bookpower Chapter 28 - 28 Your Wife and Daughter are Still Alive
Chapter 28 - 28 Your Wife and Daughter are Still Alive
Chapter 28: Chapter 28 Your Wife and Daughter are Still Alive
The middle-aged man watched Murong Jiu with a wary and ferocious gaze that never wavered.
“Alliance Leader Chang, there’s no need to be nervous,” Murong Jiu said in a soft voice. “I bear you no ill will; I merely wish to make a deal with you.”
“Chang has long since retired from the jianghu and doesn’t meddle in idle affairs. Princess Consort Ling has found the wrong person.”
Chang Chonghai spoke coldly, an air of having nothing more to say.
“Is that so? What if I told you the whereabouts of your wife and daughter?”
Murong Jiu whispered in a voice only he could hear.
...
Chang Chonghai sprang to his feet from the ground in an instant, his eyes bloodshot, and he even gritted his teeth in anger, “My wife and daughter are already dead, Princess Consort Ling. Are you trying to threaten me with their corpses?”
She waved her hand and said, “You misunderstand, Alliance Leader. I am not that inhumane, and besides, your wife and daughter are still alive.”
Chang Chonghai’s expression changed dramatically, “What... what did you say?”
Murong Jiu walked to a secluded place, and Chang Chonghai, dropping his wine jug, followed quickly.
She turned and said to him, “I told you, they are alive and waiting for you to find them.”
Chang Chonghai breathed heavily, “You’re not lying to me? What do you want me to help you with?”
She chuckled lightly, “Whether I’m lying or not, you can see for yourself. I simply want you to become my guard, help me with some affairs, for a period of three years. After three years, you can go wherever you like. I can tell you the address of where your wife and daughter are now, and once you’ve made sure they’re settled, you come back to find me. How about that?”
Chang Chonghai’s eyes were full of astonishment, “Aren’t you afraid I’ll run away?”
“I have confidence in the honor of Alliance Leader Chang. Besides, if you don’t treat the poison in your body and keep drinking like this, I’m afraid you won’t live to see your daughter grow up.”
Chang Chonghai’s gaze grew more guarded once again.
Murong Jiu explained, “I am a court physician, and I know from looking at your eyes that you’ve been poisoned, and I can cure it. There’s no need to be nervous, Alliance Leader, all I ask for is three years of peace.”
“If you’re worried that I might poison you when I cure you, I can write you a prescription, which you can have a court physician check before you get the medicine yourself.”
Of course, none of this was without the strategizing of Lou Zixi.
Murong Jiu once found out that the three of them had lived together in a refugee settlement for a while, which was during the continuous rainy season in the Capital City, exactly like now.
She hadn’t held much hope originally, but to her surprise, upon her visit, all three were present.
“Chang hereby promises you,”
After a brief hesitation, Chang Chonghai clenched his teeth and agreed, “But Chang has one condition: I won’t do anything like murder or arson that goes against my conscience!”
“Of course, if you really did that, I’d have to act for justice,” she said with a light laugh, relieved.
In order to protect her child, she desperately needed Chang Chonghai. This man was the former Hierarch of the Martial Arts Alliance, with profound martial arts skills, capable of protecting her from any harm by Jun Haoze and safely bringing her child into the world.
She was no longer under Jun Haoze’s control, and sooner or later, he would realize she was a stumbling block to him and swiftly remove her.
Murong Jiu quietly gave Chang Chonghai the address of his wife and daughter, informed him of the medicine needed for the antidote, and handed him several large silver notes.
“Once you have settled them, come find me at Prince Ling’s Mansion.”
Seeing the amount on the silver notes that could ensure his wife and children a lifetime of well-being, Chang Chonghai said in a deep voice, “If Chang truly finds his family, I will most assuredly return to ensure your safety for three years!”
A man of the martial world’s promise is worth its weight in gold. Murong Jiu understood his character and knew he would definitely come back, so she nodded smilingly, “Good, I’ll be waiting for Alliance Leader Chang.”
Watching Chang Chonghai leave, Murong Jiu returned to the tea house to talk with Manager Chai and Lou Zixi.
“I appreciate Manager Chai’s capabilities and Young Master Lou’s literary talent. I can not only give you a place to settle in the Capital City but also enable Manager Chai to continue running the stores and allow Young Master Lou to study in peace for next year’s Imperial Examination.”
She got straight to the point.
Both were surprised, not understanding why Princess Consort Ling would choose them among the many people in the Capital City.
But before they could ask any questions, Murong Jiu continued:
“Manager Chai, I will give you fifty thousand taels in silver notes. Help me buy up all the surrounding surplus grain at low prices within three days.”
Manager Chai was first astonished by her generous offer but soon advised:
“Princess Consort, I implore you to reconsider. In two more months, the autumn harvest will begin. If you stockpile grain now, it will be last year’s old rice, which won’t sell well in the second half of the year!”