Who in the world does not know you?

Chapter 72 Peach Blossoms

Li Hongyi did not leave.

She knew that if she left Ningzhou Prefecture now, she would have no way of knowing what might happen here.

In any case, these complicated matters are intertwined, and they are also related to the fact that this female thief surrendered herself, went to jail, and then left without saying goodbye.

She didn't mind causing trouble for Yun Luobai; she just didn't want Yun Ping to be in a difficult position because of her.

Yunping is a good person. He has had such a terrible experience, and she wants him to have the opportunity to spend his old age in Ningzhou Prefecture.

The backyard of the government office.

As the moon rose high in the sky, Shi Jiu, the prefect of Ningzhou, walked drunkenly toward his study.

Today is the day of the Spring Ning Lantern Festival. Families in Ningzhou Prefecture are celebrating together. He, along with his family, raised his glass and drank, and before he knew it, he had drunk a little too much.

Fortunately, he suddenly remembered that he still had documents to be submitted to his superiors that he hadn't sorted out, so he decided to quickly organize them in his study so that if he was too drunk to get up early the next morning, his subordinates could easily deliver them to him.

But as soon as he pushed open the study door and took a step, a sharp dagger was pressed against his throat.

Shi Jiu, dressed in official robes, trembled with fright and instantly sobered up.

"My lord, I don't know where I have offended you, please enlighten me..."

He cautiously turned his eyes to look to the side, his body stiff and afraid to move.

When Li Hongyi moved and stood in front of him, he realized that the person who had tried to assassinate him in the middle of the night was actually a young girl.

"You must be Ishihisa."

Li Hongyi spoke leisurely, and Shi Jiu nodded slightly upon hearing this.

Do you know who I am?

"I do not know..."

"When I first arrived in Ningzhou Prefecture, I overheard someone mention that you were formerly the prefect of Xichuan Prefecture. Later, because your government office was burned down, you were afraid of retaliation, so you bribed your superiors to be transferred to Ningzhou Prefecture as the prefect. Is this true?"

"How...how did you know...?"

"Then you should recognize this."

Li Hongyi held a dagger to Shi Jiu's neck with one hand, and with the other hand she took the jade pendant from her waist and waved it in front of Shi Jiu's eyes.

It was a pure white jade pendant, with a crane engraved on it circling around a tall building. The craftsmanship was extremely exquisite.

The last time Shi Jiu saw this jade pendant was on the waist of a very famous person.

He knew all too well the gold content of this jade pendant.

"Could it be that the young lady is from Doctor Li's family...?"

"Yes, I am Li Hongyi."

"Excellent, excellent... Miss Li, I even met you when you were little..."

"I didn't come here to try and get close to you."

Having revealed her identity, Li Hongyi put away the scrap material.

She knew that Shi Jiu already knew her identity, so she wouldn't dare to shout for help, as that would only bring him more trouble.

"To make a long story short, the female thief who disappeared from the yamen jail before was me."

"Huh? This..."

Shi Jiu was surprised and somewhat confused.

"A courtesan named Mu Li from the Rouge Pavilion died. It was your distant relative Ma Ben, who wanted to become the jailer. Ma Ben fled to avoid punishment and has been executed by Ning Qi. I also ran into that monk who robbed and killed people in banks in many places; he was also killed by Ning Qi."

"Well... Constable Ning doesn't look particularly impressive, I never expected him to be such a skilled martial artist..."

"I'm here to tell you that I haven't been in Ningzhou Prefecture for long. Although Yunping and Ningqi don't know my true identity, they've treated me well. If I find out later that you've made things difficult for them because of what happened here, the next person to see you won't be me, but my mother. You should know very well that my mother is much faster at drawing her sword than at speaking..."

Upon hearing Li Hongyi mention her mother, Shi Jiu was filled with fear and waved his hands repeatedly.

"I dare not trouble Madam Li with your personal visit! From now on... I will certainly take good care of these two, so please rest assured, Miss Li!"

Li Hongyi was very satisfied with Shi Jiu's performance.

Without saying anything more, she leaped out of the house and quickly disappeared into the vast night.

Shi Jiu, leaning against the door, was so frightened that his legs went weak, and he stared at the dark night sky with lingering fear.

After parting ways with Li Hongyi, Yun Luobai, feeling utterly dejected, chose to go straight home, no longer caring about the bustling market atmosphere around him.

Only the father and son remained in the huge mansion.

Yun Luobai sat at the stone table in the courtyard, fiddling with the divination coins in front of him. He couldn't help but think of the thin figure that had followed him around.

He knew she had ulterior motives for coming to his side, and he had long known she would leave. But now, without her nagging in his ear, he felt as if something was missing, and his heart felt empty.

"well……"

After letting out a sigh for no apparent reason, Yun Luobai stood up and walked towards the outhouse outside the courtyard.

Not long after he left, Li Hongyi jumped down from a nearby rooftop.

She had just witnessed Yun Luobai sighing, and for some reason, she felt a secret sense of satisfaction and extreme joy.

"Tsk tsk tsk, why are you sighing? Are you missing me?"

Her tone was light and cheerful, her gaze fixed on the divination coins on the stone table.

She had previously accompanied Yun Luobai to his fortune-telling stall under the alias Ye Zi, and at that time she had seen the fortune-telling coins, which consisted of ten coins in total.

The divination coins on the stone table were arranged in a very special pattern. Although she couldn't understand it, the note that Yunluo had prepared in her money bag made her feel a little unhappy, which is why she returned to the scene.

At least that's how she explained it to herself.

"Anyway, there's another set of items next to your stall near the steamed bun shop. Stealing a fortune-telling fee from you to let you know I was here might actually make you happy..."

Li Hongyi muttered to herself as she casually picked up a divination coin from the stone table in front of her, held it in her palm, and then leaped away gracefully.

When Yun Luobai returned, he found Yun Ping standing in the courtyard.

"Son, where's Yezi? Why didn't she come back with you?"

When Yun Ping asked her a question, Yun Luobai just smiled casually.

"She's not coming back."

"What's going on...?"

Seeing that Yun Luobai was unwilling to say more, Yun Ping did not ask any further questions.

Yun Luobai quickly noticed the change in the divination symbols on the stone table and couldn't help but frown slightly.

"Dad, did you touch the fortune-telling money on my table?"

"No, I just arrived."

"That means she was here..."

"Who? You mean Ye Zi? Didn't you say she wasn't coming back?"

Yun Luobai did not answer; he simply stared at the divination chart before him, muttering to himself.

"The divination has changed..."

Yunping couldn't quite understand what Yun Luobai was saying.

"The hexagram has changed? What has it changed to?"

Yun Luobai turned around and looked back. The evening breeze rustled the peach trees in the courtyard, and the pink peach blossoms drifted in the wind under the night sky, looking gorgeous and beautiful.

His furrowed brows relaxed at this moment, and a soft smile curved his lips.

"Peach blossoms."