Chapter 10-rescuing the lady and getting a job

That was Wang Wei who was running along the horse.With his amazing running speed,he could keep up with the speed of the horse.So, while running,suddenly he jumped up very high and leapt on to the horse.The horse seemed to panic once again and speeded up more.But Wang Wei kept hanging on the horse ,and little by little he managed to calm the horse down.Finally ,he led the calmed down horse back to where people were gathered and were talking,exclaiming about the incident took place.As soon as the carriage was stopped,the driver and the servant girl came running.Both of them heaved sigh of relief seeing the carriage back and they thanked him profusely .

The girl leapt up the carriage to check the condition of her lady.She was fainted inside the carriage.She came to her senses after immediate nursing care of her maid.

After getting a clear description from her maid about her savior ,she demanded to see him for awarding him.

The servant girl came out of the carriage and reached to Wang Wei.

"Shu Shu thanks mister for saving our madam"she said again gratefully ,looking at him with admiring eyes.

"Our madam wants to award mister for saving madam's life.Please follow me" she asked Wang Wei.

"Wang Wei greets the lady"when he reached the carriage ,infront of lady,he greeted.

"For saving the life of the lady of city magistrate ,you will be awarded with three hundred silver coins"the driver,the male servant announced the award.

Wang Wei bowed to the lady and replied .

"Wang Wei is gratefull for madam's kindness"he continued .

"But may I be dare enough to ask for an exchange ?"he asked while the people of surrounding were surprised of his demand.

"What do you ask in exchange ?"the male servant asked again.

"Wang Wei is an ordinary person without a way to earn a living.I came to this city recently ,with my nephew .May we get an employment in exchange for madam's reward ?" He asked very politely.

After thinking for a moment ,the lady gave her answer through the male servant.

"Because of the service you have done,madam is willing to fulfill your request .You may come to the magistrate's mansion tomorrow morning "he informed Wang Wei.

"Wang Wei is gratefull for madam's kindness"Wang Wei bowed and accepted the order.

The carriage left with the lady.

After collecting the things he bought before,Wang Wei also left the market place.He walked around the city,getting a rough idea about the surrounding,people, places,security points ..etc.

When he came back to the inn,it was almost dusk .He went his room upstairs .He put somethings he bought for himself at his room and collected somethings which he carried with him all the way from capital.Then he went to Ying Yue's room,knocked at the door and asked for an audience .

When he sees young girl,he greeted her,then explained all the things happened in the evening outside the inn.

"Young miss,because we are running out of money and because we need to find a good place to stabilize ourselves ,I took a sudden step like this as I got an unexpected chance"Wang Wei explained to Yin Yue .

"And because miss said that miss is going to disguise yourself as a male,I introduced miss as my nephew "he added further .

"That is a good decision ."Yin Yue agreed.

"Then uncle Wei,tell me about our family so that I can remember"she said.

Wang Wei was startled for a moment hearing her call him uncle.

But he explained what he planned.

"I had an elder brother who was a soldier and died in war.After he died,his wife was very sick and couldn't take care of their only child.Therefore as the uncle,I am taking care of him"he continued the story.

"As for me,I too was a soldier,severly injured in the war and now retired."he added.

Yin Yue nodded thinking about the credibility of their story.

In Qing empire ,males were allowed to join the army when they reached the age of fourteen.As for Wang Wei,he was in his early twenties,it was possible for him to join the army,fight for many wars during this time.And about retirement ,disabled soldiers were made retired by government itself and severely wounded soldiers were able to get an early retirement after paying a fine to the government.So Yin Yue didn't find any faults with their story.

"And what about your elder brother's name and I myself need a name"Yin Yue asked.

Although it was not hard for her to call Wang Wei her uncle,it was hard for her to call someone else her father.

After thinking for sometime ,Wang Wei came up with two names.

"My elder brother is Wang So and my nephew would be Wang Li"Ying Yue agreed with that.

Then Wang Wei took out a bag and a little parcel.

"Young miss,here are some clothes and cosmetics I bought early .They would be necessary for miss to disguise yourself" he gave the bag to Yin Yue.

"As for these..."he took the little parcel in his hand.

"These are the things which can prove our miss' identity as General Jiang's daughter "he said handing over the little parcel to Yin Yue.

Inside it,there were the jade ID tags of General Jiang Lin ,Lady Jiang Lin and Yin Yue.She touched them with a heavy heart.In the moment she decided to avenge her parents ,Yin Yue decided to never cry again.Therefore she didn't let her tears out at the moment.

"Miss should keep these safely .Never let anyone see these until a proper time come.Wang Wei asked her.She nodded in agreement .

"I brought our master's sword along with me,When our miss practiced and mastered in sword skills,I would hand over it to our miss"he added .

"We have to go see the city's magistrate tomorrow morning.Now miss may have a rest and be ready in the morning ."Wang Wei told her,bowed and turned to leave.

"Uncle Wei,there is another important matter"Yin Yue told suddenly .

Again,Wang Wei felt a bit startled because of her way of addressing.He turned again to know what was the important thing he forget.

"Stop calling me as 'young miss 'all the time.Now that I am your nephew ,call me Li Er or something or else it would be really awkward ."Ying Yue remembered him.

Wang Wei agreed with her yet what he felt awkward was to call the young miss by name. Yet he knew the importance of getting used to call her by name to carry on their act.

Wang Wei was really surprised to see the adjustment ability of this little girl's mind.

He again bowed and greeted her ,then left for his room .