My Years in the Jianghu with the Prince: A Time of Unethical Conduct

A gust of desolate wind blew by, and for some reason, a suffocating silence suddenly filled the rooftops that had just been filled with the smoke of battle.

The faces of both the Master of Zixiao Manor and the Head of Xuanzhen Sect looked somewhat distorted.

They considered many possibilities, but this was the one they never thought of!

Looking at Xie Yan, the Master of Zixiao Manor felt his blood surging within him, his hand holding the sword began to tremble, and even his voice trembled slightly: "You, you! Shameless scoundrel!"

The Xuanzhen Sect leader was so angry he was about to vomit blood. He yelled at Xie Yan, "You villain! How could you be so despicable!"

Not only did they break into the Cheng family's inner quarters in the dead of night, but they also drugged these two elderly people with aphrodisiacs. Is this something a human being would do?!

Upon hearing this, Xie Yan shrugged, her tone revealing disapproval: "How can you say that? This medicine was carefully prepared by me, and its effects are excellent."

"Besides, isn't it because you have something to hide? What are you doing on the roof of the inner courtyard in the middle of the night? I had no choice but to do this to protect myself."

The two people who had been drugged: "..."

You call losing the aphrodisiac a last resort? And who on earth was sneaking around on the roof in the middle of the night?!

Even these two seasoned veterans who had weathered countless storms in the martial world were nearly driven half to death by Xie Yan's twisted and distorted words.

Seeing the ashen faces of the two people opposite her, Xie Yan seemed to think she hadn't angered them enough, and kindly reminded them, "If you don't take a cold bath now, you might do something shameful in public later."

Upon hearing this, the Master of Zixiao Manor and the Sect Leader of Xuanzhen Sect turned pale and then flushed.

But ironically, they did feel a surge of heat rising from their bodies at that moment.

Looking around again, they realized that the servants in the courtyard had been awakened by the noise on the roof and were peeking out of their houses to check what was happening.

The two, the Lord of Zixiao Manor and the Lord of Zixiao Manor, exchanged a glance, both seeing anger and embarrassment in each other's eyes.

If they don't leave now, their reputation built up over the past decades will be ruined tonight once the drug takes full effect!

The Lord of Zixiao Manor took a deep breath, his face contorted with rage, and gritted his teeth as he uttered a harsh threat to Xie Yan: "You just wait! I will never let you go!"

After saying that, he picked up his sword, turned around, jumped off the roof, and hurriedly left.

Upon seeing this, the leader of the Xuanzhen Sect immediately followed suit and left, leaving behind a harsh threat: "I will definitely find you two scoundrels and cut you into a thousand pieces!"

Judging from their backs, they must have gone back to their rooms to take cold showers.

Chu Ling watched the two fleeing figures with awe, and asked with a hint of amusement, "So you have this kind of medicine?"

"Oh, no, I was just kidding them. It's just a drug that makes people's blood rush to their head."

Xie Yan turned to look at him, and asked in surprise, "Do I look like the kind of person who doesn't respect the elderly or care for the young?"

Chu Ling: ...Quite similar.

They didn't linger any longer and immediately set off to leave the Cheng family.

As soon as the two returned to their residence, they saw Shen Yulin sitting in the hall, looking like he had been waiting for them for a long time.

"Brother Xie, Your Highness, where have you been? Why are you returning so late?"

Shen Yulin breathed a sigh of relief when he saw them, and then said, "I originally came to tell you the results of the discussion between Elder Cheng and the other seniors today, but I didn't expect to be unable to find you."

"Oh? What did they come up with?"

Xie Yan took the cup of tea he poured and asked curiously.

"The seniors have decided that, starting tonight, each of them will form several teams to patrol and defend the Cheng family's residence."

Xie Yan paused in her tea-drinking sip, exchanging a glance with Chu Ling. So that's how it is; no wonder they encountered Master Zixiao and his group tonight.

After Shen Yulin finished speaking, he looked over curiously and asked, "Brother Xie, what have you gained today?"

Two people: "..."

The next morning, unsurprisingly, they were summoned to the Cheng family again.

"This is simply unreasonable!"

Cheng Nanchun flew into a rage in the hall, smashing a teacup and shouting furiously, "I never expected the thieves to be so arrogant, trying to cause trouble for my Cheng family again last night!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the audience was shocked.

"What?! Is that really true?"

"Was anyone injured or killed in the family?"

"No." Cheng Nanchun shook his head, cupped his hands to the Lord of Zixiao Manor and the Xuanzhen Sect Leader beside him, and said, "Fortunately, the two of you intervened, otherwise my Cheng family would not know what would have happened."

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look at the two people being pointed at.

The two men looked listless for some reason, their noses were red, and they sneezed every now and then.

The owner of Zixiao Manor noticed their gazes and immediately swallowed the sneeze that was about to come out. His throat was slightly hoarse as he said, "We carelessly let the thief escape. We are truly ashamed to have failed Brother Cheng's gratitude."

"Huh? Even your two interventions couldn't stop that thug?"

"His martial arts skills are that amazing?!"

Seeing the crowd's surprise and uncertainty, Master Zixiao had no choice but to explain, "That wasn't just one thief, but two."

"Those two thieves were absolutely vicious. They didn't dare to fight us fair and square. Instead, they used some underhanded tricks, which caused us to fall into their traps and that's how they escaped."

When this matter was mentioned, the two men's expressions immediately turned ugly again.

And yet, at this very moment, someone is rubbing salt into their wounds.

"Ah? What kind of attack did you two seniors suffer? Are you alright?"

Master Zixiao recalled that he had taken a cold shower all night and forced a dry laugh, saying, "It's nothing, it's not a big deal."

The Xuanzhen Sect leader nodded with a dark expression.

Everyone was relieved and began to think again.

"Hiss—I didn't expect there would be two thugs?"

"Yes, that was unexpected. But Master Zixiao, when you fought those two, were you able to discern their martial arts style?"

After pondering for a moment, the Master of Zixiao Manor shook his head and said, "These two are highly skilled in martial arts, but I can't tell, and they don't seem to be people I know."

The leader of the Xuanzhen Sect nodded in agreement with his words.

These two are both experienced seniors in the martial arts world, but they didn't expect that even they couldn't figure out the newcomer's style and were unfamiliar with him. Could it be that he is not one of them?

Or is someone hiding something very well?

The crowd's expressions turned serious, and they exchanged glances, sizing each other up.

Then, those gazes slowly fell on Xie Yan and her companion, who had both changed their clothes.

The two were traveling together and did not know each other.

Xie Yan and Chu Ling: "..."

Cheng Nanchun also noticed the gazes of the crowd. He looked at Xie Yan and the other person, and hesitated before saying, "I wonder what happened to you two last night..."

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Yulin immediately stepped forward and smiled slightly, saying, "I can testify that the three of us were drinking and chatting inside the house last night, and none of us went out."

As soon as Shen Yulin spoke, everyone subconsciously believed him. After all, no one would doubt that the eldest disciple under Qingyun Daoist would speak up for two thieves.

But Cheng Nanchun clearly wanted to say something more.

Just then, a servant scrambled in, and upon seeing him, cried out in pain, "Master, something terrible has happened! The young master is in trouble!"