Chapter 413: A Banquet With Treachery

Yin Liangzhi ran into the room anxiously and said to the big and tall man who was sitting inside, “Lord Wu, bad news.”

Wu Xiong put down the teacup slowly and glanced at Yin Liangzhi, asking coldly, “Say it slowly. Why are you so anxious?”

Yin Liangzhi stood still and gasped several times before he managed to breathe regularly. He answered in a more stable voice, “Yan Xu went to see His Excellency and said that he would ask them to have dinner to celebrate his recovery.”

These days, the news that Mo Junyang recovered gradually spread. Although anybody who heard this news didn’t believe it, nobody dared to relax.

Especially Yan Xu who was relieved a little suddenly got nervous and restless.

When Wu Xiong heard Mo Junyang’s name, his sharp eyes lit up, but soon he relaxed and asked in a scornful tone, “Didn’t he often go to see Mo Junyang these days? Is it surprising?”

“Lord Wu, only you and I are here. Will you play dumb in front of me? Don’t you know that Lord Yan will hold a banquet with treachery?” Yin Liangzhi’s voice got eager again involuntarily.

A disdainful smile was shown on Wu Xiong’s distant face. “So what? What does it have to do with us? Even if there will be something wrong, it is Yan Xu’s fault, and we don’t need to worry.”

After Wu Xiong reminded him, Yin Liangzhi finally realized that Yan Xu was the highest official in Jiangzhou City logically.

Even if the imperial envoy had an accident in Jiangzhou, the magistrate would be to blame, and it had nothing to do with them, nobodies.

Yin Liangzhi suddenly stopped feeling restless, while he couldn’t help asking worriedly, “You are right, but we and Yan Xu are in the same boat. It’s fine if he falls into water, yet I am afraid that he will overturn the boat.”

They had been colleagues for so many years, so Yin Liangzhi knew something about Yan Xu. Yan Xu was cruel and greedy with no bottom line. Although most of the officials were like this, Yan Xu was specially heartless in this aspect.

If Yan Xu was deposed, he would do something in despair to make all people die with him.

Wu Xiong put down the teacup and knocked on the table gently with his fingers. After a long time, he stated impassively, “In that case, we will make him unable to say anything.”

Yin Liangzhi was clear that this lord fully deserved to be ruthless, and he knew the latter’s methods. Although he thought that it was immoral to do that, he didn’t dare to have objections. He just asked in a low voice, “But judging from the current situation, His Excellency and his people must have found something wrong, and the epidemic may not be kept from them.”

If Mo Junyang found the truth about the epidemic in Jiangzhou, the flood and what they had done would probably be revealed.

Then none of them could get away with it.

Wu Xiong didn’t have the patience to listen to Yin Liangzhi’s endless speech. He glanced at Yin Liangzhi coldly, and the latter instantly kept silent.

Then he expressed, “What are you afraid of? I have said that as long as you work for the master and help him make a great cause, you will naturally gain profit.

“I am not afraid of telling you that even if something bad happens in Jiangzhou, we have somewhere else to go. Do you understand?”

At the mention of the so-called “master”, Yin Liangzhi was more restless, but he had to pin his hopes on Wu Xiong since this military officer said that.

Even if the criminal conspiracy was unmasked someday, it was fine once they had a route of retreat.

“One more thing, Ye Zhirong hasn’t been found now.” Yin Liangzhi mentioned something else.

Wu Xiong’s face fell suddenly, and he rebuked in a low voice crossly, “What are you doing all day long? Jiangzhou is a small area, but you can’t even find a person. Did he have wings and fly away?”

Yin Liangzhi shouted that he was wronged and that he did spare no effort to look for Ye Zhirong yet couldn’t find him. “Did he leave Jiangzhou and flee to somewhere far away?”

“No way,” Wu Xiong responded with certainty.

“Ye Zhirong insisted on going against us. How would he be willing to flee and conceal his identity?”

“Did he go to the capital to see His Majesty?” Yin Liangzhi was worried.

Wu Xiong still shook his head. “He knows our force in the capital and will court death if he goes there at this time.”

Yin Liangzhi was depressed. Where did Ye Zhirong go?

On the first day after Ye Zhirong disappeared, they sent soldiers to look for him in secret and almost searched everywhere, but they didn’t find him.

How could Ye Zhirong hide for more than two months unless he became an immortal without eating or drinking?

“Anyway, you should guard the magistrate’s mansion and prevent Ye Zhirong from finding a chance to see Mo Junyang. If they meet, our plan will be ruined.”

“Yes, I know.”

Mo Junyang asked Ye Zhixin about Ye Zhirong’s whereabouts yet failed, so he kicked her out without mercy.

Not to mention Ye Zhixin who was open-mouthed, even Dong Shuang was surprised and repeated in a daze, “See her off?”

Mo Junyang uplifted his brows slightly and looked at Dong Shuang, seeming to ask, “Are you waiting for me to do it?”

Dong Shuang reacted soon and responded hurriedly, “Yes!”

Then she didn’t give Ye Zhixin a chance to struggle. She grabbed his arm and pulled her out.

“Your Excellency, please listen to me…” Ye Zhixin looked back repeatedly and shouted at Mo Junyang reluctantly, hoping that she could make him change his mind.

However, as soon as she started speaking, Yan Xu came in.

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Ye Zhixin instantly shut her mouth like a mouse seeing a cat and almost curled up to hide herself.

Mo Junyang secretly kept Ye Zhixin’s reaction in mind but maintained his composure, asking, “Lord Yan, what brought you here today?”

Since Yan Xu entered the room, his eyes fell on Ye Zhixin for a long time. After hearing Mo Junyang’s question, he finally came to his senses and showed a flattering smile. “Your Excellency, nice to see you. I have heard that you recovered a lot today, so I am relieved and specially prepare a banquet in the mansion. I…”

“You will invite me to dinner?” Mo Junyang concluded Yan Xu’s long speech in a word and rendered him speechless, so the latter rolled his eyes.

Yan Xu tried hard to calm down and finally restrained his anger after quite a while. He forced a smile. “Your Excellency, hope that you can accept the invitation.”

Mo Junyang reclined in the bed and ran his cold eyes over Yan Xu. Then he replied slowly, “Okay.”

“Your Excellency, you rarely came to Jiangzhou. If you don’t taste the local delicacy, it will be…” Yan Xu racked his brains to make Mo Junyang agree. He said a lot of nice words and suddenly reacted, with his eyes widening. “Pardon?”

Mo Junyang seemed to tease a dog and even smiled on his cold face, repeating, “Okay!”

Okay…

Yan Xu was rendered speechless again and caught his breath.

He had prepared seven or eight plans to make sure that Mo Junyang would attend the banquet, but Mo Junyang agreed unexpectedly before he used the first plan.

So why did he think hard and figure out those ideas?

Mo Junyang just tricked him.

Yan Xu was so angry that he didn’t want to talk with Mo Junyang. At this time, Shi Qingxue came in with a bowl of medicine.

She didn’t see Ye Zhixin but Yan Xu.

She had been jealous yet got serious at once. She quickly walked to Mo Junyang and sat next to him, putting the medicine bowl in his hand. Then she turned to Yan Xu.

She asked coldly, “Lord Yan, what are you doing here?”

Logically, Shi Qingxue wasn’t the official wife of King Rui’s heir, so she didn’t have a rank but had to bow to Yan Xu after seeing him. However, as she was Duke Shi’s second legitimate daughter and the future wife of King Rui’s heir, Yan Xu didn’t dare to neglect her, so he told her that he would invite Mo Junyang to dinner.

Shi Qingxue’s good opinion of Yan Xu had become the worst when Mo Junyang was sick. As she saw this man now, she wished that she would skin him.

Especially when she noticed that the man had evil intentions again, her face fell in an instant. She was about to refuse, while Yan Xu said that Mo Junyang had agreed.

Shi Qingxue was speechless.

She turned to Mo Junyang in shock, to see that he had the medicine bowl in his hand and lowered his head, fixing his attention on taking medicine slowly.

It seemed to be true.

In the past, Mo Junyang disliked taking medicine most. He would rather let it go cold than take it. He wouldn’t take medicine on time obediently unless Shi Qingxue fed him.

Shi Qingxue didn’t know why a man was so afraid of taking medicine. He wasn’t like this in the previous life, yet why did he change in this life?

However, she wouldn’t allow Mo Junyang to be self-willed but watched him take medicine every time till he finished it. She saw that he started to take medicine before she reminded, so she thought that there must be something fishy.

Shi Qingxue snorted and wasn’t fooled by Mo Junyang so easily.

She pressed Mo Junyang’s wrist with one hand and stopped him from taking medicine. “Why do you take medicine willingly today?”

Mo Junyang raised his head and smiled. “It tastes good. It will be not nice if it is cold.”

Shi Qingxue was unable to reply.

Nobody was better at telling lies than Mo Junyang.

Shi Qingxue knew that the man didn’t plan to explain to her why he had agreed to attend Yan Xu’s banquet with treachery even though he hadn’t fully recovered.

She pouted with displeasure, but when she turned to Yan Xu again, she returned normal, asking at leisure, “What? Lord Yan, do you plan to invite His Excellency alone?”

Yan Xu was stunned and then understood that this young lady was unhappy as he didn’t invite her.

Yan Xu’s eyes rolled, with fraudulence seemingly, yet he soon showed a flattering smile as usual, nodding at Shi Qingxue with a bow. “My Lady, what are you talking about? It’s my honor that you are willing to attend the banquet. Please do come tonight.”

“Okay!”

“No!”

Shi Qingxue and Mo Junyang shouted at the same time, and one voice was clear and sweet, while the other was cold and serious, as if fighting. Neither of them could convince the other.

Shi Qingxue kept silent for a while and grabbed Mo Junyang’s hand in secret, still looking calm. She turned to Yan Xu. “It’s time for His Excellency to have a rest now. Lord Yan, if you have nothing else to say, please go back.”

Yan Xu was sophisticated and certainly knew that the couple had a conflict. However, no matter what the result was, he had achieved his goal, so he left in a good mood.

At the same time, he thought, “Just have a quarrel. If you quarrel fiercely, you will lose your head. Then it will be convenient for me to take actions.”

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