A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 55: Xuanyu's Plan

"Yunyu, what do you want to talk to me about?" Li Yunye asked after Lu Zhi delivered the tea and went downstairs.

"Sir, do you still remember the incident half a month ago when the Zhang couple made a scene at the famous Li family in Jiangnan because of their sister's death?" Yan Yu asked after taking a sip of tea calmly.

"I remember, of course I remember. I will never forget what happened that day!" Thinking of the twenty strokes of the bamboo stick he received, Li Yunye suddenly felt the pain in his buttocks again.

"Afterwards, the Zhang couple were poisoned in prison. Sir, do you know who did it?" Looking at Li Yunye's gritting teeth in front of her, Yan Yu continued to ask with a smile.

"It is said that they are two ruffians in the city, but the government has not caught them and cannot convict them." Li Yunye shrugged and shook his head.

"Those two men are just knives in the hands of others."

"Do you know the truth, Yanyu?"

Seeing Yanyu's knowing smile, Li Yunye's curiosity was also aroused.

Xuanyu did not answer immediately, but took out a map from her sleeve and spread it out in front of Li Yunye.

"What is this?" Li Yunye looked puzzled.

"This is a map of Zhao Chu's villa outside the city."

"What do you want to do with this map of Zhao Chu's villa?" Li Yunye was even more confused after hearing this.

Huan Yu held her forehead helplessly. Was she too smart or was the other person too stupid?

"Oh, I understand. Those two ruffians are hiding in Zhao Chu's villa right now!" At this moment, Li Yunye suddenly realized something and slammed the table.

Xuanyu nodded with relief: At least he's not too stupid.

"So, the mastermind behind this incident is that Zhao Chu again! This treacherous villain is really endless!" Speaking of Zhao Chu, Li Yunye naturally could not forget the previous incident where he was almost robbed and killed. The new and old grudges combined made him even more angry.

"Zhao Chu first instigated those two ruffians to instigate the Zhang family couple to cause a disturbance at the Jiangnan Li family, attempting to damage the reputation of your Li family. However, they did not expect that the Zhang family couple would eventually become suspects and be detained..."

"So they chose to kill people to silence them because they were afraid of being exposed by the Zhang couple?" Without waiting for Yan Yu to finish, Li Yunye also started to speculate along this line of thought.

"The Zhang couple were killed by those two ruffians, and the two ruffians were killed by Zhao Chu afterwards. Their bodies were thrown into a dry well in this villa." Xuan Yu continued to add.

"Those two ruffians were also silenced?" Li Yunye was shocked.

"Killing two ruffians has frightened you, but what if Xuanyu tells you that there are six more lives hidden in the dry well in that villa?" Xuanyu looked at Li Yunye with a smile, but that calm smile made the other party feel scared.

Jiang Siyao took a deep breath after hearing this, and she was so nervous that she stopped breathing for a few seconds. A total of eight lives! At this moment, she felt a chill on her back when she thought of Zhao Chu's cynical face.

"Sir, do you want to know who the other six people who died were?"

"I don't want to listen!" Li Yunye was so scared that he quickly covered his ears and shook his head.

"Those six people were all girls Zhao Chu bought from outside a year ago. They were tortured to death in the villa." Yan Yu ignored Li Yunye's resistance, stood up, walked to the window, looked into the distance, and said expressionlessly.

Li Yunye slowly put down his hands and closed his eyes in pain. Instead of anger, he now felt more powerless. He was powerless against this cruel world and the dark side of human nature.

"It is said that the government is still tracking down the whereabouts of those two ruffians." The two were silent for a long time, and then Yan Yu sat back in front of Li Yunye and continued.

"You want me to take this map to report to the authorities?" Li Yunye swallowed nervously and looked at Yan Yu.

"What's wrong, are you scared, sir?" Yan Yu smiled, but there was expectation in her eyes.

"I...I have two questions?" Li Yunye was really scared, so he didn't dare to look at Yan Yu again.

"Excuse me, sir?"

"How do you know Zhao Chu's crimes in such detail?"

"Zhao Chu is a rich young man in Qile City, and a distinguished guest of our Hongxiang Pavilion. As the most popular courtesan of Hongxiang Pavilion, I was once invited by Zhao Chu to visit his villa. I learned about this by overhearing a conversation between him and his good friend."

Li Yunye had no doubts about Xuanyu's answer, so he was about to ask the second question when Xuanyu beat him to the punch:

"Sir, do you still want to ask why Xuanyu didn't report the whole truth to the government?" Xuanyu sighed when she saw Li Yunye didn't say anything else, "Sir, do you know what it means to be humble? Women like us who come from humble backgrounds are looked down upon wherever we go. It's difficult for ordinary people to sue officials, but how easy is it for prostitutes to sue merchants?"

"But the Zhao family is one of the richest businessmen in Qile City. Even if I sue them, there is no guarantee that the government will not favor Zhao Chu." Xuanyu's words also made Li Yunye disheartened.

"The Zhao family is one of the richest businessmen in Qile City, and the Li family is the richest family in Jiangnan. Even if the government wants to show favoritism, they have to weigh the pros and cons." Yan Yu smiled disapprovingly.

"But..." Li Yunye still looked embarrassed. He did hate Zhao Chu, who was worse than a beast, but he just wanted to live a peaceful life now and didn't want to get involved in this mess.

"Have you forgotten the robbery and murder so quickly? Even if you don't provoke Zhao Chu, you are still a thorn in his side, because of your identity as the young master of Jiangnan Mingli. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Zhao and Li families have been fighting for many years. If you want a ruthless person like Zhao Chu to let you go easily, the only way is for Jiangnan Mingli... to fall."

"Miss Xuanyu is right. Zhao Chu will definitely find more opportunities to embarrass the Li family in the future, and I seem to be the most dangerous. This... this is too scary. I don't want to die in obscurity one day." After Xuanyu's incisive reminder, Li Yunye panicked.

"You decide what to do, young master." Seeing Li Yunye in a panic, Xuanyu was very satisfied. She stood up and bowed, and continued, "It's been a while since I came out. Xuanyu should go back now."

Li Yunye was at a loss at this moment. He seemed not to have heard Yan Yu's farewell and just sat in front of the map, distressed.

"Miss Xuanyu..." An Ge, who was in the shop, saw Xuanyu coming downstairs alone. Just as he was about to ask, Xuanyu answered in advance:

"Your master has something else to do, so I'll go back first." After saying this, Yan Yu was surprised to see more than a dozen pieces of cloth piled next to Hong Nu.

"Girl, are these cloths enough?" Hong Nu pointed at the dozen or so pieces of cloth and asked with a bright face.

"That's enough. Please send it to Hongxiang Pavilion later." Yanyu nodded with a slightly stiff expression, then turned to Lu Zhi beside her and smiled.

"Don't worry, Miss Xuanyu, I'll send it over in a moment." Lu Zhi replied respectfully.

Without saying anything else, Xuanyu led Hongnu out of the cloth shop. Lu Zhi and An Ge saw them off to the door.

"Can the young lady's plan really work?" Hong Nu asked in a low voice after Yan Yu and Hong Nu got on the carriage and left East Street.

"You can look forward to it, the good show is about to begin." Yan Yu touched Hong Nu's head and said with a smile.

"Girl, if we succeed this time, will Lord Zuohu let us go back?" Hong Nu raised her big childish eyes and asked expectantly.

"Go back? Where?" Yan Yu's eyes suddenly dimmed, and she continued to sneer: "This mission is completed, there is another mission, and we will not stop until we die."

Hongnu frowned and sighed softly, leaning on Yanyu's shoulder in silence.