Marrying a White Snake Wife is Super Cool

Chapter 315: Chapter 182: I Really Want to Live Another 500 Years...

Knowing her man was safe, Su Liyan clutched her chest in her room, laughing. "My dear brother, you just came running back with your bare ass hanging out."

After getting his sister’s permission, Su Changliang found a pair of his brother-in-law’s pants in the bedside cabinet.

Only after pulling on his brother-in-law’s pants did Su Changliang take off the jacket wrapped around his waist.

Su Changliang said with a red face, "You’ve got some nerve! You were the one who ran off the fastest just now!"

Su Changliang was a very honest person and wasn’t used to doing this sort of sneaky thing.

It was always Su Liyan, his older sister, who led him into them.

Su Changliang was a few years younger than his sister, and not nearly as clever. He’d been tricked by his own dear sister more than a few times since they were little.

This time, Su Changliang had wanted to make a good showing, but ended up making a fool of himself again.

Fortunately, it was dark and there were few people on the street. Su Changliang avoided the passersby and slipped into the shadows.

Other than Su Liyan, no one would ever know that Su Changliang, the newly appointed County Magistrate of Taiping City, had been strolling around with his bare ass out!

Because of the commotion the two siblings had just caused, Lu Yuan and the others, who had been dining at the Governor’s Mansion, were interrupted by the shouts from the Mansion Guards.

Their appetite for the feast was completely gone.

Lu Yuan, the Governor, and the others all put down their chopsticks and stood at the doorway, waiting for a servant to report.

A sword-wielding Celestial Master ran up to them and said, "My lords, we just saw a Demon Beast on the southern wall, staring into the courtyard."

The Governor asked, "Where is the Demon Beast now?"

The Celestial Master paused for a moment before replying, "My lord, when we gave chase, the Demon Beast vanished into the darkness without a trace. Some of our men have already gone after it."

The Governor waved his hand. "Have them all come back. Don’t pursue it."

The Celestial Master saluted with his sword in hand. "Yes, sir!" With that, he left to call the others back to the mansion.

The old eunuch who had read the imperial edict that afternoon bowed with his hands clasped. "Lord Governor, it is getting quite late. This old servant will take his leave."

The Governor turned to the old eunuch and said, "In that case, I will not keep you from your rest, Your Grace. Men, escort His Grace out!" freeωebnovēl.c૦m

The old eunuch said, "You are too kind, Lord Governor. Lord Lu, this old servant is leaving now."

Lu Yuan responded, "Of course, Your Grace. Take care."

Lu Yuan watched the two of them go back and forth, their exchange seeming so distant and formal.

’Just a moment ago, you two were the most talkative ones inside, babbling on and on at the table.’

’I wonder if that old eunuch has a few silver notes from the Governor tucked away in his robes.’

Lu Yuan looked down on these effeminate fellows who reeked of piss.

’The Great Ming Dynasty was brought to ruin more than once by these eunuchs.’

’Who knows if the Divine Ling Empire will one day be plagued by these eunuchs as well.’

’From the looks of it, the signs were already starting to show.’

’Even the Governor was so deferential to a eunuch.’

’What skills did these eunuchs even have, other than the opportunity to whisper a few words in their master’s ear?’

After the old eunuch left, Lu Yuan said, "I’ll go out and see what’s going on."

But the Governor pulled Lu Yuan back and said in a low voice, "Forget it. Just pretend you don’t know anything. Don’t get involved and don’t go looking."

Lu Yuan asked, "Why is that?"

The Governor led Lu Yuan back into the room before saying, "That... that was the Court’s Jinyi Guard, here to keep an eye on this place."

This was all too familiar to Lu Yuan.

The Court had sent one wave after another of Jinyi Guard to watch him. freewebnovel.cσ๓

In fact, just a few days ago, he had managed to win over Jiang Huai, the Central Guard Thousand Households of the Southern Town Patrol Department.

Lu Yuan played the part of a naive newcomer, ignorant of the ways of the world, and said with feigned shock, "The Jinyi Guard? Why would they come here?"

Seeing how clueless Lu Yuan appeared, the Governor sat down, took a sip of hot tea, and began to hold forth, slowly explaining the situation.

It was only then that Lu Yuan learned from the Governor that the two of them were afraid of the Jinyi Guard, which was why they didn’t pursue the matter earlier.

High officials kept these Celestial Masters in their mansions, nominally to guard against wild Xingzi, but in reality, to guard against the Court’s ’eagle talons’.

’No wonder the old eunuch had taken his leave so abruptly in the middle of the meal. He really was a sly old fox.’

Lu Yuan pressed, "So, since the Jinyi Guard found out about... whatever that was, will there be trouble?"

The Governor said dismissively, "There won’t be any trouble. We were just having a meal and some tea, that’s all."

The Governor had promoted Lu Yuan to County Magistrate, and since he considered Lu Yuan one of his own men, he didn’t bother hiding these things.

Lu Yuan looked at the confident Governor before him and felt a sense of helplessness.

’He’s really putting on airs because of his Second Grade Official Position. Things might be fine now, but there’s no guarantee they’ll stay that way.’

’Otherwise, how could cases like Hu Weiyong’s or Lan Yu’s end up implicating tens of thousands of people at the drop of a hat?’

’When the time comes, if someone actually causes trouble, the investigators will just follow the trail of connections.’

’The Emperor could just harden his heart, slap a charge of treason on someone, and then pull up everyone connected to them, like pulling a radish out with all the dirt still attached.’

Lu Yuan also clasped his hands and prepared to take his leave.

Seeing this, and noting that it was indeed getting late, the Governor did not try to keep Lu Yuan any longer.

"Men, escort Lord Lu back to the Post House," the Governor called out the door.

As he finished speaking, a few Mansion Guards walked in.

Lu Yuan, however, refused. "There’s no need to trouble you, my lord. I had a bit to drink just now and would like to walk around by myself for a bit to clear my head."

The Governor assumed the young man hadn’t had his fill of wine and wanted to visit the red-light district for another round.

The Governor stroked his beard and said, "In that case, Lord Lu, you go enjoy yourself. I’m getting old and frail, so I won’t be joining you."

A Second Grade Official’s speech was truly watertight, offending no one.

Even when speaking to Lu Yuan, who held a Fourth Grade Official Position, he showed no trace of condescension.