Chapter 217 Reporting to the Official
Wu Xiyuan immediately stopped and asked with a nervous look, " Did the money get stolen?"
Su Jiuyue took a look at him and knew that he misunderstood. She hastily explained, "Not that money. It's the money that I brought with me when I came here for you."
Saying this, she frowned again, "that is also a lot of money. Your mother said that you've been studying hard here and can not be aggravated. So, she let me bring three hundred big coins to you. I added a hundred big coins myself. So it contains four hundred big coins in total."
It was indeed not a small amount. A strong man could only earn that much in half a month.
As soon as Su Jiuyue shouted, people around looked over and subconsciously touched their Money bags.
An enthusiastic passerby hurriedly asked her, " Young lady, have you lost something?"
Su Jiuyue looked distressed, "I lost my money bag, there are four hundred big coins inside."
Four hundred big coins were nearly half a string of money.
"That's a lot. Did you see anyone suspicious just then? We all help you look for?"
Young Master Wang was a defender of justice. Hearing this, he also stood out, "Exactly. Have you seen any suspicious people? I will right the wrong for you!"
Su Jiuyue had always heard people say how these rich young masters were bullying people. But he had never seen such a justice young master like him.
The bad impression that she had of him was gradually broken back.
She recalled the situation, "It seems that there is a person who has been pushing towards me. It was a boy, about 13 or 14 years old. I looked back at him and saw that he was half a head shorter than me. So I didn't pay much attention. Now that I think about it again, I think it could only be him. There was still some space next to me, there was no need to push me like that. He should have done it on purpose."
Su Jiuyue said her own guess. The young master sent his men to look for the boy. And he said to Su Jiuyue, "Five hundred big coins is not much. But this thing is in my father's jurisdiction, I think you should go to the official!"
Only then did Wu Xiyuan remember why Young Master Wang looked so familiar. He was Wang Qiying, the son of Wang Guangxian who was the governor of Yongzhou.
Although this was Wang Guangxian's district, he was unlucky to have three mountains above him and had not much decision-making power.
General Su, Prince Yan, and the Grand Princess were stationed here for a long time. His men kept low-key when they went out, for fear of provoking the three.
In his last life, Wang Guangxian became a Capital official at the end, serving in the Guanglu Temple.
When investigating a case of embezzlement of military pay, he offered a lot of key evidence. And Wu Xiyuan remembered him for this.
Later on, he had a few encounters with his son at several banquets.
Wang Guangxian had Wang Qiying in his old age and spoiled him a lot. And being taught that he should carry on the mission for his family from childhood, Wang Qiying had a lot of concubines and children.
The Wang family completely flourished in his generation.
Wang Qiying was indeed a talented man. The reason why he was later appreciated by the emperor was that he did a chivalrous deed.
At that time, he went out with his family members to go outing and happened to meet some robbers on the road. A mother and daughter were robbed. He saw the situation and directly took his attendants to fight the robbers.
Although he suffered some superficial injuries, the mother and daughter were saved.
The mother happened to be the niece of the Empress Dowager. Empress Dowager remembered the goodness of the Wang family and often mentioned it in front of the Emperor. The emperor then raised him to be a Royal Guards.
At once, Wang Qiying went from being a playboy to an official that everyone envied. He was considered a legend.
Hearing his advice, Su Jiuyue went to report to the government office as he had instructed.
Governor Wang Guangxian sat at the top, looking down at the young lady kneeling in front of the hall with a bucket hat. He could not see her face.
His good son was very excited on the side and told him what had happened in detail and hoped that he could do justice to the woman.
How could he not know what kind of virtue this son had?
It might be that he was falling for this girl. However, the girl was wearing a veil and could not be seen clearly.
He cleared his throat and said, "How dare you. Since you came to see me, why don't you dare to show your true face? What is the decency of covering up?"
Su Jiuyue took off the hat she had been wearing all the way, "Master, please don't be angry."
Wang Qiying swore that he did not have any other idea at first. He just wanted to right the wrong and help.
But when he saw her face, he was stunned.
Compared with this woman, those women in his home were so ordinary.
How could there be such a beautiful woman in Yongzhou City? He had never found her before.
Su Jiuyue could feel the hot gaze around her. She frowned in displeasure.
"Master, please help me to get my money back. The money is for my husband's study feeds."
As soon as they heard her words, the hearts of both father and son of the Wang family were suddenly half chilled.
Wang Guangxian was worried that his son had taken a fancy to a married woman. And if he robbed the girl and caused a bad influence, it would be a ready-made fault if Prince Yan was here to seek his trouble.
Wang Qiying, on the other hand, was saddened to see why he hadn't met the woman earlier.
He was a bastard. But he was also a bastard with principles. He wouldn't get his hands on a married woman.
He wouldn't do such things that destroy other people's families.
"The money for your husband's study? How much was lost?"
He asked while sweeping his afterglow towards his son's face. Seeing there was only some regret on Wang Qiying's face, but nothing more, he relaxed a little.
"A total of four hundred big coins."
Wang Qiying said at the side, "She said it should be a boy half a head lower than her. Father! You have to check this out. How can you allow this kind of theft to exist in broad daylight?"
Just four hundred big coins. Wang Guangxian originally planned to deal with it in a casual manner.
But looking at his son's generous look, Wang Guangxian just wanted to crack his brain open to see what he was thinking about. Why couldn't Wang Qiying just see his father idle for a few days?
Su Jiuyue saw the situation and also kowtowed, "Master, please check it out!"
Wang Qiying asked Su Jiuyue to stay and let the painter draw the portrait of the person according to her description.
But unfortunately, the painter of the government office happened to go home on leave for his sick mother.
Wu Xiyuan, who was standing aside listening to the trial, immediately volunteered to come forward and bowed to Wang Guangxian, "Master, I can draw. Maybe I can give it a try."
Su Jiuyue glanced back at him in surprise but met Wu Xiyuan's smiling eyes.