I am the old, fiery-faced man from the senior department.

"Hmph. I only know half of what happens in the heavens, but I know everything about what happens on earth."

Lu Huaide's words were both a source of pride and a warning.

"Since you want to leave, then take your cousin with you."

"Even if they want me to leave, there must be another reason."

"Oh."

Lu Huaide smiled slightly at him and pushed the heavy bag towards him.

"Fifty taels of silver, this is the last thing you will do for me. I hope you won't think it's too little."

"How dare I, Hei, bargain with the esteemed Lord Lu?"

Hei Si smiled and pocketed the bag of silver.

Lu Huaide shook his head, then took out a bag from his waist.

"Add another fifty taels, and you must do the job cleanly and efficiently for me."

"Who to kill?"

"Who can take the full blame for the murder case in Meicheng County?"

Hei Si picked up the bag of silver and turned to leave.

"return."

Looking at Hei Si who had turned around, Lu Huaide asked again, "Aren't you going to ask him what his name is?"

"Lord Lu, didn't you just say that?"

"What did I say?"

"Someone who can bear the full weight of the charges in the Meicheng County murder case..."

Hei Si raised a finger and shook it.

"Only one person"

"Who?"

"Registrar Yang".

Hearing a satisfactory answer from Hei Si, even the composed Lu Huaide couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"However, what Lord Lu did not expect was..."

Kal'tsit glanced at Hong Gu, who was being protected and watched over by Bai Zhi, and said:

"Hei Si and this Yang Zhubu's mistress, the woman named Liu Yuehong, are cousins ​​who were betrothed since childhood. Their relationship is so good that they can talk about anything."

“Registrar Yang, although you know that it was you who recommended Hei Si to Lord Lu, you do not know that Hei Si himself is an assassin kept by Lord Lu.”

"Hei Si had long intended to elope with Liu Yuehong."

"Therefore, he did not follow Lord Lu's orders to poison Yang's teacup. He wanted to extort a lot of money from Yang."

【"snort."

Yang Baocai ignored the man and woman frolicking on his bed, tossed the bag of valuables onto the bed, and then said disdainfully:

"This fifty taels of gold is enough for you to live comfortably for the rest of your life."

"This is just a drop in the ocean for you."

Hei Si took the bag of gold, weighed it in his hand, and sneered at him.

"good."

Yang Baocai glanced at him and said again:

"If I offered all my money in exchange for your cousin, would you take it?"

"..."

Hearing Yang Baocai's words, Hei Si and Liu Yuehong exchanged a glance.

"If you're willing, get out of here right now. Hire a carriage outside and take your gold and silver away from Meicheng."

"Hmph, you really misjudged Hei Si."

Hei Si looked at him with disdain.

Have you ever heard of the priceless value of friendship?

He dropped the gold, stood up, and walked towards Yang Baocai.

"As for affection, you're just someone I was betrothed to since childhood; it's me and Miss Hong who are truly in love..."

"shut up!"

Hei Si shouted, "..."

"Let me tell you, if you want to exchange for my cousin, you only have one thing to offer."

"Stars in the sky, moon in the moon, speak freely."

Hei Si grabbed Yang Baocai's shoulder and pressed the dagger he was carrying against his neck.

"That's your head."

"……Oh."

Yang Baocai glanced at Liu Yuehong and chuckled softly.

"make a deal."

After saying that, he stretched out his neck to touch the dagger.

"Ugh!"

June Red rammed into Black Four, who, unwilling to hurt her, got up to dodge and thus put away his dagger.

"Red Girl!"

He looked at Liu Yuehong, who had suddenly bumped into him, and called out to her in confusion.

You can't do this!

Liu Yuehong looked at them, her words passionate.

"If I'm the reason why one of you two has to die, then I'll die first!"

After saying that, she grabbed Hei Si's hand holding the dagger and placed it against her own neck.

"No!"

"It's none of your business."

Both of them tried to dissuade her.

“Red Girl, don’t forget what you told me.”

Yang Baocai looked at her anxiously.

"What...what did I say?"

However, Liu Yuehong did not remember what Yang Baocai was referring to.

“You said that if anything happened to me, Yang, you would burn incense at my grave every year on Qingming Festival. With your words, I, Yang, can die without regrets!”

"Come on! Let's get started!"

"Do it! Do it now!"

"Humph."

Hei Si shoved Yang Baocai aside, then looked at Liu Yuehong, furious and embarrassed.

"You wretched servant, I wish I could kill you with one blow."

"It would be unjust for me to take away a man's love like this."

"Get out of the way!"

He glared angrily at Yang Baocai, who had moved closer again, and then continued to berate him:

“But if I can’t bring you back, I’ll be disobeying my parents and being unfilial.”

"You wretched woman, you've made me, Hei Si, an unfilial and unjust person!"

When he got angry, Hei Si pushed Liu Yuehong down and let her fall onto the bed.

"Brother Hei!"

Yang Baocai grabbed him and then said to him with emotion:

"I, Yang, am deeply ashamed that you could utter such heroic words!"

"This...it's not Hong Guniang's fault, it's just that I, Yang, was too infatuated."

He glanced at June Red, then smiled and said to Black Four:

"Since we've made things clear, I won't make things difficult for you."

"I'm taking my leave."

He cupped his hands in greeting and prepared to leave, but was grabbed by Hei Si.

"I guess I, Hei Si, was blind. I underestimated you before."

Hei Si never expected that Yang Baocai, who seemed so sinister and ruthless, would actually be such a devoted lover.

He patted Yang Baocai's chest and said softly:

"But you and Miss Hong were once deeply in love. Don't you want to... fulfill your vows for Miss Hong?"

After saying that, Hei Si was about to go buy some wine and food, but Yang Baocai stopped him.

"Alas... Brother Hei, why must you do this?"

"I, Yang, came here to see Miss Hong off."

He glanced at June Red, then smiled and patted Black Four's arm.

"Having heard Brother Hei's heroic words just now, I, Yang, am even more eager to... to see you off."