Chapter Twenty-Three: Confession, Seeking Love (4)
"This is the prefect."
Wei Chong faced the mother and daughter of the Zhuo family who were kneeling in front of them and said slowly.
"Due to changes in our family a few years ago, the land has not been cultivated for a long time and is almost deserted. Recently, we are thinking of moving away from Nanjing and finding another place. So please, sir, please stop spending time on this." The old lady Zhang said.
"No, I'm acting under orders. How can I just say I won't do it?" Ye Yongjia clapped his hands and said, "Wei Chong, you take people to clear the land. I'll wait for you here."
"Yes!" Wei Chong turned around to greet the guys, "Let's go get busy, get busy..."
"Get up." Ye Yongjia ordered softly.
He looked at Zhuo Lengping, who had been kneeling next to her for a long time and had not spoken for a long time, and saw that she was wearing patchwork clothes. When he stood up, he saw a pair of worn hands; looking up again, he saw that her face was covered with dirt and dust, and her eyebrows were tight.
Wrinkled, her hair was disheveled, almost covering her eyes - but there was a light shining in those clear and bright eyes that could not be blocked, and was incomparable to any light.
Ye Yongjia froze on the spot, staring at her face quietly.
"Sir..." Zhuo Lengping said softly, then lowered his head shyly.
Only then did Ye Yongjia realize that he had lost his composure and hurriedly looked away.
"Ah... Madam, I see that your family is poor, so I would like to take this opportunity to give you ten taels of silver for household use, how about it?"
"This..." The mother and daughter glanced at him suspiciously.
Ye Yongjia could see through their thoughts. This was his distrust of an official who had committed murder, arson, corruption and bribery. He had been prepared for this, but he did not expect that this suspicion would first appear in her, the woman he had never forgotten.
The expression on his face made it difficult for him to deal with it in a hurry, and his heart felt cramped.
"Just accept it. This is my good intention and I have no other intention." Ye Yongjia said slowly, holding back the pain in his heart.
"Then...thank you, Lord Magistrate..." Old lady Zhang looked back at her daughter, "Leng Ping, just take the money."
Zhuo Lengping walked up to him, glanced at his iron-like face, and felt that this man was extremely dangerous, with a cold aura exuding all over his body. In addition, his unsmiling attitude added a bit of disgust to her.
Although he offered help at this time, she knew in her heart that he was an executioner, a murderer, and a heinous villain.
She tried her best to hide her disdain and reached out to take the money.
It has to be said that her hiding skills are very deep. Ye Yongjia looked at her carefully for a few times without noticing her thoughts. Just seeing the slightly smiling corners of her mouth and the faintly exposed dimples, her face was fixed on him for a long time.
in the mind.
Wei Chong and others completed the measurement of the land, recorded it in the book, and turned around to report to Ye Yongjia. Ye Yongjia could not stay any longer and said goodbye to Zhuo's family. He turned over and mounted his horse, and finally smiled and glanced at Zhuo Lengping.
Then he whipped up his horse and galloped towards the city.
"Sir, do you want to marry that girl?" Wei Chong asked with a smile.
When he heard it, he recalled that smiling face, and immediately smiled and said, "That's natural."
"But she still has a few months to observe filial piety..."
"It won't take more than a few days, I can wait." He immediately reined in the horse's bridle and said decisively.
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"Prince." Wei Chong pushed open the door of the ancestral hall and said softly to Wan Heshun who knelt down and clasped his hands in front of the ancestral tablet.
"You have been monitoring Ye Yongjia for so long, but you haven't seen what he thinks about me? He is a dangerous person..." Wan Heshun looked at the magic card and kowtowed respectfully.
"I think you are too worried. Although this man fought Lu Deguang to death, he is now like an empty shell. He spends all his time thinking about women. He is destined to have no future."
"Otherwise, if he really gets that woman, I'm afraid his ambition will no longer be contained. At that time, I, as the county king, will also be afraid of him..."
"In my opinion, Na Zhuo Lengping will never agree. He is disheartened by everything. If he loses the person he loves again, he will really be in despair."
"I don't think so. You must not take him lightly..." He picked up two sticks of incense and stuck them on the tripod. "After all, Lu Deguang has learned from his mistakes..."
"Then what do you think the prince wants?"
"We should find a way to test him to see if he has any intentions of plotting against me."
"You mean..."
"Set a trap. Ask the Lu family to come and perform a play with us, and then we will turn against each other and take the opportunity to kill the Lu family's donkey." Wan Heshun smiled sinisterly.
"But this donkey is very precious. I'm afraid this move will cause some... criticism from the local wealthy families."
Wan Heshun shook his head and looked at the wisps of light smoke in front of him: "I, Wan Heshun, do not rely on any family to support my foundation. If they really clean up the Lu family, they will only turn their anger on Wei Huai and Ye Yongjia, and I
Then there is no need to worry that they will reveal the story of killing Si Ye back then, and it can be said that they are reaping the benefits."
"The prince's methods are really brilliant..." Wei Chong admired.
"Mr. Lu!" Wei Chong walked into the bedroom under Lu Liang's guidance and saw that the skin on Lu Song's face had become loose, the bags under his eyes were hanging down, there was a sarcoma on his cheek, and his lips were almost purple-gray.
"Are you Prince Wan's subordinate?" Lu Song hunched his back and asked word by word.
"Yeah, I haven't met you a few times, but I heard that you came back from the dead, and you've never heard of your fame." Wei Chong said enthusiastically.
"Haha, you can't use the word 'resurrection from the dead'. At that time, I was critically ill in bed, and suddenly my spirits improved again. People thought it was a return to the past. Who would have thought that it would be so good all of a sudden that I would spend the past few years safely and soundly?
Yes!" Lu Song laughed boldly, but when Wei Chong saw Lu Liang's expression, he knew that this old man was bragging.
"What a blessing the Lu family is! A blessing!" Wei Chong responded quickly.
The three of them sat down, Lu Liang winked, and Lu Song understood clearly, so he turned to Wei Chong and asked: "You must have been entrusted by Prince Wan to come here, right?"
"Yes." Wei Chong suddenly became serious, "But King Wanjun doesn't like others to call him prince, because he is afraid that everyone will say that he takes credit and is arrogant."
"Don't worry, I can just change my words." Lu Song nodded and said.
"What does the prince ask you for? We will definitely do it!" Lu Liang urged.
Wei Chong took a sip of tea and then said: "The county prince has always hated the new prefect Ye Yongjia, and he wants to use you to act in a play to trick him."
"What kind of acting method is this?" Lu Liang asked on behalf of his brother.
"Listen to me slowly," Wei Chong said, "You Lu family pretended to invite Ye Yongjia and told him, 'My Lu family has long wanted to get rid of Wan Heshun, and now I wrote a letter to accuse Wan Heshun of committing illegal acts.
What if you send someone to the capital quickly and hand it over to General Liu to test whether he has any rebellious intentions?"
The Lu brothers looked at each other nervously, not knowing how to react.