Yang Ning knew that the father of the earl was a second class General Wei in the Southern Chu State, but he did not know who the Marquis of Honor was. Since this funeral was held in the Mansion of the Marquis of Honor, this marquis should also be here.
But he was more curious about the beautiful Third Lady. Was she the general’s concubine? If so, she was only Yang Ning’s co-mother-in-law because he was the earl, the heir to the general.
But the Third Lady did not recognize that he was not the real earl. It seemed that he had slid through this test. But how would he cope with the following challenges?
Then he thought that he could just pretend to be naive and stupid when facing unmanageable problems, because the real earl was originally a fool.
When servants helped him change a suit of mourning dress, Yang Ning thought that he was damned unlucky. Then the Third Lady led him into the hall.
The mourning hall was lavishly
Lady Qiong’s nails were quite long. If she clawed Gu Qinghan across the face, that beautiful and flawless snow-white face would inevitably be scratched. Yang Ning was about to stop her, only to see Gu Qinghan flashed aside lightly. The failed lunge had thrown Lady Qiong off-balance and she fell to the ground after staggering forward a few steps.Qi Yu, who had been kneeling on the side of the temporary memorial tablet and watching them with cold eyes, finally stood up and shouted, “Bitch, do you dare to bully my mother? I will show you.” He looked around, and finally grabbed an incense burner on the altar and threw it at Gu Qinghan. The guy was quite strong. Seeing that the incense burner was flying to her, Gu Qinghan’s face lost its color. When the incense burner was about to hit Gu Qinghan, a man suddenly lifted his leg and just kicked it. The incense burner immediately rebounded.No one ever expected it. Qi Yu was also stunned until the incense burner hi
Yang Ning broke the leg bone of the Fifth Lord with one move, and didn’t stop punching the Sixth Lord in the head until he bled. Then he got up, readjusted his mourning dress, and went out.Hearing the screams of the two persons in the mourning hall, Third Elder Lord hurriedly said, “Come to take a look inside.”Someone by his side rushed in, and soon came out screaming, “It’s terrible. The leg of Fifth Lord was broken. And Sixth Lord... He didn’t look well either.”Third Elder Lord was angry and anxious, shouting with rage, “Lift them to see the doctor. Hurry! Right now...”Several people rushed into the mourning hall. They first lifted the Fifth Lord out, and then someone helped the Sixth Lord out of the door. When he saw that the forehead of the Sixth Lord was bleeding freely, Third Elder Lord was anxious and angry, “Who did it?” When he hurried out, he did not see Yang Ning beat them.Yang Ning was next to him, say
Gu Qinghan frowned slightly. She hesitated for a while, and said to Yang Ning, “Ning, go by what the Dowager told you. Take off your upper garment.” She walked over with graceful steps, and helped Yang Ning take off his garment.“You can go out first and let him stay here,” The Dowager said. The old lady didn’t look back, but she knew what was happening behind her as if there were eyes in the back of her head.Gu Qinghan’s beautiful eyes showed a look of surprise, but she still respectfully said, “Yes!” She blinked at Yang Ning, motioning Yang Ning to be better-behaved. But in Yang Ning’s eyes, this beautiful woman was amused and cute. He smiled slightly at her. When Gu Qinghan went out, Yang Ning first took off the white mourning dress, and then removed his upper garment.“Kneel down!” The Dowager pithily said.Hearing the old lady’s old and cold voice, Yang Ning was in a bad mood. He didn’t know what the old lady was going to do,
Duan Canghai was stunned, as if he was surprised by Yang Ning who could even give such a literary speech. Then he shook his head and said, “Your Excellency, you misunderstand me. I have nothing to blame even if I am stabbed, let alone kicked by others.” He sat down slowly and looked up at the dark sky, muttering, “I am just missing the general. The general shouldn’t... He shouldn’t pass away like this. He is the best hero I have ever known. The God shouldn’t be so unfair...” When he spoke of this, tears ran down from his cheeks.Yang Ning knew that men didn’t easily shed tears. Duan Canghai was a tough man. Such a person would never shed a tear unless he was heartbroken.Duan Canghai, Qi Feng and other men were obviously overwhelmed by grief because of the death of the Marquis of Honor Qi Jing. It could also show that the Marquis of Honor indeed had unparalleled prestige in the hearts of these people.Yang Ning knew very little about the Mansio
Yang Ning knew that Duan Canghai rose from the ranks because the man had an obvious military bearing. In fact, Yang Ning could also find the soldier-like qualities from Qi Feng and Zhao Wushang.But he didn’t expect that these three people were all from the Black Scale Camp under the command of Third Lord.“Third Lord and the general are both the sons of old marquise. Therefore, when Third Lord was young, he began to follow old marquise to fight in the battlefield like the general.” Duan Canghai sighed with emotion, “If it was not for that... Well, Third Lord must be a famous general throughout the land today.”Yang Ning had a rough idea of the relationships in the Mansion of the Marquis of Honor after he heard this. He asked, “So, you guys returned to the capital after that battle?”“When the battle between the Black Scale Camp and the Blood Orchid Legion came to an end, there were only dozens of survivors in our camp.” Duan Cangh
When Steward Qiu saw Gu Qinghan, his amiable and smiley expression instantly became humble. He almost trotted toward her, and respectfully said, “Third Lady, I have something to report to you.”“Have you visited Third Elder Lord?” Gu Qinghan was calm and didn’t smile at all. Once the beautiful face lacked a smile, it looked not only elegant, but also solemn.Steward Qiu hurriedly said, “Yes, I have been persuading him for a long time, and Third Elder Lord is now not that angry. But...”“But what?” Gu Qinghan showed a sneer in her beautiful eyes, “But he still wants to let Qi Yu continue to guard the spirit?”Steward Qiu said with embarrassment, “Third Lady, I also know that since the earl is back, it will be unreasonable to let Qi Yu guard the spirit. However, Third Elder Lord said that although Qi Yu is not the legal heir, he is still the son of the Marquis and has the right to guard the spirit.” After looking at Yang Ning, he low
Duan Canghai was surprised and said, “Didn’t the Marquis of Loyalty come here?”Gu Qinghan shook her head and said, “When the general was alive, our mansion was on friendly terms with the Mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty. I thought that the Marquis of Loyalty could immediately come when he knew the death of the general. But...the Mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty only sent an ordinary person who left right away after worshipping our general. Since then, no one has come again.”Yang Ning asked, “Maybe the Marquis of Loyalty thinks that our mansion no longer has a backer because my father is gone... So he...”“Ning, don’t speak carelessly.” Gu Qinghan glared at Yang Ning, but there was a trace of surprise in her eyes, “Why do you have this thought?”Yang Ning just spoke casually. When he saw that Gu Qinghan was blaming him, he said, “I... I’m talking nonsense. I won’t say it again.” He thought that the two strongest members of the Q
“Why?”Duan Canghai said, “Although people from the Rising Sun Escort Agency were all dead, the escort carriages were still there. However, the goods on the carriages were gone and nothing was left.”“The goods were gone?” Yang Ning raised his eyebrows tightly, and said softly, “That’s strange. If those killers wanted to rob them of the goods, they could just pull the carriages away. Why did they leave the escort carriages there? Is it possible that they wanted to place the goods on their own carriages?” He shook his head, “If they wanted to rob the goods, they must fulfill their task as quickly as possible. It would take them a lot of time to reload the goods. Do they all infuse their brains with water?”“Well, Your Excellency, what does ‘infuse their brains with water’ mean?” Duan Canghai felt that this phrase was very novel, so he immediately asked Yang Ning modestly.Yang Ning glanced at him and said, “The brain is full of brai