Chapter 106 Let’s Get Rich Together
The young man had a handsome appearance, a square face that looked like a good person, sharp eyebrows, but two dimples when he smiled.
"My name is Shanshui, and I'm..." He paused and said stiffly, "I'm... a colleague of Captain Zhou."
"Oh." Wen Wan stood up, bent down to pick up the embroidered shoes on the ground and put them on. "Where is Captain Zhou? He was still here last night."
"last night?"
Shanshui was so frightened that his face turned pale, but then he remembered the general's instructions and quickly regained his composure.
"Isn't Captain Zhou holding Madam Yun at Lishui Villa? I didn't see him last night."
When Wen Wan heard this, she relaxed her guard.
She walked up to Shanshui and smiled back, "Brother Shanshui, I now believe that you are truly a colleague of Captain Zhou."
Shanshui twitched his lips and said, "You didn't believe me just now, so you were testing me?"
Wen Wan raised her index finger and shook her head. "I definitely don't believe it. Look at the chaos outside. If a stranger ran up to you now and said he was your friend's colleague, would you believe it?"
Shanshui: “I don’t believe it.”
"Isn't that enough?" Wen Wan: "After all, we should always be on guard against others. When we go out, we must learn to protect ourselves."
Shanshui: “…Oh.”
I was educated by her for no apparent reason.
However, how did the general know that Miss Xiaowan would test him?
Fortunately, the general gave instructions in advance, otherwise the plan would have been exposed as soon as they met.
Wen Wan stretched and asked, "What happened in the Lin Taishou Mansion?"
"It's a long story..."
"Let's make it short." Wen Wan interrupted.
Shanshui responded and explained briefly, "After Captain Zhou discovered that Lishui Villa was illegally selling iron ore, he sent a message to the general, and Huo Miao and I led our troops to Fengcheng."
Wen Wan was puzzled, "Huo Miao?"
"Oh, Huo Miao is another colleague of mine," Shanshui explained, then continued, "The general discovered the illegal sale of iron ore and suspected it was related to Prefect Lin. So he devised a scheme to alienate Prefect Lin and Madam Yun. Once they took action, he'd sneak up on them and catch them all in one fell swoop."
While the two were talking, the house became more and more chaotic, and some maids and servants even fought over a vase.
Shanshui said, "Since Governor Lin fled overnight, the servants in this mansion are all trying to take advantage of the situation to make a fortune, which is why it's in such a mess. But don't worry, Miss Xiaowan, I'm here, no one dares to act recklessly..."
Before he could finish his words, he turned around and saw Wen Wan spreading the bed sheet on the table and wrapping up all the ornaments, vases and other valuables on the shelf.
"Miss Xiaowan, what are you doing?" Shanshui didn't understand.
Wen Wan explained as she packed up, "Didn't you just say that everyone is busy trying to make a fortune at a time like this? We should take some too. It would be a waste if we didn't take some."
landscape:"……"
Wen Wan stuffed a palm-sized bloodstone ornament into his arms.
"Don't just stand there, hurry up. How much is your monthly salary? Since you are a colleague of A Chai, I will give you this bloodstone. Let's get rich together. In the future, please take good care of our A Chai in the army."
"Uh..." Shanshui was holding the bloodstone ornament, feeling a bit disheveled in the wind.
He didn't know whether he should say thank you on behalf of his general.
Wenwan picked up the package with swift movements and greeted Shanshui.
"Brother Shanshui, hurry up, let's get out while the chaos is going on. General Shen will definitely come back to confiscate our property after he finishes his business. When he comes, we won't be able to take these things with us."
Shanshui: “…” You are so smart.
Wen Wan saw that he was still in a daze and shook her head in disappointment.
She took two steps towards him and lowered her voice to persuade him, "Brother Shanshui, this person needs to learn to be flexible in doing things. Your General Shen has a good life and a courtyard full of women, but he is really stingy with his subordinates like you, so you have to think about yourselves."
Shanshui's expression was about to burst, and he asked with trembling lips, "How do you know the general is stingy? Did Captain Zhou, Captain Zhou tell you?"
That's impossible. How could the general admit his own fault?
Wen Wan shook her head. "He didn't say it explicitly, but I can tell."
landscape:"……"
He had already begun to wonder what the general had done to Miss Xiaowan that had caused her to misunderstand him so deeply.
Wen Wan ran out of patience and pulled his arm away without saying anything.
*
The fire in the direction of the warehouse grew stronger against the wind, and there was a tendency for it to spread to the surrounding areas.
Wen Wan was carrying a package as she passed the warehouse. When she reached the door, she heard a desperate roar from inside the warehouse.
She just looked back and saw a dying person lying by the window of the warehouse.
"Help! Help me, please, help me..."
This man was none other than the nearsighted manager from yesterday. He was now half-breathed, his beard and eyebrows were all burnt off, and he was unable to move after being pinned down by the fallen window frame.
Wen Wan is not a good person, but she is also not the kind of cold-blooded person who would turn a blind eye when a life could be saved by lending a hand.
She threw the package to Shanshui and said, "Hold it for me."
Shanshui was stunned when he saw her rushing forward, then he came to his senses and grabbed her arm.
"No! The fire in the warehouse is so big that the beams have already burned out. The house could collapse at any moment!"
Wen Wan broke free from his hand and said, "I'll try to be quick and pull him out. It will only take two seconds."
Shanshui's hands were free, and when he looked up again, he saw Wen Wan had rushed to the manager, grabbed the manager's shoulders and pulled him out.
But she didn't have enough strength, and the butler was pressed so hard that she couldn't pull it out.
Shanshui rushed over without hesitation and used his sword to pry open the window frame to make room for Wen Wan to rescue him.
Wen Wan took the opportunity to pull the manager out.
Just as the steward's feet were about to leave the window, there was a loud bang from the beam above, and red-burning wood fell down.
When Shanshui saw this scene, he gasped in shock.
"Miss Xiaowan!"
Shanshui rushed forward and kicked the falling wood.
But the wood was not light, and he only managed to shift the direction of the wood with all his strength, but it was still above Wen Wan's head.
Wen Wan only felt that her eyes went dark, and all that was left in her sight was a bright red flame.
The red-hot wood made a sizzling sound when it touched the skin, and then a burnt smell with a fishy taste rose in the air.
Wen Wan swallowed, and before she could understand what was happening, someone grabbed her waist and rolled her forward.
After the world spun around, she opened her eyes again and saw a black metal mask.
"General!"
"Miss Xiaowan!"
Two exclamations were heard at the same time, one from Huo Miao and the other from Shan Shui.
Wen Wan's heart skipped a beat. General?
So, it wasn't a dream?
The man who got her drunk last night and the one who saved her now were both her nominal husband, General Shen?
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