Chapter Seventy

  "Are they very annoying?" Jin Fenghua asked Xian Yi on their way back.

  Xian Yi furrowed her brow but didn't respond, extremely annoyed yet actually not very obedient.

  "Why don't we just create an accident and get rid of all the masters in the mansion?" Jin Fenghua asked with a raised eyebrow, very casually.

  "Are you crazy?" Xian Yi's eyes widened and she quickly glanced back, afraid that someone passing by might hear.

  Jin Fenghua continued to laugh and said: "I was just joking, don't be nervous."

  Xian Yi dared to take the cherries she loved to eat as an oath, but she had just clearly seen the cold light at the bottom of this guy's eyes. This guy was absolutely not joking, he just wanted to get rid of all the people who had provoked him earlier. But that feeling from before... the long-lost perverted feeling, what was it about? Had she already been assimilated by this bastard?

  "If it weren't for being lazy to change identities... If the main house were to suddenly die out, it would be more difficult to make amends later..." Jin Fenghua lowered his voice and muttered two sentences.

  Xian Yi's back suddenly felt a chill, Young Master! Are you sure it's okay to kill people like they're nothing? Xian Yi silently lit a candle for Li Gongzhu in her heart afterwards. Perhaps Jin Fenghua of the main house can't clean up this mess for now, but this young lady is... So, not every girl who dares to love and hate can move a violent and perverted person, then put on a show of deep abusive love. In fact, it's very possible that the result will be the girl who dares to love and hate being brutally retaliated against by the violent pervert, leaving her body broken, with only abuse and no love.

  Very soon, Xian Yi knew she had guessed correctly. Li Jia's relatives were once also nobles, but after several generations of decline, only one ancestral mansion and some good fields and shops remained. Originally, because the family was not engaged in production, they were already a bit strapped for cash, so the Li family wanted to marry their daughter off to Jin Fenghua as a concubine, which would also bring up the family's fortunes. Who would have thought that before this could happen, someone came knocking on the door with the late Li old master's gambling debts? To say whether Li old master had any gambling debts or not, it was true that he did, but after such a long time, and with the change in ownership of the gambling den, there were bound to be some bad accounts. Moreover, with the backing of An Guo Bo, the Li family didn't take it seriously, and the amount owed wasn't much, so they hadn't paid attention to it. Who knew that this time, the gambling den had changed hands again, not only producing the IOU but also calculating the interest over such a long period? The Li family suddenly found themselves in crisis. They had thought of going to find Zhang old madam to save them, but who would have known that when Zhang old madam sent someone to investigate, it turned out that the gambling den was owned by a relative of a thousand households from the Dragon Guards in the capital! Who dared to intervene? Who knew whether this gambling den would involve the imperial court or not? The memory of the Dragon Guards' unauthorized raid on the Cui family's house and the false transmission of the emperor's edict was still deeply etched in people's minds, especially among the older generation. As for the Dragon Guards, they didn't dare to touch them even with a ten-foot pole. All they could do was watch as the Li family sold off all their property and then married off Li Yuanni to that relative of the thousand households as a concubine, which finally put an end to the matter. However, the Li family couldn't stay in Heng City anymore. Zhang old madam even kindly sent them some silver to help them on their way back to their hometown to make a living.

  It's not easy to find a suitable match for Jin Fenghua, but it was ruined in an instant. Mrs. Zhang is very regretful, but the other girls are clearly not suitable, and her heart is even more uncomfortable. Looking at the maid who was sent to the second house through other channels, she can hook up with the old master as soon as she turns around. Not to mention that she is furious, even the first lady has started to make trouble. Following closely, the young master's old illness relapsed due to his violent temper, and the first house is in a state of chaos. For the time being, it seems that no one can manage Xian Yishou.

  The second wife of the third house, Zhu Shi, after hearing this matter, directly called back the eyes and ears inserted by the second house. From then on, she didn't mention the descendants of the second house again, even when the old master occasionally mentioned it in passing, Zhu Shi helped to smooth things over. In her and the second master's eyes, Jin Fenghua was like a wisp of fog that had dispersed.

  Summer has passed, and it's autumn again. The autumn in Heng City is very short, and winter comes quickly. Xian Yi had already prepared the winter clothes and things for the winter at the end of summer. Yan Zongguan was still observing Jin Fenghua, but he quietly transferred some power from the second house to Xian Yi's hands. Yan Shou even clung to Jin Fenghua's leg, busy running around all day, and couldn't be seen anywhere. With many things going on, Xian Yi also got busy, and with Yu Ge suddenly speaking up, she put her whole mind into raising her son, so naturally, she didn't pay much attention to outside matters anymore.

  "The Hongtou Village was looted by the horse thieves!" The second master rushed into the second gate with a strange expression, and the three houses immediately sent a child to report to each of the masters.

  "Bandits? Where did the bandits come from?" When Madam Zhu heard this news, as a gentlewoman, she was frightened to the point of turning pale. After all, Red Head Village wasn't far from their place.

  The old master closed the door and said to his father, "Dad, I think that's probably not a horse thief."

  "You're saying......" The old man may not have been to the battlefield, but he's not entirely unfamiliar with the situation in the imperial court.

  "Do you still remember what reason was used to bring down Lin Qing's family?" Second Master asked in a low voice.

  "Let the suspicious person go..." The third old man stood up, leaning on his cane and walking back and forth in a circle, looking at the second old master seriously: "Send someone to send a message to Beicheng and see if the northern border is restless again."

  "You always suspect it's the Chi State, but how many years ago was this country defeated by us?" The Second Master still remembered that the Second Master died on the battlefield in the Northern City War.

  "This is going to revive the dead ashes." The third old master looked at a calligraphy and painting on the wall with a sense of loss, which was painted by his second brother before he left. At that time, he said he would come back to add some words to this painting, but unexpectedly, the painting remained, but there was no one to add the words.

  "Dad..."

  "Second brother, send another message to the Heng City Garrison. Your elder brother is good at plotting and scheming, but if he were to lead troops into battle, he'd be a disaster. You should bring back his second son instead. That young man has been in the military for many years, and this time it's a great opportunity. The Jin family can't afford to miss it again." Old Master San cleared his throat, straightened his back, and said, "The state of Pei has always emphasized literature over martial arts, but this is our hope, the hope that the Jin family will gain real power."

  The news reached the main house, but since it was chaotic, not many people paid attention to it. However, when the news reached Jin Fenghua's hands, he remained silent for a long time, simply staring at the mountains outside the window with his eyebrows furrowed. Xianyi put an extra layer of clothing on him from behind, as the weather had turned cold that day. Although she knew Jin Fenghua was skilled in martial arts, she always thought of him as gentle and weak, and was afraid he would catch a cold.

  "Are horse thieves very fierce?"

  "It's still unclear." This was something that had never happened in his past life. At that time, although the thief had also escaped, Lord Cui's methods were effective, and there was no unusual movement outside the north city of Ant Country. But this time, Hongtou Village was actually looted, and it was so close to Heng City.

  "Master, it should be alright, I heard that the imperial court has sent someone to lead the troops over," Guan Qi said from the side.

  "Lead the troops? Is it necessary?" The horizontal city camp is just here, and there are many generals, not to mention others, even the big old master and the second old master have general ranks. "Wait, who came from Beijing?"

  Although Guan Qi was taken aback for a moment, he quickly replied: "He is the son of Zhengguo Gong, named Zheng... Zheng Yixuan."

  Jin Fenghua's face suddenly turned pale, and his head seemed to gather a cluster of dark clouds. At this moment, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled, Guan Qi was so frightened that her legs went soft, and Xian Yi was considering whether to move away a bit to avoid being mistakenly hurt by him. However, Xian Yi was very curious about what kind of person Zheng Yixuan was, that Jin Fenghua hated him so much that his eyes turned red, looking at him like that, if someone stood in front of him, he would probably tear the person apart alive.

  "Keep an eye on Zheng Yixuan, and prepare a way out. If there's even the slightest rumor in Heng City, take Young Madam and Young Master away immediately, and don't bother with anyone else."

  Jin Fenghua suppressed the anger in his heart, turned around and left the outer room, heading towards the back mountain. He was afraid that if he couldn't control himself, he would accidentally hurt someone. For this arch-nemesis of past and present lives, Jin Fenghua admired and hated him at the same time. If it weren't for this person, Pei Guo wouldn't have been in such turmoil; if it weren't for this person, You Chunsheng wouldn't have ended up like that; if it weren't for this person, Long Xingwei wouldn't have disappeared completely; and if it weren't for this person, he himself wouldn't have died with resentment. Watching Zheng Yixuan rise to the top was unbearable. Moreover, in the end, Zheng Yixuan achieved greatness for Pei Guo, but Jin Fenghua became a sinner and a treacherous official of Pei Guo. Even after his death, people tried to tarnish his reputation by attributing many crimes that weren't his to him. What was even more infuriating was that Zheng Yixuan, out of personal hatred, had also made himself the emperor's male concubine and the favorite of various princesses. It seemed as though all his past efforts and bloodshed had become a joke, completely erased from history. In the annals of history, he became a laughingstock, a pretty face who rose to power through licentious means! Jin Fenghua didn't mind being infamous for eternity or having people dig up his grave and curse him as a great traitor. He was always arrogant and never knew when to stop, but even in death, he should be remembered as a hero of his generation, not a plaything for historians to mock!

  On the mountain, he let out a loud cry, and his anger slowly subsided. He walked back to the garden slowly, this time determined to see who would laugh last between him and Zheng Yixuan.

  Perhaps it had been a long time since the country of Pei had seen war, and at first, the Red Head Village was just a small band of horse thieves sweeping through villages, so people around didn't pay much attention to it. Especially in big cities like Heng City, they only treated it as a factual matter, sympathizing and lamenting for a moment before forgetting about it. However, one Red Head Village seemed not enough to satisfy this band of horse thieves, who quickly raided two, three, four villages, getting closer and closer to Heng City. The Commander-in-Chief's camp in Heng City could no longer sit still, sending messengers to the capital after which the entire city of Heng including surrounding towns entered a state of alert. But just at this time, Zheng Yi Xuan, who was supposed to arrive in Heng City long ago, was ambushed on his way there. The ones who intercepted him were none other than that band of horse thieves. What's more frightening is that at the same time, Beicheng suddenly sounded an alarm, and multiple bands of horse thieves appeared out of nowhere around Heng City. In a short period of time, villages and towns around Heng City suffered varying degrees of damage. The entire city of Heng gradually fell into panic.