Chapter 262 - Chapter 262: Chapter 258: Malice_1 (1/2)

Chapter 262: Chapter 258: Malice_1

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Thousands of miles away in Yuzhou, Xiao Chengjun ordered the ship to anchor at the dock.

Wen Tian ran to him, tugging at his sleeve and cooed, “Brother Chengjun, are those boxes really for us?”

“Yes, everything you brought was lost in the shipwreck. Consider these items as compensation.”

Xiao Chengjun thought maliciously: Even if I let the village girl take them home, she and her family can’t use the fine silk and satin- better to give it to the Wen Family.

The Wen Family has been practicing medicine for generations with an illustrious reputation, and their grandfather is a famed physician of the Imperial Medical Bureau. It wouldn’t hurt for me to curry favor with Wen Jingyan by giving away these items.

If the women of the Jiang Family manage to return safely to their hometown, they can’t possibly do anything to me given their peasant status.

Being a military leader of Zhechong Prefecture in far away Luzhou, even if I killed them, it would be as easy as crushing ants for people like them.

Xiao Chengjun thought, coldly laughing.

Meep marrying a woman with the same name and surname as the rustic girl in my dream? Ridiculous. As if someone of her lowly status should have the same name as my wife?

The thought of this angered Xiao Chengjun, making him feel as sick as if he had eaten a fly.

From now on, anyone surnamed Jiang would be suppressed.

I cannot believe that I, the worthy heir of Xiao Family, would have anything to do with a Jiang family.

Wen Tian cheered, repeatedly thanking him, “Thank you, Brother Chengjun! You are so kind!”

Xiao Chengjun smiled and nodded, “No need to thank me. I’ll have Nan Zhu escort you home.”

Nan Zhu, standing nearby, furrowed his brows and tried to signal his master but was ignored.

Only after the young Wen sisters left, did Nan Zhu say, “Young Master. Why would you let the Wen Family have the Jiang Family’s things? If people find out, won’t it harm our reputation?”

While walking back to his cabin, Xiao Chengjun replied, “So what if they know? Can the Jiang family afford such things?”

“But…Many things in that box were imperial gifts. What if the palace hears of this…”

Nan Zhu followed his master, attempting to reason with him, “Not to mention, this will be hard to explain to the prince.”

Xiao Chengjun stopped in his tracks, turned around, and coldly stared at his servant, “If you don’t speak, and I don’t speak, how will the palace know?”

Noticing his master’s anger, Nan Zhu hung his head and did not dare speak further.

Ah, his young master was perfect in every way, except for his stubbornness. Once he took a dislike to someone, he would try to find any way to make their life miserable.

He prayed that Jiang family’s mother and daughter would make it home safely and preferably never cross paths with his young master again.

A few days later, Xiao Chengjun’s ship finally arrived in Luzhou.

As he had been delayed on the journey, he arrived just after his older brother, Xiao Mo, returned home.

His stepmother’s son Xiao Chengyu ran over, standing at a distance, curious and staring at his two elder brothers.

Xiao Mo came over and patted his head, then went straight into their father’s study.

At five years old, Xiao Chengyu glanced at his second brother, saw he didn’t interact with him, snorted, and didn’t bother with him. He ran that his elder brother into the room.

Xiao Chengjun thought briefly and then entered his father’s study.

An hour later, the two brothers emerged from the study having finished talking to their father.

Xiao Mo glanced at his younger brother and asked, “Did you send the Jiang family back?”

“Yes.” Xiao Chengjun nonchalantly responded, “I sent someone to take them back.”

Xiao Mo nodded his head and walked towards the outside, “You should come with me to Zhechong Prefecture to report, we’ll arrange your duties there, then we can discuss other things.”

As they walked out of Moon Gate, Xiao Mo faced his brother, “You are still young. Consult a few people before taking any action to avoid mistakes.”

“Yes!” Xiao Chengjun replied, “I will certainly be cautious in my actions.”

He came to gain experience and naturally couldn’t afford to make mistakes in official matters, otherwise he would fail the assessment and it would be in vain.