Chapter 755 - 755 Confessing, Grandma and Brother Jiu
755 Confessing, Grandma and Brother Jiu
Yu Wan stayed in the Feiyu Manor. To the outside world, she still claimed that she was Wan Feng’s wife. After all, the Feiyu Manor was located in a fortress and had dealings with guests from the four seas. If the news of the Ghost Clan’s madam being here spread, it would probably cause a fatal disaster for the entire manor.
Although Manor Master Ji did not want to offend the Ghost Clan, he had already made a mistake. It was useless even if he regretted it. He began to think of a way to deal with it.
From this, Yu Wan admired this manor master.
In the end, Yu Wan did not hide her identity from him. When he heard that Yu Wan was the commandery princess of Nanzhao, her husband was from the Great Zhou royal family, and her mother was the madam of the Ghost Clan who had escaped, Manor Master Ji’s legs went limp several times.!!
He glared fiercely at Wan Feng. Brat! What kind of trouble did you bring me!!!
Wan Feng rubbed his nose resentfully. “But if it weren’t for Sister Wan, I would have fallen to death at the Fifth Prince’s wedding banquet…”
That was an old incident when he followed the State Preceptor to the Great Zhou. There was a kind of osmanthus brew in the Fifth Prince Manor. It was sweet in the mouth and did not look like strong wine, but like fruit pulp. He drank most of the pot in one go. At that time, he was fine, but who knew that on the way to look for the State Preceptor, he felt the after-effect and he fell face-first to the ground.
He was injured and had lost too much blood. It was Yu Wan who stopped the blood and stitched up his wound. Because he was saved in time, he survived.
All these years, although the State Preceptor had done shameful things, he had not taught Wan Feng to be an ungrateful child.
On the pleasure boat, Manor Master Ji resigned himself to fate and said, “Since Madam is Wan Feng’s benefactor, you are also our Feiyu Manor’s benefactor.”
Yu Wan smiled and shook her head. “Manor Master Ji, you’re being too serious. I’m a doctor. It’s my duty to save the dying and help the injured. Moreover, Wan Feng has helped me a lot. Even if he really owes me a favor, he’ll have long paid it off. On the other hand, I owe Wan Feng and…”
Yu Wan wanted to say Jiang Hai, but after a pause, she changed her words. “Young Master.”
Jiang Hai said, “Just call me Jiang Hai.” He did not like her being distant from him.
“Speaking of which, I haven’t asked you why you went to the Great Zhou under an alias.” You even became a servant in the human trafficer’s hands. Yu Wan wasn’t sure if Manor Master Ji knew about this and didn’t expose him in person.
“I know, I know!” Wan Feng rushed to say. “He went to look for my mother!”
This matter had to start from the marriage between the eldest daughter of the Feiyu Manor and the Wei family. The Feiyu Manor was located in the desert, and there were rarely any people within a hundred miles. It took several generations of manor masters to finally expand the manor. However, for the manor to be run for a long time, other than having outstanding strength, its financial resources could not be ignored. The Wei family was rich in salt mines, but their clansmen were weaker and did not have their own experts and army.
The Feiyu Manor had taken a fancy to the Wei Clan’s financial resources, while the Wei Clan had taken a fancy to the Feiyu Manor’s strength. The two sides hit it off and decided on the marriage between Eldest Miss and Young Master Wei.
Unexpectedly, Miss had feelings for her senior brother. That senior brother was none other than the State Preceptor’s biological brother.
The Feiyu Manor did not care about the background when they recruited disciples. This was also why Yu Wan could hear many Nanzhao accents here.
Back then, Manor Master Ji was also young and impetuous. He told his legitimate daughter that she could marry his senior brother, but she could not dream of continuing to be the eldest daughter of the Feiyu Manor. The eldest daughter had made up her mind and resolutely gave up her identity as the Eldest Miss of the Feiyu Manor to go far away to Nanzhao with her senior brother.
That senior brother did treat Miss deeply. Originally, even if they left the Feiyu Manor, the couple could live peacefully with their own abilities. Unfortunately, Miss encountered a difficult birth and passed away not long after giving birth to Wan Feng. Wan Feng’s father lost his beloved wife and passed away in depression.
Manor Master Ji could still hold back his urge to contact his daughter in the first few years, but after that, he became more and more anxious. He cursed this girl for really forgetting her father when she had a lover. Even if she wasn’t the eldest daughter of the Feiyu Manor, was she not his daughter anymore? She didn’t even know how to come back to see him!
Manor Master Ji sent someone to look for them, but they could not find them.
When the Eldest Miss left the Feiyu Manor, Jiang Hai was less than five years old. However, because he had no mother since he was young, he was raised by his sister. His sister’s departure had dealt him a big blow. The first thing he did after he became an adult was to find his sister.
He left the Feiyu Manor.
First, he asked around in Nanzhao and found two pieces of information that matched his brother-in-law. One was the State Preceptor Hall, and the other was the Great Zhou’s Young Master Manor.
He did not find a way to infiltrate the State Preceptor Hall, but he encountered a caravan heading there, so he followed the caravan to the Great Zhou.
He originally thought that he could enter the Young Master Manor as he pleased, but later on, he realized that he was very wrong. The Young Master Manor, which did not seem to have much defense, was like an iron wall. Even if he was lucky enough to enter, he could not find any news.
He thought of a way to sell himself as a slave. Of course, he did not expect it to go so smoothly. Coincidentally, Yu Wan urgently needed servants after her wedding, so she chose him. The young man with him was called Jiang Xiaowu. It was not convenient for him to expose his real name, so he randomly named himself as Jiang Hai.
After entering the Young Master Manor, Jiang Hai realized that his sister and brother-in-law had nothing to do with this place. Therefore, his goal was only the State Preceptor Hall.
Yu Wan was not surprised that Jiang Hai had a motive. After all, his martial arts were so powerful that he definitely did not look like he could be sold to others. However, Yu Wan was a little stunned by his identity.
Yu Wan thought that he was some young master from a big family who had suffered the annihilation of his family and carried a blood feud, so he worked hard just to kill his enemies one day.
Yu Wan touched her chin. “I was indeed thinking too much…”
Of course, even if Yu Wan misunderstood that Jiang Hai was someone with a blood feud, she had never felt any extreme emotions and malice from him. This might be one of the reasons why Yu Wan was willing to keep him by her side.
Yu Wan sighed. “I was wondering why your martial arts were so good. It turns out that you’re the Young Master of the Feiyu Manor. Then it must have been hard on you in the past.”
With a monthly salary of eight taels, he worked as a guard, coachman, and servant. The dignified Young Master was really squeezed into a miserable state.
“Jiang…” Yu Wan cleared her throat. It was time to call him Ji Xingchuan. It was really difficult to change it after calling him that for too long.
Ji Xingchuan said, “Like I said, you can call me Jiang Hai.”
“No.” Yu Wan smiled. “If you don’t mind, I’ll call you Ji Xingchuan.”
“Alright.” Ji Xingchuan nodded.
Yu Wan’s eyes moved. Sigh, she suddenly didn’t know what to say. Why was the atmosphere a little awkward?
“Ahem.” Manor Master Ji coughed and broke the strange silence. “Madam just said that Prince Yan also came to Nanzhao. Then, since Madam has been kidnapped, he should have caught up.”
At the mention of this, Yu Wan sat up straight. “That’s right. I’m also very puzzled. I’ve delayed a lot of time along the way. Logically speaking, Yan Jiuchao should have caught up long ago.”
Manor Master Ji said, “Actually, this isn’t the way to the Ghost Clan.”
Yu Wan was stunned. “What? Aren’t those guys bringing me back to the Ghost Clan?”
“Feng’er, bring me the public map,” Manor Master Ji said to Wan Feng.
Wan Feng nodded and obediently walked to the wall to take down the map hanging on it. “Here, Grandpa.”
Manor Master Ji liked this child. He was smart, not shy with strangers, and unbelievably obedient.
Even if she didn’t like the State Preceptor that much, Yu Wan had to admit that he had protected Wan Feng extremely well. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have raised such a pure and beautiful personality.
Manor Master Ji spread out the map and pointed with his fingertip. “This is Nanzhao, this is Feiyu Manor, and this is the Ghost Clan.”
Yu Wan understood. The Ghost Clan was in the southwest of Nanzhao, and the Feiyu Manor was in the west. In other words, they had taken the wrong path since a long time ago. They should have gone southwest, but they went west.
Manor Master Ji continued, “Of course, the villa can also go to the Ghost Clan. It’s just a relatively short detour.”
Yu Wan asked solemnly, “Why would he take a detour? Does he have a motive?”
In an instant, countless guesses flashed across Yu Wan’s mind!
The black-robed man had risked his life in order to travel. He would never deliberately delay. He was not in a hurry to return to the Ghost Clan. Could it be because… the Ghost King was not in the clan? He was in a place that no one expected. This way, even if Yan Jiuchao went to the Ghost Clan, he would definitely find nothing.
How cunning!
“I think he…” Manor Master Ji paused and said with difficulty, “Maybe he doesn’t know the way.”
The corners of Yu Wan’s mouth twitched. “…”
Manor Master Ji sweated and said, “The Ghost Clan doesn’t have a good sense of direction. It’s common to take the wrong path…”
Yu Wan’s heart trembled. “You, you mean… Yan Jiuchao didn’t come because Grandma and the others brought him the wrong way?”
Yu Wan was right. The great Priest of the Ghost Clan, the white envoys, and the number one villain, Ah Wei, were lost in the desert!