Noble Lady

"Sister, we are so connected! I was just about to look for you when you came to me. We are truly sisters from the same mother."

"We are sisters from the same mother." Xue Chenyu came back to her senses, raised her hand and tapped her forehead lightly to correct her.

At the same time, I breathed a sigh of relief.

Luoluo didn't go out, didn't run around, and nothing happened.

Thank God, thank the Three Pure Ones and the Six Emperors, thank all the gods and Buddhas!

At the moment when she didn't know where Luo Luo was, she really wanted to die.

"Sister, let me show you something good."

Just when Xue Chenyu was still thanking him in her heart, Xue Luoyan suddenly reached into her pocket.

The next moment, a piece of black letter on white paper flashed before my eyes.

Xue Chenyu had sharp eyes and quickly saw the words "County Magistrate...has evil intentions...save me".

She hurriedly grabbed Xue Luoyan's hand and said, "Luoluo, can you let me see this?"

"Here." The little girl stuffed it into Xue Chenyu's hand without saying a word.

She took it and looked at it carefully, and found that there were only two sentences written on it.

One sentence is: I am the county magistrate He Yuanju. Now I can’t protect myself and the people of Haicheng. I feel ashamed of the heaven and the earth, and even more ashamed of the grace of my teacher and the emperor.

The second sentence is: County Magistrate Wu Fang has a complex network of forces behind him, harboring malicious intentions. He has repeatedly attempted to kill me. If one day I am imprisoned, I hope someone will speak up for me and save me from danger.

No matter how you look at it, these two sentences seem to have been left by He Yuanju, the magistrate of Haicheng County.

"Where did you find this?" Xue Chenyu suppressed his excitement and asked slowly.

"In the court. It's under the box where the imperial edict is placed." Xue Luoyan pointed in the direction of the front yamen.

"You are all busy today and can't take care of me. I'm afraid that if I wander around, it will cause trouble for my sister. So I went there to play by myself." Xue Luoyan pointed at her fingers, looking as if she had done something wrong and was afraid of being scolded.

She would definitely not admit that she saw the chair in the county government office and wanted to sit on it. Unexpectedly, she found the note.

She had only seen the official from Jingzhao Prefecture sitting in the lobby before, and every time the fat official from Jingzhao Prefecture, Mei, sat there, he would straighten his back and look very serious.

She just wanted to see if the chair had any strange power.

But my father said that only people appointed by the emperor could sit on that chair, and children couldn’t just sit there casually, so...

Seeing that Xue Chenyu didn't scold her, she boldly asked, "Sister, are you playing some guessing game?"

Guessing game?

Xue Chenyu was a little stunned, "What guessing game?"

"I wanted to look for you earlier, but I heard what you said to Sister Qiuhua and Sister Xiahe. If I could find you, all the mysteries would naturally be solved."

"And look at what's written here. It's like we're playing that game where soldiers catch thieves. Everyone draws lots to determine their identities, then everyone covers up their lot after looking at theirs. Then they write a note and let others judge whether they are a soldier or a bandit."

“…” Xue Chenyu breathed a sigh of relief.

so close.

Fortunately, Luoluo is still young.

If other people saw or heard this, there would be a big uproar.

Xue Chenyu's breath didn't relax, and then turned into a guilty smile, "...Yes, sister is playing a guessing game with sister Yuan and the others. Do you want to join in?"

"Guessing riddles? I won't participate. I always guess wrong." Xue Luoyan raised her little face proudly and said, "If you want to play, I'll go if I can be a soldier."

Xue Chenyu suddenly had an idea. "But didn't you say that everyone has to write a note? If you don't write one and want to be an officer, it's not fair to others."

"But I'm a child!" Xue Luoyan blurted out.

"You said you were a child?" Xue Chenyu seemed to have heard something exciting and asked with a smile, "Are you sure?"

Xue Luoyan said with certainty, "I'm sure. I'm only ten years old. I'm just a child."

"Oh..." Xue Chenyu stretched out the last syllable meaningfully.

The little girl sensed something was wrong, but it was too late.

The next moment, Xue Chenyu was heard telling Xia He, "Xia He, the second young lady has admitted that she is a child. From now on, she is not allowed to do anything that a child cannot do. If she dares to disobey, she will be spanked."

After saying that, he walked out with the note.

He had one foot almost out the door when he suddenly stopped and turned back to say, "By the way, don't think I don't know how you found this note. You must have sat on the county magistrate's chair and touched his command box, right?"

Xue Luoyan's eyes narrowed. After all, she was still a child, and her face showed all sorts of emotions, which immediately exposed her guilty conscience.

“…No, I don’t. I, I, I, I definitely don’t have it. I, I…”

"You didn't touch the command box, so how did you find the note underneath?" Xue Chenyu interrupted her guilty excuse with a smile.

"Xue Luoyan, you've never been good at lying. Besides, haven't you always wanted to sit on the chairs in the lobby and see what it feels like?"

Xue Luoyan widened her eyes in disbelief, unable to believe it: How could her elder sister discover her thoughts?

Could it be that my sister can tell fortunes?

The child's thoughts were written on her face. Xue Chenyu saw through her at a glance: "Yes, sister can tell fortunes, so you should be good from now on. You are not allowed to run out when I don't let you go out, otherwise..."

"From now on, I won't take you anywhere!"

"Ah!..." The little girl sighed in horror and rushed over to hold Xue Chenyu's waist. "I will be obedient! Sister, please don't leave me alone!"

If she wasn't brought along, then Xue Huai would have to be brought along. How could she possibly lose to Xue Huai? !

That's absolutely not possible!

"Okay, then you have to be good and don't run around."

Xue Chenyu touched her little head and said earnestly, "You know, people are playing guessing games and soldiers catching thieves everywhere here. If you accidentally fall into someone else's trap, then..." It's over.

Xue Luoyan hesitated for only a moment, then turned around and ran back to bed.

"I'm not going anywhere!"

"Well, this is what a good sister should do."

The little girl waved at her happily after receiving the praise.

Xue Chenyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and left with the note in her pocket.

The authenticity of the note remains to be verified, but it is a clue.

Is that the county magistrate Wu Fang?

Xue Chenyu didn't even have time to rest and walked towards the front yamen.

……

"Wu Fang? There is indeed such a person in the yamen, but according to the yamen runners, he was expelled by the county magistrate He Yuanju half a month ago because he proposed to He Yuanju to open the government granary to release grain."

No matter which dynasty, privately opening government granaries to release grain was a serious crime punishable by death.

A gentleman would not save someone, so it is normal that Haicheng County Magistrate He Yuanju was unwilling to do so.

However, this is too much of a coincidence.

Half a month ago, Wu Fang was expelled for making a suggestion, and under the command box on the desk in the lobby was a note written in the name of He Yuanju.

Xue Chenyu frowned, thought about it, and handed the note to Situ Zhen.

"Please look, my lord."