Wanjin Lady

Chapter 191 I don’t know
"After we lost contact with the Marquis that day, we immediately sent people throughout the city to search for him. However, we were afraid of alerting the enemy, so we didn't dare to advertise the search publicly. We could only quietly search the nearby counties and villages."

"Later, we couldn't find the Marquis, and we were at our wit's end. We could only lie to the public and claim that the Marquis had returned to the capital to visit the Empress. Only then was we able to barely stabilize the situation in Bingzhou."

Wei Zheng was wearing a thin coat. He had been practicing martial arts since childhood and was in good health. Although there was no stove in the house, he did not feel cold at all.

"My Lord, there must have been a traitor in that operation!"

Wei Zheng's expression remained unchanged upon hearing this, his brows stern. "On my way back, I noticed that the famine in Bingzhou has eased somewhat. After some inquiries, I learned that all the grain merchants from Tianshui Prefecture had gathered in Bingzhou this summer. What happened?"

"My Lord, as you instructed, if you disappear for more than ten days... we can open your letters in the presence of the three of us. Since your disappearance, rumors have circulated in Bingzhou, and the famine is severe, leaving us helpless. It just so happens that a letter from your teacher, Old Master Yao, arrived from Ping County, offering a plan to alleviate the famine. After reading it, Master Zhang thought it was feasible, so we will follow Old Master Yao's advice and implement it."

"Oh?" Wei Zheng's expression relaxed upon hearing Yao Shizhen's name. "I heard earlier that he had moved to Ping County. I had been planning to visit him once the situation in Bingzhou had settled. I never expected his letter to arrive before me."

He glanced over, his gaze heavy and imposing, "Tell me in detail about the teacher's plan—"

The subordinate then reported the details of the high grain prices that had occurred that summer. Wei Zheng listened in silence, then finally said, "It's a good move. Unfortunately, it can only be used once."

"What happened in the five months I was away? Is there any news about the bandits we caught last time?"

The subordinate shook his head. "Those people ran away so fast, they obviously have accomplices in both the black and white worlds. In September of this year, we received a tip from an informant about smuggling by a wealthy family in Bingzhou. Unfortunately, when we arrived, the merchant ship was docked, the crew was gone, and the smuggled goods were lost to the sea."

"Have you searched the nearby islands?"

"We've searched everywhere. It's as if the whole boatload of them vanished into thin air. There's no trace left."

"Have you encountered any other ships on the sea?"

"No."

Wei Zheng frowned, "Perhaps... they have a hidden sea route. Or... they are colluding with the Japanese."

Since Wei Zheng didn't speak, the people below didn't dare to speak either.

As Wei Zheng was flipping through the documents, the people below started arguing with each other, poking each other, their eyes twitching, but no one dared to speak first.

Wei Zheng sensed the undercurrent among his followers and raised his handsome eyebrows, "If you have something to say, just say it."

Someone immediately pushed the youngest person in front, the young man named Monkey, and said, "My Lord, Monkey has something to ask you!"

Hou Ji: Damn it, everyone is pushing me? Isn't that what you guys wanted to ask?
The arrow was on the string and had to be released. Hou Ji scratched his head and said, "My Lord... I just want to ask... where have you been recently? I have searched Bingzhou from top to bottom and can't find any trace of you."

If the Marquis doesn't come back, they will all pack up and go to the next life.

How could the Queen let them go after they lost the Marquis?
This marquis... is the only heir of the entire Wei family!

Do you know what a single child is?
This is the only seedling in the surrounding villages!

——Crack.

Wei Zheng gently closed the document.

The wind blew, firecrackers rang out outside, and the kitchen was noisy. It was bustling outside, but there was dead silence inside.

Several people stiffened their necks, held their breath, and waited for the answer.

"I do not know."

After a while, Wei Zheng spoke coldly.

Thunder on the ground.

The man turned his head to look at his subordinates who were all deformed and weird-looking. At this moment, their mouths were wide open, enough to fit an egg.

What does it mean not to know?
How could I not know? Wei Zheng raised an eyebrow. "The last memory I have is of a man's back. He gave me medicine and saved my life. Then everything went blank until recently... I woke up in a house in the snowy forest of Cangshan Mountain."

Everyone was silent.

Hou Ji pursed his lips and asked him seriously, "My Lord, could it be that you were possessed by a female demon from the snowy forest, causing you to lose your memory? Then how can you prove that you are still my Lord?"

Wei Zheng chuckled, tapping the cover of the document with his slender fingers. He said in a calm tone, "I'll ask you to go to the military household office and clean a hundred toilets tomorrow. Will you remember who I am?"

Hou Ji laughed awkwardly, "Yes, it's Lord Hou!"

Another strong subordinate slapped the monkey on the head and said, "How could a female demon possess our Lord's body? Even if there was a female demon, it was a female demon who dragged our Lord into the cave to practice dual cultivation!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a stack of documents flew through the air and hit the speaker on the head.

The man ran away with his head in his hands, laughing, "My Lord, spare me! We were just joking with you!"

Wei Zheng said with a cold expression, "Did you see me smile?"

As he raised his hand, Wei Zheng noticed the wound on his palm.

He frowned slightly. This wound... looked like a dagger wound. It looked very recent, probably from the past few months.

But he had no impression at all.

Wei Zheng didn't like things that were beyond his control. He didn't like any so-called variables.

The place where he fell was at least a hundred miles away from where he woke up.

He had no idea where he had been, who he had met, or what had happened.

He doesn't care much about other things.

The only thing he cared about was that the sachet he had carried with him for many years was lost.

That's my mother's legacy!

This alone made him upset.

He touched it casually and found the teacher's letter. The attendant beside him immediately stepped forward and said, "My Lord, Master Yao wrote another letter some time ago. Our subordinates were busy catching the Japanese some time ago and didn't have time to open it."

Wei Zheng opened the letter, and the subordinate quickly turned up the light so that he could see more clearly.

Wei Zheng read very quickly and his teacher asked him in the letter why he had not replied yet, whether he was hindered by government affairs or encountered a crisis.

Seeing what happened next, Wei Zheng's face showed a gentle smile.

"Teacher, what a nice guy! He actually adopted a daughter in Ping County."

But then he frowned slightly.

In the letter, Yao Shizhen briefly mentioned that it was his adopted daughter Wen Wan who offered advice on the grain collection in Bingzhou, and his words revealed his intention to seek credit for her.

Gentle?

This little woman is quite quick-witted.

The man next to him came closer and asked, "My Lord, what's wrong?"

"That's all right." Wei Zheng rolled up the letter. Although the teacher hadn't explained it, the grain collection was a sacrifice for the grain merchants in Tianshui Prefecture. If he loudly claimed credit for this woman named Wen Wan, he was afraid it would bring disaster to her. He tapped the table lightly and made a decision in an instant. "The teacher has adopted a new daughter, and as the eldest brother, I have to express my gratitude. Zhao Heng, prepare a gift, something valuable, and send it to a woman named Wen Wan in Ping County."

(End of this chapter)