One hundred and fifty-eight
Fu Wei hurried back to the yard carrying the package. His steps and expression revealed a hint of impatience, which made the yamen runners who returned to the yard before him feel incredible.
How could Mr. Fu, who was usually calm and unhurried, suddenly become so hurried, even with a look of joy on his face?
Could it be that there is some good news about the adults' investigation?
Of course not. They came back together, so if there was good news they should know something about it.
When Mr. Fu entered the room and the door was closed, everyone looked at each other in confusion.
Suddenly, someone said, "Mr. Fu picked up the package. Do you think it was from Madam Yu?"
After hearing this, everyone suddenly understood.
No wonder Mr. Fu is so impatient.
Fu Wei returned to the room and opened the bag.
It was a slightly thin item, the clothes Cangwu wore in early spring, some medicinal herbs, and four letters.
Fu Wei picked up the four letters and looked at the signatures on them. Except for Ah Ying's, his mother's, and Fu An's...
When I saw the last letter, I couldn't help but laugh.
The letter was scribbled with the words "Uncle, receiving this letter. Ningning, please keep it."
Fu Wei glanced at Ah Ying's letter and decided to leave it until the end to read it slowly and carefully.
I looked at Fu Ning’s first.
The little girl could recognize many characters, but she just couldn't write them well. When Fu Wei was in Yu County, he would urge her to practice calligraphy every day.
Unexpectedly, after he left for a month, the little girl's handwriting still hadn't improved at all.
Although the handwriting is not beautiful, the content of the letter is very cute.
It was just a page of letter paper with a hundred or so words, but it was filled with the word "uncle".
Fu Wei's smile grew wider, and he opened Fu An's letter to read.
Fu An's handwriting is very neat, just like his personality. He was a very steady child to begin with, and after helping out in the clinic for a year, he became even more steady.
The contents of the two children's letters, apart from asking him when he would be back, were all about what happened after he left.
When he saw Fu An say, "My aunt has opened a medical school and has accepted many students," he looked a little surprised.
Ah Ying actually opened a medical school?
But on second thought, she had already accepted several apprentices, so it was expected that she would accept more.
She was not like the people of their time who attached too much importance to her skills. As long as it could benefit the people and would not have much impact on her, she would pass on the medical skills she knew.
After reading Fu An's letter, I read another letter from my mother.
Every word between the lines of the mother's writing was filled with her longing and worry for his long journey.
Fu Wei's eyes softened a lot.
He had only been back at the Fu family for two years, and even though life was hard at the beginning, the warmth of family love he felt far exceeded that of the twenty years he had spent at the Huo family.
Even though I have been Huo Shanrong's father for twenty years, we have never been so close or caring to each other.
Huo Shanrong has too many children. If he were not outstanding, I'm afraid they wouldn't pay much attention to him.
Everything about his development stems from his excellence.
After Fu Wei read his mother's letter, he finally picked up Ah Ying's letter to read.
[A letter from my dear husband.]
My dear, you have been in Yuzhang for a month. I wonder how you are doing in Yuzhang?
My dear husband may have sent a letter back, but it hasn't arrived back home yet. My mother, An'an, Ningning, and I are all worried about you in Yuzhang. We don't know when you'll be back, so we packed some clothes and sent them over.
The herbs in the package all have written on them what diseases they are used to treat. I'm sending them to you so you can be prepared.
I've also opened a medical school and have accepted twenty students and an assistant. I'll teach them medicine, and they'll all stay with me for the next five years to help. Perhaps I'll have many students all over the world, I'm just kidding. Regardless, I'm very happy.
I knew you must have sent a letter back, but I was eager to share it with you, so I sent you the message without waiting for your letter.
Everything is fine at home, don't worry too much. I will take good care of the family. You should also take good care of yourself in Yuzhang and don't make yourself too tired.
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Yu Ying wrote three full pages of letter paper, but she was very cautious and did not write anything sensitive.
Fu Wei rubbed the letter with his fingertips for a while, then put it to the heart, the smile on his lips becoming even brighter.
Thanks to these letters, all the fatigue of the past month seems to have been swept away.
He put the letters under his pillow, straightened his clothes, put away the smile on his face, put on a calm and composed expression, and walked out of the house.
The yamen runner had just brought in the evening meal. Seeing him come out, he asked in surprise, "Mr. Fu is going out, but he needs evening meal?"
Fu Wei said, "Put it aside for now. I'll go to the adults' yard and use it when I come back."
It's been eight days since the transition, it's time to take action.
*
Prince Zhou listened to the spy's report.
"The Second Master brought back the captain who used to be in charge of the military pay today and questioned him all day. I don't know what he asked."
Prince Zhou was not worried about Zhou Yi interrogating these people. Since he was able to embezzle the military pay and then put the blame on Zhou Yi, he had already made careful arrangements.
He originally wanted to kill Captain Wu to silence him, but he didn't expect him to escape early. This was his only omission and also his fatal point.
"There is also the person that Second Master is looking for. My subordinates have detected some clues."
Prince Zhou's face turned stern: "Did you get the portrait?"
The spy took out the portrait and said, "Because the people around the Second Master are the twelve guards of the clan leader, I dare not act rashly. I can only draw this portrait based on the people who have seen it."
Prince Zhou took the portrait in his hand, his eyes fell on it, and he squinted his eyes to examine it carefully.
He recognized Captain Wu, but he hadn't seen him for four years. In addition, the portrait was a repainted one and was different from the original, so he needed to identify it carefully.
Similar but not the same.
He called the steward over and handed over the portrait: "Look carefully and see if it is the Captain Wu."
When the steward received the portrait, he was also unsure. But when he saw the two fairly obvious black moles on the jawline of the person in the portrait, he hurriedly said, "It's Captain Wu. Captain Wu has two black moles in this very spot!"
If there was only one mole, it would not be so certain, but the feature of two moles is the most obvious, and people who have seen the portrait will not remember it wrongly.
Prince Zhou suddenly pulled the portrait back, his eyes fell on the black mole under the left jaw of the portrait, and his face became completely cold.
It turned out to be Captain Wu!
He raised his eyes and looked at the spy: "What information did Zhou Yi find out?"
The spy looked embarrassed. "I didn't dare investigate too carefully for fear of alerting the enemy, but I can confirm that there is news about the person in the portrait."
If you check too clearly, it will make people feel that there is fraud.
Although it doesn't look like a scam at the moment, we still have to be on guard.
We have to be on guard, but Prince Zhou doesn't dare to bet whether it is a trap.
If, by chance, the person is found, he will be pushed to the forefront.
Even if he denied it to death, as long as Captain Wu testified against him, his father would become suspicious of him.
The one who inherited the title of Duke of the Zhou family must be the father, but it may not be him in the future.
In order to make the Zhou family prosperous, our ancestors set down these precepts.
If the legitimate sons and grandsons are unfilial, disloyal, or unrighteous, the inheritance of the title will no longer be limited to the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate sons and grandsons.
If the legitimate son and grandson are mediocre and incompetent, but the illegitimate son is outstanding, then their inheritance can be considered.
The late emperor also tacitly agreed to this.
That was why he took the risk to force Zhou Yi away.
If what happened back then was really discovered, besides his position as the Crown Prince and the future title of Duke of the County...
Prince Zhou didn't dare to think about the consequences.
He slammed the portrait onto the table. After a loud "bang," he said with a stern expression, "Call out thirty assassins. If Captain Wu shows up, kill him at all costs."
Even in such a dangerous situation, Prince Zhou still remained rational.
If the frame-up of Zhou Yi is discovered, there is still a way out. But if Zhou Yi is killed and discovered, there will be no way out.
*
As the night deepened, six people took advantage of the darkness to quietly enter the residential alley.
The houses around were dilapidated, and from time to time the sound of dogs barking could be heard, but the six people's footsteps were so light that they did not alarm the surrounding dogs.
They walked straight in until they almost reached the end of the alley and stopped outside a house.
Without any sound, the two of them stayed at the door tacitly, while the other four climbed over the wall and entered the yard.
After entering the yard, some people stood guard outside the door and some outside the window to prevent people inside the house from escaping.
Several of them had extremely strong night vision, and someone raised his hand, which was a signal for action.
The person at the door received the signal and immediately stepped forward to pry the door open.
The sound was almost imperceptible.
The people in the house seemed to be always alert, so they noticed even the slightest sound.
The moment the door opened, a sharp long knife stabbed out from inside.
The person who had just jumped into the yard was not paying attention for a moment, but he still reacted quickly to block the big knife that was shining with a cold light.
The four of them surrounded him instantly.
The man fought with them with a big knife, while at the same time he was thinking about how to escape.
This man seemed to be quite skilled and knew the yard very well, so after more than twenty moves, he suddenly stepped onto the water tank in the corner and jumped to the next yard.
The six people followed closely.
The man seemed to know not only his own yard, but also the yards and alleys of the surrounding houses. So after jumping over a few yards, he ran directly into the depths of the alley.
When the person behind him was chasing him closely, he hid in the dark. When the person chasing him was far away, he not only did not hide away, but ran back in the original direction.
After running back to the yard next door, the family did not dare to come out to check the situation because of the sound of fighting, so the yard remained quiet.
Even if someone in the family was peeking behind the door and saw someone outside, they wouldn't dare to make a sound.
The man holding the big knife looked outside and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there was no one in his yard.
I plan to go back home, pack up and leave.
He jumped back to his yard and just as his toes touched the ground, he didn't expect that seven or eight people in black clothes suddenly appeared in the yard and surrounded him.
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