Chapter 362: The Dagger Revealed
Pei'er looked at the young leader Yuan. This kid was still so bad.
Back when he was in Jinyang Prefecture, he used many shady tricks and cheated many people.
However, Jinyang Prefecture is far away from the emperor, so no matter how he makes trouble, General Meng will take care of him.
But this is the capital city. If you throw a stone with your eyes closed, you might hit an official.
Since these "bandits" dared to rob their charcoal, they must have known nothing about it.
Since they are taking the risk of offending the Meng family, it can be seen that they are quite powerful.
Pei Er tugged at the sleeve of the young leader Yuan. "It's such an obvious frame-up. The people behind them will definitely be able to find out easily. What will you do then?"
Chief Yuan crossed his legs and said proudly, "What am I afraid of? Meng Xiyan won't let anything happen to me. He will protect me."
Pei'er said: "The Meng family is powerful, but there are more powerful families in the capital than the Meng family, and you can't count them on both hands.
What if those people’s ideas are better than the Meng family’s? Do you think they can still get you out?
Besides, you should have the awareness to be someone's younger brother, okay? "
Leader Yuan looked at him with interest: "What do you mean by self-awareness as a younger brother? I don't know. Tell me about it."
Pei'er tilted her head and glanced at him: "You are really used to being praised by others, and you don't know how to restrain yourself. When people look down on us, we are the same as maids. We must put the master first in everything, think about the master, and not cause trouble for the master."
Little Leader Yuan: "...Humph, that's for an ordinary maid like you. A senior younger brother like me should have my own opinions. Little maid, you are really nosy!"
The young leader Yuan grabbed Pei'er's chubby cheeks and pulled them hard.
Pearl punched him in the armpit in pain.
Little Leader Yuan covered his arm, took a breath exaggeratedly, and pointed at Pei'er: "You are so cruel!"
Pearl made a face at him.
At this time, Yuan Xiao's subordinates came over to report.
He whispered a few words into the ear of the young leader Yuan.
Leader Yuan raised an eyebrow: "Which Lan family? The one in the palace?"
The subordinate nodded.
Not only was the young leader not afraid, but he was actually excited: "I was just worried that I wouldn't have a chance to deal with them, but I didn't expect them to come to me on their own."
He ordered his men, "Go, arrest all these rebel soldiers and report them to the authorities."
After a while, several men came over carrying a box.
When the box was opened, old armor and some standard weapons were revealed.
In a few moments, the men had put the old armor on under their outer garments and had their standard weapons hung around their waists.
"I'll need you to send these people to the government office later. Do you know what to say?"
The boy surnamed Yuan is really well prepared!
This was the first time for Pei Er to do something like frame someone. She was so nervous that she swallowed her saliva. "This is my first time. I have no experience and it will be easy to be exposed. Why don't you send your men over? They are skilled and bold. They will definitely be more adept at doing these things. Don't you think so?"
Oh my god, she doesn’t want to touch such a big thing.
It would be fine if I risked my own life, but if the young lady was implicated, I would be blamed for it.
Chief Yuan hooked his arm around her shoulders and said nonchalantly, "It's too late for you to regret now.
You have already been seen by these people, and it is impossible to escape.
Now you can either board our pirate ship or you can only..."
The young leader Yuan made a gesture of wiping his neck.
Pei'er was so scared that her face turned pale. She begged, "Please, we have worked together for a long time. We are not friends but we are familiar with each other. Please don't cheat me, okay?"
Chief Yuan shook his finger and said, "No, there's no room for negotiation. You only have two choices."
"It seems I can't get away. So do me a favor and I'll help you."
"You say." Leader Yuan said indifferently.
"You...you go back and redeem the indenture I had when I was a mistress, and then...write a letter to sever ties with her, saying...saying that I have found someone else, and she is no longer worthy of being my mistress, and I want to break off all ties with her." Pei'er's eyes instantly turned red when she thought about severing ties with Wen Yan.
Chief Yuan touched his nose with a guilty conscience: "Well... maybe the matter is not that serious..."
"Isn't this serious? Then what is serious? Anyway, you must help me with this, otherwise... otherwise I will die with you.
I will change my confession at the last minute and tell everyone everything you have done to frame me."
The more Pearl spoke, the sadder she became.
Tears fell like beads that had broken off the string.
Finally, I couldn't help it and burst into tears.
The young leader Yuan was so anxious that he was at a loss: "Hey... don't cry, I didn't mean it. Things are not as bad as I thought. You just helped to deliver the message. I will handle the rest. I won't let anything happen to you, and certainly not to your young lady.
Think about it, Meng Chifei protects Wen Yan so much. If anything happens to Wen Yan, Meng Chifei will beat me to death when he comes back!
Really, I didn't lie to you.
"Little Ancestor, please stop crying, okay?" Leader Yuan was frantically trying to comfort him. Even in the freezing weather, he was sweating from anger.
"Is this really just a formality? Will it not implicate my young lady?"
"It's true, it's all true, I swear to you." Little leader Yuan raised his finger and was about to swear.
His men became nervous. How could the little leader swear so carelessly?
Pearl quickly held his hand down: "There's no need to swear. But just in case, the document of severing the relationship must be signed by my lady. I can't let her be implicated in the slightest."
The young leader Yuan stroked his forehead.
So, this one can’t get over, right?
If I had known she was so difficult to coax, I wouldn't have teased her.
Pei'er snorted and had someone take the man alive to the county government office.
**
Wen Yan and Ning Tan slept until the afternoon.
I don't know when the snow stopped.
Wen Yan went to find Ning Tan with taro balls and pumpkin milk.
The two of them sat by the window, eating and enjoying the scenery.
There was a thick layer of white snow on the tiles on the wall, and the persimmon tree at the foot of the wall was hanging with orange-red fruits.
The chubby titmouse dozed on the branch, shaking its frozen paws from time to time.
The rosy glow in the sky covered the entire scene with a layer of golden light.
Ning Tan leaned against the window to admire the snow scene, his eyes full of nostalgia: "I haven't seen such a snow scene for a long time."
Seeing this, Wen Yan tentatively said, "Then stay in the capital. That way, you can see such scenery every year. Sister Ning Tan, have you ever thought about getting married in the capital?"
"Get married? A widow like me? I will just be given to someone else as a concubine." When Ning Tan mentioned marriage, deep disgust flashed in his eyes.
Wen Yan observed her emotions very carefully, and seeing her expression, he stopped testing her.
Aunt Shuang happened to come in and report: "Miss, Madam Sheng has sent someone again."
"Mrs. Sheng?" Wen Yan couldn't think of which Mrs. Sheng for a moment.
Aunt Shuang said, "She's the eldest young lady from the Prime Minister's residence. You ran into her at the door of the store when you went out five days ago.
You also asked me to give her an extra pot of honey flower tea."
"It turned out to be her!" Wen Yan remembered instantly.
She was puzzled at the time. Madam Sheng had always been low-key. It was outrageous that she came to them to book a garden. Why would she come again today?
"Auntie Shuang, what did Madam Sheng send people to the store for?" It was obvious that Madam Sheng had other intentions.
"Mrs. Sheng has taken a fancy to your painting of a night scene with withered lotus flowers and ice frolicking. She wants to buy it?"
Do you like the painting?
not necessarily!
It seems that it is time to reveal the real purpose.
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