bookcurios Chapter 207 Not Simple
Chapter 207 Not Simple
Huaizhu's words were quite bold, and coupled with her somewhat charming face, she perfectly portrayed her superior attitude.
Mu Jiaojiao stepped out of the room and saw Xie Linzhi's sweaty face. He looked at Huaizhu with a look of pleading on his face. Xie Linzhi was silently saying in his heart, "Auntie, please stop talking!"
As expected, Jiang Wenshan's face turned bad as soon as Huaizhu finished speaking. This incident happened suddenly. He led his men to chase the thief all the way into this small Maple Leaf City, and was actually verbally abused by this evil slave.
"Take down this evil slave!"
Seeing this, the retainer of Governor Chen Mu, who was wearing white clothes beside Jiang Wenshan, gave orders to the subordinates behind him without waiting for Jiang Wenshan to speak.
Jiang Wenshan also felt that Xie Linzhi was right. It was more important to find the murderer first. He didn't want to get entangled with this ignorant girl, so he did not stop her.
"Hey! My Lord, you can't do that!"
When Xie Linzhi heard this, he was shocked. He immediately tried to stop them, but it was too late. He saw two guards with swords heading straight towards Huaizhu.
Xie Linzhi's face was filled with anxiety, while Mu Jiaojiao and the others looked calm and didn't move at all.
The two guards walked up to Huaizhu and tried to capture this inexperienced little girl. At this moment, an accident happened.
Before they could see what was happening, their bodies flew out, one on the left and one on the right, falling beside Jiang Wenshan, raising a cloud of dust.
"Humph!"
Seeing this, Huaizhu retracted her jade foot that had just kicked the person away, snorted softly, and her eyes were full of disdain and contempt.
Jiang Wenshan was also shocked by this situation, and then he fell silent, his eyes full of thought. Although he was a scholar, he was also good at martial arts, and not low at all. He could see that Huaizhu's skills were not simple.
The injuries on Wen Xingchu's body were caused by all the people who participated in the martial arts competition under the command of Cangzhou Governor Chen Mu. Although many people were killed or injured, Wen Xingchu was also seriously injured.
He did not act rashly at this moment. He could not figure out the identity of a woman who worked as a maid for such a man with extraordinary skills.
After Jiang Wenshan looked at Huaizhu, he looked at Mu Jiaojiao again. He saw that the woman was wearing a purple dress embroidered with peony flowers. Because the weather was cold, she was also wearing a white fox ball cloak.
The woman was beautiful and had an outstanding complexion, but her expression was lazy and calm. She looked at everyone with a sense of majesty without being angry, and had a sense of superiority.
"I am Jiang Wenshan, the assistant governor of Cangzhou. I apologize for my rudeness just now and for disturbing your sweet dream.
It's just that one of my followers saw the imperial criminal I've been pursuing for a long time escape into the young lady's residence. This official and my subordinates are here on official business. I hope the young lady will restrain the maids and not hinder the government's investigation!"
Jiang Wenshan looked at Mu Jiaojiao, first bowed to her and spoke very politely, then he took on his dignity and spoke in a voice that was neither loud nor low, but contained a warning.
"I cannot understand what Lord Jiang said. Lord Jiang brought his men to knock on my door, and I did not stop him from searching my small yard. How can you say he stopped the investigation?
As for the various actions of Lord Jiang and his subordinates, they disturbed the women and children in my courtyard. My maidservant was just angry and said a few words, but Lord Jiang's subordinates shouted and killed her, showing off their official power.
Now, Lord Jiang is so good. He never mentions the rude behavior of the officials. He just says that it was the servants of the common people who stopped the investigation. Could it be that Lord Jiang thinks that he can crush people just because he is one level higher in rank? "
After hearing what Jiang Wenshan said, Mu Jiaojiao's expression became serious. She spoke in a neither loud nor low tone, enunciating each word. At the end of her words, there was a hint of sarcasm in her eyes.
Jiang Wenshan had never expected that the woman, no, or rather the lady, in a small courtyard in this small Maple Leaf City would be so eloquent and flattering.
He was speechless for a moment after hearing Mu Jiaojiao's question. If Mu Jiaojiao hadn't said the word "common woman", he would not have thought that Mu Jiaojiao was already married.
Since they are married, it seems a bit unreasonable that after all the noise and the absence of the male owner of the courtyard, there is no sign of him.
Also, he hadn't thought much about Xie Linzhi's attitude before, but now that he thought about it again, Xie Linzhi seemed very afraid of offending the people in this courtyard.
"Mother!"
"Mother~"
Just as Jiang Wenshan was looking at Mu Jiaojiao, with a lot of thoughts in his mind, two childish voices broke the tense atmosphere.
Chang Le and Zhao Jianjia brought the two children who were woken up to Mu Jiaojiao's side.
Previously, Mu Jiaojiao asked Yunyu to look after the child. Perhaps the girl was worried about these people, so she went to call Zhao Jianjia and Chang Le to bring the child over.
Mu Jiaojiao looked down at her two sons, squatted down, touched the heads of the two children, and asked softly, "Are you scared?"
"Mother, Zhao'er didn't..."
When Jiang Mingzhao heard Mu Jiaojiao's words, he immediately shook his head, pursed his lips, glanced at Jiang Wenshan, and then simply answered his mother.
He wasn't really scared, he just didn't like these people. Humph, they were threatening his mother. He would tell his father and see how his father would deal with these tactless people.
"Mother, no~"
When Jiang Mingxiao heard his brother say this, he stretched out his chubby little hands and begged Mu Jiaojiao to hug him, speaking in a soft and cute tone.
He is not afraid!
Seeing this, Mu Jiaojiao hugged Jiang Mingxiao and only felt relieved after listening to what they said.
That's true. The two Jiang Mingzhao brothers may have experienced more thrilling things than this. The older one has experience and is not afraid of anything. The younger one has probably forgotten everything. But all he has in mind all day is eating, and he is so brave and foolish that he has nothing to be afraid of.
Jiang Wenshan generally had some conscience. When he saw the child beside Mu Jiaojiao and the women in the yard, he realized that they were indeed a bit reckless and frightened the women and children.
It's no wonder the host was angry, right? Thinking of Xie Linzhi's attitude and Mu Jiaojiao's composure from beginning to end, he thought about it and decided to apologize to Mu Jiaojiao.
"Madam, I was indeed a little reckless in this matter. I, Jiang, would like to apologize to you on your behalf.
However, the subordinates did see the thief enter the courtyard, and their actions were out of duty instinct.
Moreover, I believe that this thief has nothing to do with this lady, but I still have to send people to search for him, for the safety of this lady and her two children.
If this lady and you, the maidservant, refuse to cooperate, then I will reasonably suspect that you are harboring a criminal. I believe this lady doesn't want to be charged with harboring a criminal, right?"
Jiang Wenshan's words were quite nice. He first referred to himself as "Mr. Jiang" and then lowered himself to apologize to Mu Jiaojiao and her group.
Later, he used his identity as the deputy governor of Cangzhou to persuade her with emotion and reason, and then used both kindness and force. If Mu Jiaojiao still asked people to stop her or find trouble, he would definitely say that Mu Jiaojiao was harboring a wanted criminal of the imperial court, right?