NCCnovel Chapter 1585 One missing
Chapter 1585 One missing
The next morning, Yan Ruyu got up early, went to the eldest lady's courtyard to pay her respects and have breakfast. The abbot came to find her, and they hurried out together.
The eldest lady looked at her back and whispered to the maid beside her: "Tell the kitchen to make more light nourishing food, especially soups. Cook more so that the princess can use it whenever she comes back."
"Yes."
The eldest lady sighed quietly, saying that Ruyu was really working too hard. Although she didn't know what she was busy with, she could tell that it must be something important.
He secretly thought that his family was so lucky to have such a good daughter-in-law. He also thought that his son was so disappointing that he made Ruyu work so hard.
She sighed again and said to the mother-in-law, "Didn't the matchmaker who came last time say that he would send a letter in the next few days? Why hasn't there been any response yet?"
The old woman smiled and said, "Don't be impatient, Madam. If you urge her too much, people will think our second young master is in a hurry to get married."
"I am indeed anxious," the eldest lady nodded, her tone serious, "How old is he? He will be twenty soon. His father and I were already engaged when we were his age."
"It's just an engagement, not an immediate marriage, and it doesn't mean they will be together right away. This back and forth will waste a lot of time, maybe three or two years."
The maid handed her some tea and said, "Madam, why are you so anxious? Aren't all the affairs in the mansion in good order now? I don't think the Second Young Master is thinking about this."
"That's why I have to help him hold on tight. Otherwise, if he relies on himself, there's no telling how long it will take."
The eldest lady took a sip of tea and said, "I'm doing a good job of managing all the affairs in the mansion, but look at how tired Ruyu is. There's only so much I can do to help her, so I'm thinking about whether I should find a capable second daughter-in-law to help Ruyu."
The old woman laughed in silence: "It's not easy to find such a person. He has to be liked by the Second Young Master, and satisfy the Princess, and you have to like him too..."
When the eldest lady heard this, she really started to have a headache: "It is indeed difficult to find."
The old woman's eyes suddenly lit up: "Miss Qi and Miss Jiang..."
"Stop it now," the eldest lady hurriedly stopped him, "Master An has his eyes only on Miss Qi. As for Miss Jiang, she is from a wealthy family..."
The eldest lady likes Jiang Tangli, but her family background is too high. Even the royal family looks up to the Jiang family.
If it was in the capital before, it would be fine, but this is the Northwest.
She likes it here. It’s a little cold, but she lives a peaceful life here and is free from disputes. The family lives together in harmony, which is better than anything else.
But the Jiang family definitely wouldn’t think so.
As it is now, Jiang Tangli and Ruyu treat each other as sisters and have a close relationship, which is the best situation. If they go any further, it may be inappropriate.
The lady sighed again, it was really depressing.
……
Yan Ruyu didn't know that the eldest lady's thoughts were drifting so far away and she was thinking so much, so she went to the governor's mansion first to get the document.
Governor Cao and the official in charge of household registration had dark circles under their eyes, which showed that they had been busy last night.
"Thank you for your hard work, sir." Yan Ruyu handed over four red fruits.
Governor Cao's tired eyes were instantly brightened. He took it and looked at his subordinates whose eyes were red. He reluctantly gave him one.
"These are all documents with seals and stamps. Princess, take them and give them to the prince, and the village can be relocated."
"Thank you, sir. We will leave now without further delay."
"I checked that section of road when I came back yesterday. It's making good progress. Thank you for your hard work."
"Of course, it's my duty," Governor Cao said repeatedly, "Does the princess need a few people from me to help?"
"Not for now, bye."
Yan Ruyu and the abbot took the information and did not go through the main gate this time because the road was being repaired there and it would take time to walk there. So they went through the west gate and went straight out of the city.
Upstairs in a small teahouse in West City, Taoist Xuanqing held the teacup, watched Yan Ruyu's leaving back, and curled his lips silently.
"Am I right? When you come back, you must treat me as a guest of honor."
He was full of pride and confidence. After all, prophets were always respected by those in higher positions.
He took a sip of tea and thought to himself that if they didn't understand this time, he would find another way out and find someone else.
He knew more than just the affairs of Youcheng.
Yan Ruyu and the abbot left the city, put the files into the space, and the abbot changed to an electric tricycle - he really couldn't get used to riding a horse.
Huo Changhe didn't sleep much yesterday. He was guarding a village and had to make sure no one could escape.
He ordered the secret guards to guard all exits of the village and put up cordons before dark.
This kind of warning rope was prepared for him by Yan Ruyu. It is thin and tough, with small bells and small thorns on it.
If someone breaks in, firstly it will make a noise, and secondly they will be pricked by the thorns and won't be able to go far.
Then sprinkle some medicine powder.
After that, all the people in the village were brought to the open space from house to house.
There are 105 households and 312 people in Dachao Village.
At daybreak, the secret guard finished counting the number of people and came to report.
"Your Majesty, take a head count. Including those killed, wounded, and captured yesterday, there are a total of 311 people."
Huo Changhe narrowed his eyes slightly: "One less?"
The secret guard nodded: "I will take people to look for him right away."
Huo Changhe waved his hand: "Call our people here."
He was traveling light, and did not bring many people with him, just twelve palace guards, eight secret guards, and a bee whistle.
It is not easy for twenty people to keep an eye on the whole village.
It was pitch dark and they were not familiar with the local terrain. They didn't know where the people from the village were hiding and how could they find them?
Now we need to figure out who is missing.
If we were just ordinary villagers, we couldn't ignore so many people just because of one person.
Nowadays, there are many intermarriages between Dachao Village and the surrounding villages. However, according to Huo Changhe's investigation, the so-called intermarriage actually means that they just marry the women into the village, and no women from the village are married off.
It’s not that there are not many, it’s that there is not even one.
Huo Changhe sighed secretly. When his father was investigating, he only heard about intermarriage and probably didn't look into this in detail.
If we had asked at that time, we should have been able to find the clues.
My father is not a god, and it is already amazing that he can achieve this. He has also done his best for Dachao Village.
All his men gathered together, and Huo Changhe said, "Leave eleven of you here to guard, and the remaining nine will form groups of three. Two groups will go around the village to look for it, and one group will go to each household to look for it."
"If anything happens, send out a signal arrow."
"Yes."
Feng Shao came over and said, "Your Majesty, I want to go too."
"Well, you can ask the villagers and find out who is missing."
"Yes."
Feng Shao agreed immediately and sent out three groups of people. He also went to investigate among the villagers.
Huo Changhe looked at the time, then at the pale sky. He wondered how Ruyu was doing and whether everything was going well.
I don’t know if Governor Cao could see the other meaning in his letter.