12dz Chapter 120: The trip is advanced
Chapter 120: The trip is advanced
The plan to go to Yuzhou was brought forward by more than ten days.
Yuan Qing disguised himself as a blue-clothed attendant and went to Yuzhou with Lou Haiping.
The person who came to receive them was the president of Yuzhou Chamber of Commerce and the head of the Gao family, a famous local family in Yuzhou.
This conversation not only concerns the business cooperation between the two companies, but also many people including the people of Yuzhou. Lou Haiping must be cautious.
Although the prefect of Yuzhou did not show up, he also sent gifts as a token of his gratitude.
"Are you going out at night? Do you need more people to protect you?"
Lou Haiping knew that Yuan Qing had her own plans, but he still couldn't help but worry about her.
"No," Yuan Qing helped him pack his bag, "We just arrived in Yuzhou today, and I'm sure someone is watching this inn. It's not safe for me to go out at any time.
Wait and see. If necessary, it won’t be too late to find an excuse to leave halfway tomorrow.”
After hearing this, Lou Haiping thought it was right and didn't ask any more questions.
The Gao family also arranged a single accommodation for Yuan Qing, the follower.
When she walked out of the room, she saw sneaky figures at the corners of the stairs on both sides. When she looked outside, they quickly disappeared.
It seems that someone is indeed worried, as they sent someone to keep an eye on it so quickly.
Yuan Qing withdrew his gaze and walked back to his room with a swagger.
She did not disguise herself this time, but anyone who was careful enough could guess her true identity.
She was not afraid that they would guess it, but she was afraid that they would not be able to guess it, otherwise her efforts in deliberately giving them flaws would be wasted.
After washing up, Yuan Qing lay on the bed, thinking about what happened before leaving Jiangzhou.
After she and Mu Xiaoxiao returned home that day, the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.
The traces left by Fang Yue'e were so obvious that it was impossible for Fang Shuo not to have noticed.
Adhering to the principle of caution, she went to Fang's house again at night, took a detour and went through the back door.
This time, the Fang family did not turn her away.
Fang Shuo looked much older. His previous immortal aura seemed to have been submerged by the mundane world. All that was left was an old father who had lost his daughter.
In addition to him, Yuan Qing also met someone——
It was Fang Yuemei who should have gone to Puzhou to recuperate long ago.
She was covered in a black robe, her eyes were red from crying, and she looked at her pleadingly.
Yuan Qing entered the room and the three of them sat down around a low table.
There was a thick stack of paper in front of Fang Yuemei and a charcoal brazier burning beside her.
She picked up the pen and lowered her head waiting for Yuan Qing to speak.
Yuan Qing took out the note left by Fang Yue'e from his sleeve, smoothed it out, and pushed it in front of Fang's father and daughter.
Fang Shuo clenched his fists, trying not to let his emotions show.
Fang Yuemei couldn't hold back any longer, she unfolded the paper, stared at the slightly dark handwriting on it, tears falling down her face.
"I should have thought of it earlier, I should have thought of it earlier!" She clutched the paper and cried silently.
They are sisters connected by blood. Although she cannot feel the pain her sister has suffered, when she sees the things she left behind, her heart still hurts as if it is being cut by a knife.
She had been deceiving herself because she was afraid to think.
She knew that her sister was being held hostage, so she had to be cruel and heartless and pretend to hate her and her father.
She cooperated with the acting, even though she was beaten all over.
It's good to be able to take some responsibility for her.
Her sister also knew that she was enduring it silently. Every time she swung the whip, she could see her sister's hands trying hard to control themselves from shaking.
If she had held on a little longer and not fainted on the day she came back, and thought more about her abnormality, would she have been able to stop her?
Just a little bit...
Seeing the expressions of Fang's father and daughter, Yuan Qing's thoughts were suddenly cleared up.
Fang Yue'e was indeed an evil ghost that crawled out of hell.
But before that, the evil ghosts were once happy people, and they also had concerns that they could not let go of, which cannot be erased by just a few years of indoctrination and control.
Those people's eyes are blinded by greed and cannot see these ties.
In order to protect her father and sister, Fang Yue'e was willing to confess all her crimes, and before she died, she was still planning how to make her death more meaningful.
Fang Yuemei knew her sister's suffering. She didn't understand anything, but she just wanted to share her burden.
So she made the same choice as Fang Yue'e.
He took the risk of meeting her just to borrow Fang Yue'e's identity and take all the blame on himself in exchange for the peace of the Fang family and the rebirth of his sister.
They were all planning a way out for each other.
When Fang's father and daughter calmed down, Yuan Qing said in a hoarse voice: "I have found her. The decision is up to you."
Without waiting for Fang Shuo to speak, Fang Yuemei picked up the pen and scribbled a few words on the paper: [Father, don’t go yet]
Fang Shuo didn't expect his little daughter to say this, "Why?"
[My sister must have her reasons for doing this, and we can’t let her efforts go to waste.
I think the queen has already made a plan. This time, my father and I will listen to the queen. As long as we can find the person who harmed my sister,
She wrote with such force that some of the strokes seeped through the paper and smudged onto her hands.
Fang Yuemei didn't bother to wipe it. She threw all the papers into the charcoal basin and watched them burn out and turn into smoke until nothing was left.
After a long while, Fang Shuo and Fang Yuemei leaned over together to express their attitudes to her.
Yuan Qing left his seat in a hurry, leaned forward to help the father and daughter up, "Even if I bring Fang Yue'e back, I have other ways to defeat the enemy, so——"
Fang Yuemei held up the paper in her hand and showed it to her: [But this way we can find it faster]
Yuan Qing was so blocked that he couldn't speak.
Fang Yuemei was right. It would indeed be easier to lure the enemy out by using Fang Yue'e's death as bait.
But subconsciously, she didn't want to make a fuss about this matter.
Even if the Fang family proposed to bring Fang Yue'e back, she would not have any hesitation.
The choice in this matter originally lies with the Fang family, and it is up to them to decide whether to stay or go.
Fang Yuemei wrote again: [Don’t waste this opportunity]
Since she was young, she has been able to guess people's minds based on their expressions. Even if Yuan Qing didn't tell her the truth about her sister's death, she could still guess something from it.
All she can do now is to help her sister complete what she wanted to do before she died.
Under the gaze of the two, Yuan Qing finally made a decision.
They dissected over and over again the places where Fang Yue'e might have left clues before her death, and finally found some key evidence at dawn.
This evidence is time-sensitive. We must seize Yuzhou's hiding place in one fell swoop before Fang Yue'e's death is discovered. We cannot give them the opportunity to move or destroy it.
This was one of the reasons why she arrived in Yuzhou early.
But she was unfamiliar with Yuzhou after all. If she didn't have someone from Yuzhou to cover for her, the slightest movement would alert the enemy and all her efforts would be wasted.
So she set her sights on Song Liangcai, the former prefect of Yuzhou who was accustomed to pretending to be deaf and dumb and who had been able to sit firmly in the position of an official for many years despite the interference of many forces and who was named Song Guolao.