Chapter 14 The Prefect Meets Wenyu Again "Madam Wenyu, we meet again...
Jia Ren looked unhappy. Seeing Mu Tong beside him, he instructed him:
"Mu Tong, you're here. Clean up this mess quickly. Bring all these people back to the government office. I'll interrogate them one by one."
Upon hearing this, Mu Tong first glanced at Chen Mian with a sympathetic look on his face, then looked at Wen Yu, who also raised her eyes and looked at him.
This man seemed reasonable, tall and graceful, like a tall tree, his clothes swaying slightly in the wind, like his leaves. Wen Yu couldn't help laughing when she thought of the swaying branches. His eyes were clear and transparent, not like those of a calculating person.
After a while, Wen Yu heard him say, "Master Jia, you are on official business today only for Chen Mian. In my humble opinion, please don't hurt any innocent people, okay?"
"Master Jia, what do you think?"
When Jia Ren heard what Mu Tong said, he quickly refuted it, as if he strongly disagreed with what Mu Tong said.
"Mu Tong! Why am I here to arrest Chen Mian today? I've already informed you this morning. Now that this girl and boy have seen us, if the news leaks out, who will be held responsible?"
"Even if I don't punish them, I will still take them back to the government office!"
Wen Yu looked at the way Lord Jia spoke and couldn't help but wonder, if what came out of Lord Jia's mouth were not words but a knife to stab people, I'm afraid that this young master who had just arrived would have been stabbed into a sieve by him long ago.
Mu Tong did not answer immediately. Instead, he walked up to Wen Yu and the other two, squatted down, patted the child's head, and asked gently, "Brother! Are you okay?"
The child leaned against Wen Yuyi's side and replied softly, "I'm fine... Sister... Sister is in trouble..."
Upon hearing this, Mu Tong looked up and saw Wen Yu's gaze. He then stood up and asked Wen Yu, "Madam, are you hurt?"
Wen Yu moved her shoulders. Her back was rubbed when she fell just now. She hadn't noticed it when she was fighting with them. Now that she relaxed, the pain started to come back... Wen Yu took a breath.
"It's okay with me, as long as the child isn't hurt."
Wen Yu paused for a moment, then pressed the issue, "Who holds a higher rank, you or that Jia?"
Mu Tong tilted his head and smiled at Wen Yu when he heard this, but did not respond. However, Wen Yu felt that his expression seemed to encourage her to continue.
"He wants to capture us. You... have to help us! My lord!"
Mu Tongshou looked at the child, stroked his whorl of hair, and said to him, "Helping others doesn't depend on the size of your official position, right, little friend?"
After saying this, Mu Tong turned and walked towards Jia Ren, speaking casually, "Master Jia, if you want to arrest Chen Mian, I can't persuade you. But if you want to take women and children too, then I will have no choice but to report this to Master Song and let him make the final decision."
"Oh... Lord Jia must not know yet that the prefect from Shangdu, Song Linsheng, arrived a quarter of an hour ago."
"Before I came, I sent someone to invite him. He will surely be happy to come and administer justice."
Jia Ren was shocked when he heard this, his brows furrowed, and beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead. He was shocked and angry at the same time, and shouted.
"Sir Song, why didn't you tell me first about your appointment? Mu Tong! You——"
Mu Tong ignored Lord Jia and walked towards Chen Mian who was standing beside him. The two of them were talking in low voices, as if they were discussing Chen Mian's injuries.
After some thought, Jia Ren looked a little weary. He glanced at his left and right and said, "Take Chen Mian back first! As for these two, let them go..."
He pointed at Wen Yu and the child behind her, signaling the officers to step aside. After hesitating for a moment, he added, "Girl, I will carefully consider what you said... Alas..."
The officers walked towards Chen Mian, ready to arrest him, but because Mu Tong was still beside Chen Mian, they stopped two or three steps away, waiting for Jia Ren or Mu Tong to speak.
Mu Tong asked Chen Mian, "Can you still walk?"
Chen Mian shook his head, indicating that he was fine. "I'm willing to go back with you, but please don't embarrass that lady anymore..." He then looked at the cosmetics box that had fallen to the side, his eyelashes drooping, his mind lost. Ultimately, he didn't pick it up, and the officers didn't give him time to do so. They restrained him from both sides and took him away...
When passing by Wen Yu, Chen Mian whispered to comfort her: "Don't be afraid, my lady, take the child away quickly!" Then he followed the official without looking back.
After hearing this, Wen Yu remembered his gaze just now and looked at the cosmetic box on the ground. Why didn't he pick it up and take it away?
Wen Yu wanted to take a step forward and chase after him, but Mu Tong turned around and stopped her with a look. His expression clearly told Wen Yu not to follow him.
Wen Yu inexplicably felt that this gentleman gave people a very familiar feeling...
Confused, Wen Yu looked at Jia Ren leading the way, with the officers escorting Chen Mian in the middle, and the adult who came later leading his followers at the end. The group of people gradually went away, leaving only Wen Yu and the child behind.
As the crowd left, the alley became quiet again, as if the conflict had never happened. Only the dusty powder box on the ground proved that Chen Mian had been there.
After a long while, when everyone had left, Wen Yu withdrew his gaze, squatted down, wiped the child's face, and comforted him gently.
"Brother, what's your name? Where is your home?"
There were still traces of tears on his face. When he heard Wen Yu's question, he wiped his face with his hand and answered with a trembling voice, "Sister... My name is A Yuan, my home... my home is in a temple outside the city..."
"Ayuan? Which Yuan?" Wen Yu asked.
"I guess it's the Yuan from the Yuan River outside the city..." A male voice answered behind Wen Yu. The voice sounded very familiar, and Wen Yu turned around in response.
"Madam Wenyu, we meet again."
"Song Linsheng!" Wen Yu was overjoyed and shocked. She stood up and asked repeatedly, "Why are you here?"
"Aren't you going to take up your post?"
"Have you settled down?"
Xiyan, who was following behind Song Linsheng, poked his head out and said loudly, "Madam Wenyu, why don't you ask them one by one? Which one should my young master answer first?"
"Washing the inkstone?"
Wen Yu called out, she never expected that they would meet again here after only being separated for an hour or so. Could this be fate?
Wen Yu followed the inkstone and saw that besides the inkstone, Song Linsheng was followed by a group of officials. The clothes they wore were exactly the same as those of the people Jia Ren had brought just now.
"This is?"
Xi Yan followed Wen Yu's gaze and looked around. "My son now has access to official documents and official seals, and is the prefect of Jiangyang Prefecture."
Song Linsheng stepped forward, stood in front of Wen Yu and A Yuan, and explained to Wen Yu, "The palace manager sent someone to report that there was a conflict at the back door of Mingyang Shop in East Street Market, and it involved women and children. I quickly brought people to take a look."
"Madam Wenyu, do you know what happened? Why is there no one here?" Song Linsheng looked around and didn't see anyone else in the alley.
Wen Yu touched his nose and coughed lightly.
"Song Linsheng, is it possible that the maternal and child health care worker is referring to me and Ayuan?" Wen Yu spread his hands and rubbed the back of Ayuan's head. She looked so soft.
"Sister! If you rub it again, I'll become bald..." A Yuan protested in a low voice, and tugged at the corner of Wen Yu's clothes.
Wen Yu's face flushed, and she didn't want to lose her dignity, so she lifted the hem of her clothes. She had torn off a piece of the hem to bandage Song Linsheng, and it was now lying empty in Wen Yu's hand.
Wen Yu imitated A Yuan's tone and said in a naughty way, "A Yuan, the corners of my clothes are about to become bald..."
Upon hearing this, Song Linsheng spoke a little faster.
"Are you okay? Madam Wenyu!"
Wen Yu was joking and joking with A Yuan. When he heard Song Linsheng's question, he blinked and was a little stunned.
"Me? I'm fine..." Wen Yu raised his hand and turned around to show Song Linsheng his good arms and legs.
Song Linsheng was skeptical and seemed to want to reach out to support Wen Yu, but he curled his fingers slightly and finally restrained himself.
At this time, A Yuan on the side spoke up and said for Wen Yu: "Sister is injured...Sister fell down from there to save me...and is injured..."
A Yuan pointed at the eaves next to him, indicating to Song Linsheng that the bamboo ladder was tilted under the green wall.
Song Linsheng turned around and looked in the direction of Ayuan's finger, and couldn't help but gasp. The wall was so high, did Madam Wenyu fall from it again?
Song Linsheng didn't care about anything else. He reached out and held Wen Yu's shoulders. His eyes were a little evasive, but he still looked Wen Yu carefully back and forth. Seeing that her clothes were a little worn, he asked, "Is your back hurt?"
Wen Yu gasped in pain. She only then noticed that the shoulder where Song Linsheng had pinched her was numb and tingling, and her back was aching even more. Although she was made of wood, she still had all five senses. She had been completely focused on Chen Mian's capture, and now, having come to her senses, she felt the unbearable pain.
"My sister's back must have been scratched. She was lying under me to save me..." After saying this, Ayuan lowered her head and pulled the corner of her clothes. Her little bun was drooping, and she felt very guilty.
"Why do you always like to be in high places? It's very dangerous. I won't always..." Song Linsheng stopped talking midway and didn't continue.
Seeing that he didn't continue talking, Wen Yu continued, "Don't scare Ayuan, these are just minor injuries, nothing serious."
She'll use some magic to heal it later, and it won't take long to heal, probably without even a scar. Wen Yu was confident, not worried about herself at all. She focused solely on comforting A Yuan as she continued.
"Just now, a master came with some people and took away all the people from before."
Song Linsheng nodded when he heard this and added a few more words.
"That gentleman is probably the manager of the Jiangyang government office. Lord Mu Tong, since he has already handled the matter properly, I think there is no need to rush."
"Shall I send someone to take Ayuan back and find a doctor to treat Madam Wenyu's injuries?"
After Song Linsheng finished speaking, Wen Yu remembered that A Yuan had just said that he lived in a temple outside the city, so he continued to ask A Yuan for details.
If you want to send someone back home, you should at least know where they live, right?
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