books44 Chapter 80 Apply what you learn
Chapter 80 Apply what you learn
After dinner, the two of them sat in the yard together to bask in the sun. Yao Jia looked at Nangong Xiu Lan who was beside her, and the corners of her lips unconsciously rose.
It’s good that he has come to his senses. Let him have a taste of the sweetness now, and then continue to be his Great God of Destiny and work for her Nangong family for the rest of his life!
"Lanlan, when you return to Nangong Mansion, build a swing for me in the yard."
"Okay, ma'am."
Nangong Xiulan turned his head to look at Yao Jia, "Madam, are you going back with us this time?"
Yao Jia shook her head, "I want to go back to Jiangnan to see Shuanghua."
"Can you please not go back, my lady? Lanlan doesn't want to be separated from you." Nangong Xiu Lan hugged Yao Jia's body, buried her head in her hair, smelled the delicate rose scent, and began to act coquettishly.
Yao Jia enjoyed it while laughing: "How can this be? You and Shuanghua are both my men, I can't be partial to one and the other..."
Nangong Xiu Lan's brows twitched slightly, his dense eyelashes concealed the darkness in his eyes, and after a moment he tilted his head to look at Yao Jia.
Just as I was about to say something, I saw Hongying coming in from outside.
Hongying bowed to Yaojia and said, "Young Master, the man has been found."
"So fast!" Yao Jia instantly sat up from Nangong Xiulan's arms, marveling at the efficiency of Lingyun Palace, "Where is it now?"
"He has been brought back by our people and is being treated in Doctor Ming's hospital."
"Healing? Is he injured?"
Hongying said: "This guy actually knows how to use hidden weapons. We lost several of our brothers when we captured him, so he naturally suffered a lot."
"It's right to make this kind of filthy fellow suffer. Go and see him."
Yao Jia just walked to the door, as if she thought of something, and turned back to ask Nangong Xiulan, "Lanlan, do you want to go with us?"
Nangong Xiulan smiled at Yaojia, "My lady has something important to do, so I won't bother you."
Yao Jia did not force it and went to Ming Jue.
Sitting on a chair in the middle of the room was a patient with a bruised face and nose. One of his arms was wrapped in a bandage and hung around his neck, while the other arm was intact.
But the wound on his thigh seemed to be more serious. Jue was sitting on the chair opposite him, treating the wound.
Seeing Yao Jia come in, he looked up and greeted her, then continued to treat the man's injuries.
Yao Jia stood aside, wanting to wait for Ming Jue to treat the man's wound before asking any questions.
Ming Jue smiled at her and said, "It's okay. This person is not seriously injured. You can ask whatever you want."
Yao Jia nodded, pulled over a chair and sat aside.
Ask that person, "Do you still remember me?"
The man raised his face which was swollen like a pig, glanced at Yao Jia's face, and quickly lowered his head.
Yao Jia smiled and said, "Master Jin is really smart. He came up with such a good plan to escape from the shell."
The man remained silent.
Yao Jia was not angry. She picked up the bone scraper from Ming Jue's medicine box and looked at it. She said to herself, "I advise Lord Jin to speak up as soon as possible to avoid being punished. I heard that the Ministry of Justice has a torture called "skinning". I have always been curious about how long a person can live after the skin is peeled off.
Since you are not Jin Mantang, there is no point in keeping you. Besides, you have killed so many of my secret men. How about you be my experimental subject and let me verify it myself?"
After Yao Jia finished speaking, without waiting for his answer, she took his good hand and pressed it on the table.
Jin Mantang opened and closed his mouth, but in the end he said nothing and his lips trembled constantly.
Yao Jia sneered, swung the hilt of the knife in his hand, and a gaping bloody wound suddenly appeared on his arm.
Jin Mantang immediately groaned.
Mingjue looked up in surprise, then quickly lowered his head to bandage Jin Mantang's leg and stepped aside.
Yao Jia raised an eyebrow and looked at Jin Mantang who had been enduring.
"You have a tough mouth!"
His eyes rolled around and he smiled, "I know that Lord Jin is not afraid of pain, but I don't know if your wife and children are also so tough. Will they not have enough food and warm clothes in the government office... and be severely punished by the constables inside?"
Mingjue was stunned when he heard this. He remembered that the yamen did not seem to arrest the family members of the prefectural governor. However, what Yaojia said must be an attempt to lure the enemy deeper into the territory.
He pretended not to hear anything and became invisible.
Jin Mantang had no idea about the situation at home. He had been staying in the beggars' den for the past two days. He couldn't sleep well at night and was listless during the day. He had no time to worry about his family.
He suddenly raised his head, staring at Yao Jia with red eyes, his voice trembling with anger: "You...you dare!"
Yao Jia picked up the bone scraper again and cut Jin Mantang's arm again.
Jin Mantang screamed in pain.
Yao Jia put down the bone scraper in her hand, crossed her hands in front of her chest, and smiled slightly: "Whether I dare or not, hasn't Lord Jin seen it? When have I ever dared not to do something?"
Jin Mantang was sweating profusely from the pain. He slammed his clenched fists on the table. He gasped in pain and took a deep breath, trying to make his voice sound steady: "What do you want?"
Yao Jia said lightly: "I want to cooperate with Master Jin. Master, do you think that since I'm dead, the things in the account book can be left without evidence?"
Jin Mantang looked at Yao Jia in surprise, as if he had thought of something, and his voice suddenly rose, "It turned out that you were the one who stole the account book, you, you are despicable..."
"Despicable?" Yao Jia laughed. "In terms of despicableness, Lord Jin is certainly more despicable than me. He exploited the common people and raised local taxes privately. Did you think that Chen Ying would be a big tree to protect you from the wind and cool down? Unfortunately, your life saver is now in danger..."
"What do you mean?"
"You may not know, but Chen Ying has been dismissed from his position as the head of the Taishi Bureau for more than a month."
Yao Jia looked at Jin Mantang who was in shock, and continued, "What? As his ally, you didn't even notice a single word of this? Could it be that Chen Ying did this on purpose..."
Jin Mantang was horrified. Since Chen Ying had been dismissed, the emperor would definitely conduct a strict investigation on his entire family. Wasn't he afraid of being implicated if he didn't tell him?
Jin Mantang remained silent, as if weighing the pros and cons.
After a long time, he asked, "What do you want me to do?"
Yao Jia said calmly: "Don't worry, let's talk slowly."
He asked Mingjue to continue bandaging Jin Mantang's wound.
Jin Mantang kept staring at Yao Jia and asked, "How did you guess that the body was not mine?"
Yao Jia smiled and said, "Master Jin is kind-hearted. Since he had killed that man, why did he draw a talisman for the rebirth of a child on his body? After drawing the talisman, he regretted it and wanted to destroy it. He made the corpse so horrible. It is really hard to doubt him."
Jin Mantang's eyes flickered, and his voice was filled with sadness, "I didn't mean to kill him, I just did it accidentally..."
But what's the point of explaining further? Although it was unintentional at the time, the things that were left behind were all intentional. It doesn't matter whether it was intentional or not.
"Young Pavilion Master, since you know I'm not dead, then... can you bury that body properly?"
As if afraid that Yao Jia would not agree, Jin Mantang said anxiously: "That's not someone else, it's my younger brother."
Yao Jia was surprised, "You have a younger brother?"
Jin Mantang nodded, "He and I are twins. My father felt that it was an ominous sign, so he sent him away from home since he was young and never let him come back. Later, my father passed away, and I saw that he was not doing well, so I let him come back. He usually wears a mask and follows me around.
He knew all the shameful things I did. When he found out that the account book was missing that day, he advised me to turn myself in to the inspector. During the argument, I accidentally pushed him into the formation of the rockery..."
Yao Jia nodded, "Since he is Lord Jin's brother, I will bury him properly."
"Could you trouble Young Pavilion Master to help him...help him to be liberated, and help him to reach the Everlasting World as soon as possible, so that he won't come to me all the time?"