Chapter 286 — Reunion
Purple Streets of Chang'an · Page 4 of 4
All along the road Song Yan kept up a stream of talk with Dou Yan: "...When the day comes, the Five Wards Military Commission and the Shuntian Prefecture will certainly find some scapegoat to take the blame—that is simply how matters are handled in officialdom. But privately, most people know that the Yingzhenguo Estate has swallowed a loss. If we let it pass without a word, those so-called men of the jianghu who habitually bully the soft and cringe before the hard will only conclude that the Yingzhenguo Estate is easy to impose upon, and at the least provocation they will come knocking at our door. It happens that Xu Qing holds the post of centurion in the Cangzhou Guard. I mean to have Lu Ming take a band of men there and recover our standing, so that they do not take the Yingzhenguo Estate for a soft persimmon, to be squeezed at will."
"So this journey of yours is to pick out men willing to die?" Dou Zhiwei's body was still soft and languid; she leaned against the broad backrest of the carriage, slanting a glance at Song Yan as she spoke, her great almond eyes lifting ever so slightly—indescribably charming and alluring.
Song Yan took Dou Zhiwei's hand, kneading it as he talked on, now here, now there: "While those bandits have not yet gone far, we will find a way to catch a few and bring them back..." Talking thus, they arrived at the manor in Daxing.
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Sisters, brothers, I beg you for pink votes!
o(n_n)o~
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