Chapter 26 : Acting

"Miss, subordinate is back." Li Qingdian stepped into the threshold, then knelt down and saluted.

Pei Si Yan was overjoyed since she glanced at Geng Lao Han and dragged Li Qing Dye out the door to a secluded place.

"Did you borrow the silver? Aren't you not coming back until tomorrow?"

"Miss, my subordinate on the way there language encountered Lord Wang Jianshan, it turns out that Lord Wang also intends to come to pay his respects to Miss," Li Qingyan said, running around for days made his eyebrows stained with perhaps wind and dust, and he slightly looked a bit old, "In addition, my subordinate accidentally caught the absconding Ge Ge. "

His words made Pei Si Yan's eyebrows rise with joy, "Where is Lord Wang now?"

"In order to avoid people's attention, my subordinate arranged for Lord Wang to stay in a small inn within the city." Li Qingye looked at the half-open gate of the government office, where there was a hidden clamour, "Miss, why are there so many people gathered in front of the government office?"

Pei Si Yan smiled bitterly, "Something went wrong, the matter of mouldy rice leaked out. You take the silver and go buy rice, replace the mouldy rice in the warehouse, and leave Ge Kuo to me."

"Yes, miss." Li Qingye heard Pei Si Yan's tone of urgency and immediately went on her errand.

Soon, two guards escorted a man who was as fat as a pig, this person was about fifty years old, so fat that he couldn't see his neck underneath his head, it was estimated that he had been doing a lot of wrong over the years, eating, drinking and having fun, with a pair of bright mouse eyes, as soon as he saw Pei Si Yan he immediately became watery and full of aggrieved looks.

"My lord, please spare my life." Ge Ge Ge knelt on the ground and begged.

Pei Si Yan wiped her nose with a silk handkerchief and smiled gently and kindly, "If Lord Ge is willing to accompany me in a play, I will take good care of you ..." In her heart, she violently felt a trace of disgust towards herself, and she laughed lowly and coldly and laughed at herself.

Ge bracket see there will be the opportunity to redeem the crime, where will easily let go, "small willing, adults you despite command."

"But ..." Pei Siyan did not smile, her face was grim, "If you are slightly worse, not follow my wishes, I will not let you go, want to add to the crime why not worry about it is not it?"

"Lord please rest assured, is to let the small to go through the fire, the small frown never wrinkle a bit!" Ge Ge Ge said with conviction.

"Good, follow me." Pei Shi Yan no longer glanced at him, walked to the gate with her head held high and ordered the gate to be completely opened, the people outside were silent as soon as they saw Lord Wuban come out.

"Lord Shi Changshi has taken Master Geng to the granary, but all of you please listen to me about something first." She waved her hand, and the guards escorted Ge Ge to the front of the steps, and his face was ashen when he saw the blackened people of Xiyan County.

Once the people saw Ge Ge, who had been preying on the people for many years, they all became agitated, chanting "kill this dog official", the soldiers struggled to maintain order, not letting a single person step on the steps.

Ge Ge almost fell to the ground, looking at Wu Pan pleadingly.

"All of you please be quiet," Pei Si Yan raised her voice and waved her hand to indicate, only after half a day of noise did the people gradually quieten down, she continued, "Regarding the matter of mouldy rice, in fact, it is a rumour spread by Ge Cuo who intentionally framed me, please don't believe it. Isn't it so, Ge Ge?"

Ge Cuo barely caught his breath, where is Lord Wuban helping him, it's simply adding fuel to the fire, adding insult to injury!

Pei Si Yan added, "Lord Ge Ge, it's better to tell the truth."

Ge Ge Guo thought of what Lord Wu Pan had said earlier, and decided to go for broke, "Yes, that's right! Lord Wuban is the Emperor's personally appointed inspector, this disaster relief I am afraid that Lord Wuban will find out that I am guilty of corruption and perverting the law, so I spread rumours that the rice in the warehouse is mouldy rice, so as to cause public anger and pull Wuban down!"

"Hmph, maybe you are officials protecting each other, and Lord Wu Pan let Ge Ge tell lies to protect himself?!" A scholarly looking young man called out, immediately causing the crowd to agree.

"I've never met Ge Ge, how could I let him make up lies? What's more, I came to provide disaster relief under imperial orders, so how can I be ashamed of the people?" Pei Siyan said truly sincere, eyes flashing a little tears, "If I am really a corrupt official, I can not send a bit of relief food and silver, not to rescue the people under house arrest, not re-measure the number of fields, not to repair the water conservancy! But now I have done all these, why?"

The people fell silent, hanging their heads down like children who had made a mistake.

"I am single-mindedly only for the sake of all of you, please don't distrust me because of this dog official's lies ..." Pei Si Yan said, her voice choked a little, she covered her mouth and forced herself to hold back.

Things are often full of drama, Pei Si Yan personally directed a play that ultimately gained the result she wanted-

"Lord Wu Pan is a good man na, a good man!" The people shouted and knelt down to kowtow.

Pei Si Yan rushed forward and helped up an old man who was closest to her, "It's the fault of those of us who sit on the throne that the heavens have fallen and made you all suffer, I really can't afford to be thanked by all of you, everyone please get up quickly. In addition, in a couple of days it will be time to start repairing the aqueduct, please also ask those who can contribute to it to join in."

The people helped each other to stand up and agreed to Pei Si Yan's request in succession and then dispersed.

Pei Si Yan looked at the front of the official government office to restore the cleanliness again, secretly took a long sigh of relief, patted her chest, her lining clothes were already wet, she now extraordinarily wanted to go back to her room to bathe.

"My lord." Ge Ge Ge narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"Imprison him in the dungeon, and return with me to the Imperial Capital in a few days to listen to the interrogation!"

"My lord, you said you would help me ah my lord!" Ge Ge Zuo shouted, the guards immediately took a cloth ball and stuffed it into his mouth. Ge Zuo screamed, unable to utter a single clear word.

Returning to the lobby to sit for a while, Shi will lead the old man surnamed Geng smilingly back. As soon as the old man saw Pei Si Yan, he bowed repeatedly.

"Forgive my foolishness, I misunderstood your lordship."

"It's fine, it's fine, go home, senior." Pei Si Yan sent off the old man with a smile and turned back to Shi Hui and made a "V" gesture. Shi Hui looked blankly at Lord Wuban, Pei Si Yan retracted her hand, scratched her hair and said "nothing".

Li Qingdian quietly walked over, his face calm as usual.

"Light Dye, you really are a god!" Pei Siyan said cheerfully, "By the way, introduce someone to you ... Duke Mo?" She called out, but no one agreed.

Yun Qi whispered, "Miss, Duke Mo has left."

Pei Si Yan was surprised, "Why did he leave when he was fine? Could he have left any words?"

"Duke Mo said that he temporarily had important matters and couldn't be delayed in Xiyan County. He also said that if there is a chance, we will meet again."

"Waiting a little longer is also good," Pei Si Yan was greatly disappointed, seeing Li Qing Yan's questioning eyes, she explained again, "Yesterday, assassins suddenly broke into the government office, fortunately, a young warrior of the jianghu named Mo Xuan rescued me, so I am safe and sound. Today, he also helped me a lot, but it's a pity that the person has left, I don't know when we can meet?"

"Mo Xuan?" Li Qingye frowned and read this name, thinking back in detail, "He is the young lord of Jiangnan Moqi Villa, this year is about twenty four, often wearing a mask not to show his true face, the reason is unknown."

"Moqi manor?" Pei Siyan asked again, listening to Li Qingyan's understanding of Mo Xuan some shall, couldn't help but ask a few more questions.

"A prestigious and righteous sect in the martial arts, famous for its supreme swordsmanship in the jianghu, the current lord of the manor is Mo Mian." Li Qingye's brows knit tighter, "Miss, Lord Wang is still waiting for you at the inn."

Pei Si Yan slapped her head, there are still many matters waiting in a long queue for her to deal with, she almost forgot about the secret meeting with Wang Jianshan.

"Yun Qi, you stay in the mansion, if anyone looks for me, just say that I am tired and rest a little." Pei Si Yan dropped a sentence and quietly left the Xi Yan County Assassin's Mansion together with Li Qing Yan.

Wang Jianshan temporarily settled in an inn not far from the assassin's mansion, in order to hide people's ears, he purposely disguised himself as a barefoot travelling doctor in his late sixties with grey hair, wearing a white washed pale-coloured robe, with a faint smell of medicinal herbs on his body, no one could see that he would actually be the famous Cangshan West Road Festival Envoy.

Pei Si Yan and Li Qing Dye also dressed up as a pair of brother and sister from a poor family who were visiting a doctor before leaving the mansion, their faces were smeared with dust, and the shop assistant didn't care about it, guiding them upstairs, bringing a pot of tea that smelled and felt strange, and then closing the door of the room and leaving.

"Uncle Wang." Pei Si Yan politely shouted, incidentally revealing a warm smile, a look of a lady of the house.

Wang Jianshan gazed at Pei Si Yan, and a few emotions flowed in his eyes. Thinking that the last time he saw Xiaoyan was more than ten years ago, at that time he set off to serve in the Cangshan Mountain West Road, and before he left, he quietly said goodbye to Tantai Yu, Xiaoyan was still standing indifferently behind her father, and the smile that should be on the face of a child of a few years old was not visible at all on her small face.

Childless, he couldn't help but feel a twinge of pity for his dear friend's daughter - born into a prestigious family, the usual playfulness of a child was just an unattainable luxury.

So when Tantai Yu pleaded with him to take care of Xiaoyan in the future, he agreed flatly.

Despite being far away from the northwestern borderlands, he paid close attention to the movements of the Tantai family from time to time, and when he learnt that Tantai Yan had succeeded to the position of Wuban, a sense of pride arose in his heart, as if she were his daughter in general.

When he heard that Xiaoyan had taken up the post of inspector general to relieve the disaster in Xiyan County, he rushed to join her without stopping, hoping to help her to the best of his ability. After all, he has long been Xiaoyan as his own daughter general concern, not to mention the court situation is dangerous, as a daughter of Xiaoyan's pressure to bear than others on many.

After more than ten years of seeing again, Xiaoyan grew up more beautiful, also will smile, let him mood excited, and hastily went forward to help down the Pei Si Yan.

"Xiao Yan, no need to be polite."

"It should have been Xiaoyan who travelled to Cangshan Mountain West Road to pay respects to uncle, it's really embarrassing to bother you to come personally." Pei Si Yan said, personally pouring a cup of tea for Wang Jianshan.

"Alas ..." Wang Jianshan sighed, "Growing up together with brother Yu, with a deep affection, I don't want to have no chance to meet again after a goodbye of more than ten years. Xiaoyan, the murderer of your father has not yet returned to the case?"

The Ministry of Justice to investigate the murder of the former witch Pan case for many hours, the murderer has not left a trace, so that they have no clue, no way to investigate, has been delayed until today still not able to catch the murderer.

Pei Siyan said, "Not yet, but the net of law is wide open, one day I will catch the murderer to avenge my father's death, so that he can rest in peace in the nine springs."

Wang Jianshan nodded, his eyes angry and helpless, "The murderer must be broken into pieces! It's also hard for Xiao Yan you have to shoulder a heavy burden at a young age, it must be very hard."

Pei Si Yan smiled nicely, "With Uncle Wang's help, Xiao Yan doesn't feel hard."

Wang Jianshan understood and nodded slightly to Pei Si Yan. Pei Si Yan owed her body.

"Then ...," Wang Jianshan lifted his teacup and Pei Si Yan hurriedly did the same, "Tea in place of wine, a toast to our dedicated Xiaoyan."

The two of them tilted their heads and drank the water down with the tea leaf ends.

"How is uncle's health lately?" Pei Si Yan put down her teacup and asked, "Xiao Yan brought some precious herbs from the imperial capital to honour you, Uncle. Light Dye."

Li Qingyan answered and went forward, taking out a brocade box and opening it in front of Wang Jianshan.

Wang Jianshan glanced at it and politely said, "Xiao Yan, you are so out of the ordinary ..."

"No," Pei Si Yan pushed the brocade box in front of Wang Jian Shan, "You are Shibei, Xiao Yan should honour you, a small token of appreciation I hope uncle will smile."

Seeing this, Wang Jianshan also stopped being polite and accepted the medicinal herbs.

The courtesy over, explicitly implied also done, also should introduce the topic into the main topic, Wang see mountain lowered his voice and asked: "I heard that the Tantai family was backed up by the various factions of forces in the dynasty, Xiaoyan is ready to how to deal with it?"

Pei Si Yan guffawed, "I am prepared to ..."