After the meal, the young lady was busy cleaning up the house. Yang Ling held the teapot and watched as she busied herself, feeling restless. Too corrupt, too depraved! He had a feeling that he had committed a crime. A man who enjoyed himself so much would suffer retribution in his era!
Retribution was coming. Yang Ling stood up and walked out shamelessly, wanting to beg the young lady to allow him to wash the dishes or sweep the floor. The door was kicked open with a loud bang, and a cold wind blew in his face. Yang Ling had just raised his head when he saw a white figure flash in. Immediately after, a heavy punch landed on his shoulder, causing him to stagger and almost fall to the ground.
Yang Ling staggered to his feet and saw a man and a woman standing at the door. They were Ma Ang and his sister. The two siblings were dressed in mourning clothes. Ma Ang's face was flushed red with anger. Ma Lian 'er was like a white lotus flower that had dew on it. Her beautiful face was as dark as water, and her bright eyes were glaring at Yang Ling with disdain.
"Brother Ma, Miss Ma, what are you doing?" Yang Ling asked in confusion.”
" You ungrateful bastard!" Ma Ang cursed." Who called you brother?"”As he spoke, he pounced forward and swung his fists again. Yang Ling did not know martial arts, so he did not dare to fight him. He had only taken two steps back when Young Lady Han flashed past him and met Ma Ang's fist and palm with a thud.
The Outer Hall wasn't very big, but Ma Ang's fists and palms were wide open, and his imposing manner enveloped the entire space. Han Yuniang stood still and did not dodge. Her slender palms flew up and down, and she used a delicate grappling technique to fight him.
Yang Ling didn't know why the siblings had come to find trouble with him. He had just been punched by him, and now, seeing him fight with the young lady without saying a word, he couldn't help but feel angry.
Seeing Ma Ang's domineering and powerful punches, it would be terrible if the young lady's petite body was hit. He warned loudly,"Ma Ang, let's talk things out. If you dare to hurt the young lady, I swear I won't let you off!”
Ma Lian 'er had been watching the battle from the side with a cold expression, but when she heard his vicious words, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. Her body swayed, and she flashed past the two people who were fighting, pouncing straight at Yang Ling. Her delicate and graceful figure was as vigorous as a willow branch.
Han Youniang was anxious. Although she was angry that the rough man had punched her husband, she knew that the siblings had always been good friends with her husband, so she still showed some mercy. At this moment, Ma Lian 'er flashed in, and it was too late for her to stop her. She immediately bent down and avoided Ma Ang's punch. She took out two chopsticks from the stove, stretched her body, and pressed them against Ma Ang's throat. She shouted,"Stop!"
Ma Lian 'er rushed to Yang Ling's side and stretched out her white wrist, grabbing Yang Ling's arm and twisting it backwards. Her right hand took out a short dagger that was emitting a cold light from her waist and placed it at his throat. She raised her head and saw that her brother was restrained by Young Lady Han, and she could not help but be shocked.
Young Lady Han turned her head and saw Yang Ling being restrained. She tightened her grip on her chopsticks and shouted,""Let go of my husband!"
"Let go of my brother!" Ma Lian 'er shouted at the same time.”
The two of them were stunned after shouting. They stared at each other, neither of them willing to let go.
Yang Ling took a deep breath to prevent his throat from being cut by the sharp dagger. He then said to Young Lady Han,""Young lady, let go of Brother Ma!"
Young Madam Han said worriedly,"Husband, it's you."
Yang Ling glared at him and said in a manly manner,""Let him go!"
Young Miss Han pouted and put down her chopsticks helplessly. Ma Lian 'er sneered and teased,"What an awe-inspiring man! Do you think I won't dare to kill you?"
"There has to be a crime for murder, right?" Yang Ling said helplessly. Yang Ling knew that he had never offended the virtuous siblings, so why would he kill him?”。Although he did not know why the siblings were so angry, there was no killing intent in their eyes, so he was very certain.
Ma Lian 'er raised her left hand, raising Yang Ling's arm a little. With the sharp blade at his throat, Yang Ling didn't dare to bend over. He groaned in pain, and Young Lady Han felt her heart ache. But now that her husband was in his hands, she didn't dare to move. "You did help my brother, but did the Ma Family treat you poorly?" Ma Lian 'er gritted her teeth and sneered. Why do you bully people so much?"
" Miss Ma," Yang Ling said curiously," I still don't know what I did wrong. Can I tell you?"”
"My father has passed away," Ma Ang said angrily."You're now the deputy of the county post office, right? My father's body is still fresh, and you want to chase us siblings out of the Courier Station just to please General He and the Military Inspector from the capital. Is there such a heartless thing in the world?”
Ma Lian 'er said in a trembling voice," Even if you want us siblings to move out of the Courier Station, we've only been here for a month and are unfamiliar with the place. In the end, we only requested to borrow a house in the Courier Station to build a mourning hall for our father, but we were all rejected by your subordinates. When we leave, the tea will be cold. When it comes to servants, Yang, I, Ma Lian' er, have misjudged you!"”
She recalled the day when she had fallen in love in front of the Swan Goose Restaurant, and how she had lamented to Yang Ling," I've returned you to your mother, and I've shed tears. I wish I could have met you before I got married." She did not know that the only man she had ever admired and liked was actually so cold-blooded, and the people in the post office were so snobbish and heartless. She could not help but feel a twinge of sadness in her heart.
Yang Ling was stunned. After a while, he called out,""Brother Ma, Miss Lian 'er, when have I ever done such things? Uncle Ma died on the city walls, I am also very sad, but the army just arrived today and I just took over the post office affairs. I don't know everything and am exhausted after running for a day. What do you mean by chasing you out of the post office? Do you think I'm that kind of person?”
" You can't tell the truth," Ma Ang said angrily." Who knows what kind of bird you are?"”
Ma Lian 'er was stunned when she heard this, and she slowly let go of Yang Ling's hand. Her beautiful eyes looked straight into his eyes, and she asked word by word,""You didn't?"
Yang Ling looked back at her without flinching, slowly shaking his head."I didn't!"
Looking at the sincerity in his clear eyes, Ma Lian 'er believed him. She smiled bitterly and said,"Human relations exist. Perhaps those petty officials used their power to intimidate us. My brother and sister were rash and disturbed the virtuous couple. Brother, let's go!"
She lowered her gaze and walked past Yang Ling dejectedly, bringing with her a delicate fragrance. Yang Ling thought of her energetic appearance when they first met.
Ma Lian 'er's father had been living in Liaodong. Ma Lian' er had grown up there. Not only was she proficient in horsemanship, but she also knew the Tartar language. She was also as straightforward and generous as a Tartar woman. She was very different from the women of the Central Plains. This was the first time Yang Ling had seen her so weak and helpless.
Yang Ling couldn't help but feel warm. He grabbed her arm and said,""Wait a minute, Uncle Meng Ma calls me nephew, and I can be considered his junior. I don't know the details, can you tell me?”
Ma Lian 'er turned her head around, her limpid eyes sweeping past his hand. Yang Ling quickly let go. In his moment of anxiety, he had forgotten that grabbing a woman's arm was extremely rude in this era.
The originally tense situation was resolved because of the trust and tacit understanding between Yang Ling and Ma Lian 'er. Under Ma Ang's indignant gaze, Ma Lian 'er told him what had happened. In the afternoon, the minor official of the post station had received Yang Ling's instructions to prepare a few good houses, and he had gone to the post station's last courtyard to get someone to vacate the houses of Lord Ma and the Ma siblings, leaving them for the high-ranking officials from the capital to live in. This small post station had never been visited by any high-ranking officials before, so the best houses were only those few.
When Ma Ang and his sister learned that their father had died, they ran to the city wall to collect the corpse. They did not know about this matter. When they rushed back, the house had been emptied. Ma Ang was so angry that he slapped the small official a few times.
Father Ma had just been in office for more than a month and had yet to accumulate any official prestige. The small official had wanted to persuade Yan Wan to ask them to move into the wing room to send a letter, but he was slapped a few times and was furious. He called the courier and chased them out.
Ma Lian 'er remembered that her father's body was still in the carriage at the door, and she had no place to deal with it. She proposed to borrow a room to set up a mourning hall, but the petty official was furious. He used the excuse that he was sent to live here and that setting up a mourning hall was an eyesore and refused.
The pitiful Ma siblings were still the masters of the Courier Station in the morning, but by night, they were wandering on the streets. The two of them brought a dead body with them, and even when they went to an inn, the inn refused to accept it. When they were despondent and panic-stricken, they remembered that the culprit was this ungrateful Yang Ling, and they angrily came knocking on the door.
Young Madam Han was already soft-hearted, and she had personally experienced the feeling of losing a loved one and being bullied by others. She only heard it with tears in her eyes. She looked at her husband with tears in her eyes, hoping that he could help the siblings. She had long forgotten about the rudeness of the siblings just now.
Yang Ling was also extremely furious when he heard this. He said to Ma Ang,""Brother Ma, uncle treats me like a nephew. Leave this matter to me. It can also be considered as my filial piety to the old man. I'll accompany you to set up a mourning hall. Tomorrow morning, I'll bring my colleagues from the county government to mourn Uncle Ma!”。
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