Chapter 210:
This was the man she had actively promised marriage to in this life.
He was many years older than her. No matter how spoiled, willful, hateful, or domineering she was, he was always good-tempered, letting her be, tolerating her, and cherishing her.
It was just that his thoughts were a bit deep, and he had used methods on her, schemed against her, deceived her…
Toward him, Xie Wanning had been angry and disappointed, but before he left the capital, they had already reconciled, and she had promised him she would obediently wait for him to return.
Yet not even half a year after he left, the situation had developed like this.
This was a development no one could have imagined.
The two princes had colluded in scheming, and she had been kidnapped by Jin Raiders under the emperor’s tacit approval.
If Lu Ziyan had not abandoned the warfare and rushed a thousand li to rescue her from Jin Wuji’s hands, she would probably have already entered the Jin Kingdom’s camp by now.
Although her being kidnapped by Jin Wuji was also because of Lu Ziyan, the shock of escaping from certain death was too great, so great that Xie Wanning could not continue to speak coldly to him or show annoyance and disdain.
She had truly accepted fate. Anyway, after all the twists and turns, she still could not escape this man Lu Ziyan. It was better to simply accept fate and continue to entangle with him in this life.
But Lu Ziyan refused. He wanted to cut them all down and leave no one alive; he wanted Pei Yuqing’s life.
How could this be allowed!
She absolutely could not tolerate anything happening to Pei Yuqing.
A gust of cold wind blew, and Xie Wanning pulled her furry hat lower, shrinking her neck as she continued walking.
Forget it, let’s part ways here.
If she really saw Pei Yuqing, she definitely wouldn’t be able to leave.
Even heaven was on her side; she had escaped so smoothly and been forced by the raiders to jump into the lake.
At the bottomless icy lake bottom, it was normal for a corpse to not be recoverable.
As time passed, as long as she never appeared, they would eventually accept her death.
It’s just…
It’s just her parents and elder brother; if they received the news, who knew how heartbroken they would be.
Xie Wanning on this side was utterly confused but more determined to leave.
At the yamen entrance on the other side.
The officials great and small in Lu Zhou City had long been braving the cold wind to welcome here.
As soon as Lu Ziyan dismounted, a prominent official stepped forward to pay respects, only to be whipped away by him.
“Where are they?” His eyes were bloodshot, his whole body radiating tangible killing intent as his line of sight swept over the crowd of officials. “Lead the way!”
Although Lu Zhou was on the border with fierce local customs, the officials in the courtyard were all civil officials, accustomed to luxury and comfort. They had never seen such a killing god, and under his gaze, it was as if they had already met the king of hell.
No longer caring about flattery, the prefect personally stepped forward, bowed, and led the way.
In the deep winter, the weather was gray and overcast. Even in the afternoon, the hall with its mirror hanging high was lit up with lights.
Three men were bound with their hands and kneeling on the ground. If Xie Wanning were here, she would recognize them as the ones who had committed the assault on the boat the previous night.
They had only gone to the pawnshop that morning to sell off the loot from the previous night’s robbery, and in the afternoon they were caught and made to kneel here.
After the prefect strode in, he stood to the side and pointed at the three kneeling below the hall with a apologetic smile: “It was these three who pawned that jade ring.”
Several chaotic footsteps sounded outside the door; it was Pei Yuqing who had arrived right behind.
Lu Ziyan didn’t even turn his head; he had completely lost any thoughts for jealousy, his gaze fixed deadly on the three kneeling men.
Shifty-eyed, skinny as rails, their faces were clearly not those of good people.
His heart sank, and the hand gripping the horsewhip trembled faintly. For several breaths, he couldn’t speak.
Pei Yuqing, who had arrived later, already understood the whole matter. That handsome and upright face was expressionless as he walked around the stiffly standing Lu Ziyan, step by step to below the hall, squatted in front of those men, and asked: “Tell me, how did you get this thing.”
