Chapter 49: What are these governors doing here?

Ruan Mian walked over, and Zhang quickly took her hand, extremely worried: "Mian Mian, are you okay?"

Ruan Qingsong and Chen were also very worried about her: "Just now Ruan Qing said that you went to do something, and you haven't shown up until now. I wanted to look for you, but these governors came here."

"Governor?" This place is in the wilderness and quite far away from Huicheng. How could they come so quickly just because of a few signal arrows?

Unless... these people have been following not far away, but who fired the flare?

Ruan Qingsong had the same doubts.

He was about to say something when Guo Yong came to count the number of people.

Ruan Mian took the opportunity to ask, "Sir, what are these governors doing here?"

Guo Yong said thankfully, "Luckily, we have these governors. They came from Luzhou to catch those deserters. Just now, those deserters ran away, and I pointed them in the direction. Now we are safe."

Ruan Mian felt something was wrong. Pan Chen and the others had fled secretly, and the matter had not yet reached the capital. There was no order from the court to arrest them in Luzhou, so it was impossible.

What's more, Pan Chen and his men were able to set up camp here leisurely. If they really wanted to catch them, they would have been caught long ago.

Thinking of the flare, Ruan Mian had a vague guess in his mind.

However, at this time, the officers counted the number of people and found that a few people were missing.

One is Aunt Chen and Li Ming from the Bo Mansion, and the other is Qi Nanfeng from the Qi Mansion.

"Isn't Young Master Huang in the tent on the far left?"

When Ruan Mian finally left, he was still unconscious.

But the officer shook his head: "Did that guy get away?! Damn it! There was nothing in the tent when we went to look for it!"

Ran away? He was tied up and unconscious, how could he have escaped in such a short time?

Ruan Mian glanced at Mei Xi and was about to ask a question when two governors suddenly came over carrying a female corpse with her eyes open.

When everyone looked, it turned out to be Concubine Chen from the Earl's Mansion!

She was covered with a bellyband. The women present blushed and gasped, not daring to look at her any further.

Ruan Mian did see the marks on Aunt Chen's neck from being pinched, as well as some scratches on her face, which were obviously caused by fingernails.

At this moment, the sharp-eyed official saw the eye-catching word "Yan" on the bellyband and immediately started to make fun of it.

"Madam Li, is this the name of your youngest son? Where is your youngest son?"

When Mrs. Li saw this, she felt ashamed!

It was tantamount to telling everyone that this concubine Chen was having an affair with his youngest son.

The youngest son is missing, and Aunt Chen is dead. Could the murderer be...

"Bitch! How can my uncle's house tolerate such a woman?! Throw her away immediately!"

The old lady roared in anger, and Wang and others stepped forward to comfort her, but Ruan Mian's eyes were fixed on the slightly turbulent river.

She called Guo Yong and told him, "Sir, why don't you look for it downstream?"

Guo Yong glanced at her and quickly found two companions to go look for her. Sure enough, not long after, they found the drowned body of Li Ming on a protruding rock downstream.

Mrs. Li's eyes went dark and she fainted instantly.

Just at this moment, Qi Nanfeng came out of the bushes in a dishevel, limping.

Without a word, Liu ran over and said, "Son! Where have you been? I was so scared. I'm glad you're okay! I'm glad you're okay!"

Qi Nanfeng, with lifeless eyes, was helped by Cheng to rest aside, completely ignoring the lives of the people in the Bo Mansion.

When passing by Ruan Mian and the others, Ruan Mian smelled a faint scent of medicine on him.

Then he frowned slightly.

However, the next moment, Qi Lin saw Qi Nanfeng and suddenly lost control of her emotions. Like a madman, she took a stone and threw it at him fiercely!

He was still yelling, "Retribution! This is retribution, Qi Nanfeng! You can even betray your own sister! You are the unforgivable evildoer!"

Qi Nanfeng stood up angrily, his murderous intent suddenly apparent.

Cheng quickly stopped him and dragged Qi Lin aside to lecture him: "That's your brother! What are you talking about!"

"My brother? Who is my brother? My brother is the one who wants to kill me... Hahahaha..."

Qi Lin was extremely shocked and his mind was even more unclear. He laughed at the official and said, "Sir, my brother wants to sell me out. He is worse than an animal..."

Qi Lin was already crazy, and now it was even worse. No one wanted to get close to her, but Liu didn't want her to cause trouble, so she took off her belt and tied her up.

However, even though two people died in the team, nothing changed. The officers were no longer surprised. It was normal for a few people to die on the road to exile.

As long as it doesn't delay the journey, nothing else matters.

So after the governors left, they were ordered to move forward overnight.

While the snow is light, we can walk as far as we can.

Facing the chilly wind, they set off again.

Ruan Mian and Cuizhu sorted out the supplies together and temporarily lit some charcoal and put it in the small stove.

When it was handed to Ruan Qingsong, Ruan Qingsong pulled her aside and whispered a reminder: "Mianmian, you have to be extra careful of Qi Nanfeng."

"Why did you suddenly say that, brother?"

"To be honest, I saw Qi Nanfeng go to Mr. Huang's tent before, but it was quite chaotic at the time. When I went back to the tent, I found that no one was inside, so I thought..."

"You're right."

Ruan Mian suppressed her smile. The moment she smelled the medicine on Qi Nanfeng, she had already seen through some of his plans.

"Just now I smelled an unusual medicinal scent on him. If I'm not mistaken, it's some precious medicinal herbs. It's very likely that he summoned those governors."

Ruan Qingsong was slightly startled: "If there's someone behind him, wouldn't you be the most dangerous?!"

"That's true, but he hasn't revealed anything yet. Maybe he's holding back. Since he won't reveal anything, I'll take precautions first. At least keep a close eye on him."

To prevent him from taking advantage of the crowd and chaos to do something.

Once she arrives in Luzhou, maybe she will be able to expose Qi Nanfeng's true colors!

"Mianmian, I'm still worried about you."

"Brother, believe me." She whispered something to Ruan Qingsong.

Since being exiled, Ruan Qingsong felt that his sister was like the pillar of the family and had her own convincing abilities.

So under her firm gaze, Ruan Qingsong followed her arrangements.

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They walked all the way until dawn, but Qi Nanfeng and the others didn't make any movement, only Qi Lin would curse from time to time.

As for the Bo's Mansion, it was said that when Old Madam Li had suffered a blow, the women in the mansion took turns helping her walk.

However, Ruan Jiao was much more attentive than before. Without the pressure from Aunt Chen, she took the initiative to accompany the old lady and even carried her on her back for a while.