Repudiating a Good Wife Is Out of the Question

83. To Save Qiushuang

Translator: Sissy That Walk

“Yeah yeah yeah, I understand you can only demonstrate once.” Qian Fu couldn’t wait to see the demonstration.

Cao Mo walked into the room, he put the cinnabar powder into the kettle to refine for hydrargyrum.

Cao Mo collected the hydrargyrum into a small bowl, he told Qian Fu to do what he was doing and he excused himself saying he needed to use the toilet.

Qian Fu was thrilled that he got to be part of the process, little did he thought Cao Mo was using that as an excuse.

… …

Xiao Yi didn’t get any sleep last night, he brought Prince Xing’s people to do a house to house search since early morning, but so far he hadn’t gotten anything.

A vendor on the street provided some information to Xiao Yi, “Yeah I have seen a carriage passing by yesterday evening, but I’m not sure whether it’s the one you are looking for.”

Hearing that, Xiao Yi almost jumped for joy, “People, please pay extra attention around this area, I think Mo is nearby.”

Prince Xing’s people did a house to house search, soon they were about to knock on the workshop where Cao Mo was in.

As luck would have it, a carriage galloped at full speed from the street, Xiao Yi panicked and chased after the carriage for fear that he was going to miss Cao Mo again.

However, that was a trick, Lu Jianzhong aimed to lure the tiger out of the mountains — entice Xiao Yi to leave the crime scene so he could buy himself some more time.

Xiao Yi soon realized he was tricked, he asked a team of Prince Xing’s people to continue to chase the carriage, he himself brought the rest of the team to return to the street.

A person looked like Cao Mo came to Xiao Yi’s sight when he had returned.

“Mo!”

Xiao Yi shouted out loud, he dreaded to think what if he missed Cao Mo again. Xiao Yi whipped his horse to speed up, he was desperate to see whether that person was Cao Mo or not.

A carriage was suddenly galloping from the opposite and Xiao Yi had to slow down, and the person who looked like Cao Mo had disappeared already when Xiao Yi was able to speed again.

A sense of loss swept through Xiao Yi, he had never felt worse in his whole life.

“Oi, how’s going, are you able to find him?”

Xiao Yi turned around, it was Yao Wenyuan.

Xiao Yi shook his head in desperation, how he wished he could see Cao Mo again.

“Useless! See what I’ve got for you.” Yao Wenyuan produced a warrant from his sleeve, “A warrant! Now you are able to charge in anyone’s house to search for Mo, it’s perfectly justifiable now.”

“How can I thank you enough!” Xiao Yi’s eyes sparkled, he alighted from the horse and charged towards Yao Wenyuan, trying to grab the warrant.

“Haha, good question, let me think how you can thank me.” with that Yao Wenyuan made a deceptive movement with his hand, Xiao Yi fell for it and ended up hugging him.

The timing couldn’t be any worse.

Cao Mo happened to sneak out of the workshop at that moment, what met his eyes was Xiao Yi and Yao Wenyuan giggling and hugging.

Cao Mo’s heart sank, he was so depressed and mad at the same time, he had noticed something abnormal between Xiao Yi and Yao Wenyuan last time they visited Yao Manor together, and now they were hugging and laughing, like it was a good thing that he had gone missing.

Cao Mo turned around and thought, ‘I knew you lied to me, you said there was nothing going on between you and Yao Wenyuan, I knew you were lying from the way Yao Wenyuan treated me, finding fault with me out of nowhere.’

Cao Mo walked a few steps, the more he thought about the situation, the more indignant he felt, ‘Why am I the one who has walked away! I have done nothing, nothing wrong! I need to go back and confront them!’

With that in mind Cao Mo turned around and walked back.

But Xiao Yi wasn’t there any more, Xiao Yi had gone to the next household to look for Cao Mo.

Cao Mo kept going and going until he realized he was lost.

Cao Mo had never come to this area before, as a matter of fact, he wouldn’t remember it if he had been there, he had always been on a carriage when he was out, so he now just walked around aimlessly.

Suddenly a man with a whip in his hand walked past Cao Mo, several slaves were following the man, the slaves looked so pale and thin, it was hard to watch.

This was the first time that Cao Mo had seen such a scene, but he dared not to say anything for now he was like a clay Buddha fording the river — hardly able to save himself.

Cao Mo walked away from the man with the whip, he averted his eyes from them and said a prayer for the slaves in his heart.

But a woman with dishevelled hair and a dirty face charged towards him and the woman thumped her head on the ground, “Young Madam, please save my life, please have mercy! I’m pregnant now!”

It took Cao Mo a little while to recognize the woman was Qiushuang, “Qiushuang, what happened to you? Why are you a slave now?”

Qiushuang dragged Cao Mo’s sleeve and said, “Young Madam, Lady Lu hates the fact that I’m pregnant with her son’s kid, she sold me to these people! Please save me, I know I’ve made a lot of mistakes, but my baby is innocent! Young Madam, please save me and my baby! I will repay you with the rest of my life!”

The man whipped Qiushuang, “How dare you, little bitxx! Offending young lord like this, I will beat you to death!”

Qiushuang cried out loud, it looked like she was in great pain.

Cao Mo stopped the man, “I will buy her! Name a price.”

“Oh? Young lord wants to buy her, hmm, twenty taels.” the man demanded an exorbitant price.

“What have you taken me for? A fool? Five taels, take it or leave it.” Cao Mo stared at the man.

Qiushuang suddenly rushed towards the man and bit him on his arm to vent her anger.

The man laughed, “Haha, young lord, now you need to pay me some more for some medicine.”

“Here, ten taels, now let’s go through the paperwork.” Cao Mo withdrew a silver ingot from his sleeve.

The man jumped for joy while tears brimmed in Qiushuang’s eyes.