When Yan Bingfa heard the news about Yan Qi, he burst into tears of joy.
Shuwen looked at Chunxiao, then at his mentor, and stepped forward courageously, "Sir, now that we've found the person, could you please take us there?"
The lawyer hesitated for a moment. "The Mr. Sun she's talking about is our largest merchant, but we can't offend him easily. I'd better report this to the county magistrate first."
"Then please report this to the county magistrate immediately."
The lawyer glanced at them and said, "It's not that I don't want to report it, it's just that unfortunately, the county magistrate has been away for the past two days."
Chun Xiao walked up to him and stuffed a 50 tael silver note into his hand. "Master, please help us and we will go and get them back. They must have been deceived and it wasn't intentional. We can talk it over and we won't offend anyone."
The lawyer stuffed the banknotes into his sleeves and coughed twice with his hands to cover up his cough. "It's really not easy for you to look for someone for so long. Okay, I'll go there for you today." After that, he asked someone to take Mrs. Chen to the Sun Mansion.
As expected of a famous local merchant, you can feel its nobleness as soon as you arrive at the door. Not only is the house large, but the facade is also extremely luxurious.
The yamen runner knocked on the door. The servant who opened the door saw that it was an official from the government and hurriedly opened the door halfway. "Excuse me, sir, I don't know what brings you here."
The legal advisor stepped forward and said, "I am the legal advisor of the county government. I have something to ask Mr. Sun from your mansion. Please let him know."
"Please wait a moment, I'll be there soon." The servant ran in without even closing the door, and the lawyer entered with a few others.
After a while, Master Sun came out in person and said, "I didn't know that the master was coming. I'm sorry for not welcoming you. I'm sorry. Go and make tea quickly." The servant beside him responded and left.
Everyone followed the lawyer into the second courtyard and arrived at the Sun family's living room.
"Master Sun, we are here today to look for a child. We are from Qingzhou. Our child was abducted and brought here. We would like to trouble you to return him. The child is from a good family and was not sold as a slave."
Mr. Sun was horrified. "How can we be sure that this happened? He has entered our Sun family."
The yamen runner pushed Mrs. Chen forward and said, "You speak for yourself."
The old woman trembled, "Even if he was sold to the Sun family, I knew that man was the steward of the Sun family, but the Sun family is so big, I can't recognize that steward."
"Master Sun, this is the woman who sold the people. Why don't you call the managers out and ask them?"
"In that case, it's only natural." He turned to look at a servant waiting nearby, "Go and get the stewards over to me, quickly!"
A maid came up to serve tea.
"It's hot out here, everyone, please have some tea and wait a moment. If it's true that our Sun family bought the child by mistake, I will definitely return it to you."
"Mr. Sun is very understanding and righteous. We would like to thank you in advance." Chunxiao's heart was lifted again, hoping that he could find the person this time.
After about an incense stick of time, five or six middle-aged men came into the hall. After calling the master, they stood aside in an orderly manner.
"My family's stewards are all here."
The lawyer asked Mrs. Chen to come forward and identify the person. Mrs. Chen walked over to a few people, looked at them, and pointed at one of them, "That's him. He bought the person."
The man also looked impatient. "You are such an interesting woman. You sold her and now you come to me to ask for her back. I complained about her being too small, but you praised her so much. You really are..."
"Shut up!" Master Sun stood up. It seemed that the person was really in his house. He walked up to the steward and asked, "Did you really buy a child a few days ago? Where is the child?"
Chunxiao also took out the portrait and said, "Look, is it him?"
The steward took a look and nodded, "Chengxi Manor is short of people, so I sent them there."
Master Sun shook his sleeves vigorously and said, "I'll settle the score with you when I get back." He turned to look at Chunxiao and the others, smiled apologetically, "I'm afraid you really bought the wrong child this time. To express my apology, I will take you to find him myself." After that, he asked the steward to prepare the carriage.
Yan Bangfa and his companions were extremely excited at this moment. They had found the person, but they were still worried because they hadn't seen the person.
The farm in the west of the city is said to be only one hour away from the county seat. After the lawyer and his men found out the person, they took Mrs. Chen and the others back. If they followed them to the farm, they might offend someone secretly, and then the county magistrate would come back and blame them for their recklessness.
Perhaps because he was afraid of the awkwardness of sitting together, Mr. Sun prepared two carriages and sat in one alone.
"Aunt, I think we have really found the person this time." Shu Wen rubbed his hands nervously, "I think we can find the right one."
"I'm always worried. I always feel uneasy when I don't see anyone."
Chunxiao touched Yan Bing's shaking hand and said, "Dad, this time it's almost certain. We'll be able to see it soon, right?" She herself couldn't calm down at the moment.
Fortunately, the carriage arrived quickly. It was a really large farm, planted entirely with cotton. I had no idea that there was such a large cotton planting area in the south. The carriage drove all the way into the yard.
After they arrived at the main courtyard and got off the car, the manor's steward quickly came over and asked, "Master, why are you here today?"
"Let me ask you, Steward Zhan sent a young boy to the manor two days ago. Where is he now?"
The farm steward looked at Chunxiao and the others, wondering why the master had personally asked about this matter today. He looked a little guilty, "The new boy is naughty and tells lies all the time. I've locked him up in the woodshed."
Master Sun looked awkwardly at Chun Xiao and the others who had followed him, his veins practically popping out with anger. "This is how you treat your servants on a daily basis. Why don't you take us there quickly?"
Yan Bingfa's heart was beating like a drum at this moment. From what the manager said, he was afraid that Yan Qi was being abused.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
