Wan Liangzhe was waiting for news at home. He was imagining Wen Yan's miserable condition at that moment when he suddenly heard noisy footsteps outside the house.

"What's going on? Why is it so noisy?" Wan Liang opened the door and bumped into Ma Huo who was about to enter.

A flattering smile immediately appeared on his face: "Master Ma, how come you have time to come to the Wan family? If you have anything to say, just tell me and I'll be there..."

"Wan Liangzhe! How dare you say that! Don't you know what you have done?!" Ma Huo shouted, "Catch him!"

Two constables immediately stepped forward and restrained Wan Liangzhe.

"Why are you arresting me! Lord Ma, please tell me! Lord Ma! Ma Huo!" Seeing that begging for mercy was futile, Wan Liangzhe even started to curse in the end.

When he left the Wan family, he found that in addition to him, Wen Kangshi's family was also arrested. He thought that it was the work of that bitch Wen Yan again. She was just looking for someone to cause trouble, so she wouldn't arrest him.

Wan Liangzhe thought he had found the reason and immediately began to explain: "Sir, did Wen Yan do something? I haven't provoked her recently, why did you arrest me!"

"Alright!" Ma Huo was really annoyed by his noise, and lowered his voice to say to him, "The taxes paid by your Wan family were mixed with a fake salt permit! Now the people above know about this matter, I can't protect you!"

Fake salt permit?

Wan Liangzhe was completely confused, "This has nothing to do with me!"

"It's still not a problem? Wen Kangshi has already confessed! You were the one who set them up!"

Ma Huo didn't make a scene in the end. After all, he didn't know which nobleman was willing to protect Wan Liangzhe. Last time, he had planned to drive him out of the government office, but he never thought that someone would insist on protecting him to be the county magistrate.

There are some people that Maho cannot afford to offend even if he risks everything.

Therefore, even though Wan Liangzhe had been captured, Ma Huo's attitude was still polite: "Hurry up and tell your boss to come and rescue you, otherwise I can't help you."

The one above?

Wan Liangzhe was even more puzzled. What on earth did the county magistrate mean by that? What about the person above? And the fake salt permits, it really had nothing to do with him. He didn't know anything about it.

No matter how he yelled, Maho still took his men away.

Once a fake salt permit is discovered, a huge market must have been formed afterwards. Now that the matter has been known by the higher-ups, they will send people to investigate immediately. Ma Huo will definitely not let this guy go, unless this guy is really innocent.

Yue Xueshun naturally also received the news here. Seeing that things were going well, he immediately passed the news to Wen Yan.

In order to facilitate communication, Wen Yan raised an inconspicuous gray tit to pass messages back and forth. Thanks to the big red bird, these tits can obey orders.

Wen Yan was sitting on a stool, still confronting Xie Yuan, when she heard a clear bird call from above her head.

She smiled, "I hope it's not bad news."

The little bird landed on her hand obediently, with a note tied to its back.

Wen Yan quickly read it, then threw it into the stove and burned it clean. She said to Xie Yuan in front of her, "Your dean has been arrested by the government. Now I want to ask you a question."

"If you ask, I will tell you everything!"

Xie Yuan now just wants to leave this damn place as soon as possible!

"Does your dean have close contacts with anyone? Or is it someone you don't know?"

Xie Yuan thought for a long time and shook his head firmly: "No, the people who come and go are basically people familiar to Xiahe Town."

Wen Yan untied the rope and let him go, then sat on the chair in silence.

Wang He had been paying attention to this place, and seeing this, he couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Yan, who do you want to find out about?"

Wen Yan smiled bitterly, "It's just a guess. Whatever, we will know in the future."

Since Wen Yan didn't want to talk, Wang He didn't ask. She smiled and said, "Xiao Yan, do you want to try the meat buns I just made?"

She was holding two white and plump buns, the size of a fist, with the skin soaked in gravy, thin skin and large fillings.

One bite and the juice splashes in your mouth.

Wen Yan ate with a satisfied look on her face, "Ah He, it's delicious!"

Wang He also held one in his hand and sighed, "A few months ago, I never dreamed that I could live this kind of life. No worries about food and clothing, no chaos. Wen Yan, thank you."

"Look at you, you've thanked me several times in the past few months." Wen Yan said dissatisfiedly, "I've already told you that you don't need to thank me for our relationship."

The two chatted and laughed, which finally relieved Wen Yan's depressed mood.

Three days later, someone from the capital came to investigate the illegal salt case. It was Wang Jiu, an acquaintance of Wen Yan.

Yue Xueshun and Wen Yan were sitting on the second floor of the Jinyu Building, watching the men and horses galloping by below, and said, "I heard that this man is the commander of the Jinyiwei in the capital, and he is only 23 years old but he has already reached the third rank."

"There are also rumors that the person behind this person is the current second prince, and the person most likely to take that position besides the crown prince."

"Really?" Wen Yan still remembered that he had placed her under house arrest in the county magistrate's mansion for no apparent reason. "It's clearly an institution directly under the emperor, but she became the prince's lackey. It's obvious that she's not a good person."

"I'm not a good person." The door of the private room was violently opened. Wang Jiu was wearing a red over-the-shoulder python pattern with flying fish lining, a big hat, and an embroidered spring sword in his hand. He just barged in, sat next to Wen Yan, and poured himself a cup of tea.

"But this time, I did come here on the emperor's orders."

This man had a very strong aura, especially when he was wearing the clothes bestowed by the emperor, which made Wen Yan unable to ignore his presence.

Yue Xueshun thought the two were on good terms, and asked hesitantly, "Do you need me to leave so you can catch up?"

Wen Yan: "No need."

Wang Jiu: "Okay."

Wen Yan smiled falsely, "Commander Wang and I don't have that many pasts to reminisce about."

Wang Jiu did not refute, but just said: "I found a very interesting thing in the capital, I wonder if Madam Wen is interested."

Wang Jiu looked at her, and when he saw Wen Yan trying to dodge, he firmly grabbed her waist and whispered, "It's about your husband."

Wen Yan's face changed drastically and she pushed him away a little, "Are you telling the truth?"

"It's not impossible to know the whole story. I wonder if Madam Wen wants me to hug you and talk to you, or to kick her out?" Wang Jiu looked at Yue Xueshun meaningfully.

Wen Yan did not try to stop him anymore, and Yue Xueshun went out obediently, but he felt very uncomfortable.

What on earth is going on? Sister Wen actually showed such an expression.

In the room, Wen Yan forcibly pulled Wang Jiu's hand away from her waist. It was unknown how much strength this bastard used. Wen Yan felt a burning pain in her waist.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Wen Yan said.

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