Chapter 293 - 114 Reinforcements
Feng Yutang and Princess Yongning’s orders didn’t immediately concern Jiang Li, but she was no fool. Having dealt with Princess Yongning in a previous life, she knew that the princess would soon take ruthless measures against her. The title of the Grand Secretary’s Daughter might intimidate Tong Zhiyang and scare Feng Yutang, but it wouldn’t fool Yongning. Sooner or later, they would attempt to kill her, but for now, what mattered most was ensuring the safety of Peng Xiao and the others, as their time was running short, with two days already passed out of the seven.
The secret chamber Jiang Li mentioned was hidden within an abandoned haunted farmhouse in Tongxiang. There was a tunnel underground, and the entrance to the tunnel was on a lakeside stone wall, completely obscured by lush wild grass, invisible to others.
Ye Mingyu had placed Peng Xiao and the others in that secret chamber, first arranging for them to change clothes and have something to eat. Peng Xiao and He Jun were in reasonable health, simply weak, but Gu Da and Gu Er were in a bad state, and the worst off was Xiao Hei. When Ye Mingyu found Doctor Zhong as Jiang Li had instructed, Doctor Zhong kept shaking his head in disbelief.
Ye Mingyu had also brought Doctor Zhong’s only son with him, and given Doctor Zhong five hundred taels of silver, telling him that as long as he could heal Xiao Hei and the others, they would find a way to get Doctor Zhong out of Tongxiang and give him another one thousand five hundred taels of silver, enough to settle down elsewhere comfortably.
In the small county of Tongxiang, the people rarely saw such a large sum of silver, and besides, Ye Mingyu looked fierce, his face marked with a scar. Terrified, Doctor Zhong nevertheless gave his all when treating Xiao Hei’s injuries.
While Xiao Hei, Gu Da, and Gu Er rested, Jiang Li and Peng Xiao strolled outside to talk.
Ye Mingyu found a rock to sit on near the secret chamber and said, "Ah Li, you found a good place. I think even if Feng Yutang dug three feet into the ground, he wouldn’t find a second place like this. There are even stone tables and benches inside, I wonder who left them here."