Repudiating a Good Wife Is Out of the Question

92. A Ransom Note

Translator: Sissy That Walk

Cao Mo and Xiao Yi were still sleeping like a baby for the two love birds ‘worked’ till late last night, they paid no attention to the suspicious noise in the yard.

Poor Yao Wenyuan fell asleep in the guest room when he came to discuss sudoku with Cao Mo in the evening, Cao Mo asked Yao Wenyuan to wait for him for a bit and he would discuss it with him after he was done with his business. But unfortunately Cao Mo had completely forgot about Yao Wenyuan after he was done, and poor Yao Wenyuan fell asleep in the guest room.

Hearing the noises in the yard, Cao Mo and Xiao Yi walked out of their room in a flurry. Cao Mo felt so guilty, he and Xiao Yi both had heard the dog barking last night, but neither of them bothered to get up and check what was going on.

“Mo, I know what you are thinking, but you need to stop beating yourself up, this is not your fault. I need to tell Prince Xing about this, he will come up with a plan to save Cousin Wenyuan.” Xiao Yi comforted Cao Mo.

“Yi, will Prince Wenyuan be mad at us?” Cao Mo frowned, how he wished he had walked out of his room and checked what was happening.

“Mo, are you listening to me? You are borrowing trouble now, I know you think the burglars are looking for you and they have taken Cousin Wenyuan by mistake, but we don’t know that for sure. Plus the point now is not to guess who the burglars are aiming at, the top priority is to save Cousin Wenyuan.”

In Lu Manor.

The men in black threw Yao Wenyuan in a sack on the ground.

“Ouch!” Yao Wenyuan cried out.

Qian Fu opened the sack only to find they had abducted the wrong person.

Lu Jianzhong peeked from the door and noticed it too, he signaled at Qian Fu to meet him by the door.

“You useless bastard! Get lost already!” Lu Jianzhong glared at Qian Fu and rebuked him.

“Your Lordship, I know I’ve made a huge mistake, how about me writing Yao Manor a ransom note and ask them to exchange this person with Cao Mo.” Qian Fu tried to make amends for his fault.

Lu Jianzhong took a few glimpse at Yao Wenyuan from the door, he found this too tricky, he dared not to harm Yao Wenyuan or let him know the truth, but Yao Wenyuan was useless to him, he was so torn.

Lu Jianzhong thought for a while and said to Qian Fu, “Do as what you just said, remember, you don’t need to come back if you blow this up again!”

“Yes, Your Lordship!”

Lu Jianzhong walked into the room after Qian Fu left, he opened the sack for Yao Wenyuan, Yao Wenyuan was in so much pain from all the stunning and ropes, he asked this stranger, “Who are you? Where am I?”

“Childe Yao, I’m Lu Jianzhong and I work in the Ministry of Works, Marquis Valour Xiao Yugui is my brother-in-law.”

“Ah I see, you are Minister Lu, where are we? I remember I was abducted, but why are you with me?” Yao Wenyuan was astonished.

Lu Jianzhong pointed at the sack and said, “Childe Yao, here is what happened, I was on my way to visit a friend and I happen to see some men in black carrying a person in a sack, so I stopped them! Those men in black dropped the sack and ran away for fear of me reporting to the local government. I asked my people to open the sack, and it is you in the sack! So I asked my servants to carry you back to my manor.”

“Thank you so much for saving me, I passed out and had no idea this happened.”

“You are welcome, you are welcome, I’ve asked the kitchen to prepare you some breakfast, and I will send my people to Yao Manor and inform your family in case they get worried over nothing.” Lu Jianzhong put on a fake smile.

Poor innocent Yao Wenyuan believed what Lu Jianzhong said, he asked with curiosity, “I wonder who would be so audacious to break into my house and abduct me!”

Lu Jianzhong shook his head and withdrew the room.

“I know who it is! There’s only one person who dares to break into my house like that, and I know what he is up to, he wants to force me… force me to…”, Yao Wenyuan whispered after Lu Jianzhong left the room.

Taifu Yao got the ransom note, and he heaved a sigh of relief, ‘Wenyuan is going to be fine now that the note says they want to exchange Mo with Wenyuan.’

Taifu Yao summoned Cao Mo and Xiao Yi to meet him after he read the note.

Xiao Yi felt so sorry after he was told about the note, “Grandfather, Cousin Wenyuan is abducted because of me and Mo, I’m so sorry.”

“Don’t be silly, they will make a move on my family sooner or later, this is because Rui is my grandson too, this is actually rival factions between the two princes. But I will protect my kids and my grandkids at all costs!” Taifu Yao looked so determined.

Prince Xing stormed into the room now and he read the note : Childe Cao is safe and sound, exchange Cao Mo with him in Spring Breeze Tavern.

Just like Bloom Tavern, Spring Breeze Tavern was a famous brothel in the capital city as well.

Prince Xing tore the note in two, “Eunuch Liu, go place a lockdown on Spring Breeze Tavern, I’d like to see who is messing with me.”

Taifu Yao stopped Prince Xing, “Rui, this is not the time to act on impulse! Prince Ning is behind Lu Jianzhong, this means Imperial Concubine Fair is in this too! We need to consider carefully before making a decision, I say let’s to the palace and report this to His Majesty!”

“But gran, maybe they are torturing Wenyuan right now, I don’t have time to consider carefully! Get Cao Mo, I’m taking him to Spring Breeze Tavern now.”

Xiao Yi stopped him, “Cousin Wenyuan is fine, you don’t need to bring them Mo!”

“Move, I will protect Mo, don’t worry.”

“No, take me, take me with you instead of Mo!”

“They do not want you, they want Mo!” Prince Xing pushed Xiao Yi away.

With that Xiao Yi lost balance and fell on the ground.

Cao Mo rebuked Prince Xing, “Aiya, Yi’s forehead is bleeding, I won’t take things lying down if you dare to hurt Yi!”

“Mo, I’m fine, don’t worry. I just want Prince Xing to calm down and together we will come up with a perfect plan for sure.”

Prince Xing looked at them, “Fine, I’m listening.”

Xiao Yi said seriously, “One stone, two birds. Lu Jianzhong wants Mo, we all know that and he chooses Spring Breeze Tavern because he knows we won’t let anyone else know about this for Cousin Wenyuan’s reputation. Plus, Lu Jianzhong is a flunkey of Prince Ning and Imperial Concubine Fair’s, therefore, you cannot show up in Spring Breeze Tavern!”