Jing Xingzhi’s Daily Life in Ancient Times - Chapter 73
The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.
Liu Fang raised his face seriously, frowned, and asked, “Brother Zhuang, who are they?”
Jing Xingzhi felt more relaxed, and followed Liu Fang’s tense back and said to Wang Zhuang, “Brother Zhuang, just tell me. It’s okay.”
Wang Zhuang hesitated, leaving room for other questions. Jing Xingzhi thought Wang Zhuang was worried about Liu Fang’s presence because he told Wu Mingrui not to tell Liu Fang about the Taibai Tower. But Jing Xingzhi kept it secret from Liu Fang because he didn’t want Liu Fang to worry about it. He wanted Liu Fang to feel relaxed and happy.
Now, the words “It’s okay to speak directly” express Jing Xingzhi’s attitude, and also tell Wang Zhuang that Liu Fang could hear about his affairs.
Wang Zhuang felt that he was more nervous than the young couple. His Adam’s apple slipped twice before he said: “My people started the investigation from Hanbei Prefecture, and then followed the clues all the way to Hannan Prefecture and the capital, and finally verified that the couple were from the Marquis Zhenyuan’s Mansion. The woman is the housekeeper next to Wu Shuangxi, the wife of Marquis Zhenyuan, and she is also the nanny of the little marquis. The man is controlling some properties for the Marquis of Zhenyuan and is traveling outside.”
Hearing the words Marquis Zhenyuan’s Mansion, Jing Xingzhi naturally thought of Ning Yongyuan, whom he had met before.
Then he felt inexplicable. Jing Xingzhi felt that he had suffered a disaster from heaven without doing anything.
“I have met the little marquis, but he went to the academy to meet the teacher. I didn’t do anything wrong to him at that time.”
It was said that the little marquis was quite favored by the emperor. Was his life ever difficult? Did he still want to be Chief Fang’s disciple?
If it was not because of the old man, then why would the little marquis be targeting him like this?
After excluding factors such as money and power, Jing Xingzhi, who had an excellent memory, immediately thought about his deepest memory of Ning Yongyuan – his appearance and family background were wrong.
Logically speaking, Ning Yongyuan was an only son, but he actually had a sister from his face calculation*. This was the biggest problem. Thinking back to that day, when the little marquis stared at him, Jing Xingzhi immediately realized that something was wrong.
[*with Feng Shui, someone could read from people’s expression, aura or facial features. Just like palm reading.]
——Could it be that he didn’t look like a certain someone in the capital, but looked like someone from the Marquis Zhenyuan’s Mansion?
“Do I look like Marquis Zhenyuan?” Jing Xingzhi murmured a question, and then refuted the guess himself, “No, the teacher has met Marquis Zhenyuan. If I look like Marquis Zhenyuan, the teacher will be able to notice it.”
Wang Zhuang listened to Jing Xingzhi’s words and was amazed in his heart, thinking Young Master Jing had such a keen guess! Just by following the clues and guessing, he guessed pretty well.
Sure enough, reading made people smart. In the future, he would send his son to school. Wang Zhuang thought about it for a while, forgetting that he was still a single dog over thirty years old.
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Liu Fang frowned even more tightly. In his spare time in modern times, he would also watch dramas, now he could notice the smell of dog blood drama with his nose, and he couldn’t help but take a look at Jing Xingzhi.
“Brother Zhuang, just tell me. I don’t know much, so it’s hard to guess.” Jing Xingzhi guessed he looked like an important figure in the Marquis Zhenyuan’s Mansion, and this person had a great influence in the Marquis Zhenyuan’s Mansion, a kind of decision-making authority. But he was not familiar with the capital, nor was he familiar with the Marquis Zhenyuan’s Mansion.
Wang Zhuang sighed, looked up at Jing Xingzhi, who was about to have a baby, and said, “Young Master Jing, you guessed it right. You look very much like Wu Shuangxi, the wife of Marquis Zhenyuan. My people found her portraits and compared with yours, we also found out when Madam Ning gave birth, she was in our Huanshui County.”
After Wang Zhuang finished speaking, his eyes did not leave Jing Xingzhi, but looked at him with some nervousness and worry.
Because Wang Zhuang felt that this incident was too shocking, Jing Xingzhi was most likely the child of Madam Ning, but this time it was someone close to Madam Ning who offered money to harm Jing Xingzhi.
——What did it mean? Young Master Jing might have been persecuted by his own biological mother!
The most hurtful thing was the betrayal from someone close and familiar.
But Jing Xingzhi did not feel the same like Wang Zhuang thought. He was not shocked.
Jing Xingzhi looked strangely quiet, acting as if he didn’t care about the news.
However, the more Jing Xingzhi behaved like this, the more worried Wang Zhuang became. He moved his worried and anxious eyes to Liu Fang, asking if he could comfort Jing Xingzhi.
Liu Fang shook his head at Wang Zhuang, indicating that it was okay. Jing Xingzhi held Liu Fang’s hand without any extra strength and didn’t even tremble. He and Jing Xingzhi were unexpected time travelers, and at best they could only defend the little scholar, it wasn’t sure whether they could avenge him or not.
Jing Xingzhi’s face looked like the wife of the Marquis Zhenyuan’s Mansion, so there was a high probability that the little scholar was the son of the Marquis Zhenyuan. But this time the couple who attacked turned out to be that woman’s people.
Jing Xingzhi was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: “So this is why Brother Zhuang took it so long to tell me about this matter. That’s it.”
Wang Zhuang forced a smile; he was really delaying thing this time.
Jing Xingzhi stopped laughing and said, “I have never met her before, why should I care? On the contrary, I have remembered her several tricks.”
Wang Zhuang felt relieved when he heard this.
He thought for a while and simply told a few other things he found out: “That time on the pier around the river, the boatman who trying to take you two was the male servant. At that time, the couple changed their appearances and my people didn’t think much of them.”
“Boatman?” Jing Xingzhi raised his eyebrows in displeasure, and then anger arose in his heart.
There was only one way to prevent Jing Xingzhi, who had set off a month in advance, from taking the exam – to capsize the boat.
Submerging Jing Xingzhi in water once would make him sick and give up the provincial examination. But Jing Xingzhi took Liu Fang with him this time. Could the pregnant shuanger withstand the disaster in the water?!
Jing Xingzhi’s complexion darkened visibly to the naked eye. Thinking of their evil tricks, he made up his mind to take revenge by making the other party also soak in the water.
Jing Xingzhi’s tone showed anger: “It’s enough to try to ruin my future several times, but she actually wants to attack my family!”
Liu Fang touched his belly, and was frightened when he thought of the ship, and his palms were soaking with cold sweat.
Liu Fang gritted his teeth, and after relenting, he said: “Fortunately, Xingzhi felt the boat was not good that day, so we didn’t get on the boat and waited until Brother Wu arrived. Otherwise, I wouldn’t…”
Jing Xingzhi held Liu Fang’s hand tightly and whispered: “I will teach her to taste the same plan later on.”
Wang Zhuang was a little confused by this sentence, but Liu Fang understood that Jing Xingzhi would probably use some special means to let the woman know the lesson.
But this was what Liu Fang wanted. He nodded and decided to become a brutal duo with Jing Xingzhi. He finally had a happy family, and anyone who wanted to destroy it must be punished.