A Splendid Match

I won't breathe a single word of it.

No need for oaths. Take the medicine.

When I came today, many people saw me.

My maid and I were together at first,

but then we got separated. I imagine by now she has already gone back.

If she finds she cannot find me, she will surely send word when she returns.

She may even report it to officials.

Lord Ye saw me too. If he suddenly learns I died,

he will certainly ask about it. So what?

If too many people ask, then everyone will know.

So killing me would do more harm than good.

Why not spare my life?

Saving a life earns great merit. The dead are the only truly reliable ones.

I will naturally protect your grandmother and the Ji family

Since you say the girl is one of us, she can naturally be trusted.

I trust only what I test myself.

After all that questioning, he only said the leader's surname is Xiao.

Every time they met, he wore a veiled hat, his face was hidden.

From his bearing, he seemed like a scholar. He spent freely.

the compensation money was a full five hundred taels.

That is why each of them was willing to die for him.

Could it be Xiao Qishan?

Wasn't he once an adviser to the late Prince Chengqing?

Back then, Prince Chengqing obeyed that man in everything.