Chapter 1022: Uncle and Sister-in-law Wen’s original wife was murdered (14)
"Young Master, the view is the best from this position. You can see the whole street. There are monkey shows over there!" Zhixia said excitedly to Yue Shichu. They came to Huibinlou to drink tea. Zhixia is more lively and active than Zhichun. Yue Shichu sometimes takes her out to play. Of course, she is now "Yue Chongyang".
"It's really nice, the view is great." Yue Shichu nodded with satisfaction. Zhixia quickly ordered her favorite food and a pot of good tea. The master and servant looked out the window, looking quite leisurely.
Yue Shichu has visited all the interesting attractions in Beijing recently. Now that he is bored, he thinks it would be nice to go to a teahouse to have some tea and listen to some books.
Outside the teahouse is the most bustling and prosperous Changsheng Street in the capital, with pedestrians bustling around, vendors shouting loudly, children playing and performing street tricks...
Yue Shichu watched with great interest.
"Catch the thief! Catch that guy quickly! He has stolen many people's wallets!" A soft and pleasant female voice suddenly shouted in the street. Everyone who heard the shout paused for a moment, and after reacting, they immediately started to make a noise, wanting to see who the thief was.
When Yue Shichu heard this, he was shocked and immediately stuck his head out of the window. He saw a skinny and short man of about seventeen or eighteen years old moving through the crowd with a sinister look on his face. He didn't care if he bumped into anyone. Behind him followed a pretty young lady and several maids. The outrageous thing was that the young lady who was chasing the thief was obviously the daughter of a wealthy family, because the clothes and headdress she was wearing were not something that ordinary people could have. However, such a young lady was holding the edge of her skirt and running faster than the maids, and kept asking the people around her to help and not let the thief get away.
Yue Shichu: ...
She watched this scene in silence, because the rich girl who was chasing the thief in the street without caring about her appearance was Ye Yonglan, the granddaughter of Prime Minister Ye, whose soul was changed after she splashed in the dew in the ten-mile lotus pond that day.
I don’t know if this young lady hasn’t gotten used to her noble status yet, but she is still running around in the street like she did in later generations, rushing around, vowing to catch the thief herself.
But she was running after the thief, and the maids behind her were desperate: "Miss! Please stop! Don't chase, Miss..."
Then Miss Ye had a strong sense of justice: "No! I must catch him, he stole my money!"
Seeing that these delicate little girls dared to catch thieves, some brave people on the street also chased after them. However, more people looked at Ye Yonglan and her servants in surprise, whispering, "Where are these girls from? They are so fierce that they dared to chase thieves. They have no manners at all. I wonder how their families taught them..."
"That's right. If something is stolen, there's no need to chase after it. Just shout loudly. Why do they need to catch it themselves?"
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"Young Master, who is that girl chasing the thief? She doesn't look like someone from a common family." Zhixia lay on the windowsill and asked Yue Shichu in surprise.
Yue Shichu smiled and said, "That's Prime Minister Ye's granddaughter, Ye Yonglan."
Zhixia was so shocked that her eyes widened. She looked at Yue Shichu in disbelief, and then quickly looked at Ye Yonglan who was bravely catching a thief on the street: "Miss? You said that was Prime Minister Ye's granddaughter?! Are you sure?"
She was so shocked that she forgot to call Yue Shichu "Young Master".
"There's no mistake, it's her. I didn't expect Miss Ye to be such a brave and heroic woman." Yue Shichu sighed.
Zhixia opened her mouth immediately, not knowing what to say. With a family background like Miss Ye's, shouldn't she be gentle, virtuous, well-educated and well-mannered? How could she be associated with hating evil and being heroic?
It wouldn't be strange if she was a daughter of a military general, but Prime Minister Ye was from a scholarly family. The men in his family were gentle and refined, and the women were gentle and elegant. How come this Miss Ye seemed to have had a genetic mutation?
"Ah, the little thief was caught! Fortunately, he met the city patrol guards patrolling the streets... Oh, no, the one who caught the little thief was not the city patrol guards, but Lord Zhai!" Zhixia watched and chattered while reporting to Yue Shichu on the spot.
When Yue Shichu heard about Zhai Wanting, his eyes suddenly lit up. Here he comes. I don’t know if Zhai Wanting is the male protagonist or the supporting actor. As long as the time-traveling female protagonist appears, the young and handsome man she meets must be an important character.
As expected, Zhai Wanting caught the escaped thief. Ye Yonglan chased after him breathlessly, gasping for breath and sweating all over her forehead. When she saw Zhai Wanting had caught someone, she was so surprised that she grabbed his hand and refused to let go. Zhai Wanting frowned and broke free from her hand, but she hurriedly grabbed it again.
"Sir! Thank you for helping me catch this little thief. He stole many people's purses." Ye Yonglan finally caught her breath, and she smiled brightly, saying to Zhai Wanting very happily.
"Miss, you are too polite. Catching thieves is my duty. But if you encounter such a thing again next time, you must not come to catch the thief alone. It will be bad if you encounter thieves with accomplices. You can shout and ask the government to catch them..." Zhai Wanting explained to Ye Yonglan expressionlessly that one should do things within one's ability when catching thieves.
"Don't worry, sir. I have all these in mind. By the way, may I know your full name? My surname is Ye, and my grandfather is Ye Xiu. You helped me catch the thief, and I am very grateful..." Ye Yonglan saw that Zhai Wanting was tall and handsome, with a cold temperament but also very patient. She was immediately fascinated by him and thought that this man was also a top-notch one.
Because the two people ran quite far away, Yue Shichu could not hear completely what they were saying and could only guess based on their lip movements when they spoke, but she could see Ye Yonglan's expression clearly.
"Could it be that Miss Ye has fallen in love with Lord Zhai? Lord Zhai is not bad. He is a fourth-rank official at a young age and is worthy of Miss Ye's status." Zhixia said with a gossipy look on her face.
"Shut up, don't talk about other people's affairs, or you'll get into trouble." Yue Shichu reminded her by tapping her forehead.
Zhixia was so scared that she covered her mouth.
Zhai Wanting handed the thief over to the people behind him. Ye Yonglan didn't know what was going on, but she followed him in the direction of Jingzhao Prefecture. In fact, this kind of petty thief who stole money didn't need to be taken care of by Zhai Wanting, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, but he happened to catch him, so he simply took the person directly to Jingzhao Prefecture.
Several owners of lost goods on the street also followed him. They gradually walked out of sight, and Yue Shichu withdrew his gaze with a lingering feeling.
I believe that after today, the story of Miss Ye's heroic catching of the thief will spread throughout the capital. However, whether such a reputation is good or not is a matter of opinion.
(End of this chapter)
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