Chapter 93 Ye Yuzhang Arrived

  "This news is worth a lot of money, I have a number in mind. If I think it's important, I'll give more; if I don't think it's important, I'll give less or not at all. You two brothers should also know our family's situation. I'm not someone who has so much money that they don't know what to do with it. It's just that I think your news is really helpful to us, that's why I gave you so much money." Ye Zhuo said. The silver was to be given, but the words also had to be clear. Otherwise, if one piece of news could get this much money, next time they come with some unimportant news, they'll also want that much money, then her generous behavior today would be very inappropriate.

  "Brother Tang, just take it. Our girls are here pushing the silver back and forth, it doesn't look good." Qiu Yue also chimed in from the side.

  "Then thank you, Miss Ye." Tang Shungui heard this and had no choice but to accept the silver. He couldn't let his own actions tarnish Ye Zhuo's reputation.

  After sending the two away, Ye Zhuo returned home. Ye Yuqi had been waiting for her in the courtyard and asked as soon as they met: "How was it?"

  "Lu Jing Sheng went to a small courtyard, as for whose courtyard it is, we need to ask around." Ye Zhuo said. She privately wanted to keep the matter of Tao Chang Sheng and Gong Shi from Ye Yu Qi for a while. According to Ye Yu Qi's nature, even if he hated Ye Yu Zhang, when he heard news that was unfavorable to him, he would still be the first to run and tell him. If it were in the past, it might have been fine. But after experiencing today's events where Ye Yu Zhang stood by and did nothing, Ye Zhuo hoped that the miser could suffer some losses.

  Let's wait until Gong's family has moved out a bit more before talking about it. Otherwise, Ye Yuzhang and Ye Jiaming will think that the loss is not great, weigh the pros and cons, and may completely ignore the harm suffered by the first house, choose to let things go, and take an understanding attitude towards Gong's family.

  But what Gong and Tao Changsheng did was something she couldn't forgive. However, since Ye Jiaming didn't divorce Gong, no matter what, Gong would still be her stepmother in reality. If she wanted to deal with Gong, it wouldn't be so proper. Otherwise, she might even be scolded for being unfilial. In order to let the second household suffer less financially, was she stupid enough to put herself into such a predicament? Sorry, she wasn't a saint and absolutely wouldn't do something that would harm herself to benefit others. Besides, there wasn't a single good person in the second household.

  "I think that ruining the jade material wasn't intentional on Luo Jing Sheng's part." Ye Yu Qi heard Ye Zhuo's words and fell silent for a moment before speaking up.

  "I hope not." Ye Zhuo said. She knew it wasn't because he was too kind and didn't want to think ill of people, but truly hoped that there wouldn't be any more deliberate hostile forces targeting the Ye family. The Ye family's main house was just ordinary commoners living at the bottom of society, with no money or power, not even worth the attention of officials like Gong Shuban. A peaceful and quiet life was what Ye Yuqi had always hoped for.

  The wind wants to calm down but the trees won't stop! Ye Zhuo sighed in her heart.

  When Xie Yunfeng bumped into Ye Yukei at De Yue Lou, everyone had almost finished eating. So there was no need to eat anything else now. Everyone was tired from the day's events and washed up before returning to their rooms to rest. But Ye Zhuo felt the preciousness of her abilities from today's events. Ignoring her physical fatigue, she went back to her room after washing up and started practicing her sword skills again.

  Take a deep breath, empty your mind of all thoughts, and let only that bright red light remain in your heart and eyes. Then, when your heart is clear and the light in front of you slowly enlarges, your hand moves with your heart, and with a "whoosh" sound, the kitchen knife leaves your hand, and the red light goes out at the same time.

  Ye Zhuo seemed to be unaware that she had already hit a target, her eyes indifferently shifted to the next one. Concentrating, raising her knife, swinging her hand, the red light went out.

  She turned to the next one...

  Ye Zhuo didn't practice martial arts in her past life, but she had seen those with high martial arts skills in the National Duke's residence exchange blows with each other. With her intuition, she could grasp some principles. Those who truly possessed extraordinary martial arts skills were absolutely without emotions when taking a life. In their eyes, the opponent was not a living person, but just a target, a task. When they swung their sword, their mind had no thoughts of victory or defeat, joy or sorrow, only this move and the next. Only then could they forever stand in an invincible position.

  Although she didn't kill anyone at this time, the situation where everything was excluded and only one goal was in her mind was similar to that. When she could do this and enter this state of stillness, she could continuously chop several incense sticks.

  This state, however, did not last long. When she chopped the fourth root, that state had already disappeared, replaced by physical fatigue, mental slackness, and emotional disturbance. The next few roots were not chopped successfully. However, Ye Zhuo did not stop. Her hand still held a cleaver, aimed, and threw it out. Today at Yu Zhuo Fang, probably because of the pressure, her state was able to last for a long time. What does this show? It shows that this state can be forced out. As long as she works hard, as long as she persists, as long as she continues to do so until she reaches the limits of her body and mind, she will be able to break through herself and extend the duration of that state.

  Focus, raise the knife, swing your arm, and fling it out...

  Focus, raise the knife, swing your arm, and fling it out...

  Ye Zhuo didn't know how many times she had done it, nor did she know how many incense sticks she had split. She also didn't know what time it was now. All she knew was that her eyes only saw red light, and all she could think of in her mind was the red light. Her body moved mechanically without any consciousness, her hands were so skilled that they no longer needed her brain to command them to aim and throw...

  Until a "ding" sound, her arm had gone numb and she couldn't hold things steadily, the kitchen knife slipped from her palm, she struggled to change into dry clothes, then fell onto the bed and fell fast asleep.

  The next day, Ye Zhuo woke up to the sound of birds chirping, got dressed and opened the door. Before long, Qiu Yue and Qiu Ju brought in a bucket of hot water to attend to Ye Zhuo's bath.

  "Huh? How did I hear Old Master's voice from the second house?" After washing up and getting dressed, Ye Zhuo heard a voice coming from the courtyard and asked in surprise.

  "Ah, it seems so." Akizuki tilted her head to listen, "I'll go take a look." She said and opened the door to leave. Just a moment later, she came back and said: "It's really the Second Elder. He was asking the First Elder if he needed any money or if there were any places where he could help."

  "Hmph." Ye Zhuo burst out laughing, "What did our family's old master say?"

  "The old master scolded him severely and asked where he went yesterday."

  "Grandfather is too straightforward. If it were me, I'd ask him for a loan, best to borrow a thousand taels of silver, let him feel the pain." Ye Zhuo lazily lay down on the couch, letting Autumn Moon use a towel to dry her hair.

  "That's right, who let him ignore me yesterday." Qiu Yue said.

  After a while, Ye Zhuo raised an eyebrow again: "Listen, it's getting noisy, sounds like grandma's voice."

  As soon as she finished speaking, a series of footsteps came this way and stopped not far from her door. Ye Yuzhang's voice sounded outside: "Zhuo'er, Zhuo'er, it's Uncle Zu. Come out, Uncle Zu wants to talk to you for a few words."

  "Ru'er, don't bother with this heartless and ungrateful thing. Yesterday our family encountered a great disaster, but he was nowhere to be found; now he's thinking of asking you to design and carve jade for him, what a wonderful idea." Guan Shi said.

  "Sister-in-law, didn't I tell you earlier? Yesterday, Jiaming and I went to Nanyun City, we weren't at home, and when we came back it was already late at night. After I got back, as soon as I heard Jiaming's mother mention this matter, she was worried all night and couldn't sleep, so early in the morning I rushed over here."

  "Are you kidding me?" Guan Shi sneered, "Don't pretend anymore, someone saw you yesterday. However, I do believe that you didn't sleep all night, thinking about how to calculate the work my daughter Yu'er did for you." Although she wasn't sure if Ye Yuzhang was at home or not, based on her understanding of this younger uncle, she didn't believe a single word he said.

  "Alas, I won't speak to you." Ye Yuzhang seemed angry and shouted loudly, "Zhuo'er, although you were adopted into the main house, you still have the blood of my second house in your veins. I am your own grandfather, and blood is thicker than water. Even if you were adopted here, you are still my dear granddaughter. Your grandmother, father, and I have been worried about you every day. It's just that we didn't come to see you because of your current grandparents. Can you get out of bed now? If so, come out and go with me to the other mansion to play. Let's talk to your grandmother and father. Ye Lin was very disobedient last time and I scolded her and locked her up. This time, I'll let her kneel down and apologize to you."

  "Yu'er......" Gu heard and immediately became anxious, fearing that Ye Yu would be deceived by Ye Yuzhang to leave. Just as she was about to speak up, she was persuaded by Ye Yuqi: "Don't worry, Yu'er is not a three-year-old child, how could he be deceived by just a few words?"

  Ye Zhuo raised his eyes and looked at Qiu Yue: "Go, just say that your family's daughter is ill and can't get out of bed, so she can't go to accompany her uncle and grandfather to talk."

  Autumn Moon put down her towel, opened the door and quickly slipped out, then closed the door again, repeating this in a clear voice.

  Guan's mother suddenly became anxious, shouting loudly: "Zhuo'er, what's wrong with you? Where are you uncomfortable? Come, let grandma take a look." As she spoke, she rushed in. However, she was still careful and closed the door as soon as she entered.

  Concerned then chaotic. Ye Zhen didn't feel that Guan's behavior was reckless at all. She raised her hand and smiled, waving it at Guan.

  Guan saw that her face was rosy and her spirit wasn't bad, so she put her mind at ease. However, she still exclaimed, "Oh dear, Yuezhi, why is your hair like this?" She walked over to Yuezhi's side, sat down, and held her hand, anxiously whispering, "What will we do from now on?"

  Although Ye Yuzhang is not a good thing, he is still Ye Zhuo's own grandfather. Even if Ye Zhuo was adopted, this blood relationship cannot be changed. So Ye Zhuo can't argue with Ye Yuzhang like that, without any reserve. Ye Yuzhang asked her to make jade carvings for the second house, and Ye Zhuo had no choice but to pretend to be ill.