Chapter 6 — Real Life

That night, the hurricane roared. I sat in Noan Pavilion drinking tea, Hang Nhi sat next to me, intently practicing writing. A confidant guard quietly entered, kneeling on one knee. "Master, there is movement outside." "Speak." "Half an hour ago, Bui Tu Yen caught Lam Uyen Nhi while she was holding her luggage, intending to climb the wall and escape through the back door." "On her person, she also carried the last three hundred taels of money from the Marquis' Palace." "Bui Tu Yen got mad, kicked Lam Uyen Nhi in the firewood room until she had more than enough to survive." I'm dead, I even pulled out my sword." I put down the tea cup, my eyelids not bothering to lift it. "Are you dead yet?" "Not yet. To save my life, Lam Uyen Nhi told Bui Tu Yen that I just need to get the map of the defense camp of the citadel in his hands and give it to General Ta. Ta will help him keep his title and pass this time." I gently rotated the white jade ring on my thumb, smirking. full of cold. General Left is my father's biggest opponent at court. This idiot Bui Tu Yen has truly been pushed to the limit. But he didn't know that Lam Uyen Nhi's close maid had been bribed by me a long time ago. I already know all the shady things that they thought were secret. "What is he planning to do?" "Bui Tu Yen has secretly contacted a few martyrs and gangsters. His subordinates have found out that, tonight on the hour of the Rat, he will use the name of Hang Nhi to lure people out of the main courtyard, then take the opportunity to rob the layout map."I stood up, walked to the window, and pushed open the carved wooden door. The night wind brought cold autumn air straight to my face. I turned my head to look at the guard, his eyes as sharp as a blade. "Remove all the guards guarding the main courtyard." "Open the door wide so he can walk in himself."... As soon as the sound of Ty's gong ended, outside the main courtyard there was the sound of chaotic footsteps. "Bang!" The courtyard gate was kicked open. Dozens of men in black rushed in like a tide and in the blink of an eye surrounded the entire main courtyard. The fire from the torches tore through the night, illuminating the whole yard like it was daytime. Bui Tu Yen slowly walked out from behind the group of men in black. He was wearing an old leather armor that he didn't know where he got it from. His hair was messy and his eyes were hollow. He looked like a gambler who had lost his way. In his hand he held a long sword that was still dripping with blood. That blood... I'm afraid it belongs to Lam Uyen Nhi. I leisurely sat on the Grand Master's chair in the middle of the yard, wearing a fox fur coat, coldly looking at his pitiful appearance. Hang Nhi stood right next to me, in her hand holding a crossbow made specifically for its shape. "Tham Chieu, I didn't expect you to not run away." Seeing me so calm, a flash of panic flashed in Bui Tu Yen's eyes, but it was quickly covered by madness. He glanced everywhere, discovered that there was not a single guard in the courtyard, and his courage immediately grew. "It seems that a Thien family member like you sometimes miscalculates. Or do you really think that I, Bui Tu Yen, have run out of resistance?" I looked at him coldly. "Leading a group of desperate people who couldn't even get to the table, rushed into the main courtyard in the middle of the night. Is this your last card?" "Less nonsense!" Bui Tu Yen raised the tip of his sword and pointed straight. at me, his face was distorted with hatred to the point of ferocity. "Hand over the layout map of the citadel's defense barracks, and then give me the seal of the Tham family's private warehouse!" "If I was still reasonable, I would respect the love of my former husband and wife and leave you and your mother a complete corpse." Hang Nhi raised the crossbow, aimed it straight at Bui Tu Yen's head, and sneered. "I don't have the ability to earn money to support my family, so I lead it." someone came to steal his own wife's dowry, and even intended to sell the country for glory." "Mother once said that there are

Some people appear virtuous on the outside, but their hearts are more poisonous than snakes and centipedes. Today I finally get to see a real person with my own eyes.” “Father, please rest assured. Even though you are my biological father, I decided to change my family name to Tham. In the future, I will be like my mother and grandfather, protecting the country and society." Being stabbed in a sore spot by her own son, Bui Tu Yen completely lost her reason. "You animal! I will kill you first!" He roared, brandished his sword and rushed forward. As soon as he stepped forward. On the roofs around the hospital, suddenly the sound of organs pulling strings rang out, making people's spines shiver. Countless heavy crossbows pointed out from the darkness at the same time. Bui Tu Yen immediately stopped. The madness on his face instantly turned into fear. I leaned back in my chair, my voice was cold enough to penetrate the bone in the night. "Bui Tu Yen, have you forgotten? That year, how did the Tham family's armored cavalry shoot the rebel army into a sieve?" The atmosphere seemed to freeze. The desperate group that Bui Tu Yen hired with a large sum of money, upon seeing the army's standard crossbows on the roof, immediately became so scared that they threw all their weapons to the ground and knelt down in pieces. No matter how ferocious the gangsters were, they could not fight against the army that had gone to the battlefield. Bui Tu Yen's hand holding the sword. trembled violently. "Clang!" The sword fell to the ground. "Chieu Chieu... I... I'm just too angry, I won't take action against you and Hang Nhi. We are family..." "What happened today... was just a misunderstanding..." He stammered speechless, cold sweat soaked his clothes. "Misunderstanding?" I slowly stood up and walked step by step in front of him. "Late at night, I led people into the main courtyard, plotting to rob the secret defense map, and also wanted to kill the reigning general of Tran Quoc Dai." "That's called treason." I looked down at him from above, my eyes were cold, without a trace of ripples. emotions. “Bui Tu Yen, I have given you a way to live. As long as you obediently stay by that widow's side and live, I won't even bother to get my hands dirty." "But you yourself are determined to find a way to die."