Su Xinyue was surprised. She said, "Aren't your Duke's Mansion and the Yan family old friends? What's the grudge?"
Ye Jinming said: "Who said that we are old friends and there is no hatred? In short, you and I have the same purpose. If you want to kill Yan Lang, I will help you. Don't do it yourself."
Su Xinyue asked curiously: "Do you have any idea?"
Ye Jinming raised his eyebrows: "If you want to kill someone, why is it so troublesome to assassinate him?
Another day, I'll ask Ruyi for some poison and sneak it into Yan Lang's tea without anyone noticing. Wouldn't it be much easier than assassination?"
Su Xinyue frowned and said, "Isn't it too risky? What if someone discovers it? I don't want to implicate you."
Ye Jinming smiled and said, "Then you underestimate me."
As he spoke, he reached out and touched Su Xinyue's head and said, "I will avenge you together. In return, just be your little maid. You don't need to worry about other things."
Su Xinyue was unexpectedly startled by his sudden movement. She blinked like a frightened little rabbit.
Seeing her reaction, Ye Jinming was really funny. He coughed lightly and said, "Let's go."
He walked ahead and asked, "Can you ride a horse and shoot an arrow?"
Su Xinyue raised her eyebrows and said, "Of course I can. I'm very good at martial arts. How about we compete some other time?"
Ye Jinming glanced at her, nodded and said, "Okay."
He asked again: "What grudge do you have against Yan Lang?"
When Su Xinyue mentioned old things, there was deep hatred in her eyes. She secretly clenched her hands and said, "Do you know why Yan Lang was made Marquis of Yongning?"
Ye Jinming had heard about it, and he said: "I know, it was the bandits who destroyed Heiyun Mountain. There was a Heiyun Village in Heiyun Mountain, and they robbed the government's official silver for disaster relief.
Yan Lang requested to lead troops to suppress the bandits and recovered part of the official silver. Your Majesty rewarded them with the title of hereditary Marquis of Yongning in the Yan family."
Su Xinyue sneered: "My father was the leader of the Black Cloud Village that he destroyed.
But in fact, our Heiyun Village has never robbed any official silver at all? It was Yan Lang who had people pretend to be Heiyun Village and robbed official silver for disaster relief.
Then they killed us and silenced us. When I was only seven years old, I saw with my own eyes that Yan Lang and his men burned, killed and looted our Heiyun Village.
Although we in Heiyun Village are bandits, we have always done things like robbing the rich and giving to the poor, and we have never harmed an innocent person.
But because of Yan Lang's greed and selfishness, thousands of people in our Black Cloud Village lost their lives.
I survived the catastrophe and was rescued by my master. From then on, I vowed to kill Yan Lang and avenge my brothers from Heiyun Village who died in vain."
After hearing what she said, Ye Jinming was really shocked. He didn't expect that there was such a secret behind the robbery of the official bank.
Although Yan Lang recovered part of the official silver, it was only a drop in the bucket.
Come to think of it, the Yan family had embezzled all the remaining official money.
Ye Jinming said with a serious face: "He really deserves to die. Don't worry, I will definitely let His Highness the Crown Prince clear his name for Black Cloud Village."
Su Xinyue was extremely grateful and asked, "Why do you believe me? Aren't you afraid that I am lying to you?"
Ye Jinming said: "I know you didn't lie to me, and what's the benefit of lying to you?
I didn't lie to you when I said I had a grudge against the Yan family. I said I would help you kill Yan Lang and redress your father's grievances, and I would do what I said.
So you just stay at the Duke’s residence with peace of mind and don’t act rashly, do you understand?”
Su Xinyue nodded and agreed to him.
Ye Jinming took the handkerchief from his arms, gently wiped the tears on her face and said, "From now on, you will treat this place as your own home."
Su Xinyue said: "Why are you so nice to me?"
Ye Jinming smiled and did not answer her words. He did not treat her because of Xiao Jialan's words, but because he felt that this girl made people feel distressed.
She must have suffered a lot for revenge, but he just wanted her to be an ordinary girl without having to bear so much.