Nao shrieked and closed her eyes, but Tang Nuo looked calm this time.
“Didn’t you brag that you wanted to experience the feeling of suffering a living death?” Yang Ning sneered. “Why are you scared now?”
Nao opened her eyes slightly and saw that the Cold Blade was close to her cheek. She forced a smile. “You…you are a man, but you bully a weak girl. Aren’t you afraid that others would laugh at you?”
Yang Ning stated coldly, “Are you a weak girl? You killed somebody even without blinking an eye, and perhaps the extremely violent and wicked bandit is inferior to you.” He looked her up and down, adding, “I will cut your face several times first to leave some marks and let you remember this lesson. Which do you think I should cut first, your left face or right face?”
Nao responded pitifully, “Can you not cut it? If I have marks on my face, I will be not beautiful.”
Yang Ning responded crossly, “Not beautiful? You almost lo
Yang Ning asked with disappointment, “Even you can’t help me solve this problem, Miss Tang?”Tang Nuo pondered for a while before replying, “It’s not that I have no way, but it would take much time. I am afraid that you can hardly recover before three or five months.”Yang Ning thought even Tang Nuo, a medical expert needed a few months, and it could be seen that the vital energy in his pubic region was really a big problem.But if Tang Nuo could really solve this problem, it didn’t matter whether it would take three or five months. However, should he stay here for several months?Tang Nuo had walked out, and Yang Ning followed her out. It was dark and the moon was in the east sky. It was quiet around, and Nao and the others couldn’t be seen.The garden was in a mess, and most of the plants had been destroyed. Tang Nuo frowned but didn’t stop. She walked to the pond in the front. Yang Ning finally remembered that there
Yang Ning walked out of the valley and went smoothly all the way. The carriages outside the valley couldn’t be seen, so he knew that the demon girl had gone away with Big Devil and Little Devil.It appeared that the demon girl feared Tang Nuo, and she didn’t dare to stay after burning her house.He didn’t know where he was or if he was still in Jiangling. He walked aimlessly in the darkness and finally came to a main road.Yang Ning couldn’t tell the direction, so he didn’t hurry to walk. He found a forest and slept at night. At dawn the next day, he found a village and asked about his location, to find that he had left Jiangling. Fortunately, he had some sliver with him, so he hired a donkey cart in the neighborhood and reached Jiangling after one day and night.The Gu family was an aristocratic family in Jiangling, and it was easy to find. Their mansion was in Qinghe City, which was more than 50 kilometers away from Jingzhou City
Yang Ning was stunned. At this moment, somebody came from behind and was surprised to see Yang Ning, greeting joyfully, “Your Excellency!” He walked forward quickly and then knelt down. “Your Excellency, you are finally back. All of us are looking for you all the time.”Yang Ning glanced at him, who was one of the attendants following him from the capital. Seeing that, those officials and soldiers looked at one another and then all knelt on the ground, saying in unison, “Your Excellency, nice to meet you!”Yang Ning raised his hand. “All of you, get up.” Then he asked, “What happened here?”That attendant got up and responded, “Your Excellency, we have controlled the old house and all of them have been captured. We will punish them after we find you.”Yang Ning’s brows got relieved, and he asked, “You have captured those guys? Right, did you capture the guy who masqueraded as Qi Cheng?”“Your Excellency, don’t worry. W
The emperor of the country passed away. Although Yang Ning was surprised, he didn’t have many feelings. Seeing that Mao Wenshou was worried, he couldn’t help but say, “His Majesty passed away, and the crown prince will take the throne. I think that the imperial court is prepared. After the new emperor takes the throne, everything must be peaceful soon.”Mao Wenshou nodded. “I hope so.”Qi Feng couldn’t help but cut in, “Now I am worried that the crown prince can’t come back in time. Maybe there will be an accident.”“The crown prince can’t come back in time?” Yang Ning was astonished. “Why did you say that? Isn’t the crown prince in the capital?”Qi Feng replied in a low voice, “The king of the Eastern Qi State holds a ceremony after choosing the crown prince, and our crown prince led the envoys to attend it. I didn’t hear that they have returned to the capital.”“The Eastern Qi State?” Yang Ning was confused. “Why is
Yang Ning asked, “You seem to fear the Duke of Huainan. What? Does he have complaints about our family?”Mao Wenshou answered, “Your Excellency, you don’t know that. When His Majesty chose the crown prince, there were different opinions at the imperial court. Some people even asked His Majesty to let the Duke of Huainan take the throne. Of course, the Duke of Huainan must have been behind the scenes, but there were conflicts when the crown prince was decided and even several officials were punished.”Yang Ning asked, “Oh? The Duke of Huainan always wants to take the throne?”Mao Wenshou answered, “If only the Duke of Huainan has this intention, it is not scary. But as far as I know, many officials at the imperial court side with him. One of the four marquises, the Marquis of Golden Sword has a good relationship with the Duke of Huainan.”“The Marquis of Golden Sword?”Although Mao Wenshou was just a local official, obv
The fake Qi Cheng replied, “I don’t know…” Seeing the killing intent in Yang Ning’s eyes, he added hurriedly, “I really don’t know. I just followed Judge’s orders and don’t know why we gave the tax silver to the third elder lord in your family.”Yang Ning asked, “Since you controlled the old house, why did you send all the tax silver to us these years? You wanted to calm down the marquis’ mansion?”The fake Qi Cheng answered, “If we didn’t send the tax silver on time, you would come to investigate, and all our plans would be ruined. Only when you don’t know anything can we do something in Jiangling.” He paused for a while and then continued, “After we controlled the old house of the Qi family, we increased the tax in the fiefdom by twenty percent, and Zhao Yuan kept this twenty percent in his pocket.”“The tax for three years is not a small amount of money. What did he use it to do?”The fake Qi Cheng was about to say that he didn’
Although Gu Qinghan had been married to the Qi family, the Gu family still kept her yard, which was kept clean and tidy. After Yang Ning entered the house, he saw Gu Qinghan waiting inside. When Gu Qinghan saw Yang Ning coming in, she got up immediately and stepped forward quickly.Yang Ning was about to say something to comfort Gu Qinghan, but the latter had already raised her hand and slapped Yang Ning. He could have easily dodged, but at that moment, he did not. Gu Qinghan’s hand touched Yang Ning’s face. Obviously she didn’t use all her strength, so it didn’t hurt. Yang Ning smiled bitterly, and Gu Qinghan said with an angry face, “Do you know why I hit you?”“You are blaming me for my leaving alone that day.” Yang Ning sighed gently.Gu Qinghan was about to cry and said, “You knew that? Do you know that if something serious happens to you, how can I live alone?”“Third Auntie…” Yang Ning was touched, and said softly, “You know
When Yang Ning and his people returned to the capital, it had become quite cold. The atmosphere there was also very cold.The gates of the capital had been closed, and the guards of the city had put on white helmets and white armor. Before entering the city, Yang Ning felt the severe atmosphere in the capital.People were forbidden to enter or exit the capital. Only a small door was opened, and Yang Ning showed his identity. Even so, they also experienced the inspection before entering the city.The streets and alleys in the city were all white. When Qi Jing, the Marquis of Honor, died before, several streets were wrapped in white. At this time, when the emperor of the Chu Country passed away, the whole city was in white. There were white flags floating in front of every house. Few people were in the streets, which looked cold and lonely.Yang Ning only felt rather unlucky. This was the second time he had entered the capital. When