Revenge of the Concubine’s Daughter - Chapter 137
Chapter 137 Feng Yan and Feng Yu blocked the way
The four maids were scared to cry, but Liao Qing’er continued to negotiate with Gao Jue. She hoped that he could escort her to Yangzhou City instead of detaining her to the capital. And he would get rich rewards. Liao Qing’er raised three chubby fingers to promise that she was much more generous than her brother.
During this trip to Changbai Mount, not only did Liao Qing’er find cheap sources of Chinese medicinal materials such as ginseng, velvet antler, tortoise plastron, animal bones, but also she negotiated the route and price of business channel with Peaceful Escort. However, there was market saturation for medicinal materials in the capital. Therefore, she chose Yangzhou City as the first sales target, which was second only to capital in prosperity. Now everything was ready except one key element. Where she was going was Yangzhou City, not the capital!
But Gao Jue didn’t pay attention to her temptation at all. He took a long string of wood ears to go down the mountain. As long as he handed over them to the Lynx, he would get the fifteen jars of wine.
He walked very fast. Although generally it was much easier to go down the mountain than go up, he still dragged the five girls staggeringly. The four entourages wanted to cry but didn’t dare to do. At first, they thought this the man in black was a hero who saved them from danger, but they hadn’t expected that he was a trafficker who didn’t know how to pity girls!
In this way, the five girls would have spent more half a day to go down the mountain. Under his high pressure, they only spent two hours and returned to Donggua Town. Gao Jue took the rope and walked back to Songxiang Inn where he stayed. He tied the rope in his hands to the pillar of the horse at the entrance of the inn. In the face of the female master and her four entourages, he chopped the blue stone floor on the ground to threaten them. And he told them not to think about things like running away. Afterwards, Gao Jue entered the inn and asked for a table of dishes. He wanted to resume his journey to the capital as soon as possible after eating.
“Sir, are you Gao Shenxin?” A young man who looked so tired walked into the inn. He just glanced at the lobby and walked towards Gao Jue. He said, “I am a messenger of Changnian Post Office. Here is a letter to Gao Shenxin who wears a black shirt.”
Gao Shenxin was a pseudonym when Gao Jue was a warrior in Jianghu. Imperial guard also used this name when they delivered letters internally, so he signed the letter. After reading it, Gao Jue thought for a while and hurriedly ate some food. Then he checked out and went out. As soon as he went out, he saw a boy wearing a white shirt untied the five people. He immediately stopped him, “Stop, don’t untie these people! Go away!”
The teenager looked back in shock. When he found that the “big wicked man”, who the chubby girl said, had arrived, he was unconvinced and said immediately, “You are a man who abuses five weak women in such a way, which is really a shame to all men!”
Gao Jue didn’t want to care about the young man who looked like a scholar. He walked over and checked the knots that bound the five people. Then he took them to hire a carriage at a courier station. With tears flashed in Liao Qing’er’s round eyes, she turned back and said goodbye to the teenager, “Little brother, it is our fate that we meet each other. Although you cannot save us, thank you… This person is very fierce and unreasonable. I advise you do not to interfere in this matter!”
After hearing the words, the teenagers who were not particularly excited immediately rushed forward to block their way and said, “Everything should be particular about the reason. What crimes did these women commit? If it doesn’t make sense, I’ll take you to see the official!”
Gao Jue knew that he was a priggish pedant by hearing his literary words. Was it reasonable? There were so many more unreasonable things in this world! Gao Jue snorted immediately and bypassed the young man. And the young man was so anxious that he directly pounced on Gao Jue, as a hero to save the beauty. He wanted to snatch the rope in Gao Jue’s hand. Since Gao Jue saw that the young man risked his neck, Gao Jue didn’t want to make concessions anymore. When Gao Jue was about to hit the young man, someone next to him suddenly shouted loudly, “Baiji, stop quickly!”
Gao Jue turned his head and saw a middle-aged man in a brown-red robe and a big cloak of the same color. The man came with a smile and said, “Please forgive me, Knight. My surname is Lou. I’m going to the Snow Mountain with my son. I’m so sorry that he made troubles. I also hope that you can show mercy and let me teach him a lesson!”
It was said that if someone admitted his mistake, he usually would not be blamed. Gao Jue snorted and nodded, to signal to him to take his son away. So, the middle-aged man smiled and stepped forward, taking away the reluctant teenager with tough act and soft talk.
After they walked away, Gao Jue looked at Liao Qing’er who was depressed and said coldly, “Woman, listen. You don’t have to try to escape anymore. Don’t you want to go to Yangzhou City? I will send you to there”. Seeing the girl’s round face with an incredible expression, Gao Jue explained in detail. “I just received a letter from your brother. It says that he found a lot of information about Yangzhou City in your room, such as the books and maps about Yangzhou City. He guesses that you are going to resell medicinal materials in Yangzhou City. So, he asks me to send you to Yangzhou City directly, so as not to let you have opportunity to escape after being home.”
“Send me to Yangzhou City? Will my brother be so good?” Liao Qing’er asked suspiciously, “Will there be some additional conditions?”
Gao Jue nodded and said, “Yes, Liao Zhiyuan said in his letter that after you arrive at Yangzhou City, you must live in your aunt’s house, Guan’s Mansion. At the same time, you must also go to Chengxu Academy with Miss Guan.”
“Chengxu Academy?” Liao Qing’er flicked her hair and smiled. “Is it ‘the legendary No. 1 Dating Club of the Ming Dynasty’? I heard that people have to pass the exam before they can join the club. My brother knows that I’m not good at soft brush calligraphy. So, he must have helped me get the VIP test-free card, hasn’t he? Just go. Anyway, I’m a lady from a decent family, and I’m fair-skinned and attractive now. I can find a man who is tall, rich and handsome!”
Gao Jue was confused about her words, but he could finally understand that she had agreed to go to Chengxu Academy. That was to say, as long as he sent her to Yangzhou City, he finished the task. So, he told her that the latest remuneration Liao Zhiyuan wrote in the letter was “Twenty jars of delicious wine”, and it must be paid within three months after arriving in Yangzhou City. Liao Qing’er agreed happily. Of course, Liao Zhiyuan also mentioned in the letter that there would be “another mysterious gift” in the future. Gao Jue absolutely didn’t care about it, because the words said by Lynx could only be believed below 10%. Wasn’t the chubby girl the best example?
After they negotiated properly, Gao Jue led the women to hire a carriage at the courier station. Then they drove to Yangzhou City overnight.
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The night wind blew away, which made several flowers and leaves in front of the yard sweep. And it also made the clothes of the woman in the garden float, which made her face covered by hair like a ghost.
Since He Danggui made the decision to assassinate Ning Yuan just now, she asked Xiaoyou to go to the main hall to report safe for Madam Luo. Then she went back to the garden alone to find Ning Yuan. She constantly reviewed several of the most vulnerable dead acupoints in the human body that could kill people in one blow, and various methods in silver needle that could take away others’ lives.
Thinking of it, although she took care of Wuying Tower’s assassination affairs for Zhu Quan, and indirectly killed many people, she never killed anyone by herself. Not to mention that she used her hands to save life in silver needle… However, she tried to stain her hands in case of not to be regretful to kill the demon. She believed that as long as he died, the nightmare of her previous life would end. Besides, if he was absent from the vanity fair in the next ten years, the world would be more peaceful!
The reason why she didn’t use a sword to kill him was because she hadn’t mastered to kill with one blow. So, she thought that no matter how weak Zhu Quan was, it would be very difficult to kill him with a sword. As a saying went, “The wily hare has three holes to his burrow,” so treacherous people like Zhu Quan must have an emergency life-saving method, just like the masked man who escaped suddenly. Only in the name of treating his wounds, she unexpectedly attacked him and pierced his dead acupoint with a silver needle was the best strategy…
Thinking of this, the hands under her sleeve slowly clenched into a fist, and gradually stopped the tremor that had been unstoppable since the person’s true identity was discovered. He Danggui closed her eyes and took two deep breaths. Don’t be afraid. Don’t panic. She could do it! As long as there were legitimate reasons in the name of justice and revenge, anyone could gain the courage to take the lives of others… Cause-and-effect transmigration, the debts of previous lives were paid in this life. Let the demon go to hell to repent for her three children… Hey, where he was?
He Danggui searched the whole garden, but she couldn’t find the person she wanted to kill. So, she generally stood in a daze in the garden. The feeling of madness in her heart and the desire to kill gradually faded. She began to hesitate. That man had left, so should she chase to kill him in Ting Zhu Yard? Did she really want to kill Zhu Quan, a teenager who saved her life twice in this life? She wanted to strangle the future ambitious and fiercely competitive person in the cradle. Was it really justice and the right decision?
He Danggui walked aimlessly in the dark night. She was hesitating and irritating in her heart. If she didn’t take advantage of him now, she would never have such a good opportunity again. However, the 33-year-old Zhu Quan, who had hurt her in the previous life, had already been abandoned in the depths of time and space. Now Zhu Quan in this life had done nothing to her. Would she really want to treat him as a way to vent hatred and ask him for the blood debts of the previous life?
“Ha-ha! Miss He, what a coincidence. Are you coming for a walk under the moon?”
“Miss He walks under the moon, which looks like a moonlight fairy. If you turn around in the garden, you will look like a flower fairy. Ha-ha!”
He Danggui stopped her footsteps and looked at the two manservants called Feng Yan and Feng Yu. Then she sneered. It turned out that Zhu Quan and Young Lord Feng Yang of Caobang Organization had always been good friend. Ho-ho!
It was no wonder that her own ideas in the previous life which were rejected by Zhu Quan were found in the profit business of Caobang Organization. Its structure and strategy were as the same as hers! It turned out that the largest scales of business, Caobang Organization, which was the so-called “the biggest school of Jianghu”, came about this way! Zhu Quan had made full use of her, but he didn’t trust her at all. How much had Zhu Quan concealed her? Her thoughts that she had understood him thoroughly and all kinds of affectionate contributions to him were just a fantasy dream, which couldn’t stand a light shock, even the needle tip!
“Where did your Childe and Childe Ning go?” He Danggui smiled and asked, “I saw Childe Ning in the garden just now. Why didn’t I see him just for a while? I notice that he was injured seriously. Did he find a place to heal?”
Feng Yan rubbed his hands and said with a smile, “Maybe he goes to bed. Don’t mind him! Miss He, we want to explain something to you.”
“You want to explain something to me?” He Danggui stood with her hands clasped behind the back. She said, “Go ahead.”
Feng Yu scratched his head and said, “I was at the side door before. Didn’t you see that I talked to Miss Ling Miaoyi and gave her a bundle wrapped in cloth? In fact, Ling Miaoyi is the sister of my Young Lord. This time she came to Yangzhou City alone…”
Feng Yan said in a timely manner, “It is said that she came to Yangzhou City to chase her sweetheart, which is really admirable. But this time she ran away from home secretly, with a little money around. After she arrived at Yangzhou City, she met a thief again. Her baggage and money bag were stolen, so that she had no money to eat. She had to sleep on the street and could not support her life in the next day…”
“Huh, it’s so pitiful!” Feng Yu continued, “So one day, when she was cold and hungry, waiting to ask for steamed buns in the back door of Luo’s Mansion, she happened to meet us. We all knew each other, so she ran to grab us and told her tragic encounter while sniveling and crying. We showed sympathy for her…”
Feng Yan wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve and sighed, “Later, she wanted to borrow money from us, and we were moved by her story, so I agreed…”
“So, Miss He, in fact, the scene you saw this afternoon was that I was lending money to Ling Miaoyi!” Feng Yu looked at He Danggui nervously and said with a smile, “So, please don’t misunderstand. And don’t tell anyone about it, please!”
“We know that you must be very strange about not to tell this thing out. Ha-ha!” Feng Yan also smiled and said, “Miss He, please think about it. Miss Ling’s action was both admirable and sympathetic. In order to meet a man, she ran away from home and went to Yangzhou City to apply for Chengxu Academy. If others know, it’s always bad for her reputation. Ha-ha! Miss He, you look like a kind person, so please help Miss Ling to keep this secret. Okay?”
Feng Yu concluded, “Anyway, you should have never seen me give her a bundle wrapped in cloth. The most important thing is that when you see Miss Ling again, don’t talk to her about my Young Lord and Childe Ning, okay? You just don’t know us, okay?”
“I get it.” He Danggui smiled and nodded. She looked up at them and pointed out the loopholes in their words. She said, “Miss Ling is your Young Lord’s sister, isn’t she? I don’t know when Wudang Sect also accepts female disciples.”
