230 Trapped (1/2)
Chapter 230: Trapped
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Once Slave Xin opened the door, Gu Shenwei woke up.
Slave Xin felt that he had gained Slave Huan's understanding and he wouldn't be disturbed by ”evil spirits”. He had recovered as his complexion improved, though he seemed flustered this time. He said, ”Bad news. Bad news.”
Gu Shenwei sat up awkwardly while holding onto his sword shaft.
”Heart... Heart Cleansing Yard has surrounded... surrounded us”, Slave Xin said. He was hardly able to handle such a crisis, and his body was trembling like a sieve. When he finally calmed down, Slave Huan had disappeared.
Slave Xin's description was exaggerated. There were ten torturers from Heart Cleansing Yard, who were wearing yellow belts, standing politely at the door of the courtyard. They requested to meet Yang Huan and Maid Lotus was dealing with them.
Gu Shenwei didn't know exactly which matter had gone wrong. Once he stepped out from the door, one torturer pointed at him and said, ”Yang Huan has come. Please come with us.”
”What's the matter?”
”You will know once we get there”, the torturer said. It was the tradition of Heart Cleansing Yard whereby the person involved won't be informed of the agenda beforehand. It would make the person involved feel uneasy as he speculated about the agenda.
Gu Shenwei had much to speculate about so he was unwilling to head for Heart Cleansing Yard. He said, ”Wait a minute. Let me ask Miss about this.”
”It's not necessary”, the torturer said harshly, ”I will let others notify Eighth Young Mistress.”
”I'm sorry. I am responsible for protecting the safety of Miss, so I can't leave my post.”
Ten torturers held onto their swords simultaneously. They were ordered to bring Yang Huan back, by hook or by crook. In their opinion, this matter was a breeze and was being overdone.
Gu Shenwei and Maid Lotus also held onto their swords.
”Who are the ones quarrelling so loudly early in the morning?” Xu Yanwei asked as she walked out. She stood naturally in between the two parties.
Her current name was Maid Wan. The torturers did not recognize her and shouted, ”Go away.”
Xu Yanwei laughed at the torturers and said gently, ”Please move to one side.”
The smile stunned all of the torturers. They had a mind to escort her back and torture her.
However, they lowered their head and moved to one side obediently.
Not only the torturers, both Gu Shenwei and Maid Lotus stepped aside as well. Luo Ningcha, who was covered in her veil came out and the Tenth Young Master Shangguan Ru was guiding her.
”Who are these people? Why are they standing at the door?” Luo Ningcha asked as she was not used to people getting in her way.
”We are from Heart Cleansing Yard...”, a torturer said. Then Xu Yanwei interrupted, ”How dare you. Miss didn't ask you anything so why are you responding?”
The torturer flinched and was embarrassed.
Xu Yanwei turned to Luo Ningcha and said, ”Miss, they claimed that they are from Heart Cleansing Yard but they didn't know what items to cleanse here.”
”Then, you should ask them. This house is too old. They can cleanse whatever they want after I move out two days from now.”
Xu Yanwei smiled in acknowledgement. However, when she turned back, she appeared indifferent. She said coldly, ”Miss said that you can come over two days later and cleanse whatever you want.”
”We are not here to cleanse things, but to make arrests!” one tortured shouted as he could no longer tolerate any further nonsense. He took a step forward and drew his saber midway. In Golden Roc Fort, few dared to disrespect Heart Cleansing Yard.
It just so happened that there were two bold masters standing in front of him.
”They want to kill me!”, Luo Ningcha exclaimed. She faltered back and several maids went up to support her. Shangguan Ru shouted, ”Who dares to disrespect Eighth Sister-in-law?” as she went up to the rude torturer and placed her saber at his neck.
The torturer suddenly realized that he had overdone it when Shangguan Ru threatened him. He was hesitating on how to deal with the situation. His companions reacted quickly and made him kneel on the floor. They said, ”Zhang You, you must be crazy. How could you draw your sword out in front of Tenth Young Master and Eighth Young Mistress?”
The situation became slightly chaotic. Maid Lotus made a signal and Gu Shenwei went back into the courtyard while the group of women blocked the doorway.
The torturers left crestfallen. After a while, the torturer who had drawn his sword came back. He asked for forgiveness by kneeling on the ground. He was forgiven in the evening.