Chapter 155 Where is the plain clothing?
Magistrate Wu was having sex with his concubine that night, busy with their business, when suddenly someone entered the room. He was so frightened that he almost wet himself and rolled off the bed on the spot.
The concubine screamed and shrank into the corner.
"Who are you?" Magistrate Wu picked up his clothes to cover himself.
The visitor's face was covered, making it impossible to see their features. They sat down at the table and slowly poured themselves a cup of tea.
Then he took out a portrait from his pocket and placed it on the table. "Find this person, or your death is imminent!"
Seeing the other party's impolite manner, Magistrate Wu figured they might be sent by someone from above.
He mustered his courage and glanced at the portrait, then froze, "This, this is... the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, isn't it?"
How could there be such a beautiful person in the world?
The man snorted coldly, "Enough nonsense, go find him now, or I might hang your head in court one day when I'm in a bad mood."
"I'll send someone to look for it right away, I'll go right away."
As Magistrate Wu hurriedly dressed, the people inside the room had already disappeared.
Looking at the person in the painting again, Magistrate Wu felt it was absurd; how could such a stunning beauty appear in Min County?
Given the feng shui of Minxian County, it would be strange if such a beauty could be raised there.
For some reason, Magistrate Wu suddenly thought of Lin Anyuan's face.
"Someone come here!"
A servant's voice rang out from the doorway, "Sir, what are your orders?"
"Bring forth all the most beautiful women in Min County! Anyone who finds a beautiful woman will be rewarded with ten taels of silver!"
Magistrate Wu thought to himself that with such a generous reward, there would surely be some news, which was better than him searching for someone in complete darkness.
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"Madam, have some soup and go to bed early."
Ye Wan is checking the number of people recently recruited. With more people, there are problems to solve regarding food, drink, and sanitation.
She couldn't openly take out the things in her space; she had to find other ways to feed these people.
Seeing Huigu bring in the white fungus porridge, she picked up the bowl and drank it; she was indeed hungry.
Hui Gu hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Madam, I accidentally saw Su Yi when she was changing her clothes, and she had marks on her body from childbirth."
"What marks?" Ye Wan was stunned for a moment. Could they be stretch marks?
Hui-gu explained, "The pelvis of a woman who has given birth is different from that of a woman who has not given birth. No matter how well she takes care of herself, there will still be subtle differences."
She just happened to have an excellent understanding of human bone structure, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to tell.
The woman in plain clothes likely had given birth.
"So what, Huigu? If Suyi doesn't want to talk about it, we'll just pretend we don't know."
Ye Wan felt that mentioning children in front of a mother was usually like reopening old wounds.
Su Yi's child wasn't with her, and when they first met, she was dressed the same way. There must be something she didn't want others to know.
Sometimes being beautiful isn't a good thing, so why does she have to ask so many questions?
"Auntie, go to sleep early."
Ye Wan told Hui Gu to go to sleep, and then she took a shower and went to bed herself.
The next morning, before Ye Wan even got up, she heard Er Ya standing in the yard, cursing loudly.
"You shameless bastards, if you dare climb over my wall again, believe me, I'll gouge out your eyes and use them as cannon fodder!"
"Er Ya, what's wrong so early in the morning?" Ye Wan came out without even washing her face.
She's been staying up late lately and getting up late in the mornings.
Er Ya lowered her voice and said, "Mom, I just went out to get some water and saw some people lurking around my house. These people are shameless. They must be here to see my older sister."
Da Ya seems to have grown taller lately, her black hair is as black as clouds, her clothes are as beautiful as flowers, and her figure is gradually becoming more shapely, with the curves of a woman.
The men in the village all stared at Daya. Daya rarely went out anymore, spending her time with Suyi, reading and learning to read with her.
Ye Wan never expected that someone would be so bold as to climb over the wall.
He instructed Er Ya, "Next time someone climbs over the wall, just call Hui Gu and let her teach them a lesson."
Ye Wan felt extremely disgusted by this foul-smelling person.
"I understand, Mother." Er Ya stopped being angry when she heard that Hui Gu had given her a scolding.
Ye Wan originally thought that the matter was over, but just before dinner, a group of yamen runners suddenly barged into her house.
What do you want to do?
Ye Wan's face darkened as she realized that the group of people had come with ill intentions.
Could it be because of the matter of sheltering refugees?
"Ye Wan, someone has accused you of harboring spies. Hand over the spies immediately!"
"Hand over the spies!"
Ye Wandu laughed. "A spy? Where did this spy come from? Who reported him? Let him come and point it out on the spot."
They can't even come up with a better excuse.
The head constable immediately produced a painting. "Enough with the nonsense, the person in the painting is the spy. Hand him over right now."
When Ye Wan saw the person in the painting, she immediately understood that those people in the morning were not after Daya at all, but after Suyi.
Although the painting only captured seven or eight parts of the spirit of the plain clothes.
The constable spoke up, "Madam Ye, we're just following the rules. Please don't make things difficult for our brothers. Hand over the person quickly."
The magistrate said the people in the painting were spies. Someone had reported that the spies were hiding in Madam Ye's house, and that they were acting under orders.
Seeing that Hui Gu was not in the courtyard, Ye Wan knew what was going on. She looked very angry and said, "I don't recognize the people in the painting at all. How can I hand them over? Are you trying to conjure up people out of thin air?"
“Madam Ye, someone saw this spy in your house, so stop making excuses.”
"You say it's in my house? Which bastard said that? I'd say it's in your house! Why don't you go to your house and look for him? Good heavens, harboring a spy, what a terrible crime! Am I, a mere woman, supposed to be bullied like this?!"
Ye Wan took out her handkerchief and started sobbing.
The constables were also at a loss. One of them said, "Stop talking nonsense and go inside to find the person."
Ye Wan stopped them, saying, "You can look all you want, but don't go through my and my three daughters' things. I'm a woman with three children; what if you ruin my reputation?"
"Lady Ye, who's bullying you!" Officer Li arrived with the village's guards.
Upon seeing his former superior, who was leading so many men, the head constable immediately spoke politely to Ye Wan, "Madam Ye, don't worry, we'll only go in to see if there are any people from the painting; we won't touch anything!"
When Ye Wan saw Hui Gu come out and nod slightly to her, she didn't stop her.
"Fine, go ahead and search. If I don't let you search, I won't be able to explain myself no matter how hard I try."
The constables immediately went in to search for people, searching every possible hiding place, even the pickling jars.
"Why is no one here?"
Ye Wan said, "How could ordinary people like us harbor spies? Besides, the woman in those words is clearly a stunning beauty. How could she possibly be in my house?"
Unable to find anyone, the yamen runners could only leave with grim expressions.
After everyone had completely left, Ye Wan closed the door and then asked Hui Gu.
"Auntie, where's Su Yi?"
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