Chapter 142: Chapter 129: The Most Poisonous Is a Woman’s Heart
After eating noodles, there’s more energy to do other things.
Si Miaoxue’s logic was very clear, but the bigger the heart, the bigger the failure. She ran into Lin Miao, who was full of evil fire with nowhere to vent.
Si Miaoxue purely got herself into trouble.
So, she met with tragedy.
Her whole body’s bones were scattered.
After this incident, she also understood a truth: never provoke a man who has fire with nowhere to vent, otherwise, the one who suffers is yourself.
"This matter, tomorrow the Marquis Lingyang’s Mansion will definitely have a reaction. Miaoxue, you need to help me keep an eye on it. I don’t have my own sources for news."
"Hmm, I think in the future you might sell me and I’ll be counting the money for you." Si Miaoxue "hummed."
"Are you going to help or not?"
"I will help. Who lets you be my man? I owed you in a past life, so this life I’m paying you back." Si Miaoxue closed her eyes slightly, her whole body limp, not wanting to move even a finger.
"This life isn’t enough; it continues to the next life."
"What, you want to have me in the next life too..."
"You provoked me first, so I have to provoke you once too. Only then will it be fair." Lin Miao put on clothes, preparing to leave.
...
Marquis Lingyang’s Mansion.
The bleeding from Mr. Xue’s lower body finally stopped, no longer seeping out, and Ye Shengyuan and Mrs He were done.
Mrs He’s face was flush, it’s really rare for a woman of forty or fifty to look so energetic, truly the benefit of living in luxury.
As for Ye Shengyuan, when entering the door, his waist was still straight. When coming out, it was slightly bent into an arc.
Ah, being a man is truly hard!
"Madam, could I trouble you to have someone find a feather, preferably a goose feather." Ye Shengyuan said after checking Mr. Xue’s lower body once again.
"Quick, buy a goose!"
"Madam, it’s so late, the market has long been empty..."
"I don’t care, I need goose feathers now. Whoever gets them for me, I’ll reward him with a hundred taels of silver!" Mrs He said forcefully.
Under hefty rewards, there was a hustle and bustle in the Marquis Lingyang’s Mansion, and soon a white goose feather was sent to Mr. Xue’s room.
Ye Shengyuan took one end of the feather and, under the lamp light, found the position that was already sealed, and ruthlessly inserted it.
"Shengyuan, what are you doing..." Mrs He was startled.
"Madam, this is the canal for a man to urinate. If it continues to seal, Mr. Xue is in trouble, so it must be artificially cleared." Ye Shengyuan explained quickly, it was also his first time dealing with such an injury, earlier distracted by Mrs He, he forgot about it, now recalled.
"Is it always like this?" Mrs He hadn’t seen such a thing.
"If Mr. Xue wants to relieve himself, he removes it, and after he’s done, he puts it back in. It has to be done this way for at least three days." Ye Shengyuan said with sweat on his forehead, he had only read about it in medical books, but having practiced medicine for so many years, he had never encountered someone with a cut so close.
"Won’t it hurt?"
"It will, but if he can endure it, it should be fine, at least his life is saved." Ye Shengyuan said.
Mrs He nodded, reached out to touch the lying-on-the-bed immobile Mr. Xue: "Ah, so hot."
"Evil wind enters the body and sure it causes fever. Don’t worry, I’ll prescribe some medicine for him and he’ll be fine." Ye Shengyuan said.
"Then hurry and write a prescription."
"Madam, the captured person confessed, he said he’s Ye Mi Yuan, an officer of the Lanzhou City, also a nephew of Patriarch Ye from the Ye Family..."
Du Ziyu’s report stunned Ye Shengyuan on the spot.
What’s going on?
How is Ye Mi Yuan involved in this?
"Ye Shengyuan, was it your nephew who harmed my Mr. Xue?" Mrs He’s expression turned fierce instantly, showing no regard for the sweet intimacy they shared just moments ago.
"Mrs He, could there be a mistake? Yes, Miyuan is my nephew, but he is an officer, how could he knowingly violate the law?" Ye Shengyuan quickly defended.
Mrs He was not foolish; as Du Ziyu mentioned, Ye Mi Yuan was also unconscious when captured. If he was the culprit, why would he stay at the scene and wait to be caught?
Besides, he was unconscious.
However, at the scene of the crime, he was the only one there. If he wasn’t the main suspect, who else could be?
For Du Ziyu and the others, catching one person is finding one culprit, one scapegoat, so they can finish their task.
"Patriarch..." Ye Mi Yuan saw Ye Shengyuan and cried on the spot, he was mysteriously knocked out, then brought to the Marquis Lingyang’s Mansion, severely tortured, forced to admit he injured Mr. Xue, he didn’t know what happened, how to confess?
He got beaten up, then tortured.
Finally, unable to endure, he revealed his identity, thinking only his official status could save him now.
If he didn’t, he might get beaten to death by someone from the Marquis Lingyang’s Mansion.
However, Ye Miyuan did not expect that Patriarch Ye Shengyuan was also at Marquis Lingyang’s Mansion, and was even a guest of honor there.
"Miyuan, how are you? What on earth is going on?" Ye Shengyuan was furious when he saw Ye Miyuan covered in bruises and injuries.
Du Ziyu stood awkwardly to the side, not knowing how to explain, and glanced at Mrs He.
Mrs He nodded.
Given her relationship with Ye Shengyuan, the Ye Family would never harm Mr. Xue, especially since there was already something suspicious about the whole matter.
If Ye Miyuan had harmed Mr. Xue, he should have run away long ago. Why stay at the scene? This indicated that there was a third person present...
Moreover, Ye Miyuan appearing at the Xue Family Manor outside the city was also puzzling.
After simply treating Ye Miyuan’s wounds, and having him eat and drink some water, Ye Miyuan recounted how he followed Lin Miao and Sun Youwei to Shanglin Temple, and learned along the way that Mr. Xue, in collusion with the guest monk Faming from Shanglin Temple, kidnapped Sun Youwei.
He had followed Mr. Xue’s carriage out of the city to the Xue Family’s manor, where he was ambushed outside and knocked unconscious.
When he woke up, he found himself at Marquis Lingyang’s Mansion.
Combining this with Du Ziyu’s account, the facts became clear. If Ye Miyuan was not lying, then there was a martial artist stronger than both him and Mr. Xue, who knocked Ye Miyuan out, killed many of Mr. Xue’s guards, incapacitated Mr. Xue, rescued Sun Youwei, and framed Ye Miyuan.
What kind of person could knock Ye Miyuan out without a sound? He’s a skilled fighter at the Upper Grade Bone Forging Realm, even an average Blood Fusion Realm expert couldn’t take him out in a single blow. The opponent was likely a martial artist above the Middle Grade Blood Fusion Realm.
In Dongshan City, those above the Blood Fusion Realm were well-known, and Ye Shengyuan himself was a Master of the Blood Fusion Realm Perfection.
Even he couldn’t silently knock Ye Miyuan unconscious. Ye Miyuan was an arresting officer, much more vigilant than the average person, anyone coming close would be noticed. Even if their skills far exceeded his, he shouldn’t be left without the ability to fight back.
Especially in broad daylight.
According to Ye Miyuan’s account, he didn’t see anyone at all; he just felt darkness before his eyes, and then passed out.
Could it be a ghost?
The key to the problem was one person, Lin Miao.
Ye Miyuan was tracking Lin Miao, and Mr. Xue abducted Lin Miao’s senior sister. Could this person be Lin Miao?
"It shouldn’t be. Lin Miao’s cultivation is only at the Middle Grade Bone Forging Realm, but his staff skills are exquisite, and the martial arts heart method he practices is very mysterious, allowing him to challenge those above his level. But to get past the obstacles of the martial monks of Shanglin Temple and arrive outside the city timely is impossible!" Du Ziyu analyzed, "Unless his lightweight skill is extremely high, faster than our carriage."
Ye Shengyuan and Ye Miyuan both agreed with this assessment; Lin Miao was not yet seventeen. Even if he had trained from the womb, he couldn’t achieve this.
Moreover, at the city gate, there were people arranged by Marquis Lingyang’s Mansion, and none saw Lin Miao leave the city.
That means there’s a terrifying martial artist behind Lin Miao.
Very likely a top-tier expert at the Meridian Passage Realm.
This result was something neither Ye Shengyuan nor Mrs He wanted to face. A hidden Meridian Passage Realm expert? Such power for destruction!
Usually, reaching the Blood Fusion Realm marks one as an accomplished expert. Those at the Meridian Passage Realm are sect leaders or hegemonic figures.
Ye Shengyuan himself was at Blood Fusion Realm Perfection, but finding a breakthrough to the Meridian Passage Realm seemed a distant hope.
Out of a hundred people at the Blood Fusion Realm, not even one might advance to the Meridian Passage Realm.
That barrier is so difficult.
Even if proficiency is achieved, one may never see that great divide; it requires talent and luck.
Meridian Passage, as the name implies, means having at least one of the fourteen meridians fully connected. (Why fourteen? Explanation to come later)
However, to connect one meridian, you must first find it, discern its existence, and understand its operation before connecting it.
Lacking even one node won’t work.
Have there been prior experiences summarized? Of course, but previous experiences can only be reference material. Every individual is different; otherwise, every street would have a Meridian Passage expert.
Moreover, Bone Forging, Blood Fusion, and Meridian Passage are all interconnected. Without guidance from a master, many martial artists’ future paths might be broken.
Those who advance to the Blood Fusion Realm have a certain talent and work very hard, but those who break through to the Meridian Passage Realm are an especially gifted few.
Blood Fusion at thirty, Meridian Passage at forty, Tianyuan beckoning.
Yet most people can’t reach Blood Fusion by thirty, let alone Meridian Passage by forty.
Ye Shengyuan’s aptitude was already considered good, as he reached the Blood Fusion Realm at thirty-six, and now, in his fifties, achieved Blood Fusion Perfection. If he can’t advance to Meridian Passage before sixty, his peak would remain where it is.
This is for men. At fifty-five, a woman’s natural qi and blood decline, and even medication can’t maintain long.
Off-topic.
If it really was the expert behind Lin Miao who harmed Mr. Xue, seeking revenge would be difficult, unless another expert of the same level is employed.
Green Blade Sect!
The Green Blade Sect has experts at the Meridian Passage Realm, not just one, but employing one of their Meridian Passage experts would cost a fortune.
"Du Ziyu, return to the Green Blade Sect immediately, and tell the sect leader Shen Yidao that I request he handle a matter—a murder. Once successful, I will have the marquis petition the court to grant the iron mine at Luoxia Mountain to the Green Blade Sect for management," ordered Mrs He.
"Yes, madam."
"I will not be at ease until I have avenged Mr. Xue!" Mrs He fumed, "Shengyuan, that physician surnamed Lin, do you have any means to deal with him? I want his notoriety to spread far and wide, to die without a burial place, and as for his senior sister, I want to sell her into the Qinlou brothel, never to rise again!"
"Ahem, this requires some long-term planning," Ye Shengyuan "coughed" twice. Such a lovely damsel, selling her to Qinlou would be a great pity.
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