Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 111
[Chapter 111: The Nameless [9000 words combined chapter]]
Ever since she ran into Haitang on the street, Zhao Lingyin had been looking at Lin Xiu strangely.
His attitude towards this brothel girl was really strange.
Moreover, when she saw Lin Xiu once, he was in the brothel, holding hands with the brothel girl.
Lingyin’s eyes made Lin Xiu very uncomfortable, and he took the initiative to ask: “Do you think I’m too good to Miss Chen? She’s just a brothel girl, why did I give her silver and say those words to her?” Although
Zhao Lingyin did not admit it, she did not deny it. Lin
Xiu looked at her and said, “Miss Chen is a poor person…”
Her life experience was indeed pitiful. When she was a child, her parents sold her to a wealthy family as a maid to support her younger brother. In the wealthy family, she was remembered by the master because of her youth and beauty, and the lady was jealous, so she sold her to a brothel again.
At first, she refused to obey, but was beaten and scolded several times. After being hungry for a few days, she finally accepted her fate.
After Lin Xiu finished speaking, she said to Lingyin, “They don’t want to entertain people with their beauty. When a girl was young, she didn’t think about finding a good husband in the future and choosing a good companion to live with for the rest of her life. But they have no choice. Their fate is not controlled by them.”
Zhao Lingyin was puzzled and said, “But why doesn’t she work hard to change her fate?”
Lin Xiu asked back, “How to change it? Working hard to receive customers and make money to redeem yourself, isn’t this more of entertaining people with beauty?”
Zhao Lingyin’s lips moved, but she couldn’t say anything in the end.
Lin Xiu sighed lightly. The brothel girls who entertained people with their beauty wanted to get rid of the fate of brothel girls, but they could only work harder to receive customers and make money. This is an irony and a kind of sadness.
She is a poor person, but she is not the only poor person.
There are many people like Haitang in this world.
He can’t help everyone, but Haitang is different. If he didn’t have her ability, he would probably have died when the prince sent someone to assassinate him for the first time.
This is a favor, and it must be repaid.
Lin Xiu rarely talked about this with Lingyin today.
It is difficult for these wealthy ladies who have lived in the upper class since birth and have never really experienced the hardships of the people to truly understand these things.
Lin Xiu did not want Lingyin to become a person who does not eat meat. She is actually very kind, but because of her status and knowledge, she cannot see some things and cannot think of some things.
He looked at Lingyin and asked, “Do you remember the woman from the Wang family who was killed by Qin Cong?”
Zhao Lingyin nodded and said, “I remember.”
Lin Xiu said, “Not long ago, her father also died. He was walking on the street and was hit by a carriage. The person riding in the carriage was Qin Cong’s younger brother. Although Haitang’s situation is pitiful, she can still control her own life. Some people can’t even control their own lives.”
He glanced at Lingyin and said, “Come with me…”
The two walked all the way from the East City to the North City. Although Zhao Lingyin was born and raised in the capital, she had never been here.
There were no rows of high-class mansions that she was familiar with, but only dilapidated courtyard walls. There were no bluestone slabs on the streets, and they were bumpy. There was water in some places. From a distance, you could smell a foul smell.
There were skinny children jumping around in the dirty puddles, their eye sockets were sunken, and they were skinny. Zhao Lingyin had never known that people could be so thin.
As they walked, Lin Xiu explained, “This is still the capital. Outside the capital, the lives of many people are actually worse than this. All they can do is just survive.”
Zhao Lingyin looked at everything around her and gradually fell silent.
The two walked forward for a distance and a man holding a child walked out of a dilapidated clinic beside the street. An old doctor with gray hair looked at him and said, “This child has a serious eye disease. It may be life-threatening, but it is not incurable. However, the cost of medicine for the first month will be one tael of silver, and at least five taels will be needed for the next few months. If you just remove one eye and save his life, ten cents will be enough. You go back and think about it carefully…”
The man stood on the street and thought for a long time before he walked into the clinic again. He said helplessly, “Doctor, how about just removing one eye…”
…
After returning to East City, at the gate of Zhao’s house, Lin Xiu said to Lingyin, “There are still many such poor people in this world. Five taels of silver can buy an eye, but there are still people who can’t afford it. Today we saw it and were able to save him, but there are who knows how many such people there are in places we can’t see. This world is not all as you see it every day…”
Zhao Lingyin said nothing and walked into the house in silence.
He had told Lingyin everything he wanted to tell her. Lin Xiu also returned to the Lin residence, had lunch with his parents, and after a short rest, he came to the Qingli Division.
These days, Lin Xiu was in the Yishu Academy and the Martial Arts Academy, and came to the Qingli Division less often.
Liu Qingfeng’s little black dog had been trained very well, and he took it with him wherever he went. It was said that the dog played an important role in solving a certain case, and now it was also well-known in the Qingli Division.
After Lin Xiu came to the Qingli Division, Liu Qingfeng couldn’t wait to come to the case library and exchanged dog training experiences with Lin Xiu. The performance of this dog still did not satisfy him. There was a huge gap between his little black dog and the big yellow dog raised by Lin Xiu.
At this time, in Pinfang Pavilion.
Haitang handed the five hundred taels of silver to the madam and said, “This is the silver for my redemption.”
The madam was surprised and said, “Aren’t you still short of more than a hundred taels? How come you have collected it so quickly?”
Haitang did not explain, but said, “The silver is for you, and the contract of sale is for me.”
The madam sighed and said, “It seems that you are really leaving. Since the young man came six months ago, you seem to have changed. You are the most diligent girl in the building. I thought you wanted to let it go, but I didn’t expect you to want to leave.”
Haitang looked at her and said, “When you bought me, you only spent five taels. Now I give you five hundred taels, you are not at a loss.”
The madam looked at her and said angrily, “You are a ruthless guy. You have been in the building for so many years. You left so easily this time. Don’t you have any nostalgia?”
Haitang looked determined and had no nostalgia.
This place brought her only endless pain. She just wanted to leave this place as soon as possible and welcome a new life.
That was the life she had been looking forward to for a long time.
The madam looked at her resolute expression, and the anger on her face gradually disappeared. Finally, she just sighed and said, “Go, go, it’s better to go, it’s better to go. While you are still pretty, go out and find an honest man to marry. It will be too late when you are old and ugly and the customers despise you…”
She only took 400 taels of silver notes out of 500 taels, and stuffed the last 100 taels into Haitang’s hand, saying, “Take this 100 taels, open a small shop, do some business, and you won’t starve to death…”
Haitang accepted the banknote, bowed to the madam, and said, “Thank you for taking care of me all these years.”
The madam turned around, waved her hand, and said, “Let’s go quickly, while I haven’t changed my mind yet…”
Haitang walked upstairs quickly to her room, tore up the contract of sale, and threw it into the brazier. Looking at the blazing flames in the brazier, she let out a long breath, and suddenly felt relaxed. It
seemed that with the jumping of the flames, even her unbearable past was burned away.
She washed off all the makeup on her face, took off the jewelry on her head, untied the beautiful bun, and just casually rolled up her hair. The whole person went from being gorgeous to being simple and plain.
Most of the civilian women outside looked like this.
From now on, she was also a civilian woman.
Haitang hummed a light tune and put a light yellow wintersweet flower on her head. She picked it in the backyard of the brothel. She simply packed a small bag and came to the window.
In the birdcage, the thrush was still chirping.
Haitang smiled slightly, opened the birdcage, and said, “From now on, you are free…”
As soon as the birdcage was opened, the thrush flew out. It didn’t even look back, but flew straight into the sky, saying happily, “I’m finally free!”
Haitang chuckled, picked up her small bag, left the room, and went downstairs.
From now on, the name Haitang no longer belonged to her.
Her name was Chen Yu, Chen for display, and Yu for jade.
She walked slowly to the door of the brothel, and one more step forward, she was about to step out of this place that had brought her endless suffering.
At this time, several figures walked in from outside. One of them saw her and immediately grabbed her arm, saying with a smile: “Isn’t this Miss Haitang? We were just looking for you. Today, I will introduce you to a distinguished guest. As long as you serve him well, you will get a reward…”
Chen Yu wanted to pull back her arm, but failed. She could only say apologetically: “I’m sorry, Mr. Zheng, I don’t want to do it anymore. You should find someone else.”
The young man frowned and asked, “What do you mean by not wanting to do it anymore?”
The old procuress saw this scene from a distance and immediately ran over Come over, smile and say: “Oh, isn’t this Mr. Zheng? What wind blew you here today? I’m really sorry. Haitang has just redeemed herself. I won’t do this business anymore. There are many girls in this building who are prettier and better than her. You can pick another one and I’ll give you half the price…”
Mr. Zheng glanced at her and said to Haitang: “It doesn’t matter if you don’t do it one day earlier or one day later. Today, you should serve this distinguished guest well and I’ll give you double the price.”
He himself didn’t care. Some time ago, he took care of Haitang’s business every two days, and he was tired of it.
It’s just that he met a friend of noble status two days ago. This person and he are of the same trade, but the other party’s hobbies are a bit strange.
He doesn’t like ordinary brothel girls, but has a special liking for girls who have awakened special skills.
But it’s not so easy to find brothel girls who have awakened special skills. As a special skill master, even if the ability is that weak, generally he will not fall to selling his body.
Coincidentally, he happened to know a prostitute in a brothel who claimed to understand animal language.
Although he didn’t know whether what she said was true or not, he finally had a clue, so he brought the distinguished guest here today. They came here specifically for Haitang, so it was impossible for them to come here in vain.
What do you mean by not doing this business anymore? Anyway, you have done it so many times. Does it make any difference if you do it again?
For Chen Yu, it is different.
Haitang, the prostitute in Pinfang Pavilion, is dead. Now she is just Chen Yu.
She looked at this person very apologetically and said, “Mr. Zheng, I’m really sorry. I don’t do it anymore.”
Zheng Jian’s face was very ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said, “Bitch, do you really want me to lose face in front of the distinguished guest?”
Chen Yu looked at him, and although he was afraid in his heart, he still said firmly, “I don’t do that kind of business anymore, please let me go…”
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the building suddenly became tense.
“Hey, Zheng Jian, I just said she was your old lover, but she doesn’t give you face at all?”
“You are being sentimental, aren’t you?”
“She is just a prostitute, but you are pretending to be noble…”
Zheng Jian’s face was extremely ugly. A young man next to him showed an interested expression on his face and said, “Interesting, I didn’t have any feelings for her at first, but now I am more and more interested in her…”
Haitang stood there helplessly. The gate of Pinfang Pavilion was just a few steps away from her.
After stepping out of that door, she would be completely free.
But these few steps were like a natural barrier for her.
Above the capital, a thrush regained its freedom and flew high.
It only needed to flap its wings a few more times to fly over the towering city wall.
After a while, it would return to the embrace of the mountains and forests.
But at this moment, on a street below, a falcon standing on the shoulder of a powerful son suddenly turned its sharp eyes, and then flapped its wings and soared into the sky.
Cry!
After a cry of grief, drops of blood fell into the sky.
…
The Office of the Cleansing Officials.
Lin Xiu, several clerks from the case library, and Liu Qingfeng were eating hot pot around the stove.
As the year was coming to an end, the weather was getting colder and colder. The court would give some subsidies to the various government offices every month to buy stoves, charcoal, etc. for heating.
The weather was cold, and the officials in the government offices didn’t want to go out. Sometimes they would just buy some meat and vegetables and eat them in the government offices.
Lin Xiu came by chance and had a chance to have a meal.
Although he had already eaten, he still took a pair of chopsticks and ate a few bites.
While eating, he asked Liu Qingfeng, “Is your mother feeling better?”
Liu Qingfeng smiled and said, “Much better. Miss Shuangshuang’s medical skills are really amazing. My mother drank a few doses of medicine she prescribed, and now she can go to the fields to do some work by herself. I have to thank Lord Lin for this.” Lin Xiu
waved his hand and said, “We are all colleagues. You’re welcome.”
If he had to thank someone, Lin Xiu should thank Liu Qingfeng.
Without his eye-spelling skills, Lin Xiu would not have been able to show such talent in martial arts. Thinking of this, Lin Xiu said to Liu Qingfeng: “Master Liu, have you ever tried practicing martial arts? Your ability of the skill is in perfect harmony with martial arts.”
Liu Qingfeng said embarrassedly: “To be honest, the instructor of the martial arts academy once came to me and said that my ability would give me an advantage over others if I practiced martial arts. But after trying, I found that the movements of ordinary martial artists were very slow in my eyes, but my body could not keep up with my eyesight, so I could not practice.”
Lin Xiu just asked casually, and after listening to him, he did not continue on this topic.
Indeed, it is impossible to practice martial arts with only the special skills of the eyes. It feels very uncomfortable when the eyes can keep up but the body cannot. They practice martial arts, and they are not even as good as ordinary people.
This kind of special skill must be combined with the ability of speed or strength to be transformed into a real martial arts talent, or after practicing to the ground level, the body can keep up with the eyesight, and basically become invincible at the same level. After
chatting with them for a while, Lin Xiu planned to go to the martial arts academy to continue practicing with a gun and adapt to his new weapon.
When he walked out of the yamen, he saw two constables carrying a corpse covered with a white cloth in.
“Oh, what a pity.”
“I just can’t understand why she did this?”
“She’s obviously just a prostitute. She should just sleep with the customers. Why do you have to think so much?”
“I can’t understand it either. I’ve seen strong-willed women, but I’ve never heard of strong-willed prostitutes.”
…
The two constables walked and sighed. Behind them, there was a woman crying. Lin Xiu knew her. She was the madam of Pinfang Pavilion.
For some reason, Lin Xiu’s heart suddenly tightened.
“Wait.” He stretched out his hand to stop the two constables.
The two constables stopped and asked, “Master Lin, is there anything?”
Lin Xiu walked slowly to them and stretched out his hand several times, trying to lift the white cloth, but he only stretched it halfway and retracted it.
A constable looked at him and advised, “Master Lin, it’s better not to look at it. This woman died by hitting the wall. Her skull was broken. It’s really horrible.”
After the two said that, they hurriedly carried the body to the court.
A murder case has occurred, and the doctor has opened the court. They have to bring the body and witnesses to the court.
A moment later, in the court of the Qingli Division,
a young man in the hall pointed at the body of a woman on the ground, looked up at the doctor of the Qingli Division, and said dissatisfiedly: “Sir, so many people saw that she died by hitting her head against the wall. I didn’t even touch her. You asked me to come here. Isn’t it inappropriate?”
The doctor from the Qingli Division said indifferently: “Isn’t it because you forced her that she committed suicide?”
The young man showed a ridiculous expression on his face, and said: “Sir, she was a prostitute. It is natural for prostitutes to sleep with customers. I spent money to hire her, but she died in the brothel. How could a normal person do such a thing? I think she must be sick. You can’t blame me for this kind of thing…” The doctor from the
Qingli Division asked: “But I heard that when you forced her, she had already redeemed herself and become a good woman.”
“Who said that?” The young man frowned and said, “Old brothel owner, tell me, did she become a good woman?”
The old brothel owner looked at the young man, immediately looked away, and shook her head: “No, no…”
Pinfang Pavilion couldn’t afford to offend the son of Wenchang Earl, let alone another nobleman. Although she also felt unfair for Haitang, she didn’t want to die, nor did she want Pinfang Pavilion to disappear.
The young man looked at the doctor of the Qingli Division again and said, “See, even the madam said that she didn’t redeem herself. I think she is simply sick. Now that the truth is out, can I go back?” The
doctor of the Qingli Division glanced at him and said, “Since this case has nothing to do with Mr. Zheng, you can leave after the clerk asks you some questions and records the case files…”
Qingli Division, morgue.
Lin Xiu still lifted the white cloth. Under the white cloth was a face that he was not unfamiliar with.
The face, which was originally very pretty, now looked a little scary because it was covered with blood. Not long ago, she said she wanted to open a tofu shop, and Lin Xiu also said that he would take care of her business, but now there is no chance.
Lin Xiu stood beside her for a while and slowly covered the white cloth.
No one noticed that the wintersweet she had inserted in her hair disappeared at some point.
At the door of the case library.
Three clerks were pushing each other.
“You go.”
“You go…”
“It was me last time, it’s your turn this time.”
“Nonsense, how can the last person compare to this time? I won’t do this kind of hard work…”
The case of the brothel girl has been tried. Now, as long as they follow the procedure and question Wenchang Bo’s son Zheng Jian, they can close the case, but none of the three clerks in the Qingli Division are willing to do this job.
The other party is a powerful and noble son of the royal capital. Judging from his appearance in the court just now, he doesn’t even take the doctor seriously, let alone them. If they say something wrong, they will be in trouble.
At this time, a figure came over and said, “If no one is willing, I’ll go.”
Seeing Lin Xiu take the initiative to stand up, the three of them were of course very happy. Lin Xiu is different from them. His father is a second-class bosom, only one level lower than Wenchang Bo. He is the most suitable person to do this job.
Xu Wenshu felt relieved and said, “Thank you for your hard work, Lord Lin. We will treat you to hotpot next time…”
Lin Xiu walked into the document library, took out pen, ink and paper, and walked into a small room inside.
Zheng Jian looked back at him and frowned, “Why did you come so late? If you have any questions, ask them quickly. After that, I have something important to do.”
Lin Xiu put down the pen and paper and said lightly, “What’s the hurry? Are you in a hurry to reincarnate?”
Zheng Jian heard this, his face showed annoyance, and said, “Asshole, how can you talk like that!”
Lin Xiu glanced at him and said, “Don’t try to be so mean to me. Let me introduce myself. My name is Lin Xiu, the son of the Earl of Ping’an. Zhao Lingjun is my fiancée. I occasionally come to the Qingli Division to work part-time as a clerk in the case file library. Today I am here to record your case.” Although
Zheng Jian had never seen Lin Xiu, he had heard of his name. Seeing that he was a son of power like himself, he immediately smiled and said, “So it’s Brother Lin, I’ve heard of you for a long time…”
Even though his father’s title was one level higher than Lin Xiu’s father, he didn’t dare to put on airs because Lin Xiu had a powerful fiancée.
Lin Xiu glanced at Zheng Jian and said, “Stop talking nonsense. What happened today?”
Zheng Jian waved his hand and said, “Hey, don’t mention it. It’s unlucky to say it. Who would have thought that the woman was crazy? I just asked her to accompany the second son of Huang Guogong’s family. Who would have thought that she would be killed directly? Tell me, is this kind of person crazy? She is a prostitute. A prostitute just sleeps with others. I’m not not paying her. What is she pretending to be…”
Lin Xiu was silent for a long time before saying, “But I heard that she has become a good woman?”
Zheng Jian looked unlucky and said, “I just can’t figure it out. You said she was still receiving guests in the morning, and she became a good woman in the afternoon. A dirty prostitute pretended to be a chaste and heroic woman…”
Since coming to this world, the thing Lin Xiu regretted most was probably giving Haitang two hundred taels of silver.
If she hadn’t saved enough money to redeem herself, there would be no such things later.
What Zheng Jian couldn’t figure out, Lin Xiu understood.
The moment she redeemed herself, she was no longer a brothel girl.
Even if she died, she would not let her body be defiled again.
She even cared about these things more than the girls from an honest family.
But some people will never understand these things.
Zheng Jian complained for a while, then looked at Lin Xiu again and said, “Brother Lin, hurry up, I have an appointment with Mr. Huang for dinner at Zhaiyue Tower tonight, and I can’t be late…”
Lin Xiu sighed lightly and said, “I’m afraid you won’t have a chance to eat this meal.”
Zheng Jian was surprised and said, “What do you mean…”
Before he finished speaking, his eyes suddenly widened, and he covered his throat with both hands, blood kept flowing out from his fingers. He looked at Lin Xiu with unbelievable eyes, his pupils gradually dispersed, and his body, which had lost its vitality, fell to the ground powerlessly.
Before he died, he didn’t figure it out. Lin Xiu actually dared to kill him, and why did Lin Xiu want to kill him!
In Lin Xiu’s hand, a dagger appeared out of thin air and disappeared out of thin air.
A few wintersweet petals slowly fell from the air to the ground, gradually dyed bloody.
The calm expression on Lin Xiu’s face turned into panic the next moment. He stepped back a few steps and shouted, “Murder, murder, come quickly!”
Not long after his scream, several figures rushed in from outside. Liu Qingfeng was the first to rush in and asked, “Master Lin, what happened?”
However, when he saw Zheng Jian lying in a pool of blood, his face suddenly changed. He stretched out his arms to block the people behind him, and shouted, “Everyone back off, back off!”
Then he quickly looked at Lin Xiu and said, “Master Lin, just stand there and don’t move!”
The death of Wenchangbo’s son in the Qingli Division was an extremely serious case. After receiving the news, the doctor of the Qingli Division hurried over and looked at Zheng Jian, who was lying in a pool of blood and had no breath, in shock. Then he immediately looked at Lin Xiu and asked, “What happened? How did Master Zheng die!”
Lin Xiu looked pale and shook his head, “I don’t know either. I was asking him about the details of the case. Zheng Jian suddenly covered his throat and fell to the ground. He twitched a few times and then stopped moving…”
When Zheng Jian died, only Lin Xiu was by his side. Lin Xiu was naturally the one with the greatest suspicion.
But his suspicion was soon cleared.
Because… there was no murder weapon.
The coroner examined Zheng Jian’s body. His cause of death was a fatal wound on his neck. He was killed by a sword.
The detectives had searched Lin Xiu’s body. There was no murder weapon on him. The small room that could be seen through at a glance, as well as the entire case library, did not find the murder weapon.
Considering that Lin Xiu’s ability was ice, he could condense an ice blade to kill Zheng Jian, but Liu Qingfeng had checked the whole room with his eyes. There was no ice debris left. If Lin Xiu killed people with an ice blade, he would definitely leave traces at the scene. The ice
technique can create ice out of thin air, but it cannot make ice disappear.
Various clues show that he has nothing to do with Zheng Jian’s death.
At this time, the coroner also made a discovery. He pointed to the petals on Zheng Jian’s body and said, “Sir, petals, there are petals. It was done by that female assassin!”
A sword cut the throat and left petals at the scene of the crime. This was the usual killing method of the invisible female assassin.
So far, there is no suspense in this case.
It is easy to guess that Zheng Jian forced the brothel girl to death. The female assassin happened to see it, so she chased to the Qingli Division and killed Zheng Jian to avenge the brothel girl.
Half a year ago, Qin Cong, the son of the Loyal and Brave Earl, died in the same way.
Lin Xiu, who was at the scene of the crime, saw nothing and watched Zheng Jian die with her own eyes. There is also a reasonable explanation.
Because the assassin’s ability is to hide, in the invisible state, Lin Xiu certainly can’t see her.
The doctor of the Qingli Division looked at Lin Xiu and said, “This case has nothing to do with you. I’m sorry to scare you.”
Lin Xiu shook her head and said, “I’m fine, but the female assassin is too rampant. She dared to do it in the Qingli Division. We must catch her as soon as possible…”
The doctor of the Qingli Division said, “This is the matter of the Yishu Division…”
Because every time the female assassin committed a crime, she would leave traces at the scene. Flower petals were found on Zheng Jian’s body, and he was killed by a sword. It was obvious who did it, and the case was quickly closed.
For such a case, the Qingli Division only needs to find out the murderer. As for catching people, that is the business of the Yishu Division.
Zheng Jian’s body was quickly carried away, and the bloodstains at the scene were cleaned up, but the Qingli Division was not calm.
The son of the first-class earl died here, and the doctor had to give an explanation to Wenchang Earl and the court.
As for the constables, they were also very alert and searched for the traces of the female assassin everywhere. If she hadn’t left yet, catching her would be a reward that could not be spent in a lifetime.
Liu Qingfeng leaned against the door of the case library, looking at Lin Xiu standing in the yard in a daze, with a strange look in his eyes.
Including the doctor, everyone in the Qingli Division believed that it was the female assassin who killed Zheng Jian.
But only he knew that when Zheng Jian died, there were no footprints of a third person in the room.
In order for the female assassin to do this, in addition to being invisible, she also had to be able to fly…
He didn’t intend to tell anyone this secret.
He walked slowly to Lin Xiu and whispered, “Master Lin is scared, but it’s nothing. Zheng Jian deserved to die, and the female assassin was also a harm to the people…”
…
In the case library, Xu Wenshu was asking the madam of Pinfang Pavilion about the prostitute.
He spread out a piece of paper, picked up a pen and asked, “What was the name of the prostitute who died in your building?”
The madam recovered from her shock and quickly said, “Haitang, her name is Haitang.”
Xu Wenshu wrote down the name, and a figure came over and said, “Her name is Chen Yu.”
The madam seemed to have thought of something and immediately said, “Yes, yes, her name was Chen Yu before…”
Xu Wenshu saw the word “Haitang” already written on the paper, looked up at Lin Xiu, and said, “It’s the same anyway, I’ve already written it…”
Lin Xiu shook her head and said, “It’s different.”
She once said that she didn’t like the name Haitang, which was given to her by others.
Her name is Chen Yu, which is her own name.
Secretary Xu sighed and had to crumple up the piece of paper and throw it away. He took a new piece of paper and wrote, “Prostitute Chen Yu…”
Lin Xiu said again, “The commoner Chen Yu, she has redeemed herself.”
Secretary Xu was stunned and asked, “Didn’t you say she didn’t redeem herself?”
The madam hurriedly said, “Yes, she did. She was redeemed this afternoon…”
Secretary Xu crumpled up the paper with the four words on it again, took a new piece of paper, and simply handed the pen to Lin Xiu, saying, “How about, let Lord Lin write it…”
After throwing the task to Lin Xiu, he walked out of the document library.
The madam looked at Lin Xiu, thought for a moment, and suddenly said, “Sir, I remember you. Aren’t you the young man who came to our building half a year ago? Haitang has been thinking about you every day in the past six months…”
As she spoke, her voice gradually became smaller and smaller, and she asked, “The money for her redemption was given to her by you, right?”
Lin Xiu said, “I killed her.”
The madam said repeatedly, “Sir, don’t think so. Haitang was smiling when she died. If you blame yourself for her death, she will die with regrets…”
She sighed and said, “She was a poor girl. She sold her body in the past to make a living. She had no choice. After she redeemed herself, she became an innocent woman. Even if she left, she left with a clear conscience. You don’t have to blame yourself for this. I don’t think she would want to see you blame yourself…”
…
“Son, my son!”
“You died miserably!”
“How could you let your father send your son away!”
“Damned assassin, if I catch you, I will tear you to pieces!”
“My condolences to Lord Wenchang…”
“The dead cannot be resurrected, my condolences…”
“That female assassin acted quickly, your son should have died without pain…”
…
In the Qinglisi courtyard, Lord Wenchang, who had hurried over after hearing the news of Zheng Jian’s death, burst into tears, and several officials from the Qinglisi whispered to comfort him.
Humans’ joys and sorrows are not the same, Lin Xiu just thought they were noisy.
He stepped out of the Qingli Division, and his nose suddenly felt cold.
Lin Xiu raised his head, and snowflakes were falling from the sky.
It was snowing.
This winter, when the first snow fell in Kyoto, Zheng Jian, the son of Wenchang Bo, died. This incident caused a lot of discussion among the common people and the dignitaries.
Few people know that a prostitute also died in this case.
No one knows her name, and no one cares about the injustice she suffered, because she was originally an unknown person.
There are too many people like her in the royal capital, and it is not worth people’s discussion.
The snow was heavy, and a thin layer of snowflakes appeared on the ground in a short while.
Lin Xiu stepped on the snowflakes and soon left two lines of footprints behind him.
At this time, he did not realize that just a dozen feet behind him, a layer of snowflakes had accumulated on the ground, and
a line of footprints appeared out of thin air… This plot is a relatively important turning point. Some of the foreshadowing in the front is tied up here, and the following plot is also led from this. It plays a role of connecting the previous and the next. It is not suitable for chapter division, so I will post three chapters of 9,000 words together.
(End of this chapter)
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