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

Cang Yue Country - Nanlai - Tianlai Ke

Ye Ling and Xue Jingchuan returned to Tianlaike and saw Leng Yan sitting on the first floor from afar.

Ye Ling complained in a low voice: "Why isn't he asleep yet?"

"Waiting for you!" Xue Jingchuan said with a smile.

Helplessly, Ye Ling could only go in, knowing in his heart that another verbal dispute would follow.

Leng Yan saw the person coming back and stood up with a dark face: "You went out with a stranger and didn't come back all night. Do you still know that you are an unmarried woman?"

Ye Ling sat down and poured herself a cup of hot tea: "My cousin has wronged Jingchuan. He just came to pick me up. I went out to play with Ying Ren."

Leng Yan was stunned for a long time: "The captain of the guards of King Beichen?"

"Yes! Is there a problem? I've had enough fun, Jingchuan comes to pick me up." Ye Ling just wanted to piss off this lingering guy to death.

"Mr. Leng, don't listen to Ye Ling's nonsense. She accepted a bounty from the government and helped catch the murderer to make money, not to go out with any man." Xue Jingchuan didn't want Ye Ling's reputation to be affected.

Leng Yan sneered, "Catch the murderer? Catching the murderer is the government's job. Why would she, a woman, be the one to catch him?"

"Mr. Leng, why don't you understand what I'm saying? Ye Ling received a bounty order from the government, so he went to capture the man. He has already been caught and handed over to King Beichen. The court will hold an interrogation tomorrow morning, and Ye Ling will also get the bounty." Xue Jingchuan was speechless.

"Isn't the money your uncle left you enough? Why do you still have to show up in public and do what men should do? Your father bought you a house, and if you don't have enough money, you can tell me, I'll give you..."

"Bang..." Ye Ling slammed the table and stood up. "Leng Yan, listen carefully. I'm going to say this one last time. I, Ye Ling, am alone. No one has the right to tell me what to do. Uncle buying the house was just your wishful thinking. I don't appreciate it. Please stop telling me what to do in my life. You have no right to do it. Also, I'm not going to argue with you for Grandpa's sake. If it were someone else, they would have left long ago."

Leng Yan clenched his fists and said, "Okay, Ye Ling, you said it. If you can't make it in the future, don't come back."

"You're overthinking it. Goodbye, cousin." Ye Ling said and pulled Xue Jingchuan upstairs.

Leng Yan left on the spot in anger and refused to stay in the inn.

On the other side, seeing that it was getting light, Hu Zi hurried upstairs and entered You Ming Lang's room: "Master, Ye Ling returned to Tianlai Ke at 3:30 am. It seems that he went out for something."

"She didn't come to the appointment. Do you think she did it on purpose, or was she still in time?" asked Youminglang.

"This...I don't know."

"I think she did it on purpose. Didn't you say this girl is very alert?"

"Yes, I dare not follow her at all. She can discover her in an instant," said Hu Zi.

You Ming Lang smiled, a rare moment. "A pigeon just came to tell me that the county yamen will be bustling with activity tomorrow morning. Go take a look and come back to tell me about it."

"Yes, I will definitely join in the fun. You can take a rest. I will take my leave." Hu Zi bowed and left.

Ye Ling went upstairs and tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. She could only enter the space and soak herself in the bathtub: "Mengmeng, tell me, is Leng Yan mentally ill?"

"Master, whether he is sick or not, he will not come again, so you don't have to worry," Mengmeng said.

"Really?" Ye Ling instantly took her little notebook with her mind. One advantage of being in space is that you can do a lot of things with your mind.

"Master, what do you want to remember?" Mengmeng came over curiously.

"Let me see if there's any information about the Jiang family, the richest family in Nanlai." Ye Ling slowly flipped through the many storylines in the book she wrote from memory: "Why isn't there any?"

"Master, please don't think about it anymore. What if your head hurts again?"

"No." Ye Ling put down her notebook and stood up. She dried herself, changed into new clothes, and put her old clothes into the fully automatic washing machine. She left the space and sat on the bed: "Mengmeng, I have to think about the story of the Jiang family. I always feel that this is very important."

"You can think in space!"

"I'm afraid I'll faint from the pain. What if Xue Jingchuan can't find me when the sun comes up?"

"That's right, then you should stop now!"

"Is this how you say 'enough is enough'? Shut up, I'm going to push the limits." Ye Ling closed her eyes and began to recall the storyline about the Ye family in the book. As she thought, she muttered, "Mengmeng, your damn former master really didn't care about government affairs at all. She still has all her memories, but they're all about palace fighting and stealing men! None of these important things are there."

"Master, didn't Mengmeng tell me yesterday? Regarding the previous master's story line, she is now the Crown Princess and has no access to a place as far away as Nanlai! So she definitely doesn't know about the Jiang family, the richest family in Nanlai," Mengmeng explained weakly.

Ye Ling had already started sweating from the pain. She was gasping for breath and cheering herself up in her heart: Ye Ling, you can do it. Your ability to endure pain is absolutely strong. Come on, come on. If you can't even bear this little pain, how can you face the bloody and violent world of martial arts in the future?

"Yes, yes, master, it is inevitable to get injured when traveling in the world. Let's adapt to the pain in advance." Mengmeng also cheered.

"Yes," Ye Ling answered very straightforwardly, but his body was out of control and he fainted instantly.

After an unknown amount of time, Xue Jingchuan's voice rang out: "Ye Ling? Ye Ling? Little Ye Ling? Are you up? Ye Ling? If you don't answer me, I'll push the door open and come in. Ye Ling?"

"Wait... a moment..." Ye Ling responded weakly, struggling to get up. Her headache was gone, and not being able to remember anything was a minor issue. The key was that she was too sleepy: "Jingchuan, isn't it still early? Can I sleep a little longer?"

"No, King Beichen has probably arrived at the county government office. Hurry up and get up and go," Xue Jingchuan urged.

"Alright!" Ye Ling could only reluctantly put on her clothes, opened the door with two dark circles under her eyes, and pursed her lips: "Jingchuan, I'm so sleepy!"

Xue Jingchuan felt distressed when he saw it: "Why do you look so haggard? Well, I'll have someone prepare the carriage, and you can sleep over it."

"Thank you Jingchuan, you are such a nice person." Ye Ling felt like she was going to fall asleep on the spot.

A moment later, in the carriage, Xue Jingchuan looked at the person who had fallen asleep in a second and smiled, thinking to himself: There really is such a lovely woman in the world! She can fight and scold, can be sweet and gentle, quiet as a virgin, and quick as a rabbit. I actually met her.

A quarter of an hour later, they arrived at the gate of the county government office in Nanlai City. The place was already crowded with people who came to watch the excitement. Everyone was whispering and discussing the case.

Xue Jingchuan woke up Ye Ling and got off the carriage with her. Ye Ling was actually half asleep and walked a few steps in the other direction. Fortunately, Xue Jingchuan pulled her back.

The two finally squeezed to the front, but were stopped by the yamen runners: "What are you doing? Back off."

"What's your attitude?" Ye Ling said in a daze: "The fox is taking advantage of the tiger's power."

"You are so rude, woman. The other women are all watching from behind, how dare you squeeze to the front?" The bailiff was even more rude.

"Haha..." Ye Ling laughed: "You squeezed to the front. Do you believe that I can go in and take a look later?"

"You're so arrogant! Be careful or I'll have you beaten. The court is a very important place, and today the prefect is personally judging the case, with His Royal Highness Prince Beichen in attendance..."

"Get out of the way," Xuan Lei said behind the bailiff.

The "Xuan Da Tongling" yamen runner immediately changed his expression: "Why did you come out?"

Xuan Lei didn't even bother to look at the yamen runner and said directly: "Master Xue, Miss Ye, follow me, the prince wants to see you."

The bailiffs were stunned for a moment and were all very puzzled.

Ye Ling smiled proudly: "What do you think? I'm not bragging, am I? A small yamen runner, yet he has great authority and threatens to arrest people at every turn."

"Okay, let's go!" Xue Jingchuan pushed Ye Ling.

Ye Ling looked at the ancient court curiously. In the center of the hall was a huge mahogany table. Above the table was a plaque with four large characters "Justice and Integrity" engraved on it, which looked very solemn.

Zhao Hongan sat in the main seat, while Nangong Chen sat to the right, at the same height, though the table was tilted slightly. Numerous officials sat on either side, seemingly pulled here one by one by Nangong Chen. Their faces were grim, and some were even wiping sweat. In front of the officials' seats were two rows of yamen runners facing each other, like those in television, wielding water and fire sticks.

There was another difference today. The entire back of the hall was guarded by imperial guards with swords. Imperial guards were also on guard at the entrance of the county government office and on the road leading in.

Ye Ling muttered to himself: Sure enough, no matter what time it is, this kind of place is always solemn and quiet, giving people an invisible sense of oppression.

"Ye Ling," Xue Jingchuan reminded in a low voice.

The two of them hurriedly bowed and said, "Greetings to King Beichen and Lord Zhao."

"No need to be so polite, both of you." Nangong Chen couldn't help laughing. He was laughing at Ye Ling's dark circles, which were too obvious.

"Mr. Xue, Miss Ye, the prince has invited you to sit down," Xuan Lei said, pointing at the two stools behind Xue Jingchuan.

"Thank you, Your Highness," they both bowed and said in unison, then sat in the back.

Nangong Chen turned to look at Ye Ling and couldn't help asking, "Didn't you sleep at all last night?"

Ye Ling rolled his eyes. "Your Highness, I was with your Ying Ren the first half of the night. I had just fallen asleep when Xuan Lei woke me up. Then we went ghost hunting together. It was almost dawn when we got back. I finally fell asleep when Jing Chuan woke me up again."

"Don't talk like that, it can easily cause misunderstanding," Xue Jingchuan said with a smile.

Nangong Chen shook his head helplessly: "After this, go back and catch up on some sleep."

"Do you even need me to tell you this? I'm not a fool," Ye Ling muttered. Suddenly, he remembered something important and lowered his voice, "Your Majesty, where's my reward?"

"It will be given after the case is tried and the guilt is determined," Xue Jingchuan explained with a smile.

Ye Ling was not very happy, lowered his head and said aggrievedly: "I know."

Nangong Chen smiled: "Xuan Lei, give it to her."

Xuan Lei gave Ye Ling the reward he had prepared, a plate of silver ingots.

Ye Ling suddenly woke up from his sleepiness: "This is my first pot of gold!"

"Pay attention to your image, there are so many people here," Xue Jingchuan reminded in a low voice.

"They examine their cases and I check my money. It has nothing to do with each other, right?" Ye Ling didn't care. She picked them up one by one and checked them without noticing that everyone in the hall was looking at her.