The Virgin Mary in the Book: I Decide My Life with Two Swords

Cang Yue Kingdom——Langya Pavilion

After hearing Xue Jingchuan's words, Ye Ling remained calm: "Everyone has their own destiny, and wealth and honor are determined by heaven. Now that I am here, I live one day at a time, it doesn't matter."

"No..." Xue Jingchuan said anxiously, "The person who brought me in just now said that you have lost your sense of taste, smell and touch?"

"Isn't it good to lose it? I actually hope to completely shut down my five senses so that I can be completely isolated from the outside world."

"You can't think like that!"

"Okay, if you have nothing else to do, please go down the mountain! I'm tired, someone come here." Ye Ling didn't want to say more.

Bicheng walked in: "Si Shi."

"Sir, please deliver my blood." Ye Ling sent the guest away directly.

"Yes," Bicheng responded and looked up: "Young Master Xue, please."

Xue Jingchuan stood up helplessly: "Then you...be fine, I'm leaving."

"Have a good trip," Ye Ling replied softly.

After Xue Jingchuan left the room, Ye Ling's expression changed immediately, and the cold eyes replaced the sadness just now. He thought secretly in his heart: Nangong Che, if you don't let me live well, I won't let you get what you want. Xue Jingchuan is your uncle. Look at how he makes you unhappy. We are all using each other. Sometimes pretending to be weak and magnanimous will get you more in return. Life depends entirely on acting skills.

Just when Ye Ling was stunned, Mo Yufeng suddenly came out of the space, cursing: "Junior sister, your talking bird chased me out, do you care?"

Ye Ling looked helpless: "Have you changed the medicine for Jiuyou?"

"Alright," Mo Yufeng stopped talking immediately. "He was badly injured. Nangong Xuan is a beast. I don't know how desperate he was that night."

"That's why I didn't let Nangong Xuan die. Letting him live like a dog is a life worse than death," Ye Ling said gritting his teeth.

"Envoy Ye, did you see... huh?" Ma Tao was stunned when he entered the room. "Master, didn't Bicheng say you weren't here?"

"What's the matter?" Mo Yufeng asked.

"Yelü Zongzheng is here and wants to see you and Ye Sishi."

"Why is he here again?" Mo Yufeng looked at Ye Ling: "Did you know each other before?"

Ye Ling shook his head: "I've only met him... once or twice, and we didn't say a word."

A moment later, Ye Ling and Mo Yufeng arrived at the main hall of Ganlu Palace.

Yelu Zongzheng stood up and bowed, "Master Mo, I'm sorry to bother you."

"Your Highness is too polite. Please take a seat," Mo Yufeng said as he walked to the main seat and sat down. "Your Highness, I wonder what brings you here this time?"

Yelu Zongzheng didn't listen to Mo Yufeng's words. His eyes were fixed on Ye Ling, who was sitting opposite him. He actually felt a little pity in his heart: "I haven't seen you for a few days. Ye Sishi has become much more haggard."

Ye Ling did not respond, but continued to repeat Mo Yufeng's words: "Your Highness, why did you come here?"

Yelu Zongzhen smiled slightly and waved his hand. The soldiers behind him carried out a box. When they opened the box, it was full of gold and silver.

Mo Yufeng was puzzled: "What do you mean, Your Highness?"

"I brought too few people with me this time, and I'm afraid something might happen on the way back, so I came to ask Langya Pavilion to escort me. I also hope that Sect Master Mo will protect me," Yelu Zongzhen said with a smile.

"What are you talking about? Cangyue and Xidu have not started a war, Your Highness should be safe," said Mo Yufeng.

"I'll have to ask Ye Sishi about this," Yelu Zongzheng said, looking at Ye Ling. "Isn't that right? Ye Sishi? By the time I thought of this, the pigeon had already been gone for two days, and I couldn't catch it back."

Ye Ling was a little confused at first, but after thinking about it, he understood: if she asked Yelu Zongzheng to mobilize the border troops, then the Cangyue Kingdom would definitely be on guard, and it would not be easy for him, a prince of a foreign country, to go back.

"Junior sister?" Mo Yufeng reminded in a low voice.

Ye Ling finally came back to his senses: "Your Highness, when you agreed that day, you had this day in mind, right?"

"Where do you start talking about this?"

"Didn't Your Highness encounter several bandits on the way here? Nangong Hanyi is narrow-minded and he hates his sons to have private contact with royal families of other countries like you. Yet you come here to see Nangong Chen openly. Aren't you just asking for trouble?" Ye Ling pointed it out directly.

Yelu Zongzheng smiled. "Empress Ye is a quick-witted man. It seems Langya Pavilion lives up to its reputation and knows a lot. I am indeed afraid. Sect Master Mo, Envoy Ye, will you take on this business of mine?"

"Your Highness, we can't blame Junior Sister for this, right?" Mo Yufeng said.

"Master Mo has misunderstood. I dare not blame Envoy Ye. It's just that I originally agreed with King Beichen to go to the border together, but... now King Beichen probably can't go, so I have no choice but to find another way."

Mo Yufeng glanced at Ye Ling, and then said, "Your Highness, Junior Sister hasn't been in good shape recently. If Langya Pavilion accepts your trip, the Renzi Hall envoy will definitely escort you personally, so..."

"Receive" Ye Ling made a quick decision: "When does Your Highness plan to leave?"

Yelu Zongzheng was satisfied: "We will set off the day after tomorrow."

"Okay," Ye Ling said decisively, "but I have my own rules. First, I will only ensure your safety on this journey south, and I will only take you to the border. Second, I hate talkative people and have a bad temper, so Your Highness must make this clear to your people in advance to avoid any damage to the relationship. Third, I am not your subordinate, and you have no right to order me to do anything else. Finally, we will each take care of our own food and drink along the way, and not interfere with each other."

Yelu Zongzheng still had a smile on his face. "I know the rules of Langya Pavilion. Let's make it a deal. With that, Sect Master Mo, I'll take my leave. Envoy Ye, see you the day after tomorrow."

Mo Yufeng personally saw Yelu Zongzheng off, then quickly turned around and asked Ye Ling, "You don't have to agree. Langya Pavilion accepts business based on its mood, not on anyone's mood."

"If you have money and don't make it, you're a fool. Anyway, I don't want to sit around doing nothing. Finding a job can change my mood. Besides, I can go to the border to see my cousin."

"But your body..." Mo Yufeng was still worried.

"It's okay. Jiuyou is alive. Whether he wakes up or not, he will always be with me. This is enough. I will slowly cheer up."

"Okay, let's go to Huaqing Cave tomorrow and tell Master."

"I will go"

Ye Ling had lunch with Mo Yufeng in Ganlu Palace, and then hurried back to Renzi Hall to prepare for the departure the day after tomorrow.

Zhuang Yi and Bi Cheng rushed to complete the mission, fighting to the death.

Ye Ling slammed the table helplessly: "Alright, Bicheng, come with me. Bring Kangda and Zhang Ye with you, and select twenty more brothers. Remember, these twenty people must be of good fighting ability. This is no joke."

"Yes, I'll go and select people right away," Bicheng said proudly.

Cai Yang worked quickly and sorted out the remuneration given by Yelu Zongzheng: "Secretary, according to the rules, the cabinet will take 50%, and the remaining 50% will be absorbed by our Renzi Hall."

“How do you usually divide it?”

"According to the past, of the remaining 50%, you take 20, the clerk takes 10, and the rest is basically divided equally, with the captain getting a little more."

"I'll just take ten this time, and you can divide the rest up as you see fit. Divide the money before you leave."

"It's against the rules for you to only take ten. Besides, usually we only share the money after we return from a mission."

"I just set the rules. I'll give them the money and see how they spend it. If something unfortunate happens along the way, they'll be very upset. They fought so hard but didn't get any money."

Cai Yang said to Ye Ling again, "Thank you for your consideration, Envoy. I thank you on behalf of my brothers."

"It's not easy. After I leave, you will be fully responsible for the affairs of Renzitang."

"Subordinates obey orders"

"Go get busy! Send someone who frequently goes down the mountain to do the shopping. I'll make a list and have him go down the mountain."

"Yes." Cai Yang bowed and left.

In the evening, Xue Jingchuan returned to Tianlaike in Zhezhou City. Before he sat down, there was a knock on the door. He got up and opened the door, and saw that Nangong Chen no longer had the anger he had that day, because he knew that Jiuyou's death was related to Nangong Che, and to round it off, he was also involved, so he was in the wrong.

The two sat down in the room, neither willing to speak. After a long moment, Xue Jingchuan broke the silence, "I went to Langya Pavilion and saw her. She looked very haggard. Due to excessive grief, her sense of taste, smell, and touch had disappeared."

"Didn't you let the doctor see it?" Nangong Chen asked.

"I saw it, and heard Bicheng say it's a heart disease that can't be cured by medicine. She... feels like a different person, wearing white clothes and mourning for Jiuyou." Xue Jingchuan choked up several times as he spoke: "It's different from what I expected. Apart from Prince Xian, he doesn't hate anyone else. On the contrary, he said that everyone has a hard time. What she can't understand the most is why Prince Xian killed Jiuyou. It was obviously his father who was killed first, and she was the victim, but the perpetrator continued to hurt her. What is the reason?"

Nangong Chen lowered his head and pondered for a long time. "I never thought that my father would let my brother steal the map of the Langya Pavilion. I never thought that they would completely disregard their image and openly capture Jiuyou and threaten Ye Ling to hand over the things. This kind of behavior is wrong no matter where you go, let alone when the other party is Langya Pavilion."

"I'm glad you still know"

"What's the point of me knowing? Father will find out about this sooner or later. He can't hide it. He will definitely send a large army to encircle Langya Pavilion and implicate many people."

Xue Jingchuan laughed: "Just because you are princes, even if you killed 30,000 people, you can just be demoted and that's it. Also because you are princes, you can arrest and kill people at will, and you don't allow others to retaliate. Do you think that this will make the people of the world accept it?"

"It's not about whether the people of the world obey or not, it's about the emperor. He will only see that Ye Ling harmed his brother, and this is a great crime that will exterminate all nine generations of the family."

"Your Highness, let me tell you something you don't want to hear. Let's ask the Emperor to exterminate the entire Nine Clans and see. Ye Ling will definitely go to the capital and kill him, do you believe it? Let's take a step back and say that if the Leng family is exterminated, what will be the consequences? Will Leng Ruxue just sit there and wait for death? Don't you know that he plays an important role in the court? Will Leng Aoyun obediently hand over his military power to let you kill his entire family? Leng Langya Pavilion is not an ordinary martial arts sect. If he raises his arm and calls for help, how many people will rush to join you? Da'an's rebellion has not been quelled yet. If that happens, civil strife in Cang Yue will be imminent. Will your Nangong family still have its throne?"

"I've thought about what you said, and I know it's true, but Father doesn't care."

"You also know that your father is a dictator and harshly treats the people and officials. Have you ever counted how many people he and King Xian have wrongfully killed over the years? Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it!"

Xue Jingchuan's words left Nangong Chen completely silent. At this point, he was completely disappointed with his father.