After Luo Yang angrily said this, he felt what he’d just said didn’t seem quite right.

So he muttered softly: “Should be… it’s since meeting Ji Yunshu that nothing good has happened.” From the day he met Ji Yunshu, his life’s trajectory seemed to have undergone earth-shattering changes. From the southern frontier to here, never mind whether he’d suffered all kinds of hardships—just speaking of all the strange incidents he’d encountered, what assassins! What dead people! What dried corpses in coffins! What murder cases… In short, things he’d never even thought about before had all happened to him. It truly opened his eyes wide, and he’d nearly died several times.

To still be alive now—his life was truly resilient!

Wen Yu didn’t hear his muttering. He just shook out his sleeve, looking at his lazy appearance, his tone lightly scolding: “Too lazy to waste words with you!”

If he continued, he’d surely be angered to death! Luo Yang just snorted, the corners of his mouth hanging with a victorious smile. Then he vigorously stretched, falling backward. Incidentally, without caring about his image, he lifted his foot to flip open a corner of the curtain. He furrowed his brow, and couldn’t help but start talking with Wen Yu again, saying: “Don’t you think this Piaomiao Peak is really evil? A few days ago when we came, we were stuck halfway for a long time. Now descending the mountain, we’re stuck again. Could it be… someone’s going to die again?”

Wen Yu threw out: “Don’t be a jinx!”

“I’m just stating facts. Some things are inherently evil—whether you believe it or not.” Luo Yang’s mind suddenly flashed with an idea. His eyes rolled cleverly, then he sat up, a crafty look flashing across his face. He leaned close to Wen Yu, his tone sinister and eerie as he spoke in his ear: “Let me tell you, I’ve encountered many evil things before! I remember many years ago, a merchant caravan went to Zhuxin City to do business. As a result, overnight for some unknown reason they all suddenly disappeared, not a trace left. Several years later one night, someone saw a group of people acting strangely on the street. Their faces were pale, covered in blood, and they walked very slowly. After that, for several consecutive days people kept seeing them. Some said… they were the people from that merchant caravan that disappeared years ago, vengeful spirits seeking lives! They would bloodwash the entire Zhuxin City. Guess what… what happened later?”

Wen Yu didn’t believe in those ghost and spirit things, but his sinister tone made his whole body’s bones feel numb. His back felt like something had scraped across it—very uncomfortable. He immediately sat up straight, his sharp gaze fiercely glaring at Luo Yang who was deliberately acting mysterious. He pushed him away with his hand: “Don’t be weird around me. You think this young master would fear those nonexistent ghost stories? Simply ridiculous. There are no ghosts in this world—only ghosts in people’s hearts!”

“Who says there aren’t any!” Luo Yang puffed out his chest, looking absolutely certain. “I just saw one earlier!”

“Wha… what?”

“I said I just saw one earlier! Right at…” Luo Yang suddenly narrowed his eyes, again showing that neither-yin-nor-yang appearance, slowly approaching Wen Yu. “Right beside you—that female ghost’s head was hanging on your shoulder!”

“Enough!” Wen Yu forcefully shouted. At this moment, thoroughly enraged by the brat before him, his fist clenched tightly. He once again sternly warned him: “If you keep spouting nonsense, believe it or not, I’ll make your earlier words come true and have another person die on this Piaomiao Peak.”

He wanted to kill this little bastard!

Let him taste what it’s like to be skinned alive! Looking across the entire capital city of Yanjing, there wasn’t anyone who had the guts to challenge Wen Yu’s patience again and again. Yet this slippery brat Luo Yang, as if he’d grown an iron heart wrapped in iron skin, insisted on courting death endlessly, repeatedly running into his line of fire.

If not for the fact that this person had saved him once on the ship, plus Ji Yunshu had also interceded for him initially, just based on how Luo Yang tormented him in the southern desert, he could have taken ten of Luo Yang’s lives! Seeing he was truly angry and about to explode, Luo Yang knew when to quit while ahead. He quickly sat farther away, his lazy body leaning back against the carriage wall, shrugging: “If I don’t say it, I won’t say it. I’m too lazy to tell you my interesting stories anyway. Next time even if you want to hear them, I won’t tell you.”

“Petty behavior!” Wen Yu swept his sleeve and got off the carriage.

If he stayed any longer, he would truly erupt like a volcano.

Seeing him leave, Luo Yang felt comfortable all over. He could have a good sleep in the carriage now!

After Wen Yu got off the carriage, seeing the vehicles ahead still stuck without moving, he didn’t know whether his heart was uncomfortable from the traffic jam or from being angered by Luo Yang. In any case, he punched a large tree beside the mountain road.

Seeing him like this, Shu Tian quickly dismounted and walked over asking: “Second Young Master, what’s wrong?”

Wen Yu’s expression was extremely unpleasant: “Nothing!”

Even without him saying, Shu Tian seemed to guess. His sharp gaze looked at the carriage where Luo Yang was, gripping his long sword tightly: “I’ll go properly teach him a lesson!”

Just as he was about to go, Wen Yu pulled him back. “Don’t cause trouble!”

“That brat deserves a good beating, otherwise he won’t learn to behave.”

“Enough. I don’t want to cause any incidents here. We’ll discuss it after returning to Yanjing. I don’t believe he can really be so brazen.”

“With his temperament, sooner or later he’ll cause great disaster.” Shu Tian said.

Wen Yu took a deep breath, letting his irritable mood gradually calm down.

As the saying goes, a gentleman’s revenge is never too late—once he repaid Luo Yang’s life-saving debt, he could torment him however he wanted!

Compared to the discord between the antagonistic pair of Luo Yang and Wen Yu, it perfectly set off the harmony between Wen Che and his uncle Wen Cong.

The two were discussing a matter.

Wen Cong poured a cup of tea and after drinking two sips, suddenly said: “That Miss Ji is somewhat mysterious.” Wen Che didn’t seem surprised by the topic he suddenly raised. Instead, he nodded in agreement: “Yes, Miss Ji is indeed mysterious. Moreover, she has an extraordinary air about her that makes her hard to fathom. It’s just that since becoming acquainted with her, she’s never mentioned her background or origins, so I couldn’t very well ask.”

“Her identity might very well shock people.”

“From Uncle’s tone, it seems you know something?” Wen Che suspected.

Wen Cong took another sip of tea, the corners of his mouth lifting: “This time the Court of Judicial Review could successfully solve the case because that person called Luo Yang and the Zhu family young lady assisted. But who would believe that?”

He laughed!

Anyone with a brain could see the peculiarity in this—naturally they wouldn’t believe it was Luo Yang’s capability or Zhu Yao’s ability. Obviously someone was directing from behind the scenes, so not only did Wen Cong guess it, Wen Che also guessed it.

“Uncle, are you saying… the person truly assisting behind the scenes was Miss Ji?”

“When you brought her to see me for treatment, she took out mountain grass seeds to ask me about them. Yet this murder case also involved mountain grass seeds. Moreover, if you think it through carefully, it’s easy to figure out. However, how did you guess?” “To be honest with Uncle, actually in Jiahe Town at the southern frontier border city, I personally saw her solve a case at the Jiahe magistrate’s office. Although that case wasn’t major, with just a few words she solved it. At the time it was truly brilliant and amazing! Then I suspected she was definitely no ordinary person and must have significant origins! But she hides it too deeply—I have nowhere to investigate! Moreover, the only person who can make Luo Yang obediently do things is her. This time in solving the case, although she didn’t appear, her methods and style were all similar to her case-solving techniques at the Jiahe magistrate’s office. So combining the two, it wasn’t hard to guess that she secretly had Luo Yang and Miss Zhu come forward as messengers to assist the Court of Judicial Review in solving this case.” Whenever Wen Yu thought of seeing Ji Yunshu solve cases in Jiahe Town before, he couldn’t help but feel admiration.

After listening, Wen Cong showed an expectant expression, his fingers tapping on the cup wall several times: “I rather hope that one day I can personally witness that Miss Ji solve a case.” But Wen Che had one thing he didn’t understand: “However, Nephew has one matter I haven’t figured out. She doesn’t care much about having cold syndrome herself. Initially when A-Yu invited her to travel together to Yanjing to ask Uncle to help treat her illness, she repeatedly refused. But later she suddenly agreed. Although coming to Yanjing was to see a doctor, she clearly had another purpose. But exactly what that purpose was, I truly don’t know.”

He didn’t know, but Wen Cong knew!

Ji Yunshu had already confessed to him—she came to find the man he had treated and saved three years ago. But he’d promised to keep it secret, so he had to swallow these words!