Chapter 83 (2/2)

“Pay for your d.a.m.n crimes! I think you are afraid that you don’t know that we are hiding someone here, but the whole city will know about it!”

She didn’t know Mu s.h.i.+ was so small-minded! She was using the pretext of the Blue Lotus cultist to have her taken away by the yamen! Harboring a thief, committing a crime, did Mu s.h.i.+ want to exterminate the “relative” righteously, to use her as a model? Would she make her surrender to the Yamen, so her life would be in her hands?

She knew full well that the court would never easily let her off of the crime of harboring a Blue Lotus cultist . She would be detained on the spot and thrown into jail, at least . At that time, Mu s.h.i.+ would definitely not come out to save her .

Yu Linglong didn’t have such a high level of consciousness . To be a good citizen in ancient times, it was even more impossible to surrender and put her life in someone else’s hands, especially the courts!

Therefore, as soon as she heard what Mu s.h.i.+ said, she immediately denied it on the spot .

Mu s.h.i.+ did not expect that this commoner’s daughter would dare to beat her in front of Lady Yu . She immediately felt that she had no honor . She wiped the tea on her face with her kerchief, and then bowed her head for a long time and said: “Harboring a thief is a grave offense . I can’t help you . ”

Yu Linglong sneered: “You think I want your help? I would thank the heavens if you didn’t mess with my situation!”

Lady Yu kept frowning and watching the farce in front of her . When she heard these words, she said: “Fourth Girl, have you already figured out what to do?”

Yu Linglong neither admitted nor denied it, but said indifferently: “I will take care of this matter without your intervention . ”

Lifting her eyes to look at Mu s.h.i.+ who was hesitant to speak, Yu Linglong said in a low voice, “I am hiding the person . Don’t be afraid of having your property confiscated, just go ahead and report it . Anyway, if anything goes wrong with me, not a single one of you in the Yu house would want to live!”

Everyone was shocked by these words .

Yes, in the Yu Mansion, they were enemies who were always fighting . But if something big happened, they were like gra.s.shoppers tied to a rope: No matter where you jumped, you couldn’t escape alone .

Lady Yu looked very serious . She looked at Yu Linglong deeply, and waited a long time before speaking: “Fourth Girl, I trust you . ”

Then, Lady Yu said sternly, “Remember, no one is allowed to do anything wrong with Linglong!”

Her sharp gaze stared directly at Mu s.h.i.+, and Lady Yu said in a low voice: “If it weren’t for Linglong, my old life would have ended on the mountain! Whoever dares to bully Linglong will have trouble with me!”

Mu s.h.i.+ bit her lip tightly and finally nodded reluctantly .

Seeing that Lady Yu turned her back on Mu s.h.i.+, Yu Linglong’s expression became a little complicated .

She didn’t expect that Lady Yu would trust her so much . Without even asking, she handed over the lives of everyone in the entire Yu house to herself .

After thinking for a moment, she got up and walked to the inner room: “Xuan Cao, Ling’er, come her . ”

She wanted to confirm her plan . It must be foolproof .

…

The next morning, at the back door of the Yu mansion .

A few working women were pus.h.i.+ng a cart of waste while gossiping, and Ma Changgeng yawned and walked in front of them .

“Mrs . Ma, why are you up so early today?” A woman said to Ma Changgeng .

Ma Changgeng slapped her waist and said listlessly, “I don’t want to talk about it . I don’t know what’s wrong with the young lady . She suddenly called me over in the middle of the night and told me not to push the waste cart today . She didn’t tell me why, and I’m still puzzled!”

The other woman smiled and said, “We do this kind of thing on weekdays . Is it possible that the lady is worried?”

Ma Changgeng shook her head and said with a puzzled look: “No, there is nothing wrong with not doing anything for a day or two . How can the lady not believe you?”

The women laughed: “That’s hard to say . Our young lady behaves very differently from the others, who knows what the young lady is doing?”

Ma Changgeng said hurriedly: “Stop talking . If the lady heard you, she would tear your mouth!”

The women all knew Yu Linglong’s methods, and they stopped talking after that . They just gossiped about other things to amuse themselves .

Soon, the waste cart came out of the back door of the Yu house and entered an alley .

Ma Changgeng said as she walked: “The lady said to find a place outside the city to dump today’s waste . ”

One woman wondered: “Why is that? In the past, the waste was sold . If we save trouble and can get some extra money, why don’t we sell it today?”

Ma Changgeng said: “The young lady has ordered this . Who dares ask why? Just do what is ordered . Don’t worry, after today, you will follow the old rules . You can sell to whomever you like . Today’s affairs are done, and there will be rewards for returning . ”

The women didn’t say anything anymore . They all helped push the waste cart and walked out .

They didn’t know that their words had already been heard by people in the dark .

“Punch!” A low voice suddenly sounded . Almost at the same time, several black figures appeared at the end of the alley like ghosts, and they approached the waste cart very quickly .

“Hey hey hey, who are you guys!?” Ma Changgeng saw that a few people suddenly appeared and rushed straight toward them . They were so scared that their sleepiness disappeared, “What are you doing!?”

The few people in front of them were dressed in black, and their faces were covered with black cloth . Only their eyes were exposed and on such a hot day . These people obviously had a problem with them .

Ignoring the surprised shouts of the women, the man in black pushed them to the side with a few strokes, and immediately there was no one besides the waste cart .

In the cart, there were four big waste buckets, each as high as a person, covered with wooden lids . It was not clear what was inside .

The leader of the men in black made a signal to his companions, and several men in black immediately drew out their swords and pointed them towards the barrel together!

“Hey, you guys—” Ma Changgeng was still quite courageous, but when she saw these people move their hands, she immediately stopped .

Before she finished speaking, the four waste buckets had all been punctured by the people in black, and the waste inside immediately spewed out, spraying the people in black around it all over, even Ma Changgeng and the others in the distance .

The few men in black who had an awe-inspiring manner suddenly turned into drowned rats . Their black clothes were full of stinky wastewater that also contained vegetable leaves, bones, and eggsh.e.l.ls .

The water in the four buckets quickly drained to the bottom, and there was nothing in it except for the remaining soup and rice .

The men in black stared at each other in a daze .

Ma Changgeng patted the dirty water off her body and said angrily: “You guys even dare to fight a barrel of waste in broad daylight?”

The head man in black frowned, but he still stabbed a few times under the cart with his sword . When he was sure that there was nothing there, he uttered a deep voice: “Retreat!”

“Hey, are you just gonna leave it like this?” Ma Changgeng reluctantly wanted to catch up, but unexpectedly, the people in black had disappeared .

If it weren’t for the wastewater and vegetable leaves on the ground, they would almost think that everything that happened just now was their own illusion .

The working women looked at each other . It was so strange, wasn’t it just a few barrels of waste? Why were these people making trouble?

…

Yu Linglong lay on the chaise listening to Ma Changgeng’s vivid report . When she heard about the people in black getting splashed by the wastewater, she finally couldn’t help laughing .

“Miss, what are you talking about? It was just a few buckets of wastewater, and they can’t even sell them for two coppers . Why were they trying so hard to steal them?” Ma Changgeng finished speaking with a confused look on her face .

Yu Linglong pursed her lips and motioned to Xuan Cao to take out the silver: “You have done a good job . Take the reward and leave . ”

Ma Changgeng was confused, and somehow she took the reward and went out .

Xuan Cao collected the purse and said with a smile, “Miss, you are so smart . ”

The smile on Yu Linglong’s face gradually faded, and she shook her head gently: “Don’t be so happy already . ”

Feng Xuanyuan was still hiding in the Yu house, this was her worry .

Since the man wearing the silver mask came to find her last night, she knew that the men in black would not give up easily . Since they had determined that Feng Xuanyuan was hiding in the Yu Mansion, they must have been closely monitoring the entire Yu Mansion, and the several entrances and exits must have been heavily guarded .

Asking Ma Changgeng and others to perform this play confirmed her guess, and diverted the attention of the people in black . However, these people would not even let the waste cart go by, which really made her feel that this was really difficult to deal with .

The Yu Mansion was not very big . If the people in black forcibly broke in and searched, they would probably find Feng Xuanyuan soon .

If Feng Xuanyuan stayed in the Yu house for a moment longer, she would be in danger for a moment longer .

Xuan Cao gently fanned Yu Linglong and asked in a low voice, “Miss, what should we do now?”

Yu Linglong frowned slightly: “I haven’t thought about it yet . ”

At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly came from outside: “Linglong, Linglong! Are you there?”

Hearing this voice, Yu Linglong’s pretty face suddenly sank: “Why is he here again?”

After only a few days of silence, this stalker came back .

Lord Xu didn’t need anyone to invite him in, and entered familiarly: “Linglong, what are you doing at home?”

Yu Linglong turned her back to Lord Xu, simply ignoring him .

Lord Xu took the fan from Xuan Cao’s hand and fanned Yu Linglong: “It’s so hot . I’m afraid you were bored, so I came here to talk with you . ”

Yu Linglong sneered . Bored? Lord Xu was probably the idlest person in the world!

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