Chapter 71 - Something About Your Uncle (2/2)
Jia Zhong nodded, “County Yamen was being overhauled at that time and there was no place to live, so Liu Family vacated a yard for all Yamen officials. That’s when he came. So what?”
“You don’t know much about it. At that time, there was an affair.” Adviser Qian’s eyes turned bright.
“An affair? Is that related to Ling Zhaowen?” Jia Zhong looked at Adviser Qian doubtfully.
“Right, it is said that the daughter of Liu Family, Liu Chengfang, fell in love with Ling Zhaowen. But Liu Weiling never agreed. In fact, Ling Zhaowe has gotten married, even if she married him, she could only be his concubine. Because of this, Liu Chengfang had several conflicts with her family. Liu Weiling worries that this will tarnish the family reputation once it is exposed, so he asks the Liu Family to keep this a secret,” Adviser Qian said.
Jia Zhong hummed in a cold tone, “Liu Chengfang has such a bad taste that she falls in love with Ling Zhaowen.”
“Your Lords.h.i.+p, Liu Chengfang hasn’t given up until now. Recently, Liu Weiling wants to betroth his daughter to someone, which makes his daughter make a scene. Finally she is grounded by Liu Weiling. You probably don’t know that Liu Chengfang has a beautiful face and a nice figure. She is a darn beauty.”
“Ling Zhaowen is a man, do you think he can restrain himself if he knows that there is such a beauty determined to marry him? What we should do is to create him a chance, then…”
Adviser Qian then leaned over to whisper in Jia Zhong’s ear.
“He really takes a big advantage,” sneered Jia Zhong after hearing the proposal.
Adviser Qian gave a sinister smile and said, “Your Lords.h.i.+p, don’t worry. After what we set up, Liu Chengfang will be a woman with bad reputation. You will have her as you please by that time.”
Evil thoughts flashed in Jia Zhong’s eyes as he said, “Then let’s get started.”
“Got it,” Adviser Qian said.
As they two planned all this, a man in black crawled on the roof, and slipped away after a long time when he found that the men in the house had left.
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After staying the guards’ residence for a whole morning, Ling Zhang got a basic idea of the ability of the twelve guards. All they needed was some time to cultivate tacit understanding. When the right time came, Ling Zhang could teach them the Trap and Kill Formation of Twelve.
But Formation was changeful, so it was difficult for the guards to grasp the essence of it. It would take a long time for them to learn it well.
After getting changed in his own room, Ling Zhang got a message from Fu Caiwei’s maid.
“Young master, this is the list of herbs you need. Madame asked me to bring it here for you to check.”
Ling Zhang nodded, taking the multi-page list and examining it carefully. He found that the names of the two herbs on the list were circled with red ink. “Can’t find these two herbs?”
The maid said, “No, but these two herbs need to be bought from the north. Butler w.a.n.g had made some inquiries, finding that Jiang’s Herbs happen to have a batch of goods to be transported from the north to Yanzhou, including th two kinds of herbs you need. Madame has talked to the shopkeeper of Jiang’s Herbs. So we just need to wait two more days for them to deliver the herbs.”
“Okay, say thanks to her for me,” Ling Zhang said.
The maid bowed and said, “Young master, is there anything else you need me to pa.s.s on?”
Ling Zhang looked through the list and found that the deployment of each was clearly written by his aunt, which could be understood at a glance.
“No, you can go back.”
“Then I’ll excuse myself, young master.”
When he got Yuwen Tong’s prescription, he knew immediately that some herbs were hard to get. Fortunately, they got the help of Jiang’s Herbs this time. Otherwise they would have to go to the north to buy these herbs, which would take him several times longer than it did now.
After putting down the list, Ling Zhang came to the desk. He wrote down all the Kung Fu that the twelve guards were good at and put their names one by one in the twelve directions of the formation drawings. Meanwhile, he wrote down on paper the various plans he had come up with while thinking about how to arrange these people perfectly.
He was so absorbed in what he was doing that he didn’t notice how many times the servants had come to invite him to lunch, and he didn’t even notice that the servant who invited him was no longer the previous one.
Standing at the door, Yuwe Tong noticed what Ling Zhang was busy about and had guessed it all. So he asked, “What keeps you so concentrated?”
Startled by the voice, Ling Zhang’s hand that was holding the brush trembled, and an ink drop spread on the paper. Looking up, he found that Yuwen Tong was already standing at the door. He quickly put away the things on the table and asked, “What brings you here?”
Yuwen Tong said, “You didn’t come to lunch after being invited several times by different servants, so I volunteered here to find you.”
Not until Ling Zhang had put away his things did Yuwen Tong walk into the room, leaving Ling Zhang enough time to react.
Ling Zhang got up and left his desk. “I just casually answered, but almost forgot.”
As he approached Yuwen Tong, he somehow remembered the soft kiss last night, which made Ling Zhang pause his step and feel uncomfortable.
Yuwen Tong, as if not noticing anything, walked naturally to Ling Zhang, “Then let’s go. I would like to talk to you about something after lunch.”
“About what?” Ling Zhang naturally bypa.s.sed Yuwen Tong and took the lead in going out.
Yuwen Tong was so close to him that he involuntarily tightened his back.
A vague smile flickered in Yuwen Tong’ eyes when he glanced at Ling Zhang’s tight back. Then he said, “Something about your uncle.”
“My uncle?” Ling Zhang stopped suddenly, “What’s wrong with him?”
“Not about what your uncle did, but what someone is going to do to him,” Yuwen Tong said.
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