Farmer girl swaps husbands: buys a sickly villain and pampers him

Chapter 225 Taking Orders
Su Yaoguang tugged at her clothes, but Zhou Wangshu held them tightly, and she couldn't pull them away no matter what she did.

She gently patted his back and said in a low voice, "Alright, it's too late. Let's rest for today and talk about it tomorrow."

Ever since Zhou Wangshu came back, he's been clinging to her like glue, and she can't pull her arm away no matter what she does. Now that her hair is dry and she wants to rest, he still won't let go.

She called to him, but he ignored her.

He was drunk and unable to leave.

"If you don't want to move, just sleep here. Shall we go to bed now?" Su Yaoguang coaxed.

Zhou Wangshu, who hadn't responded, hummed in agreement, put his arm around her neck, opened his sleepy eyes, and led her to the bed.

When they reached the bedside, he pressed her onto the bed and held her tightly, refusing to let go.

Su Yaoguang tried to push him away, but even with her usual immense strength, she couldn't break free from the drunkard's grip. Exhausted, she didn't want to struggle anymore and resignedly closed her eyes.

When she closed her eyes, she didn't notice that the person next to her had a smile on their face and opened their eyes.

In the following days, Zhou Wangshu had more and more social engagements, and every time he returned from one, he would look for Su Yaoguang, even if Su Yaoguang had locked the door, he would still knock on the door from the outside.

When the drunkard banged on the door and called her name pitifully, she had no choice but to take him in so as not to be seen as a heartless woman who had started a relationship and then abandoned him.

As time went on, Su Yaoguang prepared hangover soup for him every day and placed him next to her. When he woke up the next day, she was either in his arms or he was in hers.

Habits are the most terrifying thing. It only took five days for her to go from feeling awkward at first to getting used to it. In those five days, she got used to Zhou Wangshu's scent, and even got used to his clingy, stubble-like ability to get her hooked on him.

In a secluded courtyard, Zhou Wangshu rushed there as soon as he received the news. His subordinates reported the latest developments as soon as he arrived.

"Master, someone wants to buy your life. Isn't that amazing?" the brother from the provincial branch said with a smile. "I asked the other party for five hundred taels of silver. You're the top scorer in the provincial examination now, you're worth at least that much, right? The man said he'd give him three days, and after three days he'd gather the silver, and then we'd take care of you."

The brother next to him said, "Not only that, the other party also made a condition, which is to dispose of you in front of your wife, so that you die in front of your wife."

Zhou Wangshu sneered: "There aren't many people in this world who hate me this much, and now only one person knows where I am. He came out in person?"

"No, that's not it. If he had come in person, we would have taken care of him first. According to our guild's rules, he placed the petition to hire a murderer under the statue of the God of Wealth in the temple. Our people were squatting there the whole time, and they didn't see how he took our message away. This guy is quite capable."

“He wants me dead, so let him have his way,” Zhou Wangshu said. “Tomorrow I’m taking my wife to offer incense. You pass this message on to him, and then just wait for him to take the bait.”

"it is good."

Chen Buyu married a new wife and was about to take her back to meet his parents, so he went back to the county town ahead of them.

Zhong Chushan had finally achieved such good results, so of course he wanted to travel and have fun with his classmates and friends, and therefore he did not go with them.

After the others left, Zhou Wangshu told Su Yaoguang that he wanted to pay respects to the local Bodhisattva, and that he would have to rush back to the county town after he finished.

Su Yaoguang rented a carriage and had the driver take them to the most famous temple in the area. The temple was located on a very high mountain, and after arriving at the foot of the mountain, they had to climb up.

Su Yaoguang and Zhou Wangshu climbed the mountain.

Half an hour later, several people suddenly appeared and blocked their way.

Seeing the menacing looks of these people, Su Yaoguang protected Zhou Wangshu and looked sharply at the people opposite her: "Who are you, and what do you want?"

Not far away, Xiao Yanci watched the commotion with a look of madness in his eyes.

All the changes were because of Zhou Wangshu. As long as Zhou Wangshu disappeared, the title of top scholar would still be his. Therefore, before the imperial examination, the first thing he needed to deal with was this variable, Zhou Wangshu.

He went to the temple yesterday to draw a fortune stick, and it was a very auspicious one. The Bodhisattva was telling him that as long as he overcomes this obstacle, his life will be incredibly prosperous.

The spot Xiao Yanci had chosen offered an excellent view, allowing him to clearly see the fight unfolding before his eyes. He could even see Su Yaoguang protecting Zhou Wangshu.

At that moment, he really wanted to see how heartbroken and devastated Su Yaoguang would be when Zhou Wangshu died in front of her.

"Is it beautiful?" a cold voice rang out.

Upon hearing the voice, Xiao Yanci turned around stiffly and saw Zhou Wangshu and Su Yaoguang standing not far away.

"How could you..." Xiao Yanci looked at them, then glanced back at the direction of the fight across the way.

At this moment, the people fighting looked over. When they faced him directly, he realized that 'Su Yaoguang' and 'Zhou Wangshu' were imposters.

"You bribed the people of Mingye Hall?" Xiao Yanci said angrily. "Isn't Mingye Hall supposed to complete the orders once they accept them? Why did they go back on their word and break their promise?"

“Mingye Hall also has its principles; their principle is not to work for villains. Xiao Ci, we don’t have any deep-seated hatred, yet you’ve hired someone to kill us,” Zhou Wangshu said. “Let me analyze what you’re thinking. Do you feel that I’m in your way, and if you kill me, you’ll lose a competitor? Xiao Ci, then are you going to kill the second-place winner as well? After all, you have more than just me as a competitor. If you want to be the top scholar, you’ll have to kill many people, including the top scholars from each region, otherwise you still won’t have a chance.”

“It’s different…” Xiao Yanci looked at Zhou Wangshu coldly, “As long as I deal with you, no one else will be a match for me. In that dream, you were the only variable.”

"Why are you talking nonsense to him? He actually hired someone to kill someone. Let's arrest him and take him to the authorities, so he can spend the rest of his life in jail. Let's see how he'll ever pass the imperial examination."

Su Yaoguang rushed towards Xiao Yanci.

Xiao Yanci knew Su Yaoguang's fighting ability. Seeing that his plan to hire someone to kill her had been exposed, he knew that staying here would only lead to his death, so he turned around and tried to run away.

A few people emerged from the side; they were wearing Mingyetang's clothes.

“You took a deposit of one hundred taels of silver, and now not only do you fail to complete the task I entrusted to you, you are also helping the person I am supposed to kill to kill me instead. Your Mingye Hall is truly shameless.”

"We never really took on your mission from the beginning; it was all just a ploy to lure you out. And you didn't disappoint us; you actually did spy on us from the side."

Xiao Yanci waved his arm, and a handful of medicinal powder spilled out.

The Mingye brothers who had been grabbing him inhaled a large amount of the powder, coughing and their eyes burning.

"what……"

Xiao Yanci took this opportunity to escape.

The others quickly chased after him.

Su Yaoguang wanted to chase after her, but Zhou Wangshu stopped her.

“This mountain is difficult to climb. With so many people trying to capture him, unless he grows wings, he won’t escape this deep mountain,” Zhou Wangshu said. “Leave this matter to them.” “These people from Mingye Hall are quite reliable. They don’t kill good people, only bad people. They must have investigated your usual conduct before they were unwilling to take on the task of killing you.”

Zhou Wangshu felt a little guilty.

The Bright Night Hall isn't as righteous as some people think. In fact, the only reason they haven't taken action against him is because he's the owner of the Bright Night Hall. Unless there's internal strife within the Bright Night Hall, they wouldn't have taken on this job.

The brothers of Mingyetang chased after Xiao Yanci.

Xiao Yanci was merely a weak scholar, lacking in martial arts skills and not as agile as those of trained fighters. Seeing so many people chasing after them, Su Yaoguang decided not to join the fun and slowly followed Zhou Wangshu.

Not long after, the people who were tracking Xiao Yanci returned.

"That guy surnamed Xiao jumped off a cliff." The people from Mingye Hall returned to report the latest situation of Xiao Yanci.

They glanced at Zhou Wangshu cautiously, and seeing that he didn't show any particular reaction, they said to Su Yaoguang, "But don't worry, the cliffs here are so steep, there's no way he could survive if he jumped off here."

“I don’t want to hear hypothetical questions,” Zhou Wangshu said. “Send a few people down the mountain to search. We need to find them alive or dead.”

"Yes."

Su Yaoguang looked at Zhou Wangshu thoughtfully.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Wangshu's heart tightened.

He had been too natural in giving orders, and the people from Mingyetang had responded too matter-of-factly.

“I paid them a lot of money to resolve Xiao Ci’s situation. Now that Xiao Ci has jumped off a cliff and it’s uncertain whether he’s dead or not, of course they have to handle this matter properly before I pay the remaining balance.”

“You’re right. This Xiao Ci is truly depraved; he actually hired someone to kill. Luckily, you know people from Mingye Hall, so they didn’t actually take on this job. Otherwise, we might not have been able to withstand Mingye Hall’s assassination attempt,” Su Yaoguang said. “Xiao Ci dared to kill, so jumping off the cliff is his own fault. He’d better be dead, or I’ll personally finish him off.”

The people of Mingyetang could not find Xiao Yanci.

Zhou Wangshu first escorted Su Yaoguang up the mountain to a temple to pray for blessings, and they stayed there for the night. While he was taking Su Yaoguang to the temple, he and his brothers from the Dark Night Hall continued searching for Xiao Yanci's whereabouts.

“Master, this mountain is too big, and there is a swamp below. It’s possible that the person fell into the swamp directly. If that’s the case, I’m afraid we won’t be able to find his body.”

“I said, even if we have to turn the whole mountain upside down, we have to find that body,” Zhou Wangshu said. “This person is very cunning; we absolutely cannot let him go back to the mountains.”

At this moment, Su Yaoguang stood at the window, looking at the sudden downpour, her brows furrowed.

Zhou Wangshu has not yet gone up the mountain.

Is he still looking for Xiao Yanci's body?
"Idiot, if you can't find it, so be it. Is it more important than your own safety? It's raining so hard all of a sudden, and the mountains are so steep. What if you encounter danger in the mountains?"

Boom! Thunder rumbled in the sky.

The young monk who was passing by said as he ran, "What happened? Yesterday, Master looked at the celestial phenomena and said that the next two weeks would be blessed with good weather and no sign of rain. Our Master has never been wrong in his predictions, so how could such an unexpected situation have occurred this time?"

"Stop talking, quickly take those medicinal herbs back. They're so precious, it would be a shame if they got ruined by the rain."

Su Yaoguang called out to the two young monks, "Excuse me, has my younger brother returned?"

The young monk replied, "Not yet."

The monks at the temple had seen Zhou Wangshu when he took her up the mountain. They knew he was going to the mountains to look for something, so they settled Su Yaoguang there first and would come back later.

Thunder rumbled and rain poured down, and the rain came so suddenly and deliberately, as if it were deliberately trying to extricate Xiao Yanci from his predicament.

"Wang Shu, you idiot, why aren't you here yet..."

“Female benefactor…Young Master Zhou was suddenly hit on the head by a falling rock and is bleeding profusely.” The brothers from Mingye Hall carried Zhou Wangshu back.

Hearing their voices, Su Yaoguang disregarded the heavy rain and rushed into the rain, looking at Zhou Wangshu, whose head was bleeding profusely.

"Master Yi Xing, please invite Master Yi Xing quickly."

There was a master in the temple who was skilled in medicine; this was Master Yi Xing.

As soon as she finished speaking, Master Yi rushed over upon hearing the news.

After all, when the people from Mingye Hall carried Zhou Wangshu in, many monks saw it and immediately informed Master Yixing of the news.

Master Yi Xing was a fat monk with a kind face and a smile like that of Maitreya Buddha. However, at this moment, there was no smile on his face.

“With injuries like this, whether he lives or dies depends on fate,” Master Yixing said. “Don’t worry, benefactor, this humble monk will do everything in his power.”

"Master, you must save him. He's so young, and he just came first in the provincial examination."

Su Yaoguang gripped Zhou Wangshu's hand, her fingers trembling.

Zhou Wangshu was soaked to the bone by the rain, her hands and feet were ice cold. Su Yaoguang sat next to her, she too was soaked from head to toe.

She held Zhou Wangshu's hand tightly, breathing on his palm to try and warm it up.

Su Yaoguang recalled that when she first met Zhou Wangshu, his injuries were similar to those today. If he could pull through then, he certainly could today.

"Wangshu...Wangshu, wake up..."

Why did it suddenly become like this?

Could it be because Zhou Wangshu made a move against Xiao Yanci?
It is said that those who become the top scholar are all reincarnations of the God of Literature. Zhou Wangshu snatched the top spot that originally belonged to Xiao Yanci and even forced him to jump off a cliff. Is this a punishment from God?

Su Yaoguang knew she shouldn't be thinking such things, but having already died once, she still believed in the existence of gods and Buddhas. If there were no gods and Buddhas, how could she have been reborn?
She regretted it.

If she had known that harming Xiao Yanci would implicate Zhou Wangshu, she would rather he live his life in front of her than have Zhou Wangshu pay with his life.

One basin after another of bloody water was carried out and poured away, and then clean water was brought in. Master Yi first treated Zhou Wangshu's head wound, and after it was bandaged, he had two monks change Zhou Wangshu's wet clothes.

“Madam, he is wounded in the head, and I have already bandaged him. However, whether he can pull through depends on himself. With such a serious injury, this humble monk is powerless to help.”