A life of two souls traveling through time

Snapped!

At night, in a dark room of a brothel, Situ Ting, who was dressed modestly, slapped a woman in red to the ground with an angry look on his face.

"Situ Ting, you bastard!" The woman in red looked a little old but still charming. She covered her beaten face and cursed angrily.

"You are seeking death by daring to assassinate the prince!" Situ Ting became even more furious.

"Hmph, as long as I can avenge my son, I have nothing to fear from death!" The woman in red sneered with tears in her eyes.

"If you want to die, then die, but don't implicate me!" Situ Ting shook his sleeves and snorted coldly.

"Situ Ting, you are not a human being!" Seeing the man she once loved so deeply now so cold-blooded and ruthless, the woman in red gnashed her teeth in hatred.

"I'm not a human? Do you have any conscience?" Situ Ting stared at the woman in red with an incredible look on his face and continued angrily: "When you gave birth to that evil creature without telling me, do you know how much trouble it brought me? Not only did I not ignore you, I also provided you with food and flowers and cultivated him secretly. I didn't expect him to have a great future as long as he lived a decent life. But what was the result? That evil creature not only didn't know how to be grateful and poisoned his brother, but even became a bandit and opposed me, the magistrate of Mucheng County, and did all kinds of burning, killing and looting until now..."

"You keep calling him an evil creature, but he is also your biological son!" Before Situ Ting could finish, the woman in red got up from the ground and cried with resentment in her eyes: "If you were not partial to the one at home, would Mei'er be resentful? He became a bandit because you didn't give him a way to survive!"

"Okay, it's all my fault, Situ Ting, so I'll be at fault to the end."

"Somebody come!"

Situ Ting was too lazy to continue arguing with the woman, and shouted with a cold face. Two yamen runners walked in upon hearing the noise.

"Situ Ting, what are you going to do?" The woman in red started to panic.

"Hiring someone to assassinate someone, poisoning the prince, neither of these is a crime worthy of death. What do you think a small county magistrate like me should do?"

"Situ Ting, you can't do this to me..."

"And the fire at Huang's Mansion, I'm afraid that was also your work, right? Someone saw you nearby on the night of the fire at Huang's Mansion."

"You're talking nonsense..."

"Take her away!" Without waiting for the woman to finish her words, Situ Ting waved his hand impatiently. Two yamen runners directly blocked the mouth of the woman in red with a rag and escorted her out of the darkroom regardless of her struggle.

"Sir, what's next..." At this time, Captain Liu came in to ask for instructions.

"Interrogate her carefully to see if she has any accomplices. If she is still stubborn, just give her a quick death." Situ Ting closed his eyes, sighed deeply, and said in a cold voice.

It's not that he is cold-blooded and heartless. He could pretend to be ignorant about the Huang Mansion tragedy and attribute it to a fire. But he couldn't bear the responsibility of assassinating a prince, and a prince who held military power.

Captain Liu nodded and quietly retreated.

The next morning, Yan Zong slowly opened his eyes, and what came into view was Arnold's little face sleeping beside the bed. There were still traces of tears on his chubby face. He had stayed by his side all night and even cried for him. Yan Zong was very relieved: it was not in vain that he raised him.

Half an hour later, many people gathered in the inner room again. After Huifeng felt Yan Zong's pulse, he stood up and said to Mr. Fan calmly, "It's nothing serious. Take a good rest recently. I'll go back and get some more medicine."

"This time it's all thanks to Mr. Huifeng!" Mr. Fan looked at Yan Zong, who was still weak on the bed, and breathed a sigh of relief. He then turned and bowed solemnly to Huifeng. Yu Cheng and Arnold behind him also followed suit and bowed in gratitude.

"We haven't returned home all night. Master and senior brothers must be looking for us anxiously. Now that the prince is fine, I will take my leave. Please send someone to follow me back to the pharmacy to get medicine." Huifeng didn't say much. After returning the greeting, he walked out of the house.

Si Yao and Guo Ying, who had been waiting in the outer room, were confused when they saw Hui Feng's gloomy face: What's wrong with Mr. Er? He never had such a stern face when he saw other patients before.

Mr. Fan did not stay long and arranged a carriage to take them back to the pharmacy. Arnold volunteered to accompany them and bring back the medicine.

"Sister Yao, who do you think is so bold as to kill His Highness?" As the carriage slowly moved in the snow, Arnold broke the silence and asked Si Yao.

Si Yao shook her head speechlessly. Even Arnold didn't know how she could know.

"Your Highness has been engaged in wars for years and has killed countless people. A few days ago, he wiped out a deep-rooted bandit nest on this border. Naturally, there are many people who hate him and want to kill him." Hui Feng, who always had a cold face, spoke lightly, with a flash of hatred in his eyes.

Arno was choked by this sentence. Arno looked at Huifeng, who was about the same age as him but looked like an adult, and felt very dissatisfied: Humph, why are you pretending to be so profound!

Knowing that there was a pair of unfriendly eyes staring at him, Huifeng was in no mood to pay attention. As they were still some distance away from Sanxiu Pharmacy, he simply folded his arms across his chest and closed his eyes to rest.

Si Yao glanced at Huifeng in confusion. She could clearly feel Huifeng's mood change from last night to this morning, but she had no idea why.

The carriage fell silent for a while, but the active Arnold couldn't stay idle in the carriage. He looked out the window, ran to the front of the carriage to chat with the driver, and then pulled Si Yao to talk about his recent training in the military camp. Si Yao seldom said a word, just listened to Arnold silently, and only slightly raised the corners of his mouth when he talked about interesting things.

Guo Ying, who was sitting next to Si Yao, also became unusually quiet because of Hui Feng's unhappiness.

In the post station, Yan Zong, looking pale, sat on the bed and listened to Yu Cheng's report of what happened last night. At this time, Mr. Fan walked in: "Your Highness, Situ Ting is here."

"You found out so quickly?" Yan Zong frowned and said in a cold voice.

"Maybe, otherwise he wouldn't dare to come to see Your Highness now." Mr. Fan said with a smile.

Yan Zong didn't say anything else but just nodded. Mr. Fan then invited Situ Ting, who was waiting outside, in.

"Your humble servant Situ Ting pays his respects to Prince Zong!" Situ Ting, who had been trembling with fear as soon as he came in, hurriedly stepped forward to pay his respects when he saw Yan Zong.

"Master Situ, please stand up."

The majestic voice of the Zong Wang made Situ Ting even more nervous. He dared not stand up and burst into tears immediately, "Zong Wang, what happened last night was my fault. Please punish me!"

Yu Cheng looked at Situ Ting, who was kneeling on the ground and suddenly cried timidly, in astonishment: Good man, you are feeling aggrieved before my prince has even spoken?

Mr. Fan and Yan Zong were not surprised by this sudden show of officialdom.

"Let's not talk about punishment for now. What I want now is a result." Yan Zong narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice.

"Prince Zong, this is the result of my overnight review." Situ Ting immediately stopped crying and wiped his tears, then took out a thick memorial from his sleeve and handed it forward.

Mr. Fan took the letter and handed it to Yan Zong. After reading the letter, Yan Zong's eyes suddenly turned cold and he returned the letter to Mr. Fan.

"It turns out that the mother of the bandit leader Xue Mei has come to seek revenge." Mr. Fan raised his eyebrows after reading it hastily, and continued with a smile: "A woman in a brothel has the ability to organize a massacre of the whole family and assassinate the prince of the dynasty. It seems that this wooden city is really full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers!"

Situ Ting, who was still kneeling on the ground, was so frightened after hearing what Mr. Fan said that he dared not even breathe.

"Lord Situ has indeed failed in his duty as he allowed the criminal to commit suicide in prison out of fear of punishment before I had the chance to interrogate him personally!" Yan Zong's tone became obviously heavier and more accusatory, causing Situ Ting to tremble all over.

"Your humble servant... Your humble servant has failed in his duty. Your Majesty, please calm down!"

"I am tired, Lord Situ, please go back first." Although Yan Zong was angry, he did not attack immediately. He just waved his hand and closed his eyes tiredly.

"Lord Situ, your highness is tired and needs to rest." Seeing this, Yu Cheng hurriedly grabbed Situ Ting, who still didn't intend to leave, and pushed him out of the house.

"Prince...Prince, please punish me. I failed to take good care of the criminal and I deserve to die..."

"I've never seen someone who is so determined to be punished!" Yu Cheng ignored Situ Ting's cries and threw him out of the post station. After returning to the room, he couldn't help complaining.

"It's a self-torture tactic, performed for His Highness." Mr. Fan smiled and shook his head, then threw the memorial in his hand back to Yu Cheng.