no time at all sent the beast to hell.
Runhe also fell to the ground at this time, began to feel severe pain in his legs, and cold sweat broke out on his head.
Looking at Yun Chen who rushed over to help her with a look of concern and worry on his face, Run He's eyes were filled with tears. He looked at her with grievance and resentment:
"Yun Chen...why did you come just now..."
It was just one sentence, but Yun Chen felt so sad that he almost cried.
Looking at other parts of Runhe's body, he saw new wounds piled on top of old ones. Yun Chen became furious and pulled out the Taiping Sword from the tiger's corpse beside him, and was about to go find the culprit with the sword.
Unexpectedly, after taking only two steps out, Zhiluo came out by himself.
When the tiger was killed just now, the wailing sound was so loud that she felt something was wrong. It should be Runhe's scream. She hurried over to check. When she walked into the backyard, she saw Yun Chen standing there with a bloody sword in his hand. The tiger next to him was already dead.
Zhi Luo widened his eyes in surprise, looked at Yun Chen with resentment, and sneered:
"That's impressive! 'Cloud Tiger' killed a real tiger. Do you want to get more people to come and see this 'great feat'?"
The words were full of sarcasm, making Yun Chen angry and confused at the same time.
She still didn't know that Zhiluo had once been in love with her. She couldn't understand how a good woman who had aspired to be a military advisor could become like this after arriving in Beijing? She even found pleasure in torturing people?!
Yun Chen rushed forward, wanting to seek an explanation for Lu Liang and Run He. Just as she took a step, a figure flew over like a sharp arrow, bounced lightly on the surface of her shoes, and jumped into her arms.
"Mo Mo?" Yun Chen subconsciously raised his hand and hugged Diao'er.
After not seeing each other for a long time, Momo was still affectionate to Yunchen. He first nestled in her arms and rolled around happily twice, rubbing his head against her and making a "cooing" sound, as if complaining to Yunchen why he took so long to come and see him.
It also pointed with its little paws to a place not far away, where there was a snow-white mink. It was the one it had rescued from Su Zhengyang before, and had long since become Mo Mo's wife.
Mo Mo chattered as if introducing her lover to Yun Chen, then noticed Zhi Luo's sinister and jealous look, and Mo Mo shuddered again.
It slowly climbed up from Yun Chen's arms, slid down along the hem of Yun Chen's clothes little by little, looked at Yun Chen reluctantly, and walked back to Zhi Luo silently.
Zhi Luo used a posture that Yun Chen had never seen before - his hands were like eagle claws, pinching Mo Mo's neck and lifting him up. The pain made Mo Mo let out a sharp cry, and the snow-white mink beside him was so anxious that he kept spinning around.
Zhiluo then pinched harder, forcing Momo to squat on his shoulders.
Looking at Mo Mo's trembling and frightened appearance, Yun Chen felt a chill in his heart as he felt nothing like the former Marquis Xin's majestic demeanor.
Now, Zhiluo treats Momo, whom he has raised for almost ten years, like this, let alone other people?
After being provoked by Mo Mo, the anger in Yun Chen's heart subsided a lot. She frowned and looked at Zhi Luo:
"Zhiluo, I don't know why you're like this, but I always feel like you're filled with hatred and anger. Go find whoever caused this hatred and anger, or if all else fails, go find me! Why are you mistreating Lu Liang and Run He? Every wrong has its perpetrator, and they haven't offended you!"
"What a saying, 'every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor', haha..."
Zhi Luo laughed strangely twice and wanted to ridicule Yun Chen a few more times, but he saw Yan Shijiu slowly step forward and silently stick out half of his tall body from behind Yun Chen, staring at Zhi Luo intently and coldly like a powerful beast protecting its cub.
It seemed that if she dared to say another word, Yan Shijiu would immediately rush up and tear her into pieces.
Zhi Luo's face suddenly turned pale, and he finally put away all the sneers and returned to a gloomy and expressionless face.
"Got it. I won't touch them anymore."
After saying that, Zhiluo turned and left.
Yun Chen wanted to catch up and ask for clarification, but she saw that the accompanying doctor was busy treating Runhe, so she had to focus her attention on Runhe.
It took the court doctor a full half hour to bandage Runhe's leg, and he also carefully treated many old injuries on him and Lu Liang.
Yun Chen wanted to ask them if they wanted to go to Yan Mansion with her.
But then he thought, if even Lu Liang and Runhe left, Huo Gannian would really be trapped alone with a woman as poisonous as a snake and scorpion in this dead and silent Huo Mansion that was like a tomb.
Seeing Yun Chen's entanglement, Run He raised his scarred face and smiled:
"It's okay. If we are bullied again, we will come to you for support. It will work. We can't leave the young master here alone..."
Runhe choked up as he spoke.
Yun Chen's eyes trembled, and he asked in a low voice: "Is Ah Nian... okay? Where is he? Why hasn't he come out?"
Lu Liang and Run He both looked heartbroken, but considering Yan Shijiu was present, they didn't dare to say anything.
Yan Shijiu naturally knew that Yun Chen wanted to take this opportunity to meet Huo Gannian.
Yan Shijiu didn't want to, and wasn't allowed to.
Using the excuse that "there are too many of the emperor's spies here, and it is inconvenient to stay any longer to avoid causing more trouble", he pushed Yun Chen out.
When passing through the middle courtyard, Yun Chen deliberately slowed down his pace, and his body was pulled to the side by Yan Shijiu.
She kept looking back, hoping Huo Gannian would come out to see her. Even if he didn't say anything, just a glance would be fine.
But the surroundings were always empty and deserted, with no sign of anyone coming out.
Just when she was about to give up, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure through the dusty window frame as she passed by the study.
She looked carefully, and just one glance, her whole body trembled, and tears rolled down her face.
Huo Gannian was locked in a study room that was locked with a big lock. He looked very weak and limped to the window. It took a lot of effort for him to grab the window and keep standing.
He was pale, with thin cheeks, disheveled hair, and extremely dirty clothes. He was even still wearing the same clothes he had worn during the palace coup more than a month ago.
What broke Yun Chen's heart the most was that he still had the heavy iron shackle around his neck and the shackles on his wrists.
Zhiluo actually kept the key and never helped him to free himself from this torturous bondage!
Yun Chen couldn't imagine that while she was having dinner and chatting with Yan Shijiu, and while she was boating and singing on the lake, Huo Gannian was enduring this inhuman torture alone.
I couldn't lower my head to eat, couldn't take a step when walking, and couldn't even lie flat to sleep! My shoulders were rubbed so hard that they bled countless times!
In an instant, heartache and sorrow came like waves, hitting Yun Chen so hard that he could hardly stand.
Thinking back on the past month or so when she had no worries about food and clothing, she felt ashamed of every smile she had ever shown and felt like a despicable traitor.
"A-Nian...A-Nian..."
Tears blurred her vision and she kept wiping them with her sleeves, afraid that she would not be able to see Huo Gannian clearly.
She rushed to the study room desperately, but Yan Shijiu's voice sternly sounded behind her:
"Yun Chen! Think about Yun Wang! The three of them are still being escorted! If the Emperor knew that you were meeting in private, have you ever thought about the consequences?!"
Yun Chen's footsteps suddenly stopped, and his whole body froze in place, shaking uncontrollably.
She looked towards the study while crying. Huo Gannian's eyes were filled with tears. He looked at her steadily, shook his head slightly, and forced a gentle smile.
That smile seemed to say:
Chen'er, I miss you so much.
Chen'er, I don't blame you.
Yun Chen understood all the meaning behind this smile.
But precisely because she understood this, she felt even more pain. Tears immediately welled up in her eyes, and she cried out loudly, almost collapsing.
But how could Yan Shijiu allow her to do this? After more than a month of trying every possible way, keeping Yun Chen busy and busy every day, cutting off all contact between her and Huo Gannian, how could he just watch her and Huo Gannian exchange glances here! Rekindling their love?!
"Yun Chen, let's go!"
Yan Shijiu grabbed Yun Chen's arm roughly and pulled it outward with force.
Yun Chen was dragged away from Qiyunju little by little. Until she was pulled out of the gate of Huo Mansion, she was still staring blankly in that direction, her forehead flushed with tears.
"Wan Chen, you stay here and take care of Lu Liang and Run He. Also, have a good discussion with the Young Master's wife about removing the shackles from Young Master Huo!"
Before getting on the carriage, Yan Shijiu gave Wan Chen this cold order, then pressed his brows hard to drive away his impatience, and tried to keep his tone gentle as he said to Yun Chen:
"This is the best I can do, Yunchen, don't embarrass me."
Yun Chen nodded with tears in his eyes, his voice trembling:
"I understand... Yan Shijiu, thank you..."
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