Chapter 73 of Volume 1: Killing him would be no big deal

  “……”

  Leaning on the body of her family member beside her, with his hand in between, Su Xiaofan's lips trembled, opening and closing, but not a single word could be squeezed out, and her body was also unable to move.

  "Miss Su, calm down, you have something to say to him, right?" The housekeeper lowered his voice and loosened his hand covering her mouth, whispering a sentence in her ear, then supported her as she walked into the cell.

  Su Xiaofan took a deep breath and slowly moved over. In the cell, Su Bing's hands were fixed in a cross shape on a wooden frame, his clothes were already tattered, with obvious whip marks all over, his hair was disheveled, and his face was also covered in bloodstains, swollen and bruised beyond recognition. If she hadn't been so familiar with him, she would have never recognized the person in front of her.

  "Sū bǐng, sū bǐng, xǐng xǐng..."

  Translation: "Su Bing, Su Bing, wake up..."

  Su Xiaofan lowered her voice, reached out to brush away the disheveled hair on his forehead, and forcibly held back the tears that were about to burst forth.

  "Hiss"

  Su Bing's first reaction after waking up was to let out a sigh that seemed to come from the depths of his heart.

  Su Xiaofan couldn't help but burst into tears, looking him up and down: "Su Bing, how are you? Can you still hold on? Why have they tortured you to this state even before the trial?"

  "Xiao Fan?" Su Bing looked at the person standing in front of him for a long time before confirming that the person in front of him was indeed Su Xiao Fan.

  At this moment, her black hair was all tucked into a hat, and she was wearing a loose men's robe. Tears kept rolling down her face, and she almost suspected that she had an illusion. Why would Xiaofan appear here? Did Xiaofan and the others get caught up in this place too?

  "Hmm, how are you? Are you okay?" Su Xiao Fan suppressed the urge to cry and wanted to touch his wounds to see how serious they were, but was afraid of hurting him, so she just looked around nervously, her heart aching more with each glance, as if the wounds were on her own body. Her body trembled uncontrollably.

  "It's okay, Xiao Fan, don't cry. How did you end up here? Where are they?" Su Bing tried to smile at her, but the corners of his mouth only slightly curled up before the pain from his wound shot through him, making his smile twisted.

  "They were in the tavern, why do people treat you like this here, did they give you a reason?" Su Xiaofan sobbed for a while, forcing back the tears on her face. At times like these, crying was useless too, but what else could she do? What else could she do for him?

  Su Bing slightly shook his head: "They didn't say anything, after coming in here, they just said the dishes I made were poisonous and killed people, then they kept using torture to make me sign a confession."

  Su Xiaofan was shocked in her heart. This kind of scene where the prisoner is forced to sign, she had also seen on TV before, but didn't think she would have the chance to experience it personally: "Su Bing, give us some time, we will think of a way, you absolutely cannot sign, do you understand?"

  Su Bing nodded: "I know, I won't draw a picture of you, don't tell Xiao Xi about my situation."

  "How can this be hidden from her?" Su Xiaofan's mind became increasingly chaotic.

  Even if I say go think of a way, what can I think of?

  If Lan Ming were here, he might still be able to get help from him, after all, he is a red person in front of Wang Ye, and has some ability, but now he is not here, this distant water cannot save the nearby fire.

  "Please, you must keep it from her, she won't be able to take it if she finds out about my current situation." Su Bing had been worried all along, afraid that the others who were also drunk would be caught and brought in like himself. Now that he saw Xiao Fan, he was relieved to see that everyone was safe and sound, and his worries dissipated a lot.

  "Good." Su Xiao Fan nodded vigorously.

  Indeed as he said, this absolutely cannot let Xiao Xi know, she must think of a way to deceive her first, at least not tell her until there is a result.

  "And what about my parents...?" Su Bing suddenly realized that he had been worried about the safety of everyone in the tavern, but now he was also thinking about many other people who hadn't occurred to him before. If something happened to him, how would his parents be affected? And it was highly likely that they would also be implicated along with everyone in the tavern.

  "Don't worry, no one has told them yet, they still don't know about it." Su Xiaofan immediately understood what she was asking.

  "Alright, time's up, come out."

  The prison cell door, came the cold voice of that person just now.

  Su Xiaofan turned her head, looked at him and whispered in Su Bing's ear: "No matter what, absolutely do not draw a stroke, and even if it's for Xiao Xi, you must hold on, don't you want to make her sad?"

  Su Bing heard this and nodded slightly, then stared at her departing back in a daze.

  Even if it's just a matter of holding on for oneself, perhaps one is really about to lose their grip.

  On the way back to the tavern, Su Xiaofan didn't shed another tear and calmly lifted the curtain to gaze out at the dark night. The dizziness she felt earlier was completely gone now. During this time before arriving at the tavern, she had to make an effort to calm her emotions, lest she reveal her weakness when facing Xiao Xi later on.

  "Alright, you can drop me off here."

  At the corner near the wine shop, Su Xiaofan got off the sedan chair ahead of time.

  "Can you go back by yourself?" The previous Ding looked at her with concern.

  "Ah, thank you, I'm fine now." Su Xiaofan smiled at them and then stood up to see them off.

  Although it was only a short distance, Su Xiaofan took a long time to walk over and stood at the door for a while, taking a deep breath before putting on a relaxed face and pushing open the tavern door.

  "Xiao Fan, you're back! How's Su Bing?" Yu Xiao Xi rushed over the moment Su Xiao Fan pushed open the door.

  "Ah, don't worry, nothing bad happened. You go rest for now, and tomorrow we'll think of a way to rescue him." Su Xiao Fan reached out and gently brushed aside her slightly disheveled hair.

  "Good." Yu Xiaoxi smiled and went to the kitchen, where there was a single room separated by Meng Ping and others for bathing. These two days were tired and hot, and they hadn't taken a bath yet. Now that Su Bing is fine, their hearts are much more at ease.

  Su Xiaofan's smile on her face instantly disappeared as soon as she turned around and entered the kitchen.

  Xiao Changfu saw this and stood up, walked over, and stepped out of the tavern past her.

  "You too, take a rest first." Su Xiao Fan was stunned for a moment, dropped a sentence and turned to follow them out.

  "What she said doesn't seem like true." Song Youwei felt that her expression was somewhat off.

  "Even if it's not true, we have to pretend it is, or Xiao Xi will collapse. Alright, go rest now." Meng Jie let out a silent sigh and stood up, even though he had seen through the trick, he couldn't show it. If Xiao Xi noticed anything unusual, all of Xiao Fan's efforts would be wasted. The calmness she showed just now must have taken her a lot of time to achieve.

  At least I know now that Su Bing is still alive and well, which has put my mind at ease a lot.

  Outside the wine shop, on the dark street, Xiao Changfu walked a certain distance before stopping his footsteps.

  Su Xiaofan approached and spoke in a low voice: "Does the village chief know anyone else in the official circle?"

  "Isn't Su Bing's situation bad?" Xiao Changfu stroked his beard and asked with a serious expression.

  "Mm." Su Xiao Fan nodded vigorously.

  "I'll think of something, don't be too anxious."

  In the dim light, Xiao Changfu's eyes were exceptionally solemn. The carrier pigeon should arrive at dawn, and hopefully by then Suo Han would still be holding on.

  In the silent city inn.

  A man rushed into the room where Zhang Yun Song used to live.

  "Magistrate Zhang, today they went to the prison and saw Su Ping."

  Zhang Yun-song lay on the bed, stroking the naked body beside him back and forth with his hand. After hearing what the person had to say, he calmly opened his mouth: "I know, don't let him die."

  "Yes."

  After the person left, Su Si Xi, who had been lying quietly in bed and didn't even dare to breathe out, finally let out a slight breath.

  However, he didn't make any move, and Yun Song was too scary at this moment. He couldn't understand why he wanted to deal with Su Bing, unless it was because of Su Xiaofan?

  "You woke up so soon? It seems I was too gentle with you." Zhang Yun Song turned his head to meet Su Si Xi's thoughtful gaze. A woman like her should just obediently let him have his way, there's no need for her to know anything about herself. But since she already knows, he can't let her go home for the time being, or else she'll ruin his plans.

  "I..." Su Si's eyes rolled around in terror, he had almost fainted halfway through, if this continued, who knows what would happen.

  "Alright, I know you're tired, it was just a casual remark, why don't you not go home for now? I bought a small courtyard in Mochen, you can temporarily move there." Zhang YunSong changed to a warm and gentle smile, his hand stroking her body also became much softer.

  Su Si was delighted in her heart and nodded slightly, it didn't matter if she didn't have a name or status for the time being.

  Yun Song Ge has done so, and in the future he will definitely marry his own.

  "As for clothes and things, I'll send someone to deliver them to you. For the time being, don't go home and don't tell your family members, got it?" Zhang Yun thought that he still needed to find a few people to keep an eye on her.

  "Hmm." Su Sixi nodded despite being unclear, figuring that his parents would help him smooth things over.

  Zhang Yun-song looked at her with satisfaction, thinking that women should be like this. Women like Mei were only suitable for display and had been difficult to serve in the past. Now that she was pregnant, it was even more difficult to deal with. Her originally gentle temperament had also become much more violent. In the previous two days, she hadn't even let him hold her once while they were in the mansion. If not for the fact that her father was the Grand Councilor, he might have gotten rid of her already.

  If that's the case, then you can properly bring Fan Er back home and won't have to resort to such extreme measures. Has being by Chancellor's side for too long also tainted you?

  Now doing such things doesn't make me feel uncomfortable at all, but rather a sense of accomplishment.

  After many years of hard study, it finally has some use.

  In the forest of all beasts.

  "Master."

  Before dawn broke, Xiao Yuanqiu rushed into the house with a carrier pigeon from outside.

  Hua Fei put down the book in her hand and looked at him with a look of urgency, then glanced at the letter pigeon in his hand: "What's wrong?"

  "Something has happened on Xiao Fan's side." Xiao Yuanqiu handed the letter in his hand over to Hua Feichen.

  After watching the flower fly, he furrowed his brow and thought for a moment before saying: "You go to the valley and ask my senior brother for that fast horse. Set off first, I'll leave with Mo Er at noon tomorrow and we'll arrive early in the morning."

  Xiao Yuanqiu released the carrier pigeon in his hand and quickly turned around and left.

  Huā flew dust also got up, turned around and walked into the house. Originally still wanted to try a few more days to see if Mo Er's body was stable or not. Since something like this happened, there was no way out, so he just followed him out together.

  Xiao Yi Mo now looks like a little kid again, and seems to be even shorter than before. Although Shifu and Qiu Ge both say that if you don't look carefully, you can't tell, his mood is extremely gloomy.

  These past few days, due to a bad mood, I locked myself in the house and basically didn't go out except for meals, just waiting for Master's words to let me leave.

  At this moment, seeing Huā Fēi Chén walk into the house, he didn't have a big reaction, and only gave him a very slight sideways glance: "Master, coming to the disciple's room so early, is it to see if the disciple has run away?"

  "No, you with no inner power can't leave this place." After Hua Fei entered the house, she picked up a bundle of cloth and started packing things for him. She smiled lightly at his surprised gaze and said: "What are you standing there for? Hurry over to help me, aren't you always thinking about leaving every day?"

  Xiao Yimò heard this and his eyes lit up with excitement. He quickly sat up: "Can we go out now?"

  "En, I'll go out with you." Hua Fei had tidied up a few things and handed the letter in her hand to Xiao Yi Mo.

  Xiao Yimeng's face sank after finishing reading.

  "Don't worry, I've already sent Qiuer to hurry over. If he goes, he should be able to think of a way." Huafei thought to himself, fortunately the person who was caught this time wasn't that little Fan, or else Moer would definitely make trouble for him, after all these days, he had indeed used various excuses to forcibly keep him here.

  "Hmm." Xiao Yimiao nodded slightly and stopped talking.

  That woman and Yu Xiaoxi's emotional connection is something I'm still aware of, at this moment that Yu Xiaoxi's man has an accident, she must be especially worried, it would be great if I could accompany her by her side during this time, also don't know if she has been sleeping well these days.

  "I plan to set off after noon, what do you think?" Huafei Chen put down the things in his hand on the table in his room and was about to return to his own room to pack some necessary items.

  "Master, pack up the goods and go out. Autumn brother should be riding my father's horse, you go get my horse out." Xiao Yimeng opened the cloth bag he had just packed, took out some unnecessary things, and after a while, it would carry two people, and so many things would exhaust it.

  "Oh? How unusual, you're so precious about your horse, and yet this time you're willing to let me ride it?" Huā Fēi Chén's lips curled up in a smile as he turned around and walked out. The horse had been brought back by Mò ér, but no one from the valley was allowed to touch it, not even himself, and he hadn't ridden it before. This time, he finally had the chance to ride it, and he felt especially delighted.

  Xiao Yimò raised his head and glared at his back, how could he bear to let him ride, wasn't this a helpless situation...

  Early in the morning, just as the fragrant wine house had opened its doors, someone came knocking saying they were looking for Su Xiao Fan.

  Su Xiaofan still didn't sleep all night, rubbing her dizzy eyebrows and coming down from the building to ask the person standing at the door: "Do you have something to find me?"

  The mysterious person looked around and handed a letter to Su Xiaofan.

  Su Xiaofan looked at him and felt something was off, so he opened the envelope with a puzzled expression. Although he couldn't write calligraphy himself, he could still make out some of the content. However, after reading it clearly, his whole body froze, and his hands quickly tore the paper into shreds. Gnashing his teeth, he said in a low voice: "You go back and tell him, I'll consider it for one day."

  "Su Niang quickly."

  Someone dropped a sentence and left in a hurry.

  Xiao Changfu combed and washed up, walked out of the kitchen, glanced at her slightly stiff back, and looked towards the person who quickly left, but that ordinary clothes couldn't reveal the person's identity.

  "Xiao Fan, what's wrong? Who was that person just now?" Yu Xiao Xi had slept for a night and her mood had improved a lot. She stretched her waist, yawned and walked to Su Xiao Fan's side, looking into the distance as she asked.

  "Nothing, I'm not quite sure who it is either." Su Xiaofan smiled slightly and threw the torn paper into the trash can in the kitchen.

  Yu Xiaoxi didn't ask more questions either.

  Soon, Jia took Su Xiao Xuan into the tavern, accompanied by Yu Xiao He.

  "Daughter, how did you come out again?" Su Xiao Fan dragged his slightly tired body to welcome her, although he had thought about getting the wine shop's business going as soon as possible, today was really a case of having the heart but not the strength, having not rested properly for two days, feeling a bit dizzy.

  "Staying at home with a worried heart, and if we don't come out, I'm afraid Su Bing's parents will come out." Yu Xiaohe found a seat by the window.

  "Uh, I'm also getting restless at home and thought we might have to wait till evening so I brought Xuan'er out too." Jia looked down at Su Xiao Xuan who was sleeping soundly in her arms, she had been carrying him all the way here and was truly exhausted.

  Su Xiaofan shook her head to clear it and walked over to take Su Xiaoxuan from her arms: "Let me help you hold him for a bit."

  "Xiao Fan, didn't you sleep well?" Yu Xiaohe looked at her carefully, and the dark circles under her eyes were even more pronounced than when she saw her yesterday.

  "I slept, but I didn't sleep well." Su Xiaofan lifted her lips into a faint smile.

  Yu Xiaoxi eagerly approached Yu Xiaohua and told her again what Su Xiaofan had said when he returned from prison yesterday, that Su Bing was now safe.

  Yu Xiaohuo felt relieved after hearing that: "No wonder I saw you looking much better today than yesterday."

  Yu Xiaoxi smiled happily with pursed lips, although she still didn't know when she could rescue him, but knowing he was safe for now was enough. Next, as long as they found that person with Xiao Yuanfeng, everything would be fine.

  Su Xiaofan hung her head in shame, wondering what kind of reaction Xiao Xi would have if she saw Su Bing's current state. Or, if she knew that Su Bing was going through all this because of her, how would she react?

  "Is there anything else worrying you, Fang?" Mrs. Jia asked, gently stroking a few strands of hair on her shoulder with her hand. Her eyes told herself that she was very uneasy at this moment, and should be something important that had not been told to everyone, whether it was the situation with Su or not as optimistic as Xiao Xi said, or if it was not good to talk about rescuing Su later?

  "Nothing, I just like to worry for no reason. Alright, mother, sit down for a while, you can go back with your sister later." Su Xiaofan stood up and decided to first deal with the chores in the kitchen, at the same time she also needed to calm down and carefully analyze the current situation.

  Jia originally wanted to say, let's go back later tonight.

  But as for Shang Su Xiao Fan's tired eyes, he couldn't say a word, and only slightly nodded his head: "We know, Xiao Fan go busy first."

  After noon, the wine shop had just finished its business and sent off Jia Shi and Yu Xiaohe. Then, he saw Xiao Yuanfeng returning from outside with a tired face.

  "Didn't find anyone?" Su Xiaofan poured a cup of hot tea and handed it over the moment he walked in and sat down.

  "Found, but not awake yet." Xiao Yuanfeng rubbed his eyebrows, he hadn't slept much in the past two days, and now seeing Xiaofan, her face was pale and haggard, seemingly also sleepless.

  "Really poisoned?" Su Xiaofan's heart hung again.

  Xiao Yuanfeng shook his head: "It's not poisoning, it was a murder attempt. He was stabbed and thrown into the river. Luckily I arrived in time, or else this world would have lost such a person. Who knows who went to such great lengths to frame your humble wine shop?"

  Su Xiaofan furrowed her brow: "When will she wake up?"

  "The doctor said it would be three or four more days, I was afraid you'd be anxious, so I came back ahead of time to tell you." After finishing a cup of tea, Xiao Yuanfeng poured himself several more cups and drank them down.

  Su Xiaofan's growing unease gradually solidified, if it was three or four days, it would probably be too late. With Su Bing's condition, how could he hold on for another three or four days? After thinking about it for a while, the hesitant thoughts that had been lingering in his mind since morning also gradually settled down. Since it was something he had caused himself, he must face it himself.

  "You look tired too, go rest first, I'll go buy some things." Su Xiaofan stood up and decided to think of a way to deal with it after he got there.

  "Hmm." Xiao Yuanfeng slightly narrowed his eyes, he really wanted to sleep.

  "Does Xiaofan want me to go with you?" Xiao Changfu vaguely felt that her expression was a bit strange.

  Su Xiaofan turned her head and smiled at him: "No need, it's just some small things." After finishing speaking, she quickly walked out.

  Yu Xiaoxi came out of the kitchen and didn't see Su Xiaofan's figure, so she asked the crowd in confusion: "Where did Xiaofan go?"

  "He said he was going shopping." Xiao Yuanfeng replied lazily from his position leaning on the table.

  "Oh, then I'll go call Meng Jie to get you some food." Yu Xiao Xi went back into the kitchen again.

  Half an hour later, Su Xiaofan still hadn't returned, and people in the wine shop began to get worried.

  Yu Xiaoxi was pacing back and forth at the entrance of the store, at this time, Xiao Fan looked so tired, as if he had fainted somewhere outside.

  "Xiao Xi, sit down for a bit, there's no use in rushing. Xiao Fan is already so big, nothing will happen to him." Xiang Yu Feng still maintained his previous posture of leaning on the table, seeing her pacing back and forth, he propped himself up with one hand, straightened his body and looked towards Yu Xiao Xi's direction.

  "Hmm, but I'm a bit worried." Yu Xiaoxi furrowed her brow and walked over to sit down. Last night, she had slept soundly after learning that Su Heng was safe and sound. However, when she got up this morning and saw Xiao Fang's appearance, she felt something was off, as if Xiao Fang had stayed up all night again. Hadn't Xiao Fang slept at all after Yu Xiaoxi fell asleep?

  "I'm a bit worried too." Xiao Changfu raised his eyes to look towards the kitchen, and Xiaofan had gone in earlier. When he came out, there was no paper scraps on his hands, it seemed that he had thrown them somewhere in the kitchen.

  After frowning and thinking for a moment, he looked at Xiao Yuanfeng and said: "Go to the kitchen's trash can and pick out those scraps of paper that Xiaofan just threw away."

  Xiao Yuanfeng looked puzzled: "Paper scraps?"

  "Hmm, previously a stranger came to find her, gave her a piece of paper, she looked at it and then tore it up, seems like after looking at it, she's been worried the whole time." Xiao Changfu echoed back her entire afternoon's state, indeed somewhat unusual.

  "Good." Xiao Yuanfeng turned around and entered the kitchen.

  Yu Xiaoxi also followed him in.

  After a while, the two of them finally managed to clean up all the scraps of paper and then walked over to the table, starting to piece together one small block at a time.

  "What are you guys doing?" Xiao Yuanqiu arrived and had Meng Ping take care of the horses before walking into the tavern.

  "You're here, but where's Mo Er?" Xiao Changfu looked back several times, didn't see anyone else, and asked out loud. It wasn't like Mo Er to not follow him out together, unless his body was still unwell?

  "Master and he will arrive tomorrow morning." Xiao Yuanqiu responded softly, then leaned in close to Xiao Yuancheng and Yu Xiaoxi, helping them with the mysterious paper: "By the way, what's the situation with Su Bing?"

  Xiao Changfu briefly told him the situation and then quietly watched from the side. Given Yimuer's personality, she shouldn't wait until tomorrow morning, maybe she'll arrive soon.

  After more than half a time, those scraps of paper had not been completely pieced together, and several people were about to hold on no longer.

  Xiao Yimo rushed into the wine shop and glanced at the three of them, asking displeased: "At a time like this, what are you guys doing?"

  "How so soon?" Xiao Yuanqiu was somewhat surprised to see the two of them.

  Xiao Changfu had long guessed that it would be like this, and he smiled at Hua Feicheng, looking at Xiao Yimò with a frown: "Mò'er, have you... become smaller than before?"

  Upon hearing this, a group of people who were originally focused on the draft table turned their heads one after another to look in Xiao Yimeng's direction.

  Xiao Yuanfeng blinked his eyes for a while before exclaiming in surprise: "Ah, it's really just like Uncle Fu said! What's going on?"

  Xiao Yi Mo gave him a faintly annoyed glance, stretched out her small fingers and pointed at the papers on the table: "What are those things?"

  "This is a letter that Xiao Fan read before he left, now I want to piece it together and see what's written on it. Maybe we can guess where Xiao Fan went." Yu Xiaoxi glanced at him a few times, then lowered her head and continued to fiddle with the paper scraps.

  "Where did she go? Didn't she tell you guys?" Xiao Yimiao raised an eyebrow.

  "Hmm, they've probably been out for about two hours now. And after she saw this letter paper, her expression was strange." Xiao Changfu stroked his beard, although he was just watching from the side, but seeing that they couldn't get it right no matter what, the onlookers were even more anxious than those who were actually doing the puzzle. If there weren't so many people surrounding the table, he would have personally joined in to help solve it.

  Xiao Yi Mo frowned and leaned in, her small hands quickly shuttling back and forth among the remaining scraps of paper. Before long, a piece of paper was almost pieced together.

  "Fang Er, if you don't want Su Bing to get into trouble, I hope you can agree to what I said earlier. Of course, if you're willing, I guarantee that Su Bing will return safely. I'll be waiting for you at the post house, Zhang..."

  Xiao Yuanfeng had not finished reading when he saw the scraps of paper on the table, which had been painstakingly pieced together, being scattered by Xiao Yimeng.

  "It's really Zhang Yun Song, isn't it?" Xiao Chang Fu had also thought about whether it was Zhang Yun Song who was behind the scenes, because when he went to ask for help before, they said that it was someone from Beijing, and among the people in this wine shop, only Xiao Fan knew people from Beijing. The others had never left Mo City and it was unlikely that they would get involved with anyone from Beijing.

  "What should we do?" Xiao Yuanqiu's hand reached into his sleeve, pinched the jade pendant that Uncle Feng had given him earlier, and looked at Xiao Yimeng to ask.

  Xiao Yimò furrowed his brow and thought for a moment before looking at Huā Fēichén and saying, "Trouble Master to go to the post house and take a trip. If there's any situation, killing that Zhang Yun Song is also harmless."

  As soon as these words came out, everyone in the wine shop was shocked.

  "Isn't killing him a bit too much?" Yu Xiaoxi, although also hating Yun Song to the bone, was after all an official from the capital and still the son-in-law of the Prime Minister's family. If he were to be killed, wouldn't that make things even bigger? And why would such words come out of his small mouth?

  Meng Ping saw the situation and took the four shop assistants with the surname Song to the other side of the wine house, his intuition told him that it was better not to let them hear the content of the conversation afterwards.

  "Is that so? Mo Di, why don't you reconsider?" Xiao Yuanqiu said, slowly tapping the table with his fan.

  "What I meant was if he made a move on my woman." Xiao Yimiao hadn't thought too deeply about it, but she had roughly guessed that Su Bing might have seen through her importance to Yu Xiaoxi and guessed that if something happened to Su Bing, she would definitely go all out to save him.

  "I understand." Hua Fei turned around and left the tavern quickly.

  Yu Xiaoxi anxiously watched his back as he left.

  Xiao Yuanfeng lay down on the table again, he was already very tired, and had been concentrating on piecing together the scraps of paper for so long that his eyelids were almost closing.

  Xiao Yuanqiu put the jade pendant back in his sleeve, and when Mo Di mentioned Xiaofan's affairs, he would become extremely agitated. That was why Uncle Ying had handed it over to him that day; if he had given it directly to Mo Di, Xiao Yuanqiu could already imagine what would have happened afterwards.

  Outside the inn, Su Xiaofan wandered around for a while before mustering up the courage to go in.

  On that day, Xiao Xi had an expression as if she would rather die than let anyone harm her. At this moment, how could she retreat because of such a small matter? She thought to herself, "I'll just go in and take a look. If Zhang Yuncong dares to use force, I should be able to handle it." Thinking like this, she involuntarily tightened her grip on the short knife in her pocket.

  In the room, Zhang Yun held a cup of tea, leaning comfortably against the window and watching Su Xiaofan being led in by someone else, his mouth corners involuntarily rising slightly.

  Su Xiaofan furrowed her brow and walked in, seeing the person who brought her here close the door and leave. She stared at the closed door for a moment, feeling uneasy and puzzled. Why could Zhang Yuncong so brazenly bring her to this place? Was he really not afraid of offending the Prime Minister's Thousand Gold?

  Zhang Yun Song put down the teacup in his hand, stood up with a calm expression and closed the window: "Fan Er, have you thought about what to do next?"

  "Are you lacking women?"

  Su Xiaofan frowned as she watched his movements, had he really decided that she came here today to offer herself?

  "......" Zhang Yun Song looked at her with a gentle smile, unable to guess the meaning behind her question, so he didn't respond for a moment, just quietly looking at her.

  Su Xiaofan let out a breath, relaxed herself a bit, and walked to a place farther away from him to sit down. With a calm expression, she spoke up: "If Lord Zhang is really in need of women, I'll pay for you to go visit the brothel, how about that?"

  "Am I the kind of person who would go to a place like Huahua in your heart?" Zhang Yun's smile slightly stiffened.

  Used to her being good to herself, used to her always looking at herself with a worshiping gaze. At that time, in her eyes, she was absolutely her sky, her earth, and everything. But recently, the more she is like this, the less I want to let go of her.

  "Isn't it? Or is the Grand Marshal's daughter and the four delights still not enough to satisfy your physiological needs?" Su Xiaofan raised an eyebrow, with a provocative expression. Today, if he dared to use force on himself, he would castrate him with his prepared small knife, directly doing away with evil for the people, and incidentally avenging the past grievances of Su Xiaofan.

  But it's just what I think...

  If I did that, Su Bing would be in trouble, so wouldn't it be better for me to stop continuing like this and confront him instead?

  "What I want most is Fang Er." Zhang Yun Song lifted his foot and slowly walked in Su Xiao Fang's direction.

  Su Xiaofan watched him warily and stood up quickly to retreat to the door as he was about to approach her.

  "Are you afraid of me?" Zhang Yun spoke out in a low voice.

  Su Xiaofan only felt that the man in front of her was extremely disgusting, and she had already done all the bad things. At this time, he still wanted to pretend to be extremely despondent, was he deliberately trying to disgust her?

  "Didn't you understand the content of the letter I wrote to you?" Zhang Yun Song raised an eyebrow.

  "You know, I'm illiterate." Su Xiao Fan casually came up with a reason. As he got closer, he kept retreating backwards. Even if he had brought his own defensive weapon, he couldn't take it out that quickly. After all, his purpose for coming here was to try and get Su Bing to let him go, not to argue or fight with him.

  "So I'll ask you again, Fang Er, are you willing to be mine? If you're willing, I'll let Su Bing come out of prison alive immediately." Zhang Yun Song stopped in his tracks and looked back at her, if she took a few more steps back, she would have nowhere to retreat, wondering what kind of reaction she would make then.

  Just thinking about it for a moment made me extremely excited.

  "If I say no, can you let Su Bing go?" Su Xiaofan stopped in her tracks as soon as she saw him halt.

  "No way." Zhang Yun Song didn't think much before bluntly refusing, he had done so much just to get her to obediently follow him back to the capital, and now that success was within sight, it was naturally impossible for him to easily give up for other reasons.

  “……”

  Su Xiaofan was speechless for a moment, unsure of what to say. Although she had rushed here on impulse, but...

  Thinking of giving her first time to such a disgusting man, she was extremely unwilling. If there were any other way for Su Bing to get out of there as soon as possible, she would definitely leave immediately.

  "Didn't you say that you would give me everything?" Zhang Yun looked over with warmth in his eyes. If it was really because of the previous incident where he had caused her to fall off a cliff, and she had completely lost heart for him, then if he treated her well from now on, wouldn't she return to how she used to be, and become that Fan Er who had wholeheartedly devoted herself to him once again?

  "You also know, that was in the past." Su Xiao Fan furrowed her brow, and the words she spoke were much softer.

  "I'll spend a lifetime making up for what I owe you, Fang Er. Isn't that enough?" Zhang Yun Song said as he took another few steps forward.

  Su Xiaofan also retreated cautiously, but when she reached the wall behind her, her heart hung again, and her eyes narrowed as she watched him getting closer and closer to herself.

  Zhang Yun Song raised the corner of his lips, and as he approached, he spoke in a very soft voice: "Fan Er has been to prison before, right? Is Su Bing doing well? I have entrusted people inside to take good care of him. I wonder if those prison guards didn't listen to what I said?"

  As soon as he mentioned Su Bing, Su Xiaofan suddenly saw the miserable appearance of Su Bing in front of him. His mind was confused for a moment, and it had been more than half a day since then. He didn't know if Su Bing would be tortured again today. The miserable state he was in could no longer withstand the torture.

  "Huh? Does Fang Er think that even if Su Bing dies, it's no big deal?" Su Bing took advantage of her distraction to quickly walk up beside her, wrapping his arm around her waist and pulling her close, savoring the soft warmth of her body and the sweet fragrance he had never smelled on her before, easily stirring up his desire once again, despite having just indulged in it recklessly last night.

  Felt a tightness around her waist, and his breath sprayed on top of her head.

  Su Xiaofan's tense hands quickly reached for her waist, and she was shocked to find that there was nothing there.