Reborn: Revenge of the Concubine's Daughter

Duan Xiaolou was inside the inn!

After realizing that, she quickly retracted her hand from the curtain, just like she was burned. With hesitation, she walked a small circle around the inn and found a back door, and then walked in. It was empty there. So, she sat in a corner at the end of the corridor and tried to listen to the conversation in the room while playing with the whip in her hand. Duan Xiaolou was drinking inside? Was Du Yao also inside? Was anyone else there? At the time, a voice sounded.

“Du Yao! Why did you take my jar? Give me back my wine!”

“Master Duan, you are drunk. We have important things to do today. What if you get drunk?”

“Ha! You are three levels inferior to me. It is said that one level crushes people to death and I can crush you three times. How dare you interfere with my things? Give my wine back!” Duan Xiaolou paused but soon shouted again, “Waiter! Bring me ten more jars of loquat wine!”

He Danggui came to realize that Du Yao was also inside! Besides, Duan Xiaolou’s voice also seemed to be very energetic. That was very nice!

Du Yao said again, “Boss, you should stop him! He has drunk eight jars! This wine makes people drunk easily!”

“Let him drink.” A voice of the third person sounded, “This place makes him feel sorrow. If you don’t let him drink a few jars, he will be sadder in his heart.” This voice was gentle and faint, forming a sharp contrast with the other two sounds. If she expected it right, this man should be Lu Jiangbei.

Then, the fourth person said, “I heard a lady just got off the horse and fastened it before walking to the door. However, when Duan Xiaolou said that he needed more wine, she suddenly stopped and then across the corner walked in through the back door. Now, she is sitting in a corner in the backyard. I don’t know who it is. However, according to the footsteps, she is a woman who masters kung fu.” It was Gao Jue! His voice was sharp and calm, like a knife that could dismember the cattle.

He Danggui was embarrassed and speechless. What the hell! Gao Jue got sensitive ears! Did he have to maintain such a high level of alertness when he was drinking wine? It seemed that someone wanted to assassinate him at any time. No wonder Qing’er said that he was always unlovable.

What should she do? Should she go inside and meet those four people? However, now she only wanted to see Du Yao and Gao Jue for completely two different things. Yangzhou City was so small. She ran into a villain who robbed her horse and found that he was a colleague of Duan Xiaolou. According to Du Yao’s riding posture, he seemed to be a soldier of the army. As far as she knew, most of the imperial guards’ elites had served in the army. In other words, Du Yao was also likely to be an imperial guard. If she had known that, she would have never tied her horse to the back door of Yi Hong Brothel yesterday. Now, she did not know how to face them. At the time, He Danggui subconsciously combed her hair.

But, no one came to the curtain to inspect the situation in the backyard. The situation remained after she waited there for a long time. Suddenly, Lu Jiangbei gently said, “Gao Jue, you don’t have to be so nervous all time. The inn is built for guests from everywhere to rest. It is not strange if someone passed here. Besides, this place is secretive. They have no way to find us. All of us should take a breath! Come on! Get drunk!” He Danggui was confused after hearing what Lu Jiangbei said. They seemed to be avoiding vengeance. Why? They were the imperial guards that scared everyone.

Gao Jue snorted coldly, “Why should I get drunk with you? I have no reason to be drunk! You, Mr. Lu, why do you need to drink so much wine? You have been weird since yesterday morning.”

Lu Jiangbei scolded him embarrassingly, “Nonsense. I’m fine! I... I like the unique fragrance of this loquat wine. So, I wanted more glasses.”

Gao Jue sneered, “Really?” Then, someone let out a loud whistle.

Lu Jiangbei was slightly displeased, “Du Yao, you should be on duty today. Why are you still staying here? There is no commander in Binghua Suburb, and you are still whistling here?”

Du Yao said, “I’m sorry, boss. I have something important to do today. You can ask Jiang Pi to cover for me. I will buy you wine at Yi Hong Brothel the other day.”

The fifth man’s voice sounded with anger, “Damn important things! Boss, don’t believe him. He is here waiting for a beautiful girl. He told me that she was a super-hot chick. I won’t help him on duty. I also wanted to see how hot the girl is!”

He Danggui felt disgusted. Who is the “hot chick” that Du Yao was waiting for? The fifth man was probably Jiang Pi, who had also been to Shui Shang Temple three years ago. She met him once, but she couldn’t remember his voice and appearance. The reason why she knew him was that Zong Qiao had mentioned to her yesterday that his two cousins, Jiang Yi and Jiang Pi from Jiang’s Family in the capital, were all working in the imperial guards. Therefore, this Jiang Pi should be Zong Qiao’s cousin.

Lu Jiangbei used his official power and said, “Du Yao, business is important! It is your first travel to Yangzhou City, and I know you want to have fun, so I won’t blame you. But you shouldn’t ignore any official business. Hurry now! Go on your duty!” Then he said in a low voice, “Duan Xiaolou, you can’t drink too fast! Your body will not bear it!” f𝘳𝚎𝑒𝚠𝑒𝚋𝘯o𝘃eƖ.co𝓂

Duan Xiaolou poured a bowl of wine in his mouth and said impatiently, “It’s a rare free day! You guys are so annoying. Let us have a toast! Cheers!”

Then, the sound of a swallowing liquid came. He Danggui looked down and played with the whip in her hands.

Du Yao said in distress, “Boss, in ancient times, Wei Sheng was willing to die for love. Today, I am being scolded by my boss for absenteeism. However, I am just following the noble spirit of the archaic people. Yesterday, I accidentally grabbed a little sister’s horse because I wanted to support you guys. At that time, she cried sadly, saying that it was her only horse and they had been accompanying each other for a long time. I gave her money but she didn’t take it. Therefore, I made an appointment with her to return her horse here.” He Danggui closed her eyes speechlessly. She was that “hot chick” said by Du Yao and Jiang Pi.

There was a moment of silence at the inn, and then Jiang Pi asked in a nasal voice, “Since she was so sad, why didn’t you return the horse to her yesterday? You are a villain who robbed a girl.”

Du Yao was startled and cried out, “I feel wronged! I rushed to support you in a hurry, and I almost stepped into the enemy’s trap. Are you not moved? I came to support you even it was not my work time! Well, shall I apply for having a rest today? Boss?”

Lu Jiangbei judged, “Du Yao, you came promptly yesterday and helped us a lot. Therefore, I will give you an extra break as your reward. As for returning the horse, it is simple. The four of us will wait for her here as we drink. If the girl came here, we will return her horse—Hey! Gao Jue! Where are you going? I still have something to tell you!”

Gao Jue said coolly, “Go home and sleep.”

“But...” Lu Jiangbei said anxiously, “You haven’t made it clear yet. Miss He, she...”

Gao Jue said impatiently, “I don’t know. You should ask others.”

Then, before He Danggui could react, the door curtain separating the backyard and the front hall violently stirred, and then a tall shadow rushed out. He Danggui subconsciously buried her face into her knees. Although she was looking for Gao Jue, she planned to ask him in private about the antidote to the cold poison. She didn’t plan to talk to him in the presence of others.

With her head buried, He Danggui felt the eyes fall on the back of her head and neck like a poisonous snake. Then, Gao Jue made a cold snort in a loud voice. Soon, silence returned to the yard.

He Danggui raised her head slightly and found that Gao Jue was gone. She breathed a sigh of relief and heard Lu Jiangbei comfort Duan Xiaolou in the room, “Don’t worry, Master Duan. Once Liao Zhiyuan came back, I’ll let him ask Miss Liao and let her bring a message to Miss He. Now you are different from the past. I guess you will not face more obstacles.”

“No need.” Duan Xiaolou said coldly, “I have already found another person to take the message.”

Already found another person? He Danggui blinked in wonder. Who was it? What message? Was he talking about Third Childe of Meng’s Family Meng Ying? It turned out that Duan Xiaolou had asked Meng Ying to bring those words to her! At the time, she was a little doubtful whether Meng Ying didn’t want her to have contact with his brother Meng Xuan and push her to someone else. Duan Xiaolou was planning to marry her? Was he planning to revenge her as Zong Qiao said?

Silence showed again in the room. Lu Jiangbei said grimly, “What are you still doing here, Du Yao? Go to Mocha Mountain Villa to command the action in Xuehua Suburb. Today’s mission is critical. Success or failure depends on us.”

Du Yao asked slowly, “Then why don’t you guys go, boss?”

Lu Jiangbei told him righteously, “Today is our turn to take a holiday.” He Danggui could imagine his righteous face. Hold down a job without doing a stroke of work. No orders and no organization. Was this the working condition of the high levels of imperial guards?

Du Yao also replied righteously, “However, I caused a young lady to burst into tears because I rushed to support you on the battlefield. In addition to returning the horse today, I should apologize to her. You can’t do it for me.”

Jiang Pi laughed sarcastically, “Just go. We will help you ‘deeply apologize’ to that super-hot chick in any way.”

Du Yao was annoyed, “Is it easy for me to visit Yangzhou City? I spent half a month in the brothel but didn’t meet the kind of southern beauties mentioned in the book. Yesterday I finally met one. But you all want to ruin my luck. Are you really my brothers? Jiang Pi, boss, please cover for me.” Then, he added with great pride, “I will help you for two days the other day!”

“One day for two days?” Jiang Pi asked, “Boss, shall we help him?”

Lu Jiangbei was silent for a while and then agreed, “Well, it is boring drinking here, and I’m worried about Mocha Mountain Villa. I will go there and supervise the action. You two should take care of Duan Xiaolou. Don’t let him get drunk and end up on the street.”

The door curtain was lifted by someone.

Before He Danggui could react once again, the door curtain a few steps away from her had been lifted again. This time, the person coming out was Lu Jiangbei.