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Chapter 938: Chapter 941: Extreme Measures
"Master Tan, Xu Yuanwai said he has urgent business with you,"
Tan Zhenghong nodded, "I’ll go there first, and then I’ll look for Li Zhengtian."
The front hall.
"Mrs. Tan, I heard your medicine was stuck outside the city gate. Considering you might be running short, I asked someone to buy two carts full and bring them to you for emergencies," Xu Yuanwai said with a smile plastered on his face.
Ever since he had harbored inappropriate thoughts about another man’s wife, he felt uneasy in their presence.
He had inquired about how Tan Zhenghong was madly devoted to his wife and estimated that he must despise him by now.
Alas, it was his own fault, as one day he might be the cause of his own demise.
Tan Zhenghong put aside his inner prejudice, "On behalf of the people of White Stone County, I thank you."
Since the disaster relief had begun, there had always been a shortage of medicines, and he and Qin Longyun worried about it every day.
"I do not dare to claim credit, I just hope Master Tan will not hold the foolish acts I have done in the past against me,"
said Xu Yuanwai humbly.
Just a few days ago he had received a letter from his daughter, informing him that the Saint had a good impression of the Tan Family and that Lord Qin was even likely to be promoted, advising him to establish good relations with both families.
In recent days, he observed that eliminating the plague was becoming an imperative trend, so he quickly sent the herbs over.
Among them were the musk he had purchased at a high price.
"As long as Master Xu has no other ulterior motives, let’s let bygones be bygones,"
Tan Zhenghong squinted his eyes.
Their relationship in the future would depend on Xu Yuanwai’s choices.
Xu Yuanwai promptly nodded, "Certainly not, I am getting old, and the Doctor said if I want to live a few more years, I need to keep my desires in check. I’ve already let go of the girls from my residence."
Bought by their parents at such a young age, they were pitiable.
He gave them some silver to let them live the lives they wanted, which perhaps was a good deed.
"That’s quite good. I have other matters to attend to today, so I must take my leave first,"
Tan Zhenghong said with an apologetic tone, for he was in a hurry to find Li Zhengtian.
Xu Yuanwai bowed slightly, "Then I shall take my leave first."
After seeing Xu Yuanwai off, Tan Zhenghong returned to the dining room, but Duo’er was no longer there.
Indeed, without him watching, Duo’er was unwilling to eat properly.
"Fourth Master, you should quickly check on Madam; she is sharpening a blade," whispered Qing Xin with a tremble.
Tan Zhenghong shuddered and immediately rushed back to his room.
His own wife was there carefully wiping a dagger, treating it with care as if it were her treasured possession.
"Wife, don’t be rash,"
it wasn’t yet time for a confrontation with Li Zhengtian.
"I am very calm. We are like caged beasts right now. If we don’t fight for our lives, we will face a dead end," Qiao Duo’er said, her smile more piercing as she looked at the cold light reflected by the blade.
Now that Li Zhengtian had ordered a lockdown of the city, sooner or later the medicines inside would run out, and once the plague spread, Li Zhengtian would have a pretext to slaughter the entire city.
Nobody would escape, including the little one in her belly.
Tan Zhenghong sat across from Duo’er, hoping his gentleness might cool his wife’s head.
"Just now, Xu Yuanwai brought over two carts of medicine. We can temporarily get through this crisis, and I will go see Li Zhengtian. I’ll try my best to persuade him,"
Qiao Duo lazily said, "If Li Zhengtian were someone who could be persuaded, he would not have done such heinous deeds."
Since words were useless, she could only resolve the trouble with force.
In fact, it had been a long time since she had considered killing, and it was not easy for Li Zhengtian to provoke her to pick up her dagger again – a sign he was absolutely irredeemable.
She would not have chosen such an extreme method otherwise.
