Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1182 Deserve to Kill!

Yuwen Ye said: "I can't find out."

"..."

"No matter how hard I search, I can't find a person named 'Liang Youying'. She seems to have appeared out of nowhere."

Jiang Wei said: "Then you are——"

Yuwen Ye said, "Then I can only start with you. After checking, I found that you and she are not relatives at all, and she is not your cousin. Even your whereabouts are a little strange."

"..."

"You said you were a horse dealer, but you only appeared in Luoyang and Wanggangzhai all year round. And after careful inspection, there was not even a single person who had done business with you."

"..."

"Plus, since both you and she practice martial arts... I can't help but doubt your identities."

Shang Ruyi on the side picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Yuwen Ye heard the noise from her side and only glanced at her. He then looked back at Jiang Wei calmly. However, he saw that Jiang Wei's face became more serious. He said, "So, you have long suspected that we are from Wanggang Village."

Yuwen Ye nodded.

Jiang Wei said: "Then why are you——"

Yuwen Ye placed a finger on the edge of the teacup, drawing a circle gently, and said calmly: "The strategy of war is that I will not move unless the enemy moves."

"..."

"Besides, I don't think that those who come from Wanggang Village are necessarily my enemies. There are many people from Wanggang Village around me, such as Shen Tutai and Shan Tong'er, who have become my confidants now."

"..."

Jiang Wei lowered his head and remained silent.

Yuwen Ye continued, "And you didn't do anything after you arrived in Chang'an."

Jiang Wei said: "So, the person you sent to Tangquan Palace to meet Master Pei just told him that Youying and I are from Wanggang Village."

Yuwen Ye was silent for a moment, then said, "That's more."

Jiang Wei frowned again when he heard this: "What else did you find out?"

Yuwen Ye said, "You and Liang Youying were born in Wanggang Village. After Wanggang Village split, the people who stayed behind should have followed Xiao Yuansui to Luoyang, but you two didn't. Instead, you went to Chang'an."

Jiang Wei frowned even more tightly: "We don't want to go, is that okay?"

Yuwen Ye said, "Of course you can. But there should be a reason for your unwillingness. After all, the world is in chaos, and people like you should carefully consider every move, otherwise it is easy to bring about a fatal disaster."

"..."

"So I guess the reason you don't want to go to Luoyang is because there are people in Luoyang you don't want to see."

"..."

"For example, Liang Shide."

When he said this, Yuwen Ye's lips curled up in an imperceptible arc, as if he himself felt a little proud of this, or lucky: "Then it suddenly occurred to me that my people couldn't find out Liang Youying's identity no matter what, maybe because her name was fake."

"..."

"So I asked someone to check Liang Shide's family, and sure enough, I found some clues."

"..."

"Liang Shide was originally a subordinate of Qiu Zhongwen, the general commander of the Henan Road. Because of a personal grudge, he killed Qiu Zhongwen and then led his troops to defect. This is something that many people know, but there are some things that no one knows and no one cares about - what happened to his family after he led his troops to defect."

"..."

"My people found out that he led his troops to defect, but did not take his wife and daughter with him. These two people were implicated by him and were hunted by the court. Later, his wife died in prison, but his daughter took the opportunity to escape."

"..."

"The daughter's name is——"

"Liang Chong."

Before he finished his words, another low and somewhat hoarse voice took over. The three people in the lobby immediately looked up and saw Liang Youying standing at the door of the lobby with a pale face. Pei Xingyuan was beside her. It was obvious that he had accompanied her all the way here. The look in his eyes when he looked at her was full of concern and worry. He was so cautious and eager, like a big dog that had done something wrong and was afraid of being discovered.

But Liang Youying only looked at the three people in the lobby: "It's me."

As soon as he saw her, Jiang Wei immediately stood up: "Why are you up? Didn't I tell you to have a good rest?"

As he said this, he looked at Pei Xingyuan again, as if blaming him for not keeping an eye on him.

Hearing his words, Liang Youying smiled faintly, walked in holding the door frame, and said softly: "Fourth brother, you don't have to hide it from me, and you don't have to let him come to see me. I know you want to talk to King Qin and the others, but since you are talking about my business, don't avoid me."

Although she was a martial artist and was very agile, she stumbled when she stepped over the threshold. Pei Xingyuan hurriedly held her arm.

"Be careful."

"..."

Liang Youying looked back at him, shook her head with a particularly conflicted look, pushed his hand away, then turned to look at Yuwen Ye and Shang Ruyi, and saluted them: "Greetings to His Royal Highness the King of Qin, and greetings to the Princess." Shang Ruyi sighed softly and said, "Since Master Jiang just said that he wanted to be frank with me, this is good. Everyone is here, and we can say everything we need to say."

After saying that, he glanced at Yuwen Ye, who raised his hand and said, "Everyone, sit down."

Everyone took their seats one by one, but Pei Xingyuan was still sitting next to Liang Youying cautiously. Yuwen Ye glanced at him with a little helplessness in his eyes, but he didn't say much. He said to Liang Youying: "You——"

Liang Youying sighed softly and said, "Your Highness Prince Qin is indeed wise, but there are some things you haven't found out clearly."

"Oh?"

Yuwen Ye said: "For example."

Liang Youying said: "He did kill Qiu Zhongwen and then led his troops to flee. He did not care about my mother and me. He did not even tell us any news in advance. When the soldiers came to our house to arrest people, my mother did not even know what had happened."

"..."

"But in order to protect me, she hid me under the bed and was taken to jail alone."

"..."

"After that, I have been wanting to rescue her, but I am alone, and even if I know some Kung Fu, it is still difficult to break into the prison. After several failures, I decided to find him; after all, he left with his subordinates, and soon he formed a large volunteer army. If we can work together, maybe we can rescue my mother."

"..."

"In order to catch him, the government sentenced my mother to immediate execution, hoping to lure him out."

"..."

"Then I heard that he and his rebel army were really planning to fight back. I was ecstatic at that time and happily wanted to go out of the city to meet him and show him the way. But -"

Her voice was very hoarse and dry, and every word she spoke seemed as if it was ground out from rough sand and gravel. In the end, every word was tinged with blood, and it was very uncomfortable to listen to. When Shang Ruyi heard the last sentence, it seemed that she felt something and could not help but frowning, unable to bear to listen any longer.

Seeing her like this, Liang Youying felt a surge of bitter pain in his heart.

She didn't understand. Even strangers who had never seen her mother couldn't bear to listen to it. How could the person who had been by her side day and night do this?

She opened her mouth, but her attempts to speak were blocked by something in her throat. Pei Xingyuan, who seemed to have heard her labored breathing, whispered, "Don't say anything."

Liang Youying did not obey, but coughed twice, and then continued: "He did lead people into the city, but he did not come to rescue my mother. Instead, he took advantage of the fact that the government officials were stationed at the execution ground and the guards were lax, and robbed the treasury."

"..."

"My mother was beheaded just like that, and he left without even taking a look."

"..."

"When I caught up with them, I only heard their laughter. That sound—"

That sound was like a knife.

Over the years, no matter how she changed her name, no matter how far she went, no matter how many people respected her, she could never wake up from the laughter that faded away in the blood-red sunset that evening. Her soul was always being tortured over and over again, as if she was being punished for not being able to save her mother, leaving her covered in scars.

She couldn't continue speaking, and several people in the lobby fell silent.

In such a silent atmosphere, a gritting teeth voice rang out fiercely: "Deserve to be killed!"

Liang Youying suddenly opened her eyes wide and looked at Shang Ruyi who said this. Shang Ruyi also looked at her, his eyes full of tenderness and sympathy, but he said in an extremely solemn tone: "You deserve to be killed!"

"..."

"But fortunately, it wasn't you who killed him."

"...!"

Liang Youying suddenly felt the heavy feeling in his chest loosen up.

She understood what Shang Ruyi said.

Liang Shide's actions back then were no longer worthy of being called a husband or a father. Since he was not a husband or a father, his wife and daughter did not have to regard him as a husband or a father. In this case, it was only natural for her to kill the unfaithful man for her mother today.

But Liang Shide is her father after all.

If she were the one who did it today, she would forever bear the stigma of patricide. Her mother died because of her father, and she killed her father herself. Such a human tragedy would probably crush her.

She wasn't wrong.

She just couldn't do it any better...

Liang Youying's big eyes were filled with hot tears, which almost fell down, but she swallowed them in the end and whispered in a sour voice: "Thank you, Princess."

Shang Ruyi's words undoubtedly relieved her.

None of the men in the lobby spoke, only Pei Xingyuan kept looking at Liang Youying with compassionate eyes.

After Liang Youying finished speaking to Shang Ruyi, she turned back and seemed much calmer after swallowing her tears. She said to Yuwen Ye, "What His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin sent someone to Tangquan Palace to tell him that night was my life story. You guys, want to take advantage of this, right?"

Pei Xingyuan's face suddenly turned pale.

Just now, when he was standing outside the lobby door and listening to the conversation inside, he already knew that some things could not be concealed, but at this moment, he still felt like he had finally reached the edge of a cliff.

He said: "I——"

Yuwen Ye said: "It's not us, it's him."