Chapter 80 Asking for help from Ye Xuan
Chapter 80 Seeking Help from Ye Xuan
Declining Qiuyan's offer to help Ye Xuan get dressed, Ye Xuan dressed neatly and sat at the dining table. Looking at the porridge and side dishes in front of him, Ye Xuan took a few bites and was immediately surprised: "Why is the porridge so fresh and sweet today? It doesn't seem like the Third Brother's cooking!"

The third brother is the owner of the porridge shop next door, and also sells fried dough sticks and steamed buns.

In the past, I stayed in bed for too long in spring and summer and had no time to make breakfast, so I could only buy some breakfast from the third brother.

Qiuyan just came last night, so Ye Xuan naturally thought that this breakfast was also bought. Unexpectedly, Qiuyan said embarrassedly: "This is all made by me. Is it not to your taste? I will make it again!"

"Well, no, no, no!" Ye Xuan took another big mouthful of porridge and nodded, "This cooking skill is really good! Better than Xia Yu's!"

Qiuyan relaxed after hearing that, and said happily, imitating the way the spring breeze and summer rain called out, "As long as the young master likes it, Qiuyan will make breakfast for him every day in the future!"

Ye Xuan shook his head, looked at the stove beside the bed and the breakfast on the table, thinking that young women are indeed caring!
He said helplessly, "Chunfeng and Xiayu are becoming more and more unruly. You have to discipline them for me in the future."

Qiuyan didn't know what she was thinking about, and said with a smile on her face: "Master, don't worry, I will definitely teach them all the skills of serving people, especially the skills of serving men. I think it's time for them to grow up."

Ye Xuan nearly spit out a mouthful of porridge, thinking that Qiu Yan was really stubborn, but it didn't seem like a bad thing.

Just after finishing breakfast and about to clean up the dishes, there was a hurried knock on the door in the front yard.

Ye Xuan glanced at Qiuyan, who immediately put down the empty bowl and chopsticks in her hand and said, "I'll go take a look."

After a short while, Qiuyan came back in a hurry.

"Master, there is a girl kneeling at the door. She said your colleague's sister wants to see you."

Ye Xuan was a little confused. The sister of a Jinyiwei colleague? Kneeling? Wanting to see me?

After thinking for a long time and still couldn't figure out who it could be, Ye Xuan stood up and went out to take a look.

It was already bright outside, and all the neighbors knew that Ye Xuan worked for the Imperial Guard. If passers-by saw him, they would probably imagine a scene of the Imperial Guard bullying the good people.

As the saying goes, "three people make a tiger." If this news were to reach Zhu Yuanzhang, he might even have to summon me to the palace to explain.

Ye Xuan was not afraid because he had not done anything wrong, but he just didn't want to make his presence felt in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang's strange behavior yesterday had already made Ye Xuan have a bad premonition. He was afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would not be able to hold back one day and would have to mention himself. But he couldn't disobey the imperial edict.

When I arrived at the door, I saw from afar a skinny little girl of about sixteen or seventeen kneeling on the ground with her head touching the ground, looking pitiful.

Hearing the footsteps, he looked up at Ye Xuan, and immediately knelt and crawled forward and said, "Master Ye, please save my brother!"

Ye Xuan was slightly curious. While looking at the girl in front of him, he asked, "Do you know me?"

The girl was a little thin and frail, and she kept shivering as she knelt in the cold wind of the early morning, which made people feel a little pity for her.

Hearing this, the girl raised her head and looked up at Ye Xuan.

The girl had a fair face that was as small as her body. She looked pure and innocent, and her red and swollen eyes couldn't stop shedding tears. Seeing her, people couldn't help but want to hold her in their arms and comfort her.

"My brother told me that you are the only man in Lord Ye's family, and the rest are women..." Ye Xuan's face, which originally had some pity, suddenly turned dark. This was because that colleague was talking nonsense about him everywhere, making it seem like he was a big pervert and had many women in his family.

Although this is true...

"Ahem," Ye Xuan coughed awkwardly and said seriously, "Who is your brother then? Why did you ask me to save him so early in the morning?"

"My brother is..." The girl began to sob as she told the whole story.

It turned out that the thin girl in front of him was actually Fatty Huang's sister. A while ago, there was a rumor in the Zhenfu Division that Fatty Huang had forced someone to death. When Mao Xiang found out about it, he was afraid that it would get to Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, causing the emperor to reprimand him for not governing his subordinates strictly and allowing the emperor's own army to harm the people. So Mao Xiang didn't care about anything and immediately dismissed Fatty Huang and put him in prison, ready to execute him if the charges were proven.

But Fatty Huang has old and young people at home. His two elderly parents and the girl in front of him all rely on Fatty Huang's salary to live.

If this fat guy Huang is executed, his entire family will have to wait for death.

So the girl took out all the family savings, found Huang Pangzi's former subordinates, and asked them to pass on the message.

According to Fatty Huang, he was just asked by a friend to help collect a debt from a small businessman's home.

Moreover, he definitely did not force the other party, but he did not know why the other party committed suicide the next day. He also sent a message to his sister, asking her to find Ye Xuan, a captain of the Jinyiwei, saying that Ye Xuan was the only one in the entire Jinyiwei who could save him.

So the girl started asking around for Ye Xuan's residence, which led to what happened today.

After hearing the whole story, Ye Xuan suddenly felt a little sad.

When Fatty Huang just got promoted, he had a hunch that if Fatty Huang continued to be so high-profile, something bad would definitely happen.

As expected, he has been imprisoned and is about to be executed once the evidence of his guilt is confirmed.

But in the final analysis, Fatty Huang and I were just drinking buddies, and we didn't have a life-and-death relationship.

Moreover, it was the commander Mao Xiang who personally ordered the dismissal of Fatty Huang and his imprisonment. Why would a mere centurion like me get involved?

Thinking of this, Ye Xuan shook his head and refused: "Excuse me, little girl, I can't help you. Your brother's official position is higher than mine. This matter is not my responsibility. You should go to our commander, Master Mao Xiangmao."

The girl quickly grabbed the hem of Ye Xuan's clothes and cried, "I went to look for him, but as soon as I got close to Lord Mao's mansion, I was driven out by his servants and couldn't see him at all."

"Then there's nothing I can do..." Ye Xuan spread his hands, turned around and was about to go back.

However, the girl hugged Ye Xuan's legs tightly and begged at the top of her lungs: "Master Ye, please, if anything happens to my brother, my parents will die!"

"My father is still ill, and he relies on my brother's salary to buy medicine to keep him alive. My mother is not in good health either. If something happens to my brother, she will definitely not be able to bear the blow!"

Ye Xuan sighed slightly. After all, he had a modern human soul living in his body, not a Ming Dynasty bureaucrat who was used to seeing people kneeling and begging but remained indifferent. Seeing the girl's family so miserable, he couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted.

Just as he was about to help the girl up, he saw that her face suddenly became determined.

(End of this chapter)