Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

After Xiao Zuochen left Tai'an City, he went to Wangyan City. After all, he didn't know the whereabouts of the pharmacy owner's family, so he could only rely on his own intelligence network in Wangyan City.

Yun Wei took the portrait and handed it to the people below.

"It's just that this portrait is from ten years ago. I don't know if I can find it."

"Do your best."

The portrait shows a woman who looks to be in her 40s. She has no jewelry on her body except a wooden hairpin on her head. But despite this, the person in the painting still looks dignified and calm, as if she was brought up in a large family.

Xiao Zuochen didn't hold out much hope for this. After all, he drew the portrait based on someone else's description. Although his neighbors said it looked very like the real person, Xiao Zuochen had never seen the real person, and ten years had passed. So he came out this time mainly to go back to Wangyan City to take a look.

"master!"

"Master~"

"master."

No matter where they went along the way, they were surrounded by Xiao Zuochen's people, until the carriage drove straight into the City Lord's Mansion.

The mayor of Wangyan City is a man in his early 40s named Wei Han. He has a great connection with Xiao Zuochen.

When Xiao Zuochen was still living in the palace, Wangyan City was celebrating its centenary of revival. For Wangyan City, the centenary was a big event, so the city lord issued a "tax reduction policy" in order to celebrate with the people and let the people of Wangyan City feel the festive atmosphere in the city. However, the emperor did not reduce taxes for Wangyan City because of the festival, so the so-called "policy" issued within Wangyan City was actually the money subsidized by the city lord out of his own pocket, just to make the people live more comfortably this year.

But this matter was spread to the emperor's ears by some people, and the emperor was actually a very suspicious person. In addition, Wangyan City itself was a rich place. If the city lord really had evil intentions, even if he had the ability to suppress it, it would be a waste of money and manpower. So the city lord was accused of "false accusations" and the emperor sent guards to take him back to the palace at full speed.

At that time, Xiao Zuochen was only in his early teens and had not yet left the palace, so he did not know the city lord. However, not long after, a gentleman appeared. He called himself Mr. Ying and said that Wangyan City was the place where Xiao Zuochen's mother grew up, and hoped that he could protect the land and the people for his mother. The guard beside Xiao Zuochen at that time was Yun Wei. Yun Wei was only in his early teens at that time. He was sent to the palace to protect Xiao Zuochen since he was a child. He lived with Xiao Zuochen for several years and helped Xiao Zuochen avoid many disasters, so Xiao Zuochen trusted him very much. Yun Wei also admitted that he was sent by Mr. Ying to protect him, so Xiao Zuochen believed what Mr. Ying said.

However, with Xiao Zuochen's ability at the time, he had no way to overturn Wei Han's case, but Mr. Ying taught him to investigate step by step, to make in-depth discoveries, and taught him how to use the people around him to create the largest intelligence network. In the end, he succeeded in doing so, learned how to use people's hearts and the resources around him, and successfully brought Wei Han under his command.

Although Wei Han was Xiao Zuochen's man, they only looked at each other from a distance on the day Wei Han was released from prison, and the two never met again. It was not until Xiao Zuochen left the palace to recuperate that he was hunted down. In order to survive until the imperial decree of canonization, Yun Wei and others desperately escorted Xiao Zuochen to Wangyan City. In the middle, they jumped into the river to save their lives. In the end, the two were rescued by Wei Yang who was returning from outside. Later, he met Wei Han again, which can be regarded as a cycle of cause and effect.

"cloud..."

When the servant of the City Mansion saw Prince Yun coming, he was about to pay his respects but was stopped by Xiao Zuochen.

"I can go in by myself, no need to inform you."

Xiao Zuochen had lived in Chengdu Prefecture for two years, and he was familiar with every corner of the place. He walked along the path in front of him toward the inner courtyard. The flowers and plants on both sides became more lush as he went deeper. He could vaguely hear the sound of a musical instrument, like the sound of flowing water in the mountains not far away. After hearing this, Xiao Zuochen could not help but quicken his pace and walked inside. He walked to the wooden bridge over the stream and looked towards the pavilion in front.

The pavilion was surrounded by white gauze curtains. The breeze blew through the pavilion, revealing the figure of the person playing music. The woman was thin, and her fingers danced on the strings like butterflies. After the song was finished, the lingering sound lingered in the air.

Xiao Zuochen still didn't say anything. He just looked at the person in the pavilion quietly, with a trace of tenderness on his face.

After the person in the pavilion finished playing a song, he seemed to be in deep thought, with his hands on the strings, without taking any further action.

Suddenly, a light rain began to fall from the sky, accompanied by a breeze that blew into the pavilion. The woman in the pavilion seemed to sense it, and hurriedly stood up, put away her zither, and prepared to leave. Just at this time, a maid ran over to bring her an umbrella, and as soon as she ran to the bridge, she saw Xiao Zuochen.

"Your Highness Prince Yun?"

The maid was startled. She didn't expect Prince Yun to be here. She was about to kneel down to pick up her luggage but was stopped by Prince Yun.

"Give me the umbrella."

The maid obediently presented the umbrella to King Yun with both hands. Xiao Zuochen took the umbrella, opened it and held it above his head. The woman in the pavilion just picked up the zither and turned around, and saw a handsome young man in a light gray tight-fitting long dress, holding a red oil-paper umbrella on his head, walking slowly in the drizzle. Yun Wei saw his master walking towards the pavilion, and turned around and retreated under the wooden bridge.

When the woman in the pavilion saw who was coming, she couldn't help but widen her eyes and slightly opened her red lips until Xiao Zuochen walked up to her and spoke.

"Sister~"

Yes, during the two years that Xiao Zuochen stayed in the City Lord's Mansion, Wei Yang took very good care of him, even better than her own brother, so Xiao Zuochen called her "Sister".

"Chenchen, it's really you~"

Wei Yang's tone also revealed surprise, but more of it was gentleness. Her family education since childhood allowed her to remain gentle and dignified like a lady at this moment.

"Why did you come suddenly?"

"I haven't seen you for a long time, sister. I miss you."

Wei Yang smiled after hearing this.

"Sister misses you too. How are you doing recently? Are you feeling better? Let me see if you have grown taller."

Wei Yang was just about to ask Xiao Zuochen to turn around for him to see, but Xiao Zuochen reached for the zither in her arms, holding the umbrella in one hand and the zither in the other.

"Sister, go back first, be careful not to catch a cold."

"Oh yeah, look at me, I was so happy to see you that I forgot it was raining."

So, Xiao Zuochen held an umbrella and the two of them walked back to the other side of the bridge.