newbobooks Chapter 171 The fish is hooked
Chapter 171 The fish is hooked
Cang Yue Kingdom - Quezhou - Noble House
The lighting in Youminglang's room was not very good, and it was a little flickering. He was lying on the couch.
Zhilan happily pushed the door open and walked in: "Greetings, OP, do you have something to ask me?"
After Zhilan finished speaking, she felt that the atmosphere was not right. She looked at Jun, wanting to seek help.
Xi Jun's expression was also displeased. "Zhilan, didn't I tell you repeatedly that as soon as Jinniang arrives, you should bring her up immediately? Also, although Ye Sishi and Miss Su are the master's guests, they also pay a penny for their stay in the Noble House, because Ye Sishi doesn't like to take advantage of others. Did I tell you these things?"
Zhilan was a little confused: "I did."
"That's good. Then let me ask you something. First of all, you have been giving Ye Sishi the cold shoulder these past few days. Yesterday at noon, you also said a few words to Miss Su in the small kitchen. They are distinguished guests. Is this how you usually entertain guests? Old Liu in the kitchen has already made it very clear. It was the master's personal order that Ye Sishi was injured and four meals a day must be delivered to him. Why did you stop Miss Su from serving porridge?" asked Jun.
"I... I don't know. I thought Lao Liu was talking nonsense, and... that Miss Su was always picky about food..."
"That's because the dishes you sent to Ye Sishi's room all had spicy ingredients. She was injured, how could she eat them? Do you know why Ye Sishi has been silently tolerating you? It's because of the master, the master is her friend, so she didn't want to embarrass the master, so she kept silent. Otherwise, with Ye Sishi's temper, she would have torn the noble lady's head off long ago."
Zhilan knew she was in the wrong and quickly knelt down: "Master, I was wrong. I was... I was too busy, so I didn't think too much about it."
Xi Jun was completely speechless. "You're busy, but what about just now? I clearly told you to let Jinniang in when she arrives. Why are you pretending to ask again? Who are you doing this for?"
"Just now..." Zhi Lan paused slightly: "Just now I just felt that she was a prostitute and not suitable to come here."
"Isn't this a brothel?" You Ming Lang said coldly, "What's the difference between you and her? She's a prostitute, aren't you? Have I been in a good mood recently, so that a servant dares to disobey me?"
Zhilan was so frightened that she dared not breathe and could only kneel down.
You Ming Lang stood up and slowly walked over to Zhi Lan, looking down at her condescendingly: "Who do you think you are? How dare you give Ye Ling such a hard time? Remember, you are not even worthy of carrying her shoes. Put yourself in your proper place and know what you should and shouldn't do. Otherwise, I don't mind replacing someone else in charge."
"Yes, I understand." Zhilan was really scared.
"Get lost" Youminglang didn't want to say more.
After Zhilan left, Youminglang continued, "Let's find someone else. You were right at the beginning. She's not qualified."
"Yes, we still have a month here, and I will arrange someone. You want to give her a chance, but she doesn't appreciate it," said Jun.
"As expected, there is only one Ye Ling in this world. Other women are still like this and cannot handle important tasks," Youminglang said softly.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Ye Ling's voice came: "Brother You, are you there?"
Xi Jun quickly turned around and opened the door: "Night Envoy."
"I'm looking for Brother You. I hope I won't disturb you guys?" Ye Ling asked with a smile.
"How could that be? Come in quickly." Youminglang smiled happily, and the gloom just now disappeared in an instant. While speaking, he even straightened his clothes.
"I went to the table to look for you just now. Susu said you had something to do when you came back." Ye Ling led Zhilan into the house.
"I'm just a little drunk, so I came back to take a break. You caught me this time. Sit down quickly. Miss, please sit down too. Huzi, serve the tea. Jun, you go and get busy!" Youminglang said with a smile.
"Yes." Jun bowed and left.
Ye Ling got straight to the point: "It's like this, Jinniang is also my friend. She has nowhere to go now. Can she stay at your place? She can play music and sing, as long as she doesn't accept guests."
"Okay!" You Ming Lang agreed immediately: "You have the final say."
"No, no, no, how can I have the final say? She has a maid with her. Of course, the maid doesn't need the noble house to take care of her. She can support herself."
"Okay, no problem. Come in and familiarize yourself with the environment first," said Youminglang.
Jinniang was a little confused: "Master, don't you want to sell your body? I brought it with me."
"You are Mr. Ye's friend. You don't need to sell your indenture. Just tell me if you want to leave at any time."
Jinniang was so excited that she quickly stood up and knelt before Youminglang: "Thank you very much for taking me in, Mr. Ye."
"Thank you, Master Youlou," Ye Ling also bowed with a smile.
"Can you please stop being so polite with me? Huzi, go and make arrangements. Let Jinniang get familiar with the environment for a few days before we talk about the rap song."
"Yes," Hu Zi responded, "Jinniang, come with me!"
After the two of them left, Youminglang said, "The fish is hooked. Have you figured out how to deal with it?"
"No, this one has been hooked, and I don't know when the other one will come. Let's wait and see." Ye Ling said this, but in his mind he had already come up with a simple and crude solution: "You go out and help me cover in front of Yue Chi, I'll go out for a while."
"You don't trust him?"
"Brother, we've only known each other for a few days? Trust is too much of a joke?"
"Wait a moment," said the pigeon who had just entered the room. "The Guangming Sect was massacred. All the branches, including the one in Quezhou, are gone."
Ye Ling pretended to be surprised: "Is the leader of the martial arts world so powerful?"
"It's not the leader of the martial arts world, it's all the gangs. The Illuminati has become increasingly rampant in recent years, and they look down on everyone. They want to meddle in everything in the martial arts world, big or small. Now that Gu Feixiang has fallen, everyone is turning against them. Yesterday, their own people betrayed the headquarters, and Gu Feixiang was so angry that he died. From now on, there will be no more Illuminati in the world."
"Isn't that great?" Youminglang said.
"I find this matter strange. Why would everyone attack the Illuminati at the same time? It all feels like it was orchestrated, but I can't find any flaws, because the Illuminati are indeed quite ruthless."
"Okay, don't worry about it. I'm leaving. Go and help me take care of Susu." Ye Ling said and left through the window.
The pigeon who had just entered was confused: "They were chatting quite lively just now. If you didn't know, you would think these two envoys from Langya Pavilion were familiar with each other."
"This is Ye Ling. She is familiar with everyone, yet familiar with no one. She seems to trust everyone, but in fact she only trusts herself. Well, people like her live longer," said Youminglang.
"Master, what do you think about the Illuminati?"
"Someone is cooperating with Ye Ling. I roughly know who this person is, but I can't tell you. It has nothing to do with us, so I won't tell you." Youminglang stood up and left.
Ye Ling flew high and low all the way to the backyard of the inn: "Where are you eating?"
Yue Kun and the others were already immune to Ye Ling who fell from the sky. Nangong Che smiled and said, "Your injuries haven't healed yet, why are you running around?"
"Come and have a free meal!" Ye Ling sat down without any hesitation.
“I eat light food, you should be able to eat these dishes.” Nangong Che didn’t mind.
Xianghui added more bowls and chopsticks: "Miss Ye, do you want some rice?"
"No, I only eat meat," Ye Ling said as he ate. "Your Highness is very quick. He destroyed the Illuminati in just seven days. I admire you. After this incident, I understand a truth: a thousand cavalry sweep is the true power. All conspiracies and calculations are like an egg hitting a stone in front of it, and they will destroy themselves."
Nangong Che was already full. He kept smiling and watching Ye Ling's every move. He thought the woman in front of him was cute even when she was eating. "Then you didn't come here in the middle of the night just to eat a bite of food, did you? Youminglang won't give you any food?"
"Give it to me, why wouldn't I? Besides, I'm also paying for my stay, it's not free. It's just that the food here isn't as good as the one you have." Ye Ling was telling the truth. Zhi Lan had sent her spicy food these past two days, and Su Su and Jiu You didn't let her eat too much.
“If you like it, you can come here every day to eat.”
"No, if someone sees me, I'll be in trouble again. Oh, right, I came here today to ask you something. I'm not very familiar with your court's systems. For example, can a general like Yao Qi enter and leave the barracks as he pleases?"
"You are not allowed to leave the camp at will. Except for family leave, you are absolutely not allowed to leave the barracks at other times. Anyone who exceeds this limit will be subject to military law," said Nangong Che.
"Then how can I fish here? Isn't it useless? No, he can't leave the camp casually, so how can he meet Jinniang?"
"Leaving the camp without permission"
"Then if he comes again, you can catch him in the act and punish him by military law?"
"I have no power or influence, and I have no right to arrest him. Besides, he is the commander of the cavalry and my father's confidant. If I'm not careful, he might backfire. I can't be so blatant right now."
Ye Ling nodded. "Okay, I understand. So, if Yao Qi sneaks into the city, could you order a blockade of Quezhou, citing...the resurgence of the plague as an excuse?"
“That’s no problem,” Nangong Che agreed.
"Come on, my Lord, I'm going to tell you something you don't like to hear, please don't get angry!"
Nangong Che smiled: “You said, this king will not be angry.”
"Although you have no right to interfere in any military or political affairs, you are at least a prince. With you in charge, if Yao Qi is trapped in Quezhou, wouldn't he dare to open the city gates and leave openly?"
"That's for sure. With the plague rampant right now, he, as the commander-in-chief of the army, left the camp without permission. Not to mention me, he didn't even dare to alert the governor of Quezhou. He could only quietly wait for the lockdown to be lifted."
"That's easy. Once we isolate him from the barracks, see if you can find a way to weaken the Hussar army. As for Yao Qi, leave it to me. Don't worry, your fifty thousand taels won't be wasted." Ye Ling said as he stood up: "I'm full. There are people waiting over there. I'll be leaving first. Bye."
"Bye?" Looking at the person who had already flown away, Xianghui asked, "What do you mean?"
"Your Highness, why didn't we think of using the plague to trap Yao Qi and then slowly find a way to get rid of him?" Yue Kun said.
"I didn't expect this. Ye Ling is indeed a good ally! Black Hawk, you go to the city gate and keep an eye on it yourself. Yao Qi is a notorious lecher. He hasn't seen a woman for three months. He must be feeling very pent up," said Nangong Che.
"Yes," Black Hawk responded.
"Yue Kun, once Yao Qi enters the city, you will immediately activate the Rhino Banner to reignite the plague and kill one or two people."
"Yes, I understand."