novelraw Chapter 409
Chapter 409
Yan Zheng frowned deeply.
Jiang Buyi was a former dynasty minister he had just recalled. Due to the rebellion, many old officials still had misgivings.
Therefore, many people recalled this time were waiting and watching, wanting to see whether he, the emperor, was genuinely employing them or intending to exterminate them.
Yet at this critical moment, something happened to the Jiang family!
The emperor's eyes turned cold. "Have you sent people to search?"
Yin Shun replied, "Commander Xie of the Five Wards Military Command received the news and has already gone to search with Lord Jiang. In addition, Little General Mei heard that his sister was injured and also took the soldiers of the Patrol Camp to catch the culprits, but there is still no news from either side."
Xie Zhizhou's actions were already considered fast, and Mei Hexuan, originally a scout, was first-rate at finding people. Yet both sides had found no one until now!
Yan Zheng's face was as dark as water when he suddenly heard Chu Ruoyan exclaim softly, "I remember now! At the palace banquet today, someone came to beg me to grant a marriage for Jiang Yi, and I refused!"
"Who was it?"
The woman looked up, her eyes showing a trace of worry. "The third branch of the Yan family, Li Yu."
In less than half an hour, Yan Xin and Li Yu were summoned into the palace.
They were a bit resentful about being woken up in the middle of the night, but seeing the emperor striding over with a murderous aura, they immediately fell dead silent.
"Greetings to Your Majesty and Your Grace." Yan Xin bowed respectfully, not daring to put on the airs of an uncle at all.
Yan Zheng narrowed his eyes and swept a glance over them. "Where is Yan Chenghao?"
Yan Xin was taken aback and turned around, also wondering, "Yes, Madam, where is Chenghao? I haven't seen him since we returned this afternoon."
Li Yu's face turned pale, and she stepped forward trembling. "Re-replying to Your Majesty, Chenghao, he is feeling unwell, so, so..."
"Is that so? But Third Aunt, I didn't hear that Cousin Chenghao was unwell during the palace banquet during the day? Didn't you also come to seek a marriage for him?" Chu Ruoyan said with a half-smile.
Li Yu's legs gave way, and she collapsed to the ground. "Your Majesty, spare me! Your Grace, spare me! I truly don't know where he went; I only know he said he was going to do something important."
Chu Ruoyan and Yan Zheng exchanged a glance; it was indeed him!
Yan Xin gasped, clearly guessing what this important matter was, and fell to his knees with a thud. "Your Majesty, forgive me! We truly knew nothing about what that unfilial son did!!"
Yan Zheng snorted coldly, and Yin Shun hurriedly repeated the news of Jiang Yi's incident.
Yan Xin's vision went dark, and he kept kowtowing. Yin Shun said helplessly, "Lord Yan the Third, quickly think about where your son might have abducted her to?"
Yan Xin was stunned and hurriedly said, "Right, right! Your Majesty! I remember now. I bought several houses for him in Pingkang Alley, Anping Alley, Vermilion Bird Street, and the South City Avenue. He must have abducted her to one of those places!"
Chu Ruoyan hurriedly called for Eunuch Yin, who smoothly handed over paper and pen. "Lord Yan, please write down the detailed addresses."
In a short while, Yan Xin wrote down nine locations and handed them to Yin Shun.
After the old eunuch took them to report, Yan Zheng said expressionlessly, "Third Uncle, if I remember correctly, you have been stationed in Jingzhou for many years. Where did you get so much money to buy real estate?"
Yan Xin trembled violently, his eyes revealing immense terror.
Chu Ruoyan guessed something, and her eyes also turned cold.
How many days had it been since Yan Zheng ascended the throne!
This blood-related third uncle had already started reaching out, taking money from the ministers!
Was he afraid that Yan Zheng's throne was too secure?
In Anping Alley, in a room next to a brothel.
Jiang Yi's hands and feet were tied, her mouth gagged, and a cloth strip blindfolded her eyes, completely preventing her from seeing.
She was terrified until a footstep approached. "Sister Jiang, don't be afraid. I'm here to save you!"
Jiang Yi was overjoyed. The cloth strip over her eyes was pulled off, and she was immediately stunned. It was him?
She saw Yan Chenghao attentively untying her ropes, saying, "Let's go, I'll save you!"
Jiang Yi subconsciously followed him for two steps, noticing that the men in black guarding her were all gone, and couldn't help but stop. "How did Young Master Yan get in? And how did you find out Jiang Yi was here?"
Yan Chenghao choked and frowned. "Don't worry about that, quickly come with me!"
Jiang Yi didn't move, quietly looking at his boots. "Young Master Yan, if Jiang Yi remembers correctly, the people who abducted me today were wearing the same cloud-patterned boots as you."
Yan Chenghao's face darkened. "Jiang Yi, oh Jiang Yi. I wanted to play out a scene of a hero saving a beauty. Why did you have to be so clever and see through it?"
Jiang Yi's face paled. "It really was you. Why?"
"Why? Of course, it's because I was captivated by you the moment I saw you, especially these eyes of yours, which make me want to have you right now!" Saying this, he pounced on her, pinning her directly beneath him.
Jiang Yi screamed, pushing and resisting him frantically.
But how could a young girl's strength move him? Instead, it provoked the man, making his eyes turn red. "Good, just like this! I love sleeping with chaste and fierce women like you the most!"
With a tearing sound, he viciously ripped open her clothes.
Tears burst from Jiang Yi's eyes, and she bit down hard on her tongue.
But before she could bite down, Yan Chenghao pinched her mouth, thrusting a hand in almost to her throat, causing her to cry uncontrollably from the pain and gasp for breath.
Yan Chenghao continued to pick at her undergarments, smiling ferociously. "Don't worry, once you become my woman tonight, even if that Chu woman disagrees, so what? You can only marry—"
Before he could finish, a heavy punch landed on the back of his head, and then he was lifted like an eagle catching a chick and thrown directly into the corner.
"Miss Jiang!"
The newcomer reached out to support her but was bitten hard on the hand by the overly terrified Jiang Yi.
She bit fiercely and ruthlessly, seemingly using all her strength. The newcomer grunted and comforted her, "Miss Jiang, don't be afraid, it's me!"
The taste of blood spread in her mouth. Jiang Yi looked up in panic, and in her blurred vision, she could only see an incredibly handsome man kneeling before her, speaking softly.
She paused and slowly released her bite. "Little General Mei..."
Just after uttering this phrase, she looked down and saw that her undergarments had been torn open by that beast, exposing a large area of snow-white shoulders, presenting herself in the most unbearable posture before her beloved.
The young girl screamed in breakdown and turned to smash her head against the wall.
Mei Hexuan quickly knocked her unconscious, took off his outer robe to cover her body, and seeing the shy little girl in his memory turn into this state, his face also darkened. "Where is that beast?!"
The soldiers of the Patrol Camp who came with him were all hot-blooded men. Seeing this scene, they had already rushed to the corner and beaten Yan Chenghao black and blue. Hearing his question, they dragged the man over. "Young General, should we just castrate this beast?"
Yan Chenghao felt a chill below and hurriedly roared, "My surname is Yan, I am royalty! You can't treat me like this!"
A mockingly cold look flashed in Mei Hexuan's eyes. Just then, another figure rushed in from outside the door. "Yi'er!!!"