Chapter 200: Secret Message
The fire broke out suddenly.
There was basically no time to rescue supplies.
Fortunately, Wen Yan and his team traveled light and didn't have much stuff with them.
The only important assets on the surface are those horses.
They were all released in time and were not harmed.
On the contrary, the Xue family and their neighbors suffered more serious losses.
Wen Yan and his companions led the horses, took Xue's mother and Xue's younger sister, and followed Situ Ming away first.
Uncle Lin stayed and cleaned up the matter with Xue Yi.
The main thing is to compensate the neighbors on both sides, and give some hard work fees to the neighbors who helped.
After Xue Yi and Uncle Lin discussed it, they gave the two neighbors two choices.
Either Xue Yi could find someone to help repair the house, or he could convert the money into an equal amount of silver and pay it in full.
Not surprisingly, they all chose silver.
If there are one or two fewer rooms in the house, the whole family can just squeeze in.
It is unknown when the drought will end.
The price of food changes every day now.
The correct thing to do is to use the silver to stock up on more food.
Some people even asked Xue Yi: "Young Master Yi, can you exchange the money for cheaper food?"
Xue Yi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Uncle, I'll just give you a cooked meal instead."
The neighbor laughed and covered it up.
As the sun rose, more and more people walked on the street.
Wen Yan and the others finally arrived at Wen Ruyue's house.
As soon as Situ Ming's carriage stopped, the gate of the house opened from the inside.
Then Wen Ruyue came out surrounded by a group of maids and servants.
Wen Ruyue was dressed in gorgeous clothes made of pearls and jade, with exquisite makeup on her face.
Even so, it couldn't hide the dark circles under her eyes and the tired look in her eyes.
Wen Ruyue noticed the gaze and turned to look over.
His eyes met Wen Yan's.
Their eyes met. Wen Yan's eyes were cold, and suddenly the corners of his mouth moved, forming a stiff and weird smile.
Coupled with her horrifying and distorted face, Wen Ruyue was so frightened that she gasped.
Wen Yan suddenly turned his body around, but his eyes were still fixed on her and he was laughing.
A strange feeling crept from the soles of my feet to my hair.
Goose bumps appeared all over her body, her hair stood on end, and cold sweat soaked her back in an instant.
A breeze blew by, and even in the middle of summer, Wen Ruyue shivered with cold.
This ugly girl is so weird and scary.
It was as if a demon had crawled out of hell and was ready to eat her at any time.
and.
Her icy eyes were exactly the same as Wen Yan's.
Could she be Wen Yan?
Wen Ruyue was lost in thought when someone suddenly tugged at her sleeve: "Madam, are you just going to let them in like this?"
Wen Ruyue came back to her senses and saw Chou Niang supporting Pei'er as they walked towards the gate. Her face darkened and she blocked their way: "Where do you want to go?"
Pei'er was so scared that she took a few steps back and hid behind Situ Ming. She grabbed the corner of his clothes and looked at him with tears in her eyes: "Good brother, Madam Wen doesn't seem to welcome us."
She lowered her head sadly: "I think we should just stay at the inn. We shouldn't have bothered you."
After saying that, she turned and was about to leave.
Situ Ming frowned and said to Wen Ruyue in an unhappy tone, "Madam, their residence caught fire and they are homeless. Our house has many empty courtyards anyway. Instead of leaving them empty, why not lend them some space?"
Pearl nodded weakly: "We won't live here for free, we will pay the rent."
"But..." Wen Ruyue was about to refute when she saw Situ Mingchao looking at her.
Wen Ruyue didn't know what Situ Ming was planning.
However, someone who can be relied upon by Huo Yaoxing will definitely not do anything useless.
Wen Ruyue swallowed her anger again and forced herself to agree: "Then let's lend them the yard in the east corner."
The yard was remote and dilapidated, so it would not pollute her residence.
Wen Ruyue took her people and left with a flick of her sleeves.
Wen Yan and his group moved into Wen Ruyue's house smoothly.
This yard is indeed dilapidated.
Situ Ming left two maids and servants to help Wen Yan clean up.
Pei'er wanted to step forward to help several times, but was stopped by Wen Yan's eyes: "You are a lady now, and I am a maid. How can the lady do the work while the maid is idle?"
"But..." Pearl felt uncomfortable all over.
Wen Yan gave him a soothing look: "If you're really bored, go walk around in those courtyards outside and get some information."
Pei'er thought about it, then went out with a shoulder bag on her back.
Pei'er's bag was filled with silver melon seeds, snacks, malt candy and other small items.
It took nearly two hours to clean up the house.
It was lunch time now.
Then Pei'er came back excitedly.
Wen Yan guessed that she had found out some useful information.
Sure enough, they returned to their room after dinner.
Pei'er massaged Wen Yan's shoulders while telling her the news she had found out.
After finishing speaking, Pei'er saw Yan's indifferent expression.
She asked curiously, "Miss, aren't you surprised? Wen Ruyue went to see General Meng, and she used your name."
Wen Yan said: "I guessed she would do this, but I didn't expect her to be so impatient.
Pearl, have you heard anything else?"
Pearl shook her head.
Wen Yan thought about it and agreed.
Because of what happened yesterday at noon, Wen Ruyue waited for Meng Xiyan in the government office for the whole afternoon.
Only one night had passed, and she still couldn't think of a good solution.
Wen Ruyue couldn't think of it.
Could it be that Situ Ming couldn’t figure it out either?
This matter is insignificant to him.
He didn't help solve it.
Deliberately giving local grain merchants and landlords time to react and prepare.
What does Situ Ming want to do?
This guy is becoming more and more interesting.
Could it be that he was using Wen Ruyue as a pawn?
Wen Yan's guess was confirmed that night.
It was almost midnight, and Wen Yan and Pei'er had already gone to bed.
There was a sudden knock on the door.
The knock on the door was very urgent, as if it was something urgent.
Pei'er quickly put on her clothes and went to open the door.
Wen Yan pulled him back: "I'll go."
Wen Yan put on a coat and went to open the door.
I saw Uncle Shitou standing outside the door with a big fat pigeon in his hand.
"It's a carrier pigeon," said Uncle Shitou. "It's flying straight to the house. I guess it's a reply from the Huo family."
Wen Yan touched the pigeon's leg and found a small bamboo tube containing a letter on it.
She immediately let Uncle Shitou in.
Pei'er had also gotten up early and quickly lit a candle.
Wen Yan didn't rush to take the letter down and open it.
She discovered that the bamboo tubes were tied with a special knot.
The knot looks ordinary, but it actually contains a secret, which Huo Yaoxing uses specifically to prevent leaks.
Even if you accidentally untie the knot and tie it back up, it will look the same, but it will actually be completely different.
What a coincidence.
This knotting method was developed by Wen Yan and Huo Yaoxing together.
Wen Yan could untie it and tie it back up without even revealing the slightest clue.
Wen Yan untied the rope according to the direction and took out the small bamboo tube.
When Wen Yan picked up the bamboo tube, he knew it used a special sealing method.
Wen Yan sneered.
Put the bamboo tube next to the candle, and the seal will soon melt, allowing the letter to be taken out easily.
Holding the small roll of letter paper, Wen Yan felt mixed emotions.
An idea popped into her mind.
But she still suppressed him and said she would talk about other things after reading the letter.
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