Chapter 20 This is the price of lack of communication
"Come on, open your mouth."
Xu Chong brought the kettle close to Sun Yourong's mouth. His eyes were covered with Sun Yourong's face towel.
“…”
Sun Yourong always felt something was strange, but she had no evidence.
Maybe the injury made me too sensitive.
Sun Yourong thought about it and obediently opened her rosy little mouth.
He swallowed with a gulp, and his neck moved, glowing white in the dim light.
In this regard, Xu Chong remained extremely calm.
He could only see a rough outline through the face mask, and there was no sign of the lustful thought that he had before.
His guess was correct. Sun Yourong was indeed very weird. His concentration collapsed, and it was not entirely his fault.
According to Sun Yourong, her family started to make her wear a veil when she was very young, and she has been doing so ever since.
If her true face is revealed to others, not only men but even women will lose their minds.
However, Sun Yourong herself did not know why this happened, and her family did not explain it to her.
Soon, half a pot of water was drunk.
Xu Chong took off his veil, closed his eyes, and fumbled to put it on Sun Yourong according to the direction he remembered.
Only then did he heave a sigh of relief, "Since you are my cousin, I will forgive you for that slap."
After drinking the water, Sun Yourong's spirits obviously improved. "Why...why did you save me?"
"Um?"
Xu Chong raised his eyebrows: "Why do you ask?"
"Because you only regard me as your father's concubine. If it were someone else, it would be possible to save people with this reason, but you and your father..."
“I am a stranger to my father.”
Xu Chong interrupted, "Besides, I am an upright gentleman who hates evil. It's good enough that I don't arrest you. How can I save you, right?"
Sun Yourong nodded.
She fled to Xu's house purely out of instinct in her confused state of mind. She didn't intend to ask for help, and she didn't even think Xu Chong would lend a helping hand.
But Xu Chong happened to save her.
"I was planning to hand you over, but..."
Xu Chong's eyes suddenly fell on Sun Yourong's face, and he said with a smile: "But you are too beautiful. As long as I think about what you might suffer after being caught, I really can't bear to do it."
“…”
Sun Yourong opened her lips slightly, and two bright red spots crept up her cheeks and quickly spread to her ears.
"just kidding."
Xu Chong pulled the corner of his mouth, "Even if you are ten times more beautiful, as long as I am not affected by you, I will not save you because of your beauty."
“…”
Sun Yourong was embarrassed and annoyed, frowning, "Why is that?"
"Why? Haha..."
Xu Chong smiled, his eyes darkened, "After knowing the truth about the fifth-class household registration, will anyone still be as naive as before?"
Sun Yourong was silent.
"So, I need to know about you and Master San."
Xu Chong stood straight with a cold expression, "This will determine how I should deal with myself and how I should act. "
Sun Yourong sighed secretly, "What do you want to know?"
"First, what does Taiping Dao do?"
This is the issue that Xu Chong is most concerned about.
He was very curious about what kind of organization it was that could scare Wu Wenjing so much just by hearing the name.
“I can’t explain this clearly.”
Sun Yourong shook her head. "I can only tell you that the Taiping Dao has no intention of overthrowing Daqing."
"You don't have the ability to overthrow Daqing?"
Xu Chong curled his lips and changed the question: "Fu Yuanlong said that you have an important status in the Taiping Dao and that we must capture you alive... Is there any treasure on you that he is determined to get?"
"I am one of the eighteen disciples of the Taiping Dao this generation. I have the opportunity to become the leader of the Taiping Dao. Fu Yuanlong has been keeping an eye on me. He probably wants to use me to exchange for contributions. It has nothing to do with treasures."
"That's not right. A general commander is pursuing the enemy alone without any help... I understand. He wants to take all the credit."
Xu Chong seemed to be thinking about something, and then asked, "Where is the Third Master? What is the Third Master's position in the Taiping Dao?"
By this time, he no longer considered the Third Master to be an ordinary historian.
It is very likely that he is the person planted by the Taiping Dao in Canglong County.
However.
"Your father? He probably has nothing to do with the Taiping Dao. At least, I, a Daoist, don't know."
Sun Yourong shook her head and recalled, "I only visited your father with my mother when I was very young, and I never saw him again until a while ago when my mother received a letter from your father."
Isn’t the Third Master a member of the Taiping Dao?
Xu Chong was stunned. This was completely different from what he thought. "I remember you said that Third Master was a good man, but you've only met him once. How dare you say that?"
"My mother told me."
Sun Yourong said calmly, "Mother said that your father was the kindest and most upright person she had ever met. He was willing to bear the infamy and become the county magistrate's lackey in order to control the intensity of the oppression so that the people could at least survive no matter how difficult their lives were."
"I don't know the details, but I think if this is true, then the number of deaths and missing persons in Canglong County should have dropped significantly since your father took office."
"You can check it out."
check?
No need to check.
Xu Chong was in a daze .
Without even checking, he knew it was probably true.
Why can’t we find the Third Master’s black money?
Because the third master never took his share, he used it all to feed the county magistrate and the chief clerk.
Why did the mansion move out money as soon as it came in?
Because the Third Master secretly used it to help the people.
So...
The original character of emotion is not a mutation, but hereditary!
"Besides, I'm guessing there's something fishy about your father's death."
Sun Yourong said again.
Xu Chong laughed sarcastically, "No need to guess, it is certain that it was done by the county magistrate and the chief clerk."
"Your father was able to deal with them for many years without revealing any flaws, how could he be killed so easily?"
Sun Yourong glanced at Xu Chong. "Although he didn't mention it in his letter, I feel that he is determined to die. It is very likely that he deliberately put himself to death."
"...I can't understand why someone would die if he was alive and well?"
Xu Chong frowned.
"About six months ago, your father mentioned in a letter that he found marks of strangulation on your neck."
Six months ago...wasn't that the time when the original body hanged himself?
Xu Chong's heart was filled with emotions.
It turns out that this is the truth.
The Third Master is called a dog official, but in fact he endures humiliation and secretly protects the people.
However, the original body, who inherited the good qualities of the Third Master, chose another method.
Eventually, the two drifted apart, and the original body couldn't stand the pressure, hanged himself, and was replaced by him.
The third master didn't know that his son had a new soul. After discovering the marks from being strangled, he was afraid that his son would continue to seek death, so he resolutely chose to die.
The death was really unjust...
Both of them are innocent.
Is this the price of lack of communication?
Xu Chong sighed helplessly.
"This is just my guess, you..."
Sun Yourong looked at Xu Chong with some concern, wanting to comfort him but not knowing where to start.
"It's okay. I won't do anything stupid again."
Xu Chong waved his hand, his expression serious, "Now there is only one last question left. What should I do to prevent you from being caught and protect yourself at the same time?"
Sun Yourong was stunned for a moment, then a barely perceptible smile appeared on her face: "You don't have to do anything for me. If you really can't do anything, just hand me over. Fu Yuanlong wants to use me in exchange for contributions, so he won't kill me."
"If I don't kill you, what about doing something else?"
Xu Chong smiled with evil humor, "You know your own situation."
Sun Yourong was speechless and rolled her eyes at Xu Chong. "I have already broken through to the Tongmai realm. As long as I am conscious, even if I only have one breath left, I can still sever my meridians by reversing them... That's why Fu Yuanlong never pushed me into a desperate situation."
"I see."
Xu Chong nodded nonchalantly, "Let's get down to business. How can I help you?"
"this……"
Sun Yourong felt warm in her heart and shook her head: "I am seriously injured and cannot deal with the raids that may occur at any time."
"I am in charge of the search and arrest operation. We will probably find the Xu Mansion at 11:00 tomorrow."
Xu Chong said in a deep voice, "Now that you know in advance, are you sure you can avoid it?"
"Are you hosting?"
Sun Yourong looked at Xu Chong in surprise, then nodded: "That should be no problem ."
"That's good."
Xu Chong breathed a sigh of relief. "Also, you may have to figure out how to get water after tonight."
"It doesn't matter."
Sun Yourong didn't care. "Not eating or drinking for ten days is not a big problem for a Tongmai realm warrior. And if I haven't been found in ten days, with the Tongmai realm's recovery ability, I should have recovered."
"That's good."
Xu Chong nodded and said thoughtfully: "...No wonder Fu Yuanlong only gave us ten days."
However, as soon as she finished speaking, Sun Yourong's expression suddenly changed.
"Ten days?"
"impossible!"
