The Comeback of the Charming Farmer's Wife

At this moment, the people on the ship were still hesitating whether it was correct to head in this direction.

Suddenly, a servant beside them spoke up, "Sir, look over there, is that a fire? It looks like there are people!"

The official on the ship was a minor one in charge of the maritime affairs in Shandong Prefecture. He had only one personal servant with him; all the others were from the Mu Family.

Following the direction the servant pointed, he indeed saw what looked like two torches swaying in the air.

"Quick, go tell the Mu Family’s people to steer the ship forward," he commanded.

The servant complied at once.

As the ship drew closer, they could faintly hear the sound of people shouting.

When they got even closer, one of the Mu Family members shouted, "It’s the young master, it’s the young master’s voice!"

"We’ve found the young master, we’ve found the young master..."

The Mu Family members were ecstatic with excitement. They had been searching for more than two months; even people from the capital had advised them to give up the search.

As the ship drew closer and gradually approached the shore, everyone was startled when they saw a large python lying in front of them just as they disembarked.

What, what is all this?

The Commandery Princess Dongyang then said, "Hey, big guy, your child is right behind me. Why don’t you come over and take the child back with you?"

As she spoke, she pulled Mu Shaoling to the side. The python glanced at her but remained still for the moment. When they moved a certain distance away from the nest of snake eggs, the python swiftly slithered to the eggs, coiled around them, and swiftly fled.

What else could it do, seeing the number of people at hand?

"Young Master!"

"Young Master!"

"..." The members of the Mu Family finally found their young master, and even the men were so overjoyed some had teary eyes.

"Let’s go, we’re heading back!" Mu Shaoling’s voice sounded rather cold, but the joy in his eyes was noticeable.

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The fact that Mu Shaoling and Commandery Princess Dongyang were found after their maritime mishap has yet to be communicated to Mianyang. Therefore, Yang Chuxia and Ye Zi’an were still unaware until they received a reply from the capital twenty days later.

"Have you caught the person?"

"We have! I didn’t bring him back to the residence, but kept him in an external estate," was the reply.

Ye Zi’an nodded and said, "Very good, let’s go out and see him." Saying this, Ye Zi’an went back to change his clothes and after informing Yang Chuxia, set out with Ye Er.

Once inside a small estate, both Ye Er and Ye Zi’an disguised themselves.

At that moment, Archivist Huang’s brother, who was being detained inside the house, had woken up and was terrified to find himself in an unfamiliar place. How did he end up here?

Before he could make sense of it, he saw a masked person enter.

"Who, who are you? Why have you captured me?" Archivist Huang’s brother was extremely afraid and warned, "I tell you to release me quickly, or our Huang Family won’t let you get away with it. Just so you know, my brother is an archivist at the county yamen. If my brother finds out, he’ll throw you in the yamen’s jail."

Ye Er sneered at these words, "If I dared to capture you, I’d already know your brother is an archivist. Yet from your words, I can guess he’s no upright official, and I wonder just how many people he’s swindled. Now, tell me straight, what’s the deal with the second son of Jiang Family from Qingjiu Town?"

Archivist Huang’s brother was not foolish. Hearing Ye Er’s words, he realized the other party was likely here on account of the Jiang Family.

He absolutely could not divulge that matter.

"I don’t know, how would I know? He killed a man, how am I supposed to know why he killed?"