Rebirth: My Healer Wife Owns Superpowers-Chapter 323 - Progress Update

Chapter 323: Chapter 323 Progress Update

Hearing that those people said the adult had disappeared, Qi Yue finally left satisfied.

Originally, her goal tonight was just to investigate, but unexpectedly, she took care of the matter entirely.

It was regrettable that Hu Keqing was not in the residence; otherwise, she would have known whether he was also infected with the Undying Worm’s Poison.

If that was the case, Hu Chengxuan’s death might have alerted him.

Moreover, the matter of Chu Yuntian also troubled her deeply.

Although she hadn’t verified it yet, Qi Yue had a premonition that what Hu Chengxuan said was mostly true.

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Chu Yunfei was the murderer of her father.

But from the beginning, this person had always presented himself to her in a very positive light, which made it difficult for her to go to his doorstep and kill him straight away; she was still somewhat unable to do so.

Anyway, Chu Yunfei was currently under surveillance by Hu Family father and son’s men; it wouldn’t be too late for her to deal with him after handling her other affairs and investigating thoroughly.

After all, as the nominal daughter of Qi Yunzhang, she had to avenge this!

While she contemplated, she quickly returned to Rishengchang.

She had thought everyone would be asleep by now and the back courtyard would be dark, yet as soon as she set foot in the backyard, Huang Zai’an and Qu Wei both came up to her.

“Apprentice, where have you been? It’s the middle of the night.”

“That’s right, sister, why didn’t you call your elder brother to protect you when you went out?”

Qi Yue glanced at the two, and said indifferently, “It seems you’re quite concerned about me.”

Huang Zai’an was the first to lift his mustache.

“Apprentice, what are you saying, how can your master not be concerned about you!”

Qu Wei was not to be outdone.

“Exactly, you are my only sister. If I don’t protect you, who else will I protect?”

Qi Yue shook her head helplessly.

She was done with these two.

As long as they didn’t cause her trouble, it was already a help, right?

But soon, she started to make calculations in her heart.

After Hu Chengxuan’s death, Hu Keqing would definitely rush back, and she had to take advantage of the opportunity to investigate.

Besides, she also had to wait for news from Nanling; the poisoned people hidden in the alleys of the Western Suburbs were somewhat out of her reach now.

It might be better to assign Huang Zai’an to check on the situation.

Thinking of this, Qi Yue immediately recounted the gains from her outing that evening.

The others were alright, but upon hearing about Chu Yuntian, both Qu Wei and Huang Zai’an were shocked and took a good while to speak.

“I did not expect this at all; Chu Yuntian doesn’t seem like that kind of person at all!” Qu Wei’s fan rattled with the shaking, “Sister, do you really believe what Hu Chengxuan said?”

“Why not believe it? What he said made sense and was well-founded.”

Qi Yue pouted, showing her contempt as she stepped back a bit.

In this cold weather, how was he not cold?

The fan had been lost during the previous escape, but as soon as he came back, he had obtained another fan and kept waving it incessantly.

Meanwhile, Huang Zai’an kept nodding on the side.

“There’s a saying that goes well, ‘Appearances can be deceiving,’ and besides, a person can completely change from good to bad, and from bad to good.”

After a pause, he added, “That being said, apprentice, you should still be careful when you deal with the situation; at the very least, you need to find out the full truth.”

Qi Yue understood the meaning behind his words.

Now that she had decided to help Zhao Xiyan take over Longnan County Government, Chu Yunfei had become an obstacle she couldn’t avoid.

In ten years, Chu Yunfei had built up a good reputation in Longnan County Government, and not a single commoner did not support him.

If she dealt with Chu Yunfei in the same way she had dealt with Hu Chengxuan, it would surely cause dissatisfaction among the people of Longnan.

Not to mention, they might even say she was an ingrate, disregarding the relationship of an adopted father and daughter, acting recklessly and arrogantly!

This would do no good to her subsequent control of Longnan County Government.

“Master, rest assured, once everything is confirmed, I will handle it properly!”

When the matter of the few poisoned people came up again, Huang Zai’an also expressed his desire to contribute.

“Apprentice, leave the matter of the poisoned people to me; I’ll make sure to investigate thoroughly.”

Qu Wei also hurriedly said, “What about me? I also want to see what’s going on.”

Qi Yue looked at the fan in his hand and frowned.

“If you’re not going to do anything, are you just going to stay home and freeload? But when you go, you’d better leave that fan behind; otherwise, if you get caught again, I’m not saving you this time!”

Hearing this, Qu Wei fanned even more vigorously, with clear dissatisfaction on his face.

“How does my fan bother anyone…”

Qi Yue scoffed twice, “You’ve forgotten? Your wanted poster is still pasted at the city gate, with the fan depicted on it!”

This made Qu Wei completely surrender, as he hastily exclaimed, “Then I won’t bring it, is that good enough now?”

After confirming everyone’s actions, Qi Yue called over a member of the Black Feather Guard to give a few instructions, then they went their separate ways to sleep.

The next morning, after breakfast, Qi Yue disguised the two of them and sent them to investigate the poisoned people in the Western Suburbs while she pondered the right time to seek out Hu Keqing.

At this moment, someone reported that Hu Keqing had already rushed back to the Longnan County Government overnight from The Great Wall.

“What did he find out?”

“The master says, it’s heard that Hu Keqing called for someone to take a look, but they couldn’t determine the reason.”

“Oh? No reason?”

The messenger naturally didn’t know that Hu Chengxuan’s death was related to Qi Yue and immediately nodded.

“Yes, there’s no body, and the coroner couldn’t make a conclusion. However, there are quite a few rumors outside.”

Qi Yue’s lips curled up slightly.

“What rumors?”

“The common people are saying that Hu Chengxuan offended the heavens and was struck dead by heavenly fire, hence why there’s nothing left of his body.”

“What was Hu Keqing’s reaction?”

“Hu Keqing ordered people to drive away the commoners, forbidding them from spouting nonsense, and he seemed very annoyed. On other fronts, he appears relatively calm, having already arranged the memorial hall.”

“Good, keep a close watch on him.”

“Yes.”

Soon, news also arrived from Nanling.

Song Gensheng had already met with brothers Zhang Fang and Zhang Zhao.

Upon seeing Qi Yue’s letter, Zhang Fang didn’t hesitate to call his brother Zhang Zhao and said he was willing to do anything for her.

By the time the messenger left, Zhang Fang had already used some connections to place Song Gensheng among the guards of the Imperial Guard.

Zhang Fang also indicated that most of the senior officers stationed in Nanling were previously from the Imperial Guard, and back when he was the Chief Imperial Guard serving Hu Chengxuan, he had dealt with many of their issues. Now that he had fallen on hard times, these officers still held genuine respect for him, emphasizing that if he made the effort to persuade them, there would surely be favorable outcomes.

“Master, Zhang Fang said the real issue now is with the veteran soldiers in the army; he’s not too confident they won’t cause trouble.”

Hearing this, a smile played on Qi Yue’s lips.

Her arrangements were indeed effective. Wasn’t Guan Yidao exactly what was needed for this?

He was an old-timer in the Longnan Army, and even though he had left for ten years, the sentiment was still there.

“Tell the person to inform Zhang Fang that he only needs to take care of those officers; we have our own people to handle the rest.”

“Yes!”

No sooner had the messenger departed than news from the direction of Yecheng arrived.

The line of The Great Wall was sealed off, making entry and exit extremely difficult, hence the transmission of messages along this route was handled by the more capable members of the Black Feather Guard.

Yet even so, the Black Feather Guard before her had been shot in the arm, and due to excessive blood loss, his complexion was pale.

Upon seeing him, Qi Yue immediately took out a Coagulation Pill for him to ingest and then retrieved a medical kit to start treating him.

“What’s your name?”

“To answer the master, I am Hei San.”

Hei San? Qi Yue grimaced.

This casual name had Zhao Xiyan written all over it.

“All right, Hei San, tell me what’s happening in Yecheng.”

“Yes.”

As Hei San spoke, Qi Yue abruptly dug out the remaining half of the arrowhead still lodged in his arm.

Before Hei San could even feel the pain, the wound was already dressed with medicine.

The cool and comfortable sensation spread across his entire body, instantly erasing the fatigue and dangers of the journey.

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“Master, a minor wound like this I could bandage myself; how could I trouble you…”

“I am a physician; do you think your bandaging would be better than mine?” Qi Yue stopped his attempt to struggle, quickly and neatly suturing the wound.

“Thank you, master.” Hei San immediately rose and knelt, took the message he was to deliver from his bosom, and respectfully presented it.

The lady before him was their Marquis’s intended, as well as their master; he didn’t dare to act out of turn.

“Master, these are from the Marquis, for your perusal.”