Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 368: It's Better Not to See You

Yang Yuan pressed against Li Shishi's abdomen, listening and touching, his face full of nervousness and curiosity.

In his past and present lives, he has been a human being. This is his first time being a father, so he is naturally cautious.

However, it's only been three months, and you have to stick something close to it to feel the slight bulge in the abdomen. If you look normally, you can't even see the waist, so how can you hear anything?

Li Shishi smiled and said, "It's still too early. The fastest time is four months. Normally it takes five months before you can feel the little guy moving. It's only three months now. Why are you in such a hurry?"

Li Shishi had already found out all these things.

In the past month or so, she had seen many more women with many children and grandchildren than she had seen shop owners.

Yang Yuan sighed, raised his head, and looked at Li Shishi's complexion again, and reminded her: "You should work less in the future. There is always money to be made, and you will never make enough money. Don't worry too much now, and take care of your health."

Shishi smiled and said, "Don't worry, I love this child even more than you do."

She touched her belly with a happy look on her face, her eyes turned and she asked, "The one imprisoned underground is a Japanese woman?"

Yang Yuan said, "I was just about to tell you that you will be in charge of preparing her three meals a day. I don't want too many people to know about her existence."

Li Shishi teased, "Horimu has a beautiful daughter. Isn't that a bit too much?"

Yang Yuan shook his head and said, "It's hard to say whether this person will be an enemy or a friend in the future."

Thinking of the scene where Fujiwara Himeka killed Kamimura without hesitation, Yang Yuan felt a little "cold".

Although Yang Yuan now knows that this nominal couple has actually always been at odds with each other, they have been fighting openly and secretly for their own interests and power.

Li Shishi said with a half-smile: "Enemy or friend? How do you explain being a friend?"

Yang Yuan knew that she didn't care. When she decided not to marry into the Yang family, her mentality was very detached.

Yang Yuan smiled and said, "It's just what you thought."

Li Shishi sighed and said quietly, "I went to Japan and brought back a Japanese girl. Fortunately, you didn't go to Kunlun Kingdom on the ship last time, otherwise, you wouldn't have brought back one girl from each country in the South Seas?"

Yang Yuan sighed and said, "Maybe it's because I'm too good? So those who are capable should do more work."

"You need some face!"

Li Shishi scolded him with a smile, rolled her eyes at him, and said while stroking her belly, "Baby, don't be as romantic as your father in the future."

Yang Yuan said: "I'm not sure if it's a boy or a girl yet. If she learns from me, maybe it's a girl."

Li Shishi said: "Impossible, it must be a boy."

Yang Yuan smiled and said, "Let it be. It doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl, as long as it's a good child, it's fine. Otherwise, no matter if it's a boy or a girl, they're all debt collectors."

Li Shishi snorted and disagreed in her heart. She liked boys and still hoped to have a son.

Li Shishi asked, "You are coming back today. When will you go to the yamen to take up your duties?"

"Tomorrow!"

Yang Yuan pondered for a moment, and then he was going to write a good article about Xiangji Temple.

An essay in the "Fajiesi" test determines whether he is qualified to strive for fame and fortune.

This article in "Xiangji Temple" will determine his future, as well as the future of the Song Dynasty.

He had no way of finding someone else to ghostwrite this article, so he had to do it himself.

Whether you succeed or not, the things you have to decide are so important.

Li Shishi never asked him what he was going to verify in Japan, nor did she know what Yang Yuan wanted to do about Xiangji Temple.

But she didn't ask.

She will help if she can.

She couldn't get involved, and wouldn't cause any interference to Yang Yuan.

She just needs to quietly do what she is supposed to do so that he doesn't have to worry.

The two chatted and laughed for a while, and then Yang Yuan hurried to "Niaohua Cottage".

This month, he "disappeared" under the pretext of going to the countryside to recuperate, but Xiao Qingtang went with him under the pretext of serving him.

So for this month, Qingtang has been living in "Nianhua Cottage".

For safety reasons, Xiao Qingtang never left "Nianhua Cottage".

Now that he is going to reappear, of course he has to go to "Niaohua Cottage" first, take Xiao Qingtang with him, and then go back to Qingshi Lane together.

After Yang Yuan left, Li Shishi followed Yang Yuan's instructions and took Chen Erniang, carrying food boxes, tea, etc. to the Yang family mansion.

Li Shishi often came here to help Luxi and Danniang with decoration and renovation. With her aesthetic taste, as long as she proposed something, the two girls would always agree.

The craftsmen who were still doing the decoration and garden arrangement in the mansion all knew her, so they had no hindrance in passing her.

The master bedroom was the first place to be renovated. There were no craftsmen here, but the room was empty and no furniture had been placed in it.

Master Li took the food box from Chen Erniang and went into the master bedroom alone.

There are five rooms inside the master bedroom, and there are partitions inside. The mechanism leading to the basement is set in an inconspicuous place.

Currently, only Yang Yuan, Shishi, Luxi and Dan Niang know of its existence and how to open it.

Inside the underground palace, Fujiwara Himeka was sitting alone at the table in a daze, when she suddenly noticed someone coming.

Ji Xiang was delighted, thinking that Yang Yuan had returned.

The environment here was indeed much better than she had expected, but it was too quiet and lonely.

She was alone for just over an hour before she became extremely bored.

However, when she raised her head with joy, she saw a graceful beauty coming with a basket.

Her gait, her style, and her casual gaze all have a lingering charm.

This is... a woman of impeccable beauty!

Ji Xiang suddenly opened her eyes wide and stared at her as she slowly walked towards her.

It seemed that the beauty had always walked into her heart.

OMG!

Fujiwara Himeka pressed her chest with a choking feeling. She felt that she was about to fall. No! She had already fallen!
……

In the "Nianhua Cottage", Qingtang was squatting on the ground, teasing ants while hugging her pomegranate skirt.

She placed the dead flies where the ants came and went, clapped her hands and sang: "Ants, ants, go back and report the news, come out and have a drink, ants, ants..."

The wandering little ants seemed to understand her muttering and soon discovered the dead fly.

The two big-bellied ants sniffed the fly for a while, then left it and turned to look for their friends.

Qingtang watched with great interest. Every time the little ants met a companion, they would stop and rub heads against each other for a while, as if they were whispering to each other to convey information.

In this way, more and more ants heard the news and came to lift up the fly together...

Qingtang squatted aside and watched, becoming more and more interested the more he watched.

She was really bored because her sister Belle and the foreign sisters Afafu, Helen and others would not be back until evening.

They all went to various shops to work, and she was the only one who couldn't go anywhere. She had to stay at home alone and had to keep these little ants company.

Suddenly, someone kicked her lightly on the butt.

Qingtang turned her head away angrily, but when she saw the person standing next to her, her anger was instantly replaced by surprise.

"Ah! Master!"

Qingtang yelled and jumped up. With a leap, he clamped his legs around Yang Yuan's waist and his arms around his neck: "Master, you're back. Qingtang missed you so much."

"I'm back!" Yang Yuan said with a smile.

The little girl held him tightly, and Yang Yuan was afraid that she would fall, so he supported her. When he saw that she had wrapped herself tightly around him like a vine, he let go of her hand and walked towards the "Chrysanthemum Garden" with her in his arms.

"Let's go pack our things and go back to Bluestone Lane."

Qingtang hung on him like a koala, chattering all the way, and his mouth never stopped for a moment.

At the entrance of "Niaohua Cottage" was parked an ox cart that Yang Yuan had rented when he arrived.

Yang Yuan pulled Qingtang off his body, packed his luggage, listened to her questions, and talked about some Japanese customs.

They packed their luggage into two bags, acted as if they were just coming back from the countryside, got on a car, and started heading towards Houshi Street.

As the ox cart was driving on the street, it suddenly slowed down and pulled to the side of the road.

Yang Yuan thought that some official's carriage passed by, but when he looked up, he saw a row of execution vehicles and prisoner vans.

The execution cart was used to take the criminals to the execution ground for beheading, while the prison cart was used to escort the criminals to exile.

At a glance, Yang Yuan recognized Shen Xi, who was dishevelled, had a dull expression and looked haggard in the first car.

The once dashing Mr. Shen Xi was trapped in a wooden cage, neither standing nor sitting, with a "death card" with all his crimes written on it stuck behind him.

Yang Yuan was sitting on the oxcart by the roadside, with Xiao Qingtang, who was sitting like a duck, lying obediently on his lap.

Shen Xi could see Yang Yuan in just a blink of an eye.

But Shen Xi's eyes were empty. Although he was walking on the busy streets, he didn't see anything.

His thoughts were probably completely absorbed in himself.

"Ah, is today the day to execute them?"

Yang Yuan looked up at the sky. It would be noon in about half an hour.

Behind Shen Xi's execution cart were the execution carts of Dinggong Army Commander Zhang Yunyi and General Xin Li.

After that, it was the prison van carrying Old Master Shen and a large group of prisoners who were to be exiled.

After all, their status is noble, so even if they are exiled, they still have cars to ride in.

Ordinary prisoners had to walk hundreds or even thousands of miles carrying heavy shackles.

Later, Yang Yuan saw Cao Yong again.

This former prefect of Lin'an and assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who was lucky enough to be dismissed from office and became a commoner, and a member of Qin Hui's gang, who only served as the minister of the Ministry of Revenue for less than two months, brought his family, many bags and luggage, and followed behind the execution vehicle and the prison vehicle in more than a dozen vehicles.

He probably didn't expect that when he left Lin'an City in disgrace today, he would encounter the execution vehicle and the exile vehicle.

So Mr. Cao's expression was very complicated.

If he had not transferred the Japanese shares worth millions to "Youqiu Company", he would probably not be at the back of the car, but would be walking in the front, even ahead of Master Shen Xi.

The first car must be his.

At this moment, the speed of his convoy was slowed down by the execution van and prison van ahead.

And because he wanted to leave the city through this road, he could only follow slowly behind.

It is indeed somewhat embarrassing, but is it not a great happiness to be compared with these people who are about to die or be exiled?

On the roadside, there were still vendors shouting loudly. A naughty child almost ran under the wheels of a car. His mother grabbed him, pinned him on her knees and beat him. He was crying loudly.

People’s joys and sorrows are not something they can relate to; Yang Yuan just thought they were just being noisy.

Yang Yuan sighed, and gently hugged Xiao Qingtang, who was as light as a Barbie doll, and held her on his lap.

Qingtang's little face turned red visibly. She looked dizzy, twisted her fingers gently, and said coyly, "Brother-in-law, what are you doing? We are on the street."

Yang Yuan lowered his head, used her to shield his face, and whispered: "I saw a few old friends who I miss more than I see them, so I'm using you to shield them."

(End of this chapter)