Traveling through the starry sky just for you, I was a koi in ancient times

Chapter 349 It’s not that I won’t retaliate

Wang Jinyi followed her mother into the stone gate of the east wing, with Feng Jie and Feng Mei beside her, and Wang Qiyue and Wang Wu Mei behind her.

In front of a house in the yard, a tribesman who had arrived earlier was standing, looking over here with a smile.

Wang Jinyi focused his gaze on the tribesmen who had come to greet him, and suddenly heard Sister Feng turn around and scold:

"who?"

Fengmei and Fengjie stopped at the same time. Fengjie protected the young lady behind her. Fengmei put her hands on the belt. Wang Jinyi felt that the two of them were full of murderous intent.

When I turned around, I saw that Wu Mei had already pinned the man to the ground. There was a big word "prisoner" on the man's tattered coarse cloth, which clearly hinted at her identity. Under her long and messy hair, she tried hard to raise her face, and she shouted in a trembling voice:

"Hui Niang, Hui Niang, is that you?"

Seeing that the person was still struggling and twisting, Wu Mei stepped on her back, and the person cried out and fell to the ground.

The mother hurried back and grabbed her daughter and asked:

"what happened?"

When the man lying on the ground heard his mother's voice, he raised his head from the ground and shouted:

"Hui Niang, Hui Niang, it's me! I'm Xiang'er!"

When Wang Jinyi heard this person call herself Xiang'er, before she could figure out what the relationship between this person and her family was, she shouted:

"Shut his mouth and drag him away!"

Then he told Sister Feng:

"Go! Interrogate this person carefully and find out the truth."

"The servant understands."

At the same time, she did not forget to glance at the young lady and gave Wang Jinyi a reassuring look. Sister Feng and Sister Feng left at the same time.

Wang Jinyi thought: I am in a border town, and someone is rushing towards me, shouting my mother's maiden name, and wearing prison uniform...

If he was on the street, I could ask carefully before making a decision, but now this person actually appeared in the school built by the Wang family for the sons of soldiers.

One can't help but think the worst. Not to mention that the Wang family is related to the prisoners, the Wang family dare not have anything to do with anyone on the northern border.

After all, Wang Quan still cares a lot about the relationship between the big families and the military generals. Wang Jinyi still understands how to avoid suspicion in melon fields and plum fields.

These were just Wang Jinyi's fleeting thoughts, and she turned around, holding her mother's hand and smiling.

"It's okay! Let's go."

The mother walked away and looked back and said:

"Why does that voice sound familiar to me?"

Wang Jinyi thought: This must be someone my mother knows, she called my mother's maiden name.

He pulled his mother into the courtyard with a calm face. He turned around and saw Wu Mei and Feng Jie leading people away. Feng Mei quickly walked out the door.

Wang Jinyi suppressed his worries and followed his mother to exchange greetings with everyone. Then they all walked into a cafeteria-like place with a large table surrounded by benches.

After taking his seat, the elder in charge of building the school said:

"The tribe started construction in the autumn two years ago. It took half a year from selecting the site to getting in touch with all parties and completing the formalities. Construction started with leveling the land..."

Wang Jinyi listened carefully and complained in his heart, but if you really want to do something beneficial to the people without letting certain people benefit, it will be difficult to go through the procedures!

Suddenly, the elder of the tribe asked:

"What happened just now?"

Wang Jinyi quickly stood up and answered:

"Just now there was a... clan elder. Why are there prisoners here?"

“Was that the person wearing prison uniform?

Oh, that's right. When the school was being built, General Fu Lei, the Zhenbei General, heard that it was a school for the children of soldiers, so he specially sent a group of official slaves to serve as slaves for the armored men. After all, it took a lot of people to level the playground and compact the ground.

Most of those sent to work were tattooed soldiers or conscripted as slaves. No one could escape, so there was no need to worry about that.

But I'd better stay away from them in the future!"

Wang Jinyi looked educated and quickly returned the greeting, "Yes, the Xunyang Wang family understands. They will definitely control the people we brought with them and not cause any trouble to the clan."

The elder nodded with relief. "When we left Beining, you were still recovering from your injuries. Are you feeling better now?"

"Thank you all for your concern. After more than a month of care, he can basically move normally. I'm sorry for worrying you all."

The clan elder and my mother exchanged a few pleasantries and talked about the specific matters of building the school.

Wang Jinyi listened attentively, but in her heart she was thinking about the woman who called herself "Xiang'er".

Who is that woman? She is calling my mother's maiden name. Something is fishy and I have to be careful.

After the clan had made arrangements, they held an inauguration ceremony for the primary school two days later and arranged accommodation for their people. They went out to a small courtyard in the southeast corner.

Wang Jinyi found an excuse and fell behind everyone.

Sister Feng rushed over and reported in a low voice: "Miss, that woman is Chang Xiang'er."

Who? Chang Xiang'er. Who is this person? Why does this name sound familiar?

Sister Feng frowned slightly, looking embarrassed as she continued, "Miss, she wants to see the Madam."

Wang Jinyi's eyes shone, and she remembered this person. It turned out to be her? She was the handkerchief friend of the mother who dragged the Wang family into the murder case of Zhao Gao's son.

Yes! Chang Xiang'er, her name is Chang Xiang'er, she is my mother's best friend, not only did she frame the Wang family to become witnesses in Zhao Ruling's case, she also secretly opened a mine, it was her family...

Wang Jinyi thought about the past and asked, "What did she say?"

Fengmei hurried over and whispered a few words in the young lady's ear.

Wang Jinyi's face changed slightly: "Really? Is it credible?"

"It's true! Miss, I just found out."

Oh? You found out so quickly? Wang Jinyi was surprised that Feng Mei was so well-informed, but she didn't doubt it.

I turned around and followed my mother into her room. With a relaxed look on my face, I sat beside her, thinking about how to talk to her. Then I saw her ask seriously:

"Jin'er, who is that person? I heard her calling my name just now."

Wang Jinyi's heart moved, it seemed that her mother heard the voice of "Hui Niang".

After a moment's silence, he told his mother the news that Feng Mei had just heard:

Chang Xiang'er's husband, Lieutenant General Cao, was sentenced to death five years ago along with his boss Zhao Gao for embezzling military supplies. All the male members of his family were convicted, and the female family members were exiled to Beiyu Pass as slaves.

The mother remained silent, but seemed somewhat moved, and spoke slowly:

"Jin'er, we..."

Wang Jinyi saw her mother's expression and expected that she would be soft-hearted, so she interrupted her mother.

"Mother, I have already found out that the Cao family was convicted for illegally opening a mine with Zhao Gao, but because the case involved so many people and the right prime minister from the empress dowager's family might also be involved, the emperor specifically arrested them on this charge.

Mother, do you still want to help her this time?"

The mother whispered, "Since ancient times, when a woman gets married, she doesn't know what her husband is doing outside. If the family is found guilty, they will be exiled."

He shook his head and said, "It should not affect my wife, sons and daughters..."

"When he was convicted, his wife and children were not spared. But when he was enjoying the money he embezzled, his wife and children all benefited from it. Now he wants to escape punishment?! How can this be justified in the world!

Xiang'er is not innocent. She has been guilty of helping Zhao Gao's eldest son escape punishment!"