Walking into the wooden house where Cai Yan was, the candlelight was faint and the light was dim. Cai Yan sat in the corner of the wall, bent her knees and hugged her legs, buried her head in it, looking pitiful, confused and helpless.
Guo Jia walked up to her and sat cross-legged, staring at her with his head tilted.
After feeling someone in front of him, Cai Yan raised her face for a long time. After seeing that it was Guo Jia clearly in the dark, a faint sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth.
Although she was frigid, she was still in good spirits. Guo Jia originally thought that a daughter like her would definitely lose all her life in a strange danger and was frightened. Unexpectedly, she realized that she was wrong when she looked at her pair of circulating eyes.
"Is it killing or insulting?" Cai Yan looked indifferent, not afraid of death or insulting. This courage alone is enough to make 80% of men in the world ashamed.
Guo Jia supported his tilted head with his hands and asked lightly: "Why did you assassinate me?"
"Don't you kill?" Cai Yan looked at him with bright eyes, but there was no hatred.
This made Guo Jia a little confused. According to the principle, Cai Yan had only one reason to assassinate him, that was Wei Zhongdao. However, at this moment, there seemed to be no tension between the two, even though Cai Yan's words were aggressive.
"It's because of Wei Zhongdao?" Guo Jia asked back.
Cai Yan said silently, just staring at Guo Jia with a serious look.
With a long sigh, Guo Jia nodded, stood up and said, "When my health improves, I will give you an explanation."
In the next few days, Guo Jia was at ease in recuperation and went to the surrounding county towns to inquire about the news. Zhang Liao and Gao Shun returned as scheduled.
"The family business of the young Taigong Yingchuan was confiscated. It is said that Xi Zhicai led his fellow villagers to leave, and his whereabouts were unknown." Zhang Liao informed Guo Jia of the inquiry. As for the incident of Guo Jia becoming a criminal offender, everyone had already known it.
Guo Jia thought about it and said, "Zhicai and Yuanzhi will definitely go to Jizhou to contact the Zhen family. As long as the Zhen family does not announce the termination of my engagement with Zhen Jiang for a day, the Zhen family will be friends for the time being."
Everyone surrounded Guo Jia and looked at him with expectation. Gan Ning asked in a deep voice: "Little Grandpa, what are the plans for the next step?"
Next step?
Guo Jia is now at the end of his life, and he doesn't know where the way forward is. However, these people in front of him almost sold their lives to him, how could he let them down? Although he had already planned to retire to the mountains and forests, it was still hard to say when it came to his mouth.
In the end, Guo Jia just said: "I will go out for a long trip tomorrow and make plans when I come back."
When everyone heard this, Xiao Yi immediately said hurriedly: "Where are you going to the little grandpa? I will accompany you with my third brother."
Guo Jia shook his head and said, "No, although I was a prisoner of the imperial court, no one specifically pursued me. As long as I encounter a city, I can go to secluded roads and avoid people's eyes and ears."
Hearing Guo Jia say this means that he has made up his mind and everyone has stopped insisting.
The next morning, Guo Jia drove a carriage to the west.
As Guo Jia said, he took remote paths this time and did not meet anyone along the way.
"Where are you going to take me?"
Cai Yan, sitting in the carriage, couldn't help it anymore and finally opened the curtain to ask Guo Jia.
Looking at the desolate mountains and fields on both sides, Guo Jia drove a carriage while humming songs in a casual manner, ignoring Cai Yan at all.
Two days later, a county town ahead came into view. Guo Jia hid a carriage in a dense forest and led his horse to walk. Cai Yan followed him without saying a word until after leaving the dense forest, Guo Jia reached out and pointed to the county town ahead and said, "The foundation of the Wei family is in the city. You can learn about the Wei family by yourself. I will wait for you in this forest for ten days. Ten days later, I will leave by myself. Before, if you want to come back and kill me, you will follow your wishes."
Cai Yan, who looked puzzled, hesitated for a moment, and then raised his lotus feet and headed towards Anyi County.
But the county town seemed very close to it from a distance, but Cai Yan had not yet entered the city after walking for an hour. She was tired and her legs were sore and almost fell on the side of the road. Fortunately, an elderly farmer saw her exhausted and invited her into the hut on the edge of the field, and served a bowl of water to quench her thirst and fatigue.
After resting for a while, Cai Yan looked at the hut with bare walls and asked the kind old man: "I wonder if my father-in-law has heard of the murder that happened outside Anyi County in the past year?"
The old man's face changed and he shook his head hurriedly and said, "No, I haven't heard it, I haven't heard it."
Cai Yan felt suspicious in his heart that the legitimate son of the Wei family died tragically and was buried with thirty-six people. How could anyone not know? Besides, people who live not far from Anyi County should be very close to the place where the incident happened.
Thoughtful Cai Yan said sincerely to the old man: "The little woman came to Anyi to take refuge, but she heard that there had been a tragedy here. She was afraid that the city would not be peaceful, so she wanted to inquire about it. If the father-in-law knows, please tell me everything."
The old man's face looked hesitant, and after a while he made up his mind, he said, "Oh, there was indeed a bloody incident that happened not far from here last year, not just one mile from the gate of Anyi County. Thirty-eight people died that day."
"Aren't there thirty-seven people?" Cai Yan looked puzzled. Guo Jia committed a bloody crime that day, but he left the blood words, which clearly stated that a copper coin bought thirty-seven lives of the Hedong Wei family. Why did there be one more person?
After sighing, the old man said with disbelief: "A legitimate son and thirty-six guards in the family died in the Hedong Wei family that day, and before that, a doll under six years old died."
Cai Yan couldn't believe it: Guo Jia didn't even let her child go?
So he asked: "What happened that day? Can the murderer even take action on the child?"
The old man cried in tears and wiped it before continuing to say, "Oh..."
When the old man finished saying everything that happened that day, Cai Yan's eyes were dull, and it took a long time to show a desolate smile and whispered to himself: "Actually, I should have guessed it long ago."
Cai Yan thought about it and asked again: "Then is the Hedong Wei family in Anyi to treat the people? The little woman is about to take refuge in Anyi City, so please tell me the truth."
The old man sighed and just shook his head and said nothing.
Leaving the old man's hut, Cai Yan took advantage of the darkness and entered the Anyi County Town.
Just as I was about to find an inn to stay, a young man came up to meet him.
"This lady is polite in Wei Cheng, and her name is Mingdao."
The young master was still saluting, but Cai Yan smiled faintly and said, "Brother Ming Dao can't even recognize his younger sister?"
Wei Cheng heard the sound and felt a little familiar. He raised his head and took a closer look. He found that the woman in front of him, who was covered in dust but could not hide the beauty of the country, turned out to be Cai Yan, who was the old man who should have married his brother and became his sister-in-law!
Wei Cheng didn't come back to his senses for a long time. He was wandering around the city just now. He felt that Cai Yan was quite handsome and came up to meet him. However, he accidentally met an acquaintance and said in surprise, "Oh, it turns out it's Miss Cai, why are you here? Uncle Cai sent people everywhere to find you. Even my Hedong Wei family received an urgent report from the Cai Mansion."
Cai Yan knew that he had been missing for many days, and his father must have inquire from all sides. It was not surprising that the Hedong Wei family received the news.
"Will anyone accompany you when you come to Hedong?" Wei Cheng's eyes rolled and he asked tentatively.
Cai Yan looked at Wei Cheng, who was wearing talented robe in a robe, sighed slightly, shook his head softly and said, "No one is following or no one knows."
Suddenly, Wei Cheng's eyes showed surprise, but it quickly covered it up. He suggested to Cai Yan: "I have a private house outside the city, so I can stay for a few days. I wonder what Miss Cai wants?"
Cai Yan looked up at the dim sky, felt a little chilling in his heart, and said lightly: "Brother Mingdao is so kind, the little woman should obey her orders."
"Okay, okay, why not go now. I will report to my father tomorrow and send Miss Cai back in a few days."
After saying that, he hurriedly took Cai Yan out of the city, looking around from time to time along the way, looking sneaky. Cai Yan's face was calm and followed him, but he had already taken his little movements into his eyes, and his slightly cold heart was covered with frost.
There is indeed a private house outside the city, surrounded by mountains and rivers. It is located remotely and has no roads connected to each other. If no one leads the way, it may be difficult to reach.
Cai Yan saw that the house was built in secluded and had a simple and ordinary appearance, but after walking in it, it had a unique cave, ponds, rockery, mahogany pavilions, and flowers. The scenery was pleasant.
The house was very large. Cai Yan followed Wei Cheng to a wing room. The decorations in the room were elegant. There were quatrains written on the wall. The red sandalwood was like musk orchid on the windowsill, and exquisite wine utensils were placed on the table. In the tent of the green gauze, the red accent was neatly spread out with joy.
One hand was stroking Cai Yan's shoulder, as if he was prepared. Cai Yan said indifferently: "Brother Ming Dao, this house was prepared for me long ago, right?"
Wei Cheng heard her tone and knew that the talented woman in Luoyang had already known her situation. After being cautious all the way, he poured a glass of wine proudly and said with a gloomy face: "You are the seventeenth person to enter this house."
There was an indescribable sense of disgust all over her body. The beautiful scenery that had been taken into her eyes before turned completely dirty and ugly. Cai Yan held her head and looked at the scenery outside the window. It was dark and the mountains and forests were silent, and a feeling of sinking and silence seemed to be right in front of her.
"Aren't you afraid that your brother would not let you go if he knows you?"
Wei Cheng laughed loudly, as if he heard the ridiculous joke in the world. Then he raised his head and drank a glass of wine. He walked towards Cai Yan and said, "This house is left to me by Wei Zhongdao! By the way, there are thirteen concubines he imprisoned here. Who do you think Wei Zhongdao is the one who wrote poems against you? Now that he is dead, the Wei family is my inheritance of the family business, everything he has to do is mine, including you. Cai Yan, maybe in Luoyang, I have to please you in every way to attract you to look at me, but in Hedong, even if the emperor comes to drink a little tea, I have to see if my Wei family rewards him!"
"Why are there always so many arrogant people in the world? Guo Jia can buy 37 lives of the Wei family with a copper coin. Haven't you ever thought about how much life will your Wei family have for others to kill if others lose a hundred coins?"
Cai Yan sighed softly. Although the self-defense guard Cheng was about to approach, she was not panicked because she knew that no matter what she did, she could not change her destiny.
Wei Cheng could defile her skin, but she could never let her look at him directly.
Chapter completed!