Wife, I Want to Eat Meat

Chapter 10

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“Where arewe going?” Xia Ling Mei asked, gaze falling on Hei Zi.

“Ourresponsibility is to ensure the lady’s safety, please don’t voluntarily putyourself at risk.”

Hei Zi said, once again drawing the group to him: “Lady, youalready have no connections to Lord w.a.n.g.”

Xia LingMei brows lifted, pursing her lips, without a word she urged her horse on tothe bend of the road they had just come from. Not long after, the brokencarriage could be seen again. The carriage light had already diminished, layingin despair on the floor covered with fragments. The carriage ought to have beenforced into from the roof top as it was travelling, the floor was stillcompletely intact, only the blanket on top and the small table had a fewfragments of letters which had been riddled with holes by swords, if you lookat the letters carefully, you can tell the letters had been opened before, therewas even a yellow brocade satin in memorial of the emperor torn in two.

“It’sclear, he has offended someone in the bureaucracy, that’s why he was forced toChenzhou.”

“Lady,you’ve been in the Jianghu, matters of the bureaucracy has got nothing to dowith

you.

“Maybe, heaccepted a secret imperial decree from the emperor, he came to investigate someimportant matter. Matter involving an influential family or court councillor.”

“Lady,matters of the country are arranged by the emperor, the officials go carry themout, and has nothing to do with a commoner like yourself.”

Xia LingMei tied the small Tibetan Mastiff and kitten on the horseback, beaming as shesaid: “Tell me, if I know his life is hanging by a thread, should I still nothelp, afterwards, wouldn’t the patriarch say I… got someone else to do my dirtywork, murdering an official of the court.”

Hei Zirolled his eyes up to the sky: “Lady, I believe the people of Beiding City willonly say you ---- murdered your husband.”

Xia LingMei paused, suddenly raising her horsewhip brandishing it once, hatefullysaying:

“Then I’ll just let him die.”

Everyone:“……”

Didn’t shejust say she was going to rescue him, how can she just turn around and cursehim to die? This was too quick a change, those standing around watching was ata loss at the sudden turn of her mind, dumbstruck they stared at their angrymistress, before staring

at Bei Zi with blame: Look at the good you’ve done!

Bei Ziemotionally held his ponytail: “Lady, I was wrong. Let us go rescue Lord w.a.n.g.”

Xia LingMei used all her strength hitting the horse’s b.u.t.t: “I’m not going.”

“Lady, Ibeg you.”

“Get lost.”

“Lady, thenwe won’t rescue Lord w.a.n.g, we’ll rescue Xiao Bai. Not only does that idiotstill lose his way, he definitely must have fallen into an evil person’s trap,dead without an intact corpse.”

Xia LingMei turned her head: “You like him?”

Tearsstreamed down Hei Zi’s cheeks, he had no choice but to lie: “This servant likeshim to the extent that he doesn’t think of tea or food, if he leaves me beyonda foot, I would be short of breath.” As he spoke, he wrested control of thereins, pulling the empty worded big mistress to rescue a certain thoughtlessLord w.a.n.g w.a.n.g.

Xia LingMei still held that slip of paper with the b.l.o.o.d.y word on, Hei Zi took thepaper and examined it closely, feeling a bit of dried mud on the corner of it.He automatically jumped to an elevated position to sweep his eyes over theentire Chenzhou at night, with a whistle, birds came flying from alldirections, one by one he touched these bird’s claws, selecting several places,making the secret guards split up to search. He himself again bought Xia LingMei and the rest of the men following the way Xiao Bai had just left.

Bai Zi hadreceived the order to protect Xia Ling Mei for many years, he soon had a secretsignal with Hei Zi to communicate with each other, along with the excellenttracking skills of the Xia family secret guards, not long after they had beenaround half of Chenzhou.

Hei Zicould not help but sigh: “That idiot, he must have gotten lost again.”

Luckily,the people he had just dispatched had already sent news. By the time everyonehad found the location of that house, just by chance they saw Bai Zi leadinghis subordinates in a fierce battle against the kidnappers, everywhere was thesound of weapons in fights at close quarters, what’s more not a single familypeeked out from the densely packed single storey houses on the street.

Hei Zi leadseveral people to lend a hand to Bai Zi, Xiu Yu and Ying Shi had already deftlysearched the ins and outs of the abandoned house. Finally, from the thicknessof the dust on the floor they found a path leading down to the cellar.Carefully they moved the floorboards away, several secret guards took the leadin sliding down, Xia Ling Mei martial arts wasn’t weak, but everyone surroundedher to protect her, but they have never thought for her to genuinely not getinvolved.

The cellarwas a mess, things piled up in disorder everywhere, there were wine jars,casks, hay that sort of junk, there were also cotton wadding, clothing whichcould be used as cleaning rags, cobwebs hung across everywhere, behind numerousbroken planks and bamboo poles there was a faint ray of light, the crack of awhip sounded.

“Where isthe secret decree?”

Xia LingMei signalled everyone to stop, she herself pulled back into one corner, lookingthrough the thin wood at the gleam of light she saw a man suspended, it wasw.a.n.g Yun Feng.

He had hiseyes half closed, the new clothes he had changed into that evening was onceagain in tatters from a thrashing, exposing the greenish blue chest infusedwith beads of blood inside, on top of the crisscross pattern there was a partwhich was the handiwork of

Xia Ling Mei that afternoon, another part were newlyadded marks. The new wounds covered the old scars, it was horrible to see. Andwith his head hanging down, it looked like he already stopped breathing.

Xia LingMei suppressed her heavy breath, again looking closely at the depth of thesurroundings in the cellar. There were only three people, the short onesquatted on the floor rummaging through a pile of goods looking for something, inthe middle was the skinny and tall man still brandishing a whip, a large fullbearded man actually had a wine cup held in his mouth drinking as he half leantagainst the wall drunk. In this sort of situation, the tall lanky one ought tobe the best at martial arts. However, relying on her many years of experiencein the Jianghu, Xia Ling Mei attention remained fixed on the drunkard.

“I say,this imperial censor officer still won’t talk even if he’s beaten to death, skinnywhy don’t you be a bit more vicious, he won’t talk.”

At thismoment, w.a.n.g Yun Feng already kept his mouth shut that he wouldn’t even groan.

“d.a.m.n it, Iwant to be vicious, but I don’t know when this scholar had already been beatenbefore. He’s used to it, if I keep on forcing a confession he’ll die sooner orlater, we still haven’t obtained it, we can’t report back to Lord Gu.”

“Don’tscare me, I’ve followed him for many days, apart from us, no one else hasdiscovered he’s carrying the emperor’s secret decree on him. Those injuries onhis body could well be from that steamy young lady for amus.e.m.e.nt, simply, we’llgrab that lady from the tavern to try and threaten him.”

“That ladyhas a lot of people protecting her, if you want to die you go.” Speaking, thatperson picked up a rusty nail from the floor, seemingly thinking of a plan,unexpectedly he took that nail facing w.a.n.g Yun Feng he placed it in his finger.

Scream.

w.a.n.g YunFeng almost woke up from the pain, that old rope was long ago no longerreliable, while he struggled it split into two, the man rolling about in painon the floor cried out without tears, the blood which had coagulated with greatdifficulty once more busted open, rubbing into the dust, black gra.s.s floor.

The shortperson looked with interest, to go so far as to crouch down staring at w.a.n.g YunFeng in pain saying: “Lord w.a.n.g, if you want to still write memorials so theemperor in the future, you best tell us where you hid the imperial decree andyour secret reply, that way you can suffer less pain.”

w.a.n.g YunFeng stopped rolling around, afterwards he violently shuddered. That skinnyperson stepped forward and grabbed his other hand, picking out his smallestfinger, without hesitation he stabbed the bloodstained rusty nail in once more.

Xiu Yutightly clung onto Xia Ling Mei’s arm, burying her ears, she didn’t know, whyher lady was indifferent.

w.a.n.g YunFeng gasps for breath carried a clear meaning, gasping he said: “That’s what Ishould be saying to you. I know I won’t live, don’t think if you get theimperial decree and secret message you would achieve great success. You killeda court official, and took the imperial decree, that Lord Gu would also notbelieve you did not look at the content of the secret message. If you’re nothis left and right hand men, but know too many secrets, I don’t need to thinkand I know what will happen to you.”

Before thetwo men had time to be surprised, the drunkard who had been drinking all thistime opened his mouth: “Then what does Lord w.a.n.g mean? You want us to betrayLord Gu, to be under your command? What benefits can you give us.”

w.a.n.g YunFeng grinned and asked: “Your Lord Gu secretly opened a gold mine, how muchprofit did he split with you?”

“A goldmine!?” The shorty immediately jumped three feet high, “Where did you get thisinformation?”

“Theemperor made me come here to investigate the place where the gold mine is. Itseems, Lord Gu isn’t generous to everybody, normally he pretends to be honestand love the people, secretly he’s acc.u.mulated quite a bit of wealth.”

Thedrunkard said: “A gold mine, Lord Gu basically took it all.”

w.a.n.g YunFeng apparently forgot his pain, looking up at the fierce drunkard: “There issomeone behind him, maybe it’s a court official, maybe an influential family,or perhaps it’s… some relative of the emperor.”

Thedrunkard eyes flashed, his posture suddenly changed, his whole body rushed overto the corner of the room, dust rose from where he originally was, a red longwhip with countless spikes exploded the stone floor. Then, innumerable shadowswith lightening speeded forced entry, and instantly captured the two people.

The chaoticeyes of the drunkard suddenly became clear, striking out with the wine cup inthe air, he clutched w.a.n.g Yun Feng by the throat knocking him into his arms:“If you move I’ll kill him.”

Xia LingMei gently swung her whip: “Kill him, apart from my people, everyone here needs

to die.”

Thedrunkard was doubtful: “Aren’t you here to rescue Lord w.a.n.g?”

Xia LingMei sneered, saying to w.a.n.g Yun Feng: “Hey, tell him who is itching to flayyour tendons and skin, ground your bones to dust.”

w.a.n.g YunFeng returned to his senses from his shock, he shook his head with a bitterlaugh: “You.”

Xia LingMei continued: “And who would trample over your grave a few times when yourdead, who would plant a ring of endives around it?”

w.a.n.g YunFeng chokingly coughed a few times, blood spitting out on the corner of hismouth which he also forgot to wipe clean: “It’s…you.”

“On thisearth the person who wanted to curse you to suffer eighty-one difficulties inh.e.l.l, never reincarnated?”

“Its----you.”

Xia LingMei large eyes widened, her whip already ahead of her as it advanced towards

w.a.n.g Yun Feng: “Then why aren’t you dead!”

w.a.n.g YunFeng wanted to smile, but his heart wanted to cry, he no longer knew whatexpression to face Xia Ling Mei with. The numbness of his body did not stop hisbody shuddering, the throbbing pain at the bottom of his heart nevertheless frozeover every thread of blood vessel , heclosed his eyes…

“Master!”Bai Zi who had forced the door open cried out.

“Woof,woof.” The small Tibetan Mastiff rose from the back of Bai Zi’s head, fourst.u.r.dy dog legs flew past the door towards the drunkard’s face.

“Meow----“a ball of black and white shadow rolled on the floor, advancing on thedrunkard’s big toe, taking aim, it took a big bite.

At Bai Zi’sshocked shout, Xia Ling Mei’s long whip fell to the ground, everyone with theirmouth wide open, looked at the dark brown puppy hanging off the drunkard’sface, as well as the kitten biting not let go as he hopped around in pain, embarra.s.sed.

Blood tellsus the truth, you cannot look down on the potential attack of any house pet.

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