Chapter 30: The Arrival of Guests

  Sheng Siyan's words reminded Wang Shi, who thought seriously and nodded: "I had forgotten about this. This Rong Yun Girls' School was founded by Zheng Dainai. You have also offended her biological daughter, so you definitely can't stay there." While speaking, she sighed, "It's a pity that our Siyan can't attend school anymore. Let's just study at home with your mother, we can't let you be ignorant."

  "Of course not! I'd rather follow Mother to read books!" Sheng Siyan was suddenly overjoyed, hugging Wang's arm and rubbing against it in a very endearing manner.

  Wang saw him, and was both delighted and heartbroken. "You stay home and rest your injuries," he said. "Don't go anywhere. I'll go to the mountain to gather herbs and try to cure the wound on your head as soon as possible."

  Sheng Siyan was very confident in Wang's words and hastily said, "Mother, you have to be careful. The injury on my forehead is nothing serious, Mother, remember to leave early and return early." Don't be like last time, returning at midnight and deceiving her by saying she went to the capital...

  Wang carried a basket on his back and left with a smile.

  They went next door and called Wang's elder sister, and the two of them went up the mountain to pick herbs together.

  The Wang family is best at catching snakes. The whole Wang family knows this skill.

  After being bitten by a snake that time, Mr. Wang always went up the mountain with his neighbors from the Wang family next door.

  The king's elder sister happened to be going to pick medicine for that monk and was eager to go with the king's wife who was skilled in medicine.

  The relationship between the two families became more harmonious.

  Before long, a month had passed and that group of strangers had been wandering around Wangjiacun, Wujiazhuang and several nearby villages for so long. The mountain nearby was searched repeatedly like a fine-tooth comb, but there was no sign of the monk's whereabouts, as if he had vanished into thin air. These people were filled with regret and fear that they couldn't find anyone to hand over the task.

  After all, they are the ones behind their superior's back, and they have a lot of power...

  Those high and mighty big shots can trample these small fries into minced meat with just one stomp of their feet.

  So the more anxious they are, the more fiercely they bully these ordinary people in the countryside.

  "Come out, come out! Search the house!" They searched village by village, not letting any household go, bringing the village head and holding the village's flower register, checking one by one.

  Anyone who is not registered on the roster will be arrested and taken away. Then their relatives must bring official documents with seals and silver to redeem them.

  They made a pretty penny with this method.

  It seems they are about to search Wangjiacun, and both Wang Ergou and Wang Jia Dajie are very worried.

  That group of strangers has been making a big show of searching for someone in the nearby villages recently, and it's clear that they're after the monk from their household.

  They are just ordinary villagers, how can they fight against these villains who seem to have a strong backing?

  It's also said that two fists can't contend with four hands. The other side has many people and a strong momentum, if they really search their home, will they comply or not?

  Even King's parents were getting anxious, and they hinted several times to Wang Ergou and Wang Dajie to think of a safe solution, so as not to implicate the whole family.

  Wang Ergou wanted to send the monk away, but Wang Jia's sister refused. In the end, she frankly told the Wang family: "The person I saved has nothing to do with others. If you're afraid of causing trouble, I'll take him away now. I won't rest until he's sent to a safe place."

  "Sister, that's not what we meant." Wang Erge was very embarrassed. "Those people are about to search our village, and hiding in my house like this isn't a solution either."

  The king's father and mother did not know what to say, they just kept sighing, rubbing their hands and walking back and forth in the house.

  The monk listened to the conversation in the inner room and was extremely grateful to Wang's elder sister. In his long-abandoned heart, a strange feeling arose. He thought anxiously for a while in the room, finally making a decision.

  At night, when Wang Erge came in, the monk said to him: "You don't have to worry. I have a way to get out of this." He was originally extremely unwilling to contact those people again, but now that they had bullied him to his doorstep and he had almost been beaten to death, he knew he had no choice but to retreat.

  Although the Buddhist door is wide, there is still no place for him to settle down.

  "Hey, don't worry, let's think of another way. My sister is right, since we've saved you, we should see it through to the end."

  The monk smiled and took out a letter, handed it to Wang Ergou, "You help me with one thing, tomorrow send this thing to Rongsheng Inn in the capital."

  "Isn't it dangerous?"

  "It won't. The owner of Rong Sheng Inn is an old acquaintance from my hometown, she will think of a way to help me." The monk said with confidence.

  Wang Ergou took the letter with mixed feelings of doubt and suspicion, but still went to school the next day to ask for leave. He made a special trip to Beijing, following the direction indicated by the monk, found the Rongsheng Inn, and handed the letter over to the landlady.

  That boss's wife is a very delicate and fair middle-aged woman, with an extraordinary temperament, really can't see that she was a servant before...

  Wang Erge muttered to himself, while bowing his hands: "Thank you very much. If you want to see him, we will be waiting for your arrival at Wangjiacun."

  The woman hastily pulled out the letter, scanned it quickly with a glance, and then called out in a low voice, hurriedly covering her mouth with her hand to conceal the astonished and bewildered expression that filled her face.

  Wang Ergou's heart sank. Was something off? He quickly turned around and ran away.

  The woman finished reading the letter and when she looked up, she found that the person who delivered the message had already run far away. She couldn't help but smile and shake her head, instructing her accountant: "You watch the store, I have something to attend to at home."

  The accountant nodded and watched her leave.

  The middle-aged woman returned home, dressed up and then slipped out of the back door, going straight to the palace.

  In the afternoon, an ordinary green wooden carriage drove out of Xicheng Gate in Beijing and headed towards Wangjiacun.

  The green wooden carriage entered Wangjia Village and stopped in front of Wang Ergou's house.

  A woman with a veil covering her face, supporting another refined and fair middle-aged woman's hand, walked forward to knock on the door.

  Wang Erge took a leave today, after returning from the capital, he didn't go to school. He originally planned to visit Sheng Siyan, but when he heard someone knocking on the door, he opened it and saw that it was the old lady boss of the inn! There was also a woman wearing a veil standing beside her.

  "Excuse me, young man," the middle-aged woman asked with a smile, "is that monk in your home?"

  Wang Ergou suddenly understood that this was the helper the monk had mentioned, and hastily said: "Ah, yes! Please come in!"

  The middle-aged woman carefully supported the veiled woman as she went in.

  Wang Ergou wanted to follow him in.

  A hand like a chicken's claw stretched out from the slanting stab and grasped Wang Erge's arm, not allowing him to enter.

  Wang Ergou looked up along the palm of his hand and saw a middle-aged man with a round face, smiling and saying: "This young man, stay here and chat with me." The voice was sharp and fine, not like a man's voice.

  Wang Ergou's heart skipped a beat, and he nodded obediently: "Okay, what do you want to talk about?"

  The middle-aged woman had already led the veiled woman towards the small courtyard where Wang Erge lived.

  That small courtyard has only three rooms, it's easy to find someone.

  "Zhao'er? Are you in there?" The middle-aged woman asked aloud.

  The monk sitting in the inner room heard this familiar voice, was stunned for a moment, lifted the curtain and came out from the inner room.

  "Zhao'er, look who's here?" The middle-aged woman pointed at the woman wearing a veil and said with delight.

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