Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 138: The Whims of Fate (1)_1

Chapter 138: Chapter 138: The Whims of Fate (1)_1

Over on this side, the Punishing Shopkeeper quickly conveyed Mo Yan’s request to Yan Junyu. For Junyu, it was just a small effort; he dispatched someone overnight to conduct a covert investigation of the secret brothel.

The spy sent out was very efficient, and early the next morning, he laid out all the intricacies of the secret brothel before Yan Junyu.

Looking at the several familiar names that appeared on this stack of papers, a bewitchingly charming smile surfaced on Yan Junyu’s beautiful face, causing Guan Yu to shudder in fear. What sort of trouble was the ancestor planning to stir up this time?

"Take these to the WuChengBingMaSi and tell Sir Xiao that this lord has been cheated out of twenty thousand taels of silver by these people," Junyu said, tossing the stack of papers to Guan Yu before he continued to break bread to feed the fish in his pond.

Guan Yu rolled his eyes secretly but put on a fawning face, "My lord, if it’s just a matter of cheating silver, Jingzhao Yin should be handling it. It might be problematic for Sir Xiao to intervene."

Yan Junyu gave him a kick, "Can’t you come up with another excuse? How can you still be so stupid after all these years of following me?"

Guan Yu dodged nimbly and ran off, giggling, "Then I shall say that you were targeted for assassination, and the assassin fled into that place, definitely in cahoots with those people there."

A twitch appeared at the corner of Yan Junyu’s eye, utterly speechless. How despised must he be to have been targeted for assassination twice within just three short months?

After Xiao Ruiyuan finished the morning court session and arrived at the Bureau of Military Office ready to deal with official business, he received news that Yan Junyu had been targeted for assassination, which prompted him to personally seal off a secret brothel. He didn’t even know what to say for a moment.

However, upon reviewing the information covertly handed to him by Guan Yu, Xiao Ruiyuan’s expression turned solemn, and he immediately appointed two hundred troops to storm the secret brothel...

All residents of the secret brothel were apprehended, and since Xiao Ruiyuan recognized Lizhong, he recorded his testimony and allowed him to go home. By the time Lizhong got home, it was already afternoon. Mo Yan, who had been anxiously waiting all day, finally felt relieved. However, Lixiu did not return with him, and although Mo Yan found this strange, she refrained from asking.

But Lizhong, having sent the children away, took the initiative to tell Mo Yan about all the misfortunes Lixiu faced after being abandoned.

Mo Yan felt something wasn’t right but still listened patiently.

After Lixiu had been abandoned by the Zhang Family, she decided to stay in Jing City, worried about bringing shame upon her parents and brothers and not having a penny to her name, not even for travel expenses.

As Lixiu was skilled in embroidery, she found a reputable Embroidery Workshop and worked as an embroideress, earning enough to support herself.

However, her embroidery was so exceptional that it not only won the esteem of the Shopkeeper but also led certain customers to request her work exclusively. Coupled with her own reticence and focus solely on her craft, this naturally drew resentment from other embroideresses over time.

One time, a noble client commissioned Lixiu to embroider a large piece for a birthday gift. The day before it was to be completed, someone sabotaged the work, and the culprit went uncaught.

The Shopkeeper, not wanting to offend the noble client, shifted all the blame onto Lixiu. Not only did she lose her job, but she also had to pay back all her earned silver, and in her desperation, was deceived into the secret brothel.

"It’s all my fault, raising Xiu Er to be docile and introverted. Had she been more assertive, even if she had no accomplishments, the Zhang family wouldn’t have dared to mistreat her, and these subsequent events would never have happened. It’s all my fault!"

Full of self-reproach, Lizhong’s face was etched with regret. He cast all the blame upon himself for overlooking the wickedness of people’s hearts.

Mo Yan didn’t know how to comfort the heartbroken man; by now, all consolatory words seemed too pale.

Wiping away his tears, Lizhong continued to speak with a choked voice.

Deceived into the secret brothel, Lixiu was renamed Xiang Xing Er. She attempted to escape and resist multiple times but was beaten within an inch of her life each time. Despite the hardship, memories of her family back home kept her alive; she couldn’t bear to die.

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