Qu Xiaocang turned to look at Yang Ning and smiled, “Where is your home? If it’s not convenient, I can send someone to send you back.” He said to Chen Qi, “ Prepare the carriage and follow this young master’s instructions to send him back.”
“No rush,” Yang Ning said slowly, “Captain Qu, can you allow me to meet someone from the Mansion of the Marquis of Honor? Maybe I know them.”
The others remained silent.
As the people of the Mansion of the Divine Marquis were no fools, the people present also vaguely understood something.
At this moment, Qu Xiaocang had no choice but to continue saying seriously, “You know someone from the Mansion of the Marquis of Honor? Do you have a relationship with the Marquis of Honor?”
“We are friends.” Yang Ning also continued to pretend that he was not the Marquis of Honor, “Since Many of the people in the mansion of the Marquis of Honor and I are old friends, they probably won’t for
Qu Xiaocang’s originally friendly face was now filled with anger, but Yang Ning had raised his hand and said with a smile, “Captain Qu, don’t be in a hurry to blame her.” He looked at Ximen Zhanying and said, “Zhanying, I know why you are so disobedient. You had a selfish purpose.”“You...” Ximen Zhanying’s bright eyes were filled with anger, “Don’t call me by my name.”“Zhanying, this is your fault,” Yang Ning deliberately teased, “If I don’t call you by your name, don’t tell me I’m going to call you Investigator Ximen? Don’t you think it’s awkward to call you Investigator Ximen?”When Ximen Zhanying saw Yang Ning’s smiling face, she was even more annoyed. She turned her head away to ignore him.“You said to eradicate evil, these were very grand and righteous. Even I was very excited when I heard it.” Yang Ning smiled and said, “But ask yourself, why did you and Yan Lingxian capture me tonight?”Ximen Zhanying
Qu Xiaocang arranged for the carriage and had the injured guard brought out and put him inside.The guard was still unconscious. It could be seen that the bronze general’s attack was indeed powerful. Duan Canghai examined him, finding that although the guard was injured, there was no danger to his life. That man attacked the guard’s chest. The guard’s reaction was fast, so he had blocked it with a blade in front of his chest to avoid being directly hit in the chest by the bronze general. Otherwise, his sternum would have been broken, but even so, the attack still injured the guard.“Marquis, I...” Duan Canghai felt a little guilty and said, “It was my carelessness that put the Marquis in danger. Please punish me.”The two of them sat face-to-face in the carriage. The carriage arranged by the Mansion of the Divine Marquis was also very spacious and not crowded at all.“I know you’re a cautious person.” Yang Ning frowned, “Und
The carriage was about to go back to the Marquis’s Mansion. Duan Canghai saw that the guard had not woken up and said softly, “Marquis, you can’t just go back like this. If the Third Lady sees it, I’m afraid she will be terrified again.”Yang Ning immediately remembered that the Mansion of Marquis of Honor had been through so many times recently, and Gu Qinghan was already exhausted. These days, she had been terrified. If Gu Qinghan knew about what had happened last night, even if Yang Ning had been safe, Gu Qinghan would still be afraid of it. Since that was the case, it was best not to let Gu Qinghan know.“Find a place for him to recuperate first,” Yang Ning said, “We can’t let Third Auntie know what happened tonight.” He thought of something and asked, “Oh right, where did another guard go? And your mount was killed. What happened?”Duan Canghai clenched his fist and said, “The bronze general that Marquis was talking about looks very
Suddenly, the hall was silent. Yang Ning was originally a daring person, but for some reason, he felt cold sweat on his back.The servant did not understand the reason. Seeing that Yang Ning had not spoken for a long time, he asked cautiously, “Marquis, do you want him to come in?”Yang Ning was just about to say something when he heard Gu Qinghan say, “Guests are coming here, and they are looking for Marquis. How can we refuse guests? Hurriedly invite him in.”The servant agreed and left.Yang Ning turned around and saw Gu Qinghan pick up a teacup on the table. Without even looking at Yang Ning, Gu Qinghan looked at the teacup with interest. The teacup was exquisitely made, and it was painted with an ink-ink painting. It was antique, and Gu Qinghan looked like she was admiring the ink-ink painting on the cup.Yang Ning was embarrassed and called out tentatively, “Third Auntie?”Gu Qinghan didn’t lo
After Yang Ning inherited the title, Gu Qinghan had already ordered people to clean up the Eastern Courtyard. Therefore, Yang Ning's residence was a courtyard in the Eastern Courtyard of the Marquis’s Mansion, while Gu Qinghan’s courtyard was in the Western Courtyard of the Marquis’s Mansion.The sun was going down, and the weather was getting colder day by day. To get to the Western Courtyard, he naturally had to pass through the atrium. When he followed the stone path in the atrium, he heard someone shout, “Marquis.”Yang Ning turned his head and saw Han Shou, who had just been promoted to Steward, running over. Although the little old man was already fifty years old, his body was still healthy.“Oh, Steward Han, how is the Third Lady?” Yang Ning looked around and saw that there was no one else. He took the initiative to welcome Han Shou and wanted to check on him first.Han Shou said with a helpless expression, “Marquis,
Yang Ning asked Han Shou to prepare the food and personally carried the lunchbox to Gu Qinghan’s courtyard.The courtyard door was closed. Yang Ning reached out to push the door, but it couldn’t be pushed open. It was locked from the inside. Since he knew that Gu Qinghan was angry this time, he needed to properly coax her. He knocked on the door and a voice quickly came from the courtyard. “Who are you? The Third Lady told me that she wouldn’t see anyone.” It was the maidservant beside Gu Qinghan, whose voice was clear.Yang Ning coughed, “It’s me, the Marquis.”“Marquis?” The maidservant was not very enthusiastic, “Marquis, the Third Lady said not to see anyone. Marquis, you should go back first.”“How can I go back?” Yang Ning said, “Third Auntie hasn’t eaten for a whole day. I made some dishes and sent them over. If you don’t open the door quickly, I will criticize you.”The maidservant hesitate
Yang Ning shook his head and sighed, looking disappointed, and then he sat down. This time Gu Qinghan just glanced at the chair with nothing said. “You didn’t want Zhuo Xian’er to fall into the hands of those guys, and certainly I too, couldn’t bear to see that. Luckily Yuan Rong’s friends were righteous and nosed out.” Yang Ning continued, “But you know Dou Lianzhong is no good. I wanted to leave, but they said they were afraid Dou Lianzhong would be unconvinced and continue to cause trouble if I left like that.”“So... So you stayed over there?” Gu Qinghan frowned.Yang Ning forced a smile, “It’s not like I didn’t know you were waiting for me to come back home. You must be worried that I didn’t return overnight. But... Alas, if I left like that, I would have to be held accountable if something really happened there.” After a pause, he then said, “So I thought about it and stayed there. Dou Lianzhong had some scruples of me after all.
The next morning, Yang Ning made the accountant take five hundred taels of silver bank notes and went straight to Qionglin Academy personally escorted by Duan Canghai and other two people.Although it hadn’t yet snowed, the ground was already covered with a layer of frost. Yang Ning wore a brocade cotton robe, draped a black overcoat that was fairly warm.It had to be admitted, even if the Mansion of the Marquis was sometimes economically stretched, it was still much better compared to the ordinary family, at least without worrying about food or clothing.Yang Ning couldn’t help but think, if the coincidental mistake didn’t take place, it’d be unsure what kind of life he would have lived now. Although he couldn’t possibly freeze and starve with his ability, it would be definitely no better than as a Marquis.The four people all rode horses instead of carriages and headed towards east of the city. Yang Ning didn’t know where