in2ebook Chapter 244: Princess Guiyue is too torturous
Chapter 244: Princess Guiyue is too torturous
Chapter 244: Princess Guiyue is too torturous
Ye Wenyan was certainly not a dog, but she could smell a dusty smell on Ye Feizhou. He must have been out of the house somewhere, most likely to the outskirts of Beijing.
"What is Second Brother going to do in the suburbs of Beijing? Are you going to look after those six mountains for me?"
"I don't have the time." He rolled his eyes, still upset about her words "I'll give it to you as a dowry in the future." Why is it a dowry? How did the damn girl know that he must be a dowry?
"Then why are you out of town?"
"It's up to you!"
"If you don't want me to care, then forget it." She didn't ask any more questions, but just followed him forward with a smile, and bumped into someone while walking.
He was a young man of about seventeen or eighteen years old, dressed in rags. He was barefoot in the middle of winter, and his feet were red from the cold.
Ye Feizhou asked, "What are you in such a hurry? You're not even looking at the road."
At this time, someone in front of him shouted, "Stop! You daring escapee, let's see where you can run!"
The young man was so frightened that he screamed and fell to his knees in front of Ye Feizhou. "Master, please save me. Please save my life. I can't be caught by them. They want to kill me. Please save me!"
Ye Feizhou wanted to say, "I don't know you, and you are called a fugitive slave, how can I save you? Besides, I am not the kind of person who likes to meddle in other people's business!"
At this time, Ye Wenyan said, "Are you Anshun?"
"Anshun?" Ye Feizhou didn't react to who Anshun was, but when he looked carefully at the person in front of him, he did look somewhat familiar.
Ye Wenyan pulled Anshun up from the ground and said to Ye Feizhou, "We met the young man from the Li family clinic when we went to buy pills on New Year's Day. You even negotiated the price with him."
Ye Feizhou finally had an impression, "It turned out to be you! But why are you being chased by someone?"
When they were questioning, the group of people who were chasing Anshun had already come close. They saw Anshun standing with two nobles, and they seemed to know each other. Someone was sharp-eyed and recognized that one of the nobles was the fourth Miss Ye, Ye Wenyan. At that time, he was a little hesitant and whispered to the people around him: "The situation is not good. The person who Anshun asked for help is the fourth Miss Ye."
After hearing this, the group of people all hesitated, but the situation couldn't be frozen like this. There was nothing wrong with them arresting the escaped slave. So someone stepped forward with courage and said loudly: "We are from the Li family. We arrested the escaped slave of the Li family. We hope that Miss Ye Si will give us some convenience and not ask about the Li family's family affairs."
An Shun got anxious when he heard this, "No, I'm not a family slave, I'm just a worker. I was hired by the Li family clinic to work, I didn't sell myself to the Li family, and I'm not a slave!" He begged Ye Wenyan, "Fourth Miss, please believe me, I'm really just a civilian from the outer city, I followed my master to the inner city to work, please believe me." After saying that, he turned around and said to the people from the Li family, "I'm just a hired worker, there's no reason for you to keep me locked up, and you don't want to beat me to death, and you shouldn't put all the bills of the clinic on my head."
Ye Wenyan was unhappy, "What's the bill for the clinic?"
Anshun immediately said, "It was those pills. Because the Li family sold those pills without permission, they locked me up. Later, I came forward to testify for the fourth young lady, and the Li family hated me. After Mr. Li and Miss Li came out of prison, they had nowhere to vent their anger, so they tied me back to the mansion and beat me every day. Beating me was not enough, and now they want to kill me. I escaped at the risk of my life."
Ye Wenyan frowned when he heard this. "So you have to risk your life to testify for me? You are not their slave. The Li family is ignoring the laws of the court and taking human lives lightly!"
The Li family members were a little scared when they heard this, but if they didn't say anything at this time, they would not be able to explain to the family when they returned. So they gritted their teeth and said, "This is the Li family's family affair, and the fourth lady should not ask about it."
"Family matter?" Ye Wenyan shook his head. "No, that's not right. The clinic is mine now. He is a worker there. He is one of my men. Why are the Li family chasing after my men and calling for their death? Are you coming for me?"
As soon as she said this, Nanny Ji, who was following behind her, stepped forward and lashed the ground with the whip in her hand. With a "snap" sound, Nanny Ji spoke: "If the Li family has a private grudge against my young lady, let's settle it today. If the Li family is dissatisfied with the court's ruling on the clinic, let's settle the public grudge today and ask the person in charge of the Li family to go to the court."
Everyone in the Li family fell silent, but they didn't leave either. The scene remained deadlocked, gradually attracting a lot of onlookers.
Unlike in the past, this time, all the onlookers stood on Ye Wenyan's side. Many people witnessed what happened in front of the Li family clinic on the day Ye Wenyan returned to the city, and now they accused the Li family of ignoring the laws of Northern Qi and not taking the court seriously.
Ye Wenyan had no intention of lingering on the street, and only said to the people of the Li family: "Go back and tell your master that if you want to have a good argument with me about this matter, we can go to court. If you want to keep things quiet, just stay at home and don't let the dog out to bite people for no reason. I have always had a bad temper. If the father and daughter haven't been in jail long enough, I have plenty of ways to send them in again. Did you hear that clearly? If you hear that clearly, go back and tell them."
The thugs of the Li family left silently. They did not dare to challenge Ye Wenyan, because the Li family had suffered from the loss of the Fourth Miss Ye, and they still had not recovered. The eldest lady locked herself in the room all day and did not want to see anyone. The master and his wife had not been in a good mood for many days. The old lady scolded in the mansion every day, and beat the servants when she was not satisfied, but no one dared to ask to settle accounts with the Fourth Miss Ye. If the master did not dare to settle accounts, what were they?
The people from the Li family left, and the onlookers condemned them a few more times before dispersing.
Ye Wenyan asked Anshun, "Is it true that there is no indenture? Don't be afraid. Even if there is, it doesn't matter. Tell me the truth and I will help you solve it." Anshun shook his head firmly, "Really, there is no indenture. I am not lying. This kind of thing will be known once the government investigates it."
"Okay." Ye Wenyan nodded, and then asked him, "What are your plans for the future? I've implicated you in this matter, so I'll try my best to meet your requests, and I'll also compensate you for the harm I've caused you." As he spoke, he glanced at his bare feet again, and then told Xiangdong, "Go buy a pair of shoes."
Xiangdong went there quickly.
An Shun was so grateful that he wanted to kowtow to her again, and at the same time he said, "No need for compensation, but if you, Fourth Miss, still want the clinic, can you keep me as a clerk? I am used to working in the clinic, and I am used to the smell of medicinal materials. I have learned medical theory and pharmacology from my master, and I can take good care of the clinic. I have learned these since I was a child, and I don't know what else I can do besides working in the clinic."
Ye Wenyan was a little troubled, "But I don't plan to open a clinic."
Anshun was a little disappointed, but he immediately said, "It's okay, it's okay. I'll go back to the outer city and find a job there. I just don't know if the Li family can let me go without the protection of the fourth lady. If not, I'll have to take my parents away from the capital." He became more and more frustrated. "The earth turned over, and I got into this trouble. Until now, I haven't been able to go back to see my parents. I don't know how they are doing and whether they are injured. In fact, it's better to leave, go far away, and live a good life with my parents."
Ye Wenyan thought about it and discussed with him: "Are you willing to go to the clinic in the outer city? There is a Shi Family Clinic in the outer city. I have some friendship with them. If you are willing, I will introduce you. At the same time, I will also spread the word that you are my partner and I sent you to work in the Shi Family Clinic. If the Li family wants to make things difficult for you, they have to consider whether it is easy to get past me."
Anshun was so happy that he knelt down and kowtowed to Ye Wenyan, "I do, I really do!"
While they were talking, Xiang Dong also came back. They didn't walk far to buy shoes. Most of the people who were watching just now lived nearby. When they heard that Miss Ye Si was going to find shoes for the boy, they ran home to get a pair. An Shun sat on the ground, wiping his tears while putting on his shoes. When he finally put them on, he knelt down again and kowtowed to Ye Wenyan.
She helped the man up and handed him over to Zhuier and Madam Ji. "You two take him to the outer city. Zhuier will lead the way, and we will go to the clinic where we treated the wounded in the outer city. Also, ask the people there to tell Master Shi that I will come to visit him after the reconstruction of the inner city is completed."
Anshun thanked them again and again, then followed Nanny Ji and Zhuier away.
Finally returning to the general's mansion, Ye Feizhou only said: "You should have a good rest and remember to have lunch", and then went to the direction of Yujing Garden without looking back.
Xiang Dong said: "Although the Second Young Master has been talking along the way, I always feel that he is not in a good mood, as if he is worried about something."
How could Ye Wenyan not feel something when the maid could see it? But she didn't take it too seriously. After all, who doesn't have worries? Ye Feizhou came back from the outskirts of Beijing at this time, so he must have left in the middle of the night. She asked once on the way, but he didn't say anything, so she didn't want to meddle in other people's business. When she walked back to her room, a servant brought a letter, saying that it was delivered not long after she left.
Xiangdong went to have lunch. Ye Wenyan was sitting alone on a soft chair. He opened the letter lazily and smiled as soon as he saw it.
The letter was written by Jiang Wanting, and every word was filled with pain: Wen Yan, when you are done, please remember to come and see us. These days, Chi Feifei and I have been entangled by Princess Guiyue. She drags us out all day long, either drinking or listening to music, and even visiting brothels. I almost doubt that she is not a woman. Wen Yan, we don’t have much friendship with her, and we are accompanying her for your sake. But now we are almost unable to bear it, please come and save us quickly!
She thought again of the story Feng Zhaolian had told her about the west bank of the shoreless sea, and of what Feng Zhaolian had said about her having suffered a great sin in her previous life, having changed from a male body to a female one, so that her entire body was distorted from the inside out.
But she took Jiang Wanting and Chi Feifei to visit a brothel. In Feng Zhaolian's heart, does she consider herself a man or a woman?