Chapter 45 : Revenge

Lady Yue Luo continued to play dumb, "Miss, what's wrong with you? Why is it that I can't understand anything you say?"

"Can't understand it now, can you?" Pei Si Yan laughed back in anger, disguising her eagerness to help, "There's no rush, there's no rush, you'll understand in a while, auntie."

Her words just fell, noisy footsteps and curses rang out from outside the house, followed by fire, a group of navy blue clothed guards escorting a large go of men, women and children appeared in the doorway, most of them in medium clothes with a cloak outside, the spring night was cold and had just rained, all of them were freezing and shivering, their faces were white.

The moment Mrs Yue Luo saw these people, the last bit of blood on her face faded away, pounced forward to help her father, couldn't help but shout rudely at Pei Si Yan: "What are you doing in the middle of the night! Your uncle's health is not good, how dare you let him be escorted here in such thin clothes, are there any elders left in your eyes? Isn't this a deliberate humiliation?"

The clansmen looked at the matriarch and the people of the second house in a curious and uncomprehending manner, not knowing what kind of medicine the matriarch had in her gourd, making such a big commotion in the middle of the night.

Pei Si Yan slowly walked over and asked rhetorically, "Then do you have me as the matriarch in your eyes, Auntie?"

"What are you talking about," Lady Yue Luo coldly glared at Pei Si Yan, "How could there not be? I say, it's better to quickly let the young and old go back to the house to rest, look at them freezing ..."

"Back to the house to rest?" Pei Si Yan looked like she had heard a very funny joke, "Pfft" laughed, and ordered loudly to the guards outside the house, "Now, immediately search the second house's courtyard inside and out, every corner! Don't let go of anything suspicious!"

"Yes!" The guards led the order and dashed towards the second house's courtyard.

Lady Yue Luo and Uncle Zu's faces were suddenly ashen as death as they glanced at each other.

"Miss, what are you doing!" Uncle Ancestor roared, his florid white beard trembling slightly, revealing his annoyance at the moment, "Even if you're the clan head, how can you search at will!"

The more Lady Yuexi heard, the more confused she became, tugging on Pei Si Yan's sleeve, "Xiao Yan, what exactly happened? Anymore, it's not good to do this!"

"Mo Xuan," Pei Si Yan shouted, "Come tell me, what have you done tonight?"

The crowd looked at each other in disbelief, and then saw a divine white man squeeze out from behind the crowd at the doorway and walk over to Pei Si Yan, smiling gently and holding her hand.

"My name is Jiangnan Mo Qi Mountain Resort, Mo Xuan."

The clansmen looked at each other, they had heard of the name of Mo Qi Mountain Villa and knew that it was a famous sect in the Jianghu, they just didn't know when the young lady and Young Lord Mo had a close relationship.

"Mo Xuan, go ahead."

Mo Xuan's face suddenly became stern and raised his voice, "I was passing through the woods outside of the city today and found Miss Tantai who was buried alive, fortunately in time, Miss was able to return safely."

At these words, there was an uproar.

"Xiao Yan!" Lady Yuexi held Pei Si Yan's other hand and asked nervously, "Surprisingly ... this happened? Who is the murderer?" She suddenly thought of something and turned to the people of the second house, "Could, could it be them?"

Pei Si Yan pulled out a jade pendant from her bosom and displayed it to the crowd, "This was found next to the mound of earth where I was buried, it seems that the mastermind left it behind in his haste."

The jade pendant was beautifully and intricately carved with cloud patterns, and the "II" in clerical script was engraved in the centre, precisely representing the second house of the Tantai family, which used cloud patterns as a family symbol!

It dawned on the crowd that they had realised, and their angry gazes were directed towards the second house, followed by the angry curses that rang out.

"You heartless things, how dare you plot against the patriarch! You should be sent to the government to be punished with death!"

"That's right! For the sake of power to actually poison your own family members, too hateful!"

"Miss, send them to the government for conviction!"

...

Pei Si Yan raised her hand to signal the clansmen to be quiet, and after her voice lowered, she said, "Auntie, you understand what I'm talking about now, don't you?"

Lady Yueruo clutched her husband's hand, barely maintaining her composure as she argued, "Convicted on the basis of a tiny jade pendant and the words of this outsider? It's simply a joke! Maybe it's someone from one of the houses who is intentionally making false accusations? Or maybe it's a lie that you, miss, taught young master Mo to tell?"

Pei Si Yan's fine eyebrows raised, hiding her laughter. This jade pendant was indeed something she had asked Li Qinghan to steal from the second house's courtyard in the middle of the night, originally to stage an encounter with an assassin and then use it to falsely accuse the second house.

"Regarding Duke Mo Xuan, he is the young leader of a righteous martial arts sect, so how could he lie because of me?"

"Yes, yes!" The clansmen chimed in, no matter what, the young master of the Hall Mo Qi Mountain Villa would not be able to make up lies, not only would he be defiling his own family's lintel, but he would also be laughed at by the entire martial arts world.

"Hmph," Lady Yue Luo sneered, "Wearing a mask, he doesn't look like a good person! And we can't see his real face, how do we know if it's really Mo Xuan?"

"Auntie, that's not what you said the last time you saw Mo Xuan." Pei Si Yan shook her head.

Mo Xuan took out a flawless ink-coloured jade pendant from his body, lusciously clear and as deep as the night sky, emitting a faint luster in his white palm. Ink jade without a single blemish was extremely rare in the world, and it was said that the Moqi Villa in Jiangnan had collected many of them and used them as tokens to prove the identity of the Mo Clan.

Pei Si Yan asked, "Everyone here believes in Mo Xuan's identity, right?"

Lady Yue Luo had nothing to say.

Pei Si Yan straightened her face and continued, "So, at least your second house is suspected. The matter is so important that it is better to kill three thousand people by mistake than to let one go, so I am justified in ordering a search of your courtyard. Whether you are the murderers or someone is framing you, when the guards return from the search, I think there will be a result."

Lady Yue Luo looked at the dark night outside, her face gradually revealed more anxiety, she stared at her father and then her husband for help, hoping that they would also say more words to help.

After all, no longer want to come up with countermeasures, the second house is really going to be finished!

But these two people are like mute, keep silent. The rest of the second house could not be counted on.

There were a few heads of houses exchanging gloating glances with each other, they had long since grown tired of the Second House's usual behaviour and words - rampaging through the family, not taking anyone into account, as if the Second House was the family's direct lineage. The Tantai family has been in trouble both internally and externally, as they have been trying to create something out of nothing to divide the relationship between the houses.

The second house is not to be underestimated, and ranks second in the clan, even the thinly populated direct line of the eldest house dares to provoke, they dare not speak out in anger.

This time the murder of the patriarch was revealed, and the young lady finally came down hard, it was really a great relief.

"Miss, let's talk about it in private and calmly," uncle ancestor loudly cleared his throat and said, "What I hope you can understand is that our second house has a ..."

"Have a great backer and want to threaten me with that, right?" Pei Si Yan nonchalantly interrupted him, the opportunity she finally seized, she would not allow the second house to be rude and provocative from now on.

Uncle Joe coughed twice, "It's good that you understand, so let's just sit down and talk it out."

"Unless your backer is the current saint, then I have nothing to say," Pei Si Yan coldly returned, "Other than that, don't bullshit me at all!"

Trying to say Feng Taishi?

He can't even protect himself, he can still save you guys? It was simply a big joke!

Pei Si Yan sneered as she looked at this group of people from the second house who were still struggling in vain at the end of their lives.

Uncle Joe's face turned green, and with the cold night, he almost turned his back. He skimmed his head and instructed his daughter and son-in-law in a low voice, "We must find a way to blend out of the mansion to tip off His Excellency and beg him to come and save us."

"Lord Father, how easy is it to get out of the mansion in such a situation?" Lady Yue Luo's husband said fearfully.

Lady Yue Luo glared at him and scolded, "Useless thing!"

At this time, there was another burst of **, the guards came back carrying the suspicious items searched out, people stretched their necks to look at them, Lady Yue Luo took a look at a few of them, and a dizzy spell came over her.

Pei Si Yan smiled at Mo Xuan, let go of his hand and walked to the guards, "Hard work everyone."

A middle-aged guard at the head of the group glanced at Pei Si Yan, wanting to speak, he squeezed a letter in his hand. Pei Si Yan noticed his abnormality and asked, "What's wrong?"

The middle-aged guard hesitated for another short while and presented the letter with both hands, "Miss, this was found in the secret compartment of Lady Yue Luo's study ..."

Pei Siyan's doubts deepened in her heart, she took the letter and opened it, her eyes just swept over a few lines of words, her face changed drastically, her gaze swept fiercely towards Lady Yue Luo, "You ... original father lord died this way!"

The crowd froze, when the former matriarch went out strangely met with an accident and died. The case has been investigated, but there is no progress, could there be any connection with the second house as well?

The letter in her hand was gradually gripped into a crumpled ball, Pei Si Yan took a deep breath and ordered in a stern voice, "The second house plotted against the patriarch with the intention of usurping the position of patriarch! Now all the people of the second house will be detained to the north side of the mansion in the Yu Ting Xuan, and will be closely guarded, without my order forbidding to step out of the courtyard, and forbidding to contact with anyone! Those who disobey, kill!"

Pei Si Yan's face was quite frightening, the clansmen realised that the situation was more serious than imagined and cautiously looked around, not daring to speak.

A few people from the second house called out in dissatisfaction.

"It's Lady Yue Luo she made a mistake, why are we even implicated!"

Pei Si Yan said viciously, "Do you all want to die now?"

Several people immediately shut their mouths and obediently escorted by the guards to the Pavilion Pavilion.

"Tantai Yan, you will regret returning here alive." Lady Yue Luo dropped a sentence grimly and left quickly with her head held high.

Pei Si Yan snorted coldly in disbelief.

With all the people from the second house gone, the main hall was silent and still, and all eyes were gathered on the matriarch who stood in the doorway.

Pei Si Yan tiredly whispered, ''After tossing and turning all night, all of you are tired, right? Quickly go back and rest, I'll just handle the rest."

Lady Yuexi came over and pulled Pei Si Yan's hand, asking with tears in her eyes, "Your father's death was really the work of the second house?"

Pei Si Yan lowered her head and didn't comment.

Lady Yuexi let out a long sigh, "Be sure to severely punish the culprits and avenge your father's death."

"I know."

When the heads of the houses left, Pei Si Yan looked towards the western sky and said silently in her heart, "Tantai Yan, please don't worry, I will definitely avenge your father!"

Mo Xuan silently walked behind her, his slender fingers were just about to touch her thin shoulders when a rush of hoofbeats sounded outside the mansion, under the dark moonlight, a silhouette rolled over and dismounted from his horse, rushing to Pei Si Yan as fast as he could, and embraced her in a hug so tightly that it made it difficult for her to even breathe.

Pei Si Yan was stunned, when in her memory had she ever seen Li Qing Dye so panicked?

"Light dye, what are you ... doing?"

"I ... subordinate thought ..." Li Qingye's voice sounded surprisingly choked.

Knowing that he was worried about himself, Pei Si Yan patted his back and reluctantly revealed a smile, "I'm sorry for making you worry. Please don't blame yourself, it's my own fault ..."

Li Qingye suddenly realised his outburst and hurriedly let go of Pei Si Yan, took two steps back and knelt on one knee, "Miss, my subordinate just now ..."

Pei Si Yan waved her hand, "It's fine, it's just human nature, quickly get up."

Li Qingye noticed Mo Xuan as he got up, his face was aghast, his eyes flashed with vigilance.

Mo Xuan sensed it and smiled at him indifferently.

"It was Mo Xuan who saved me," Pei Si Yan said, turning upright, "Light Dye, there are more important things to do tonight! There aren't many hours left before the morning court, I need to sort out all the evidence of the second house's guilt. At the time of the morning court, it's not only those few officials that I'll be impeaching, but also the Feng Tai Shi!"

"I want to make Feng's faction, completely collapse!"