Chapter 14 - True or False? Are you a Coachman from the (1/2)

“Why did you hit me?” The coachman was beaten to see stars. He shouted angrily as he struggled to get up.

“How dare you bump the carriage from the mansion of Duke of Yan State into the river?” Wei Yuewu’s coachman was one of Yan Huaijing’s men. At this point, he fiercely punched that coachman who had just got up, directly knocking him down again.

“I … I didn’t mean it.” The coachman was shocked and had the bad feeling immediately. He had not expected the carriage he collided with was from the mansion of Duke of Yan State. He only received an order to bump the Sixth Miss Wei’s carriage into the river, and didn’t know that the carriage belonged to the mansion of Duke of Yan State. He secretly felt resentful of the messenger who had not made it clear.

But under the circumstances, he could only hold on.

“Get up. Let’s go to the yamen.” The coachman from the mansion of Duke of Yan State would accept no excuse at all. He grabbed the perpetrator’s neckband and dragged him forward. His strength was so great that he pulled the perpetrator away from the carriage without much difficulty.

As soon as the perpetrator heard that he would be taken to the yamen, he became anxious. Without caring about himself being dragged on the ground, he grabbed the hands of the coachman from the mansion of Duke of Yan State and shouted, “It’s just a carriage. I didn’t hurt anyone. I’ll just give you a new carriage as compensation.”

Anyway, he would rather die than admit that he knew the Sixth Miss of the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang was in the carriage.

“To the yamen.” The coachman from the mansion of Duke of Yan State ignored him. He looked very determined that he would not stop until he pulled the perpetrator to the yamen. He kept pulling the perpetrator forward, and the two of them got farther away from the carriage.

“Brother, please don’t…” The perpetrator got panicked when he realized that man was serious. He relented, muffled his voice, and pleaded, “Brother, I didn’t mean to be careless. Look, we can settle the matter privately. You can ask for whatever you want. Anyway, it was not your master in this carriage. Even though something happened, you won’t be blamed anyway.”

The coachman from the mansion of Duke of Yan State stopped when he saw they were far away from the carriage. Then he asked harshly, “Did you know that the Sixth Miss of the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang was in the carriage?”

Their brawling had made a scene there and drawn the attention of people walking by. All of a sudden, everyone gathered around them, and the two coachmen were surrounded by the crowd, who all heard their last words.

The Sixth Miss of the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang? It was said that she was neither talented nor beautiful.

In the crowd there were some onlookers who had heard of Wei Yuewu. They immediately explained to the people who didn’t know what was going on. Everybody talked at once, and they gossiped about Wei Yuewu’s life and appearance. Of course, they learned about her look basically from hearsay, and there were so many of them! Very soon, more and more people gathered around.

Now nobody noticed the small wagon that followed behind!

Seeing the perpetrator was surrounded, the maid servant of the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang panicked. She looked around, unable to decide whether to go back immediately to send a message or not. Finally, she decided to stay and see the development so that she could report the result to the Second Lady.

Just then, Wei Yuewu stepped out of the carriage!

Jin Ling returned to Wei Yuewu’s side. No one noticed that Jin Ling had quietly pushed her way to the scene where the perpetrator’s carriage was…

“I don’t know who was in the carriage. But since the accident had happened, and it wasn’t your master that got hurt, we could have a good discussion about dealing with it.”

Of course, the coachman was not stupid. He knew that at this time, he could never admit that the Sixth Miss of the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang was inside the carriage. He could only explain that he didn’t know anything, and right now he just wanted to settle this matter privately.

He clearly showed the intention of giving money away to buy safety, and looked as if he would do anything, as long as the coachman from the mansion of Duke of Yan State was willing to settle it privately.

“Are you a coachman from the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang?” A weak and cold voice asked.

The coachman looked up in astonishment and saw a petite young lady standing in front of him. For a moment, he didn’t take her seriously, thinking that she was just a passer-by. He disdainfully waved his hand and said, “Young lady, you are mistaken. I am not a coachman from the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang.”