The daughter of the mansion is slapped in the face every day

Chapter 118 Cosmetics

Jiang Youfei looked at the direction Wei Yi was taking him, and the more he looked, the more he felt something was wrong.

Coming out of the city, there are fewer and fewer people along the official road. It doesn't look like there are still people living there.

"A woman, living outside the city?" Jiang Youfei knew that the security along the way was not good when he came down from Daizhou.

"The Zhou family's mansion has been confiscated. I guess she has no money on her, so she can only live outside the city. If she wants to seek refuge with relatives and friends, it would be fine, but she is stubborn and wants to stay in the capital to seek justice for her father. How can she have a good life?" Wei Yi was used to this kind of thing and was not surprised at all.

"We're here." Wei Yi narrowed his eyes.

What Jiang Youfei saw when he looked up was a dilapidated house. There were some dry firewood piled in the yard and a few coarse cloth clothes drying at the door, with water dripping from the clothes.

He raised his hand and knocked on the door politely.

"Ah..." A quick scream rang out.

Jiang Youfei and Wei Yi felt something was wrong, looked at each other, decisively jumped off their horses, and rushed into the yard.

Jiang Youfei picked up a piece of firewood and rushed into the house.

Wei Yi drew his sword and followed closely behind.

Inside the house, there were five men in dark clothes, holding swords and pointing them at Jiang Youfei.

Zhou Lingling was huddled in a corner, shivering.

Jiang Youfei didn't know where he got the strength and courage from, he picked up the wooden stick and hit the person opposite him.

As expected, the stick broke after just a few hits.

Jiang Youfei simply grabbed the hilt of the sword to prevent the other party from moving.

Wei Yi was fighting with three other people.

Jiang Youfei saw out of the corner of his eye that a man was slashing at Zhou Lingling with a knife. He pushed the man away, rushed to Zhou Lingling, and took the knife for her.

His blood splattered on Zhou Lingling's face.

Zhou Lingling was stunned by the scene before her.

She looked up and saw Jiang Youfei's face so close to her, and suddenly she forgot to breathe.

Wei Yi stabbed the thief who attacked Jiang Youfei into the stomach, then decisively pulled out the knife and threw the man to the ground casually.

"Are you okay?" Jiang Youfei held on to the wall and struggled to get up.

"...It's you who's in trouble." Before Zhou Lingling could say anything, Wei Yi spoke first.

Wei Yi supported Jiang Youfei and checked his wound.

The wound was not deep, but it was fatal to someone like Jiang Youfei who was born weak.

Without caring about anything else, Wei Yi directly carried Jiang Youfei onto the horse, turned around and asked Zhou Lingling, with a somewhat anxious tone, "Can you ride a horse?"

Zhou Lingling looked at Jiang Youfei, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded.

Wei Yi said, "Come back with me. The Imperial Censorate will arrange a separate place for you. Those people tried to kill you once, and they will definitely try to kill you a second time. It's not safe outside the city anymore."

"Okay, I'll go back with you."

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Wei Yi reported the news of Jiang Youfei's injury back to the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion.

Upon hearing the news that Jiang Youfei was injured, Jiang Youcai's first reaction was to rush out the door.

The second reaction came to his mind, Jiang Youcai turned back and knelt on one knee towards Jiang Yunxi, "Princess, please save him."

After following Jiang Yunxi for so long, watching her develop a prescription for treating the epidemic and making many ointments for treating injuries, Jiang Youcai believed in Jiang Yunxi's medical skills.

Jiang Yunxi stared at him in silence for a while, then ordered, "Nannan, go prepare the horses, there's no need to harness the carriage."

Zhao Changyu was a little surprised and looked at Jiang Yunxi.

It seems like he has something to say.

In the end, he didn't say it.

Jiang Yunxi carried the medicine box and went straight into the Censorate's Mansion.

Looking at the long wound on Jiang Youfei's back as he lay on the couch, Jiang Yunxi frowned and took Jiang Youfei's pulse.

The pulse is weak.

Jiang Yunxi took out a pill from her purse and stuffed it into Jiang Youfei's mouth.

Jiang Yunxi asked Jiang Youcai to press on Jiang Youfei's wound to stop the bleeding, and took Jiang Youfei's pulse again.

This time, Jiang Youfei's pulse stabilized.

"Fortunately, the knife is not poisonous. But he is weak and needs to take good care of himself for a while." She took out a bottle of ointment from the medicine box and handed it to Jiang Youcai, "You apply the ointment on him."

Jiang Youcai took the ointment, his eyes full of worry, "I told you that you shouldn't leave him alone."

Jiang Yunxi sat on the couch nearby, glanced at Wei Yi standing nearby, and straightened her clothes. "Who can tell me what happened?"

Wei Yi came out, looking a little guilty, "Today, Lord Mu ordered Master Mu and I to question a witness. Unexpectedly, the witness was also being hunted. Master Mu and I tried our best to rescue him, but unfortunately, Master Mu was injured."

"That's a coincidence." Jiang Yunxi picked up the teacup and stroked the edge of the cup with his fingers. "Who is the witness?"

Jiang Yunxi spoke in a bad tone, as if he was seeking revenge.

Wei Yi hesitated and didn't dare to say anything.

"Why, you can't tell me?" Jiang Yunxi put the cup down heavily. "Do you suspect that I have something to do with the case?"

Wei Yi bowed and clasped his fists to apologize, "My Lord, I misunderstood. It is only related to the case, and I dare not disclose it."

Jiang Yunxi narrowed her eyes. "I noticed that Mu Kang and Zhou Jinghong were not in the Censorate. I think they went to investigate more important clues. The clues that Jiang Youfei was able to investigate should not be important. Just tell me what you want to say. If they blame me, just push it onto me."

"Yes... I want to go look for Miss Zhou." Wei Yi said it out of helplessness.

Jiang Yunxi's gaze immediately fell on a strange little girl who was sitting silently at the end of the bed.

Seeing Zhou Lingling's rather pretty appearance, Jiang Yunxi chuckled and said half-jokingly, "Oh, so it was for a beauty who brought disaster. You're really promising."

Zhou Lingling, who was tossed around by Jiang Yunxi, lowered her head, pursed her lips and said nothing.

"It is only natural for the Censorate to protect witnesses." Jiang Youfei's cheeks were slightly sweaty. He spoke weakly and struggled to open his eyes to defend Zhou Lingling.

Jiang Youcai asked in surprise, "You're awake?"

Jiang Yunxi's eyes had been fixed on Zhou Lingling, and she had been thinking about something. Suddenly, she said, "He woke up a long time ago."

She smiled faintly and thought, "He obviously woke up a long time ago, but he didn't talk earlier or later, but he spoke just when I was about to attack Zhou Lingling. It seems that their relationship is not ordinary."

"Oh," Jiang Yunxi held his chin with his left hand, a smile on his face, "You are not from the Imperial Censorate, so why are you so careless?"

Jiang Youfei stopped talking.

Seeing that no one in the room was in the mood to joke, Jiang Yunxi stood up, stretched, and said to Zhao Changyu, "Shall we go back?"

Zhao Changyu nodded.

As soon as Jiang Yunxi stepped to the door, she saw Mu Kang who had hurried back.

She noticed the powder on Mu Kang's collar at a glance.