Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family-Chapter 975 - Visiting Relatives

Chapter 975: Chapter 975: Visiting Relatives

Chapter 975 -975: Visiting Relatives

When the one she cared about was by her side, she couldn’t help but want to flatten him and eat his heart. Yet, when he turned to leave, she found herself constantly thinking of him, wishing she could see him every hour of the day.

Because she cared too much, she could not accept even the slightest flaw in the world of emotions.

Because she cared too much, that’s why she loved so deeply and hated so fiercely!

Liu Sisi’s feelings were also gradually changing at the moment. Learning that she wouldn’t succumb to illness, the thought of Xing Pan’er made her feel as if she had swallowed half a cockroach corpse, extremely uncomfortable.

Tossing and turning all night, she only discovered upon waking the next morning that the rebel remnants inside Wanzhou City had launched an attack. They were suppressed by the government office and forces led by Di Yelei and others.

This suppression was different from the last. This time, the government office seemed intent on making an example of them, like killing the chicken to scare the monkey, leaving a large number of corpses on the avenue.

The randomly strewn corpses and the shocking dark red bloodstains, together with the nauseating smell of blood in the air, forced ordinary citizens to hide at home, daring not to show themselves.

With the formidable presence of soldiers on the avenue, the once bustling Wanzhou City overnight turned into a city of death.

Fortunately, not long after the incident, Di Yelei sent a considerable number of people to strengthen the security of the hostel, turning the entire place into an iron fortress.

In the following days, Di Yelei left early and returned late. When he came back, Liu Sisi had already gone to bed, and by the time she woke up, he was already in a rush to leave, leaving the two without even a chance to see each other.

Liu Sisi didn’t leave the hostel either, spending the whole day with a few children close by her side. At first, the anger in her heart gradually faded with time, and she didn’t know much about his whereabouts.

The turmoil lasted seven days, but fortunately, now in the cold winter month, the many corpses exposed in the streets would have already decayed.

After seven days, Di Yelei finally returned to the hostel, dragging his weary body.

Upon seeing him return, Liu Sisi’s expression did not improve at all; instead, her eyebrows furrowed even more.

“When people die, they are like extinguished lamps! Leaving so many corpses in the streets, not allowing them to be buried and at rest, could easily breed epidemics. Once an outbreak occurs, the consequences would be unimaginable. Is this really the outcome you wished to see?”

Di Yelei’s complexion was waxen yellow, and upon hearing this, he gave Liu Sisi a deep look and collapsed into a chair with a wry smile.

“You talk as if it’s so simple! If I had the authority, do you think I would let those corpses remain there?”

Liu Sisi was taken aback, “What happened?”

Wasn’t Di Yelei an Imperial Envoy appointed by the Emperor himself, with the power to decide?

“That’s a long story.”

The self-mocking look on Di Yelei’s face grew even thicker.

He had surrendered his military tokens initially, but according to imperial law, he was entitled to an entourage of 5,000 trusted soldiers. However, after years of campaigns, those 5,000 had long since multiplied and now numbered two to three thousand!

The existence of these private soldiers was like a thorn in Zhao Yuanlang’s throat. He loved and hated them, wishing at all times to thoroughly divide and absorb them!

Because of this, few of his trusted soldiers accompanied him on this trip back home. Also, due to Prince Luo’s influence, the two were hindered in their actions, subject to the Provincial Military Commissioner who came to “support” under Imperial Edict.

“… The Provincial Military Commissioner has ordered that until the remnants of the rebels within Wanzhou City are quelled, corpses shall not be removed from the avenue for a single day. Prince Luo and I have negotiated with them numerous times, but we’ve been suppressed with the Imperial Edict…”

Liu Sisi managed to discern quite a bit from Di Yelei’s fragmented statements.

The tone of voice became much softer, “Is the Provincial Military Commissioner staying at the hostel now?”

If that was the case, she was eager to meet this commissioner.

“No, he has moved directly into the City Lord’s Mansion. He is surrounded by a heavy military presence and doesn’t allow people to approach easily. Moreover, this man is arbitrary and inflexible; persuading him to change his mind is likely to be very difficult. Take the public security in the city, for example.”

Di Yelei furrowed his brows, “With the situation as unstable as it is now, those venturing out are mostly those who cannot avoid leaving their homes. Yet the Provincial Military Commissioner issued an ‘order to kill on sight.’ If it weren’t for Prince Luo and I desperately stopping it, the avenues would have added who knows how many more wrongful spirits.”

So that was the situation.

“Which Your Honor is this Provincial Military Commissioner?” So imposing!

“Who else could it be but a lapdog of the Right-handed Minister, not to be feared. Don’t worry about me; I’ll do everything within my power!”

Di Yelei didn’t want to elaborate; matters of officialdom were too complex, and if he started explaining, it would never end.

“Does that mean we can’t go out at the moment?”

Liu Sisi tugged at the veil on her face.

The scabs on her face were gradually peeling off to reveal the tender new flesh underneath, appearing quite odd and forcing Liu Sisi to tie a veil to block the gaze of others.

“It’s best not to go out for the time being; it’s indeed not peaceful outside. If you encounter my men, naturally, they will take good care of you. But if you encounter the Provincial Military Commissioner’s soldiers, I’m afraid I can only collect your corpse.”

After a pause, Di Yelei added, “But don’t worry, I’ve checked, and there don’t seem to be many remnants of the rebels within Wanzhou City. Just rest assured and wait another two days, and surely everyone will be allowed to travel.”

Having received Di Yelei’s assurance, Liu Sisi set aside her worries and calmly made preparations, and, indeed, three days later, Wanzhou City finally lifted the ban.

Almost as soon as she heard about the lifting of the ban, Liu Sisi couldn’t wait to rush to North City.

There were very few pedestrians on the avenue, but an unusually high number of soldiers. They were moving back and forth throughout the avenues and alleys.

Rushing all the way there, she finally reached the slum area by the city wall just before nightfall.

Seeing her destination right in front of her eyes, Liu Sisi couldn’t help but lift the carriage curtain and look outside. The small alley was as dirty and disorderly as ever, and the dumpling shop she had once brushed past with Di Yelei was now closed, continuing on, two big trees by the roadside were hung with white lanterns, utterly desolate.

Moving forward, she arrived at the end of the alley where she had lived for almost a month, observing a married woman grinding soybeans to make tofu, peering out at the carriage. She sneakily glanced at the carriage while wiping her hands on her apron, seemingly ready to dash over.

Liu Sisi looked at the house where she had lived for a month, its main entrance bound with an old and damaged lock from General Iron, clearly empty inside.

“Is this distinguished guest here at my humble home on business? Our Houseowner is not far ahead; you should go and see for yourself,” the tofu-making woman said.

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