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.
There was so much chaos that night 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 chaos 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, and she found out a shocking news.
The Marquis of Cheng'en claimed that it was Miss Wen Ru who was missing, not Miss Wen Ying.
Wen Ru was dumbfounded. She was at home fine, so why did she get lost?
She was a reckless person, and she actually rushed to Mrs. Chengenhou to question her.
As a result, I was pulled into the room by my eldest sister-in-law and had some words.
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 you were bullied in the clan. Your family took you here to keep third sister company. You have had whatever third sister has had over the years, and we deserve you. Now third sister is in trouble,
It’s time for you to repay your kindness.”
Mingwei frowned and asked her: "So, they claimed that you were the missing person in order to hide the news about Wen Ying?"
Wen Ru sobbed and nodded: "They said that the third sister's reputation is more 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. Didn't you still understand what the emperor meant? Did you choose at that time?
If I don’t hit you, it will be the same now.”
The prince is already twenty-four, and he got married eight years ago. He chose a young lady from the Hanlin family, but unfortunately the prince's concubine was unlucky and passed away the year before last. So, he had to choose a concubine again.
Mingwei didn't understand these people either. Throughout the ages, descendants of the family always wanted to remarry their own girls into the royal family, but this kind of behavior was exactly what the royal family disliked the most.
The relative is 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?" Ming Wei sneered, "A cousin is different from a concubine. Once she becomes his concubine, she will be a different person. Just wait, even if the prince can't refuse, at most
He is just accepted into the mansion, 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'en Marquis Mansion thinks too highly of yourself, right? You are currently powerful, but can you compare with the courtiers who hold great power? The prince is worried that his position will not be stable, so he will only choose a young lady from the courtiers' family as his concubine.
Choose you? It’s 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 are bullied and bullied. These are all trivial matters. You can't see her living on the street just because of this.
"So you just run away and find 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? She must sacrifice for her sister like this.
After sitting there all night, she put on her 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 back!
After asking for a long time in Changlechi, 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 along a secluded path, hoping to lure the kidnappers to abduct her. Who knows, the kidnappers didn't come, but instead they attracted a second-rate kid.
"..." 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 he not increase patrols? Those kidnappers are hiding from the limelight now. Who will come out?
Kidnapping? 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 impulsive in the first place, but now she regretted it deeply.
"Okay, you sleep here tonight. I'll ask someone to take you back to the Marquis' Mansion tomorrow."
Wen Ru heard this and said hurriedly: "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, if you don't go back, what can you do? You are
If you can escape from the Marquis Chengen Mansion, should you make this matter known to everyone and let others know that it is Miss Wen San who is missing, not Miss Wen Fourth?"
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 you can get a bargain by then.
.Stop thinking about it and rest."
Duofu was not here, so her bed was given to Wen Ru to sleep on.
After 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."
Mingwei originally wanted to ask Yang Shu to investigate the affairs of Chengenhou Mansion, but thinking of his embarrassing status, he gave up the idea again.
Regardless of 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, just responded in a low voice and disappeared into the dark 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've used it a long time ago, I just came here to ask something."
Jiang Wenfeng asked his attendants to serve him 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: "Young master, want to ask Miss Ming for help?"
Yang Shu nodded: "Maybe we can find clues?"
Jiang Wenfeng sighed softly and said: "I have no choice but to 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?"