Chapter 89 - 71. Three No Help Policy
The rooster crowed at dawn, and Chen Ji emerged from a battlefield in his dream. He slowly got up, limping to the main hall of the Medical Hall, and settled down in a bamboo chair to wait for Miss Xibing.
Liang Mao’er changed into a set of gray cloth clothes and got up early to fetch water.
Chen Ji wanted to help sweep the floor, but Liang Mao’er pressed him down into the bamboo chair, "Your injury still needs a month to heal, don’t move around. I can handle the chores in the Medical Hall by myself."
Chen Ji curiously said, "Actually, you can see that everyone doesn’t mind you guys staying here, so Brother Mao’er, you don’t have to rush to finish all the chores."
Liang Mao’er spoke in a low voice, "It doesn’t matter how much work I do, as long as you don’t blame my brother for not helping yesterday, he has his reasons."
"Why did he set up the Three No Help Policy for himself?" Chen Ji wondered, "Did he often deal with the Ritual Supervision before?"
Liang Mao’er, carrying a shoulder pole, stood in the main hall in silence for a long time, and finally said, "Actually, I lied before, my sister-in-law didn’t completely lose contact after she left."
"Where did she go?"
Liang Mao’er hung his head, "When my sister-in-law left the Ning Dynasty, she was discovered by the Spy Department. The Heavenly Horse intercepted her at the border town, she was no match for them and was caught on the spot. At that time, the Prime Minister sent someone to find my brother, saying he wouldn’t send my sister-in-law to the inner prison but would send her back to Luocheng City, with the condition that my brother must not be an adversary to the Ritual Supervision ever again, and also, he must assist Ritual Supervision three times."
"Why didn’t your sister-in-law come back?" Chen Ji suddenly realized, the Ritual Supervision must have suspected the identity of that female swordsman long ago, waiting for her to flee and then using her to constrain Liang Gou.
Liang Mao’er smiled, "My brother agreed to the Prime Minister’s conditions, but he didn’t let the Ritual Supervision send my sister-in-law back. Instead, he chose to let the Ritual Supervision set her free."