Chapter 33: Hesitation

  He casually took a cloth to wipe the long sword clean, and Ye Wen searched back and forth again. Finally, in the deepest corner of the house, he saw an emaciated man who was unable to move.

  Seeing this man being tied up there, Ye Wen thought to himself: "Could it be that this person is actually Ya Ya's father?"

  Just then, Ye Wen had no chance to verify it. As he walked over, he didn't need to examine carefully and could see that the person in front of him was already dead. With a pinch on the chin, Ye Wen found that this man had actually bitten his tongue to death, with a mouth full of mushy flesh, which flowed out continuously with deep red blood mixed with minced meat as soon as Ye Wen pried it open.

  Liu Qingfeng also walked in at this time and happened to see Ye Wen squatting there examining the man's appearance. He opened his mouth and asked, "Who is this person...?"

  Ye Wen wiped his hand clean on the man's body, stood up and shook his head: "This man has been dead for a while, it seems that he took his own life when Wang Ma Zi and others were drinking and having fun outside. If I'm not mistaken, it should be Zhou Jia Hanzi who was forced to sign the contract of selling his wife and daughter by Wang Ma Zi and others!"

  Liu Qingfeng nodded, guessing that the man had been forced to sign his name on the contract and was ashamed of himself for not being able to protect his wife and daughter, leading him to take his own life.

  The two of them didn't say much afterwards, they just turned the house upside down and some silver and coins were found, but these weren't what Ye Wen was looking for.

  "If only I had asked clearly before killing them!" After flipping over the last corpse, Ye Wen still couldn't find what he was looking for, and he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy.

  What he was looking for was naturally that contract, although he would never admit it. If anyone dared to bring this thing up with him, they might even be cut in half on the spot.

  It's just that if I can find and destroy it, one trouble will be eliminated after all, so I'll keep searching around here.

  Liu Qingfeng finally spoke up and said: "It can't be helped, this contract has already fallen into the hands of a certain brothel, otherwise we wouldn't have found these few taels of silver!"

  Although they are good at deceiving people for money, they usually don't save money and spend as much as they have. Now, when I rummaged through his body, I found a few taels of silver, which must be the newly acquired wealth.

  If that's the case, Wang Ma Zi must have gotten the deed of sale and then directly went to exchange it for money at the brothel. It's likely that Wang Ma Zi has done this kind of thing before, so the other party didn't even wait to see the goods (or maybe they already knew what the goods were like?) before handing over the payment.

  It's almost the same, because of long-term cooperation with Wang Ma Zi, so the other party didn't bother and directly gave the money to Wang Ma Zi. They just waited for tomorrow to find time, take the contract and go to the east of the city to catch people at the Zhou family. However, they did not expect that something unexpected happened in between, Ya Ya had been sent to Shu Shan by Ye Wen, and Ya Ya's mother was already buried outside the city. It is likely that tomorrow when these people arrive, they will only see an empty house.

  Ye Wen also thought of this, but he didn't have any way out. The next morning, he would be heading south with his team and couldn't just wait there for those villains to come and then take them down.

  "Hmph, let these scum live for a few more days!"

  After all, taking someone's money and getting rid of them is still a task for the Yue Shan Escort Agency. This matter should be pushed back. "At worst, wait until we get back to slowly investigate which brothel took that contract!"

  He pinched the less-than-4-tael silver in his hand, and Ye Wen knew that this must be the money given by the brothel to buy Yaoyao. A good girl like her was only worth so little silver, it could be seen that these guys didn't even treat Yaoyao as a human being.

  " Cheap goods!"

  Such words kept echoing in his mind, leaving Ye Wen with a suffocating feeling that he couldn't vent anywhere.

  "Yue Zhangmen, it's getting late, you and I should leave quickly!"

  Liu Qingfeng looked around and then looked at the sky.

  "If we are seen by the patrolling officials, this matter will be troublesome!"

  People in the jianghu, although not afraid of officials, will not deliberately oppose the government. Especially after having just committed a murder case, even if the person killed was an evil person who deserved to die, it still violates the law. So, it's better to leave as soon as possible.

  Ye Wen also understood this, glanced at the man who might be Ya's father, and finally decided it was better to leave him here. After all, there were corpses lying all over the yard that he had killed himself, and he estimated that by dawn the next day, the officials would be alarmed. At that time, no matter what identity this person had, they would have a proper settlement.

  If it were up to him, he couldn't just speculate about the person's identity and then set up a tombstone for them. "It's better to leave it to the authorities!" He nodded at Liu Qingfeng and the two of them quickly left the area.

  Both of them were skilled in martial arts and returned to the inn in a short while. Along the way, Ye Wen had already cleaned up the bloodstains on his body, so when they got back, no one noticed anything unusual. The two of them even didn't disturb the young servant and directly climbed over the wall back to their respective rooms. After a good night's rest, they got up early the next morning like ordinary people, washed up, and then headed south with the team.

  When the crowd left the city, no one stopped them. Ye Wen guessed that those corpses had not been discovered yet, and it seemed that the place they went to last night was indeed a bit too remote. He was worried earlier that if he was found by the officials, there would be some trouble when he came out, but now it seems that he was overthinking.

  It wasn't until they had been on the road for half a day that Xu Xian, who had been silent in the car the whole time, suddenly spoke up: "Brother Ye went out to right a wrong last night, didn't he?"

  Ye Wen was taken aback, then understood what Xuan asked, he didn't have anything to hide, just replied: "Some private matters, can't be considered as heroic!"

  Although he said that killing these villains was to uphold justice and eliminate harm for the people, in his heart, he understood that everything originated from selfish motives. If the Zhou family had no connection with him, he might not have gone out of his way to kill them even if he had heard about it.

  So he knew that this behavior was all out of selfishness, and couldn't be considered a chivalrous act, so naturally he didn't want to gain the reputation of being chivalrous for nothing.

  He just said that, but Xun Xian only said Ye Wenqian was humble and praised him with a sentence: "Brother Ye is too humble, such a chivalrous act makes me and others envy!"

  Ye Wen felt a strange sensation, lifted the curtain and looked into the carriage, only to find that Xu Xian's book boy was not in the carriage. It wasn't until then that he understood why Xu Xian could speak with him so freely about these matters.

  "My young book boy didn't ride with me today, Brother Ye won't come in and sit down?" As he spoke, he pointed to the brazier beside him: "Today's weather is quite cold, coming in can also warm up."

  It was already winter, and although it hadn't snowed recently, the north wind blowing made everyone feel quite miserable. Although everyone had some internal strength, including Ye Wen, who had inner power on his side, they still couldn't withstand this kind of wind.

  In addition to running around last night, Ye Wen didn't rest well and even fell behind in his internal skill practice. At this moment, he indeed felt a bit chilly, so going inside to warm up by the fire would be more comfortable.

  As for the things that made Xu Xian apprehensive, he didn't care about them at this time. As for plots and schemes, running away from home and so on, he was too lazy to bother with them.

  At this time, Ye Wen also let go. Xu Xian loved to run and would run, he would try his best when the time came, if he couldn't keep him then so be it. At worst, he would return those silver coins. As for the reputation of Yue Shan Escort Agency? It seemed that Xu Xian was going to take care of this matter himself and go back to tell Old Master Xu about it, that old man wouldn't have the face to make things difficult for Yue Shan Escort Agency either.

  As he opened the curtain and got into the car, with the warmth of the heater, Ye Wen felt much more comfortable. He looked up at Xuan and curiously asked, "When are you planning to leave?"

  He had only casually asked, and didn't expect Xuan to answer him. Unexpectedly, after a moment of stunned silence, Xuan directly gave an answer: "Originally I was going to wait until the team reached the border of Dongzhou before leaving according to the situation, but now I'm having some doubts..."

  Ye Wen glanced over and saw that Xu Xian's handsome face was full of hesitation, it seemed that after being away from home for several days, he finally realized how important that home was to him.

  He used to stay at home every day, thinking it was no big deal and that he could leave the place he hated anytime. But now that he's really left, he finds that the place wasn't so bad after all, and he even misses it a little.

  Xu Xian is not an impulsive person, after realizing this he started to reflect constantly, was leaving home really a good choice? Maybe he should choose another way to solve his troubles.

  Ye Wen saw him like this, and knew that the kid must be homesick, and realized how absurd his previous decision was: "I'm curious, why did you want to run away from home? Is it because of your father?"

  Xu Xian thought for a moment, then nodded his head. He had to admit that the reason he didn't want to stay at home and even didn't want to continue on the path arranged by his father was mostly because of his father himself.

  "Maybe it's just a simple idea to let Father listen carefully..."

  After thinking for a while, Xu Xian finally said this sentence. Perhaps this is his true thoughts, wanting his father to take him seriously, rather than making everything seem like an order, and he just needs to follow the routine, like a living puppet.

  Ye Wen stopped talking, this obviously belongs to the problem of poor family communication, which he can't solve. He is not a specialist in family problems or a lawyer who handles family disputes, and speaking recklessly may offend people.

  The last two people were speechless for half a day. Finally, Ye Wen couldn't help but say: "Have you talked to your own father about it?"

  "What?" Xuhui didn't quite understand what Yewen meant.

  Ye Wen felt a bit helpless and thought to himself, "This person looks quite clever, how come he's being so muddled at this time?" He had no choice but to repeat himself: "What I mean is, have you really gone to find your father and told him your true thoughts?"

  Xu Xian understood, but only revealed a hint of bitter smile: "He's not that kind..."

  Having heard this, Ye Wen really couldn't bear it anymore and immediately opened his mouth to interrupt him: "You haven't even tried yet and you're already making rash judgments?" After saying that, he didn't bother with Xu Xian again. He felt that what he had said was enough, and any more would make himself seem like he was meddling in other people's business.

  Just as the two were talking for less than a minute, Xu Xian suddenly lifted the curtain of the window and shouted outside: "Trouble please ask General Yue to come over for a moment! I have something to discuss with the general."