Chapter 225: Because of Mu Ren, everyone suffered unexpected disaster.
"Father, Mother! If you force your daughter to marry the Crown Prince, she will die in this palace today."
"Hui Er! No!"
The general's wife was heartbroken and immediately ran to help her precious daughter up, staring at Prince Yong in a daze.
"Your Highness, if that's the case, then let's just pretend this marriage never happened! I believe we both know the ins and outs of this matter."
"Since the prince has been injured so seriously, we will not disturb him any further." After saying this, he took Ruan Jiao and left the palace, and the marriage was completely cancelled.
Before the servant discovered the injured Mu Ren, Mu Ren fainted from the pain, and Ruan Mian took the weak girls away.
Two of them were students of Mr. Zhang. They loved reading, but girls were not allowed to go to school in Xingjia. Mr. Zhang took pity on them and allowed them to come to his home to read and write.
The others were either captured from slaves or were captured as fatherless and motherless people. They were not locals and most of them were homeless women.
Because of Mu Ren, everyone suffered unexpected disasters.
After they were rescued, they all knelt in front of Ruan Mian to express their gratitude for saving her lives.
Ruan Mian doesn't want to be a saint with a halo around her. It's just that out of basic human conscience, she can't bear to see innocent people suffer.
Just help without asking for anything in return.
"You are free now. You can go wherever you want. I will give you some money for the journey."
"Thank you for your kindness, young lady! But the world is so big, I'm afraid there's no place for me anymore."
As one girl began to sob, the other women behind her also felt great pain.
"Miss, you don't know that I'm already homeless, and... I've been raped by that prince. Even if I take your money, I don't know where to go..."
I didn’t expect that Mu Ren really didn’t let any of them go!
Despite being angry, Ruan Mian calmed down, looked at them steadily and said firmly.
"At least I have hands, feet, and life. This world is so big, there is always a place to survive."
"Besides, innocence is nothing to be ashamed of when it comes to life. As long as you want to live and are willing to live, I can take you to a place where, as long as you are willing to work, you will have enough to eat and warm clothes to wear."
Wu Heng has many business avenues, but she just lacks some hardworking and down-to-earth workers.
After hearing what she said, the girls all expressed their willingness to follow her!
She glanced at the night sky in the distance, and her heartbeat seemed to become even more intense.
She must take Wu Heng out of the desolate wilderness and help the adults to eradicate those treacherous villains.
Ruan Mian temporarily placed all these women in the inn.
There is also a woman in a trance in this inn. She seems to have gotten better in the past few days. She is no longer in a trance like when Ruan Mian brought her out from the refugee group.
After returning to the house that night, Xie Huaian told him that Teacher Zhang's funeral had been handled and the students who had been detained had also been released.
He needs to return to Wuheng and take up his post at Longchang Post Station.
Ruan Mian could tell that he might be in a hurry to go back because he had other things to deal with.
The Fifth Princess left Xingjia the day after the prison fire. The palace lost this marriage because of the Crown Prince's unruly behavior.
It is said that General Hu Lie and his family left Xingjia in anger.
It is conceivable that the days ahead for Prince Yong and his men will be difficult.
Once this news gets back to Kyoto, Mu Ren will definitely not escape punishment, not to mention that he is now half-crippled and can only lie in bed.
Seeing this, Ruan Mian took the group of women back to Longchang.
She bought a few two-horse carriages and prepared a lot of food and drinks on the way. The group returned to Wuheng in a mighty manner.
With her prescription and spiritual spring water, Xie Huaian's injuries healed quickly, but he was worried about something every day. Only when he saw Ruan Mian would he smile again.
However, when they finally returned to the house, Ruan Mian found out that his brother had actually been in Xingjia for some time.
Moreover, he didn't send a message home as he promised. If calculated based on the time of his departure, he should have met Ruan Mian and the others long ago.
Xingjiazhou is not big, and the incident involving Mr. Zhang is quite a big deal. As long as he follows the clues of Mr. Zhang's students, he will definitely be able to find Ruan Mian.
After all, he still has the red rope token given by Huo Zong on him, and Mr. Zhang’s students will definitely help him.
However, Ruan Mian and the others were in Xingjia at the time and did not receive any news from his brother.
Sister-in-law Chen was particularly anxious. She hadn't been sleeping well these days and told Ruan Mian while holding her hand tightly.
"Mianmian, your brother promised me that he would send a message home as soon as he arrived in Xingjia. I've had people guard the post station these past few days, but I haven't received any news from your brother."
"Logically, Ah Song should have found you by now. At the very least, he would have sent a message home to let everyone know you're safe. Mianmian, you know your brother. He always keeps his word. As long as he arrives in Xingjia, there's no way he wouldn't send a message home. I'm just afraid... afraid of him..."
"Sister-in-law, don't worry. Xingjia is not far from Wu Heng, but it's not very close either. Maybe something else happened."
"Well, among the women I brought back, there's one who has lived in Xingjia for many years. I asked her to send a message to Xingjia and ask someone to look for him."
Although there is no news about Ruan Qingsong now, we cannot conclude that he has been in trouble just because there is no letter reporting his safety.
"But Mianmian, those people don't know your brother. What if..."
"Don't worry, sister-in-law. I have other ways to find my brother. Don't worry, just wait for my news. I promise you that I will find my brother."
"Besides, Big Brother is quite capable, so you should trust him."
After temporarily comforting his sister-in-law, Ruan Mian went to comfort Zhang and the others.
At night, she immediately found Zhang Yue to see if she could help get the people in Xingjia to pay attention.
But more importantly, he took advantage of the fact that no one was around, touched the jade bracelet, and summoned the many birds and beasts inside.
She let them smell the scent of her brother's clothes and let the birds and beasts fly all the way to Xingjiazhou.
Whenever there is any news, these birds and beasts will fly back to Longchang and tell me immediately.
Because she was not sure whether her brother was really in trouble, she sent these birds and beasts to find out. If there was still no news after a few days, she would go there in person.
After dealing with these things, it was already late at night.
She stayed with Zhang until she fell asleep before returning to her own room. As soon as she entered the room, she saw Xie Huaian sitting on a chair waiting for her.
"As for my brother's matter, I'll go back to the post station tomorrow and ask the Minister to go to Xingjia to inquire about it. We have secret guards over there, so it shouldn't be difficult to find someone. Don't worry too much."
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