ATBLM [QT] Chapter 144.1

It rained suddenly at night. The spring rain was as precious as oil. It was good rain for farmers, and the same was also true for Ling Yuan.

A rain was enough to wash away many traces.

He raised his head. The raindrops on the bamboo leaves gathered into a large drop of water, which fell on the silver mask, making a crisp impact sound.

The wave after wave of backlash in his veins, like the bites of thousands of ants, finally subsided, and the violent energy that wanted to destroy everything was also under control. He moved his fingers and stood up from the ground. The figure disappeared suddenly from the bamboo forest like a ghost.

A figure quietly appeared in the secret room in the main courtyard. Ling Yuan took off his mask in front of the mirror. The face in the mirror was cold and bloodthirsty, with a murderous look in his eyes.

He slowly raised the corners of his mouth, and the expression on his face changed accordingly. All the dark emotions receded like a tide. When the corners of his mouth reached a certain arc, he became the gentle and elegant Owner of Mingshan Village again.

With such a gentle expression, he slowly kneaded the mask in his hand into a ball of silver powder. The black clothes and black cloak on his body also suffered the same fate, with a little pink mixed in the black clothes. It was the handkerchief that the little cook used to wrap pastries.

Thinking of what happened in the bamboo forest earlier, Ling Yuan shook his head gently.

The cook saw an unknown person in the village but did not notice the danger. For this, he was too lazy to pursue it. The cook was the cook after all, and all she had to do was prepare his meals. Apart from this, whether she was stupid or not, clever or not, was irrelevant. No one expected her to guard Mingshan Village.

As for the guards in the village, their lives were too stable, and they had grown up to be drunkards. They clearly noticed something strange, but they were easily fooled and dismissed by a little cook. They were truly derelict in their duties and could not even do their job well. What was the use of them?

The violent anger around him was suppressed, and now he no longer had the urge to kill. But for those guards, he still couldn’t let them go so lightly. Since they couldn’t do their job, then they should do what they could do.

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Last night’s rain caused many peach blossoms to fall off the trees. The petals stuck to the ground, making it harder to clean than ordinary leaves. On the way to the kitchen, Jiang Rui saw many little maids frowning in distress, but today, there was someone in the village who was more miserable than them.

Jiang Rui didn’t need to make breakfast and went there relatively late. When she arrived in the kitchen, everyone had already been talking about it for a while. Seeing her coming, Liu Liu hurriedly ran over to share it with her.

“Sister San, Guard Zhou and Guard Qian were punished by the Village Owner.”

“Why?”

“I heard that it rained last night and they were lazy. They hid while on duty to drink and gamble, but they were caught. This morning, the Owner of the village beat each of them twenty times and rushed them to the farm to raise horses.”

“I also heard from other guards that the twenty big boards were real and that they had lost all their skills. From now on, they would be no different from ordinary people, and even weaker in physical strength, so they would no longer be able to be guards.”

“How pitiful.” Jiang Rui showed a bit of pity on her face. Last night, she had also tampered with Guard Zhou to make him unable to become a man for three months. She wanted to see the results later, but now it was impossible.

Liu Liu felt the same way and said, “Yes, Guard Zhou and the others are so pitiful. I never knew that the Owner of the village could be so cruel.”

“What do you little girls know?” Mama Li suddenly interjected, “He has been a long guard all day long, but he has been short guarding all day long. Do you know that he has already married a wife and started a family? A few years ago, when his wife was still in her confinement, she was so angry that she vomited blood and almost died when she heard that he was having sex with women outside.”

“You are the young ones and have only been in the village for a short time. You don’t know his true nature. Seeing how handsome he is and how capable he is, you will be confused at first glance. If you are sold in the future, you will have to pay someone else!”

“Ah?” Liu Liu covered her mouth in shock and then said with indignation: “He is actually a bad guy and deserves to be beaten!”

This matter had been discussed heatedly by the servants in the village for several days, and it had also made the rest of the guards a lot of vigilance. Jiang Rui had been walking at night recently and often encountered patrolling guards, but she had never met Ling Yuan again.

Within two days, Liu Xingfeng, who had left Mingshan Village to visit a friend, came again. The boy, who had been waiting for him, came to the kitchen to prepare meals.

“In addition to Young Master Liu, there are two distinguished guests. They are from the Young Master Liu Aunt’s family. Miss Gu has a good temper, but Young Master Gu is not easy to take care of. He just thought that the tea Sister Ningxiang made was not to his liking, so he scolded Sister Ningxiang in front of people. You should be careful.” The boy reminded them.

Mama Li thanked him and stuffed a small paper bag into the boy’s arms. Inside was freshly baked jujube paste cake.

“Take it and eat it. We’re fine, and we’re not there. It’s hard for you to serve them so closely.”

The boy was a little touched when he heard this and told them many things about the new guests.

When Mama Li learned that Young Master Gu, who was not easy to serve, was from the South of the Yangtze River and he was not very old, only ten years old, she had a plan in her heart.

In addition to the few dishes that she had always prepared, she specially added two honey fire recipes, sweet and sour tenderloin, and also asked Jiang Rui to make Suzhou-style mung bean cake and hawthorn crystal cake, which were brightly colored, sour, and sweet dishes.

The food boxes were brought to the front courtyard, and everyone waited and waited. Then, they were relieved when no news of dissatisfaction from the guests came.

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