Pei Xuanqing sent a team to rescue the captured women whose locations were provided by Baiji. He personally led the team and went with Shen Yu to find Wan Xueying and rescue the captured young ladies.
On their side, there were the Dark Forest Guards who were good at tracking. They followed the direction pointed by Bai Ji and chased after Wan Xueying and the thieves.
Wan Xueying indeed took good care of herself. Not only was she not discovered, she even turned back to inform the police.
Shen Yu and Pei Xuanqing met her halfway.
"Are you okay?" Although he saw her in person, Shen Yu still looked at her worriedly for a long time, "Why do you look so bad? Are you sick?" His eyes were full of heartache.
"Why are you here?" Wan Xueying asked in surprise. After all, this was Ningyang County, not Ningjiang County. Pei Xuanqing was on official business, but he wasn't.
"If I hadn't come, I wouldn't have known how brave you would be." It was also a good thing that he came.
"Hehe," Wan Xueying smiled foolishly, "Let's not talk about my business for now, you should hurry up and rescue the young ladies." Then she told Shen Yu and Pei Xuanqing where Ji Rongsan, Xue Lingyue and others were hidden.
She decided to retire after her mission was accomplished and immediately returned to Ningyang County.
She had been worried for most of the day, repeatedly using her mental power to inquire, and using her life force to tame the horse. The weather was extremely cold, and she already had a splitting headache. She had to go back and rest immediately.
"I'll take you home." Shen Yu had come to help. Since Wan Xueying was fine, there was no need for him to stay any longer.
After bidding farewell to Pei Xuanqing, the two left with Shunzi, meeting Baiji halfway.
Wan Xueying didn't make it to the inn, and was eventually carried back to the inn by Shen Yu on horseback.
Shen Yu also asked Shunzi to call a doctor. However, the doctor came and diagnosed her for a long time but still couldn't understand why she was unconscious even though she only caught a slight cold?
In the end, the doctor could only treat it as a cold. Baiji went to buy a medicine stove for Wan Xueying to boil medicine. Shen Yu and Baiji stayed up all night to take care of her until dawn.
The next day, the same doctor examined her again. This time, he found that even her cold had healed, but she still showed no signs of waking up. In desperation, the doctor could only prescribe her some medicine to treat the cold.
Late that night, Wan Xueying finally woke up.
Shen Yu, with bloodshot eyes, was delighted to see her awake and breathed a sigh of relief. He then began to ask about her well-being, pouring her some water and bringing her some pastries, leaving Bai Ji completely helpless.
Wan Xueying was indeed hungry and thirsty, but the most urgent problem she needed to solve was the need to go to the bathroom.
After she had taken care of her urgent need, she ate some pastries and drank some tea while she became concerned about the follow-up of the incident.
"Thanks to you for discovering the hiding place, and Pei Xuanqing for bringing people to catch them off guard, we were able to successfully rescue the young ladies from various families."
"That's good." It was worth her hard work to follow him all the way.
"But there is one thing I made a decision for you without discussing it with you." Shen Yu felt a little embarrassed.
"What's going on?" Wan Xueying asked curiously. Shen Yu had learned from his mistakes and would now consult her about everything, especially her business. So, what urgent matter had he faced that had made him make the decision without even waiting for her to wake up?
Shen Yu explained: "Pei Xuanqing came to you during the day and asked you whether you should announce to the public that you saved everyone?" Unexpectedly, he found out that Wan Xueying was sick, so he had to visit her on the way.
"How did you answer?"
"I refused on your behalf. Let me explain," Shen Yu said quickly, fearing that Wan Xueying would be angry. "I think that group of thieves must be powerful, and we don't know who is behind them. If they knew it was you who ruined their plan, it might be bad for you. We can't be on guard all the time, so I refused on your behalf." This is also in line with Wan Xueying's usual style.
"Does that mean we won't get any benefits at all?" Wan Xueying's answer left Shen Yu a little confused.
"You can't say there are no benefits at all." Shen Yu answered honestly.
"What's the benefit?"
Shen Yu smiled and said, "I've handed the task of removing the Minister of Finance to Pei Xuanqing." Pei Xuanqing had benefited the most from yesterday's events, so they had to find him something to do to keep their minds balanced. Furthermore, in Ningyang County, getting work done without Pei Xuanqing was not easy, so it would be better to hand this task over to him directly.
"That's not bad." Although she had hand-drawn the Qian family map and found several private warehouses outside the city, if she handed it over to Pei Xuanqing, she wouldn't have to bother them to do it.
Besides, she couldn't say that she got nothing this time, because she picked up Ji Rongshan's priceless Dongzhu Phoenix hairpin.
She had originally wanted to return it to the other party. But on second thought, if she really returned it, wouldn't Shen Yu's efforts to prevent her from getting involved in this matter be in vain?
"So do you blame me for making that decision for you?" Shen Yu's heart was still hanging.
"If I blamed you, I would have been angry and ignored you a long time ago."
"That's good, that's good." It seemed like today was a good day to be frank, so Shen Yu confessed everything he hadn't said before. Before he finished, he deliberately sent Bai Ji away.
"After the spring, a large number of Shen family members will move to Ningjiang County."
"What are you doing here? Reclaiming wasteland?" That must be a very bad idea!
“I am indeed here to open up new land.”
"Why?" Wan Xueying's eyes widened.
"There's one thing I haven't told you. When we went to Xijiang, Cui Jinhuan and I reached a private agreement."
Wan Xueying signaled him to continue with her eyes.
"The Shen family and the Cui family are going to build a city together. The Shen family will provide the people, and the Cui family will provide the money." The so-called Shen family providing people is of course not just as simple as providing people, but also some knowledgeable and skilled people.
This is exactly what is most scarce in Northern Xinjiang and Xijiang, and especially in nouveau riche like the Cui family.
Although the Duke of Ping's Mansion was no longer in existence, the Shen family, through generations of management, had long since become one of the most prominent families in Da Yan. No matter how much Lian Zong suppressed them, their family's foundation was always there.
This is the main reason why the Cui family sought cooperation with them.
As for the Cui family, because they were too rich, they were always on the emperor's radar, so they had to make plans to move early on in case of emergency.
At first, Shen Yu couldn't guarantee whether the Shen family would agree to this proposal, so he didn't tell Wan Xueying.
After he wrote a letter to his father, his father called several prestigious relatives to discuss the matter. Finally, everyone decided to send a group of people from the clan, mainly the younger generation, to try their luck.
After all, the Shen family was not allowed to take the imperial examinations for five generations, let alone serve as an official in the imperial court. If five generations had really passed, their Shen family would have been severely damaged and it would have been very difficult to turn things around.
It would be better to build a city together with the Cui family, a city that is not controlled by any party.
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