Perfect Encounter - Chapter 61.2
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Chapter 61.2
Big Long was not pleased. He swept down the two fighters who attacked his soldiers with a swing of his sword, then whistled. The black horse listened to the command, spread his hooves, and ran.
An Ruochen was unprepared. Even if she was, she could not sit steadily! She screamed, turned upside down twice on the horse’s back, and fell.
Successfully, fell unconscious.
When An Ruochen woke up, she found herself lying in her bedroom.
The Purple Cloud House, she came back? Memories flooded her mind in a flash.
Liu Ze, Zhao Jiahua, Lou Zhi, Qi Zheng, and the General!
An Ruochen sat up abruptly, then screamed in pain and found all of her bones scattered as if she had fallen.
Right, she had fallen in front of the General from the horse.
An Ruochen wailed and lay back down again, pulling the quilt and burying herself.
The General didn’t see when her roundhouse kick was beautiful. He didn’t see her dashing dart rope. He only saw her fall off the horse in a mess.
An Ruochen remembered more, how the whole street got burnt, how Liu Ze died, and many others did as well. She was useless. She didn’t catch Mr. Xie and didn’t catch the military traitor. She urged the Lord Governor and the Magistrate’s office to make a big move. But based on the state of the Liu Residence, the Guan Liu Pavilion’s end must have failed. She did not get anything done. She was indeed useless.
The more An Ruochen thought, the sadder she was. She couldn’t help but cry out.
After getting tired from crying, she fell asleep again. Then, in a daze, she felt suffocated, lifted the quilt, and gasped for air. Suddenly, she woke up and opened her eyes. Her room was bright with candles. It was nighttime.
She bared her teeth and endured the pain to get up. She will become a cripple if she sleeps again.
Chun Xiao heard the movement and entered the room, saying happily, “Miss is awake? Are you hungry? I’ve heated the meal for you.”
When she heard Chun Xiao say so, she indeed felt hungry. An Ruochen happily ate a large bowl of rice, three plates of vegetables, and a bowl of soup. Only then did she feel like she was alive again.
After eating enough that her cheek could hold up, she opened her mouth to ask Chun Xiao how she came back.
“The General carried you back.”
An Ruochen was so ashamed that she wanted to bang her head against the wall. She actually made the General carry her back!
“The doctor came to check on you and said that you don’t seem seriously hurt, so if you don’t feel uncomfortable when you get up, you’ll be fine.” Chun Xiao cleared the dishes. Judging from the food she had eaten, An Steward was indeed doing very well. There was no need to worry.
“The General also came to see Miss.” Chun Xiao added.
“When?”
“It was when Miss cried under the quilt.”
An Ruochen wanted to dig a hole in the ground for herself.
“The General said, let her cry.” Chun Xiao imitated Big Long’s tone.
An Ruochen was speechless.
“Then, when Miss fell asleep, he came again. He wouldn’t let me uncover the quilt. He said you would wake up naturally after being suffocated and told me not to worry about you.”
An Ruochen: “……” The General is a good man who is sympathetic to people.
An Ruochen sat for a while, sorted out her thoughts, hesitated whether she should go and report to Big Long on what happened these days and ask about today’s result. It was a little late. Is the General asleep? But we didn’t have time to see each other today. We didn’t even say a few words. She wants to see him, ah.
An Ruochen struggled and finally decided to go to the General’s courtyard. When she arrived, the guard at the courtyard gate waved his hand and let her in, which meant the General was not sleeping.
An Ruochen was a little happy. Just as she entered, she met Li Mingyu, the chief, coming out of Big Long’s room, probably also rushing to report this matter.
An Ruochen heard Li Mingyu standing in the doorway still saying: “Steward An acted recklessly, had no rules, and often brought family matters to the government. This place is not the backyard of the family house. How do the soldiers feel when they are watching? The military orders leaked out because of a lack in discipline. That’s why someone was able to exploit it.”
The implication was that she broke military discipline. An Ruochen hurriedly hid in the corner of the wall. Someone is complaining about her. How embarrassing if she bumps into him!
However, she won’t be able to hear the next words if she hides. She wondered how the General replied.
An Ruochen mentally retreated, thinking that now was not a good time to come and discuss things with the General. After waiting for a while, Li Mingyu left. An Ruochen watched his back disappear, sighed several times in her heart, but still went to knock on Big Long’s door.
Big Long answered, and An Ruochen pushed the door in. Before she could speak, Big Long said: “I was wondering if you were going to go back and sleep again before coming here.”
So the General knew she was coming. An Ruochen blushed: “This is because the General is busy, so I was thinking maybe I disturb you.”
“Then why did you decide to disturb me again?”
An Ruochen pursed her lips: “The guards saw me coming. If I ran away without entering the door, the General would think I was a bad person who came to pry into the military. What would happen then?”
“Hmm.” Big Long produced a nasal voice, skimming his eyebrows at her, “Is this your character? Eavesdropping on others and still acting righteous.”
An Ruochen bit her lip, not daring to refute it, but in her heart, she thought she hadn’t eavesdropped. She had come openly and honestly.
Big Long said again: “Look at you jumping around. So, you have not gotten hurt from the fall.”
“I’m not jumping around. I’m walking in a dignified manner.” An Ruochen felt it was time to argue.
Big Long laughed. When he laughed, An Ruochen again felt the warm breeze and flowers blooming. She hurriedly and demurely coughed lightly. Talking business is more important. “General, how are those people today? Has Lou Zhi been caught? Is Zhao Jiahua okay? Is Qi Zheng injured? Is Liu Ze dead? How about Young Master Min? Did you catch him?”
Big Long pointed to the chair, waiting for her to sit down, then began to speak.
As An Ruochen had expected, Young Master Min did not appear. The men arranged by the governor Yao Kun to lurk had waited in vain. Liu Ze died. Lou Zhi was also dead in the fight. Zhao Jiahua was poisoned, so he had asked the doctor to examine her. She said she had something to say to An Ruochen and wished to see her.
Qi Zheng was fine, but when he heard the soldiers shouting for General Long, he hugged Big Long’s thigh on the spot and shouted that he had something important to report. When Big Long asked him what the matter was, he was stupefied and no longer felt the need to tell him, but since he had already spoken, he said there were spies in the city. Big Long said to him, “I know.”
An Ruochen released a puff of laughter. The General’s thigh is indeed good to hug. Everyone loves to hug, ah.
“He also said someone poisoned his adopted father for this matter. But he didn’t find any evidence.” Big Long said, “I promised him to examine the corpse and investigate the case.”
An Ruochen nodded vigorously.
Big Long continued talking. Qi Zheng had informed him about the secret passage and the gambling house’s usual activities. Zhao Jiahua said she noticed that Liu Ze behaved strangely and clashed with him before the last incidents. She also told how Liu Ze died. Liu’s family servants and maids reported on the owner’s orders and arrangements for the day. The gambling house’s guards revealed Lou Zhi’s plans. Yao Kun, the governor, also carefully described how An Ruochen asked him to send officials to arrest the suspect.
The more An Ruochen listened, the more her face collapsed, and she couldn’t hide her grievances.
“What?” Big Long raised his eyebrows to look at her.
An Ruochen stammered for a long time, “If only I hadn’t passed out.” Then she could report all these, ah. She had concluded all things. She was not trying to claim credit, but she had many things to say to the General. Yet, in the end, it turned out she was the one who wanted to know the news from the General. The General spoke concisely and finished in a few words.
Big Long’s face was indifferent.