ebookland Chapter 79, to put it more nicely, is about domineering and forced love.
Chapter 79, to put it more nicely, is about domineering and forced love.
Summer's end came with a graceful stride, leaving Huangfu Qian deep in thought.
The study was so quiet it was almost suffocating.
Xia Mo said that she had great fortune, and from her ability to cultivate extraordinary skills, it can be seen that she indeed had great fortune.
As for himself, from joining the army at the age of fourteen to returning to the capital with merit at the age of eighteen, the number of times he escaped death far exceeded the number of times he could count on his hands and feet, which also matches what Xia Mo said...
Huangfu Qianying's eyes grew even deeper, and he was surrounded by a chilling aura honed by battlefield experience.
* * *
Having acquired eighteen high-quality jade stones, Xia Mo was eager to use them.
She can now separate two strands of divine sense to explore two different places, but she still feels it's not enough. By absorbing these eighteen stones, she can further enhance her physical strength and use three strands of divine sense.
Xia Mo first used his divine sense to explore the situation at home, and then couldn't wait to fly into the deep mountains.
The place where the medicinal bath was taken was still the territory inhabited by wolves.
Two hours later—
As dawn approached and Xia Mo finished her medicinal bath, she took out eighteen jade stones that had lost their luster and become ordinary and dull, and sighed.
She could separate three strands of divine sense to investigate three directions, giving her greater confidence in dealing with the ultra-miniature chip in Sun Zheng's brain.
* * *
Early the next morning—
The villagers from Anjia Village who went to the county town have returned, bringing back news that is not good.
Inside the main room of the Xia family residence—
"The yamen posted a notice yesterday evening, saying that they will be interrogating Uncle Xia and Xia Shenggen's case tomorrow," Old Gao came specially to deliver the news.
Xia's mother nodded, her eyes gradually becoming confused, helpless, and her eyes reddened with unease.
Xia Mo reached out and grasped her mother's hand, looked at her, and solemnly said, "Mother, Father and my eldest brother will be alright."
Xia's mother lowered her head, her eyes meeting Xia Mo's. She opened her mouth, but as if she had suddenly lost her voice, she could not utter a sound.
Xia Erge and Xia Sange said in unison, "Shall we go to the county town and take a look?"
Xia's mother's eyes lit up, and she nodded, "Yes, yes, let's go to the county town to take a look."
Seeing the expressions on the Xia family's faces, Gao Laoda knew that Xia's mother and the others had chosen to abandon Xia's father and eldest brother, and he was also heartbroken. He quietly left.
Inside the main room, there were only Xia's mother, Xia's second brother, Xia's third brother, and Xia Mo.
With a gentle wave of her hand, Xia Mo closed the door to the main room automatically.
Xia's mother, second brother, and third brother were drawn to Xia Mo's extraordinary abilities and looked at him in astonishment.
With a flick of her wrist, a small bag containing five hundred taels of loose silver appeared in her hand, which she then handed to her mother.
Xia's mother took the bag without understanding why, and when she opened it, she was surprised to see a small bag of loose silver.
“Here are five hundred taels,” Xia Mo said with a smile.
This money was part of the one thousand taels she received from selling two thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum plants.
She had specially divided the 500 taels into this small bag, ready to take it out long ago.
Xia's mother, Xia's second brother, and Xia's third brother felt their hearts tighten suddenly, and their breathing became rapid.
"Little sister, won't it have an impact on you if you take out so much money?!" Second Brother Xia looked Xia Mo up and down, but couldn't see any problem, so he still asked.
Just now, they all saw Xia Mo take things out of thin air.
The thought that Xia Mo might have to pay a price to get these five hundred taels filled them with unease and a sense of suffocation; they couldn't accept it.
“These were given to me by my master,” Xia Mo replied, shrugging.
If it's hard to explain why she took out the money, then she could just blame it on a fictitious master she made up.
Xia's mother looked at the small bag in her hand and believed Xia Mo's words.
"Isn't it wrong for us to keep taking your master's money?" Xia's mother was still a little uneasy.
"My master is a cultivator. In his eyes, money is like pebbles on the ground. He doesn't use it anyway, so naturally he'll give it to his precious disciple like me," Xia Mo replied with a grin.
Thinking that her father and elder brother had been wrongly convicted, and that if they were found guilty, she could use the money to reduce their sentences, she decided to accept the five hundred taels of silver.
"Isn't it a bit much to always take from your master?" Second Brother Xia looked at Xia Mo with concern.
"They're family, what's wrong with that?" Xia Mo blinked her clear, innocent eyes at Xia's mother, second brother, and third brother.
Xia's mother, Xia's second brother, and Xia's third brother were speechless.
Xia Sange's eyes lit up like an excited dog, and he asked, "Little sister, just now you flipped your hand and conjured things out of thin air, was that something your master taught you?!"
Xia Mo nodded, and to lighten the mood, she deliberately asked, "Third Brother, would you like to learn?"
Xia Sange nodded vigorously: "Yes, I really want to! I want to!"
"Hehe, you don't have the immortal roots, you can't learn it," Xia Mo said, sticking out her tongue playfully at Xia Sange.
Xia Sange rolled his eyes playfully, just like Xia Mo did.
"You put the money away first, and you, carry a bundle and make it look like you're here," Xia's mother handed the small bag of silver to Xia Mo, and then said the rest to Xia Erge.
After a few lighthearted banter at the end of summer, the confusion and helplessness in Xia's mother's expression disappeared without her noticing, and her eyes regained their sparkle.
* * *
When they arrived in Anping County at the end of summer, the notice on the bulletin board outside the yamen had changed again, which was exactly what Xia Mo had expected.
Wei Zhishu used his power to exert pressure, and the county magistrate changed the date of the trial again without saying when it would begin. The notice stated, "The county magistrate has other matters to attend to, and the trial will be postponed."
Upon seeing the contents of the notice, Xia's mother, second brother, and third brother had indescribably complex feelings.
The people gathered around the bulletin board, sighing and discussing...
A passerby said, "If there were a scholar in this family, they wouldn't have been played like that."
Passerby B said, "Once the case is over, his family will be barred from holding official positions for three generations."
"..."
Xia Erge perked up his ears and took in what the passerby had said.
If the case isn't closed and Xia's father isn't convicted, can he still participate in next year's preliminary examinations for the imperial examinations and the provincial examinations?
Xia Erge's heart pounded violently. He lowered his head in frustration and distress, his hands clenched into fists at his sides.
He was certain he would pass the preliminary examination, but the provincial examination…
Xia Erge thought back to when he was in school. He thought the tuition was too expensive and he refused to continue studying. If he had studied hard back then, wouldn't he be... very useful now?
The case was postponed again, and Xia's mother and the others lost their spirits, turning around and heading back towards the village.
After Wei Zhishu decided to give up on marrying Xia Mo, he arranged for people to take turns guarding the city gate all day long. When they saw Xia Mo, they would let her and her companions in directly. However, if Xia Mo and her companions wanted to leave, they would obey orders and take Xia Mo away.
To put it nicely, it's domineering and forced love; to put it bluntly, Wei Zhishu is abducting a woman, and he's broken the law.
Wei Zhishu was completely unaware that the person he was forcibly taking was someone he could bring himself to do.
Anping County, at the city gate—
Six burly men blocked Xia Mo and his companions' path, but the gatekeepers pretended not to notice.
“You can leave, but she can’t,” the leading man commanded Xia Mo and the others, pointing at Xia Mo who was covering her face.
Xia's mother, Xia's second brother, and Xia's third brother stood in front of Xia Mo.
“You are Young Master Wei’s men,” Xia Mo said with certainty.
The six people did not intend to reveal who was behind it, but unexpectedly, Xia Mo guessed it, but they could not admit it.