FID – Chapter 379

Chapter 379: Let them never turn over again!

The century-old aristocratic Liu family in the capital had always been sailing smoothly. Now that they have suffered their biggest setback in history, they were plunged into chaos and lost their way.

This cornered dog leapt over a wall in desperation and was ready to fight back.

“Continue to keep an eye on them.” Feng Qingbai stroked the three characters, Liu Yusheng, written on the dossier, with one hand, his eyelids drooping slightly, hiding all his emotions.

The man in black did not say a word, and like a wisp of smoke, he dissipated in the study in a blink.

“Master?” Wei Zi was deeply puzzled.

“It’s not that I don’t trust you guys, but the shadow guards around me have been pretty much spied on. Hence, if you guys are sent to do these things, you’ll be easily spotted, causing our enemies to be more guarded.”

Wei Zi fell silent.

Indeed, they were shadow guards with confidential identities. So long as they disguised themselves a little when they went out, no one would find their true identities.

However, due to their continuous action over the past few years, the shadow guards around His Highness had been more or less exposed in front of everyone and tracked by people with agendas.

On the contrary, Wei Hong and Wei Lan weren’t exposed because they had been staying in Cangwu Town.

Nonetheless, they also couldn’t hide for long.

The Liu family was too jealous of Miss Liu and would certainly check everyone around her. Wei Hong’s identity couldn’t stand up to scrutiny, given her identity.

Looking at the man who was thinking about the dossier, Wei Zi, who had an urge to ask who exactly was that man just now, ended up not daring to speak.

It wasn’t his place to ask.

As a shadow guard, he only needed to follow orders and protect the safety of his master.

“Send a message to Wei Lan and tell him to immediately rush to Xiangnan to look for Elder Jiu. This matter must be done within two months. No matter what method he uses, he must lure Elder Jiu out. “

“Understood!” Wei Zi replied.

The reason His Highness dismissed the shadow guards close to him and turned to Wei Lan was that Wei Lan had long disappeared from the public after leaving the imperial capital years ago. He left quietly without anyone noticing.

The dossier was lit with candle fire, and the light in Feng Qingbai’s eyes was extinguished as he watched it burn into ashes.

Since the Liu family in the capital wanted to die, he would let them never have a chance to turn over this time.

It was already February when Wei Lan received the secret letter. After the severe winter snowstorm, the snow and ice began to melt, and the early spring stepped on the tail of the cold winter and arrived quietly.

After receiving the secret letter from Wei Hong’s hand and reading it, tears dripped down Wei Lan’s eyes.

How many good days had he had?

They couldn’t stand him being idle.

Soon, he’d set off on a long and bumpy journey again.

Xiangnan, ah.

It was the southernmost part of Xiang, and was a hundred thousand miles away from the capital and Xinghua Village. It was a mountain nook that was even more remote than the Xinghua Village.

It would take almost two months just for a round trip, yet his master asked him to complete the task in two months.

Master, you really think too highly of me!

“Da Hong, let’s make a night of it. Practice with me!”

“Get lost!”

Wei Hong turned her head and left.

Make a night of it?

If she fell in the same pit twice, she would instantly abandon her sword and stay in Xinghua Village to farm!

With such stupidity, what qualification did she have to be a shadow guard?

With drooping shoulders, Wei Lan smashed the secret letter in his hand into smithereens and sighed while packing up.

Then with his luggage on his back, he crept around rooms when he came out of his and scoured wantonly while the owners of the rooms were away.

Nobody was informed when he left.

It was only until dinner time that the family found a sudden missing member from the family, to which Wei Hong only said that he was out for a mission.

The family probed any further, but when they had eaten their meals and went back to their respective rooms to rest, roars reverberated in several rooms.

Xue Qinglian and Liu Zhiqiu’s voices were the loudest.

“Wei Lan, how dare you touch my medicine!”

“My new clothes! If you leave, just leave. Why did you have to touch my clothes?!”

Liu Yusheng rubbed her brow in the third courtyard; five jars of good wine were missing from her room.

Wei Lan – that guy stole medicine and new clothes, but even her wine was not spared. He was out on mission, but can he still hang five wine jars on his body?

This wave of hiccups soon passed.

The new wineries were completed in mid-February.

Although it was still a cold day when the construction started, with concerted efforts, the speed of completion was even faster than the original Xinghua Village’s winery.

Everyone was waiting for the day they could enter the winery and start work. They couldn’t wait to start working right away and receive their monthly salary next month.

Thus, villagers volunteered to help in each village, and the original estimate of one month project completion was finally shortened by half.

On the day of receiving the good news from each village, Qian Wanjin handed invitations to the County Magistrate, the town guards, and the rich merchants and gentry in the city. He invited them to attend the banquet in Wanjin Restaurant the next day, and then go to the new workshops together for the red silk ribbon cutting.

Quoting him, Nanling was about to usher in a legend.

He wanted more people to witness it together.

Well, he blew his own trumpet.

The banquet was hosted in the county’s Wanjin Restaurant, and members of the Liu family would attend together as well.

That night, Grandma Liu stayed in the room to choose clothes for her attendance. She kept comparing one set from the other, changing several times but was still dissatisfied.

“Nannan, Xiao Jinzi, do I really have to go? How about not going? Everyone in attendance will be influential people. If I say something wrong, I’ll be a disgrace to you.”

She had never dealt with such a party and was frightened.

“Grandma, you can say whatever you want. You can pat me on the head, just like at home. You don’t need to worry. We are the boss,” Qian Wanjin immediately said.

Liu Yusheng seconded with a chuckly, “Grandma, Qian Wanjin is right. There is no need to worry. We are just country folks, and there is no need for us to compare with the customs of those in town. Besides, if you are scared now, won’t you be more embarrassed to show your face when there’s even a bigger event in the future?”

“Dear wife, you’re quite dauntless at home, but why are you terrified and wimpy when going outside? What are you afraid of? Show some momentum, ah. Who are we inferior to?” Grandpa Liu was the most calm.

With the old man’s provocation, his old wife’s voice immediately rose higher: “Who are you calling terrified and wimpy? Aren’t I just afraid of disgracing the children? Do you think I am afraid of those wealthy families, ah? Let’s go! I’ll just wear this set of clothes. No more picking!”

“This set is good. It’s Indigo purple. It makes you look like morning glory, beautiful!”

“You’re the morning glory!” The old lady smacked Qian Wanjin on the head, “Morning glory? That’s not a compliment!

The younger generation of the Liu family all covered their mouths and held their laughter.

The family was harmonious and jolly, completely unaware that Qian Wanjin’s invitations had set off rippling waves in the upper class circle of Xiangshan County.

Speaking of the hottest gossip in Xiangshan, it should be the new wineries.

The two key figures of the new wineries, Liu Yusheng and Qian Wanjin, were the center of heated discussions among the people.

Even the county magistrate now had respect for the two people and had issued many preferential policies for their new wineries. With this craze, once the wineries were officially operational, the Qian family, especially the Liu family, was bound to jump among the top rich families in Yunshan County.

At this juncture, if they could establish a relationship with the Liu family and get involved in the winery, they would inevitably earn a pot of gold in the future.