Chapter 361: Capturing the Private Soldiers
Soon, Wen Yan's carriage stopped at the back door of Qingfeng Xiaolou.
By this time, the sky was just beginning to turn pale.
The gatekeeper lowered the threshold and let the carriage into the yard.
After closing the door, Wen Yancai and Ning Tan got out of the car.
Ning Tan looked at the layout of the courtyard and asked in confusion, "What is this place?"
It doesn't look like an ordinary house.
Wen Yan scratched her cheek lightly: "Well... Actually, this is not a residence, it's my shop. But don't worry, my shop only serves women..."
Wen Yan was afraid that Ning Tan would mind, so she carefully explained the nature of the store and its business items: "But no matter what, these are all shops, and the comings and goings of people are not simple.
Sister Ning Tan, if you care, we can live somewhere else."
Ning Tan didn't dislike it, but rather felt a little envious: "It's pretty good here.
Anyway, we only operate in the back area and cannot come into contact with the guests in the front. "Besides, she has been away from the capital for five years.
Things have changed and people have changed. Even if you meet the noble lady you once saw, you may not recognize her.
Seeing that she really didn't mind, Wen Yan took her to the yard where she lived.
"It's so warm in the room!" Ning sighed. "This must have cost a lot of charcoal!"
Wen Yan said: "I have some charcoal stored up, so I can still afford to burn it just to heat the room."
"Miss, you're back!" Aunt Shuang came into the room in a hurry without even tidying up her clothes.
"Auntie Shuang!" Wen Yan rushed over happily and hugged Auntie Shuang tightly.
Aunt Shuang immediately saw the bruise on the back of her neck.
"How did you get hurt?" She tore Wen Yan away from her body, rolled up her sleeves and checked everywhere.
He found that her body was covered with bruises of all sizes, and his eyes were red with heartache: "Hurry up, go to Tonghetang and ask for Doctor Lin."
Wen Yan comforted her: "They are just superficial injuries, there is no need to be so anxious."
If Wen Yan was alone, she would just apply some medicine.
But she didn't care. Ning sighed that she was weak and had to see a doctor.
While they went to call the doctor, Wen Yan and Ning Tan washed themselves and changed into clean new clothes.
Aunt Shuang delivered the food seamlessly.
They are all ordinary and appetizing small meals, but there is a lot of variety.
Ning Tan chose a small bowl of wontons.
She squinted her eyes happily after taking the first bite: "This is the taste, I miss it so much!"
She slowly savored the bowl of wontons and prepared to finish her breakfast.
"No wonder you're so skinny. The raccoon slaves in our store eat more than you. Be good and eat another bowl." Wen Yan brought another small portion of rice noodles and stuffed it into her hand: "Try this, mushroom soup rice noodles, it's the most popular snack among our customers."
Ning Tan has been guarding the mausoleum these years, living like an ascetic monk, eating only rice porridge and side dishes every day, and only until he is 70% full.
If you eat too much suddenly, your stomach won’t be able to handle it.
Fortunately, Dr. Lin appeared in time and rescued her.
The injuries of both were not serious and they were treated with some topical medication.
After Ning Tan applied the medicine, he was arranged to rest in the guest room.
Wen Yan specially lit some calming incense and then left.
Aunt Shuang stood guard outside the door: "Miss, your room is ready, go and have a rest, you have dark circles under your eyes."
Wen Yan walked towards her room and asked Aunt Shuang, "Are there any customers in the store today?"
"Yes, they have booked two courtyards. It's a gathering of two daughters of officials. Everything is very simple."
"If there are customers, send more people to guard the gate. No one else will be allowed to come in except you and me." The store was full of women, and Wen Yan didn't care.
But Ning Tan couldn't do it.
Until she resolves those matters, it would be inappropriate to expose her tracks elsewhere.
That would affect her reputation and then affect her elder brother Xi Yan's marriage.
The two of them talked as they walked, and Ning Tan in the room gradually became unable to hear the sound.
Ning Tan looked at the ceiling of the tent, his expression full of envy, "Sister Wen Yan, you are truly a capable and efficient woman.
Do I still have a chance to escape from the Ning family and live a life like this in my lifetime?"
Her eyelids gradually grew heavy, and she soon fell asleep.
Wen Yan returned to the room and suddenly asked, "Aunt Shuang, why didn't I see Pei'er today?"
No wonder she felt empty inside, as if something was missing.
It turned out that he didn't see Pearl.
"Miss Pearl has gone out of town to haul coal. Since we started selling our own charcoal, business has been booming.
Not only have we sold out our inventory, but this is already the second time we’ve had to go out of town to get the goods.”
"If we sell out, won't we make a lot of money?" Wen Yan held her face with her hands, looking like she was obsessed with money.
Seeing this, Aunt Shuang doted on her even more: "That's right, I have to fill several extra pages in the account book every day."
"It would be great if we could make some money!" As long as Pei'er followed the young leader Yuan, nothing would get into trouble.
Wen Yan lay down in the soft and warm quilt and soon fell asleep peacefully.
At this time, Pei'er, who was being talked about by Wen Yan, was on her way to transport coal.
The heavy snow has not stopped.
There was snow on the ground, making the road very difficult to walk on.
Although they were moving slowly, they had no intention of stopping to rest or hide from the snow.
Suddenly.
Suddenly, more than a dozen people jumped out from the woods on both sides of the road and surrounded the coal-carrying team.
Pei'er dressed up as a boy and looked like a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old.
"What are you doing? Are you planning to rob us again?"
"You stinky girl, you have some foresight. Hand over the charcoal and I'll spare your life!"
“…”
Pei'er was almost rolling her eyes to the sky in her heart.
"Since you are looking for death, I won't be polite." Pei'er took out the whistle and blew it.
Suddenly, a group of people appeared behind the team and surrounded the coal transport team and the robbers.
The robber never expected that he was the one who was ambushed.
I was panic-stricken for a moment and looked around for someone to help.
But what greeted him was the small leader Yuan, who rode a tall horse and made a dazzling appearance. "Outside the gates of the capital, at the feet of the emperor, there are actually robbers. They are so audacious and have no regard for the law!"
"Ah... No. Spare me! You are not robbers, we are..." The man subconsciously began to cry out for injustice.
"Come here, take down all these brutal men." Leader Yuan drew the sword from his waist and shouted.
Seeing that they couldn't convince others, they drew their weapons and fought to the death.
During the fight, someone in Leader Yuan's team revealed his boots.
One of the robbers recognized the boots and shouted in fear, "They are... they are the boots of the city guards. They are government officials..."
The young leader Yuan rushed forward and knocked the man unconscious with two slashes of his sword.
These robbers were completely vulnerable and most of them were killed on the spot, leaving only a few alive who were knocked unconscious.
The young leader Yuan shook off the blood on his knife and ordered, "Find out who these private soldiers are."
Pearl was completely confused.
Aren’t these robbers thugs sent by the greedy and powerful people in the capital?
The purpose was to rob them of their charcoal.
How come it became a private soldier in the mouth of the young leader Yuan?
If this crime is proven, the person will be beheaded!
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