Madam, don't do this!

Chapter 79 Beasts (1)

There were quite a lot of surprises today.

"trade?"

In Yu Songyan's eyes, Yang Siyao is an extremely intelligent woman, but such women are often extremely dangerous. If you do business with such a woman, you might be sold out if you are not careful.

He was considering it carefully, while Yang Siyao had a faint smile on her face, as if she was not in a hurry at all.

The pavilion fell into an eerie silence. Unconsciously, even the sun began to tilt further and further, the horizon seemed ablaze. The entire Duke's Mansion was bathed in a golden glow, and the sparse vegetation in the courtyard cast mottled shadows on the ground. Occasionally, a maidservant passed by, and upon seeing Song Yan, she hurriedly lowered her head and hunched her shoulders and left.

Song Lu, the eighth son of the Yang family, also appeared once. Seeing Song Yan, he seemed to want to come over, but when he noticed Yang Siyao beside him, he frowned. After a brief hesitation, he turned and left, wondering what happened. It was unknown where Song Hongtao and Song An had gone; they hadn't appeared since the beginning. Even Yang Miaoqing was nowhere to be seen. Even if Yang Miaoqing had really wanted to discuss something with the pirates, they should have finished talking after all this time.

Butler Wang was a leisurely person. He sat on the steps of the courtyard gate, like an ordinary old farmer, smoking a pipe in his hand. However, this old-fashioned pipe was quite difficult to smoke and would get clogged if he was not careful. He was seen knocking on the steps next to him with the pipe bowl.

"Why do you want to trade with me?"

Song Yan's voice finally broke the silence that had lasted for a long time.

"Because, I have no way to survive in the Yang family." Yang Siyao was frank: "Although life may not be so satisfactory sometimes, as long as I am alive, there is hope. If I die, there will be nothing."

As she spoke, she took out a letter from her bosom, placed it on the stone table and pushed it in front of Song Yan.

After picking it up and taking a look at it, Song Yan smiled.

The task assigned to Yang Siyao by the Langya Yang Clan was to approach and control him.

"I just want to ask for a way out. I've already told Yang Clan of Langya that my cousin has two extremely powerful women around him, the kind who could easily kill me. Not to mention Princess Luo Yuheng. If the princess knew I seduced her son-in-law, what would she do to me, given her temper?"

Song Yan thought about it seriously and felt that he was in a state of being unable to live or die.

"You and I both know this, but the Langya Yang Sect clearly doesn't take it seriously. To them, my body, my life, is nothing more than the Langya Yang Sect's property. As property, it can be exploited, exchanged, or even sacrificed. If I refuse to carry out my orders, I will be cruelly punished."

"You have a clear understanding of your position." Song Yan raised an eyebrow. "So, the purpose of your deal with me is to hope that I can save your life?"

"Not only my life, I also hope you can help rescue my sister from the Langya Yang family." After a brief silence, Yang Siyao spoke again, and this time her voice trembled slightly.

I don't know if it was fear, or the knowledge that this request was a bit excessive.

For Song Yan now, it is easy to save Yang Siyao's life in a place like Ningping County. He just needs to throw Yang Siyao to Luo Mansion. With the defense strength of Luo Mansion, it will not be easy even for the Yang family to kill Yang Siyao.

But rescuing him from the Langya Yang Clan was a different matter. That was the Yang Clan's territory, a family with a thousand-year history. Killing him on their own territory would be incredibly easy.

But Song Yan did not refuse directly: "What can you give me?"

She held the teacup in her bare hands and took a sip. The tea was already cold.

The bitter taste is even worse.

"I."

Song Yan's eyelids twitched suddenly.

Gu Banxia, ​​who was behind him, suddenly stopped gently massaging his shoulders. His delicate brows were furrowed, and he looked at Yang Siyao with undisguised hostility.

The eldest princess was right. There were really too many vixens in this world, and here was another one who wanted to seduce her son-in-law.

"My appearance may be too ordinary for my cousin, but he should know that I have learned the art of seduction." Since they were ready to trade, Yang Siyao no longer hesitated: "A woman who learns the art of seduction can be of great benefit to a man. For a martial artist who practices dual cultivation, it can provide even greater benefits."

"If you want it, I can give it to you. But perhaps the information I have is more valuable to you."

"I know my cousin is very smart, but when a person thinks about things, there will always be some things that he or she doesn't consider carefully. I believe I can fill these gaps."

Song Yan smiled, looking confident.

"I need to know your sister's situation before I can decide whether to agree." Yang Siyao nodded slightly, and after a brief hesitation, she slowly spoke:
"The Yang family is a place full of beasts."

A place full of beasts? Song Yan and Gu Banxia were slightly surprised. Good fellow, you are a member of the Yang family, and you think highly of your own family!

"The Yang family has been passed down for thousands of years."

"The Yang family existed during the warring states. The Chu, Han, and Wu dynasties divided the world into four parts. Dynasties came and went, and emperors came and went. But the Yang family always stood firm. Even during the Six Barbarians' Rebellion, the darkest period in the Central Plains, the Yang family never suffered a major blow."

"So the Yang family is extremely proud of their surname, and this pride has fermented and evolved into a bloodline worship."

Ha ha.

Song Yan laughed. In his opinion, blood worship was the stupidest thing. Those who thought that the Yang family's bloodline was noble only knew that they had not met Huang Chao. Otherwise, they would have found that the blood of the aristocratic families was not much different from that of ordinary people.

“Worship has turned into faith.”

"During their craziest times, the Yang family refused to marry outside their family. They defied human ethics and forced cousins, even biological siblings, to marry in order to maintain the purity of their bloodline."

Gu Banxia, ​​who was massaging Song Yan's shoulders, was stunned and paused. Even though Song Yan was mentally prepared, he still twitched his lips: a bunch of lunatics.

What a beast.

He dropped the teacup on the table and beckoned a maid to bring him another pot of hot tea before sending him off. "They must have given birth to a bunch of deformed children... or perhaps, children with some mental problems?"

Yang Siyao glanced at Song Yan in surprise: "Deformed child? This name is quite appropriate."

"That's right. According to the Yang family annals, many foolish children were indeed born. The then head of the Yang family felt something was amiss and quickly stopped marriages within the family."

"This incident also caused the Yang family to have a very weak sense of human ethics. In the Yang family, acts of assaulting women within the family are not punished too severely."

"My sister and I were born like this..."

Yang Siyao did not elaborate on this aspect, but judging from the way she subconsciously clenched her fingers, it must be difficult for her to speak.

In fact, Song Yan already believed Yang Siyao three points because she could confess her life story. However, many things seemed to have been accumulated in Yang Siyao's heart for too long. The long period of repression was extremely cruel torture to Yang Siyao's spirit. She was on the verge of collapse and needed a channel to vent. Every time she said more, she felt inexplicably refreshed. Therefore, without Song Yan's questioning, Yang Siyao spoke again:
"Our parents hold high positions, but this is an extremely shameful matter after all. My sister and I are naturally not favored. They clearly did such a shameful thing, but they regard my sister and I as the source of all the shame, haha!"

"My sister and I were born as twins, but I'm normal. My sister, though normal in appearance, has the intelligence of a child."

Song Yan let out a sigh, what a tragedy.

It was said that close relatives had a very small chance of producing exceptionally intelligent offspring, but the greater likelihood was for them to be freaks. Song Yan could roughly imagine what life was like for the two sisters in the Yang family. Bullying was inevitable, especially for Yang Siyao, who not only had to endure all kinds of rumors and bullying, but also had to take on the responsibility of caring for her younger sister when her parents ignored her.

For a little girl, every day is torture.

"The Yang family has a deal with the Hehuan Sect, and they select women from within the clan to join the Hehuan Sect. Most of them are from side branches, and their parents and relatives are placed within the clan. This improves their treatment, and they also serve as hostages, making it easier to control them."

"I was only seven years old that year. I knew I was too young to protect my sister. Perhaps one day my sister would inexplicably die. After all, a foolish and idiotic offspring would be a shame to the Yang family and my parents. So, I joined the Hehuan Sect."

As long as the Yang family still wants to use and control her, they must take good care of her sister whom she cares about the most.

Yang Siyao thought so, this was the only hope she could grasp at that age and in that environment.

It's just that Yang Siyao didn't know, but Song Yan knew very well that the life expectancy of intellectually disabled children born from inbreeding is much shorter than that of normal people. "When was the last time you saw your sister?"

"A year ago, before coming to the Duke's Mansion this time, I asked to see my sister, but was rejected."

Song Yan let out a breath, and suddenly there was some pity in his eyes when he looked at Yang Siyao.

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