Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 191 Xie Tanyu

Yan Ciwan nodded and agreed: "Yes."

Governor Xie said slowly, "I have heard what happened to you from Xiao Wang. The shopkeeper who was killed was named Zhang Ying. She was not originally from Yizhou. She suddenly came to Yizhou City a year ago and opened a rouge shop here. The household registration book shows that she had a husband, but after the accident, her husband disappeared."

Yan Ciwan tried to ask: "Is Zhang Ying's identity fake?"

"Well, I recently sent more people to investigate the missing persons case and found that several young women had been to the Rouge Shop before they disappeared. I ordered people to investigate the Rouge Shop, but they didn't find any problems. Later, I ordered people to secretly monitor the Rouge Shop, but the Rouge Shop has been operating normally and no one has disappeared there until you appeared..."

When Governor Xie said this, he looked deeply at Yan Ciwan with a smile on his face.

"Although Zhang Ying is dead now, the secret hidden in the Rouge Shop has been exposed. Ning Ci, you have made a great contribution."

Yan Ciwan was not very happy even though she was praised, because she still remembered what Nie Wuniang had said. The person behind the scenes who made Nie Wuniang persecute her might be the governor Xie in front of her.

She was alert and said calmly, "Your Excellency is too kind. It was only by accident that I led to the subsequent series of events."

Xiao Wang then asked, "The envoy asked me to bring Ning Ci to you. Now that you have met her and she has been cleared of suspicion, can we go home?"

"No hurry, I asked you to come here because I wanted you to see something."

Governor Xie stood up, picked up the oil lamp on the desk, and walked towards the depths of the warehouse.

Yan Ciwan looked at Xiao Wang beside him with a puzzled look.

Xiao Wang narrated his experience in a low voice.

He and Chaolu discovered that there was an entrance to a secret passage in the rouge shop. He then rode to the governor's mansion with his uncle Jiu, intending to inform his brother Xiao Qie about the matter and ask Xiao Qie for help in saving people.

There is a secret passage inside the rouge shop, and the crime scene is not a secret room, so Yan Ciwan is not the only suspect. In addition, with Xiao Que's guarantor, Yan Ciwan should be able to be rescued.

But when Xiao Wang rode his horse at full speed to the governor's mansion, Xiao Ke was still talking to Governor Xie.

Xiao Wang could only ask someone to pass a message to Xiao Qie, saying that he had an urgent matter and hoped that Xiao Qie would come out to meet him as soon as possible.

As a result, the servant who helped to deliver the message not only failed to bring Xiao Ke out, but also told Xiao Wang that Governor Xie wanted to see him.

Xiao Wang followed the servants into the governor's mansion and met his brother and the governor of Yizhou, Xie Tanyu.

Xie Tanyu seemed to admire Xiao Wang very much and wanted to keep him to talk for a while.

But Xiao Wang was so anxious that he had no mood to chat with others. He immediately told his brother and Governor Xie the purpose of his visit and begged them to clear Yan Ciwan's name as soon as possible.

Xie Tanyu immediately wrote a handwritten letter and asked Xiao Wang to take it to the women's prison.

He said that he could take Yan Ci Wan away with this letter, but he had a condition, which was that after Yan Ci Wan left the women's prison, she must come to Jiageku to meet him.

After Yan Ciwan heard what Xiao Wang had said, she became more and more confused. Why did Governor Xie want to see her? Was he the real culprit behind all this and persecuted her?
The voice of Governor Xie came from the front.

"You two come here."

Yan Ci Wan and Xiao Wang followed the sound and found Inspector Xie between two huge bookshelves. Inspector Xie was holding a scroll in his hand. He handed it to Yan Ci Wan and motioned her to open it and take a look.

Yan Ciwan took the scroll and saw the label on the outside of it. She found out that it was a file on a missing persons case. She couldn't help but ask, "Can I really read it?"

As an outsider, she should not be able to view such files.

Governor Xie said softly, "This case has not been closed yet, and the files are not sealed. No one will know if you open them and read them."

Yan Ci Wan hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to untie the knot and unfold the file.

The file records the missing persons in Yizhou City and several nearby villages and towns over the past month. Behind the name of each missing person is their family background in detail.

Governor Xie picked up another file and handed it to Xiao Wang, asking him to take a look at it.

Xiao Wang opened the file in his hand, which was a list of missing persons in Jin County in the past month. He saw the names of Kong Su and Jia Kang and his wife on it.

After the two of them had seen enough, Governor Xie spoke again.

"According to rough statistics, the number of people missing in Yizhou in the past six months is about 10,000. Where did these people go? Are they still alive? We don't know. These files only record names, but behind these names are countless families who are looking forward to the return of their loved ones. As a local official, I have the obligation to find those missing people. I hope you can lend me a hand."

Yan Ciwan felt that the file in his hand was heavy.

She closed the file and put it back on the bookshelf. Now she couldn't even protect herself, she didn't think she had the ability to help others, but she still asked.

"What do you want us to do?"

Governor Xie stared at her and said in a deep voice, "I've heard that there is a black market hidden underground in Xiangzhou. Now there may be a black market hidden in Yizhou as well. The chief of the Inner Guards is here for this matter. I suspect that the missing people are also related to the black market. As long as we can get into the black market, we may be able to find the missing people. Now everyone knows that you killed someone, and if you kill someone, you must pay with your life. If you stay in jail, you will only be executed in the end, so you can only escape. Then I will issue a warrant for your arrest. You will be forced to have nowhere to escape and can only hide in the black market. The black market is full of people like you who are not allowed to see the light of day, and no one will suspect you."

Before Yan Ciwan could speak, Xiao Wang refused first.

"No! This is too dangerous!"

Governor Xie emphasized, "It's very dangerous for others, but not necessarily for Ning Ci. She is highly skilled in martial arts and has enough self-protection capabilities. It's most appropriate for her to do this!"

Xiao Wang frowned, "No matter how powerful Ning Ci is, she is still a human being. If she accidentally reveals her flaws and her identity is discovered, the black market is full of enemies. How can she escape unscathed? The lives of those missing people are lives, but is Ning Ci's life not a life?!"

After all, Governor Xie was more than 20 years older than Xiao Wang. He saw that Xiao Wang had feelings for Yan Ciwan, and it was impossible for Xiao Wang to agree to let Yan Ciwan go into danger.

Governor Xie turned to look at Yan Ciwan and asked, "Don't you want to know who framed you for murder?"

Yan Ciwan was silent for a moment, and finally expressed the biggest doubt in his heart.

"Weren't you the one who framed me?"

Governor Xie was stunned.

He obviously didn't expect Yan Ciwan to think this way, and it took him a long time to speak.

"Of course not me! I didn't even know you before this. What good would it be for me to frame you?"

(End of this chapter)