Riding the Pheonix Chapter 198: Replace
From Wen Ru's intermittent description, Mingwei finally understood what happened. ()
The Wen family did lose a young lady, but the person who lost her was not Wen Ru, but Wen Ying.
That night was so chaotic that Wen Ru was sent back to the Hou Mansion, only to find out that the third sister was missing.
Later, the house was in such a mess that she didn’t even bother to go to school.
It was only after two days that Wen Ru realized something was wrong.
The mother-in-law in her courtyard actually refused to let her go out.
Wen Ru was anxious and asked the maid to go out to inquire about Wen Ying, but she found out a shocking news.
The Cheng'en Hou Mansion announced that it was Wen Ru, the fourth lady, and not Wen Ying, the third lady, who was missing.
Wen Ru was dumbfounded. She was at home fine, why did she get lost?
She is a reckless person, and she rushed to Mrs. Chengenhou to question her.
As a result, the eldest sister-in-law pulled her into the room and said something.
Every word that came out of her sister-in-law's mouth was like a thunderbolt to her.
"Fourth sister, you lost your father when you were young and suffered bullying in the clan. Your family took you here to keep third sister company. You have what third sister has had over the years, and we deserve you. Now third sister If you are in trouble, it’s time for you to repay your kindness.”
Mingwei frowned and asked her: "So, they claimed that you were the one missing in order to hide the news about Wen Ying?"
Wen Ru sobbed and nodded: "They said that the third sister's reputation is important..."
Mingwei sneered: "Her reputation is important, but your reputation is not important?"
Wen Ru whispered: "Uncle wants to marry the third sister to the prince..."
"..." Mingwei rubbed his forehead and was speechless, "What are you nobles thinking? When the prince chose his concubine, he didn't choose your family, so you still can't understand what the emperor meant? Then? I won’t be able to choose you now, and it won’t be the same now.”
The prince is already twenty-four and was married eight years ago. I chose a young lady from the Hanlin family, but unfortunately the Crown Princess was not lucky and left the year before last. So, it was time to choose a concubine again.
Mingwei doesn’t understand these people either. Throughout the ages, descendants have always wanted to remarry their own girls into the royal family, but this kind of behavior is exactly what the royal family dislikes the most.
The foreign relatives are very powerful, let alone the emperor, the prince is not happy either, okay?
Wen Ru looked confused: "The prince is very kind to the third sister!"
"She is the prince's cousin, how can he treat her badly?" Mingwei sneered, "A cousin is different from his wife and concubine. Once she becomes his wife and concubine, she will be different. Just wait, even if the prince refuses, he can't refuse. , at most he will be admitted into the palace, and he will never ask your young lady from the Wen family to be his first concubine."
Wen Ru opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
"Moreover, your Cheng'enhou Mansion thinks too highly of yourself, right? You are currently powerful, but can you compare with the powerful courtiers? The prince is worried that his position will not be stable, so he will only choose the young lady from the courtier's family as his wife. Princess, choose you? This is unnecessary!"
Mingwei had a headache, and she suddenly felt that she shouldn't have brought Wen Ru back.
But think about it, if Wen Ru was like that at that time, what would she do if she didn't bring him back?
Little girls bully each other. These are all trivial matters. You can't see her living on the street because of this.
"So you escaped and found Wen Ying yourself?"
Wen Ru bit her lip: "I...my reputation has been ruined anyway..."
After being taught a lesson by her sister-in-law, Wen Ru lost her mind.
She is also a girl in the family. Just because her father is dead, does she have no value? To sacrifice for my sister like this.
After sitting in silence all night, she put on the maid's clothes and made up her mind to sneak out.
Since in the eyes of the family, the third sister is the most important, then she will get her third sister back!
I asked in Changlechi for a long time, but there was no news at all. She sat on the roadside for a long time and decided to use herself as bait.
So she walked on a secluded path, hoping to lure the kidnappers to abduct her. Who knows, the kidnapper didn't come, but the second-rate kid was attracted instead.
"..." Mingwei couldn't help but said, "How long has it been since Changlechi lost its talents? Mr. Jiang has just taken office as governor. When encountering such a thing, can you not increase patrols? Those kidnappers are hiding from the limelight now. Who would come out to kidnap someone? You are simply..."
Mingwei simply didn’t want to talk about her anymore.
Wen Ru lowered his head and let her lecture him with red eyes.
She was originally impulsive, but now she regrets it deeply.
"Okay, you sleep here tonight. I will ask someone to take you back to the Marquis Mansion tomorrow."
Hearing this, Wen Ru hurriedly said: "I don't want to go back!"
Ming Wei looked at her coldly: "My uncle is just an official of the Imperial College. He can only teach and educate people. He doesn't understand the political disputes. I won't let him get involved. Besides, what can you do if you don't go back? ? Can you leave the Chengenhou Mansion, or do you want to make this matter known to everyone and let others know that it is Miss Wensan who is missing, not Miss Wensi?"
Wen Ru imagined it for a moment, shuddered, and murmured: "In that case, uncle will beat me to death..."
"It's good that you know." Mingwei thought for a moment and softened her tone, "You don't have to be so desperate. If something really happened to Wen Ying, would you still ask the prince to marry her? Maybe then you can Get a bargain. Stop thinking about it and rest."
Duofu was not here, so Wen Ru happened to sleep on her bed.
When she fell asleep, Mingwei sat on the roof next door and blew the whistle.
An inconspicuous man in black jumped into the yard lightly and saluted her: "Girl."
Ming Wei originally wanted to ask Yang Shu to investigate the affairs of the Marquis Chengen Mansion, but thought of his embarrassing status, he gave up the idea again.
No matter whether his identity as an illegitimate child is true or false, it is a fact that the Wen family is wary of him, so why let him get involved again.
She waved her hand: "It's nothing, just go ahead."
The man in black didn't ask any questions, responded in low voice, and disappeared into the night again.
……
Yang Shu was in the government office at this time.
Mingwei wants to investigate the Beggar Gang, and Jiang Wenfeng also wants to investigate. He must coordinate the two sides to avoid conflicts.
When he arrived at the government office, Jiang Wenfeng was having dinner.
"Having dinner so late, Mr. Fu Yin is really busy!"
Hearing his voice, Jiang Wenfeng put down his bowls and chopsticks, stood up and saluted: "Why are you here, Master? Why don't we have a meal together?"
Yang Shu waved his hand: "I have used IndoMTL.com for a long time~ I just came here to ask something."
Jiang Wenfeng asked his attendants to serve tea.
The two went on the same business trip and became very familiar with each other. Yang Shu got straight to the point: "What happened to those corpses?"
Jiang Wenfeng said: "I can't find out my identity."
They were all turned into bones, and of course their identities could not be found.
"Are you summoning spirits?"
Jiang Wenfeng looked at him with a smile: "Master, want to ask Miss Ming for help?"
Yang Shu nodded: "Maybe we can find clues?"
Jiang Wenfeng sighed softly and said: "As a last resort, we can only ask Miss Ming for help. These people all died unexpectedly, and the bones came from the same source. If the source is not found, I don't know how many more people will die in the future. ”
Yang Shu nodded in agreement and said, "Have you checked the Beggar Clan?"