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

Cangyue Country's Nanlai Paradise

On an early summer night, the starry sky is exceptionally bright, and the Milky Way flows across the sky, seemingly luring you into a mysterious dream. A gentle breeze brings the fragrance of distant flowers and the soft chirping of night insects, enchanting you in this tranquil evening.

On the blanket by the river, a few people talked about life and gossip, and then talked about themselves. It can be said that they talked about everything and opened their hearts.

Wanqi had fallen asleep. Jiuyou covered her with a small blanket, and Eighth Sister ate quietly.

The four jugs of wine were almost empty, and the three people drinking showed no sign of getting drunk. Ye Ling leaned on Jiu You's shoulder and said, "We'll sleep here tonight. What do you say?"

"No," Jiuyou disagreed, "It's three quarters past midnight. I'm going to pack up and go back to sleep. I won't get up before noon tomorrow."

"Jiuyou is right. How can we sleep outside?" Xue Jingchuan agreed.

"Okay." Ye Ling sat up and said, "Bai Lang, you can live in Li Ye's room now. Move your quilt over. It will be there for at least the next two months."

"Okay, thank you Miss Ye."

"No thanks, no thanks. Let's go. Jiuyou, you hold Wanqi. Bailang, hold on to Eighth Sister. It's dark, be careful she doesn't fall." Ye Ling said as he stood up.

Several people stood up one after another. Ye Ling walked at the end and used the excuse of going to the bathroom to put all the things into the space, including the lantern.

Back in the courtyard, Li Ye and Qian Qing's room was already dark. Jiu You carried Wan Qi into the room and told her and Ba Mei to get some rest. Bai Lang moved his own quilt into Li Ye's previous room; this room would be his from now on. Ye Ling went into the kitchen, put out all the dishes, and then returned to his room.

Everyone was tired tonight. To be more precise, it was almost dawn when the courtyard finally became quiet.

The next day, Ye Ling's request to Xue Jingchuan arrived at Langya Pavilion via carrier pigeon. Just as Ye Ling expected, Cai Yang saw that it was a letter from his former envoy, so he gave it directly to Yelu Liangzhu without checking it.

Yelu Liangzhu nervously opened the note, which contained only four words: "Missed, leave immediately." He smiled bitterly, knowing full well that Yue Chi had arrived in Nanlai and seen his portrait, and the truth would soon be revealed. However, Ye Ling's ability to send a letter in advance was something he hadn't anticipated, and he felt a tinge of joy in his heart.

After Yue Chi left Langya Pavilion, Yelu Liangzhu had already planned to escape. Now was the perfect time, and he didn't want to be sent back. He knew his mother and maternal grandparents too well, and they would never allow him to stay in Langya Pavilion. Moreover, in order to prove that he had not killed anyone, Yelu Zongzhen would definitely take him back by force, and Langya Pavilion would have to agree even if it disagreed, so leaving became the best way out.

A clerk in the Renzi Hall rarely shows up on weekdays, sometimes not for several days. This became the ideal hiding place. Yelu Liangzhu threw away his sword and took all the money. He came to the material purchasing cart that he had reserved in advance. Langya Pavilion would send people down the mountain once a month. Today was the day to go out. He sneaked into the wooden box on one of the carriages.

Half an hour later, the Langya Pavilion purchasing vehicle slowly left the mountain gate.

At the same time, a carrier pigeon flew into the Di Zi Hall. After reading the contents, Qian Shi Qiao Rui was shocked and hurried to find Ji Ruochen.

Ji Ruochen was also surprised after reading the note: "Go and tell the Pavilion Master about this immediately. I will go to the Renzi Hall."

"Yes," Qiao Rui responded.

In the Renzi Hall, Cai Yang was in charge, while the envoy Zhuo Wei was out on a mission.

As soon as Ji Ruochen entered the room, he asked, "Envoy Cai Qian, where is your clerk Chu Liang?"

"In the file room, right?" Cai Yang was a little confused.

Ji Ruochen said nothing and walked towards the file room as if he was familiar with it. When he found no one there, he turned around and asked Cai Yang, "Where is the person?"

"This..." Cai Yang was also a little confused: "Zhong Xiang, hurry up and find someone."

"Yes." Zhong Xiang trotted away.

As soon as Zhong Xiang left, Mo Yufeng came over and asked, "Where are they?"

"He's missing. I suspect he received the message and ran away," said Ji Ruochen.

"He received the news and ran away? Impossible. He is less than three years old and cannot leave the mountain gate," said Mo Yufeng.

"That may not be the case." Yelu Liangzhu's voice came from outside the door.

Several people in the house hurried out and saw Yelu Liangzhu carrying a package, his arms folded, looking at everyone and smiling.

"Envoy" Chen Fei trotted into the gate, glanced at Yelu Liangzhu, and then knelt on one knee: "Please punish me, Master, Envoy."

Mo Yufeng and Ji Ruochen were both confused. Ji Ruochen asked, "What punishment?"

Chen Fei looked at Yelu Liangzhu with resentment, and was too angry to speak.

Yelu Liangzhu smiled and said, "Master, Ji Sishi, I want to tell you that I went out today, walked halfway up the mountain, and then returned. Envoy Chen Qian couldn't figure out how I got out, so he blamed himself."

"How did you get out? I went to the mountain gate early in the morning and never left for a moment." Chen Fei was confused.

"Let's invite Your Highness into the house and sit down to talk!" Mo Yufeng said.

"Your Highness? Who is Your Highness?" Cai Yang and Chen Fei asked in unison.

"Your Highness the Third Prince of the Yelu family, please..." Ji Ruochen raised his hand.

"I don't deserve it. Here, you two are the masters. Pavilion Master and Ji Sishi, please come in first," Yelu Liangzhu said with a smile.

Under the gaze of everyone, the three of them entered the study. Mo Yufeng took the main seat, while Ji Ruochen and Yelu Liangzhu sat opposite each other.

Mo Yufeng smiled and said, "Your Highness, why did you return? Didn't everyone go out?"

Yelu Liangzhu sighed and glanced at Cai Yang. "Our Cai Qianshi is a good person and has taken good care of me. Miss Ye is my friend, and I... don't want to harm them. Miss Ye is thousands of miles away, so it's not a big deal. But Cai Qianshi and the brothers guarding the gate of the Catholic Church will definitely be implicated by me. Our Langya Pavilion's punishment is too severe, and I... don't want to make them suffer because of me."

Cai Yang finally understood: "Miss Ye's carrier pigeon message this morning was to tell you that you were exposed?"

"Yes, if I leave, Ji Sishi will check it out and find out that you gave me a note from outside in the morning. Because it was given by Miss Ye, you didn't check it. This is mutual trust. Miss Ye trusts you, you trust her, and you both trust me, so I can't harm two good people, so I'm back now," Yelu Liangzhu said with a smile.

"Then can you tell me how you got out so that I can be prepared in the future?" Chen Fei asked unwillingly.

"Material procurement vehicles, do you never inspect them?"

Chen Fei suddenly realized: "Did you leave with the purchasing truck?"

Yelu Liangzhu smiled and continued, "Pavilion Master, Envoy, it's already like this. You two want to hand me over, but I have no complaints. I fled the Western Capital with the goal of heading for Langya Pavilion. I thought I could survive in this world with my own hands. There's no fighting here. These past few months have been the happiest I've ever had. That's enough."

"You..." Mo Yufeng paused slightly. "Your Highness, whether you leave or stay is entirely your own choice. Once you enter Langya Pavilion, your outside identity will be discarded, so you are free."

Yelu Liangzhu nodded. "Thank you, Master. Can I get back to work now? They haven't arrived yet, so we'll talk about it when they do! Miss Ye said that a scar the size of a bowl after a haircut is nothing to be afraid of."

"You don't want to go back and be a prince?" Chen Fei was incredulous.

"Chen Qianshi, if I had a choice, I would rather be born into an ordinary family, but I had no choice. I finally escaped. I couldn't even tell the directions. I asked for directions along the way and later met Miss Ye, who brought me back." Yelu Liangzhu said and stood up: "Master, Ji Sishi, Cai Qianshi, Chen Qianshi, the four of you rest assured, I will not run away again. I will go to work, and I will take my leave."

Looking at the person who left, everyone in the room was stunned.

Qiao Rui came hurriedly again: "Pavilion Master, Ji Sishi, another note from Nan Lai has returned. Jiuyou has woken up."

Mo Yufeng and Ji Ruochen were shocked again. Mo Yufeng took the note and checked it: "Great, Yue Chi said he saw Junior Brother, he really woke up, Junior Sister has hope."

"This is great news," Ji Ruochen was also happy.

"When Susu gives birth to a baby, they will definitely come back," Mo Yufeng was very excited.

"Master, the most important thing now is what to do with Yelu Liangzhu?" Cai Yang asked.

"Let nature take its course. Here, he is a clerk of the Renzi Hall of my Langya Pavilion. Whether Xidu can take him away or not depends on him. We will not get involved. Qiao Rui, notify Xidu that the person has been found. They have to come and pick him up themselves. We will not send him off and we will not take this business," said Mo Yufeng.

"Yes, I'll go and inform them right away." Qiao Rui bowed and left.

Mo Yufeng looked at Cai Yang and Chen Fei: "What do you two say?"

The two men looked at each other and knelt on one knee: "I have failed in my duty. Please punish me, Master."

Mo Yufeng folded up the note with Jiuyou's awakening written on it and put it in his chest: "This is just this once, it won't happen again."

"Thank you, Pavilion Master, for your mercy." Both of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Before leaving, Mo Yufeng added, "Cai Yang, you don't have to check Junior Sister's letters from now on. She's just helping a friend and would never harm Langya Pavilion."

"Yes, I understand," Cai Yang responded.

After everyone left, Wu You dared to speak: "Qianshi, Chu Liang is actually Yelu Liangzhu?"

"The Dizi Hall has been searching for him for months, but we never imagined he would be right under our noses. This prince truly doesn't follow the beaten path!"

"Then what do we do?"

"Everything remains the same. We will do what needs to be done. He just wants to be an ordinary person, but he was born into an imperial family and has no say in that. The Western Capital will definitely come and take him away. Yelu Zongzheng is almost mad with rage. Everyone has their own destiny. Fortune and honor are in the hands of God."

"He actually came back again, after so much trouble escaping."

"When you're together for a long time, you develop feelings for each other. He's a man who values ​​friendship. He was afraid that Fade Chen and I would be punished, so he came back. But... he's smart, I don't think he'll give in just like that."

"You mean he'll run away again?"

"I will definitely escape, but I won't escape from Langya Pavilion," Cai Yang said and left the study.

Just as Cai Yang said, Yelu Liangzhu came back for the people around him, but he would not go back obediently. Instead, he planned to wait for an opportunity on the way back so that no one would be implicated. With the experience of the last time, he was sure that this time would be easier.