Red Mansion: Picking up a Lin Daiyu

Chapter 159 Another Night of Spring Breeze
Yue Ling considered it for a moment and then called the captured military officer to come for questioning.

Yue Ling did have some experience in interrogation. For such criminals, Yue Ling gave them a warning in person.

"You should know how serious a crime it is to offend the imperial envoy. According to Dachang law, the three clans should be exterminated. If you tell me everything you know, and not a single lie, I will naturally show leniency and save your family."

"What? You don't want your family to be left dead in the wilderness with you, do you?"

The military officer kowtowed repeatedly, his face full of tears, and said, "Sir, please spare my family. I will tell you everything."

"Even if I were to eat the courage of a bear or a leopard, I would not dare to come and arrest you today."

Yue Ling nodded slightly and said, "Okay, then tell me, who ordered you to come and kill me?"

The military officer answered, "Yes, through...through."

Before he could finish his words, a stream of black blood spurted out of his mouth, smelling foul.

Yue Ling immediately stood up and sniffed his breath.

"died?"

Yue Ling looked around and found it unbelievable that someone could assassinate someone right under his nose?

"This is impossible. If you want to do this, why not just kill me and be done with it?"

Liu Xianglian also hurried forward and asked, "My Lord, what's going on?"

Yue Ling shook his head slightly and said to the soldiers of the Beijing Camp beside him: "It is already night, let's go down and rest first."

Zhao Yuanxing of the Yunxing Escort Agency came back with the soldiers from the Beijing Camp after they finished dealing with the bodies. He stepped forward and bowed to Yue Ling, "Sir, we only want to restore our reputation and rescue the young master. You will be our great benefactor. From now on, whenever you give an order, our Yunxing Escort Agency will obey it."

The Zhao family members behind Zhao Yuanxing also bowed. Yue Ling raised his hand to support them and said, "No need to be polite. I came south to deal with the chaos in the city. As long as you are innocent, I will give you justice."

"Thank you, sir."

After the people from the Yunxing Escort Agency left, Yue Ling called Jia Yun and said, "Originally, I wanted the soldiers from the Beijing Camp to pretend to be patrolling soldiers and report to their superiors that I had been eliminated. We would attack them after they were arrogant and exposed their true colors. But now I'm afraid it won't work."

"Go and investigate who had contact with this military officer before his death. Keep an eye on these people."

"And the group from Yunxing Escort Agency are also included."

Jia Yun quickly bowed and agreed, "Yes, Master. What are the arrangements for tomorrow?"

Yue Ling thought for a moment and said, "The last word he said just now was 'Tong'. In this state, there is no other position except Tongpan. It is not ruled out that it was a name, but I can't think of any other explanation for now. I will go visit them tomorrow."

"After all, they all know I'm here, so there's no point in doing things in secret anymore."

Jia Yun nodded.

Looking at Liu Xianglian who was deep in thought, Yue Ling asked, "Do you have a place to live?"

"You don't have to worry about where to stay, my Lord. I will go find you tomorrow."

"Okay. Jia Yun, please contact him then."

……

After returning to the inn, Yue Ling's mind was still a little confused.

Both cases were instigated by the government, who wanted to justify themselves and clear themselves of suspicion.

The young master of Yunxing Escort Agency is now in prison.

Somehow, the Xue family seemed to be involved in this.

The situation in Cangzhou Prefecture is becoming more and more chaotic.

"Storage, children, grain and silver. We must at least resume farming now. Otherwise, when autumn comes, we still won't be able to produce much food. When winter comes, I don't know how many people will die."

"But if we open the granaries and check the grain and there is no grain in the granaries, the people will have nothing to eat. How can they have the energy to farm?"

"We have to submit a letter to the capital and use our backup plan."

While thinking, Yue Ling climbed up the wooden stairs, pushed the door of the first room and walked in.

At this time, the lights in the room had been turned off and the room was surprisingly quiet.

Yue Ling had been working hard all day and was exhausted. He took off his clothes quickly and lay down on the couch.

As soon as he pulled the quilt over himself, he smelled a refreshing fragrance like orchid. Yue Ling couldn't help but take a deep breath, close his eyes and relax his mind.

"This inn has good conditions, and the aromatherapy smells quite nice, but it smells a little familiar."

Yue Ling folded his hands in front of him and breathed steadily, trying to relieve the day's fatigue.

Not long after, he realized that there seemed to be someone beside him, pushing him with a small hand.

Yue Ling frowned slightly and was too lazy to light the candlestick to look at it again.

I thought to myself that maybe after having a taste of what was going on with Zijuan, she felt much more lonely, so she secretly came here to wait at night.

After all, it's not like she had never done such a thing as deliberately creating encounters.

Yue Ling grasped a small hand as tender as spring bamboo shoots, rubbed it gently, and whispered: "Don't make trouble, I'm too tired today and I'm not in the mood. Let's talk about it in a few days."

"Let me make it clear first, it's not that I neglected you. It's just that you are accompanying Sister Lin now, so I naturally can't snatch you away. I have told you several times before, don't worry, I, Yue Ling, am a man who dares to do and dares to take responsibility, I will not deny it." "I have already taken the indenture, what else are you worried about?"

Yue Ling closed his eyes, turned sideways, and held the little girl in his arms.

He blew slowly into her ear and said, "I'm really tired today. Let me hold you and have a good sleep."

The little girl was still struggling, but after hearing this, she stopped struggling and just hummed softly.

Yue Ling didn't think there was anything wrong. He put the little girl's head on his arm and held her like that, slowly snoring.

Seeing that Brother Yue was already fast asleep, Lin Daiyu didn't dare to move.

Even if she didn't touch it, she could feel her cheeks burning.

"Brother Yue is so stupid, didn't he realize he walked into the wrong door?"

Lin Daiyu secretly complained in her heart, but as she leaned close to Yue Ling's chest, she felt at ease.

"Forget it. Considering his hard work, I'll allow him this time."

Lin Daiyu bit her lips lightly, looked at Yue Ling's cheek quietly, and felt a little more throbbing in her heart.

"From what Brother Yue said just now, Sister Zijuan had secretly looked for him before? Well, this Zijuan has so many thoughts behind her back that she even hid them from me! I will definitely settle the score with her tomorrow!"

Lin Daiyu felt a little jealous, but when she remembered what the current queen said, she couldn't help feeling shy.

"I don't really like Brother Yue, do I? Brother Yue is handsome, gentle, capable, and very considerate to me. I don't think I can find such a man again. In this case, Brother Yue will indeed be a very good husband, but I don't know what Dad will think of this marriage."

Lin Daiyu frowned and thought, "Well, maybe Brother Yue doesn't think highly of me. I'm too young and sickly, and I only cause trouble to others all day long. Brother Yue always treats me as a sister and never as a girl."

When Lin Daiyu thought of this, she felt helpless.

Raising her head slightly, Lin Daiyu pecked Yue Ling lightly on the cheek.

Then she lay in Yue Ling's arms and felt satisfied.

Yawning slightly, Lin Daiyu said to herself, "I'm so tired. I want to sleep too."

The next day,

Zijuan and Xueyan got up early and went to the kitchen of the inn to ask them to cook medicinal soup and breakfast. When they came back, the sleeping girl had not gotten up yet.

Zijuan said, "Xueyan, go find the girl and get up. If you don't get up and dress up and eat, the master will be here soon."

Xueyan was sitting at the table, also sleepy-eyed.

"I have not slept well since I left home. Even when I sleep in my room, it is not as good as when I am at home. I really envy you for being able to sleep so well."

Xueyan yawned and came to the inner room separated by a screen. She slowly tied up the curtains on both sides and said, "Miss, it's time to get up. It's already dawn. If you don't get up, General Yue... General Yue, General Yue?"

Xueyan was so frightened that she took several steps back, then hurriedly ran out of the room, came to Zijuan and gestured, "In the room, go and have a look inside, your master and my daughter are sleeping on the same couch!"

“They hugged so tight.”

Xueyan buried her head in Zijuan's chest and said, "You hug me tighter than I do!"

Zijuan was stunned when she heard this, "Ah? What's going on?"

Xueyan said anxiously: "Go and have a look, you will know when you see it!"

Zijuan walked into the room half-believing and half-doubting, and at first glance, her cheeks turned half red.

The two hugged each other tightly. Yue Ling held Lin Daiyu's head and leaned on his arms. Lin Daiyu did not have the reserve of a girl. She hugged Yue Ling's waist tightly and put one leg on Yue Ling.

Both of them had their eyes closed, still looking like they were fast asleep.

"Should I wake him up or not?"

Zijuan hesitated for a while beside the couch, blocking some of the sunlight outside the window.

Yue Ling's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was Zijuan's pretty face. Yue Ling smiled slightly and said, "Thank you very much. I slept well tonight. Come to my room secretly next time."

The rest of Zijuan's face also turned red, and she didn't know what nonsense Yue Ling was talking about.

Yue Ling also reacted and looked at Zijuan in astonishment, "Why are you on the ground?"

Zijuan couldn't help but ask, "Then where should I be?"

Yue Ling looked around him again and his eyes widened, "Sister Lin?"

Hearing the noise, Lin Daiyu rubbed her eyes and slowly stood up, "What's going on?"

Zijuan pointed to the couch. Lin Daiyu looked down and immediately dodged to the bed, wrapping herself in a brocade quilt, wearing only a layer of gauze.

Lin Daiyu's heart was beating fast, "Wasn't that a dream last night?"

Lin Daiyu looked at Yue Ling's cheek again, which seemed to still have a faint kiss mark from her, and she felt even more shy.

Yue Ling hurriedly stood up and put on the clothes beside him in a panic.

"Blame me, blame me. My mind was too confused yesterday and I might have walked into the wrong room accidentally. Don't cry, Sister Lin. It's all my fault..."

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