Chapter 30: Get Another (2)

Early June.

Wang Yan rushed to Chengdu Prefecture this time, and the mission was nothing else, so he successfully promoted the marriage and confirmed the engagement ceremony with the Song family. Therefore, before the marriage was officially signed, he could not return to Wenyang Prefecture City alone to make a contribution.

There is inevitably another running around.

Fortunately, Wang Yan admired his witty words along the way.

"Young Master Song, look, the big river ahead is Jishui River. As long as you walk along the river, you can reach Jishui County within three or five days."

Wang Yanbu walked on the road, followed by a group of people. He pointed to the river ahead and said to Mr. Song.

"Jishui River, I have heard people say before, it seems that there is a dragon girl living in this Jishui River?" Song Ziye looked at the river with a smile, as if he was a little interested in this rumor.

Wang Yan had heard of this legend, but he had never seen it with his own eyes. He couldn't help but believe it. He just smiled and said, "Maybe there is one."

Seeing that he was not in high spirits, Song Ziye did not talk again.

Soon, a large ship that I had booked before came from the other side.

After the ship docked, a middle-aged man stepped off the boat and saw Wang Yan at a glance, and came over with a respectful look: "Sir, this ship is ready and can be set off at any time."

Wang Yan nodded at him and turned to ask Song Ziye: "Young Master Song, the ship has arrived, have you left?"

"Since the ship has arrived, let's set off now." Thinking of his father's instructions, Song Ziye wanted to arrive in Jishui County immediately and examine Wang Shoutian, but he was unwilling to delay.

"Since that's the case, please." Wang Yan gave in to Song Ziye.

Although Song Ziye is the heir to the Song family, he is also a junior. He refuses to be rude in such matters and says with a smile: "Uncle Wang should ask for it first."

After giving in, Wang Yan first stepped into the ship, and Song Ziye followed closely. After the group boarded the ship one after another, the ship set sail.

Along the way, Song Ziye was very interested and looked at the scenery on the boat, feeling leisurely.

But the closer it was to Jishui County, Wang Yan was a little hesitant. Jishui County, Wang Yan had also been here before, and the desolate scenery was still in his mind. It was only about a year, how much atmosphere could there be here?

After finally touching the head of the Song family, if Mr. Song arrived in Jishui County and saw the desolate, although he would not feel that the head of governing this place was too incompetent, he would also feel disappointed.

Wang Yan is also a smart person, so he naturally knows what the head of the Song family sent his eldest son to come.

Whether this marriage will be successful is still uncertain now!

So, after only three days of worry, Wang Yan became a little angry, but he did not dare to speak out. He only hoped that Wang Shoutian would be able to fight for a little while in Jishui County and give the Wang family a long face.

After many days of contact, Wang Yan had already left his contempt for the Song family. Although the Song family's children were all ordinary in the market, they could think carefully about their behavior, but Wang Yan found that this child was not leaking.

Such calm and sophisticated, and also talks with humor, are really hard to match by ordinary children, and everyone's demeanor is indeed obvious.

If you have a brother and father like this, you will definitely be an ordinary daughter if you miss the Miss Song family.

Wang Yan couldn't help but sigh at Wang Shoutian's good luck, and thought that although he had a son, he had not yet been engaged, and his future wife was definitely not as good as the Song family's legitimate daughter, so he felt a little sad.

But when I thought about it, the help from the Song family would be beneficial to the entire Wang family, so I sighed secretly and stopped thinking about it.

Three days later, the boat was abandoned and landed.

The group of people came ashore from the west bank of Jishui, each leading his horse, and first took a careful look at the scene in front of him.

The purpose is to reach a large river beach. At the end of the river beach, there is a sparse forest. Even further away, there are farmlands close to the county town.

At this time, it was already mid-June, and the rice fields were golden and there were farmers busy in the fields.

The joy on everyone's face is far away, but it can be felt.

Wang Yan looked at all this in front of him and was very surprised. He turned his face and said to Song Ziye: "Young Master Song, this place is five miles away from Jishui County. You will be there after a while."

"I can't wait to go into the city to see it." Song Ziye said in silence for a moment.

It can be seen that he was also shocked by the scene in front of him. After all, the rumored Jishui County was invaded by war and the people were living in poverty.

But from the scene in front of me, it looked different. I saw tens of thousands of acres surrounding the county town, and I saw rice fields rolling in, as if the sky was full of heavy golden yellow...

A servant led a horse, and the two of them turned over and headed towards the county town.

Wang Yan was surprised by what he saw and heard along the way.

Until this moment, he no longer doubted his brother's choice in his heart. Just imagine that if he left this mess to his son, even with his help, he would never have achieved such a result in just a short period of time.

It seems that choosing this son as his heir is not so difficult for him to accept now.

Even Wang Yan, the people in the town, were so surprised that Song Ziye, who was traveling with him, was even more secretly surprised.

Although he is in Chengdu Prefecture, Song Ziye has heard a little about the situation of the four counties and one prefecture in Wenyang Town.

This Jishui County can be said to be the most painful place among the four counties. Such a county now looks like a prosperous state. Just look at this continuous piece of rice, which costs 100,000 stones. It is important to say more about the importance of this in troubled times.

With food and soldiers, most of his inexplicable hostility towards Wang Shoutian was eliminated.

However, he still needs to look carefully at what Wang Shoutian is like.

In Song Ziye's heart, someone who can match his sister must be the best among those.

Wang and Song had their own plans in their minds, and for a moment, there was nothing to say on the road.

The group walked along the river bank, rode their horses forward, traveling for more than four miles, and finally saw a city appearing in front of them.

Even though he was shocked before, Wang Yan still felt moved when he saw the newly built city wall and the thick city gate.

However, Song Ziye had been to Jishui County before and later, and saw this, he just nodded secretly.

At the opening of the city gate, people occasionally come in and out, and look at the clothes, but they are clean and tidy, and there is no hunger or cold on their faces.

Seeing this, Song Ziye felt more and more satisfied. Seeing that the second master of the Wang family beside him was a little stunned, he smiled and said, "I didn't expect that the wall of Jishui County was rebuilt, and it looked like a county town."

Upon hearing this, Wang Yan came to his senses and couldn't help but sigh: "To be honest, I have never been here since the reconstruction of Jishui County. Now I am surprised to see the rebuilt wall facade in person."

"It's like this outside the city, and Ziye can't wait to see the scene inside the city." Seeing Song Ziye's look of anticipation, Wang Yan nodded and ordered his group to enter the city.

At the same time, he also sent someone as a pioneer to report the news to the county government.

But the man returned later and whispered a few words beside Wang Yan, and Wang Yan's face suddenly changed slightly.

Song Ziye, who was standing beside him, pretended not to see him, and while enjoying the scenery on both sides, he went to the county government office without stopping.

At this time, there was a murder case under trial in the county magistrate's office.

The superior official is Wang Shoutian, the county magistrate here.

By chance, Wang Shoutian had only been back for three days. Since he got a general, he arranged to go to the barracks. He was in a good mood and didn't expect someone to come and ask about the case.

In desperation, Wang Shoutian had to be the master of Qingtian. At this time, the yamen runners had been established, and each held a murderous stick, which showed the majesty of the court.

Outside the county government, there are many people surrounding them.

There were a few people kneeling in the hall, only one woman, and the others were all men.

This woman has a pretty face and a graceful figure. She is so charming that she cries like a person.

Wang Shoutian glanced at him and knew it.

Although Jishui County is broken, it is mainly on the front line, and there are still some people in the back half of the county, especially some large households.

The deceased in this case is a wealthy family, Zhang Shaoyun, the husband of a young woman in the church.

Zhang Shaoyun is the eldest son, his parents died early, he is generous on weekdays and has no enemies. He is only his family and has no brothers to compete for family property. Therefore, when he was missing for many days and was found in the fields outside the city, the case was difficult to resolve.

Because it had just rained, even if there were traces, it had long disappeared. No scars were found on the deceased, and it looked like a sudden death.

I have a lot of money on my body, but I don’t meet a bad person on the road.

But the deceased old servant died of illness. Before his death, he talked about this with his son and revealed that the master's family was harmed.

Although it was not explained in detail, the matter finally spread and was sued by the deceased clan to the government office.

Wang Shoutian took over the case and tried it in court. He asked the coroner to check it carefully. Finally, a silver needle penetrated into the brain on the head of the deceased.

The murderer is still difficult to investigate.

In the hall that day, Wang Shoutian simply put the deceased's wife directly into prison.

Today is the time for retrial, and the three-day prison disaster made the woman even more pitiful.

The onlookers even whispered. Although the person who tried the case was someone they respected, the way of filing the case was a bit reckless.

Because of the onlookers, Wang Shoutian did not find it in the hall, and more than a dozen people crowded into the crowd and watched it.

The woman in the hall cried so much, but Wang Shoutian seemed helpless in the hall, so he ordered someone to release the woman in the hall.

Seeing this, everyone was talking about it, but it did not disperse for a while because other cases were heard.

However, one of the people raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Uncle Wang, how do you think this case was concluded?" The person who spoke was Song Ziye. More than a dozen of them had been watching in the crowd for a while. Song Ziye was a little disappointed with Wang Shoutian's case in this way.

This case is indeed difficult to determine, without any evidence or traces, and the murderer cannot be found at all.

But the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment. As Song Ziye saw the scene in the city, he had more expectations for Wang Shoutian.

Therefore, seeing that the case was concluded, he sighed in his heart.

When Wang Yan saw him, he naturally realized it. However, what he saw in the city had already satisfied him. In his opinion, Wang Shoutian was just the first time he was an official and a young man. This war and agriculture may be great, but this determination may not be a good thing, and it is not a great thing.

Therefore, he said: "There is indeed no solution to this case."

But before he could say this, he saw several yamen runners detaining the two of them and traveling from a distance.

One of them was the young woman who had just been released, but at this moment he looked so sad that he couldn't even cry. The other person next to her was a young man.

"This is..." Wang Yan and Song Ziye both showed surprise when they saw it.
Chapter completed!