Chapter 29 Liu Family
"I didn't mean it!" Yu Chaosheng explained hurriedly. At this moment, he saw the embodiment of "furious".

It felt like the biggest sword ranked number one on the “Sword List” was going to chop down his neck in the next second.

The people around laughed in a good-natured manner.

Zhao Meixiang couldn't bear to see Yu Chaosheng get beaten, so she helped him explain, "Don't be angry, little sister. I can testify that my brother-in-law didn't do it on purpose."

Yang Juanzi, who was already familiar with everyone, also covered her mouth and laughed, "We can also testify that Brother Chaosheng doesn't have the guts."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone burst into laughter again.

The laughter could be heard from far away, and Liang Ye, who was resting in the small courtyard, felt his forehead throbbing when he heard it.

These people can still laugh at a time like this... They are definitely not simple people!

Pan Yingying kept losing and gradually lost her patience, so she left the table and was replaced by Yang Juanzi, who had been eager to fight.

Yu Chaosheng felt that he had disturbed her interest, but he didn't feel guilty at all. He played cards badly and was not allowed to say anything?

He was trying to make her face reality and understand the extent of her card-playing skills.

Not long after they sat down at the table, there was a knock on the wooden door of the yard, and Pan Yingying left him and went to open the door.

There were a man and a woman standing outside the door. The man was about thirty years old, with muscles all over his body. It was obvious at first glance that he was a martial artist. The woman was very young, about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a sallow face and was frighteningly thin.

The two of them saluted politely at first, and Pan Yingying returned the salute awkwardly, "What do you two want to say?"

The man then spoke and explained why he came here.

The man's name is Ding Si and the woman's name is Miaolan. They are servants of the Jiangnan Liu family among the group of fugitives. The head of the Liu family has caught a cold, and they have no choice but to come here and try their luck.

Pan Yingying raised her eyebrows unconsciously, "Jiangnan Liu family? What did they do wrong?"

Ding Si and Miao Lan looked at each other and it was Ding Si who spoke in the end, "A government official died after eating the signature dish at Liu's Restaurant... But I can swear that we were framed!"

Pan Yingying said "Oh" without comment. Just when the other party was getting disappointed, she said "Wait" and turned to go to the carriage.

Yu Chaosheng leaned against the wooden door with his arms folded, looked the two of them up and down, then looked back at his shoes.

The two people outside the door froze up after being looked at by him lightly. Just when they were at a loss as to what to do, Pan Yingying came over with a medicine bag.

"I don't know the exact symptoms. This was prepared at the clinic a while ago. The effects are written on it. You can use it as you see fit." After that, she asked another question, "Do you have any decoction?"

Their faces turned red immediately. Miaolan stammered, "No, no, if Madam has extra water..."

Pan Yingying interrupted her, "Wait." She turned around and picked up two bamboo tubes filled with water from the waterwheel.

The two were filled with gratitude. Miaolan took out five taels of silver from her pocket and handed it to Pan Yingying with both hands, "I hope Madam won't despise it."

Pan Yingying took it casually and said "hmm".

After the two men left, Yu Chaosheng closed the door. Pan Yingying walked into the main room and shook the silver change in her hand to the people who were looking at her.

"I just made 3 taels from selling water. Let's split it up when the time comes."

Little Wang was a little worried, "We don't have much water left. Will those prisoners come to buy more?" Pan Yingying tossed the silver coins up and down for fun. She replied indifferently, "Come if you want. It's 2 taels of silver per bamboo tube, and each person is limited to one tube. As for our water..." She looked at Yu Chaosheng next to her, "I believe our Chaosheng won't let me down."

Liu Juhua perked up all of a sudden. She had absolute trust in her younger sister and brother-in-law. She fully supported the idea of ​​selling water. "Sell, sell, sell! Chaosheng will definitely lead us to find water. He always finds it!"

When everyone thought about it, they agreed that this was indeed the case and Yu Chaosheng was very good at finding water, so they all agreed to sell water.

After Zhao came down from the card table, Pan Yingying pulled her to a corner.

"Mother, those two people just now said they were servants of the Jiangnan Liu family."

Zhao's eyebrows jumped, thinking that it couldn't be such a coincidence.

But things often happen by coincidence, because she saw someone she knew among the people who came to buy water - Liu Mingwu, the concubine sister of the former Crown Princess.

Liu Mingwu now looks ten years older than her actual age, with wrinkles around her eyes and more white hair on her temples.

She dragged her injured leg to ask for medicine for her daughter.

After the Liu family encountered trouble, Liu Mingwu, who had only given birth to a daughter, was divorced by her husband's family. She and her daughter, who was forced to become a nun in the temple, were driven back to the Liu family and exiled with the rest of the Liu family.

When Liu Mingwu saw Pan Yingying, who looked 50% similar to Liu Mingzhu, her hand trembled and the medicine bag she had just picked up fell to the ground.

Zhao took a step forward, bent down, picked up the medicine bag and put it back into her hand, "Thank you, Madam. You have it."

Liu Mingwu smiled bitterly and shook her head, "I have been divorced and sent back to the Liu family, so why should I thank my husband..." She stared at Zhao in disbelief, the words "Aunt Fangyi" just kept coming out of her mouth but she couldn't say it out loud.

Then he looked at Pan Yingying again, and his eyes suddenly became red.

Since Aunt Fangyi is here, the little girl in front of her must be the daughter of her poor sister.

"What's your name?" She grabbed Pan Yingying's hand and let the tears roll down without her hands to wipe them away. She desperately wanted an answer, an answer that she had been longing for in her heart for many years.

Pan Yingying held her hand back, "My name is Pan Yingying... also called..." She leaned close to her ear, "Xiao Ying."

Liu Mingwu was shocked, her expression half crying and half laughing, "I never thought... I really never thought... that I would see you again one day."

She had received a letter from her sister that year, saying that she was pregnant. The child's father named the child, both male and female, "Ying". After the incident in the Eastern Palace, she felt sorry that the child was not born. She did not expect to meet him on the way of exile more than ten years later.

She frantically searched her body, trying to find something that could serve as a gift, but she had nothing but tattered clothes and not even a penny, and she was so anxious that she burst into tears.

"Aunt, don't cry. Bandage the wound first. Give me the medicine and I'll make it for you. You can take it back to your cousin later." Pan Yingying was not good at persuading people, and she guessed that Zhao and Liu Mingwu should have a lot to say, so she decided to give them appropriate space and time.

Zhao knew how to bandage the wound, so Pan Yingying handed her the medicine powder and the tools needed, then turned around and went to boil the medicine on a makeshift earthen stove made of stones not far away.

"Aunt Fangyi...thank you so much..." Liu Mingwu was about to kneel down and kowtow to Zhao, but Zhao quickly pulled her back.

"What are you doing? Get up quickly, I'll bandage you. If you don't apply medicine to your leg, it will be crippled soon." Zhao pulled Liu Mingwu to sit down and re-applied medicine and bandaged her wound which was almost festered.

"What's wrong with your leg?" Zhao noticed something was wrong. She had wanted to ask before, why was Liu Mingwu's leg injured so badly?

(End of this chapter)