Chapter 13: Audacious and Reckless

  Liu Xin heard the words of the soldiers on the city gate, and his heart was filled with rage. Isn't this just knowing there's a county magistrate but not knowing there's a governor? It's simply unbearable for an uncle to tolerate, but not for an aunt. At that moment, he said to Dian Wei: "You wicked man, wait for me below, watch me go up onto the city wall."

  Liu Xin rode his horse to the edge of the city, although he couldn't perform lightness skills and jump high, he had a skill called "wall-climbing" which was similar to Spiderman's ability. The city wall of Hejian Prefecture didn't have a moat and wasn't very high, at that time the construction level wasn't advanced enough to make the walls smooth. Liu Xin jumped off his horse, untied the reins, took out several flying knives from his waist, tied them to the rope, aimed at the gap between the bricks, swung with force, and the knife got stuck in the gap, still one meter away from the top of the wall. Liu Xin pulled the rope with both hands, using the unevenness of the city wall, climbed up like a rock climber, and reached the top in just a few moves. The soldiers guarding the city were standing at the gate, arguing with Dian Wei, unaware that Liu Xin had already climbed onto the wall. Liu Xin quickly approached him, held his neck with one hand, and shouted loudly: "Open the gate immediately!"

  The soldier was choked by Liu Xin, stuttering and unable to speak, and could only keep making bows with his hands. Liu Xin let go of his hand, and the soldier "thudded" and knelt down on the ground, kowtowing and saying repeatedly: "Brave warrior spare my life, brave warrior spare my life."

  Liu Xin angrily said: "Open your dog eyes and take a good look, I am the new governor, why don't you quickly go open the city gate!"

  The soldiers were trembling with fear and opened the city gate, "creaking" as they did so. Dianwei rode his horse in, raised his iron spear, and Liu Xin hastily cried out: "Do not harm him!" Dianwei heard the shout, shifted his hand, and the crescent moon on his spear sliced off half of the soldier's hair along with a piece of scalp, causing the soldier to be so frightened that he lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground. Liu Xin paid no attention to him, mounted his horse, raised his whip, and galloped towards the governor's mansion.

  When he arrived at the gate of the Taishou Mansion, he saw that the gate was wide open and there were no soldiers guarding it. Liu Xin felt a sense of wonder in his heart and led Dian Wei to rush to the back hall. As soon as Liu Xin pushed open the door of the backyard house, a cold light flashed by, and with a slight tilt of his body, "dang" - a flying knife was stuck in the door panel. Under the moonlight, Liu Xin took a glance and saw that it was his own flying knife. Suddenly, he felt a sense of unease in his heart, and with great force, he kicked open the door and shouted loudly: "Wife, are you alright?!"

  The only sound from inside the house was a shout of surprise: "Husband, you're back!"

  Liu Xin entered the room, only to see a lamp lit on the table, Ma Yun sat on the edge of the bed with her hair scattered, and two people knelt down. Dian Wei was now very impressed with Liu Xin's skills, so he didn't follow him into the room, but instead stood guard at the door with his double iron spear in hand.

  Liu Xin walked closer, only to see two people kneeling on the ground, a man and a woman. The woman was indeed Er Ya, her small face pale, her body still trembling non-stop. As for the man, he was unrecognizable, with his hands cuffed behind his back using the same handcuffs that had once bound Liu Xin's hands, and a tattered rag stuffed into his mouth, clearly the handiwork of Ma Yun.

  Liu Xin walked over to Ma Yun's side and sat down, asking strangely: "Don't these two people have some kind of illicit relationship, are they a pair of adulterers?"

  Ma Yun saw Liu Xin come back, the tense nerves finally relaxed, and she rushed into Liu Xin's arms, with tears in her eyes: "If you came back one day later, I'm afraid I wouldn't have seen you. It was really dangerous last night."

  Originally, this man was a school lieutenant in the Hejian army, named Li Lin, and he was the nephew of County Magistrate Li Cheng. Among Li Cheng's five brothers, Li Cheng was the second eldest, but only his youngest brother had a son like Li Lin, so the whole family had been doting on him since childhood. After the former governor was framed by Li Cheng and removed from office, Li Cheng also helped him get a job as a school lieutenant. Li Lin had always been idle and lazy since childhood, liked to flirt with women, often went in and out of brothels, and after becoming a school lieutenant, he followed a group of soldiers who were even more lawless, and added a new hobby - harming good family women.

  That day, when Liu Xin arrived in Hejian, Li Lin was also among the welcoming crowd. At that time, there were too many people, and Liu Xin didn't notice him at all. Instead, Li Lin saw Ma Yun's beauty in the crowd, was amazed by her stunning looks, and thought about finding an opportunity to get his hands on this governor's wife, which would be a thrilling experience. Although Liu Xin was a noble governor, Li Lin wasn't afraid of him. In Hejian Prefecture, the Li and Zhang families were the most powerful clans, while Liu Xin was just a lone individual. There were only two soldiers guarding the gate of the governor's mansion, both of whom were arranged by Li Lin's trusted men. The family members of the maid Er Ya in the mansion were also under Li Cheng's control.

  When Li Lin learned that Liu Xin had taken Tian Wei out of the city and hadn't returned even after the city gate closed, he felt his chance had arrived. Tonight, he would make a bold move, as long as he succeeded, he wasn't afraid she wouldn't listen to him afterwards. Li Lin made up his mind, waited until late at night when it was quiet, and quietly came to the governor's mansion. The door guards were all his trusted men, who had already received orders to open the gate, and two soldiers also stepped aside. As for the layout of the governor's mansion, Li Lin was even more familiar with it than Liu Xin. He quickly made his way to the rear residence. In the afternoon, he took advantage of Er Ya going out to buy things to make an appointment with her. Li Lin lightly clapped twice outside the door, and Er Ya opened the door.

  Just as Ma Yun was thinking of Liu Xin, she couldn't sleep, tossing and turning on the bed. Suddenly, she heard that it seemed like Er Ya was talking to someone outside, and it sounded like a man's voice. She became suspicious and quietly got out of bed, tiptoeing to the door to listen to what they were saying.

  Two people outside spoke in low voices, Ma Yun couldn't hear clearly, but felt footsteps coming towards the inner room, her heart greatly alarmed. The door to the inner room wasn't bolted, and she hadn't held onto the flying knife, so she was hesitating when the door was gently pushed open. Ma Yun hastily hid to one side, seeing a man sneakily poking his head in, heading straight for the bed area.

  Ma Yun took a deep breath, rushed to the back of the man and shouted: "Halt!" The man was startled by the shout behind him, and when he turned around, Ma Yun was already prepared, lifting his right leg with his knee cap pressed against the man's lower body.

  That man was Li Lin, although he was a school officer, he didn't have any skills, and under the sudden attack, he was countered by Ma Yun's self-defense technique. All that could be heard was a loud cry of "Ah", Li Lin covered his lower body and fell to the ground. Ma Yun took advantage of the situation and kicked him hard in the abdomen, Li Lin had never suffered such pain since childhood, and rolled around on the ground in agony. Ma Yun took the opportunity to run to the head of the bed, turned out a pair of handcuffs, and without caring that Li Lin was crying out in pain, she forcefully pulled his hands behind his back and locked them with a "click".

  The second girl from the outer room saw the commotion in the inner room, panicked and rushed in, "thud" knelt down, loudly crying and begging Mrs. Ma for forgiveness. Ma Yun didn't dare to close her eyes all night, forcing Li Lin to kneel beside the second girl, holding a flying knife herself and sitting on the edge of the bed, asking about the situation clearly, just considering what to do next when Liu Xin and Dian Wei returned.

  Liu Xin learned about the situation and comforted Ma Yun, saying: "Wife, you were frightened. These guys are really outrageous, I will not let them off. Dian Wei, take this guy out and tie him to the elm tree in the yard. Go and find those kids again."

  Dian Wei strode in, grabbed Li Lin and lifted him up like a little chicken. Liu Xin also followed out, handcuffed Li Lin to the tree, turned around and went back into the house, asking Er Ya: "How did I and my wife treat you?"

  The two servants saw Liu Xin and hastily kowtowed, crying: "Master and mistress have treated me with great kindness all these years, I've never had a full meal since I was born. I really had no choice, if I didn't agree to help him, he threatened to kill my whole family."

  Liu Xin coldly snorted, "Er Ya, do you know what your status is now? You are a house slave I bought back, you no longer have any relation with your original family, don't you understand this point yet? He threatened your family, wouldn't you tell me and the madam?"

  Er Ya heard the unpleasant tone in Liu Xin's words, and in a state of anxiety, she knelt down in front of Ma Yun, tears streaming down her face, saying: "Madam, I was momentarily confused, please forgive me, I will never dare to do it again."

  At this moment, Dian Wei brought all the children in. Although the Taishou's mansion was large, there were few people in Liu Xin's household, so these children lived in a courtyard not far from the back house. In fact, they had heard Li Lin's miserable cries and Ma Yun's angry shouts during the interrogation at night. However, they were just children, and having been bullied by their elders, when they heard those sounds in the middle of the night, each one was scared to death, covering themselves with their quilts and trembling with fear, not daring to come out and see what was happening. Now, suddenly brought into the back house, seeing Er Ya kneeling in front of the mistress with tears streaming down her face, the legs of these children also began to tremble uncontrollably.

  Ma Yun was still quite fond of this clever maid, and seeing her plead so pitifully, she said to Liu Xin: "Husband, she's just a child, and there are extenuating circumstances. Besides, I didn't suffer any harm, so let's just forget about it."

  Liu Xin said firmly, "No way, this time it's too dangerous. If I hadn't rushed back ahead of time, who knows what kind of trouble would have occurred. Anyone must take responsibility for their actions, and she made a mistake so she should be punished. However, considering her young age, I'll spare her life and just demote her to the dental department."

  Er Ya heard Liu Xin's words, secretly cried out in anguish, and retreated back to the pawnshop. If no one came to buy her for a while, she would have no choice but to be sold into prostitution. Suddenly, she felt dizzy and fainted.

  Liu Xin didn't bother with the prostrate Er Ya, but instead turned to face the group of children and said: "You all saw it, Er Ya was a spy sent by County Magistrate Li Cheng. Now that she's been exposed, Li Cheng can't protect her. I don't think Li Cheng would only send one spy over here, so who else among you is his agent? Come out now and I won't hold it against you if you haven't committed any major mistakes. If I find out later, your fate will be worse than Er Ya's."

  Ma Yun listened to Liu Xin's fierce words and whispered in his ear, "Forget it, they're all just kids, don't scare them. Li Cheng wouldn't arrange so many spies."

  Before the words had fallen, a small boy "thudded" and knelt down: "Master, madam, I was forced to do it, but I have never done anything wrong to Master and madam."

  Soon, another boy and two girls fell to the ground. At this time, a group of people rushed in from outside amidst the chaos.

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