ebookland Chapter 305: Being clever but being misled by cleverness
Chapter 305: Being clever but being misled by cleverness
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Madam Chen saw that hideous face.
It's her own son's head!
Madam Chen's mind went blank. She stared blankly at Chen Che's head for a long time. Just as the scarred man was about to step forward to test whether she was scared out of her wits, Madam Chen screamed and grabbed the scarred man's hand.
The scarred man had never taken a woman like Madam Chen seriously, and upon seeing this, he tried to shake her hand off.
Unexpectedly, Madam Chen swiftly pulled a gold hairpin from her head and stabbed it into the scarred man's eye with hatred: "Give me back my son's life!"
Her eyes were filled with malice, and her expression was even more stubborn. Before the scarred man could react, she stabbed him again. The excruciating pain spread, and the scarred man screamed and tried to break free from Madam Chen.
But Madam Chen, with strength she didn't know she possessed, held onto the scarred man tightly, gripping the hairpin in her hand, and stabbed it repeatedly into his eye sockets. Before long, the scarred man was lifeless.
This scene stunned everyone present.
Only Madam Chen, after realizing that the person beneath her had stopped breathing, fixed her bloodshot eyes on Wen Yitong with a sinister look.
"You wretch!" Madam Chen said hatefully, "You must have used money to bewitch them and make them turn against you!"
"So what?" Madam Chen laughed to herself. "I want you to be buried with my son!"
Chen Che was Madam Chen's only hope in this life. With Chen Che's death, Madam Chen had no hope left in this world, and naturally lost the will to live. In her eyes, there was only Wen Yitong.
She wants to kill Wen Yitong to avenge Chen Che!
"What are you all standing there for?" Wen Yitong ordered the people around her, "Hurry up and take her down!"
These men were just lowly henchmen who had come out with the boat captain to broaden their horizons. They had never seen such a bloody scene before, and they had just watched helplessly as the scarred man was stabbed to death by Madam Chen with a hairpin.
Now, Wen Yitong's sharp shout brought them back to their senses.
Seeing that although Madam Chen's expression was ferocious, she was still an old woman over fifty years old, he became bolder and easily subdued her.
Seeing this, Wen Yitong finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Bloodstains from the scarred man still stained her face. Thinking of this, she shuddered. To her, Madam Chen's actions were too crazy and too unbelievable.
The scarred man, such a big guy, was actually killed by Madam Chen.
Therefore, she repeatedly instructed her henchmen: "Make sure you tie her up properly!"
Upon hearing this, the henchmen confirmed again and again that Madam Chen's hands and feet were indeed bound tightly, and she could only struggle inside like a maggot.
Madam Chen could only utter a few words, as she angrily shouted, "Wen Yitong! You'll die a horrible death!"
"I'll die a horrible death?" Wen Yitong laughed loudly. "You should worry about yourself first!"
"I want you to end up like Chen Che..." Wen Yitong sneered, "Keep your head and throw your body into the river to feed the fish, isn't that exactly what you planned? Except... you're the ones feeding the fish now."
Wen Yitong fiddled with her fingers and took out the dagger she had prepared beforehand.
The scarred man's body was still nearby, but Wen Yitong seemed not to see it and strode straight to Madam Chen.
She was no longer the Wen Yitong she once was. Having seen countless corpses, how could she be afraid of this one? Besides... a man like the scarred man... deserved to die.
Wen Yitong would never forget the way the scarred man's eyes lingered on her. She had no doubt that if given the chance, the scarred man would definitely attack her.
She was only willing to pay money, and had no desire to have any contact with a lowly person like the scarred man.
Upon seeing her like this, the henchmen's hearts sank – this lady was truly not to be underestimated.
Wen Yitong walked up to Madam Chen, raised the dagger, and without hesitation slashed Madam Chen's face.
Hearing Madam Chen's shrill screams, she smiled with satisfaction: "When you were plotting against me, you should have thought that this would be your end."
Madam Chen hated Wen Yitong to the core. She knew that the more she begged for mercy, the more smug Wen Yitong would become.
Now, she had nothing left to lose. Knowing she couldn't survive under Wen Yitong's control, she simply stopped speaking.
Wen Yitong's expression changed upon seeing Madam Chen's appearance.
She used a dagger to slash Madam Chen's face, leaving one wound after another, but Madam Chen gritted her teeth and remained silent.
In the end, Wen Yitong completely lost interest.
She tossed the dagger aside and said, "Kill him."
Wen Yitong's casual remark determined Madam Chen's fate.
Mrs. Chen was not surprised by this; on the contrary, she was relieved.
Her son was gone, and she had lost all will to live, so she decided to go with him.
After leaving the blood-soaked deck, Wen Yitong walked up to the captain.
She maintained her haughty demeanor even in front of the boat captain: "Lower me at Longzhou Wharf, and I will give you all my dowry, this dowry..."
She looked the bandits up and down, her disdain undisguised.
The boat captain was amused by her appearance and grabbed her chin: "Do you think I don't know where your dowry is? Isn't it all kept with the Chen family's things?"
"This boat is mine now, everything on this boat is mine, even the women on this boat..." The boat captain's lewd gaze swept over Wen Yitong, and he sneered, "are mine too."
At this moment, Wen Yitong suddenly realized that her status as a noblewoman was not enough to make the boat captain wary. On the contrary, in the boat captain's eyes, she was just a lamb to be slaughtered.
Instantly, Wen Yitong felt a chill run down her spine. Just as she was about to say something, the boat captain grabbed her hand and dragged her into the cabin.
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Beijing.
The emperor looked at the pile of memorials on the table with a very unpleasant expression.
"The river bandits in Jiangnan are becoming increasingly rampant." The emperor rubbed his furrowed brow and said to Xie Jinghan, "I'm afraid we'll still need you to deal with this river bandit problem."
Having said that, the emperor glanced at Xie Jinghan.
Xie Jinghan sat to the side, his expression inscrutable, and did not personally agree to the emperor's request.
Seeing this, the emperor glanced at Xie Jinghan a few more times. Only then did he realize that Xie Jinghan was not paying attention to his words, but was repeatedly rubbing the ring on his hand.
The emperor narrowed his eyes: "I've never seen you wear this thumb ring before."
Hearing this, Xie Jinghan finally spoke: "It was given to my brother by the Princess."
As he spoke, a rare smile appeared on Xie Jinghan's usually icy face.
Upon hearing this, the emperor's gaze fell on Xie Jinghan's thumb ring. He rubbed his forehead and said, "I know the princess has treated you well, but what I'm talking to you about now is the matter of the river bandits in Jiangnan."