Chapter 59: Found
After waiting for two days and hearing that Zheng Pengpeng had not been rescued, the gentry felt that the Zheng family was beyond help and began to watch with mockery and amusement.
Only Yan Shiyi Lang felt nothing but anger, having waited two days without receiving any definite news from the Zheng family.
Touching the bruises on his face, he decided to seek revenge on the Li King himself!
Before going, he naturally had to find his Elder Brother first.
“Brother, the Li King is truly too much, too rude, too arrogant!
If we let this go unchecked, who knows what he will do next!”
“We must teach him a lesson and let him know this is Yandi, not Chang’an!
It’s not a place where he can be so presumptuous!”
Yan Jiulang, engrossed in reading the Thirty-Six Stratagems, put down his book upon hearing this and looked at his Younger Brother.
“Do you think the Li King was wrong to save the woman who was buried alive?”
Shiyi Lang was taken aback and said forcefully, “Saving people is not wrong, but…”
“If it’s not wrong, then why are you looking for trouble with him? As for the beating you received, consider it a lesson. Associate less with the Zheng family in the future.”
Yan Shiyi was choked with anger. What kind of love potion had the Li King given his Elder Brother to make him lose fifteen thousand taels of silver and then defend him?
Thinking of the anesthetic the Li King had used on Zheng Pengpeng, and the choking smoke, Yan Shiyi was convinced that the Li King had brought some kind of poison from Chang’an.
He believed that his exceptionally intelligent Elder Brother’s abnormal behavior was definitely due to poisoning!
With this thought, he became even more determined to go find the Li King.
He had intended to go alone with some men, but unexpectedly, Miss Yan saw his appearance. He tried to cover his face with his sleeve, but it was no use.
Miss Yan looked at the bruises on his face with concern, gently dabbing them with a handkerchief.
“Second Brother, I heard from Baozhu that everyone in the manor is discussing it. It’s true that the Li King beat you!”
“How did you get beaten like this? Come, let’s go find Eldest Brother.”
Shiyi Lang said with some grievance, “It’s no use. Eldest Brother won’t get involved.”
“You’ve been busy looking for your handsome young man, and you didn’t even know your Second Brother was being bullied.”
Miss Yan’s apology deepened. “I won’t look for him anymore. That person should have already left Yanzhou.”
“Is Eldest Brother afraid of the Li King?”
Shiyi Lang shook his head. “Not exactly. It’s just that the Li King used a broken book and some kind of fish ball to capture Eldest Brother’s soul!”
“Eldest Brother not only forbade me from interfering in the Zheng family’s affairs but also told me to endure this beating. I took it for nothing.”
Miss Yan was now furious. When had the Yan Family ever suffered such a great injustice? When had anyone dared to beat a Yan Family member in Yandi!
Eldest Brother might be concerned about the Imperial Court and the Li King’s status, but she was not!
How dare he hit my brother! No matter who you are, I, Yan Shier Niang, will fight back.
“Let’s go! Eldest Brother won’t handle it, but I will! We’ll fight back. Do they really think the Yan Family is easy to bully?”
Shiyi Lang was greatly encouraged. The grievances he suffered from Eldest Brother were soothed by his sister.
The siblings immediately led a group of house guards and galloped towards the Border City.
So Jinsui thought Shiyi Lang had no brains. If you want revenge, you should lure the enemy out.
Lure them to your territory or a public area where both sides have equal numbers, then it’s a good time for revenge.
You only brought a few dozen house guards and your sister to seek revenge on the Li King’s territory. Isn’t that just asking for a beating?
Han Xing stood guard in three shifts, but instead of the Zheng family, the Yan family arrived.
Upon seeing the bruised and swollen Yan Shiyi, Han Xing understood that this person had simply come for revenge.
But when he saw the young girl in red beside him, Han Xing was confused. Who brings a girl when seeking revenge?
He ordered someone to notify the Prince while he led his men to intercept them.
Then he heard the young girl shouting:
“Jun Yanqing, get out here, you little brat! Have you eaten bear bile and leopard gall to dare hit my Second Brother!”
Han Xing angrily said, “How dare you! You dare to call the Prince by his given name!”
Yan Shier Niang, in her fiery red attire, flicked her silver whip, which whistled through the air as she swung it towards Han Xing.
Han Xing grabbed it with his hand, gave a sharp tug, and pulled Miss Yan off her horse.
The young girl spun twice in the air and landed in a perfect split.
She showed no fear and continued to curse:
“So what if this young lady calls him by his name? Jun Yanqing, if you have the guts, come out!”
“Hiding in the military camp, what kind of man are you? Others may let you be arrogant and domineering in Yandi, but I, this young lady, will not allow it!”
Jinsui, who was eating a raw tomato to supplement her vitamins, heard the commotion outside and then the hurried report from the soldiers that Yan Shiyi Lang had brought a woman to seek revenge.
The young lady was very arrogant and was shouting outside.
Jinsui scoffed, “If you want to fight, then fight. What’s the point of bringing a woman? Do you think I won’t hit women?”
She had wanted to ask Chen Yunniang to take a look, but did she know who this woman was?
She was afraid of scaring Chen Yunniang. These past two days, she had been trembling with fear, avoiding strangers, lest the Zheng family discover her.
Cheng Yu had finally managed to calm her down, so it was best not to disturb her. Jinsui, still eating her tomato, went out.
From afar, she saw Han Xing dodging the whip strikes of a woman in red, while Yan Shiyi stood beside him, shouting for the Li King to come out.
Jinsui, with Hei Hu, walked over swaggeringly. Yan Shiyi flinched when he saw Hei Hu from a distance.
It was this big black guy, with fists so big and heavy that one punch to the face would instantly make your eyes see stars and leave you dizzy.
Then she looked at the person in front of the big black guy, who was indeed the Li King.
He quickly called out to his sister, “Miss Yan, the Li King is out.”
Yan Shier Niang retracted her whip from Han Xing and glared at him angrily, because she could feel that the man hadn’t actually fought her.
He had merely dodged her whip, making her feel like her martial arts master was playing with her.
Her back to the Li King, she took a deep breath, put on a fierce expression, and suddenly turned around:
“You are Jun Yanqing, you hit my brother…”
Before she could finish speaking, Yan Shier Niang’s demeanor changed completely.
One moment she was fierce, angry, and arrogant, but with a turn, she saw the man in front of her, who was eating a red fruit.
The expression on her face instantly softened, and the anger in her eyes turned into gentle affection, as if she had seen a long-lost lover.
Her mouth was slightly open, her eyes wide, completely unable to believe what she was seeing.
Her eyes held surprise, joy, shyness, and a deep affection that seemed to span a thousand years. There was no trace of anger left.
The person she had been longing for, the one she had searched for all over Yanzhou City without success, appeared before her so suddenly just as she was about to give up hope.
It was as coincidental as a story in a play, as fated as destiny.
Jinsui was equally surprised, as she found the young girl in red very familiar, yet she couldn’t recall where she had seen her before.
Until her gaze swept down from her face to her raised chest, she suddenly remembered.
Wasn’t this the young lady who had fallen into the water and whom she and Hei Hu had rescued when they first arrived in Yanzhou!
At that time, to save her, she had performed artificial respiration and CPR.
As a result, the first reaction of the young lady upon waking was to slap herself.
Jinsui had not taken it to heart at all. Since that incident, she had strictly remembered her current identity as a man and the need to maintain distance from women.
