Grass and mustard reign supreme

Chapter 8 Annoying Wind
"Go away!"

Leopard Head rushed to the vicinity of the carriage, suddenly spun around, and crashed into the arms of a Suo family guard. The hilt of his sword slammed hard into the man's stomach, and the man's eyes immediately bulged out, vomiting bile and hunching over on the ground.

Leopard Head stomped on the man's back, his mane bristling, and roared, "Who else?!"

"And me!" With a sharp shout, Granny Tu came out.

Granny Tu was thin and frail, and when surrounded by several burly men, she became even more inconspicuous.

But the old woman had an extremely powerful aura, and her several accompanying guards were acting as if she were surrounded by stars. Her loud shout, full of energy, immediately intimidated both sides in the battle.

"Leopard Head, our Suo family and your Yu family are related by marriage. What do you want by shouting for war like this?"

While demanding answers in a stern voice, Granny Tu glanced hastily at the guards who had been knocked to the ground.

Fortunately, there was only bloodshed; no one lost their life.

Both sides were still relatively restrained at this point in the fight; although they had both suffered injuries, neither side went for the kill.

However, if Granny Tu hadn't arrived in time, things would have been very different once the two sides really got into a fight.

"Granny Tu!" Leopard Head flung his knife, sending a trail of blood flying.

Leopard Head's voice boomed like thunder: "My young master was killed by bandits. As the commander of the guards of the Yu family's eldest branch, I want to interrogate the bandits and force them to reveal their background."

"To avenge my young master is a perfectly just and righteous act. Why is the Suo family obstructing us?"

With a stern, old face, Granny Tu rebuked sharply, "That survivor was seriously injured; it took me a great deal of effort to save him."

He's still on the verge of death. How do you plan to interrogate him? By torture?

If he were to die at your hands, who could say for sure what would happen?

“It was my young master who died. Shouldn’t this person be handed over to us for trial?”

"If you dare to stop me again today, I recognize you, but this knife in my hand doesn't discriminate based on kinship!"

Granny Tu sneered, "Leopard Head, have you forgotten that the one who died was your young master, but he was also the son-in-law of the Suo family?"

Granny Tu glanced at the menacing Yu family guards and said, "Our two families are related by marriage, yet we've come to the point of shouting and killing each other. Luckily, there's no one around here, otherwise, if word got out, wouldn't we become a laughing stock!"

Cheng Dakuan slammed the knife on the ground with a clang, glared at the ground and said, "Enough nonsense, hand over the person right now! Whatever the consequences, I, Old Cheng, will take full responsibility!"

Granny Tu said bluntly, "Of course we need to investigate the murderer, but we are currently escorting the eldest daughter-in-law of the Yu family!"
Bandits raid everywhere, never settling down. Even if you find out their background now, are you really going to abandon your eldest daughter-in-law and chase after them like headless flies?

Cheng Dakuan said coldly, "Then what do you, Granny Tu, think?"

Granny Tu said, "I have already sent someone to ask the Yu family for news. Based on the distance between the two families, the Yu family should be the first to arrive."

"Once your Yu family sends someone to meet us, I will hand over the prisoners alive."

"Alright! That's what your Granny Tu said."

Leopard Head raised his arms: "Everyone heard that! If anything happens to this man before our Yu family arrives, Granny Tu, I, the commander, will hold you responsible! Let's go!"

With a wave of his hand, Leopard Head ordered the Yu family guards who had come with him to help their injured comrade up and walk down the slope.

Granny Tu's face slowly darkened: "Go, invite Mr. Yang here!"

Yang Can arrived "panting" without being invited, as if he had just heard the news and rushed over.

Upon seeing Yang Can, Granny Tu's originally extremely kind face immediately turned terrifyingly gloomy:
"Yang Can, what is the Yu family trying to do? Are you trying to stir up trouble?"

Yang Can quickly explained, "Granny Tu, this matter has nothing to do with me. Young Master Yu is dead, and now the one most worried about being held accountable is Leopard Head. He's just eager to redeem himself."

Granny Tu didn't believe Yang Can was capable of ordering Leopard Head around, but a scolding was still inevitable. "I don't want to stop you from finding the murderer; I also want to find the real culprit."

But for me right now, the most important thing is to get my daughter safely to Tianshui City.

She must become the universally recognized young mistress of the Tianshui vassal magistrate.

Before this happens, I do not wish for any further complications!

Yang Can hurriedly replied, "Yes, I... will do my best to dissuade Commander Cheng."

Granny Tu remained displeased: "Yang Can, don't forget, your future wealth and life are all tied to my young lady."

You and she need to work harder to get her pregnant as soon as possible; that's the important thing. Everything else should be put aside for now!

"Yang understands."

"You'd better understand,"

Granny Tu gave Yang Can a stern look, her expression conveying a sense of scorn, before turning and walking away angrily. Yang Can stared at her withered figure, his eyes sharp as needles.

After Leopard Head's probing, he was now certain that Granny Tu was not only the architect of the sperm donation plan, but also the sole person in charge of the Suo family.

Therefore, he could start to figure out when and by what means to send Granny Tu to heaven.

After all, this old lady has already achieved her goal.

……

In early spring, March, a procession stretching for miles slowly made its way westward along the Tianlong Ancient Road.

At the very front of the column were thirty-six cavalrymen dressed in dark brown armor, their swords dangling from their saddles, the copper bells hanging from their saddles jingling with the hooves of their warhorses.

Following them were eighteen mounted warriors wielding long halberds, their sharp tips, over a foot long, gleaming coldly in the sunlight.

Further on, eighteen more maids sat atop high camels, their graceful waists swaying with the camels' steps.

In the center of the procession was a four-horse carriage painted in vermilion and gold, and a simple coffin that looked awkward.

The groom lay in the coffin, and the bride sat in the bridal carriage.

The tassels hanging from the roof swayed gently with the bumps of the four-horse carriage, and the thin gauze hanging on the window was lifted by the wind, revealing a beautiful figure in the wind.

Suo Chanzhi had just woken up. She sat up lazily, rubbing her aching lower back, and languidly parted the gauze curtain.

Outside the window stretched the endless Loess Plateau. She had grown up in Jincheng and rarely left the city, so this was the first time she had ever seen such scenery.

She still wore a gold-threaded floral crown on her head, and a bright red brocade robe, with jade belts with tassels hanging tightly at her waist.

Because she is a bride-to-be, even if the groom dies, she is still a bride on her way to her new home, and that will not change.

However, she wore a white silk ribbon around her waist. She was dressed in wedding attire because she was getting married. The mourning sash was tied because the groom had died.

We're getting closer and closer to Tianshui. According to Granny Tu's plan, we're about to kill him... Did she silence him?

Thinking of this, Suo Chanzhi gently bit her lip.

That bastard... of course he deserves to die, but I haven't even set any rules for him yet, so do I really have to... kill him now?
The spring wind is not as biting as the autumn and winter winds, but it seems to have a different kind of annoying quality.

Suo Chanzhi lowered the curtains to block the wind, but she still felt inexplicably irritated.

(End of this chapter)