The magistrate was greatly alarmed: "This is a serious matter! Your Excellency, please give your orders. If there is anything I can do, I will do my duty without hesitation!"
“There is indeed something I need you to do,” Shen Junyi said. “There is a person in Yunzhou involved in this case named Mo Yan. He was greedy for credit and stole the merits of his subordinate Xia He. He has now been executed in Yunzhou. The reason I am here in Yunyang County is to confiscate his property.”
"The Mo family is in Yunyang County? I will have someone retrieve their household registration information immediately—"
Claiming credit for others' work is a serious crime! But the magistrate kept thinking to himself, "This happened ten years ago, so many years ago. Why are they investigating now?"
The magistrate was puzzled, but he still obediently took Shen Junyi to check. When he found the household registration in the county office, he opened it and suddenly slapped his thigh and exclaimed.
He said, "Why does 'Mo family' sound so familiar?"
Mo Yan, isn't that Mo Min's father, who's a fifth-rank garrison commander?
And Xia He was Xia Qingzhai's father, who had just passed away before the new year!
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Jin Wenting only realized something was wrong after Tong Su dragged him into the house.
She didn't recognize him, let alone know he was her wolf. She interrupted him just to ease the atmosphere. If they were really alone, what could they say to each other?
Jin Wenting pursed his lips and saw that Tong Su was really going to roll up her sleeves to go to the kitchen to cook. She rolled up her sleeves to reveal her snow-white wrist, which was so white that it was eye-catching. He jumped up as if he were being pricked by a needle!
Her current status is that of a student! She's a scholar, how can she be in the kitchen preparing meals?
It's so cold in winter, and the water is icy cold. She's not in good health to begin with. Won't she get frostbite if she touches the cold water?
Also, she was going to cook, and the sleeves of her student shirt were too big, so she had to roll them up. But how could she expose her wrists? Wouldn't that mean someone would see them?
She's a girl, how could she let these stinky men see her wrists? Besides, it's so cold, she'll definitely catch a cold!
Jin Wenting's heart pounded wildly, but he forced himself not to show it. He deliberately kept a straight face and said in a distant and indifferent tone, "There's no need to try to please me. I'm just here to ask you a few questions."
If Shen Junyi were here, he would definitely roll his eyes at Jin Wenting:
This is a blatantly straightforward way for a straight man to pursue his wife. If he could win her over, Shen Junyi would turn his head off and let her kick it around like a ball!
Of course, Shen Junyi didn't know that Tong Su was a girl at this time. Jin Wenting just told him to go and see the person who saved him in the mountains, and Shen Junyi didn't think much of it.
Tong asked, "What is it?"
"Did you save a wolf before?" The tall young man stood in the doorway, the light shining in from behind him, making the already cramped space of the room seem even more confined.
The young man's handsome face was expressionless, and his voice was as cold as ice. It seemed that he had no desire to have anything to do with her and was only speaking reluctantly.
"It is the wolf raised by this prince."
Tong Su looked at him with a quiet gaze.
Was it the wolf he kept?
so what?
—With a blank expression, but actually panicking inside, Jin Wenting said: "He is the wolf I raised. You saved my wolf, and I am very grateful."
What should he say so she won't suspect anything but can still feel his intense feelings? She wants to study and take exams, so he can't reveal her identity, nor can he take her to the capital. But he really wants to see her; he doesn't want to be apart from her for even a moment…
Tong Su almost laughed out loud when she saw the panic in Jin Wenting's eyes, but his face was becoming increasingly cold and indifferent!
Since he's pretending, she might as well play along and see how long he can keep it up!
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