After being reborn, I became the apple of my enemy's eye.

The official glanced at the young master below and quickly gave his clerk a meaningful look.

They quickly arrested the person and took him out.

"Then please leave, everyone."

The group from the academy looked at the other party. Since the person had already been detained, they had no choice but to leave.

"Yun Yi, let's go."

Yun Yi looked at them, wanting to ask some questions.

His companions bid farewell to the official and pulled him away.

"Let's go."

Just after leaving the government office, Yun Yi asked his companion, "Was what that person said true or false?"

The group remained silent for a moment before one of them gave an answer.

"We hadn't thought of it before, but after that person mentioned it, we remembered what happened before the Spring Festival."

Upon hearing this, Yun Yi suddenly remembered that the person must be a survivor.

Yun Yi was aware of this matter, but he disagreed with Zheng Jihua's ruthless methods. He frowned and looked back.

The Zheng family and their entourage brushed past them as they walked toward the government office.

The person next to Yunyi said, "I wonder where this group is headed this time."

"If this direction isn't leading to the government offices, then where is it?"

He then spoke.

The Zheng family's carriage stopped in front of the government office.

The steward and Lu Yan arrived just then and got off the carriage.

The group waited in front of the government office. The steward asked Lu Yan to get off the carriage and then handed the jade pendant to one of the people in the group.

After the other party confirmed, the jade pendant was handed over to the steward.

Yun Yi watched as they passed something back and forth between their hands.

The group stepped aside to let the manager go first, and the government officials went in to deliver a message before leading the group inside.

Yunyi sensed something was wrong and told his companions to leave first.

"You guys go first."

The group of people also felt it wasn't their business, so they said, "Then you follow."

Yun Yi turned and walked into the alley. Unable to see anyone following him, he climbed over the wall and onto the roof beam of the government building.

When the officials realized that it was the Zheng family, they quickly came out to greet them.

After bowing to the official, the steward explained his purpose: "We want to take away the person who injured the young lady."

When the clerk saw the people following the steward, he knew that the city lord had also come. He quickly whispered to the official that the people behind were the city lord's men, and that it wasn't just the Zheng family who had come.

Upon hearing that the man was from the city lord's side, the official immediately ordered, "Master, go and bring him out right away."

"Yes." The clerk quickly ordered the officers beside him to bring the person out again.

The steward was so accommodating to the official that he handed the box he had prepared to the clerk.

"Thank you for your help, sir."

The advisor quickly reached out to catch it.

The official's eyes gleamed, and he didn't even look away from the box while still uttering flattering words, "This man injured Miss, so arresting him is our duty. Before Lord Zheng left, he said he would take good care of the Zheng family, so these are all minor matters, nothing at all."

While waiting for someone, the steward introduced Lu Yan to the official.

Hearing from the steward that this young man would one day become the young master of the Zheng family, he quickly exchanged pleasantries and said that he would definitely find some time to get together properly.

Lu Yan also said a lot of polite things.

After the man was brought out, the manager had him taken away.

This "taking them away" wasn't a legitimate act of bringing someone out of the government office. Instead, they were treated like livestock, with their mouths, hands, and legs all bound tightly, so securely that they couldn't break free, and then stuffed into a sack.

As the men carried him, the steward led Lu Yan outside.

The official and his advisor did not see anyone out.

Once outside the manor, the sack was tossed onto the carriage, and the steward parted ways with the group.

He thanked the city lord on behalf of the Zheng family and promised to visit the city lord's residence on a chosen day.

The other party simply nodded in acknowledgment.

The steward instructed the coachman to drive the carriage, which then headed out of the city.

During the bumpy ride, the steward said to Lu Yan, "I do a lot of these dirty things. If you can't stand it, young master, you can rest in the carriage."

The manager specifically reminded him, and Lu Yan had already anticipated what would happen, since he had already witnessed Zheng Jihua's methods.

He looked down at the sacks containing people and asked the steward, "Wouldn't it be better to just hand them over to the authorities?"

The steward looked at Lu Yan and said, "Young Master, you still have a lot to learn."

This was the last thing the steward said to Lu Yan.

All the way to the outskirts of the city.

The steward threw the people out of the carriage.

It was a low-ceilinged courtyard, but Lu Yan still followed them out.

He immediately smelled the unpleasant, pungent odor.

Looking at the people being dragged inside, he thought of the most likely thing that would happen.

Inside the room, the door was pushed open.

A large man stood up and threw the person out of the sack on the ground, then lifted the person up and hung him up with just one hand.

The steward stepped forward and untied the rope binding the man's mouth.

He asked, "Tell me, who told you to hurt Miss?"

The man glared at the steward and cursed, "He killed my whole family, so I'll kill her too."

The steward listened and then stood aside.

The burly man grabbed the man's face and slashed it open with a knife, leaving a half-finger-sized gash. The man belatedly screamed as bright red blood dripped down his face.

Lu Yan closed his eyes instantly!

"what!"

The steward turned around indifferently and glanced back: "Young master, go outside and wait."

The manager tried to persuade him again, saying that even he himself might not be able to bear to watch such a scene, let alone someone who was visiting for the first time.

Lu Yan covered his mouth and whispered, "Don't worry about me."

After saying that, the man pinched the man's face even harder, and the steward stopped advising Lu Yan and went about his own business.

“If you tell me that someone instructed you to do this, I will spare your life; otherwise, no one can save you today.”

After saying that, the man stabbed him in the arm again.

The intense headache caused him to faint.

The manager patted his face and said something to the man.

They took a red-hot anvil from the burning iron bucket inside the house and pressed it against the man's chest.

"Ah...ah..."

The air was filled with screams of agony.

The man opened his eyes and weakly called out to the steward.

"Let me die."

He then went to bite his tongue.

The man was quick-witted and pulled out the tongue, then pierced it with an iron hook that had been placed to the side.

Lu Yan couldn't help himself and turned his head away, no longer looking.

The steward continued questioning them, over and over again, without stopping.

In Lu Yan's ears, the man's cries never stopped, and the steward received no response until the man told the steward, "The man has already died."

Only then did the person in charge stop.

"Then cut off his head and send it to the city lord."

A casual remark sent a chill down Lu Yan's spine. Who would have thought that the seemingly respectable steward of the Zheng family was doing such things behind the scenes?

He wanted to say something more.

But the man's knife moved too swiftly and decisively.

Lu Yan instinctively stepped back.

But blood still splattered at Lu Yan's feet.

Even though he tried to move aside, he still got blood on his hands, even if it wasn't much.

The steward handed the rest of the work over to the man and went out. He stood by the well and washed his hands, but even though he washed his hands, he couldn't get rid of the smell on them.

The steward did not get into the carriage again, but sat down next to the coachman.

Lu Yan did not invite him in again.

After returning to the Zheng residence, the steward first went to report the results to the old lady.

Knowing that the young master had returned, Lu Yuan rushed out and said, "Young master, the young lady has woken up."

Lu Yan's face was ashen, and he couldn't say a word. Even when he heard Lu Yuan say that Yan Yun had woken up, he didn't react.

"Young master, are you feeling unwell?"

Lu Yuan was worried about his young master and quickly stepped forward to support him.

When Lu Yan saw Lu Yuan trying to help him, he dodged away, saying, "I have something on me, don't come near me."

Lu Yuan carefully examined his clothes.

"Young master, your clothes aren't that dirty."

Lu Yan raised his hand, telling him not to say anything for now.

"I'm going to wash up."

"Then I'll go prepare the water."

Lu Yan stepped into the Zheng residence again with a completely different mindset. When he looked up at the grand mansion once more, he felt a little suffocated by the place.

He went back to his room to wash up.

Yan Yun was in so much pain that she couldn't move. Every time she closed her eyes, she thought of the rock that was about to hit her head. If it hit, she would die. If she relaxed even for a moment, she would die.

So she dared not close her eyes.

The maids who stayed by his side didn't dare to breathe loudly.

Why does everything seem to happen to this young lady? Is she possessed by an evil spirit?

The maid had this idea, and then she felt that the room was also filled with a gloomy atmosphere, so she thought that she might as well burn some paper money tonight.

She put the prepared medicine aside and turned to leave.

Yan Yun had already opened her eyes. She looked out the window, but the window was tightly closed, so she couldn't see anything outside. She didn't dare to move, even though it was her hand that was injured, she felt like she couldn't move her whole body.