Zhong Niangzi Wanfu

Chapter 46 Long time no see, one-eyed eagle
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Wen Shu was in Tan Lin, so Zhang Tong sent Wen Yi to Qin Lin, and Shen Yan properly settled Wen Yi.

Wen Yi had narrowly escaped death while chasing a fugitive, but he was wrongfully disappeared without reason and was dismissed from the post of county captain. The Wen family also paid a lot of fines for this.

Shen Yan originally wanted to write a joint letter with Zhang Tong, begging the capital to return Wen Yi to justice.

Wen Yi, however, wanted to keep track of the beginning and end, so he tried his best to track it down.

But Wen Shu was no longer willing to let Wen Yi take risks anymore. Both siblings had stubborn tempers. For several days, no one could convince the other.

So Wen Shu begged Zhong Yan, Shen Yan, and Zhang Tong to persuade her together, but Wen Yi was determined and refused to change her words.

Zhang Tong came to Qin Lin on the opportunity to visit his relatives. After Qin Lin stopped for a few days, he returned to the Southwest Army.

After one month, Wen Shu needed to take care of Dongchang's business. Before she left for Dongchang, she asked Zhong Lan and Shen Feng to persuade Wen Yi to change her mind again.

"I failed to track down the One-Eyed Eagle, and the case fell into disuse after I disappeared. Now that I'm back, I must continue to capture the One-Eyed Eagle. It's better to leave the matter of redress after the truth is revealed." Wen Yi said solemnly. .

Shen Feng had long known Wen Yi's temperament and would never change it once he made up his mind, so he looked helplessly at Wen Shu.

"No." Wen Shu said resolutely, "You narrowly escaped death and returned alive. I will definitely not let you be involved in danger again."

"Sister." Wen Yi frowned slightly.

"It was not a coincidence that my brother and I took down Luoxia Village so easily at the beginning, but that we were caught by surprise and did not meet all the bandits in Luoxia Village. According to the previous bandit suppression documents, the number of bandits in Luoxia Village was ten times that day So many. Where did such a large number of people hide? Why were they not there that day? Don’t you think there is something fishy, ​​eldest sister?"

"Even if there is something fishy, ​​it has nothing to do with you now. You have been missing for three years, and I have been afraid of you for three years. If I let you investigate this matter again, what if something bad happens to you, how do you ask me to communicate with you in the sky? Parents explain?" Wen Shu didn't leave any room for discussion to Wen Yi.

"I have already thought about it. If you want to be an official in the future, I will donate a leisure position for you; if you no longer want to be an official, I will teach you step by step how to do business, and then I will hand over the Wen family to you. It’s worthy of my parents.”

"Don't you care about the people behind the one-eyed eagle's abduction of Sister Yan?" Wen Yi asked coldly.

The eyes of the three people present in the hall were slightly focused, and their expressions changed as they looked at Wen Yi.

"When Luoxia Village was destroyed overnight, the heads of two wealthy families, Jiang and Shi, in Qinlin City, handed a confession letter to Brother Mie, and then hanged themselves at home. They called it an apology with death, but that was not the case."

The matter of the confession is related to Zhong Yanqingyu, only a few people here know.

A few days after Shen Feng rescued Zhonglan, the heads of the Chiang and Shi families confessed, admitting that it was because the county government had to settle accounts that they had to pay a huge amount of food taxes. They were resentful and waiting for an opportunity to retaliate, so they jointly provided money to let Zhonglan live in peace. The one-eyed eagle kidnapped the county magistrate's wife.

At the beginning, Shen Yan felt that something was wrong, so he continued to investigate, but at that time he was the county magistrate for the first time, and he had not yet gained a firm foothold.

There were many affairs in Qinlin County, and if it was time-consuming and labor-intensive to allocate manpower to pursue them, Zhong Lan was afraid that he would be exhausted and unable to take care of both ends, so he advised him to calm down.

Afterwards, no one was against Zhong Yan again, and Zhong Yan's shop and farmland in Tan Lin were doing well, and she never mentioned this matter with Shen Yan again.

"When I traced the whereabouts of the One-Eyed Eagle, I also checked the details of the Chiang and Shi families. They did not have close contact with Luoxia Village. There were only a few letters between Sister Lai before she was kidnapped."

"Just for a few hundred taels of silver from a rich man in the city, he risked death and kidnapped an official's family. I don't think this is something Luoxia Village can do. At that time, Brother Jie had just become the county magistrate and had not yet established his footing. Jiang Shi The two families have been wealthy families for decades, so there is no need for them to apologize with death without even meeting Brother Feng and Sister Lai, without even having a word of discussion."

Even so, Zhong Lan did not want Wen Yi to be involved in an unknown conspiracy because of his investigation: "I feel like your eldest sister that your safety is more important than the truth."

"A gentleman establishes the right position in the world, walks the right way in the world, and if he succeeds, he will be free to the people. Although I have only served as Taiming County Captain for half a year, I know that Luoxia Village is a disaster for all neighbors. If this matter cannot be investigated, I am ashamed of you , I am ashamed of the governor, I am ashamed of the people persecuted by Luoxia Village, and I am even more ashamed of what I know and have learned."

Wen Yi was heartbroken, stood up, saluted Wen Shu and said solemnly: "Sister, whether I am an official or not in the future, I will investigate."

Wen Shu bit her lip and said nothing, turning her face away from Wen Yi.

"I will investigate with you." Shen Feng also stood up seriously, "It is not convenient for you to disclose your identity now, and I am afraid it will be inconvenient for investigation. It will be much more convenient for me to work with you."

Shen Feng then looked at Wen Shu and Zhong Lan: "The two of us took scientific examinations together, were appointed officials together, and investigated the Luoxia Village incident together. I didn't want to leave this case unsolved and cause trouble. Sister Ruoshu is worried. Wen Yi, I can still protect him as a county magistrate."

Zhong Lan thought for a moment and looked at Wen Shu.

The lobbyists she hired all switched sides. Wen Shu looked at them one by one, and finally cast her eyes on Wen Yi, who was more courageous than before. She sighed for a long time: "You are really my enemy in my previous life."

Then Wen Shu took out a white token with the word "文" written on it from her sleeve and handed it to Wen Yi: "This is the token of the Wen family. You can use it to issue orders in Wen's business. After your accident, Yun Lang has been staying at Uncle Shen's house in Taiming to search for your whereabouts, and now he is allowed to continue to follow you. I also leave Yunchi Yunche I brought from home to you."

Seeing that Wen Shu acquiesced, Wen Yi was delighted: "Thank you, big sister!"

Wen Shu straightened Wen Yi's clothes and her eyes were red: "I'm going to Dongchang tomorrow. You must take good care of yourself, do you hear me?"

"I'll be fine and wait until eldest sister comes back!"

After Er Wenshu left, Wen Yi began to search for the whereabouts of the one-eyed eagle.

The original manuscript files of Wen Yi's investigation were sealed by Shen Feng and brought back to the Shen family before the new county captain took office. They were handed over to Shen Lin and Mrs. Yang for safekeeping. Now they are also transported to Qin Lin for several people to investigate the case.

When Wen Yi was recuperating in the mountains of Quanzhou, he kept inquiring about the whereabouts of the One-eyed Eagle. After getting his previous manuscript, he became more familiar with it. In addition, Shen Feng sent Wang Zhi and Ma Lin to Fanshui County to investigate the news. Within a few days, they had the news. The whereabouts of the one-eyed eagle.

"The one-eyed eagle originally fled to Taiming and wanted to go east to Dongchang. After being intercepted by me, he fled to Quanzhou. Quanzhou is so vast that it is hard to find. I was struggling to find out, but I got news that he had recently returned to Danzhou for some unknown reason. Now, He is hiding in the Nanshan Mountains of Fanshui County."

Wen Yi laid out the manuscripts of letters and files in front of Shen Feng and Zhong Lan, and drew on them with a red pen: "Brother Feng, lend me twenty people, and I will catch him."

"I will take someone with you." Shen Feng took off his sword.

"I'm going too." Zhong Yan reconsidered.

"No!"

"No."

Wen Yi and Shen Feng both opposed it, fearing that Zhong Lan would be in danger again.

Seeing how insistent the two were, Zhong Lan gave up the idea and stayed in Qin Lincheng to wait for the two to return.

Shen Feng Wenyi rode lightly on a fast horse and took with him all the followers of the Lian family, heading east to Nanshan in Fanshui County.

Several people and the hunters in the mountains got the news that there was an abandoned yard deep in the forest where smoke had drifted two days ago, so they searched all the way there.

In order to avoid alerting the enemy, several people lurked in the forest to spy on the house from a distance.

There was only one girl washing clothes in the courtyard. Although it was already May, the wind in the mountains was still very cold, so the girl bundled up her clothes from time to time.

Shen Feng and Wen Yi looked at each other, wondering if they had found the wrong person, when suddenly there was a shouting sound.

"It only takes a long time to wash a few pieces of clothes. Do I want you to be my aunt?" The door of the dilapidated house was opened, and a man wearing tattered clothes, straw sandals, and withered grass in his hair came out. He looked like a beggar. , the man stared at his only eye, stepped forward and kicked the girl.

The girl stumbled and fell to the ground, her clothes spilling all over the floor.

"Trash! Why don't you go cook quickly, or you'll starve me to death!" the one-eyed eagle scolded, reaching out to slap the girl.

Wen Yi couldn't bear it anymore and threw the sword away, piercing the one-eyed eagle's foot.

The one-eyed eagle screamed: "Who is it! Who doesn't have eyes..."

Several people stepped forward and surrounded the one-eyed eagle, which was wailing in pain.

The one-eyed eagle was sweating profusely from the pain, and recognized Shen Yan and Wen Yi: "It's you!"

Wen Yi sneered: "Long time no see, Cyclops. I've been looking for you for three years, and I didn't even become an official. Today I finally caught you."

The entourage who entered the house to check came back: "Master Qi, there is no one in the house."

"Tie the person up and take him back." Shen Feng ordered.

Several people were about to leave when Wen Yi noticed the panicked girl beside her: the girl had a delicate face and thin coarse clothes. She was rubbing her fingers in a pinch. Her exposed arms were covered with wounds of various sizes. She didn't know whether it was because of fear or cold. Trembling slightly.

Wen Yi took off his cloak and put it on the girl: "It's okay. Where is your home? I'll take you back."

The girl was in a state of poverty and uneasiness, unable to speak.

Shen Feng saw the girl's gesture and said in a deep voice, "She is a mute girl."

Wen Yi glared at the One-Eyed Eagle: "What's going on with this girl?"

The one-eyed eagle sneered twice and remained silent.

"Take it back first." Shen Feng looked around, "The surroundings are cold and tangled, and there are shrubs blocking the view. It's hard to guarantee that no one will be waiting for an opportunity to take action."

Wen Yi looked at the girl who was in tears and sighed: "That's fine."

(End of this chapter)