kvmb Chapter 129: Revenge is more effective than overturning the verdict
Chapter 129: Revenge is more effective than overturning the verdict
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Qing Lan gritted her teeth and glared at Ye Huai. It was already past midnight, and Tang Ling's door was tightly shut, refusing to be disturbed. Was Qi Xiao planning to move into Huaxi Villa?!
Ye Huai pinched his neck and sighed softly: "Stop glaring at me..." He was much more miserable than Qinglan. At least Qinglan didn't have to eavesdrop in the middle of the night!
"Where are the people from Yangxizhai? Don't they have to serve their own master?"
Ye Huai shrugged. How could he possibly know that? Qi Xiao had never been accompanied by a secret guard when he came to Huaxi Villa.
"...It's already past noon! Young Master never sleeps this late!"
Qinglan nearly bit his teeth off. Although Tang Ling had spoken to him several times, he gradually understood Tang Ling's feelings. Thinking back on the past, his opinion of Qi Xiao had gradually changed. At least he was grateful for his life-saving grace. But Qi Xiao had been too arrogant recently. The day before yesterday, when Qinglan was helping Tang Ling bathe, he saw bruises all over his body. The master even complained of a backache. How could he be treating the master well? He was clearly bullying him! Damn it!
"Ah," Ye Huai sighed, "It's getting late, let's prepare a bath for the young master."
"I'm not going. You go if you want to go. I want to stay with the young master!"
"Let's go, let's go." Ye Huai pulled Qinglan away directly. The child had never experienced anything in life and didn't understand what was happening in the house. He was just worrying about nothing. But Ye Huai couldn't say anything and couldn't explain. He could only get rid of the child before Qi Xiao woke up.
When Qinglan knocked on Tang Ling's door for the first time in the morning, Qi Xiao woke up. He wanted to get up and leave, but Tang Ling held him back and told him to sleep a little longer.
Qi Xiao was only under imperial order to investigate Luo Yu's case, not serving in the Dali Temple. He wasn't supposed to report early every morning. Last night, he'd been busy at the Dali Temple until late at night, so there was no need to go early. He'd always left Huaxi Villa early in the morning, primarily out of fear of causing trouble for Tang Ling. After all, the residents of Huaxi Villa were all envoys from the Zhou Kingdom, but not all of them were trusted confidants like Qinglan and Ye Huai.
When Tang Ling leaned against him, took his arm and told him to sleep a little longer, Qi Xiao immediately didn't want to leave. It would be good to spend more time with Tang Ling.
Qi Xiao heard Qinglan's chaotic footsteps, and he couldn't help but burst out laughing. He must have been dragged away by Ye Huai.
"What kind of good dream did you have? How come you woke up smiling?" Tang Ling looked at Qi Xiao, touched the corner of his raised mouth, and laughed herself.
Qi Xiao held Tang Ling's hand and bit his fingertips lightly: "I am becoming more and more greedy. What should I do?"
"…Me too. What should I do?"
The two of them huddled together and laughed for a while, feeling very comfortable.
"You don't even want to know what happened yesterday?" Qi Xiao pulled Tang Ling's hair and played with it around his fingertips.
Qi Xiao kissed Tang Ling. There was a subtle tacit understanding between them. They always "told" each other but never asked. It was as if they could be the worms in each other's stomachs, knowing everything, but it also seemed that nothing was important, so there was no need to ask.
Tang Ling smiled and said, "Did everything go well yesterday?"
Or not. Qi Xiao also laughed, wondering if he should just go along with Tang Ling's perfunctory response. They clearly seemed like they belonged together, yet there was a clear, uncrossable line between them. Qi Xiao didn't know whether to be grateful or upset.
"Yesterday went smoothly. Qin will reveal his true colors."
Tang Ling nodded with a smile.
Qi Xiao lifted Tang Ling's chin, looked into his eyes, and said, "Mr. Li was taken away by the Tiance Camp."
"Mr. Li? The Qi swordsman? Is he from the Office of Occupation?"
"Yes. I've seen his swordsmanship. He was among the bandits causing trouble in Fenglin Mountain back then. He really did it effortlessly."
Tang Ling was slightly startled, then she leaned closer to Qi Xiao and comforted him softly, "Now that the man has been caught, we can get to the bottom of your master's affairs."
Qi Xiao pursed his lips and said, "Once people enter the Tiance Camp, they will tell you everything they know."
Qi Xiao personally interrogated Li Sheng yesterday. He and Zong Sheng's methods were certainly not as good as those of the Tiance Camp, and the assassins of the Zhanshi Office were indeed stubborn. Li Sheng endured for most of the hour without saying anything, not a single word, not even a hum. If he hadn't been still breathing, Qi Xiao would have thought that he was facing a dead man.
The question was not asked and the person was handed over to Chi Yue, but Qi Xiao did not gain nothing. He and Zong Sheng went to the guild hall where Li Sheng was staying temporarily and searched Li Sheng's room. The most important thing was his pass. How Li Sheng's identity was fake, where did he get the pass, and how he lived in the Qi State Chamber of Commerce Guild, all of these could be checked.
"I found a small package hanging under Mr. Li's bed. Inside were several letters between the Office of the Occupational Secretary and the former Yuanzhou Governor. These letters are enough to prove that the suppression of bandits in Fenglin Mountain was all a conspiracy."
"You want to overturn the verdict on behalf of the Hanchen Sect?"
Qi Xiao shook his head: "Hanchen Sect and Master don't care about false reputation. The person is dead, and overturning the verdict is not as real as revenge."
Tang Ling shook Qi Xiao's hand. He hoped that he could become Qi Xiao's strength.
Qi Xiao chuckled: "Actually, I can't overturn the verdict for Master at all. After Master died, Bai Xiqiao and I seemed to have gone crazy, bent on revenge. The first to be targeted was Du Xianwei, the former governor of Fuzhou. I chopped off his head on impulse and pretended that it was done by bandits. And those who hid in Fenglin Mountain and did evil were also killed by us, and Lu Fangjin took them back to claim the credit. But I didn't find a chance to kill that hateful Nie Guangli... and now there is even less chance." Nie Guangli died suddenly.
Tang Ling sighed silently. He knew everything, but hearing Qi Xiao speak it out himself left him with mixed feelings. He felt very uncomfortable and couldn't help but feel sorry for him. Why did God give Qi Xiao a noble status, but not show him any mercy, no joy or peace?
Qi Xiao smiled and kissed Tang Ling: "I want to tell you everything in my heart, but I'm afraid you'll look so sad."
"Qi Xiao..."
"Yeah. Call me a few more times."
"Qi Xiao. Qi Xiao."
"Tang Ling, I only want you. You are enough for me."
Tang Ling held Qi Xiao's face and kissed him passionately, and he agreed.
It was getting late, and Qinglan came for the third time. Qi Xiao and Tang Ling finally got up, but Tang Ling didn't let Qi Xiao leave. Instead, she pulled him into the shower, which made Qi Xiao's mind wander again.
Tang Ling blushed and turned her head away from Qi Xiao, insisting on talking about serious topics in the room full of beauty.
"What on earth is Mr. Li doing in Yuanjing City? Has he been in Chen State since he narrowly escaped from Fenglin Mountain?"
"Perhaps we can only know this after the Tiance Camp has finished the interrogation. If Li Sheng refuses to give in, then we can't say for sure."
Tang Ling nodded slightly. His heart was beating like a drum, and he didn't care whether Li Sheng was dead or alive.
Seeing his embarrassment, Qi Xiao refrained from doing anything else. Using a serious topic to cool himself down, he asked Tang Ling about another matter: "There's no one from the Dushifu on the list you gave me, right? Let's use the power of Dachen to eliminate your assassin."