dognovel Chapter 102 One for One
Chapter 102 One for One
Because Guo Yining had sent three of the four guards away, only Cuiqin and Guard Zhang were left with her. Since they didn't have a carriage, they couldn't leave and had to wait until dawn to hire a carriage to leave. So, the three of them found a doorway to rest against for the time being. Before long, it was dawn, and they decided to deal with it when it got light.
However, Guo Yining was, after all, a young lady from a sheltered family. She had been experiencing both surprise and joy these past two days, and now she was sleeping on the streets. Her body couldn't take it anymore.
"Second Miss?" Cuiqin noticed that Guo Yining, who was resting against her, had suddenly become very hot. She quickly checked her forehead and found that she was indeed feverish. She hurriedly called out to her.
"It's cold." Guo Yining shrank back.
"Brother Zhang, the Second Miss has a fever, what should we do?" Cuiqin anxiously called out to Zhang, the guard who was on night duty not far away.
Zhang, the head nurse, rushed over and was startled when he saw what was happening: "We need to find a doctor, but now..." He looked around, got up, and patted the gate behind him.
I didn't expect anyone to answer, but to my surprise, someone actually replied: "Who is it?"
"Brother, could you please open the door?" Zhang, the guard, was immediately overjoyed. "We're lost."
"Brother, getting lost so late at night? Could it be a bad guy?" another person warned.
"Brothers inside, my young lady has a fever, please open the door and help her!" Cuiqin cried out anxiously, "We will definitely repay our benefactors."
"There's a woman too?" At this moment, the courtyard gate was opened, and someone came out carrying a lantern. Seeing this, they believed it. "She does have a fever. Let's go inside."
Meanwhile, the Marquis of Zhenbei, seeing Bai Zhan almost crippled, was so angry that he cleaved a table in two.
Bai Fu shuddered in fright, but still repeated Yun Yi's words verbatim.
"Heh." The Marquis of Zhenbei laughed in anger. "This is the first time I've encountered someone so arrogant."
“My lord.” Another guard, Bai Shiyi, hurriedly stepped forward. “It’s easy to deal with a lowly commoner, but for now, let’s consider the second young master first.”
Yunyi really wanted to write a letter to the Lady of Zhenbei Marquis in the capital, but she had no way to send a letter. She could send someone to the capital, but it was too far and would take too long. Moreover, most of the people she could use had never left Longxi. Traveling such a long distance would involve too many unknowns.
So we had no choice but to give up.
Marquis Zhenbei sent Bai Fu to deliver a letter to Yunyi, inviting her to meet him at the Wenxiang Tea House.
This time, Yunyi didn't refuse and actually went to the appointment alone.
"You are Boss Yun?" When Marquis Zhenbei saw Yun Yi, he was slightly taken aback. He knew she was a woman, but he did not expect her to be such a beautiful and young girl.
"Absolutely genuine." Yunyi smiled.
"You look somewhat familiar to me."
"Hehe." Yunyi laughed, "The way you build relationships, Lord Marquis, is a bit old-fashioned." The original owner's cheap father and this Marquis of Zhenbei were officials in the same court, so they were naturally familiar with each other and knew each other's families.
Although she has only slightly disguised herself, her overall appearance remains unchanged, so it's perfectly normal for him to feel that she looks familiar.
"Perhaps." The Marquis of Zhenbei smiled. "There may have been some misunderstanding between us before. I apologize to you." He waved his hand as he spoke.
Bai Shiyi placed a box on the table and opened the lid.
Yunyi glanced at the box of jewels and smiled, "The Marquis is indeed very generous, but..." She reached out and picked up a pearl, "but it's a bit of a pity that the pearl was soaked in the sap of the poison arrow tree." After saying that, she threw it back into the box and then took out a handkerchief to wipe it.
The Marquis of Zhenbei's expression changed, then he smiled: "Brother Yun is indeed formidable."
Yunyi stood up and said, "Since the Marquis is not sincere, then let's not talk anymore." Then she turned to leave.
Bai Shiyi, however, directly pointed his sword at Yun Yi.
"Are you sure you want to point your sword at me?" Yunyi's face darkened.
For some reason, Bai Shiyi suddenly flinched, especially when he thought of Bai Zhan's fate; even the sword in his hand trembled slightly.
"Don't be rude." The Marquis of Zhenbei's face darkened.
Bai Shiyi hurriedly sheathed his sword, took two steps back, and bowed his head respectfully.
"Boss Yun, what will it take for you to save people?"
"Saving people isn't difficult, I need someone."
"who?"
“A few days ago, the Marquis arrested people from Longxi City.”
The Marquis of Zhenbei frowned, and his expression turned grim.
"My lord, there's no need to be angry. I have no interest in what you want to do. However, since you've captured my people, I can't just sit idly by." Yun Yi smiled. "Who told me to be so protective of my own?"
"Your men? Those people are all beggars..." The Marquis of Zhenbei suddenly stopped. He knew that sometimes the beggars you see are not necessarily real beggars, and the orphans you see are not necessarily real orphans. So, he had arrested the wrong people?
"Whether it's okay or not is just a matter of a word." Yun Yi curled the corner of her lips. "One person for another. Of course, if you don't agree, that's fine too. That person is just one of my underlings. I can find another one. But Young Master Bai..."
“Alright.” The Marquis of Zhenbei nodded hastily. “What’s his name, I…”
"I'll go find someone myself."
"You..." The Marquis of Zhenbei wanted to say that she was going too far, but in the end he nodded.
The captured people were indeed all placed in the territory of Master Bai in the south of the city.
Black City was originally a large mine, but it collapsed. However, these exiles came here to do hard labor, so many quarries sprang up around it, since building houses and constructing city walls both required stone.
Those people who were captured earlier are now quarrying stones in a small quarry.
Marquis Zhenbei personally brought Yunyi over, but he stopped at the outer perimeter: "The people are all inside. I will have someone bring them out."
Yunyi nodded.
However, before they even arrived, they heard the overseer's shouts from inside, followed by the sound of whips lashing people and pleas for mercy.
"Stop fighting." Someone seemed to step in.
"It's you again. If you don't hit him, I'll hit you."
……
Yun Yi stepped inside, and the Marquis of Zhenbei, who was behind her, couldn't stop her in time and could only follow her in.
In the quarry, a foreman was whipping a man. The man dared not fight back and could only protect his head, dodging left and right. But the whip still struck him mercilessly, leaving him covered in blood.
When Yunyi saw the face of the man who had been beaten, she frowned. It was him? Immediately, she moved her toes and sent a stone flying, which hit the foreman's wrist.