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

Cang Yue Kingdom - Nanlai - Noble House

Just as the man and the elf were discussing, the door of the private room opened and Nangong Chen walked in with a sullen face: "Ye Ling, do you really take your life seriously?"

Ye Ling smiled and replied, "You came so quickly?"

"His Highness received a carrier pigeon and came here on horseback," Xuan Lei said helplessly.

"It seems my eyesight is good. That cloth shop owner is your man. He also participated in the battle last night."

"Still laughing?"

"Okay, let's get down to business. How's it going out there?"

"It's been dealt with, but the master you mentioned isn't there," said Nangong Chen.

Ye Ling stared at Nangong Chen and said nothing.

Nangong Chen reacted after a while: "You don't doubt that I am a master, do you? You are so heartless. I came here as soon as I received your note, and you..."

"Don't be angry!" Ye Ling quickly coaxed: "I just looked at you a little more, how can I be suspicious?"

At this moment, Xue Jingchuan also came in, sat down, and made himself a cup of tea. After drinking it, he spoke: "I'm so tired, I didn't find anything. I say, do you two think my injuries are not serious, so you tortured me in the middle of the night? Where did you find this expert?"

"Didn't you notice it when you two came here together?" Ye Ling asked.

"I received your note. Xuan Lei, please wake us up quickly. I just fell asleep!"

"Master Xue, you said that you would get up as soon as the prince called you, but it was only after you read Miss Ye's handwritten note that you got up reluctantly," Xuan Lei said.

"Take away that reluctance." Xue Jingchuan smiled flatteringly, "Ye Ling, don't listen to his nonsense. I just got up quickly and came here."

"Thank you both for coming to rescue us." Ye Ling was almost in tears.

At this moment, Meng Meng spoke: "Master, I think I understand. The reason you gave the note to King Beichen was to test him and see if the expert following behind him was one of him or Blood Prince. When we entered the Noble House, the expert was only a hundred meters behind us. It is impossible for him to go to the inn in a short time.

Ye Ling smiled: Smart, this way they can testify to each other that they were indeed sleeping, so it can be ruled out. After all, these two guys are by my side every day. If there is a problem, I will be in danger.

Before Meng Meng could speak again, Xue Jingchuan noticed Wan Qi: "What is this...?"

"mine…"

"Ah?" The two men were shocked at the same time.

"My little friend, the child I picked up, can you please listen to what I have to say?" Ye Ling said angrily.

"You don't sleep late at night just to pick up a child?" Nangong Chen became even more angry.

"I was bored and couldn't sleep, so I ran into a child when I came out."

"This child is so cute! Why does he just eat and not talk? Is he stupid?" Xue Jingchuan reached out and pinched Wanqi's cheek.

Ye Ling slapped his hand away: "You are the stupid one."

"Okay, let's go back!" said Nangong Chen.

Half an hour later, Ye Ling finally lay down on the bed. She arranged Wan Qi to sleep on the soft couch because she was not used to sleeping in the same bed with strangers, let alone children.

Mengmeng started to mutter again: "Master, why did you bring her back?"

Ye Ling was helpless: "Do you think I want to? That expert is following me. If I don't get this child out of there, what if they follow the clues and find that old beggar? Wouldn't I be harming him?"

"All right!"

Ye Ling suddenly remembered the note on the little girl, and quickly took it out from the space and opened it to check. There were only seven words on the paper: Orphan, please save her, young lady.

"Whose orphan is this?" Mengmeng was curious.

"It's my father's subordinate, otherwise they wouldn't have found me." Ye Ling put away the note.

"Then what do you do?"

"Take her back to keep Qianqing company, so Jiuyou can come out and make money with me." Ye Ling had already made his plan.

"Yes, Mengmeng also thinks that Jiuyou is reliable, and the others are not trustworthy," Mengmeng said.

"Go to sleep and talk about it tomorrow. My shoulders hurt so much."

Ye Ling fell asleep, but Nangong Chen and Xue Jingchuan couldn't sleep.

Nangong Chen stared at the tea bowl and said, "When I came back just now, I did feel someone following me. In that instant, this person's martial arts skills were superior to mine, and he was full of hostility."

"Above you, I've thought of all the masters on the Langya List, and the rest are unlikely!" Xue Jingchuan said.

"Langya Pavilion only announces the masters who have already been revealed. We don't know how many people are hiding their strength, but one thing is certain, he is coming for Ye Ling. I can't understand why so many people want to harm Ye Ling, who is just an orphan? What went wrong?" Nangong Chen was puzzled.

"I can't figure it out either." Xue Jingchuan simply lay down on three soft mats side by side. "Ye Ling, ah Ye Ling, this poor girl is destined to have no peace! Oh, right, what happened at the cloth shop tonight reminded me that almost everyone at the dark shop went there last night. There were so many people and eyes, even Ye Ling was recognized. Shouldn't you consider changing people or the place?"

"That's fine. I'll turn these into open estates and arrange for a few more hidden estates. After all... Ye Ling wants to live here, and this is the only thing I can do for her. I hope that if something happens, she'll go to the hidden estate for help, just like tonight."

Xue Jingchuan smiled: "Are you trying to comfort yourself? It's obvious tonight that this girl is testing us. She suspects that the people following her are you and me."

“It’s okay to give it a try, and you can rest assured.”

Xue Jingchuan suddenly stood up and asked, "Do you think Ye Ling actually knows what happened five years ago, but she didn't dare to say it, which is why the assassins are so persistent in targeting her?"

"She doesn't dare to say it? How dare you say it? With her personality, is there anything she doesn't dare to do? And your ability to do things is getting worse and worse."

"God knows, you saw it too. She doesn't even believe you, let alone me. How could she possibly tell me?" Xue Jingchuan felt quite wronged.

Nangong Chen looked at Xue Jingchuan with disdain, and then said: "That little girl, do you think it could be her..."

"Nangong Chen, you should be careful. Xiao Yeling is a virgin. Besides, she is only eighteen. That little girl looks at least five or six years old. Can she... can she give birth?" Xue Jingchuan was anxious.

Nangong Chen was speechless. "Xue Jingchuan, you have a dirty mind. Is that what I meant? I was thinking, could it be the child of her father's subordinates? Otherwise, with Ye Ling's personality, she wouldn't take care of a child without any relatives or friends."

Xue Jingchuan smiled awkwardly: "Is that so? Then... I've never seen this child before!"

Nangong Chen felt his wound hurt even more, perhaps because he was angry. "Xuan Lei asked the people at the cloth shop, and they said that when Ye Ling took the little girl there, she was dressed as a beggar and was very dirty. She was washed and changed at the cloth shop."

"Beggar? Are you saying that this little girl is related to the beggar who saved Ye Ling?"

"Ye Ling ran out injured in the middle of the night. I don't think she did it for a little girl. She must have gone to see an adult."

"Yes!"

"Bullshit, Xue Jingchuan, can you use some brains to see what I've asked you to do?"

"you…"

"Your Highness," Xuan Lei said as he entered the room. "Those few people we captured tonight have confessed, but it's of little use. They were paid to do the job, and they don't even know who their employer is. They only knew to capture Ye Ling and take her out of the city, but they don't even know where they're taking her."

"It's all in vain again." Xue Jingchuan lay down again and closed his eyes. He was also worried: "Did your 800-mile express report mention that you were seriously injured?"

"Zhao Hongan wrote, saying that the prince was seriously injured and unconscious. Ye Ling and Leng Yan also mentioned it, so the prince can stay in Nanlai for a while longer to recuperate!"

"That's more like it. Don't worry. Didn't you mobilize some more secret guards? Nanlai will be even more lively from now on."

"Then let's join in the fun."

The next day, Ye Ling slept until she woke up naturally. Wan Qi had already woken up and was sitting quietly on the couch, not making any noise or even saying a word. She was so quiet that it seemed as if she didn't exist.

Meng Meng muttered, "Master, is she an idiot? How can such a young child be so quiet? This is abnormal!"

Ye Ling lay on his side and looked at the soft couch: "Wan Qi?"

Wan Qi immediately looked at Ye Ling, still motionless.

"See! I said she was stupid," Mengmeng said.

"Xiao Ye Ling, are you awake? Let me help you change the dressing," Xue Jingchuanmen said.

Ye Ling sat up with great effort: "Come in! Blood Prince."

Xue Jingchuan pushed open the door, holding a bowl of medicine and gauze and something else: "Look at you, calling yourself Blood Young Master, it makes me so sad."

"Hiss~" Ye Ling gasped in pain: "Jingchuan, my wound seems to be very painful, even more painful than yesterday."

"Don't move, let me see, there's blood seeping out. It must be because you ran around last night." Xue Jingchuan carefully removed the gauze from the wound: "It's not serious, but it's not light either. Do you feel better now?"

“Yes, it doesn’t hurt as much anymore.”

"What's going on?" Nangong Chen also came in.

"I'm changing the dressing, and both of you men come to watch?" Ye Ling protested.

"I'm the one who changed your bandage. Besides, it's just your shoulder that's injured. What's so taboo about it? Those ladies from official families wear off-shoulder silk dresses all day long, unlike you who wrap yourself up tightly," Xue Jingchuan said as he cleaned the wound.

"Why does it still hurt so much?" Ye Ling endured the severe pain.

"The blood on the gauze has solidified, so it hurts. There's a piece of gauze stuck on it. Don't move. I'll wash it off with medicine." Xue Jingchuan stared at the wound intently.

Nangong Chen also stared intently: "Don't run around these two days. No one can hurt you in the inn."

"I know, Your Majesty, aren't you injured too?"

"I'm used to being hurt, it doesn't matter."

"Don't worry about him. Once on the battlefield, he was seriously injured and in a coma for ten days. He almost died. It was your father who worked day and night to invite the Son of God Bai Zhen to save our King Beichen," said Xue Jingchuan.

"General Ye was actually seriously injured at that time, but he risked his life for me." Although Nangong Chen is a prince, he knows how to be grateful and always remembers Ye Tingzhan's kindness.

"So you followed your father to the war?"

"Yes, I have learned a lot from Ye Shuai for four years, which will benefit me for the rest of my life."

"Ah~ It hurts, it hurts!" Ye Ling shouted.

"Be gentle," Nangong Chen said anxiously.

"Alright, alright, it's been removed. Xiao Ye Ling, why didn't you cry out in pain when you were fighting the night before last?"

"What do you know? I was risking my life at that time, so I didn't care about the pain. Now I don't have to risk my life anymore. As a woman, can't I be a little hypocritical?"

"Haha..." Xue Jingchuan laughed: "Okay, it's okay to be pretentious."