Chapter 250 "Mother, have you also heard those rumors?"
For a moment, some people thought more about it.
They all felt that the governor looked at Madam Ruan in an unusual way and took special care of them, coming to their house every now and then to distribute food.
As time went by, the rumors became more and more outrageous.
Even Zhang heard about it.
That night, Zhang found Ruan Mian and asked with some concern.
"Mianmian, has anyone bothered you recently? Mother knows it's a pity that such a big thing happened in the oak forest, but don't worry. Although the governor will conduct a thorough investigation, but... the governor always..."
"Mother, have you also heard those rumors?"
Zhang quickly grasped her hand and said, "Of course I believe you. Although you and Ah Huai are not together, you are a deeply in love and affectionate couple. How could a mere rumor become true?"
"It's just that mother came to see you to remind you to keep your distance from the Governor and not give him room for gossip. Besides... Mother doesn't think that Mr. Chen is a gentleman."
"Oh? How did mother know that?"
This made Ruan Mian a little curious.
Zhang smiled faintly and said, "The art of judging people sometimes doesn't require too much reasoning. After seeing enough monsters, good guys and bad guys, you can tell them apart."
"Although Lord Chen always seems to be kind to us, if he were truly such a kindhearted gentleman and honest official, he wouldn't have insisted on forcing all the good people to serve in vain."
"Any official who cares about others should make a more cautious decision."
Ruan Mian was very pleased that Zhang was so thoughtful.
"Mother, I will be careful about this matter, so don't worry."
There must be something strange behind the accident in the oak forest.
Before they left the oak forest, Ruan Mian had already collected some of the surviving oak silkworms into the space.
The tussah silkworms will recover as normal the next day after drinking the spiritual spring water. Tomorrow, Ruan Mian will find some time to return to the space and try it out, and he will know who has sneaked into the tussah forest.
As for Chen Bozong, she wanted to see what he was up to.
However, the next morning, Chen Bozong came to the village with two men with dark complexions and wounds all over their bodies.
He had followed the clue of Mirage Gray and found out that these two people were the ones who bought and sold medicinal herbs in Wu Heng.
After strict interrogation, they truthfully confessed their crimes.
In front of all the villagers, she burst into tears, shaking with fear, and said, "We...we are just jealous. Seeing that you are living better than us, we feel unbalanced!"
"Not only can you weave cloth, you can also grow so many crops..."
Before he could finish his words, one of the fugitives who was taken in by Mr. Xue suddenly stood up.
"Master Xue, these two were the ones who came here with us before. They were the ones who destroyed your crops and stole your corn and sweet potatoes! I didn't expect them to be so cruel now, poisoning so many mountain insects!"
"You will be punished by God!!"
Ruan Mian was unaware of this, and Cuizhu beside him quickly explained.
"Miss, some time ago, some desperate fugitives came to our village. They were those few. It is said that they were once fugitives who worked with Master Xue. After being forced into a corner, Master Xue took them in."
Ruan Mian looked in the direction Cuizhu pointed and found that those people were indeed strangers. However, she didn't think much about it at the moment, and just focused her attention on the two people who confessed.
Someone made the accusation, and the other villagers became even more restless.
In a rage, he picked up stones and started throwing them at them, cursing at them.
"You damned bastards! Do you know how much effort those silkworms took? You just poison them to death. Do you have any conscience?"
"That's right! We all escaped death from exile, so how could anyone be as jealous as you guys!!"
Everyone started cursing at each other and beat the two men until they were black and blue.
And everyone was naturally grateful to the governor for helping them catch the culprit.
Even Cuizhu couldn't help but talk about it with some villagers after she returned to the house.
"Girl, the new governor is quite good. He helps us distribute food and catch the villains. After all, we are exiles, but he is not arrogant in front of us."
Ruan Mian shook his head: "Then you know the saying that you can know a person's face but not his heart."
"Miss, are you saying that the Governor is not what I saw?"
"Whether it is or not, we will know later."
At this moment, Ruan Mian saw familiar birds and beasts flying towards the house. They circled overhead, heading towards the southeast, as if they wanted to take Ruan Mian away.
Her eyebrows moved slightly, she didn't expect that the birds and beasts had already found Ruan Jiao's whereabouts.
As expected, she fled to Wuheng.
Seeing this, she used the excuse of going to the post station and rode her horse all the way out of the mountain, following the birds and beasts.
Ruan Mian didn't get off his horse until the bird or beast landed on a roof.
The Governor's Mansion was right in front of him. So, Ruan Jiao was hiding in this Governor's Mansion?
Before she could go in to find out what was going on, a grand carriage slowly came over.
Ruan Mian turned around and hid in the alley, only sticking out his eyes to look.
When the carriage stopped, a young woman in an indigo gown got out of the carriage. Her makeup and hair were simple but quite sophisticated.
She looks like she is definitely not an ordinary person.
When he was puzzled, two servants suddenly grabbed a female slave from the Governor's Mansion and forced her to kneel in front of the woman.
The slave girl was so frightened that she trembled and kowtowed, begging for mercy: "Princess...Princess!! Please spare my life. This slave girl has never done anything to seduce the County Master. This slave girl serves the County Master wholeheartedly like other slave girls every day. I..."
Before she finished speaking, the woman glanced at the old lady beside her.
The old maid just gave the servant a look, and they pressed the slave girl to the ground again and stuffed something into her mouth.
The old nanny was holding a tool in her hand. She walked forward calmly, grabbed the slave girl's hand, and pulled out one of her fingernails without hesitation.
The slave girl whimpered, and the veins all over her body bulged with pain.
The old nanny was very skillful and unfazed, and she quickly pulled out all ten fingernails of the slave girl.
The female slave fainted from the pain and lost consciousness.
The princess then asked the servants to take the female slave away. Looking at the bloody fingernails, she smiled coldly.
"In this world, there are always some ignorant things that clearly don't belong to them, yet they still dream of getting their hands on them."
The old nanny quickly reached out to catch the handkerchief and said, "My Lady Princess, I will send away all the female slaves in the mansion. However... I also heard that the County Master has recently taken a fancy to a dancer, but I haven't found her whereabouts yet."
"Dancing girl?"
Seeing all this, Ruan Mian's eyebrows moved slightly, and he immediately recognized that this person was probably Chen Bochong's wife, Princess Jiacheng.
In the original book, she was still loyal to the Fifth Princess.
Now it seems that she can't tolerate any grain of sand in her eyes, and who is the dancer that the old lady is talking about?
There cannot be any female relatives or female slaves in the mansion, so where is Ruan Jiao hiding in the mansion?
She turned and entered the alley, letting the birds and beasts stand in front of her palm, wanting to ask Ruan Jiao's specific whereabouts.
It’s a pity that the birds and beasts shook their heads.
It seems that they only felt that Ruan Jiao was in this huge Governor's Mansion. As for her specific whereabouts, it still needs further verification.
However, Princess Jiacheng's uninvited arrival is a help.
Ruan Mian didn't make any moves at this moment, but had already made up his mind. He planned to go to the post station to meet Xie Huaian, since he was already there.
But coincidentally, Xie Huaian was not at the post station. Minister Dong said that he had heard about the poisoning of the tussah silkworms and had rushed to the house to see him.
Upon hearing this, Ruan Mian quickly turned back to the house.
Sure enough, I saw Xie Huaian in the oak forest.
He was seen squatting on the ground with a lot of dead silkworm bodies in his hands, as if he was thinking about something.
"grown ups!"
After hearing this voice, Xie Huaian came back to his senses and stood up with a smile.
"I see you're so focused, sir, but have you figured out a way to bring these bugs back to life?"
Facing Ruan Mian's teasing, Xie Huaian was helpless: "I'm afraid my wife will be disappointed. As a husband... I don't even have the ability to do that."
She smiled, moved closer to him, naturally put her arm around his, and looked at his face with clear eyes.
"Now that this has happened, there is no turning back."
"Like my husband, I don't have the ability to bring them back to life, but some can still be saved."
After saying this, Ruan Mian took him to a house in the oak forest, which was where the breeders rested on duty.
The water tank inside was filled with a large pot of water, and she filled several water bags.
"These are the antidotes I specially prepared. As long as the tussah silkworms are not completely dead, they may still have a chance of survival with these antidotes."
Seeing this, Xie Huaian simply took a wooden bucket and scooped a full bucket of water, and followed Ruan Mian. The two of them shuttled through the oak forest, one in front and one behind, pouring the spiritual spring water down.
It would be good to recover some of the losses now.
Ruan Mian also thought of a way to remedy the situation. If the clothing shop was short of materials, she would go to Tunan City to ask her cousin to get some silk cocoons.
It's also harvest season over there, and the scale over there is more than ten times larger than theirs.
After finishing all this, Xie Huaian suddenly pulled her to his side and helped her tuck the loose hair on her forehead behind her ears.
That gentle gaze made Ruan Mian's heart beat faster.
She twitched the corner of her mouth and was about to speak when Xie Huaian suddenly warned her in advance, "Stay away from Chen Bozong."
"Although he was assigned by the government and appears to be a gentleman, he actually has evil intentions. You and I need to be more careful in the future."
Ruan Mian nodded heavily and simply hugged him: "General Huo will come to propose marriage tomorrow. You can just sleep in the house tonight and don't have to go back to the post station. The Minister will definitely help you handle all matters."
Xie Huaian laughed and said, "Who told me that I was planning to go back to the post station?"
Despite saying this, his ears still turned red.
After nightfall, Xie Huaian made a new bed in an orderly manner.
Ruan Mian was a little surprised after washing up: "Master, are you going to sleep in a separate bed from me?"
Xie Huaian's ears flushed, and he pretended to be serious and said, "I can't neglect my wife. You still need to get up early tomorrow to prepare things for Ruan Qing. It's getting late now, you need to get a good rest."
Ruan Mian couldn't help but chuckle, and didn't refute him, but lay down on the bed obediently.
When the candle went out and the room was plunged into darkness, she rolled over and fell off the bed to Xie Huaian's side.
As she rolled down, she hugged him with both hands and whispered in his ear: "How can a newlywed couple sleep in separate beds?"
"Unless...my husband doesn't like me being around you."
"Of course not!" Xie Huaian's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly responded: "If you have something to do tomorrow, I..."
"It's just sleeping. It doesn't matter where I sleep. Could it be that my husband is imagining something and wants to do something with me?"
Xie Huaian was so angry that he laughed. He turned his head, and his clear eyes could see clearly in the dim room.
His eyes were soft, and he stared at Ruan Mian for a while before giving her a light kiss on the forehead.
Then he tightened his arms and held her tightly in his arms.
"I really want to do something with my wife, but my lower back is injured, so I can't do it. My wife also has important things to do tomorrow. Well, there is still a long way to go, why bother about this moment of love?"
Ruan Mian remembered the last time he confronted Han Ling, and that he had wounds on his arms and back, so he decided not to bother him anymore.
The two of them slept in each other's arms, feeling warm.
Ruan Mian hadn't slept so soundly for a long time. She and Xie Huaian didn't wake up until noon the next morning.
Thinking that he still had to deal with some matters for Ruan Qing today, he got up in a hurry, without even bothering to talk to Xie Huaian. After packing up, he rushed out of the house.
When she arrived at Ruan Qing's residence, she found that Cuizhu, Meixi and others had already come to help, so she was of no use at all.
They all looked at her meaningfully. Ruan Mian whispered to Cuizhu, asking why she didn't call her today.
Cuizhu smiled and said, "Miss, I wanted to shout today, but... I see that you and your uncle rarely see each other, so I can't bear it."
Others smiled slightly, and even Zhang started to joke.
"That's great. I don't know when I'll be able to hold my grandson in my arms."
"Mother!" Ruan Mian had no choice but to go to the inner room to see Ruan Qing who was wearing new clothes.
She is particularly radiant today. Although it is just the proposal ceremony and the actual wedding day has not yet arrived, the proposal ceremony is also something that people in this world attach great importance to.
General Huo was even more motivated and brought dozens of trusted major generals with him, riding on fine horses and bringing a lot of betrothal gifts to the house.
The villagers also came to congratulate them, as if turning this proposal ceremony into a wedding.
Everyone was happy for them.
Ruan Qing was also standing far behind the screen, listening to Huo Zong and the two elders discussing marriage and other related matters.
The eyes are slightly red.
"Uncle and aunt, Huo Zong has no parents and has been alone on the battlefield for many years. It is a great blessing to find a good man in life!"
"For the rest of my life, I will treat Ruan Qing well. I will treat her with respect and dignity, and regard her as the most precious person in my Huo clan!"
He kowtowed deeply and made a solemn promise to the Ruan family.
Zhang held the handkerchief tightly and quickly helped him up.
"General, you are a brave man guarding the border, and you are a responsible man. As your parents, we can rest assured that Ruan Qing is entrusted to you."
"This is my father Ruan Qing's birth date and eight characters. After we compare them, we can choose an auspicious day to get married."
Huo Zong clasped his fists in delight, suppressing his excitement. "Aunt, I've discussed this with Ruan Qing before. Let's choose a date together when Master Ruan returns."
"Mr. Ruan is Ruan Qing's elder brother. He hasn't returned home yet, and we can't decide on a date just yet. If Mr. Ruan can't make it back then, Ruan Qing will feel regretful."
Ruan Qing must be feeling bad that her only brother couldn't watch her get married.
Speaking of her brother, Ruan Qing looked at Ruan Mian with some worry: "Sister, my brother hasn't sent any news back these days, and there's no news of his whereabouts. I'm always a little worried."
"What exactly delayed your journey, brother? You've been back from Xingjia for quite some time."
Speaking of this, Ruan Mian also felt a little strange.
It shouldn't have been delayed for so long. Could there really be an accident?
Thinking of this, she patted Ruan Qing's shoulder in relief and said, "Don't worry, I'll try to find out where my brother is."
Ruan Mian found Zhang Yue and asked her to write a letter to Xingjia to ask someone about Ruan Qingsong's whereabouts.
She touched the jade bracelet again, summoned other birds and beasts, and went to Xingjia to find out his whereabouts.
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