strictlysupreme Chapter 228: Know how to pester
Chapter 228: Know how to pester
"Girl, where are we going this time?"
On the snowy mountain road several miles away from Chaoyun City, Xuanyu was pulling a tall black horse. Hongnu, who was wearing a green jacket, was sitting on the horse and asked curiously.
"I'll send you back to Qile City first, and then I'll go to Southern Xinjiang." Xuanyu responded lightly, stepping deep and shallow on the snow.
"Miss, are you going to send me back...to Qile City?" Hong Nu was so frightened that she almost fell off the horse when she heard this. She held the saddle tightly and looked at the girl with panic in her eyes.
"What's with that expression on your face? Don't you trust me?" Yan Yu turned around and glanced at Hong Nu on horseback, sneering.
"Of course Hong Nu trusts the young lady, but when I heard about going back to Qile City, the only place Hong Nu could think of was that place." Seeing the coldness in the young lady's eyes, Hong Nu lowered her head in shame. Just now, she did have a thought that the young lady was going to send her back to Hongxiang Pavilion again.
"Don't worry, if you don't go back there, I will let Li Yunye take you in at the Li family."
"Li family?" Hong Nu looked puzzled. Didn't the girl say before that she wanted to marry herself to an ordinary family? Why was she asked to go to the Li family now?
"The Li family is now headed by Li Yunye, and this time both Li Yunye and the Li family owe me a favor, so I want to use this favor to find a place for you to settle down." The snow underfoot crackled, and Yan Yu continued with white steam coming out of her mouth.
"Miss, this favor is so important, why don't you use it on yourself?" Hong Nu was grateful in her heart, but she felt that compared to her own place to live, the girl needed a promise from Master Li more.
"When you get to the Li family, you must listen to Mr. Li's words and not cause trouble in the Li family." Yan Yu ignored Hong Nu and spoke on her own.
"Girl, Hongnu has always been very obedient." Hongnu hung her head aggrievedly and muttered.
Xuanyu said nothing more, but just smiled faintly. Hongnu was a little clever, and of course she was obedient and well-behaved in front of her, but there was no guarantee that she would not play some tricks in the Li Mansion.
When they walked out of the mountain path and came to an intersection, they saw a white figure leading a white horse blocking Xuanyu's way.
"Third in command?" Hong Nu on horseback was the first to speak in surprise. How did the Third in command know that they were going to take this route?
"The Third In Command sent people to keep an eye on me?" Huan Yu naturally thought of Hong Nu's doubts, so her face darkened slightly and she sneered. This Third In Command was really well-trained. She didn't even notice that his people were staring at her.
"I...I'm also doing this for your safety." Zeng Si turned around and looked at Yan Yu and explained carefully.
"What are you doing here?" Considering that he had taken the trouble to escort Li Yunye, Yan Yu didn't mind too much.
"I just got back, and you didn't even ask if the journey was smooth? Aren't you afraid that I might abandon Li Yunye along the way?" Zeng Si felt very hurt when he saw Yan Yu was still cold, and then he said angrily.
"You are standing in front of me calmly. Doesn't that explain everything? Besides, the Third Master always keeps his word. Xuanyu naturally trusts him."
"Where are you going?" Yan Yu said so. Zeng Si felt so angry that he couldn't vent it anymore. He sighed helplessly and asked again.
"The girl wants to take me to Qile City." Hong Nu, who was watching the show on the side, responded first.
Compared to the fact that the young master of the Li family is not interested in the girl, Hong Nu actually hopes that the person around the girl is the third in command. Although the third in command is a bandit and slightly inferior to the young master of the Li family in appearance, he is deeply in love with the girl. More importantly, he is skilled in martial arts and can protect the girl in times of crisis.
"It's difficult to travel on this road in the snow, and it's the end of the year, so I'll take you there." When Zeng Si heard that they were going to Qile City, his heart suddenly became nervous, and he quickly opened his mouth and smiled.
"The third in command is so free? He has been out for so long and doesn't need to go back to Yanjiaopo? People who don't know would think that you were expelled from Yanjiaopo." However, Yan Yu frowned slightly, turned her head helplessly to glance at the talkative Hong Nu, and then smiled jokingly at Zeng Si.
"Although I am the third in command of Yanjiaopo, I have always been free and easy. My elder and second brothers usually don't care about me. There is nothing important in Yanjiaopo now. The matter of Zhao Changhe has already been reported back, so I am indeed not busy now." Zeng Si was not annoyed by Yanyu's joke, and he still smiled calmly.
Seeing that the third in command now knew how to pester, Hong Nu was happy in her heart and couldn't help but covering her mouth and laughing.
Seeing that the other party was determined to follow her, Huan Yu had no choice but to ignore him since she owed him so many favors. She jumped on her horse and rode forward with Hong Nu.
Zeng Si was delighted to see that Xuan Yu had acquiesced, and he also mounted his horse and chased after her.
White silk fluttered inside and outside the Li Mansion, and the atmosphere was solemn. The mourning banners hanging in front of the hall trembled in the cold wind. In the mourning hall, white candles were lit, bronze bells were ringing, monks were chanting in a low voice, and fish and wood were tapping softly.
The mother and son of the Li family and their adopted son Mu Liang were all dressed in white and kneeling beside the mourning hall. People who had received the news of the death came to pay their respects. The managers and assistants of the shops in Qile City, the dyeing workshops and the farms also gathered in the outer courtyard of the ancestral hall with sad faces.
The four shopkeepers who had rushed from other places after hearing the news knelt down in front of the mourning hall and burst into tears in grief. Finally, they stopped crying after being comforted by Mu Liang, and then turned to the lady and the young master to comfort them.
Ange stood outside the gate of the Li Mansion and entertained the endless stream of guests. People in Qile City who had had dealings with the Li family or had received favors from the Li family all came to pay their respects.
As the guests left one after another, the sky gradually darkened. Mrs. Li went back early to rest because she could not bear it any longer.
Tomorrow is the day of Li Xingyuan's funeral. Li Yunye insisted on staying tonight to keep vigil. He wanted to spend more time with his father. Mu Liang understood his filial piety, so he didn't say much, but asked someone to prepare more hand warmers and knee pads.
Jiang Siyao knelt on the heating pad. Although her knees still hurt, they were numb after kneeling for two days. At this moment, she looked at Li Xingyuan's coffin thoughtfully. She didn't know whether her father could meet the real Li Yunye over there. If he knew that his biological son was gone long ago, and the one in the Li Mansion was a fake, how would he feel?
But then Li Yunye sighed. The dead cannot be resurrected. What's the point of thinking about these things? Besides, he is Li Yunye now. He can't live up to his father's expectations when he was alive.
"What are you thinking about?" Mu Liang asked with concern when he heard his brother sigh.
"By the way, have you told your aunt, grandmother and cousin about what's happening at home?" Li Yunye naturally did not say what he was thinking. Instead, he shook his head and changed the subject.
"I asked my stepmother, and she felt that the Zhuo and Li families had never had any open dealings. Plus, Madam Zhuo was in poor health, and she was afraid that she would be worried if she knew about it, so she didn't send anyone to deliver the letter." Seeing that his brother was unwilling to say anything, Mu Liang didn't want to ask any more questions, so he replied.
Li Yunye nodded after listening to this, but said nothing more. They were thousands of miles away and it was also the New Year, so he really shouldn't let them worry.