Chapter 245 "Missing?" General Hu Lie's face suddenly changed.
"Lis, I know you and Madam Ruan are doing business together. It's not easy for women to do business in this world, and merchants don't have a high status. But it's always good for women to be able to earn money in an honest way to support themselves."
"Thanking you with real money is neither safe nor enough to express our gratitude. So I decided to donate the shop to you. Whether Madam Ruan wants to do business or pawn it for cash, it's all up to you." Ruan Mian didn't expect that he could get such a benefit from this trip.
The general and his wife were so kind that they couldn't refuse the gift, and Xiza was so grateful that he knelt down and begged her to accept it.
Ruan Mian accepted it readily, since she was planning to let Liz open a branch of the Guixiufang store anyway.
This shop, which he got for free, was exactly what he wanted.
However, before he could express his gratitude, a servant came hurriedly over: "General! Madam, that... the princess, oh no, the imprisoned woman, is missing."
"Gone?" General Hu Lie's face suddenly changed.
Ruan Mian also frowned. It seemed that she had really underestimated Ruan Jiao.
It would be difficult for her to escape by herself.
"Someone, come here! Check it out for me! He can't get very far now. Catch him and I'll interrogate him personally!"
He gave the order in a rage, and Ruan Mian happened to see the hairpin that fell from Ruan Jiao's head on the ground.
He picked it up and waited until there was no one around, then he took the jade bracelet and released the birds and beasts.
After they smelled the scent on the hairpin, they immediately flew out of the general's mansion in all directions.
Soon, the birds and beasts returned home, pointed to the southwest, and circled in the distant sky.
She actually went to Dajing?
The birds and beasts gave such a message, so she must have been taken away by someone on a fast horse.
If I go back to Wu Heng, I will probably be able to find it.
So she went back to the house and asked General Hu Lie to investigate along the southwest line.
She said goodbye to Liz and Siza and planned to return to Wuheng immediately.
After staying in the small town for a few days, it is time to go back. After all, it is almost time for General Huo to propose marriage.
Xiza was reluctant to let her go, but he also knew that Ruan Mian had a lot of busy things to do at home, so he didn't try to keep her.
He just said to her solemnly: "Madam Ruan, I will definitely wait for you here. I will definitely help you with anything I can do in the Ladies' Shop."
Ruan Mian smiled slightly and patted her shoulder: "I didn't bring you back to run the shop for me. It's not easy to find your relatives. Cherish the present and spend time with them. That's the most important thing."
"If I come here in the future, I'd just ask you to treat me to a few delicious meals, that would be fine."
"Madam Ruan!" Xiza knelt down and kowtowed to her solemnly.
"Your kindness is so great, I have no way to repay you. I hope you take care of yourself, and we will talk again in the future."
Ruan Mian helped her up, packed up her luggage, and then set off on the return journey with Yun Xiu.
They brought a lot of things with them when they came, but they traveled light when they returned. The two of them galloped on horseback, traveling all night, and arrived in Wuheng early the next morning.
Yun Xiu didn't help much this time. He only knew that the second lady of the Ruan family had planned all those things, and he felt resentful.
"Sister Mianmian, how did Concubine Ruan get the ability to escape from Lanqiang so quickly? Also, how can you be sure that she escaped back to Dajing?"
Ruan Mian smiled and answered him disapprovingly.
"Her impersonation of a princess has been exposed. Isn't staying in Lanqiang just asking for trouble? With General Hu Lie's status, wouldn't it be easy for him to find an unregistered foreign woman?"
"She can only survive if she returns to Dajing."
As long as they are near Wu Heng, those birds and beasts will find out the news sooner or later.
Then I will take action and eradicate it completely!
Yun Xiu smiled awkwardly and touched his nose: "Sister Mianmian is really smart. No wonder the adults like you so much."
"Sister Mianmian may not know this yet, but before you and the master got married, he came back from the hot springs that day and seemed to have lost his soul. I was worried about him, so I waited outside the door. Guess what I heard?"
Ruan Mian was curious: "What?"
Yun Xiu whispered mysteriously with a smile, "I heard her crying and saying you didn't want her. She also accused you of not being able to judge people well. You didn't want to marry a man as loyal as him."
As he spoke, Yun Xiu imitated Xie Heng's frustrated look at that time, which made Ruan Mian laugh repeatedly.
She had explained the difference in the hot springs that day very clearly, and the adults had clearly said calmly that they understood and respected her.
Who would have thought that after returning he would be like this.
As she thought about it, Ruan Mian felt that she missed him a lot.
I want to get back to Wu Heng as soon as possible to see him.
However, when they arrived at the house at noon, they suddenly found that many officials had come from the village.
They came on the orders of the governor to demand the release of the prisoners, and every household in the village was called to an open space.
During this period, people complained, but the officers remained unmoved and only focused on calling out everyone in the village.
Seeing this, Ruan Mian rode forward quickly and saw that his own people were also "invited" out of the house.
"Girl!!" Cuizhu was the first to see her and shouted quickly.
Seeing this, Ruan Mian politely walked up to the leading officer and saluted, "Sir, what happened?"
The officers were obviously transferred here with the governor, and they showed no mercy to Ruan Mian and the others.
"We are here on the orders of the Governor-General to dispatch you to rebuild the city walls," he said.
"Sir, we are already registered citizens. This reconstruction of the city wall should be considered as convict service. We shouldn't be forced to leave our homes to serve, right?"
"There is no law in the capital that forces innocent citizens to serve in the army." The officer did not expect that a woman like her would dare to challenge him and even use the law in the capital to shut him up.
He scoffed, raising his chin and raising his voice.
"The Wu Heng mutiny resulted in countless casualties, and few convicts left for forced labor. Now, to reclaim our land and rebuild our homes, everyone has an unshirkable responsibility and obligation."
"Although you are already registered as good citizens, we don't have enough manpower to rebuild the national wall to defend against the enemy. As long as you are still from Dajing and have Wuheng nationality, you must fill in!"
"Young lady, do you still want to disobey the Governor's orders?"
The officer smiled coldly, no longer showing any good expression, and ordered his men to bring all the villagers out as soon as possible!
If everyone were to build that wall and return to the days when they were exiles, their agriculture and commerce would be wasted and abandoned.
What's more, they say on the surface that they are replacing the refugees and building homes, but in reality they are just treating them as free laborers.
How could a national wall to defend against foreign enemies be built overnight? The border stretches for tens of thousands of miles, from Longchang Mountain to the Linfen River. Even if it took ten, twenty years, or even half a lifetime to build it, it wouldn't necessarily be completed.
Everyone understands these principles.
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