Chapter 27: People left behind by Shen Zhongwen
No way? Could it be that Mrs. Wen is counting on her father to save people?
Shen Qingyu muttered in her heart and kept dragging one foot back and forth on the ground. Wen was not in the mood to care about her anyway, and was concentrating on listening to Wen Gongshun explain "important matters" to her.
Wen Gongshun immediately ordered people to prepare everything for the trip. His order made the servants of the Wen family panic.
Shen Qingyu took advantage of this opportunity to grab Wen's sleeve, "What did mother say in the letter to father?"
Although Mrs. Wen was extremely anxious, she was still very patient with her daughter, "I just told him what happened and asked him what to do."
Shen Qingyu shook his head secretly, pretending to be innocent and asked: "Great, my father will be back soon after receiving the letter. I thought I would be separated from him for a long time!"
Rushing back? How is this possible? He was on an errand for the Holy Father. It would be a serious crime to leave his post without permission before the matter was settled.
If he doesn't come back, he can only rely on letters to convey information. With the distance between the two places, how many letters can be sent before the case is heard? And what method can Shen Zhongwen have to change all this?
The more Ms. Wen thought about it, the more she felt that her elder brother was dead, and her face turned blue with horror.
Shen Qingyu originally wanted to remind Wen in her letter to ask Shen Zhongwen for some reliable helpers to re-investigate the case. Seeing that she did not understand the meaning, she asked again: "Uncle, did he really kill someone?"
Wen Xiu heard Shen Qingyu's question and thought about it carefully. Wen Xiu knew Wen Liang's character very well. Wen Liang was timid. He only dared to get angry with people close to him. He didn't even have the guts to kill a chicken, let alone kill a chicken. How could they?
They have been brother and sister for more than thirty years, she is certain of this.
Could that be a mistake?
Once this question appeared in her mind, she could no longer ignore it.
Wen murmured: "Someone must have framed him! It must be so."
There was this possibility. Seeing that Mrs. Wen finally figured it out, Shen Qingyu raised the question that mattered most to her and followed her to Fengyang County.
Mrs. Wen flatly refused, "What are you talking about? You can stay here well. You will still have the Wen sisters here to accompany you, so my mother can feel at ease."
She lowered her body and said seriously: "Obey! Mom is really busy right now and can't take care of you."
Shen Qingyu refused to listen to her. She had already lived three lives, but this was the first time she had the opportunity to travel far away.
Her first life, which she didn't want to recall, was spent in an orphanage when she was young. When she grew up, she took root in a small county town in order to support herself.
There was no chance to look outside, so of course she didn't want to miss it now. Even though the destination of this trip was related to the murder case, she couldn't care less.
"No, I will follow you! If you don't take me with you, I will sneak out." Shen Qingyu was also proud of being favored, so she made her request so forcefully.
Mrs. Wen was already anxious, but when she saw that her daughter was still disobedient, she immediately said angrily: "If you keep talking nonsense, I'm really going to give you a slap!"
Shen Qingyu looked at Mrs. Wen's face and felt that it might not be easy to act coquettishly, so she understood the reason and said, "Mother, you are worried about uncle, I am worried too! Besides, if you leave, the rest of the Wen family will be disappointed.
I'm uneasy, my grandfather and grandmother are not in good health, and they are worried about my uncle, so they don't have time to care about me. I'm just causing trouble by staying here."
After hearing what she said, Mrs. Wen thought it made sense, but she didn't let Shen Qingyu get her wish easily, "Then I'll send you home, just to make me feel at ease."
"Oh! Grandfather's family will allocate manpower to follow you to Fengyang. They will also have to stay at home and listen to their orders. They will also send some people out to inquire about the news. At this time, mother, how can you distract grandfather again?
Send someone to see me off!"
When Shen Qingyu said this, she suddenly remembered something. Did her father say something to her before he left?
She was trying to recall the scene when Shen Zhongwen left, and Mrs. Wen beside her had successfully been stunned by her.
In fact, if Mrs. Wen thought about it more, she would know that taking a child on the road would inevitably cause a lot of inconveniences. However, she was a person with no independent opinions. Once she was fooled by Shen Qingyu, she immediately changed her mind and felt that it would be okay to go together.
Therefore, Mrs. Wen finally agreed, "Okay! But you must be obedient, we are not here to play!"
"Yeah! Yeah!" Shen Qingyu responded immediately, trying to be well-behaved.
Because Mr. and Mrs. Wen were particularly anxious about this matter, soon a servant reported, "The carriage and the accompanying people and horses have been prepared. Madam asked the lady if she is ready? We are about to set off."
Although this trip was only to the nearest county, there were also a large number of people accompanying him. There were twenty or thirty people as guards alone, as well as several followers. The rest were personal maids and servant girls.
Shen Qingyu calculated in her mind that she actually caught up with the number of people in a large tour group.
Zhong, who was waiting in front of the carriage, was surprised for a moment when she saw Shen Qingyu actually coming out with him, but she quickly calmed down.
Obviously she didn't think much about whether Shen Qingyu should accompany him.
As soon as Mrs. Zhong got on the carriage, she closed her eyes and fell asleep. Mrs. Wen was naturally not in the mood to talk, and the carriage was very quiet for a while.
When the carriage started to move, Shen Qingyu looked out through the curtain and saw that the carriage was about to turn out of the alley. She suddenly remembered what Shen Zhongwen said when he left?
When you need help, go to the alley ahead and find a man named Zhang San.
She quickly pushed Wen, "Mom, when my father left, he said that if he needed help, he could go find a man named Zhang San in the alley in front. Should we take him with us?"
"What Zhang San? Why don't I know?" Wen frowned and asked a little strangely.
Of course, Shen Qingyu didn't know who Zhang San was, so she just said: "Father said that, there must be such a person. Just ask someone to tell him and let him catch up with us."
Mrs. Zhong also opened her eyes when she heard this, "That's fine! My brother-in-law's people are definitely better than ours."
Since Mrs. Zhong agreed, Mrs. Wen immediately ordered people to do it.
Before meeting the person, Shen Qingyu was so imaginative that she thought Zhang San was some stranger from the world. However, when the real person came to meet him, she realized that Zhang San was actually an acquaintance.
Zhang San was Guard Zhang, one of the guards who accompanied Shen Qingyu on the street that day, and also gave her some knowledge about General Wen's deeds.
Zhang San was probably a pseudonym, so that Mr. Wen had no idea who he was when he heard it.
He asked through the car curtain: "Since Madam is going out, please be sure to ask your subordinates to follow you."
He heard Mrs. Wen say "hmm" and then he rode beside the carriage.
Chapter completed!