Hearing the urgent knocking sound from outside, the Su Clan gate guarding warrior said, “Who is it? My master is not receiving guests today.”
“Open the door quickly. I have urgent business to see Su Lun face to face. It will be too late if delayed.” The middle aged man outside said in a flustered and exasperated manner.
This person had a handsome appearance, especially his two moustaches which were trimmed exquisitely. However, at this moment he looked quite miserable. His entire clothes were damaged and torn, his face was bruised with black and purple marks as if he had been beaten, and his hair was messy and dishevelled.
Ye Jingyu stepped forward and said, “Who is it?”
“I am Lord Yi Kai.” The dishevelled middle aged man outside said. “My daughter Yi Yun is your master’s lover. She has now been kidnapped. If there are no three hundred gold coins, the other party will humiliate her.”
It was this bastard again. Last time he owed nine hundred gold coins in gambling debt and wanted to mortgage his daughter to the casino. It was Su Lun who took on this debt.
As a result, now he was pulling this trick again.
“Get lost…” Ye Jingyu said coldly.
Lord Yi Kai wailed, “For the sake of my daughter being with Su Lun, please save her. It only needs three hundred gold coins, three hundred gold coins.”
“Get lost…” Ye Jingyu repeated the words.
“Wait, let him in.” Lanling appeared.
Ye Jingyu said, “Do not do it. This is the other party’s scheme.”
Lanling said, “Let him in.”
The main gate opened and Lord Yi Kai rushed in quickly. He hugged Lanling’s thigh and said, “One night as husband and wife means a hundred days of grace. For the sake of past kindness, save Yi Yun. Three hundred gold coins and they will release her.”
Lanling squatted down and said, “Uncle, I have something I want to say to you.”
“Say it, say it.” Lord Yi Kai said in a flattering manner.
“When you want to scheme against someone, can you not change to another person? Why do you always catch the same one to scheme against? Am I that stupid that you specially pick me alone to scheme against?” Lanling said.
“It is real, it is real. I did not lie to you.” Lord Yi Kai said. “If there are no three hundred gold coins to redeem her, Yi Yun’s chastity will not be preserved. As long as you redeem her, she will be yours from now on.”
Lanling did not answer his words but asked, “Have you been beaten by them?”
“Yes.” Lord Yi Kai said miserably.
“How pitiful. Both hands have been broken.” Lanling said.
Lord Yi Kai was stunned. His two hands had not been broken. Only other places had been beaten.
At this moment, Lanling suddenly pressed his two hands to the ground and said to Ye Jingyu, “Step on all ten of his fingers and break them completely.”
As soon as these words came out, Lord Yi Kai trembled violently and quickly tried to turn and run away. However, he was firmly held down by Lanling.
Ye Jingyu’s foot wearing boots stomped down fiercely on his ten fingers.
“Crack…” In an instant, all ten of his fingers that brought disaster to the family had their bones broken.
Lord Yi Kai first trembled, then let out an earth shattering miserable scream.
He raised his hands and saw that all ten of his fingers were already deformed. He once again let out an incomparably heart rending howl.
“Remember, this was stepped on and broken by the casino. It has nothing to do with me.” Lanling said. “You love gambling. I cannot control that. You love pawning your daughter. I cannot control that either. But once you lose money and they tell you to come and harm me, then you come. That is not right. Previously you already harmed me once and as a result ten fingers were broken. Then we can write that off. If there is a next time, I will castrate you and then send you to the southern barbarians to be fucked by those savages. I mean what I say.”
As soon as these words came out, Lord Yi Kai shrank back fiercely.
Indeed, after he lost money this time, the people from the casino had indeed instructed him to come find Su Lun. As long as he brought Su Lun to the casino, his gambling debt would be written off.
He of course knew that this was someone wanting to harm Su Lun. But in order to repay this gambling debt, he had come again.
He had not expected that Su Lun would no longer be as naive as last time but had become so ruthless. If he was really sent to the southern barbarians, then it would truly be impossible to live or die.
“Have you understood?” Lanling asked.
Lord Yi Kai’s face twitched in pain and he nodded vigorously.
“Then get lost.” Lanling said.
Lord Yi Kai staggered and ran out quickly.
Ye Jingyu said, “Next, they will still use other means.”
Lanling nodded and said, “Zhining thinks my weakness is women. Yi Yun is the first one. Next she may make a move on Ye Feidie and Niya. That night when we entered the city in the middle of the night, Zhining can easily find out that it was Ye Feidie who helped us.”
“According to your instructions, after returning to the mansion last night, I immediately went to find Ye Feidie and told her to leave the royal city right away.” Ye Jingyu said. “But for Teacher Niya, I really have no way. She is in Marquis Jian Yong’s home.”
Lanling said, “I hope Zhining will not be crazy enough to make a move on Mentor Niya.”
But…
Only a quarter of an hour later, an unfamiliar middle aged man came to the front of the Tianshui Earl Mansion and knocked on the door.
“My master is not receiving guests today.” The gate guarding warrior said.
That middle aged man said in a gentle and refined manner, “I am someone from Marquis Jian Yong’s mansion. Last night the young madam Niya suddenly fell seriously ill. At this moment she is already in critical condition, hanging by a thread. She wants to see Lord Su Lun for the last time.”
As soon as these words came out, Su Lun and Ye Jingyu’s expressions changed dramatically.
They had not expected that Zhining would really lose her bottom line to this extent. Yesterday, Niya as an examiner for the arts subject exam had been suddenly struck by serious illness and expelled from the examiner team because she opposed Zhining suppressing Su Lun.
Now, this so called serious illness was actually going to take her life? And Jian Ning as Niya’s mentor’s husband had actually really used his wife’s life to frame Su Lun. Even Marquis Jian Yong, a renowned senior, had turned out to be so shameless and despicable to this degree.
“Do not go. This is another scheme.” Ye Jingyu said in alarm.
That middle aged man said, “Of course, whether to go or not is entirely up to Lord Su Lun’s wish. I take my leave.”
Then he left directly.
“Su Lun, do not go.” Ye Jingyu said. “This is one of Zhining’s schemes. Once you arrive at Marquis Jian Yong’s mansion, Niya’s husband Jian Ning will break your hands because you once committed adultery with his wife. It will become perfectly reasonable for him to break your hands.”
“Correct. The other party indeed has this purpose.” Lanling nodded and said. “But the so called serious illness of Niya is also real. Someone has really poisoned her body to create the illusion of serious illness. If I do not go, they will really let Niya die like this.”
As soon as these words came out, Ye Jingyu’s expression also changed completely.
Without doubt, at this critical moment the other party was indeed capable of doing such a thing.
“Jian Ning and Jian Yong are simply beasts.” Ye Jingyu said hoarsely.
Lanling said, “For the sake of power and influence, some people can do anything. What does the death of one wife count for?”
Ye Jingyu said, “Then will Niya’s family just sit by and ignore it?”
Lanling said, “Niya was caught committing adultery with a student. This has already brought shame to the family.”
Ye Jingyu gritted her jade teeth and said, “I really wish I could tear these beasts into ten thousand pieces.”
Taking a deep breath, Ye Jingyu said, “Even so, you still cannot go. If you insist on going, then I will go into the prayer hall and call the young miss out.”
Lanling said, “Do not worry. I have a plan and I was just about to go find my sister.”
Then he said to a family warrior, “You go to Marquis Jian Yong’s mansion and say that I will rush over before dark. Tell them not to be so eager to strike with poison.”
“You cannot go.” Ye Jingyu said. “Otherwise, let us go find Duke Zhi Ting and let him come forward.”
Lanling said, “Do you think Jian Yong will listen to Zhi Ting?”
Correct. Jian Yong, this high ranking noble full of desire for power and also the dean of the Royal City Academy, would absolutely not listen to a dissolute duke like Zhi Ting.
Lanling said, “I know that once I enter Marquis Jian Yong’s mansion, Jian Ning will break my hands and feet. And the other party is not afraid at all that I know this point. But the other party is using Niya’s life to hold me hostage. If I do not go, Niya will die.”
Moreover Jian Ning was the youngest dragon warrior. His martial arts were more than a hundred times higher than Lanling’s and he could easily cripple Lanling.
Ye Jingyu was so angry that her whole body trembled. She really could not imagine that people could be so despicable and vicious to this extent.
“Despicableness is the passport of the despicable. Nobility is the motto of the noble.” Lanling said. “Although I am not a noble person, Mentor Niya has shown kindness to us. We cannot sit by and watch her pass away like this.”
After saying that, Lanling turned back and walked into the earl mansion’s prayer hall to find his sister Su Ningbing who was praying there.
……
Eight hours later, under the protection of Ye Jingyu, Lanling left the earl mansion, boarded a carriage and headed towards Marquis Jian Yong’s mansion.
Around the carriage, a full thirty Su Clan family warriors guarded it.
Half an hour later, Lanling arrived outside Marquis Jian Yong’s mansion.
Jian Yong’s title had been conferred by the royal family. So although it was a marquis title, his mansion was not as large as the Tianshui Earl Mansion but it was closer to the royal palace, meaning his status was higher.
At this time, the main gate of Marquis Jian Yong’s mansion was open and people kept coming in and going out, as if appearing very hurried.
Moreover, doctors frequently came out from inside, filled with dejection.
Lanling stepped forward and said, “Report to your master that Su Lun has come to visit.”
Immediately, a family general gave him a cold glance and said coldly, “Only you alone may enter. The others stay outside and wait.”
“No.” Ye Jingyu stepped forward and said. “I must follow my master inside.”
“Then I am sorry. Su Lun does not need to enter either.” That family general said and then turned his face away.
“If not entering then not entering.” Ye Jingyu wished that Lanling would not enter.
Lanling smiled at her and said, “Wait for me outside.”
Ye Jingyu said in alarm, “Do not.”
“Do not worry. I guarantee there will be no problem. Not only will I retreat with my whole body intact but I can alsoç‹ ç‹ slap the face of that beast Jian Ning.” Lanling said to Ye Jingyu and then turned and walked towards the inside of the marquis mansion.
That family general faintly flashed a ferocious smile while Ye Jingyu’s face turned deathly pale as if this marquis mansion was really like a tiger’s den or wolf’s lair.
……
The play in Marquis Jian Yong’s mansion was really acted out convincingly.
The atmosphere inside the entire mansion seemed like dark clouds pressing down before a storm. Countless doctors and physicians were coming in and going out. It even seemed as if the smell of medicine could be smelled everywhere.
All the servants inside the mansion did not dare to make any sound while walking. Everyone’s faces were solemn and carried some panic.
In short, it was to let everyone see that Marquis Jian Yong’s mansion was doing its utmost to save the young madam Niya.
Under the lead of the family general in front, Lanling came to the rear courtyard of the marquis mansion. From far away he could already smell a thick medicinal scent.
“Useless, all of you are a bunch of useless people. If you cannot cure my wife, I will kill all of you.” A man’s roaring voice came from inside. It sounded like an injured wild beast. This should be Niya’s husband Jian Ning. He really knew how to act.
“Young marquis, Young Master Su Lun has arrived.” The family general outside said.