Marriage of the Di Daughter

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Marriage of the Di Daughter Chapter 116 Part 2: Protect

But listening to Ji Heng’s words at this moment, it clearly conveyed the willingness to help Jiang Li. Moreover, what was the meaning of Feng Yu Tang’s people not making a move on them in these seven days? It meant that Ji Heng would cleanly sweep away all obstructions from Feng Yu Tang to protect Jiang Li in sailing ahead?

Is this person so kind? Isn’t he a duke? Can he condescend and do these things? Could it be that the position of a duke is lower than that of a chief assistant, so he has to curry favor with Jiang Yuan Bai to get promoted? Perhaps he simply wants to fawn over Jiang Li? Jiang Li is now at an age where she can start looking at other people, and in a few years, she can get married already. Not that he, Ye Ming Yu, is boasting, but Jiang Li’s appearance and temperament are top notch, she’s also bright, courageous and has foresight. In the world, people who could match up with Jiang Li are few and far between. Don’t tell me this man has a disease….. Swan wanting to eat swan meat? But then again, how big of a position is a duke?

Jiang Li didn’t know that at this moment, her uncle’s train of thought had flown far away. Ji Heng could say such words, regardless of his purpose, Jiang Li was currently grateful. She gave a courtesy to Ji Heng and said, “Jiang Li cannot think of how to repay the duke’s great favor. There’s a day in the future that is sure to pay back.”

Ye Ming Yu heard this and the hair on his whole body was erected. He vigilantly looked at Ji Heng. According to the people who walk in the rivers and lakes, whenever they passed by a wine shop and heard the scholar talking about playbook, there’s a sentence that a young man would say, “then you should devote your life”!

He must not let this lecher succeed! He has to protect this simple niece!

Ye Ming Yu was about to say something but Ji Heng already opened his mouth. He said, “No need to thank. Since I’m already involved in the play, I don’t like to see miscellaneous people.”

As far as Ji Heng was concerned, the assassins dispatched by Feng Yu Tang were really just “miscellaneous people”. If these “miscellaneous people” had killed Jiang Li, the following play would not need to be sung.

Jiang Li did not understand why Ji Heng would turn such a good thing into an awkward speech. However, with him saying this, she also would not continue to stick to it to be snubbed. So she smiled at Ji Heng and said, “No matter what, still, many thanks to the duke.”

Ji Heng lazily glanced at her. Without turning his head back, he slowly walked to the other side of the road. Under the moonlight, Qingzhi Lane looked especially long. The view of his back was gorgeous and lonesome, the corner of his gown was flying, looking like a lonely but powerful demon who was gracefully walking back home.

Jiang Li felt that Ji Heng was somewhat different from before.

She didn’t know if it was because she was aware of Ji Heng’s secret and said it out loud, so Ji Heng no longer needed to pretend in front of her, his always lingering smiling expression suddenly became casual and indifferent. Indolent, bored, but sober, looking ready at all times.

He was a contradictory person. But still, he wasn’t “impersonal” like before.

Ye Ming Yu watched Jiang Li stare at Ji Heng’s rear view and his heart secretly shouted “not good!”. This niece of his, though she was both brave and wise, she was, after all, still young. Towards an evildoer like this man, as long as that man enticed her a little, it’s hard for a young girl not to be tempted. Now, looking spellbound at his retreating back, could she have fallen? Ptooey! The way of the world is precisely this unfair, a good looking man says a few sentences at random and they will seem to be true.

He hurriedly pulled Jiang Li, wishing his niece could go back to the right path. He said, “Ah Li, how? Let’s go back?”

Jiang Li turned around, looked at Ye Ming Yu’s arm and said, “Ok, uncle, let’s go back first, look for a physician to dispense medicine, it won’t do to just wrap the wound like this. Everyone can sleep steadily tonight.” Since Ji Heng said that Feng Yu Tang’s people wouldn’t come to look for trouble, it meant that there would be people protecting Ye Ming Yu’s group of people from danger. At least, in these seven days, in Tongxiang, Jiang Li wouldn’t be suddenly assassinated when she walked on the street.

Initially, Ye Ming Yu did not pay attention to his own injury, but seeing Jiang Li concerned about him, his heart moved and immediately shouted, “Aiyoo”. He exaggeratedly said, “It hurts so much, must look for a physician to bandage properly. Go, Ah Li, let’s go back.” He thought, as long as Jiang Li was distracted by him, she naturally would not think of that annoying duke. That’s right, tomorrow he still has to inquire how big of an official a duke is.

Jiang Li felt strange as to why Ye Ming Yu suddenly became squeamish, but she thought that he was truly in pain. Thus, without saying much, she supported Ye Ming Yu to first return to the courtyard in Qingzhi Lane.

Bai Xue and Tong’er guarded the door to the point of their necks being broken from stretching out. The whole day, from morning till night, they did not see either Jiang Li or Ye Ming Yu returning. The two servant girls were so anxious they were unable to eat or sleep. They almost cried tears of joy when the group of people suddenly returned safe and sound. Jiang Li instructed them to prepare food and hot water and sent an uninjured person to invite a physician, then first arrange Ye Ming Yu’s horse to settle down.

When Bai Xue was cleaning Ye Ming Yu’s wound, Ye Ming Yu asked Jiang Li, “Ah Li, now that Peng Xiao and them are saved and we already got a hold of the file, what should we do next? You mentioned going to the houses of the people in Tongxiang?”

“Yes.” Jiang Li nodded, “uncle, take a good rest tonight. Tomorrow morning, we will go from door to door to ask. However, there are 568 households, though we don’t know whether we can finish asking all of them, if we can ask one more household then we will ask one more household.”

“So we will do this in the next five days?” Ye Ming Yu asked.

“As long as one family is willing to come out, we can present a petition to the Imperial Court of Judicial Review. The Imperial Court will immediately stop County Deputy Xue’s beheading and take Feng Yu Tang to the capital. There’s no way for other people to change this because the Imperial Court’s cases have to pass the emperor’s hand. As long as there’s a mention of an important official in the capital inside, His Majesty will not take it lightly.” There’s something that Jiang Li did not tell Ye Ming Yu, that she would not just write about an important official in the capital, but would directly write Princess Yongning’s name.

Firstly was to establish enmity with Princess Yongning in the open. But there’s nothing to be afraid of . Even if she seemed to be in harmony with Princess Yongning on the surface, Princess Yongning could dispatch assassins in Tongxiang to eliminate her. Once Emperor Hong Xiao saw Princess Yongning’s name, this case in Tongxiang would certainly become a huge case and Princess Yongning would no longer be able to tamper with it.

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