Yang Lianting endured within the prison for a whole month, and Murong Yuan knew, he was not going to reveal who was behind him.
Angered, he ordered people to drag Yang Lianting to the market, to slay him there. One one side, he made plans to have people secretly prepare an ambush, attempting to bait out the person behind the scenes. But when Yang Lianting's prison cart came out from the prison, and when it passed by the great street, Jinyang city's people began proclaiming innocence.
The soldiers were unable to scatter them, and were pushed back several times.
Yang Lianting stood within the prison cart, as though the sunlight he saw was a bit mesmerizing. His body was covered in wounds, and the new prisoners clothing he received could still not cover up the bloodstains that he had endured. His two lips quivered, and looked at two groups of people on the street, suddenly saying, "My grandfather is Yang Xuanhe, and my father is Yang Jiling. Six years ago, my father, for exposing a greedy official's secret selling of military equipment, was framed and forced into prison. Within prison, he suffered harsh torture, and after he had already perished there, was still sent to the executioner's platform to be decapitated."
The great street turned silent without a sound, and Yang Lianting's eyes held hot tears, saying, "My grandfather spent his life practicing medicine, and saved countless lives. in the end, he was still killed in the flair of a hand! I don't regret practicing medicine my whole life, but I regret being born in Great Yan, and having this type of ruler! King Yan is wasteful and incompetent, flattering Western Jing, and then supporting villainous officials and their factions! The loyal and the able die viciously, and the people are left in suffering! The crown prince is even more lacking in virtue, and as the heir, has seized private land......"
The escorting official heard this matter and his face paled, quickly yelling out, "Stuff his mouth, stuff his mouth, if he doesn't stop, then just cut off his tongue!"
The soldiers were just about to approach, when suddenly, within the street, the two sides began to grow raucous, and the escorting official was a bit startled, "Leave! Hurry......" But before his words were stated, suddenly, from nowhere, a flying knife was shot out, hitting right on his forehead!
In the blink of an eye, the whole street became chaotic!
A group of masked individuals attacked from the shadows, each of them excelling in martial arts. Murong Yuan's group of soldiers, how would they be able to oppose these people? Additionally, the civilians on the street were fleeing chaotically, and the archers hiding in the shadows didn't know whether or not to fire their arrows. While they were wavering, the masked individuals already freed Yang Lianting.
Not knowing how issued the order, but the archers began firing. Immediately, it turned into a massacre, and countless civilians perished under the hail of arrows. The street was like a slaughterhouse. Nobody knew who started the resistance, but the chaos gradually grew, and many soldiers had their weapons seized, and were attacked......
Leng Feiyan hugged Yang Lianting, running extremely quickly. Yang Lianting's body seemed as though it had no bones, soft to the point that she was afraid of lifting it. Murong Yan ordered her to free the prisoner, and her subordinates were many. The gangsters caused chaos, and Swallow's Nest's individuals that had gone to the end of their road fought to seize the prisoner. Wanting to break Yang Lianting out was actually easy, but it was just that this time, he was unconscious and had not yet awoken, as though he had received heavy injuries, so where should he be sent to now?
Just was she was pondering this, someone ahead had already brought a carriage beside her, the driver said, "Miss, please hurry onto the carriage."
Leng Feiyan was also startled, and then quickly hopped onto the carriage.
The driver didn't stop, but quickly left Jinyang city. Leng Feiyan asked, "Where are you bringing us?"
The driver said, "A sir already paid the fee, and let me bring you to Gu She mountain."
Leng Feiyan smiled bitterly, saying, "Ay, without knowing who I am, you're doing this?"
The driver said, "I don't know you, but I know the person on your shoulder is godly doctor Yang. Doctor Yang cures sicknesses and saves people, so if he is about to die, we have to save him."
Leng Feiyan stretched her shoulder, and this driver was good at driving the carriage. The carriage rode both quickly and stably. Rushing to arrive at Gu She mountain, he actually didn't take the main gate, but stopped beneath the mountain's forest. And then, had the two of them leave the carriage, said farewell, and drove his cart away.
Leng Feiyan stood within the forest, a bit suspicious-- after all, Mu Qing Xie had betrayed Yang Lianting. Currently, having people send him here, wasn't it just sending the sheep into the lion's mouth?
But Murong Yan's meaning, she could not object.
She slowly walked forwards, but there was actually the sound of footsteps before her. Leng Feiyan immediately, silently jumped into the trees, looking down from above, and only saw that it was a girl. She was attired in a Yi clan attire, and the peacock stone on her chest glittered in the light, bright and eye-catching.
So looked around for a while, as though she was searching for someone. Leng Feiyan thought for a while, then lightly put Yang Lianting on the tree, and then rose to another tree's canopy. That girl's martial arts was much below her, and within a short period of time did not detect her at all.
She tossed a pebble from afar, landing just on Yang Lianting's body.
The girl under the tree was of course Ah Fei, and hearing the sound, she raised her eyes to look, happening to see Yang Lianting in the tree.
"Yang----" She made a startled sound, and then immediately looked left and right, and seeing that the area was empty, personally went up the tree. At that time, all the bones in Yang Lianting's body had been broken, and she brought him down from the tree, quickly taking medication out from her chest pocket to feed to him.
Leng Feiyan seeing that she didn't have the intention of harming Yang Lianting, did not reveal herself.
Ah Fei fed Yang Lianting medicine, and stayed until the sky started turning dark, finally bringing him back to Gu She mountain. Towards Gu She mountain's guards, she understood them intimately, and the whole way back, she avoided them, secretly bringing Yang Lianting back to her own abode.
Leng Feiyan followed all the way until she reached the Shennong statue, and seeing that the two hadn't alarmed any guards, finally left quietly.
And at this time, Jinyang city had already turned messy like a pot of stew.
When Murong Yuan learned that Yang Lianting had been snatched away, and the words he had said when he was being broken free, entered a frenzied rage, and ordered the shutting of Jinyang city's gate, and to search the entire city. Leng Feiyan avoided the patrols the whole way, and went to Murong Yan's estate.
Murong Yan was playing Go, playing against himself, and hearing her approach, he didn't even raise his head, but said, "You've come?"
Leng Feiyan walked before him, and knelt, "Lord master, this subordinate has already sent Yang Lianting to Gu She mountain, into the holy maiden's hands." Murong Yan "Mmm'd" and Leng Feiyan raised her face to look at him, a long time later, asking, "Following this, what should this subordinate do?"
Murong Yan said, "Back then, the secret matters of the Yang family's case, how much have you discovered?"
Leng Feiyan really admired Zuo Canglang to no end, and luckily she had reminded her, and she had personally long been prepared. She said, "I've captured the person that set the fire back then, and it was indeed done under Wen Weishu's instruction. He accused official Yang for hiding an imperial robe, the one who used an emperor's discarded servants have also been seized, and have confirmed that it was a set up. But the correspondence letters from Wen Weishu from back then have long not been found, and for so many years, thinking of it, it has probably already long been destroyed."
Murong Yan said, "Then announce the evidence out there."
Leng Feiyan said yes to the order, and then thinking, asked again, "Bai Yu sect's sect leader Mu Qing Xie seems as though he has long been guarded against Yang Lianting. Should we first get rid of this person, to avoid him messing up matters?"
Murong Yan finally lifted his head, looking at her, and then the corners of his mouth lifted, revealing a large smile, saying, "Feiyan, within this world, if every matter needed to be resolved by force, then what is the use of men having brains?"
Leng Feiyan thought, saying, "Having a brain could still be used for eating, ah."
Murong Yan's whole person roared into laughter, and he had to lean against the Go piece box to support himself. A long time later, he reached his hand out, and rubbed her head, saying, "Mu Qing Xie...... from when he discovered Yang Lianting's identity, and decided to report the secret to father king, this person was already a dead man."
Leng Feiyan opened her mouth, as though she wanted to ask something, finally saying, "Whatever, as even if I asked, I wouldn't necessarily understand."
Murong Yan said, "If Ah Zuo was here, she would definitely understand. I'm starting to think of her a bit."
Leng Feiyan said, "Ah Zuo, this person, looks like she on top of matters. But if lord master is thinking of her, then why not have me accompany you."
"Oh?" Murong Yan started to be a little bit interested, asking, "Why do you say this?"
Leng Feiyan said, "I'm prettier than her, ah!"
Murong Yan smiled slightly, saying, "Only things that have no life, can be measured in worth based on beauty or hideousness." Leng Feiyan walked a few steps, slowly approaching his face, and her gaze slowly lowered. Murong Yan lowered his head, and lightly saw that within that beautiful pair of glimmering eyes, which were tempting like flames, the reflection of himself.
Leng Feiyan lightly said, "I'm also safer than her."
Her red lips opened and shut, her voice seductive to the point that it could seize a person's soul. Murong Yan lowered his gaze, exchanging gazes with her, "I can't see how, as aren't women the case that the more beautiful they are the more dangerous they are?"
Leng Feiyan once again slowly approached him a bit, and their noses were practically touching, and the her in that moment, was like a blooming flower, like falling snow, like the sunlight filtering through a canopy of leaves, blinding in a moment. She lightly said, "But if you know it's dangerous, then it's no longer dangerous. And if you believe it's safe, won't it be even more dangerous?"
Murong Yan's gaze moved about, and smiling without smiling, he said, "That's reasonable."
Leng Feiyan said, "That's why, aren't I more appropriate than Ah Zuo?"
Murong Yan smiled, saying, "But I still feel that, putting women on the ground, is always more safe than putting them on the bed." Leng Feiyan froze, and Murong Yan said, "If it's a subordinate, between wealth or loyalty, choose one between them, and be just in your love and hate. If you put them on the bed, then, it is no longer so clear cut, as by saying one sentence wrong, they will hate me for a whole lifetime."
He stared at Leng Feiyan's red lips, saying, "I'm afraid of trouble."
Leng Feiyan slowly sat upright, Murong Yan said, "Recently, Jinyang city will search very strctly, so be careful when entering or leaving. You're dismissed."
Leng Feiyan rose, and said her goodbyes, and all the way until she left, Wang Yun Zhao finally came forward, once again changing the tea set, his facial expression very happy, "Just a moment ago, young master Leng and your highness were so close, that this old servant was afraid of entering. She wouldn't be thinking of seducing your highness, would she?"
Murong Yan laughed greatly, and after he laughed, slowly said, "She wasn't thinking of seducing me at all, but she was thinking of reminding me, or, to put it another way...... it was a warning?"
Yang family's case's evidence was slowly revealed. More and more sources of evidence came into public; this was really a misjudged case.
And these pieces of evidence, when they entered one's ears, every piece was like a slap to King Yan's face. King Yan, under great rage, further believed that this matter was instigated by someone, and issued an order to immediately search for Yang Lianting's location. He couldn't admit at this time, that back then he had wrongfully killed Yang family's entire household, as that would just prove the truth of Yang Lianting's words aboard the prison cart!
He could only double down on the wrong, and draw out the treacherous faction behind the scenes.
Ehh? Reminding? Like, not to take Ah Zuo for a ride? TO not lead her on or something?? I don't get it :<
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It's more like she's reminding him of his own rule-> i.e. to have a clear distinction between women he beds and subordinates.
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