Mysteries of the Great Zhou Dynasty

Chapter 23 Do you regret it?
The aroma of chicken wafted over, causing Rong Wanyin to turn around involuntarily. She swallowed, suddenly feeling a little hungry. "You're right, we should always think positively. Hey hey hey... stop fanning, or it'll get cold!"

Yan Mingzhang smiled and nodded at Rong Wanyin, handing her the torn chicken leg. Rong Wanyin took it, took a big bite, and began to eat. But as she swallowed, she felt a tightness in her throat and a soreness in her eye sockets. After swallowing the chicken, she said, "It's delicious... Thank you."

Yan Mingzhang looked at her with a smile, his eyes like a clear spring, and he didn't say anything.

The breeze blew up the gauze curtain, and the gauze curtain gently brushed across the window frame, just like the calm hearts of the two people at this moment.

"Do you regret it?" Rong Wanyin looked out the window in a daze.

"Regret? I regret it! If I don't give you this chicken leg, I will have two." Yan Mingzhang joked.

Rong Wanyin chuckled: "You know, that's not what I meant."

Rong Wanyin and Yan Mingzhang both understood in their hearts that what she was talking about was that after they saved Wen Yi and his wife, those two people repaid their kindness with hatred. Not only did they drive away the only boat, they also wanted to kill them. Why would such despicable villains save them!
"I don't quite understand. I can't figure it out." Rong Wanyin held her chin up, the chicken leg in her mouth tasted a bit bland. "Why did I save these people? I'm so angry!"

"Do you regret it?" Yan Mingzhang thought for a moment. "Maybe, but I just did what I thought at the time. For many things, you just have to follow your heart at the time."

Rong Wanyin stood up and stomped the floor several times, indignantly saying, "Hmph, if it happens again, I will definitely not save you!"

Yan Mingzhang nodded, his eyebrows curved: "Don't you regret it afterwards?"

Rong Wanyin gritted her teeth and said, "I won't save you even if I regret it!"

Yan Mingzhang tore off another chicken leg and handed it over: "Okay... Eat another chicken leg to calm down."

Rong Wanyin took it and snorted again, "I'm so angry! These two evil people! Isn't it said that good will be rewarded with good and evil will be punished with evil?"

Yan Mingzhang looked at Rong Wanyin, who was almost furious, and said with a hint of sadness: "It will happen. Sometimes living is also a punishment."

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Seeing that Rong Wanyin's anger had subsided a little, Yan Mingzhang asked tentatively, "Miss Rong, why are you collecting things from the past of Old Man Wuji?"

Rong Wanyin pouted, swallowed the chicken thigh in her mouth, and said with a smile, "I don't know either. Master used to love making these little gadgets and giving them away. Not long ago, there was a rumor that someone was paying a high price for these broken... treasures. It just so happened that Master saw that I was bored and hanging around him all day, which annoyed him to death, so he asked me to come out and find something to do. This is a good opportunity for me to go out and have some fun. Of course, I can't miss such a good opportunity! I guess the market is good recently, so Master might want to sell it for a high price!"

Yan Mingzhang smiled and shook his head slightly. The Wuji Elder he knew was not someone so short-sighted. “Actually, these items are useless to me. I’m looking for someone.”

Rong Wanyin was secretly delighted that no one was competing with her, but she was also a little confused: "Looking for someone? Who?"

"Savior!" Although Yan Mingzhang was smiling, there was no smile in his eyes. What he didn't say was that the savior, who saved his life, was also the enemy who killed his parents.

"Fifteen years ago, I encountered villains and nearly died under the sword. A man in black saved me. But I was too young at the time and didn't know who he was. I've been searching for so many years and still have no clue. Fortunately, he accidentally left this jade flute there. I saw the words on the micro-carving and knew it was related to Old Man Wuji. So I want to find your master and ask who he gave this jade flute to. Maybe... this lifesaver is your master..." Yan Mingzhang narrowed his eyes, smiling, "How about you take me to find him?" Rong Wanyin pondered for a while. Yan Mingzhang was indeed smart. Maybe he could be used to complete the master's mission. As for whether to find the master or not, it could be delayed. Another thing is that he was blackmailing from the master... No, the money he got from the master was almost used up, so it was a good opportunity to find someone to cling to!
Thinking of this, Rong Wanyin agreed immediately: "Okay, but I still have orders from my master. You help me complete the mission during this period, and I will take you with me when I return to report. How about it?"

Yan Mingzhang nodded in agreement, grinning like a fox, thinking to himself, "It's not so easy to fool..."

"How about I be your advisor? Didn't you say your previous advisor retired and returned home? You're still in need of another advisor, aren't you?" Rong Wanyin's calculations were ringing loudly. "That's perfect. I can even earn some pocket money..."

"it is good."

"Triple salary."

"it is good."

"Food and lodging included."

"it is good."

Agreeing so readily? Could there be a trap? Rong Wanyin looked at Yan Mingzhang suspiciously.

Yan Mingzhang's eyebrows curved, and he looked very generous. "Okay, if you are willing to condescend, I welcome it very much! But don't eat too much, otherwise I can't afford it."

Rong Wanyin couldn't figure out the reason for a moment, but after thinking about it, he realized that he couldn't come up with anything strange, so he readily agreed: "Okay! Then I'll eat less!"

Mo Yun, who was outside the door, nudged Chang Feng with his elbow and lowered his voice, "Do you think our master has selfish motives? Is he going after Miss Rong's compass?"

Chang Feng shook his head and said, "Not really. A gentleman doesn't take away what others love..."

Mo Yun rolled his eyes and curled his lips in disapproval: "Is our master considered a gentleman?"

Changfeng nodded in agreement: "That's true!"

Suddenly, Rong Wanyin paused, as if remembering something, and slapped her head: "Oh, my donkey!"

At this moment, in the stables of Zhenbaozhai, an old gray donkey stretched its neck and brayed a few times, high-pitched and unpleasant, as if to say, "No one remembers me, right?"
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Three months later, news came from the capital that Wen Yi's second wife, Xu, had killed his first wife. The evidence was conclusive and she was executed in the autumn. Wen Yi himself was an accomplice and was exiled according to the law, but he actually attempted to kill an official appointed by the court. He was executed in the autumn and his property was confiscated.

To warn the world, the two were paraded every three days. On these days, the streets were packed with people, hurling stones and rotten vegetable leaves at them, creating a scene even more lively than Chinese New Year. As for the eldest daughter of the Wen family, her crime of patricide was unforgivable, but there were extenuating circumstances, so a warrant was issued for her arrest, and she would be convicted upon her capture.

However, whether or not he could be caught was uncertain. Although the painter was the renowned scholar Yan Mingzhang, the portrait he painted was rather abstract, suggesting his reputation as a scholar was undeserved. The other children of the Wen family were young and unaware of the situation, and Heaven, with its mercy, pardoned him, sparing his family.

(End of this chapter)