The

torrential rain over these past few days stopped, most of the injured were able

to walk around for a bit, go seek for their lost family. Gathering in the

temporary wooden house laughter gradually could be heard, even the burned and

buried corpses in the ten li radius

stopped burning for two days, unable to see the dusty smoke rising in tight

spirals.

The Hua

family’s carriage after leaving the city gates was unable to move, there were

tents everywhere outside the city gates, the tops covered with pieces of straw,

dried up branches and patched household clothes, there wasn’t a single road

wide enough for the carriage to pa.s.s through. The accompanying maids covered

their noses in distaste, the fragrance on their handkerchief mixed with the

body odour emitting from the victims, fragrant and smelly, even the wild dogs

struggling to survive felt that smell a.s.saulted their noses, even smellier and

more unpleasant than corpse.

The Hua

family’s carriage driver had been prepared at an earlier time, they prepared a

sedan chair, sitting inside the carriage was the family’s invaluable young

lady, her beauty could not lightly be seen by the dirty common people. Not

using a carriage, then she’ll go forth in a sedan chair, the surrounding

married woman still saw that tightly wrapped hat on that young lady’s head.

Because it

was November, the hat was adorned with the whitest rabbit hair, four or five

layers of gauze, all were the colour powder pink, the young lady’s attire was a

honey peach double layer jacket and skirt, most of the white soft top of her

bosom was covered by her hat’s gauze, a scarlet cloak wrapped around her

beautiful graceful body, only revealing a little bit of white which caused

people to be lost in their wild and fanciful thoughts, making people drool. She

was like a rainbow blossoming from the edge of the dusky horizon, it was indeed

beautiful, but ill-timed.

Xia Ling

Mei had hurried here just a moment ago, the people of the court had already

sent people to find w.a.n.g Yun Feng. She did not want to reveal her ident.i.ty, so

she waited with the ordinary people who followed here. So much supplies, it

couldn’t be said to be too much, it could definitely be said to be too little,

it could only be given to the most scarce people. 

The people who had come on

the road had already thought about it, first ask the person in charge Lord w.a.n.g

what to do, if he couldn’t decide, or if it was unevenly distributed, then the

supplies voluntarily delivered by the people would be distributed by the people

themselves. Since ancient times, amongst the people there were always some who

were not loyal to the imperial court and imperial family.

Xia Ling

Mei watched the top of that sedan chair pa.s.s by the worn and broken tents of

the victims, turning the corner of where there was a concentration of wooden

houses, it looked like the entrance to a village, the officials of the imperial

court also just now entered over there. Xia Ling Mei made a gesture, getting a

few shadow guards to follow her, going in together.

It was less

chaotic here than by the city gates, it was much more orderly, many houses were

open widely, a faint smell of strong medicine floated out from the houses, from

time to time a person’s stuffy cough or moan could be heard, and there were

people helping each other to walk around outside. Xia Ling Mei saw one of the

Xia family’s physician, guessing w.a.n.g Yun Feng should be around here somewhere,

and not knowing what he was busy with, whether he had eaten properly and taken

his medicine, living amongst the victims outside of the city, he must not get

along with the officials inside the city, it seems like he could never get

along with the people of the court, just like a hedgehog, whoever gets close

will be injured, over time people would rather stay away from him, and not wish

their bodies to be cut up by him.

She saw

some officials coming out of a large courtyard not too far away, and outside,

that gorgeous sedan chair was also stopped at the doorway, the fragile

invaluable young lady was carefully supported in.

Xia Ling Mei

drew in a breath, beginning to grind her teeth.

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng that immoral and despicable person, wherever he goes he always attract

rubbish love interest, he needs a spanking!

Ai, that’s

not right. That temper of w.a.n.g Yun Feng’s, it was useless for other people to

like him, he would only invest effort in thinking about people he loved, just

like Xia Ling Mei. 

Before and after he liked her, w.a.n.g Yun Feng was completely

acting in two different manners. Maybe, this invaluable young lady had come on

official business? Seeing those decorated clothes, it wasn’t a rushed manner of

an official’s young lady, instead it was only a conceited peac.o.c.k who doesn’t

understand the way of the world and brought up in the lady’s private room,

perhaps she is the daughter of some great family.

As she was

thinking, another familiar person walked in front of her line of sight, ai,

isn’t it that Juan Shu who is more chatty than a crested myna?

Xia Ling

Mei covered in dust had a rare smile since she had left Beiding city, totally

oblivious that inside the house w.a.n.g Yun Feng’s brows were about to crumble.

He did not

think, after sorting out that group of officials, the influential families

would get 

restless and start wanting to dig an escape route from within.

Even though

the w.a.n.g family was hundreds of years old, but because those who entered the

imperial court were imperial censors, the position of imperial censor was a job

that offended people, there were very few people they were friends with, there

were always some sort of contradicting view with those of the influential

families. Thus, the w.a.n.g family was cleaner than clean, as a result was placed

in an important position of the emperor even easier, of course, it was even

easier to eradicate them.

Originally

everyone thought w.a.n.g Yun Feng was the same as his father, an incorrigibly

stubborn yet more stubborn old mule, therefore the officials distance

themselves from him, the influential families also didn’t want to have dealings

with him, watching him under pressure outside Zhuozhou’s gates. They didn’t

expect, this person was fair and honest on the outside, but there was some

metal beneath the surface, unexpectedly sorted out the corrupt officials to use

money to buy peace. The officials wouldn’t fish money out of their own pockets,

naturally they wanted to force the influential families and merchants. The

merchants were in a powerless position, but the influential families were a

mixed bag, having found out about w.a.n.g Yun Feng’s status, one by one they

pondered over how to pull him into this puddle of mud.

They became

aware, is easy to gain a reputation from disaster relief, disaster relief makes

it easy to get people’s attention, the reconstruction after the disaster was

the most important thing, it could turn a hen into a chicken farm.

The

influential families and merchants were staring at that piece of fatty meat, losing

their minds one by one.

The biggest

influential family in Zhuozhou the Hua family, not knowing whether the master

was truly not at home or there were other reasons, everyone else who came were

all grandfathers, young masters or old men, and his family unexpectedly sent

this Lady Hua.

“Lord w.a.n.g,

you can call me Bao Xia.”

At that

time, w.a.n.g Yun Feng was missing the crown prince so much. With that little

perverted dragon here, any witty woman would be dallied by the little pervert

until she was too ashamed to face anyone. Sadly, the crown prince had left

after w.a.n.g Yun Feng had dealt with the corrupt officials, after all he could

only travel outside for a month, he must rush back to the Imperial city before

the end of the year.

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng never knew how to reject women, back then he was like this to Xia Ling Mei

who chased after him, now confronting Hua Bao Xia he was also the same. He

could only give a cold greeting to the other person then, give her the cold

shoulder, afterwards without lifting his head he discussed matters with other

people who had come to handle affairs.

When Xia

Ling Mei came in carrying a bowl of medicine, Hua Bao Xia was just sitting at the

side bored, and a group of people surrounding w.a.n.g Yun Feng’s desk was arguing

about something. There was no one who showed interest or provocation towards

the appearance of this invaluable young lady, clearly people were already used

to it.

Xia Ling Mei

stood at the door, like a timid and cautious young wife, not daring to go in

and interrupt their important matter.

“This is

Lord w.a.n.g’s medicine?” Hua Bao Xia reclining on the back of the chair, inquired

with a bit of interest to the wife who had just entered.

Xia Ling

Mei cautiously nodded her head, looking a bit wooden and lifeless.

“Carry it

over to this young lady.”

Xia Ling

Mei did not move, her mind was on w.a.n.g Yun Feng’s deep and hoa.r.s.e coughing

sound. That person must not have rested well, his throat was already hoa.r.s.e,

and while he was discussing with others his voice was neither high nor low, the

haughtiness beneath the surface of a scholar from time to time appeared a

little, unreasonably causing the people around to not be please. However, no

one dared to slap the table and loudly argue, even the people who were so angry

they were red in the face would subconsciously look to a particular corner.

There was a

not very big table, spread out on the table were many papers, it wasn’t certain

what was drawn on those papers, piled everywhere in a mess, and there was a

writing brush thrown on the table, no one had picked it up. Looking from the

door, behind the table there was a not very wide couch, on the other end of the

couch a black head could be seen. Under the carelessly gathered bedding a bit

of a blade was exposed, black hair fallen onto the face, the naked blade

against it looked like it had just been refined in the blacksmith’s stove

water, carrying a cold air.

They didn’t

know who it was behind that table, curled up he still made other people feel

panicky, not daring to recklessly do anything.

Xia Ling

Mei’s eyesight probably wasn’t too good, she directly overlooked      that couch to the other wall where it was

hung with weapons, swords, pikes, shuttles, concealed weapons, they filled the

wall. When the rare sunlight of the winter came s.h.i.+ning in, a person’s

reflection could be seen s.h.i.+ning on the sharpest edge of blade.

Before Xia

Ling Mei took a step, she saw an enraged maid come running in front of her,

without the slightest hesitation with a lightening move of the hand she

s.n.a.t.c.hed the bowl of medicine from her hands: “Do you not have ears? Did you

not hear what my young lady said.”

Xia Ling

Mei turned her head, and saw that bowl of medicine in Hua Bao Xia’s hands,

then, that sweet and delicate young lady with an extremely gentle intonation,

successfully cut through the numerous people surrounding w.a.n.g Yun Feng doing

their work, again extremely kindly and bashfully delivered the bowl of medicine

to w.a.n.g Yun Feng: “Lord, you ought to drink your medicine.”

Xia Ling

Mei believed, the people in the house couldn’t help just now s.h.i.+ver.

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng didn’t even lift his head, “Put it down” maybe, he simply didn’t

distinguish whether the person who delivered the medicine was male or female,

incessantly taking out another list of items, this was the checklist for the

supplies which had just been delivered, he should send someone reliable to

check it.

Lifting his

head to look over, immediately seeing Hua Bao Xia and changing directions to

the numerous temporarily recruited inferior subordinates. Most of them were

victims who were scholars who had studied before, and there were some village

heads, compared to all of Zhuozhou’s local official, the victims knew even more

what they needed to do themselves, that way they can do even better.

Hua Bao Xia

in due course leaned her body, somewhat worried, somewhat complaining: “My Lord, even

if you’re busy you have to look after your body.”

Someone

laughed: “That’s right, my Lord drink the medicine first, if there’s something to

do just arrange for us to do it.”

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng cast a glance at the man who had interrupted the conversation, that

first-rate brocade clothing, and the tablet hanging at his waist indicated the

other person was a member of an influential family. w.a.n.g Yun Feng did not trust

people easily, raising his head slightly, he yelled: “Juan Shu.”

“Reporting

back to Lord w.a.n.g, Juan Shu has just been called away by a physician.”

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng again looked around once, indeed Juan Shu’s silhouette could not be seen,

again lowering his head: “Call him over, just tell him there’s something I need

him to do.”

“Yes.”

w.a.n.g Yun

Feng paused, thinking this voice was somewhat familiar. He subconsciously 

rubbed his temple, did he imagine it? It wasn’t enough to have his son by his

side, he still 

imagined Xia Ling Mei to keep him company. Apart from the fact

that it was not allowed for an official on a mission to bring his wife and

children, Xia family wouldn’t allow Xia Ling Mei to come to the disaster area

to impose on his reputation.

n.o.ble!

He shook

his head and opened his eyes, seeing that married woman slowly walk out of the

house, why does that back look more and more familiar?

He suddenly

stood up: “You, hold on!”

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T/N: Poor guy his wife is not going to be happy haha