Fulfilling Lies

Qiao Yun quickly took Gu Yu home.

After returning home, Gu Yu followed Qiao Yun's instructions to change the cuts of the beef and marinate the beef. Qiao Yun rushed into the house and explained the situation she just encountered at the market.

Shidi told Yun Xuemei.

Yun Xuemei couldn't help but frown when she heard this.

"Now I think we have to confess to the county magistrate." Qiao Yun said with some anxiety, "It is better to confess this matter proactively than to wait for others to ask."

"Indeed." Yun Xuemei nodded in agreement.

But I can't just tell the county magistrate so boldly that I was actually yours before, and Yun Xuemei is not my mother at all...

Sometimes once you tell a lie, you have to lie to cover it up with countless lies.

Qiao Yun thought for a while, then whispered some words in Yun Xuemei's ear.

"You can just say that for a while and adapt the rest to your needs, okay?"

Yun Xuemei nodded seriously.

Then the two of them put on their most decent clothes. Qiao Yun wiped her face with facial oil, applied makeup, and put on a ponytail. She randomly picked a pair of haircuts from the set Meng Shaoqing gave her to cover her temples.

Putting them on, the two of them walked quickly to the county magistrate's office.

Meng Renfu was in the main hall behind the county government office discussing with others the distribution of spring plowing grain seeds to farmers.

I heard a report coming from the patrol inspector, saying that his bad guys had caught two crazy women who were disturbing the market, and asked if they would be tried now.

Meng Renfu was so worried about checking the accounts with the bookkeeper that he waved his hand impatiently: "Didn't you see that I'm busy? Leave them alone for a few days! Since they are making trouble in the market, let them eat in jail for two days and kill them.

Re-examination with vigor.”

"Yes." The inspector had no choice but to step back.

After a while, another boy came to report: "Sir, Mrs. Yun's wife and Mrs. Qiao came to visit and said they had something important to discuss."

Meng Renfu, who looked impatient just now, immediately put down the papers in his hand and said: "Quick! Lead them to sit in the side hall!"

Chief Zhao looked confused: "Sir, what about this spring plowing..."

"You have to figure it out yourself." Meng Renfu smiled and stroked his beard, and finally said seriously, "Calculate carefully how many boys and how many grains each family will receive, and don't make any mistakes."

"Yes." The chief clerk agreed helplessly and continued to lower his head and dial the abacus.

In the side hall of the county government office, Yun Xuemei and Qiao Yun were led to sit on the kang under the window of the west room. This was a very cordial way of hospitality. Soon another maid served two cups of cooked fragrant tea.

"Mrs. Yun, Miss Qiao!" Meng Renfu walked into the room with an official smile and sat on the Grand Master's chair opposite. "Didn't you go to the market today? What happened to you when you came so early?"

"It's just a commotion caused by going to the market." Yun Xuemei smiled helplessly and bowed apologetically: "It is the busy season of spring plowing and farming, and the slave family has to come to disturb you, so you take time out of your busy schedule to see us mother and daughter.

Both of you are truly grateful."

"Stop it!" Meng Renfu's temples suddenly jumped when he heard the polite words. He quickly waved his sleeves: "Our two families are also acquaintances. Mrs. Yun, please stop using such empty words to greet me.

I have a headache. If you have anything to do, just say it!"

"Okay. Let me tell you the truth. Today, when I went out to the market, I met two women, an old one and a young one. They kept asking Yun Yatou to let them go, saying that Yun Yatou was the eldest girl in their family. It was really annoying.

Unbelievable…”

Meng Renfu hissed and raised his eyebrows: "Is it something about Ning'an Street in the south of the city?"

"Yes...even though some bad guys arrived in time and rescued the little girl, the little girl still suffered a lot of fright..."

"So this is what happened!" Meng Renfu thought to himself, it's not a big deal. Disturbing order is not a big deal, but it can be big or small. If someone in the family pays for the ransom, they can be released. But since they are the ones who are disturbing the family.

Friends, then at least you will have to be locked up for a few more months, given a beating and a fine.

Meng Renfu took a sip of tea and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely punish them severely! You don't have to go all the way to do this!"

"That's not the case." Yun Xuemei looked solemn and looked extremely serious. She sighed, "You don't know, Yun Yatou is not my biological daughter.

Picked up from a ruined temple..."

Yun Xuemei unhurriedly described the incident of picking up Qiao Yun to Magistrate Meng, emphasizing how weak Qiao Yun was at that time, how serious her condition was, and how she almost died...

As she spoke, Qiao Yun snuggled into Yun Xuemei's arms obediently, looking very attached to Yun Xuemei.

"When I asked the doctor to examine her, the doctor said that the child's pulse looked like she had been given sweat medicine... I didn't dare to think about it, who could be so cruel as to attack such a young and well-behaved little lady?

"

"I saw that she could never remember who her family was, so I kept her by my side. Today, when I heard the old woman yelling like this, I was thinking, what if the old woman is really Yun Yatou's grandmother? Her granddaughter was murdered by someone.

She was almost harmed, she must have been very anxious in the past two months! It is better to invite the elderly to come and ask carefully, what if it is true!"

"..."

Yun Xuemei described the scene at that time vividly, and Meng Renfu's brows tightened the more he listened.

"Don't worry about this, I'm afraid it might be a little strange!" He touched his beard, pondered for a while, and said, "It may not be such a coincidence."

"You can check the household registration!" Yun Xuemei reminded aloud, "If what the old woman said is true, the household registration of the Qiao family in Baihe Village will definitely be saved with you. See if there is any Qiao family.

This person Yun must have been young at the time and didn’t have any portraits drawn. You can compare the looks of her father and mother. If they look very similar, you’re probably a match!"

Meng Renfu was noncommittal.

He can naturally think of this, but his focus is not here.

As Yun Xuemei said, the thing happened two months ago, when he was still in the county government and was about to return to Chang'an. In the winter, a child was dressed as thinly as paper. No matter where he came from, he came to that ruined temple.

, are extremely abnormal, but he has never received any report of a missing child from any family. Even after returning from Chang'an, the county magistrate and the chief registrar did not mention similar things in their reports.

Who would ignore their child's disappearance for two months?

Then there is only one possibility - they threw the child away themselves.

He looked at Qiao Yun.

The first time he met this little girl was also two months ago. On that day, he was preparing to leave Quwo and explain some county affairs to the county office and the chief registrar. At that time, the Cao family brought her to tell her about the land deed.

Crossing the bright road, the two of them met in a hurry. Because he was in a hurry to leave, he left the matter to the chief clerk.

When he saw Mrs. Qiao again, it was time for him to go to her wine shop for a drink.

"I understand." Meng Renfu nodded kindly, looked at Qiao Yun reassuringly, and said: "She must have been frightened a lot today, so why not stay in a humble house for a few days? This is not a trivial matter.

, we need to think about it in the long term. You two live far away, so it’s not convenient to run around. It just so happens that Qingqing hasn’t seen you for some time. How about you two being company together can relieve your boredom? "

"Then I'm sorry." Yun Xuemei nodded slightly, and Meng Renfu sent the two of them to the mansion behind.

After seeing the two of them off, Meng Renfu lowered his head and thought for a while.

After a moment he raised his head.

"Someone, bring me the household registration book!"

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