Shen Mo felt bitter in his heart. He suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice, "Lin Wanwan! Open the door, let's talk."
After a long while, the bolt was lowered and the door was opened from the inside.
Lin Wanwan stood in front of him with a calm expression, "Come in."
Shen Mo glanced at the empty wine jar on the ground, then turned to Xiao Cui and said, "It's okay. I'll watch over here. You go back and rest."
Xiao Cui noticed that the atmosphere was not right, so she closed the door and went back.
Lin Wanwan was still sitting at the table drinking, pointing at the bench and asking him to sit down.
"Tsk, they say people tend to get drunk when they're in a bad mood, but I've been drinking all day, why am I not drunk?"
Shen Mo walked over and snatched her wine glass, saying coldly: "Then don't drink it."
Lin Wanwan had no choice but to pour herself a cup of tea to suppress the smell of alcohol, turned her head and stared at him and asked: "What do you want to say? Say it, I'm listening."
Shen Mo drank the wine in the glass, refilled it for himself, and drank three glasses of wine in a row. He wanted to drink more, but was stopped by Lin Wanwan.
"Shen Mo, did you do this on purpose? Do you want to get away with drinking so much?"
"I won't." He put down his glass and continued, "That night in the mine, after I understood what you meant, I knocked out the guard and escaped..."
He paused, his eyes resting on her. "But the red fog spread too quickly, and they also had people in the county. When the red fog appeared on the mountain, it spread throughout the county as well. It might be some kind of information transmission. When we rushed to the county government office, we found that we were already one step too late..."
"My brother was drugged and locked in the house with Su Yin, the daughter of the Su family. Both of them were unconscious at the time..."
Seeing him stop, Lin Wanwan raised her chin and motioned for him to continue.
"We also felt a little dizzy at the time, so we used cold water to wash ourselves and stay awake temporarily. Then we went to check on the Su family and found that the people in their house were fine. We killed our way in and forced them to hand over the antidote. We went back and gave everyone the antidote, and then we rushed to save you."
"The Su family colluded with the emperor and worked for the Yu family. Their fate was tantamount to death, but Su Yuan was unwilling to accept this and wanted to save his daughter, so he framed my brother..."
Lin Wanwan leaned weakly on the table, muttering: "Now that things have come to this, what's the point? Everything is just fate. I finally understand what he meant by that sentence that night... It turns out that he has already returned it to me..."
Tears flowed uncontrollably and she bit her lips tightly to prevent herself from making any sound.
Shen Mo didn't say a word and sat at the table drinking with her.
After dawn, Xiao Cui pushed the door open to clean up, and saw the two of them sleeping on the table. She was so scared that she hurriedly called for someone to carry Shen Mo away, and helped Lin Wanwan back to bed to rest.
As early as the second day, the imperial court sent people to dig the mountain day and night. Finally, on the fifth day, they cleared a path in the mine.
Many soldiers were buried under the rubble and were dying, and many were buried directly. The most loyal guards around the old emperor also suffered heavy casualties.
"Reporting to the Lord, the Emperor has been found! However, his legs were broken and disabled..."
Shen Li nodded, "Yes, I understand. Have you found the former national teacher?"
"Your Excellency, we haven't found it. We have searched everywhere, but no body has been found."
"Well, let them keep looking. Even if there is only one leg left, they must find it."
"yes!"
Unfortunately, after several days of digging, he was still not found.
Since Lin Wanwan woke up that day, she acted as if nothing had happened. She continued to do what she was doing, eat and drink as usual, as if she really didn't care.
But only Shen Mo knew that she actually cared a lot, but she just didn't show it.
There are still more than twenty children who have not been picked up, and even Xu Laosan has not shown up yet, which makes Lin Wanwan almost worried to death.
It’s not that she can’t afford to raise these children, she just thinks that the best destination for them is for them to return to their own homes and stay with their parents.
"Girl, someone sent a letter to you."
Lin Wanwan took the letter and was very puzzled. Who would write to her? Could it be Fu Junyi?
When she opened it, she found that the handwriting was even uglier than hers, so it was definitely not Fu Junyi's, so she began to read it carefully.
Miss Lin: When you receive this letter, I will probably be gone. From the first time I saw you, I felt that you were not an ordinary woman. We have all been very happy since you came. In fact, we knew your identity and your visit to the Duan family gambling house on the first day you came to Lixiang County. Don’t blame us. The water in Raozhou is too deep and we have to be careful. Those children originally escaped from the mine and were rescued by us. As for their parents, they have not been found. They are all good children. Miss Lin, I have an unwelcome request. Please take good care of them. Since they are lucky enough to meet you, it is their great fortune. It is no longer suitable for them to wander around with me. Thank you, Miss Lin...
Lin Wanwan wiped her tears and couldn't help but laugh and scold: "This Xu Laosan! He made me think he was really gone, scared me to death!"
She calmed down and turned to the children and said, "Your parents may not be able to come because of something urgent. So, can I take you back to Yun'an County? We can wait slowly in the future. Your parents will definitely come to pick you up, okay?"
Amu nodded first, "Sister, you saved us, we will follow you!"
"Sister, where is Yun'an County? Is it far away?"
"It's not too far. We can get there in the morning by carriage."
"That's good. I was afraid it was too far and my parents wouldn't be able to find me."
"Then let's go to Yun'an County with my sister first!"
The children's matter was settled for now. Lin Wanwan left a notice at the county government office, asking anyone looking for the children to go to Linjia Village in Yun'an County and look for them there.
Soon after, an imperial edict came, saying that Shen Li would be transferred back to Beijing, and that Shen Li and Lin Wanwan would be brought together to meet the emperor.
The matter of Dingfeng County came to an end. When leaving, all the people in Heilongzhai came to see him off.
Lin Wanwan looked at Xing Dalong in front of her, suddenly smiled, and said softly: "Boss Xing, you are the emperor's man, right?"
Xing Dalong's face paused, then he burst into laughter again, "Hahahaha! Shopkeeper Lin can't hide anything! How did Shopkeeper Lin know about this?"
"The forces in Dingfeng County are intertwined, so how could the emperor not send someone in? The Black Dragon Village is in an excellent location, very suitable for gathering information, and I am the bait you sent out, right?"
Xing Dalong looked embarrassed. He scratched his head and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Miss Lin, don't be angry. This is all from above. It really has nothing to do with me!"
Lin Wanwan snorted, turned around and got on the carriage. As for whether she was angry or not, she had already paid back what she owed.
When they arrived in the capital, it was already afternoon. Someone from the palace was sent to tell them to come to the palace for a banquet in the evening.
Lin Wanwan thought, oh, here he comes, this dog emperor is here to appease them. She has suffered so much, how can she be dismissed with just a meal?
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