Chapter 802: Chapter 762: Sixth Son, My Hand Hurts So Much
A few people chatted for a while, and Xu Jia looked at the sky, "Okay, I wonât delay anymore, otherwise I wonât make it to the Northern Border before dark if I miss noon. Master Yun, farewell."
Following the customs of Jianghu, Xu Jia gave a farewell salute.
"Hey..." Yun Shisan wanted to call her back, but Xu Jia had already gone downstairs.
Yun Shisan looked at Yun Huai, "Master, youâre just letting her go like that?"
"Let her go, itâs her freedom." Yun Huai took the letter Zhao Xi wrote, burned it beside the candle stand, and then calmly spread paper to prepare ink, writing a few words back to Zhao Xi.
Yun Shisan whispered, "The epidemic area is so dangerous, what if she catches the disease when she goes?"
Yun Huai seemed completely absorbed in writing the reply to Zhao Xi, remaining silent without further commenting.
...
Xu Jia checked out at the lobby downstairs, then went to the backyard stable to lead her horse, preparing to head to the Northern Border. She unexpectedly encountered someone outsideâa person sheâd never have imagined, Tang Yuan.
The other seemed to have been waiting outside for a long time and lit up with joy upon seeing her, rushing over.
Xu Jia halted, holding the horse, looking at the person growing closer, eyebrows slightly furrowed, "Why are you here?"
"I came specifically to find you," Tang Yuanâs eyes softened.
Without waiting for Xu Jia to speak, he continued, "Suzhou is not far from here; I heard you came to Liangzhou City and worried you might catch the plague, so..."
Xu Jia couldnât understand how she kept crossing paths with him despite breaking things off, and adjusted her emotions, "If thereâs something, say it. If not, Iâm leaving."
"Jiajia." Tang Yuan suddenly grabbed her wrist.
Xu Jiaâs face sank, forcefully shaking him off, "What are you doing?"
"I know youâre worried about your father, but you canât go to the Northern Border." Tang Yuan said, "The place is rife with plague, even the citizens of Liangzhou City are too frightened to go out. If you, a woman, get infected, what will happen?"
"Thatâs my business, not yours," Xu Jia looked at her slightly reddened wrist, deeply displeased.
"Iâm worried about you." Tang Yuan said, "Can you consider my feelings?"
Xu Jia felt he was completely ridiculous, "Second Young Master Tang, please wake up, okay? We are divorced; we agreed long ago to go our separate waysâyou can pursue anyone, marry as many wives, take as many concubines as you wish, thatâs your own business, not mine. Whether I remarry or die alone, or cut my hair to join a nunnery, is up to me. My life and death are my decisions, why consider your feelings?"
"Jiajia." Tang Yuan looked at her earnestly, "I know I was wrong before. Iâve changed since coming to Suzhou; I didnât marry again. Half a month ago, I solved a major case, the performance appraisal this year has prospects for promotion, as soon as I return to the Capital, Iâll invite matchmakers to propose marriage again, and have you brought in with grandeur, I wonât miss out on you this time."
These words had been spoken countless times when Tang Yuan came to the entrance of the Western Marquis Mansion to apologize. Xu Jiaâs ears were nearly calloused, "Promotion, huh? Congratulations, congratulations. I have other things to do, so Iâll say goodbye now."
She was in a hurry to go to the Northern Border, lacking energy to waste on him.
Besides, in Xu Jiaâs heart, the affair between Tang Yuan and Jiang Qingyu was past; she couldnât live in hatred forever, nor did she want to remember them for life.
"Jiajia, you canât go to the Northern Border." Tang Yuan persisted; seeing she was dead set on leaving, he anxiously grabbed her wrist again.
Xu Jia was genuinely furious now; she intended to punch him away, when a gentle and refined voice called out from behind, "What is this?"
Hearing that, Xu Jia hesitated her force on the wrist, her back stiffened, she didnât turn, merely glared at Tang Yuan, lowly demanding, "Let go!"
"I wonât let go." Tang Yuan gripped tighter, "Unless you go with me, not to the Northern Border."
"Are you insane?"
Yun Huai stood not far behind, Xu Jia dared not speak too loudly.
Tang Yuan, though, was oblivious, eyes bloodshot, loudly speaking, "Even if insane, itâs you who drove me there! Told you to wait in the Capital, why did you come to Liangzhou City?"
At this, Yun Huai strolled over to Xu Jiaâs side, "Are you alright?"
Xu Jia found herself tangled with a madman, hard to shake off; now on the street in front of Yun Huai, she couldnât use violence, and violence might not stop Tang Yuan. She apologizes in her heart to Yun Huai and then hesitates, suddenly sobbing, "Sixth Son, look at him... my hand hurts!"
As soon as she said this, Xu Jia clearly saw Yun Huaiâs eye twitch slightly.
Tang Yuan didnât recognize Yun Huai, but as soon as this person appeared, a sense of oppression washed over himâa high-ranking aura naturally and steadily emitted, urging submission.
Moreover, the personâs unparalleled, jade-like appearance invoked fear and a bit of inferiority in him.
Tang Yuan had people in the Capital keeping close watch on Xu Jia, yet no report mentioned when she met this man.
Now sensing some suspicion between them, he was furious.
"Grabbing a lady in broad daylight is not gentlemanly, Second Young Master Tang, can you let go?" Yun Huai asked, his voice gentle yet firm, sounding like a request but actually a command.
Yun Huaiâs opening fueled Tang Yuanâs jealousy further, his gaze piercing Xu Jia, "Who is he to you?"
"Heâs my..." Xu Jia dared not look at Yun Huai, boldly declared, "fiancĂ©, what, any objections?"
Saying that, she unexpectedly broke away from Tang Yuanâs grip, massaged her aching wrist, internally cursed Tang Familyâs ancestors.
Tang Yuan looked hurt, "Jiajia, why treat me this way? Why betray me? Iâve been in Suzhou thinking of earning promotion to return to marry you, but you? So short after divorce, getting involved with Ye Family, now attracting a pretty boy, thinking one woman can wed several?"
Tang Yuanâs words with "pretty boy" and "one woman wed several" totally enraged Xu Jia, her gaze icy, "Tang Yuan!"
Her shout unfinished, Yun Huai interjected, "As long as Suzhou Yun Familyâs genealogy remains, even the Holy Emperor must acknowledge your ex-wife, now as Yun Family."
Tang Yuan was stunned, "Youâre from Suzhou Yun Family?"
He recalled she called him Sixth Son; he was, he was...
Tang Yuan suddenly felt his calves tremble, speech stammered, sweat heavy on his brow.
Yun Huai stood upright, a foot away, his demeanor gentlemanly, though his words chilling to the bone, "Second Young Master Tangâs effort on promotion included murder, case-solving, diligent workâif the Crown Prince learns, what reward awaits?"
"No, itâs not like that!" Secret exposed by a stranger, Tang Yuan frightened, forgot Xu Jia, bloodless, wet temples sinking knees, "Before I was ignorant and rash, offending Master Yun, deserving punishment, just plea, plea on my reform, spare me, hide this matter, not inform the Crown Prince. IâI am beyond grateful."
Moved to kneel before Yun Huai.
Yun Huai coldly stated, "To abandon duty over romance, fleeing to Liangzhou, treat human life cheaplyâhow do you ensure citizensâ safety?"
"Iâll just go, immediately." Tang Yuan stood, forgot Xu Jia, swiftly leaving in the direction he came.
Xu Jia watched his cowardly escape, silently rolling her eyes, relieved, before recalling her earlier words left her speechless, choked.
Until Yun Huai called, "Not going upstairs, want to be grabbed again?"
Xu Jia intended to explain herself, then discuss going to the Northern Border, only to see, at the innâs backyard entrance, Yun Shisan clinging to Yun Shiliuâs hand, sobbing, "Sixth Son, look, my hand hurts!"
Yun Shiliu, "Come, Sixth Son will blow."
Xu Jia: "...!!!"