Chapter 136 Xiao Song from Qiyun Society
In fact, after overhearing the conversation between her father, Uncle Qu and Uncle Ji, Lu Xi already understood how much her second brother cared about her.

To put it simply, the second brother wanted to seek revenge from the government, which was destined to be a road of no return.

When he risked his life to seek justice for his elder brother,
All other people will be implicated only if they participate in the second brother’s actions and are caught with evidence.

Only she, as a wife, naturally has to take the blame, even if she has done nothing.

Once her second brother passed away, she, as his wife, would be burdened with the bad reputation of being a widow.

If her second brother’s identity is exposed, she will be implicated regardless of life or death.

These two points are unsolvable as long as the engagement exists.

In this era, there is a system of collective responsibility, and the “causation” in the system of collective responsibility is specifically aimed at relatives.

“Parents, wife and children are born together, and they are held responsible and raised together. This is to burden their minds and make them commit crimes more severely.”

Of course, female family members were rarely sentenced to death except for serious crimes such as treason.
Most of them were sentenced to conscription, exile, or sold as official slaves.

But for a young and pretty girl like her, such a result would be even more terrible than beheading.

Let’s just say she was sent to exile for the lightest punishment. She was escorted for thousands of miles, all alone as a young girl. Wouldn’t she be at the mercy of others?
Even if she was killed on the way and reported dead from illness, the case would be closed.

Yang Yuan publicly announced that he had severed ties with her, with many people as witnesses, just to avoid implicating her.

Since knowing the truth, Luxi’s emotional wounds healed without medicine, but the torment and pressure she endured were even greater than before.

Moreover, she could only bury this kind of pain in her heart and dared not reveal it to anyone.

Despite this, she was still very grateful for Sister Dan Niang’s guidance.

Within a few days, the two of them became as close as honey and as close as one person.

This somewhat comforted Luxi’s anxious and fearful mood.

However, she didn’t know that there was now another woman who was worried about Yang Yuan…

That little liar, where is he now?
You must not die!

If you make my “document of pawning” useless, I… will hate you for the rest of my life!
……

In the afternoon, Luxi changed into a light pajamas and slept in the attic.

The top window and side windows were open, and there was a slight breeze blowing through, but Lin’an was still hot and stuffy in the middle of summer.

After lying down for a while, Luxi felt restless and lay on his side.

She made a “flame seal” with her right hand, and followed the breathing method in the “Sleeping Dragon Pill Gong” taught by Dan Niang, allowing her mind to circulate throughout the body.

After a while, my mood gradually calmed down, and I no longer felt the sweltering summer heat or the endless singing of cicadas on the branches.

Li Shishi learned the “Sleeping Dragon Pill Technique” from Taoist Chen and practiced it for many years.

Shishi never realized that it was as powerful as Taoist Chen boasted, but at least it was proven to be effective in helping people sleep.

She liked Dan Niang very much, and Dan Niang accepted her as her godmother, so there was no reason to keep this skill secret from Dan Niang.

So, she passed the first part of “The Sleeping Pill Technique of the Sleeping Dragon” to Dan Niang.

The old Ox-nosed man told her not to pass on the entire recipe of the Sleeping Dragon Pill to anyone else.

You are not allowed to upload the entire article…, the implication is that only the first part can be uploaded.

Miss Shishi is very good at finding loopholes in people.

After Dan Niang learned it, she felt that it was indeed effective in helping with sleep and maintaining beauty, so she passed it on to Xiao Qingtang.

Now Lu Xi always suffers from insomnia because he misses Yang Yuan, and he often has dark circles under his eyes, which is very unbearable to see.

So Dan Niang generously passed on the “Sleeping Pill Technique of the Dormant Dragon” to her.

When Luxi felt upset and couldn’t fall asleep, he would use this method to regulate his breathing.

Sure enough, he fell into a deep sleep after a while.

……

Outside the back door, there is a long river.

Old Man Song sat on the stone steps, with his trouser legs rolled up and his feet resting in the clear river water, gently waving a large cattail leaf fan in his hand.

The shadow of the camphor tree fell on him, blocking the sunlight for him.

I actually lost Yang Yuan!

This made the first scout of the Tabai Army feel really embarrassed.

He thought that as long as he kept an eye on Brother Ya, he wouldn’t have to worry about finding Yang Yuan.

But who would have thought that Yang Yuan actually cut off contact with Ya Ge.

Now that Duck Brother has actually come to Song’s Flavor Restaurant to apply for the job of waiter.

This made Old Man Song quite anxious, because he knew that Yang Yuan’s actions must not be over yet.

But where did that boy go?

……

Not far from Jingci Baoen Temple is Qiyun Jinbiao Society.

As soon as you exit the gate of Qiyun Society, you will see the towering Leifeng Pagoda opposite you. Walking in that direction, you will soon reach the south bank of West Lake.

Every evening, melodious bell sounds can be heard from the Zen temple at the foot of Huiri Peak in Nanping Mountain.

Whenever the melodious bell sounds echo over the West Lake in the twilight, it is time for the servants in the Qiyun Jinbiao Society to have their meals.

“Song Zhong, damn, your name is really unlucky. Xiao Song, get me a meal, I’ll go to the canteen later.”

Bai Chuan, the errand boy of the Qiyun Jinbiao Society, shouted at the crowd heading towards the cafeteria.

“Okay, Boss Bai, I got it!” A handsome young man in a green shirt and a small hat in the crowd smiled and waved at him.

A servant nearby curled his lips and whispered to the young man, “Xiao Song, Boss Bai asked people to help him get food, but he never paid. Don’t pay attention to him. We only make a few dollars a month!”

“Hey, I’m new here. Suffering a loss is a blessing. Suffering a loss is a blessing.”

The young man said with a smile, and bowed to him: “Thank you, Brother Tang.”

Tang Hou shook his head helplessly: “I haven’t seen him assign less work to you. Okay, just keep it in mind.”

As they entered the canteen, they saw a few senior servants queuing up at the back. The young man named Song Zhong hurriedly greeted them: “Brothers, please go to the front. I’ll stand at the back.”

As he said that, he ran behind a few people.

Although the servants only moved forward a step, they were still very pleased with the young man’s behavior. They nodded in a friendly manner to Song Zhong, who had just arrived half a month ago.

If Yang Yuan’s acquaintances saw this Xiao Song, they would definitely be shocked.

Because Song Zhong, the handyman who had worked in Qiyun Jinbiao Society for more than half a month, was Yang Yuan.

At this time, the sound of horses and wheels was heard at the gate.

“Song Zhong” turned his head and saw the carriage stopped at the door, and subconsciously squinted his eyes.

Qiyun Jinbiao Society, the entire facade is made of blue bricks, with a wide lintel and a plaque with five large gold characters on a black background “Qiyun Jinbiao Society”.

On the left and right sides of the gate, there are two huge stone lions. The base alone is as tall as a seven-year-old child.

The gate was open, and the setting sun shone on the white iron tiger-head ring on the gate, making it as bright as silver.

Nine stone steps paved with white marble extend all the way to the small square in front of the gate covered with blue bricks.

At this time, more than 20 people came to the small square in front of the gate. They were all wearing “Xingchan” and were very agile.

In the middle of the crowd, there was a carriage being guarded.

There was also a majestic black horse next to the carriage, and on the horse was a man in his thirties, with tiger eyes, a strong beard, and a heroic appearance.

This man was none other than the vice-chairman of Qiyun Jinbiao Society, Di Jiuzhou.

Di Jiuzhou raised his leg and jumped off the horse nimbly.

He walked quickly to the front of the carriage, lifted the curtain with his hand, and stretched out an arm, which lay across the carriage as if it were made of iron.

A slender hand reached out from the sedan chair and gently placed it on his wrist, and then a person came out of the sedan chair.

A girl of twenty-five or twenty-six is ​​the age of a blooming flower.

She had beautiful black hair tied into a bun and held up by a purple flower-wrapped hairpin. She wore a pair of small pearl earrings which made her slender neck look even more prominent.

Looking at her eyebrows, eyes and facial features, she is like a pot of burning charcoal, exuding an extremely bright and fiery temperament.

The footstool beside the sedan had been placed, and the beautiful woman walked down slowly.

A fitted black double-breasted gown could not conceal her graceful figure at all.

This woman is not thin, which does not quite fit the simple and plain beauty of the Song people, but is more in line with the aesthetic of the Tang people.

She is plump and charming, with a round and smooth figure, but not at all bloated.

With a body that is round, slender and gentle, she can be considered a stunner.

Tang Hou came out after getting his meal. Seeing Song Zhong still craning his neck to watch what was happening at the door, he kicked him and said, “What are you looking at? That’s Miss Wan from our community.”

Song Zhong said with a smile: “The lady of our Qiyun Society is really a beauty. How come I have never seen her in half a month since I came here?”

Tang Hou said, “Madam Wan went back to her hometown to visit her relatives. She stayed for more than half a month. She left just before you came. Isn’t she back today?”

Song Zhong looked at the middle-aged man who was helping the beautiful woman up the stone steps, and said in surprise: “This lady is the lady of our Bashetou family, but why was it the deputy of Dishe who went to pick her up? And the two of them are so close?”

Tang Hou said, “You know nothing. Madam Wan is the cousin of the deputy head of the Di Society, and our head of the Society is the brother-in-law of the deputy head of the Society. Go get your food. It’s a sin for people like us to look at a woman like this for even a second.”

“Hey, I got it. Thank you, Brother Tang, for your reminder. I’ll go get some food.”

Soon, Song Zhong brought out two meals.

The rice and the dishes were mixed together, and Song Zhong sat on the stone steps, eating his meal while watching the scene in front of the Qiyun Jinbiao Society.

When Ba Tingzhang, the head of Qiyun Jinbiao Society, learned that his wife had been brought back, he happily went to the ceremonial gate to greet her. The three of them stood in front of the ceremonial gate and chatted for a while.

After chatting for a while, Bashetou accompanied his wife to the backyard.

In order to maintain his dignity as a husband, he did not hold his wife’s arm, but took half a step forward, looking like a husband following his wife’s lead.

But after the three of them chatted for only a short while, Yang Yuan noticed some problems.

When the three of them were standing and talking, the tilt of Madam Wan’s feet, the center of gravity of her body, and the person she was staring at the most, all pointed to Deputy Di She.

Bashetou stood beside the two of them, like an outsider.

Because of this discovery, Yang Yuan, who is not an expert in micro-expressions, couldn’t help but pay attention to the fleeting expressions of the three people.

Di Jiuzhou touches his nose from time to time when he talks and laughs. Does this mean he is lying?
Madam Wan raised her eyebrows slightly when she heard him lying. Did she know he was lying?
There was also the faint smile on Mrs. Wan’s face as she followed her husband slowly towards the back house.

Qiyun Jinbiao Society faces north and south. It was dusk at this time, and the setting sun was shining from the west, shining on her and Yang Yuan’s faces.

Yang Yuan suddenly remembered that there were no wrinkles at the corners of a person’s eyes when he or she faked a smile.

Mrs. Wan followed her husband gently, with a faint smile on her face and smooth eyes.

Moreover, the corners of her lips were slightly raised. When she stepped into the main gate of the middle courtyard and turned her head to look in the direction of the setting sun,

Yang Yuan noticed that only the right side of her lip was slightly upturned.

It looks like a faint smile, but is it actually an unintentional contempt?
“I think I discovered a little secret of theirs…”

Yang Yuan took a bite of rice and muttered to himself: “I wonder if this little secret can be used…”

(End of this chapter)