vstars Chapter 189 Extra Money
Chapter 189 Extra Money
Chapter 189
After Yang Wei left the courtyard, he raised his hand and beckoned a companion, instructing him to report back to Fang Yueniang. After giving the instructions, he walked alone towards the Jing'an Marquis's residence.
Fang Yueniang's affairs were indeed complicated, but fortunately, she had a large staff under her. As long as she paid a little attention to it, it wouldn't be impossible to move forward without him. Right now, the matters entrusted to him by the young lady were more important, so he had to deal with the matters here first.
Soon, Yang Wei arrived at the Jing'an Marquis's residence. After a moment's deliberation, he decided that going through the main gate would be too conspicuous and too conspicuous, so he turned and headed for the side gate. He found a secluded spot in a tree next to the side gate and crouched down to wait.
Time passed slowly, and it was completely dark. Yang Wei was almost sleepy from waiting. At this moment, he heard the side door creak open slowly, and the boy beside Liu Xiangdong poked his head out from the door.
He was wrapped tightly all over, and then walked towards Yang Wei.
Yang Wei was startled, his dazed mind instantly clearing up. Just as he was about to shout, he saw the boy walk straight past the tree and continue walking out. Yang Wei breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he had been careless and had exposed his whereabouts.
However, Yang Wei didn't worry too much and jumped down from the tree.
Although the noise he made when he landed was small, it was not silent and it frightened the servant so much that he turned around quickly and looked at him with a vigilant look on his face.
Yang Wei's lips curled slightly, intending to reveal a kind smile, but this smile instead made the servant shudder violently. If he hadn't remembered his young master's instructions not to make any noise and alert others, the servant would have wanted to scream and run away immediately just because of Yang Wei's expression.
Seeing his smile, the servant looked even more terrified. Seeing this, Yang Wei couldn't help but curse the boy in his heart, saying he was such a coward. He looked so scared, and he didn't know what the second young master Liu was thinking, daring to send him out to do this? He was really worried that he would mess things up.
He immediately put away his smile, his face turned serious, and he stared at the boy with cold eyes. He asked in a cold tone, "What does Second Young Master Liu want to send you to do?"
Seeing him like this, the servant was even more frightened. He fell to his knees with a thud, trembling all over, and said, "My master sent me to find Miss Luo from the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery's mansion to ask for... for the antidote."
"Oh?" Yang Wei raised his eyebrows and asked, "What antidote do you want?"
The servant was even more frightened. Seeing Yang Wei's attitude, he immediately poured out everything, "My young master has been in excruciating pain all over his body for the past few days. The master even asked the imperial physician to see him, but they couldn't find anything. The young master wondered if Miss Luo, the daughter of the loyal and brave Marquis, was responsible. So he told me not to alert anyone else and to go to Miss Luo that night to ask for an antidote."
After hearing this, Yang Wei couldn't help but secretly admire this young lady's foresight. But he never imagined that this news was leaked by Ye Yi's spy in the Jing'an Marquis's mansion. Otherwise, she wouldn't have sent Zhuangzi to deliver a letter to Yang Wei overnight, urging him to go to the Jing'an Marquis' mansion as soon as possible to stop the servant.
After the servant finished speaking, he saw that Yang Wei was just staring at him motionlessly. He became even more frightened, thinking that Yang Wei was going to kill him. He quickly kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Brave man, spare my life, brave man, spare my life!"
Yang Wei was annoyed by his noise and reached out to stop him, saying, "Don't make a fuss. Go back now and tell your master to send someone with three thousand taels of silver. I'll give you the antidote right here. But remember, this must never be made known to anyone else. If you leak the news and tell anyone else, I'll leave before you arrive, and your master will die in agony."
The servant dared not refuse at all, and hurriedly stood up and scrambled towards the Jing'an Marquis's Mansion. Seeing this, Ye Yi hid his figure again, quietly disappearing into the darkness, as if he had never appeared.
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Inside the Marquis of Jing'an's mansion, Liu Xiangdong lay on his bed, breathing heavily, his bedding soaked with sweat. Several maids, heads bowed, approached cautiously, preparing to change his sheets. But one of them accidentally bumped into him, sending a sudden pang of pain through Liu Xiangdong. He grabbed the jade pillow beside him and hurled it at the maid.
The little maidservant was unable to dodge and after a scream, she fell straight into a pool of blood and died in the blink of an eye.
The other maids, upon seeing the horrific scene, bit their lips, too frightened to breathe. The guards outside, hearing the commotion, expertly dragged the maid's body out. In just a few breaths, the floor was wiped clean, as if the horrific scene had never happened.
At this moment, the servant arrived at the door. He hesitated for a long time, until he heard Liu Xiangdong shout, "Get in!" Then he walked into the room trembling and knelt on the ground with a plop.
Liu Xiangdong's eyes were wide open, bloodshot. Having not rested properly for days, he had lost all his youthful vigor and vitality and looked haggard. He stared at the servant with a cold gaze and asked fiercely, "I told you to do something, why are you still dawdling here?"
The servant boy bravely explored the surroundings carefully. Seeing that all the maids had left, he forced himself to stand up despite his weak legs. He ordered the guards at the door to move away, closed the doors and windows, and then knelt in front of Liu Xiangdong again.
"Master, as soon as I left the house after doing what you asked me to do, I discovered that Miss Luo had anticipated this and had sent someone to guard our house. She said that if you bring three thousand taels of silver, she will give you the antidote for your severe pain."
"And then..." The servant couldn't help but stammer when he said this, and was a little afraid to continue speaking.
"What else do you want to say?" Liu Xiangdong asked with gritted teeth, trying to endure the severe pain that came up again.
The servant's fingers were so nervous that they nearly scratched their palms, but he gritted his teeth and trembled as he spoke, "He also said...he also said that no one else could know about this. If anyone knew, he would hide it, and then you would...die in agony."