During the meal, Ah Ruan heard about Yang Qinyue from Wei Min. She felt very sympathetic when she learned that he had just lost his mother, wondering what his future would be like as a man. But when she heard that he was going to live in the same yard with the three of them, she couldn't help but frowned slightly.
Ah Ruan hesitated for a moment, slowly put down the bowl in his hand, raised his hand and "asked" Wei Min:
——Doesn’t he have any relatives to turn to?
Wei Min thought about it and shook his head, "In Zhucheng, he and Lord Yang were the only ones who depended on each other. Now that Lord Yang is gone, he is the only one left."
Wei Min didn't seem to care much when he talked about this. He stretched out his arm and picked up a piece of scallion pancake for A'ruan with his left hand, but urged him, "Eat quickly, or the pancake will become cold and not crispy anymore."
Yang Qinyue is the orphan of a court official, and his mother may have died while investigating a case. Even if he has no close relatives, the court will certainly send people to find distant relatives for him.
In any case, this matter had nothing to do with her as a new county magistrate.
Seeing that Wei Min didn't take the matter seriously, A'ruan couldn't figure out what Wei Min was planning for a moment. He lowered his eyelids, his long eyelashes trembling slightly, and lowered his head to take small bites of the biscuit, somewhat absent-mindedly.
My wife, please do not be such a good person. Don't let the time pass and you feel sorry for Young Master Yang and take him in as your attendant or younger brother.
A Ruan thought that Yang Qinyue was also a poor man. If he had any other difficulties after the case was over, she was not a cold-hearted person and would help him if she could.
A Ruan recalled her previous inexplicable dislike for Yang Qinyue, and then thought of his pitiful side, and suddenly felt conflicted and struggling in her heart.
A Ruan thought that maybe it was because Yang Qinyue looked too adorable, which easily aroused women's sympathy, so she felt a sense of crisis when she saw him.
Wei Min saw that A'ruan was particularly absent-minded while eating today, and thought that he had a fever and no appetite due to acclimatization, so he put down his chopsticks, reached out his hand, and put the back of his hand on his forehead.
Ah Ruan was startled by Wei Min's sudden action. She stared at her blankly with blinking eyes, and even forgot to wipe the scallion pancake crumbs from the corner of her mouth.
"You don't have a fever. I saw that you had no appetite, so I thought you were not feeling well." Wei Min was about to take his hand away from A Ruan's head when he saw the crumbs at the corner of his mouth. He couldn't help but wipe them away with his fingers and said with a smile, "Silly."
Her tone was gentle and doting, and Ah Ruan's ears turned red. After being interrupted by Wei Min, he no longer had the mind to think about other things and just obediently accompanied her for dinner.
In the case of the death of the former county magistrate of Zhucheng, Wei Min has not been able to find any evidence to prove that she killed Lord Yang.
Even if someone had doubts in their hearts, they had nothing in their hands to prove that she was the one who did it.
Just like Wei Min suspected that there was some shady relationship between Ya Zhizhou, Mei Zhubu and Yicheng, and even felt that there was a deal behind them that could achieve a win-win situation. Otherwise, why would Shi Ba go directly to Ya Zhizhou after discovering that Mei Zhubu was driven away...
But without evidence, all speculation is just speculation.
Fortunately, three days later, the postmaster who was stabbed half to death by Wei Min finally agreed to speak under Eighteen's interrogation.
Eighteen learned from the half-dead postmaster that Mei Zhubu and several yamen runners in the county government were originally bandits from the Bamboo Hill outside the city.
Six years ago, banditry was rampant. The Yazhizhou was not the prefect at that time, but the magistrate of Ya County. He was forced to suppress the bandits under pressure from the people and the court.
The magistrate of Ya County, who had more money than brains, had no idea how to suppress the bandits. However, it was the time for the once-in-three-years assessment, and if he could suppress the bandits, he would definitely be promoted.
The magistrate of Ya County had no idea what to do when it came to serious matters, but when it came to using crooked means, his mind was very flexible.
She asked someone to talk to the bandits on Zhushan Mountain and told them to stop being bandits. She had a good idea.
The good idea is to put a sheep's clothing on the wolf.
The postmaster was the second in command on the mountain. When the magistrate of Ya County saw that she looked somewhat similar to the postmaster of Zhucheng, he couldn't help but become curious.
The magistrate of Ya County ordered the second in command to knock the postmaster unconscious while she was out on business.
A few days later, the magistrate of Houya County began to spread the news that the postmaster was missing. When the bailiffs went out to look for him, they found the second in command who had fallen and injured his head.
The second in command had half of her face wrapped in white cloth, making it impossible to see her specific appearance. In addition, she pretended to have injured her head, so her behavior was very different from the past and she could not remember anything that happened in the past. All of these had reasonable explanations and she was not afraid of being discovered.
In this way, others thought she was the postmaster.
As for the head lady on the mountain, she was originally the chief clerk of Zhucheng, but she died of illness within two years, and then the third head Mei took her place.
The bandit problem was solved without any effort, and the court recognized the merit of the Ya County magistrate. She thus became the Ya Prefecture Governor.
From then on, officials and bandits colluded with each other to exploit the people and engaged in mutually beneficial and win-win activities.
Lady Yang entered Zhucheng as the new county magistrate. At first, she didn't notice anything, but in fact she had fallen into the control of Yazhizhou and the bandits. By the time she realized something was wrong, it was too late.
The postmaster of Zhucheng was a bandit. She intercepted all the memorials sent by Lord Yang to the court and later handed them over to the prefect of Ya. In this way, Lord Yang completely lost contact with the outside world.
Lord Yang had a son who was very handsome when he was young, and became even more charming when he grew up.
Zhizhou Ya went to the county government office once and fell in love with Yang Qinyue at first sight. He mentioned this matter to Lord Yang many times in a vague way.
How could County Magistrate Yang agree? But she knew she could not defeat the Governor of Ya, so she could only make an excuse that her son was too young and might not be able to do it.
When Prefecture Ya heard that this was possible, he said that they would just have to wait until Yang Qinyue reached the age of 15. She felt that Zhucheng was under her control and was not afraid that Lord Yang would play tricks on her.
In fact, at that time, Lord Yang had already begun to slowly collect evidence of corruption, bribery, exploitation of the people and deception of the court between the Yazhou prefect and the bandits.
At the end of last year, Yang Qinyue came of age at the age of fifteen, and the prefect of Ya brought up the matter again, but it was rejected outright by Lord Yang.
This year, Lord Yang's term of office has expired, and he will be transferred back to the capital after the next county magistrate comes to take over. She could leave, but Ya Zhizhou didn't want to let Yang Qinyue leave.
Seeing that Ya Zhizhou was trying to rob Yang Qinyue, Lord Yang, who only had this one son, was so concerned about him that he threatened Ya Zhizhou in desperation, saying that he had solid evidence of her crimes, and if she dared to touch Yang Qinyue, the worst that could happen was that both of them would die.
When Prefecture Ya heard this, there was no way he would let Lord Yang, a potential threat, get away!
The prefect of Ya invited her to drink under the pretext of going to a ceremony with Lord Yang, and hinted that if she didn't go, she should keep an eye on her good son and not let him go out or be left alone...
The so-called fulfilment banquet turned out to be a fatal banquet.
Lord Yang drank the wine that had been drugged, and on the way back the drug took effect and he fell off his horse and died.
Originally, Governor Ya had handled the matter perfectly, but for some reason, the news got outside and was known to Lord Yang's good friend in the capital, who secretly told His Majesty that Lord Yang's death was certainly not just an accident.
His Majesty, mindful of the fact that County Magistrate Yang had served in Zhucheng for six years without regrets and had never written a single letter of complaint, sent a new county magistrate and asked her to investigate Lord Yang's case.
Wei Min combined the words of the postmaster with his own guesses and was able to deduce the whole story. However, the problem now was that there was only the postmaster as a witness, no physical evidence, and there was also a lack of an opportunity to solve the case.
Wei Min sat in the study room, thinking deeply, and guessed that Lord Yang might know that his visit to the governor's banquet at Ya would be dangerous, and would definitely hide the evidence in advance.
Yang Qinyue said that Ya Zhizhou helped to take care of Lord Yang's funeral affairs, which means that Ya Zhizhou wanted to take this opportunity to find the evidence collected by Lord Yang, but he probably didn't find it.
Precisely because he couldn't find it, Prefecture Ya was afraid of Yang Qinyue and didn't dare to force him. It was precisely because she didn't find anything that Zhizhou Ya began to suspect that the evidence Lord Yang mentioned was just a pretext to fool her. Therefore, Zhizhou Ya didn't take the new county magistrate seriously at all, because she was sure that she had left no evidence.
Once you do something, it will leave traces, even if they are just clues. I'm afraid that Zhizhou Yai won't believe this.
Wei Min guessed that Lord Yang must have told Yang Qinyue, her only relative left in this world, in a very subtle way where he hid the evidence.
Wei Min thought about it and decided to call Yang Qinyue in to ask her.
Coincidentally, just as Wei Min opened the outer door of the study, he ran into Yang Qinyue who was about to knock on the door to come in.
Yang Qinyue didn't expect the door to open suddenly. She took a small step back in shock, looked up at Wei Min, bowed her head and said softly, "Master Wei..."
Yang Qinyue clenched the medicine box in her hand, bit her lip, looked at Wei Min's hand hanging by his side, and said boldly with a red face: "I heard that the wound on your hand burst last night... I thought that I had studied medicine for a few years, so I decided to come over to take a look at you."
When Wei Min heard Yang Qinyue mention the bursting of the wound on her palm, she suddenly looked a little uncomfortable. A Ruan had already given her the cold shoulder last night because of this. Wei Min now wished that no one knew about her bursting of the wound, so as to avoid being heard by A Ruan again.
Actually, it was her fault for what happened yesterday.
She was thinking that she and A'ruan hadn't had sex for a long time, so she was thinking about it. She didn't do it before because she was tired and had no energy at night after the bumpy journey during the day, and recently she injured her arm and hand, so A'ruan didn't allow her to act up. Come to think of it, I have been a vegetarian for almost two or three months.
But Wei Min is a normal young man who is full of vigor and knows how to enjoy life. He hugs A Ruan every day but cannot go any further, and he can't help but feel suffocated.
She coaxed A'ruan by saying that the wound had already scabbed over. In fact, the wound had indeed scabbed over. But who knew that the scab had broken off after the prank, and the wound started bleeding, making it look even more serious than before.
A Ruan applied medicine to her with red eyes and a stern face. He ignored her all night and didn't "say" a word to her before leaving in the morning.
This was the first time that Wei Min saw Ah Ruan give her a cold look. She was frightened and didn't dare to say anything rashly to make him angry again. When she saw that he was going out in the morning, she only dared to tell Shi Ba to follow him and didn't dare to ask him where he was going.
Look, Aruan went out early in the morning and hasn’t come back yet.
Seeing that Wei Min didn't know what he was thinking and didn't say anything, Yang Qinyue was afraid that she would not agree, so she blushed and added, "My lord, you helped my mother solve the case, so I'm giving you a bandage as a reward."
Wei Min frowned slightly, but caught the key point in Yang Qinyue's words and asked, "How did you know that the wound on my hand burst?"
When Yang Qinyue heard Wei Min ask this, she immediately felt guilty. She didn't dare to look at her face. She lowered her head and whispered, "I, I saw my master brother was about to go out, so I asked him, and he told me..."
In fact, he ran into A'ruan and Shiba talking to each other at the door in the morning, so he hid aside and eavesdropped on what they said. It seemed like Ah Ruan was going somewhere. Shi Ba asked him why. Ah Ruan gestured twice, and he heard Shi Ba asked worriedly, "Sir, aren't your wounds almost healed? Why did it suddenly break?"
After that, A'ruan gestured something that he didn't understand at all. Shi Ba didn't ask any more questions, and the two of them went out.
Only then did Yang Qinyue realize that Ah Ruan, who looked so beautiful, was actually a mute!
For some reason, after Yang Qinyue learned about this, she didn't feel any regret at all, but instead felt a little happy.
Wei Min's wound burst open, and he happened to know medical skills... Yang Qinyue chewed on this information over and over again, feeling as if a cat's paw was gently scratching his heart. For some unknown reason, he ran to the drugstore to buy medicine and gauze.
Wei Min nodded when he heard that it was A Ruan who said that. He glimpsed the things in Yang Qinyue's hand and frowned again. He asked, "Where did you get these things?"
Seeing Wei Min asking questions all over the place, Yang Qinyue didn't say yes or no to her suggestion of bandaging her, and suddenly she was a little confused about what she meant, so she had to honestly say, "I bought it."
When Wei Min heard that Yang Qinyue had secretly gone out without telling them today, he suddenly felt a headache. He raised his hand to rub his throbbing temple and said, "Do you know that the Yazhizhou has sent people to the government office and asked me for you several times? Don't you know what she wants to do? How dare you go out alone?"
Wei Min's tone was a little harsh. Yang Qinyue was frightened and shivered. Her eyes were red and she lowered her head in grievance.
"I appreciate your kindness. I will investigate the case for your mother. Please don't do anything unnecessary." Wei Min saw that he was about to cry, so he suppressed his anger and said in a slow voice, "My husband will take care of my injuries. You don't have to worry about it."
When Yang Qinyue heard the last sentence, she looked up at Wei Min with red eyes and cried, "I, I just want to repay you..."
Yang Qinyue didn't dare to say anything else. Wei Min was too smart. He was afraid that she would see through his thoughts, so he just repeated this sentence.
Yang Qinyue lowered her head and clenched the wooden handle of the medicine box in her hand, lowering her eyes to hide the expression in her eyes. It’s always right to repay a favor.
The author has something to say: A long-lost small theater
#It's hard to repay a favor#
Yang Qinyue: I am willing to work like a slave to repay you!
Wei Min: I'm eighteen, thank you, no need
18: (Black question mark face) Cool? horse?
Yang Qinyue: I am willing to pledge myself to you
Wei Min: I have A Ruan, thank you, no need
A Ruan: =v=
Yang Qinyue: _(:зゝ∠)_ (This woman is probably fake, she is so hard to conquer)
Wei Min: ╯^╰I have a husband
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
