The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 56
Walking into the wooden house where Cai Yan lived, the candlelight was weak and the light was dim. Cai Yan sat in the corner, bent her knees and hugged her legs, buried her head in it, looking pitiful and helpless.

Guo Jia walked up to her and sat cross-legged, tilting his head and watching her.

Sensing someone in front of him, it took Cai Yan a long time to raise his face. After seeing Guo Jia clearly in the dim light, a faint sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Although her face is weathered, she is still in good spirits. Guo Jia originally thought that a young lady like her would lose all her senses in an unfamiliar and dangerous situation, and she would be terrified. He didn't expect to know when he looked into her aura-like eyes. I was wrong.

"Is it killing or humiliation?" Cai Yan's face was indifferent, not afraid of death or humiliation, just this courage is enough to make [-]% of men in the world feel ashamed.

Guo Jia supported his crooked head with his hands, and asked lightly, "Why did you assassinate me?"

"You shouldn't kill?" Cai Yan looked at him, his eyes were bright, but there was no hatred.

This made Guo Jia a little confused. Logically, there was only one reason for Cai Yan to assassinate him, and that was Wei Zhongdao. But at this moment, there seemed to be no tense atmosphere between the two, despite Cai Yan's aggressive words.

"Just because of Wei Zhongdao?" Guo Jia asked back.

Cai Yan remained silent, but stared at Guo Jia solemnly.

With a long sigh, Guo Jia nodded, stood up and said, "I'll give you an explanation when I get better."

In the next few days, Guo Jia recuperated with peace of mind, and Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, who went to the surrounding counties to inquire about news, returned as scheduled.

"Little Taigong Yingchuan's family property was confiscated. It is said that Xi Zhicai led his fellow villagers to leave, and his whereabouts are unknown." Zhang Liao informed Guo Jia of the news. As for Guo Jia's becoming a prisoner, everyone already knew.

After thinking for a while, Guo Jia said, "Zhicai and Yuan Zhi will definitely go to Jizhou to get in touch with the Zhen family. As long as the Zhen family doesn't announce the dissolution of my engagement with Zhen Jiang, for the time being, the Zhen family will still be friends."

Everyone surrounded Guo Jia, looking at him expectantly, Gan Ning asked in a deep voice, "Little Grandpa, what's your plan for the next step?"

Next step?
Guo Jia is now at the end of his life, and he doesn't know where the road ahead is, but these people in front of him have almost sold their lives to him, how can he live up to their kindness, even though he has plans to go back to the mountains and forests, but It's always hard to speak.

In the end, Guo Jia just said: "Tomorrow I will go out for a long trip, and I will make plans after I come back."

When everyone heard this, Xiao Yi hurriedly said: "Where is the little grandpa going? I will go with you with my third brother."

Guo Jia shook his head and said: "No need, although I am a criminal of the imperial court, no one deliberately pursued me, as long as I don't enter the city, and go to a secluded road to avoid people's eyes and ears."

Hearing what Guo Jia said, it meant that he had made up his mind, and everyone stopped insisting.

In the early morning of the next day, Guo Jia drove a carriage towards the west.

As Guo Jia said, this time he walked on remote paths, and he didn't meet anyone along the way.

"Where are you taking me?"

Cai Yan, who was sitting in the carriage, couldn't bear it anymore, and finally opened the curtain to ask Guo Jia.

Looking at the desolate mountain scenery on both sides, Guo Jia was driving the carriage while humming a song, ignoring Cai Yan at all.

Two days later, a county town in front came into view. Guo Jia hid his carriage in a dense forest, led his horse on foot, and Cai Yan followed behind him without saying a word. After leaving the dense forest, Guo Jia pointed forward. The county seat, said: "The front is Anyi County. The foundation of the Wei family in Hedong is in the city. You can go to understand the Wei family by yourself. I will wait for you in this forest for ten days. After ten days, I will leave on my own. Before, you If you want to come back and kill me, you can do whatever you want."

After a moment of hesitation, Cai Yan raised his lotus feet and headed towards Anyi County.

But the county town seemed very close from a distance, but Cai Yan hadn’t entered the city after walking for an hour. She was tired and her legs were so weak that she almost fell down on the side of the road. Fortunately, an elderly farmer saw that she was exhausted. He invited her into the hut on the edge of the field, filled a bowl of water for her to quench her thirst and fatigue.

After resting for a while, Cai Yan looked at the hut with bare walls and asked the kind-hearted old man, "I wonder if the old man has heard about the murder that happened outside Anyi County last year?"

The old man's complexion changed, he hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, I haven't heard of it, I haven't heard of it."

Cai Yan became suspicious. How could anyone not know about the tragic death of the son of the Wei family who was accompanied by 36 people?What's more, people who live not far from Anyi County should be very close to the place where the incident happened.

Thoughtful Cai Yan said sincerely to the old man: "The little girl came to Anyi to take refuge, but she heard that there was a tragedy here, and she was afraid that the city would not be peaceful, so she wanted to inquire about something. If the old man knows, please tell me everything."

Hesitation appeared on the old man's old face, and he made up his mind after a while and said: "Alas, there was indeed a murder case not far from here last year, that is, within a mile of the city gate of Anyi County. That day, 38 people died."

"Isn't it 37 people?" Cai Yan showed doubts. Guo Jia committed a bloody crime that day, but left a bloody letter on it, which clearly stated that a copper coin bought 37 lives from the Hedong Wei family. How could there be one more person?
After the old man sighed for a while, he could not bear it and said: "Hedong Wei's family died that day, a son and 36 guards and servants in the family, and before that, a baby under six years old also died."

Cai Yan couldn't believe it: Guo Jia didn't even let the children go?

So he asked: "What happened that day? Did the murderer even kill the child?"

The old man wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes before continuing, "Oh..."

After the old man finished talking about everything that happened that day, Cai Yan's eyes were dull, and it took him a long time to show a bleak smile, and said in a low voice, "Actually, I should have guessed it a long time ago."

Cai Yan thought about it for a while, and asked again: "Then, is the Hedong Wei family treating the people well in Anyi? The little girl is going to seek refuge in Anyi City, please tell me the truth."

After a long sigh, the old man just shook his head and said nothing more.

After leaving the old man's hut, Cai Yan entered Anyi County before dark.

I was just about to find an inn to stay, but unexpectedly, a young master greeted me.

"Miss, I'm Wei Cheng, you've made it clear that you're being polite."

Brother Young Master was still saluting, but Cai Yan smiled lightly and said, "Brother Mingdao can't even recognize my little sister?"

When Wei Cheng heard the voice, it sounded familiar. He raised his head and took a closer look, and found that the woman in front of him, who was full of dust but couldn't hide her beauty, turned out to be the old Cai Yan who was supposed to have married his brother and became his sister-in-law!

This time Wei Cheng didn't come back to his senses for a long time. Just now, when he was wandering around the city, he felt that Cai Yan was quite attractive, so he came up to strike up a conversation, but he bumped into an acquaintance by mistake, and said pleasantly; "Oh, it's Miss Cai, you Why did you come here? Uncle Cai sent people everywhere to look for you, even my Hedong Wei family received an urgent report from the Cai residence."

Cai Yan knew that he had been missing for many days, and his father would definitely inquire about it. It was not surprising that the Hedong Wei family received the news.

"Is there someone accompanying you when you come to Hedong?" Wei Cheng rolled his eyes and asked tentatively.

Cai Yan looked at Wei Cheng who looked like a talented man in brocade sleeves, sighed slightly, shook his head softly and said: "No one is accompanying and no one knows."

Immediately, surprise appeared in Wei Cheng's eyes, but he quickly concealed it, and he proposed to Cai Yan: "I have a private house outside the city, and I can take Ms. Cai to stay for a few days, I wonder what Ms. Cai would like? "

Cai Yan looked up at the darkened sky, feeling a little chilly in his heart, and said lightly: "Brother Ming Dao's kindness, the little girl must obey."

"Okay, okay, why not go here, I will tell my father tomorrow, and I will send Miss Cai back in a few days."

After speaking, he hurriedly took Cai Yan out of the city, looking left and right from time to time along the way, with a sneaky look, Cai Yan followed him indifferently, but he had already seen his small movements, and his slightly cold heart was covered with a layer of frost .

There is indeed a private house near the mountains and rivers outside the city. It is located in a remote place, and there is no road connecting it. If there is no one to guide the way, it may be difficult to reach.

Cai Yan saw that the house was built in a secluded manner, with a simple and ordinary appearance, but after entering it, it was unique, with ponds, artificial hills, mahogany gazebos, and a pleasant scene full of flowers.

The house is very large, Cai Yan followed Wei Cheng into a wing room, the room was elegantly furnished, famous poems and quatrains were inscribed on the wall, red sandalwood was fragrant like musk like orchid on the window sill, exquisite wine utensils were placed on the table, Inside the green gauze tent, big red acacias were neatly spread out with joy.

A hand rested on Cai Yan's shoulder, as if he had been prepared for a long time, Cai Yan said indifferently: "Brother Mingdao, this house must have been prepared for me a long time ago, right?"

Hearing her tone, Wei Cheng knew that the talented woman in Luoyang already knew her situation. After being cautious all the way, he poured a glass of wine with complacency at this moment, and said with a smile on his face: "You are the No. 17 who walked in." People in this house."

There was an indescribable disgust all over his body. The beautiful scenery that was in his eyes before had completely become dirty and ugly. Cai Yan raised his head and looked out the window. in front of you.

"Aren't you afraid that your elder brother Quanxia will know and won't let you go?"

Wei Cheng laughed loudly, as if he had heard the most ridiculous joke in the world, then he raised his head and drank a glass of wine, walked towards Cai Yan and said with a smile: "This house was left to me by Wei Zhongdao! By the way, he is also imprisoned here. Thirteen concubines, who do you think is Wei Zhongdao who opposes you in reciting poems? Now that he is dead, I will inherit the Wei family. Everything he owns is mine, including you. Cai Yan, maybe in Luoyang , I have to please you in every possible way to get you to look at me, but in Hedong, even if the emperor wants to drink tea, it depends on whether my Wei family rewards him or not!"

"Why are there always so many Yelang arrogant people in the world? Guo Jia can buy 37 lives of the Wei family with one copper coin. Haven't you thought about how many lives your Wei family will have to be killed if others throw away a hundred coins?"

Cai Yan sighed softly, even though Wei Cheng was approaching behind her, she showed no signs of panic, because she knew that no matter what she did, she could not change her fate.

Wei Cheng can stain her skin, but he can never make her look him in the eye.

In the past, Wei Cheng had to please in every possible way to make Cai Yan cast a sympathetic look, and it will be the same in the future.

(End of this chapter)