Chapter 186: The Seventh Prince is Missing
Seeing this, the three of them stopped trying to evade, accepted the loquat ointment from Wei Ruo, and thanked him.
"Thank you Miss Wei, we will accept this loquat ointment. If you can find any use for us in the future, please feel free to ask." Yuan Qiniang said.
Wei Ruo smiled and nodded.
Before leaving Tianqin Garden in the evening, Wei Ruo saw Qingyi who came to Tianqin Garden to pick up things for Mrs. Yuan, so he also gave her two cans and asked her to pass them to Mrs. Yuan on her behalf.
Qingyi looked as happy as if she had found a treasure: "Miss Wei's loquat ointment was delivered at the right time. Madam has been having some discomfort in her throat these past few days, and I am worried about what to prepare for Madam. The loquat ointment given by Miss Wei , that must be the best."
Wei Ruo didn't say much. When they were about to separate, Qingyi stopped Wei Ruo again and reminded her in a serious tone: "Miss Wei, it's not very safe outside these days. If you have nothing to do, Just try not to leave the city."
Qingyi sounded like he knew something.
"But what happened?" Wei Ruo asked.
Qingyi could only say: "It's nothing, I just want to remind Miss Wei that Miss Wei remembers that this slave is for Miss Wei's benefit." After saying that,
Qingyi walked away.
After returning to the captain's mansion, Wei Ruo specially called Nanny Zhang over and asked her if anything major had happened in the mansion recently.
Aunt Zhang shook her head: "It's been very peaceful in the city these days. I haven't heard of anything terrible happening anywhere."
Wei Ruo asked again: "Will the entrance and exit of the city be tightened?"
Nanny Zhang denied it. : "No, this morning the old slave went out of the city for my wife. It was the same as usual. Yesterday, Lao Zhang from the mansion went to Xingshan County and brought a cart of grain over this morning. It's nothing."
"I understand."
Wei Ruo asked Nanny Zhang to step back.
She believed that Qingyi did not say this to her casually, but she did not know the reason for the time being.
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That night, Wei Mingting suddenly returned home.
Yun had already fallen asleep, but she got up with the help of the maid when she heard the noise.
"Why didn't you notify me first when your husband came back?" Mrs. Yun asked with concern as she came up to help Wei Mingting change.
Wei Mingting frowned: "Something happened. Don't make any announcement about my return. Don't even tell the children."
Hearing this, Yun's heart tightened and she realized the seriousness of the problem.
"Husband, are the Japanese pirates coming again?" Yun asked tentatively.
"The problem is not with the Japanese pirates, but with the Seventh Prince. The Seventh Prince was ambushed on his way here," Wei Mingting said.
Yun's eyes widened: "The seventh prince was attacked? How could this happen? Who is so bold and dares to attack the prince?"
Wei Mingting's face was full of sorrow: "It may be related to the court battle. In recent years, the position of prince has been vacant. The overt and covert fighting between the princes is a fact known to both the government and the public."
Hearing this, Yun's heart suddenly lifted high: "What about the seventh prince now?"
Wei Mingting shook his head: "Currently, his whereabouts, life and death are unknown. Uncertain. At present, the prefect Yuan and the garrison have respectively mobilized the officers and soldiers of the government and part of the anti-Japanese army to conduct searches." "
Will my husband be implicated? What is the connection between the struggle in the court and the anti-Japanese army where my husband is supposed to be? Yes, your husband can't help but be implicated, right?" Yun asked worriedly.
"It's hard to say. It depends on what the Holy One means. You must be held accountable and have a responsibility," Wei Mingting said. After all, it was the prince whom the prince respected who had something happen to him within his jurisdiction. If the Holy Lord Long Yan was furious, they would not be able to escape.
"But husband, you are responsible for the fight against the Japanese. What happened to the Seventh Prince happened in the city, so what does it have to do with you?" Yun family complained for Wei Mingting and the generals of the anti-Japanese army.
"How can everything in the court be treated fairly?" Wei Mingting sighed slightly, "Don't think about it in advance. The top priority is to find the seventh prince. If you want to see him alive, you want to see his corpse."
Yun was worried, but no matter how worried she was about the affairs of the court, she couldn't help at all. She could only pray silently in her heart, hoping that the seventh prince would be okay, that her husband would be okay, and that the Wei family would be okay.
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In the next few days, the city was still calm. Most of the people were worried about how to spend the winter and celebrate the New Year. Apart from this, they did not hear any other news. Even the Japanese pirates had stopped during this period. .
Wei Ruo took time to go to Zhuangzi every day to check on the injured man.
The man was in a coma for three days. On the fourth day, Wei Ruo told Manager Yu about the follow-up medication.
"I will continue to take the same medicine in the morning, noon and evening every day. I will add some tonics to the medicine I gave him at noon to give him some nutrition." Wei Ruodao.
"Okay." Manager Yu agreed.
While the two were talking, Wei Ruo saw the man on the bed move from the corner of his eye.
Then Wei Ruo walked quickly to the bed. The man opened his mouth and said with difficulty: "Water..."
After hearing this, Steward Yu hurriedly went to get tea, which was still warm.
With Guanshi Yu supporting him, Wei Ruo fed the water into the man's mouth.
After drinking the water, the man lay back, then looked around suspiciously, and finally his eyes rested on Wei Ruo.
The man saw Wei Ruo, a handsome, fair-skinned young man with a round face.
Because the mask Lin Fang made for himself was very convenient to wear, Wei Ruo would wear it when he went out or went to Zhuangzi, and it had become a habit.
"Where is this..."
The man was still weak, his voice was very hoarse, and his speaking speed was very slow, as if all his strength had been used up in just one sentence.
"This is my Zhuangzi. We found you on a nearby mountain and brought you back to settle here temporarily." Wei Ruo replied.
The man didn't know whether it was because he was slow to react or something, but after a while he said, "Thank you."
Although the man is still a little weak, Wei Ruo can't wait to ask some questions: "Who is your surname, where do you live, and why were you injured?" Once the man's answer has questions, Wei Ruo plans to send the man back to find out
. His place, let him fend for himself.
"My surname is Zhu, my name is Zongyu, I live in Taiyuan Prefecture, and I am engaged in business..."
The man paused and took a breath. It seemed a bit difficult for him to say so many words at once when he had just woken up.
After a pause, the man continued to explain in a slow tone:
"I went south this time to send New Year's gifts to my maternal grandfather's family in Wenzhou Prefecture. I encountered robbers on the way. To save my life, my servant exchanged clothes with me and he led me away. Thief, I took advantage
of the chaos to escape." "But I was still caught up, chopped several times, and severely injured. Fortunately, my trusted aide rescued me. Under his protection, I escaped to a hidden place, but there were still thieves searching the mountain for protection. I was seriously injured, and my confidants chose to go out and lure away the thieves..."
(End of Chapter)