The person who came was dressed in white clothes that were as beautiful as snow, with long black hair hanging lazily on his body and the jade hairpin in his hair reflecting the warm light.
His appearance was like a painting, singing calmly.
Even though Wen Chan had seen him several times. But this one quick glimpse at him still made him stunned. Under the golden sunlight, this man looked like a god, with an air of immortality.
His footsteps were both light and slow. And his eyes carried a soft and light smile, “It’s really lively.”
As soon as he appeared, the subordinates in the mansion who were waiting in the courtyard all saluted, “Your Majesty the City Lord.”
“Lou Muge?” Wen Chan was shocked and blurted it out subconsciously.
It turned out that he was the City Lord of Jile City.
In his previous life, Lou Muge was always accompanied by a little girl named Sheng Sheng. They appeared and disappeared unpredictably like a spirit1fig. elusive and were unpredictable. They were able to freely go in and out of even the heavily guarded palace.
Wen Chan remembered clearly that it was he who appeared in the emperor’s palace holding a white fan and helped him reverse his big mistake.
To Wen Chan, Lou Muge was a benefactor.
At this time, he looked about twenty-five or six. When Wen Chan first met him in his previous life, he also had the same appearance. This made Wen Chan even more sure that Lou Muge was not a normal person at all. He was either a fairy or a monster.
After hearing Wen Chan’s neither too big nor too little question, many people looked at him sideways. Even Lou Muge looked over. The moment his eyes settled on him, his smile deepened, and there was something special about it.
“How do you know him?” Dan Ke asked quietly in his ear.
“We had a chance encounter.” Wen Chan realised his own loose lips2speak without thinking and answered vaguely in a low voice.
The appearance of Lou Muge relaxed the atmosphere in the courtyard, in a short while. No matter how arrogant Yao Mengping was on Wuyue Island, he would not have trouble with the City Lord.
But he still had to save his face. So he asked coldly, “What does City Lord Lou mean by this?”
“It was just out of urgency.” Lou Muge walked in slowly and stopped opposite Liang Yanbei. He nodded at him and smiled. He then took his white fan, and the copper bells rang softly, “You all are guests invited by my jade token. You all have respectable status. If anyone of you is injured in my city, I will feel very sorry.”
“Guests? My son was murdered by these guests you invited who joined hands to plot his murder, and I asked them to pay for it with their lives. What’s wrong with that?” Yao Mengping felt that the one who came was unkind, so he poured out the dirty water first.
“Fort Lord Yao, the evidence is not clear. You can’t falsely accuse others.” Lou Muge made it clear that he was on Wen Chan’s side, stroking the white fan with his slender fingers, “I have heard about the entire process of development. You are just relying on others’ two sentences of what they saw with their own eyes, and then you bring people here to threaten to avenge your son. Who would believe this if you said that out loud?”
His eyes moved slightly, sliding one by one over the bodies of the people present, and he said in a nonchalant manner, “Maybe people will also say that you use a large number of people to bully a smaller number of people and use your status to oppress others.”
Yun Yongxu hurriedly put on a smiley face and said, “City Lord Lou misunderstood. We just came to watch the excitement. We also became aware that this matter is complex, and thus we can not easily jump to conclusions. So just now we were persuading Fort Lord Yao to go.”
His flattering appearance made Yao Mengping so angry that he turned around and glared at Yun Yongxu. Holding back his anger, he said, “Then what’s the idea of City Lord Lou? My son died in your residence under shady circumstances. Since you won’t let me touch them, you must give me an explanation.”
“You want an explanation?” Liang Yanbei suddenly spoke out, “Give us a few days, and we will find out the real culprit who killed your son.”
“Biaoge.” Dan Ke felt that it was improper and whispered a reminder.
Situ Zhoulan quietly reached out and pulled his arm. But he secretly shook his head, signalling her to keep quiet.
Wen Chan actually thought that this was a good idea. Now that his son had died, Yao Mengping was unwilling to give up, no matter what. With Liang Yanbei’s background, he didn’t dare touch him and would only bite Wen Chan.
Wen Chan did not want to reveal his identity to save himself. The only way was to find the real murderer so that Yao Mengping would not be able to target him.
As long as someone was deliberately plotting to murder, there would always be spider’s threads and horse tracks3tiny hints (of a secret) / traces / clue left behind.
“I think this method is feasible.” Yun Yongxu agreed almost immediately.
“That’s the only way it can be. Brother Yao’s son cannot die in such a tragic way. I believe Brother Yao will not harm innocent people indiscriminately if you can prove your innocence.” Tan Qiong persuaded Yao Mengping in a subtle way.
Wen Chan sneered when he heard that, “You won’t hurt innocent people indiscriminately? Then where are my three men?”
“Don’t worry, I will naturally take care of anything that happens in my house. I have already ordered my men to take over your three men. Until you find out the real culprits, they will be locked up in my residence. If you have anything you want to ask, just ask.” Lou Muge said from the side.
And then he turned to Yao Mengping and asked, “I wonder if Fort Lord Yao has any objections?”
“You all have already made your decisions, so why bother asking me?” Yao Mengping was obviously very dissatisfied. He was unwilling to look at the steps given by everyone, but he had to go down. “But you only have two days.”
“Two days is too short.”
Dan Ke couldn’t stop Liang Yanbei. So he wanted to fight for a few more days for him, “Does Fort Lord Yao think this is an easy task?”
“Okay.”
“Okay.” Unexpectedly, Liang Yanbei and Wen Chan spoke in unison.
Wen Chan’s heart skipped a beat. He glanced at Liang Yanbei and said first, “Fort Lord Yao, in two days I will find out the real murderer of Yao Yanming. I hope that the Fort Lord will not vent his anger on others during these two days.”
Lou Muge fiddled with the bell hanging on the handle of his fan and said, “Then we will meet in the main hall of the mansion at noon two days later.”
As the City Lord fixed the tone with a single hammer blow4fig. to make the final decision, Yao Mengping could not oppose. He looked at Lou Muge with cold eyes while holding back his anger and said, in an odd way of speaking, “City Lord Lou is so capable.”
Lou Muge smiled warmly and said, “Pavilion Master Yao is so angry.”
“You!” Yao Mengping was so angry that he felt dizzy.
Fearing that he would lose his mind again, Tan Qiong quickly held him and whispered, “Big brother Yao, calm down and go first.”
Yun Yongxu waved from behind, “Hurry up and take Fort Lord Yao away. Don’t faint here.”
Yao Mengping had been scolded a lot today. Hearing Yun Yongxu’s words, he didn’t react for a moment and allowed Tan Qiong to help him away.
As he left, he took most of the people with him. Fang Yiyang had no intention of joining in the fun. But now that he saw things had come to an end, he said goodbye and left with his horsetail whisk.
After the man who was holding Tang Qin let go, the little girl who was free suddenly jumped up, glared at Yao Mengping fiercely, rubbed her right arm, and tried to leave.
“Stop.” Tang Yixie shouted out.
Tang Qin turned around, glanced at him, and then continued to walk out, grunting in anger. Tang Yixiao stepped on the wall, signalled Liang Yanbei, and chased Tang Qin out of the courtyard.
The small courtyard suddenly became much more spacious, and Lou Muge did not linger there. He was about to leave but was stopped by Wen Chan.
“City Lord Lou, thank you very much.”
“There is no need to express thanks. All this is what I should do.” Lou Muge smiled without any semblance of unfamiliarity. It was not at all like it was the first time he had met Wen Chan. His gaze flicked around Liang Yanbei again, and he said, “I wish the two of you the best of luck.”
Liang Yanbei was very confused by his expression. He turned to Wen Chan and asked, “Young Master Wen, have you ever had dealings with him before?”
“I can’t remember too well.” Wen Chan replied sloppily.
“Oh really?” Liang Yanbei saw that he looked like he clearly didn’t want to answer. So he did not continue to ask but changed the subject, “I also helped you. Why don’t you thank me?”
Wen Chan didn’t expect this and raised his eyes to look at him, “Didn’t you say last night that……”
Liang Yanbei raised an eyebrow, “What did I say?”
Obviously, he told him last night that there was no need to say thank you…… Wen Chan thought to himself.
But he would not argue with Liang Yanbei about this. So he made a fist with both hands and solemnly said to Liang Yanbei, “Thank you, Young Master Liang for your help today. I will definitely repay Young Master Liang’s favour in the future.”
The person in front of him looked at him carefully, then suddenly reached out to hold one of Wen Chan’s wrists, pulled it down, and sighed.
When he was about to speak, he was interrupted by Dan Ke.
“Biaoge.” Dan Ke walked over to Liang Yanbei’s side and glanced at Wen Chan before saying in a low voice, “I have something to tell you.”
Wen Chan knew in his heart that Dan Ke was going to say something to Liang Yanbei to persuade him to quit.
After all, this matter was all about Tang Qin and him. It had nothing to do with Liang Yanbei, and even if it did, he could get away with it because of his identity. There was no need to get into this troubled water5mess.
He said very considerately, “This matter has nothing to do with you. You don’t have to interfere in the investigation of Yao Yanming’s death.”
At the same time, he also freed his wrist from Liang Yanbei’s hand.
Liang Yanbei, however, did not think so. He curled his lips and said to Dan Ke, “If you have anything else, wait until I come back at night.”
Saying that, he also went to pull Wen Chan.
“Can I join you?” Qiao Yanci, who had been hiding in the back, walked up two steps this time and said to Liang Yanbei, “I can also help.”
Others didn’t know what she was thinking, but Wen Chan knew clearly that she was making an open request to stay with Liang Yanbei.
Wen Chan sneered, “No.”
Qiao Yanci did not expect that the Ninth Prince Royal Highness, who had always been soft and gentle, would show such an unkind expression to her. And she was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to react.
Realising that his true emotions were exposed, Wen Chan quickly changed his face and said, “You guys are all not allowed to go. If you interfere hastily, Fort Lord Yao will be angered. I am enough.”
The implication was that I won’t let you go because I’m worried that you will be in danger.
Liang Yanbei automatically ignored the “you guys” in his mouth and said to Qiao Yanci, “Young Lady Qiao, you should not put yourself in danger. If you have nothing to do, you can ask my cousin to show you around the city.”
“I said……” Wen Chan wanted to emphasise.
“Time is short. Let’s move fast.” Liang Yanbei didn’t give him a chance, grabbing his arm and walking out the door with slightly faster steps.
After Wen Chan was dragged for a while, he struggled to free his arm. Liang Yanbei didn’t force him. He immediately stopped and turned to look at him.
“I told you not to interfere.” Wen Chan said it seriously.
After hearing this, he first looked left and right and then suddenly took a step closer towards Wen Chan. Just as Wen Chan was about to dodge, he put a hand on his shoulder and bent his head.
Bringing his mouth to Wen Chan’s ear, a low voice accompanied by a blazing breath came out, “The Liang family is not the people of Jianghu, but court officials. Now, Your Highness, you have met with danger outside. As the son of a court official, I have the responsibility to protect you well.”
He seemed to be complaining about injustice towards, himself, and added at the end, “Why does Your Highness always reject me?”
Wen Chan felt the heat flowing into his ears and straight to his heart. Because he was so close, the scent of Chinese honey locust from Liang Yanbei’s clothes came to his nose, making the tips of both of his ears turn red.
He lost the ability to argue for a while.
Liang Yanbei didn’t cross the line and took a step back when he finished speaking. Seeing Wen Chan’s eyes looking blank, he called doubtfully, “Young Master Wen?”
“Huh?” Wen Chan raised his head absentmindedly. Just as he was about to speak, a trail of bright red liquid left his nose.
Liang Yanbei was startled. Seeing Wen Chan wanting to reach out and touch it, he hurriedly grabbed his hand. His other hand slightly lifted his chin up, “It may be that the injury from the day before yesterday has not healed yet. Let’s go find Situ first to get you some medicine.”
Wen Chan didn’t feel any discomfort in his nose. All his senses were inexplicably focused on the hand that was held by Liang Yanbei, feeling the warmth coming from that dry palm.
Unable to hold back the fluttering in his heart, he used his thumb to gently rub Liang Yanbei’s hand. Then he was shocked by what he had done and quickly tried to break free.
Unexpectedly, Liang Yanbei grabbed his hand tighter, holding his entire hand, pulled him to turn around slowly, and said in a deep voice, “Don’t move.”
Seeing Wen Chan’s chest rise and fall violently, he thought that it was because of the unbearable pain in his nose. So he released his chin and hand and said, “Just stand there and wait. And don’t move. I’ll be back soon.”
When the heat in his hand left, Wen Chan’s eyes dimmed. He quickly covered it up and responded obediently, “Yes.”
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