He was originally scheduled to return to his hometown the next day, but something happened the next morning. As the New Year approached, many royal princes wanted to come to Fengyang to worship their ancestors. For this reason, Tongzhi, the commander of the left-behind department in Zhongdu, came to Linhuai County to check the safety precautions. Li Weizheng, as a listener, had to accompany him all the way. He could not escape for several days. It was already very late when he returned home after work every day. On this day, the inspector Tongzhi finally left Linhuai County. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Li Weizheng calculated that there were only three days left to the last time he settled in this year. He could not delay any further. He asked Qin Dianshi for a day off and prepared to return to his hometown tomorrow.

It was already late at night when he returned to his residence. The yard gate was closed and he pushed the door in. There was a slight light in the room. Li Wei was walking to the door of the main room. From the crack of the door, he saw that the mute girl was already asleep on the table. The food was placed on the table, and it seemed that it was already cold. He felt apologized in his heart. In fact, a yamen runner could come back to report the message first, but he forgot.

He gently pushed open the door. Although he tried very lightly, the creaking sound of the door awakened the mute girl. She raised her head blankly and saw that it was Li Weizheng's return. A surprise burst out in her eyes. This was a look that Li Weizheng liked very much. From fear, alertness, gratitude to her current dependence, Li Wei truly felt the mute girl's day by day. This change was not only the gradual rosyness of her face after being nourished by food, but her trust in herself. It can be said that she is the only hope that she can continue to survive and feel the beautiful side of the world. This dependence has added some concern to Li Wei three months after she first arrived in the Ming Dynasty, and there is a sense of responsibility on her shoulders.

The mute girl quickly walked up and took off her robe, touched the bowl of vegetables with the back of her hand, frowned, picked up the food and walked towards the kitchen, Li Wei was stopping her, "I've eaten it, sit down first, I have something to say to you."

The mute girl took the paper and pen and sat down in confusion.

"I'm going home tomorrow. I want to take you with me and let you stay at my house for a few days. What do you think?"

The mute girl was dipped in ink but couldn't fall down. It was natural to go home with him. It was reasonable to stay for a few days, without any special explanation, but he made it solemnly that the smart and sensitive mute girl had already guessed that he was arranging the future for him and that he had become his burden.

Her head was lowered deeply, her eyes were a little red, and Li Wei was feeling uneasy. He was about to cancel the plan, but the mute girl picked up a pen and wrote a line of words on the paper: 'I'll follow my brother's arrangements.'

Li Wei was just understanding the pain in her heart, so he comforted her softly: "Brother is going to go to the capital to explore the beginning of next year and will not stay in this small place again. When my brother settles down, I will pick you up. Besides, my brother is unable to live without the food you cook. If you don't eat and drink, you will not have the energy to work hard in the capital. You are the sister that my brother feels most distressed, how can you leave you? We will be together for a long time in the future!"

The mute girl's face suddenly turned red, "I'll go pack up." She wrote in panic, threw down her pen, and ran into the house in two steps.

Li Wei was looking at her panicked back when he suddenly had a strange idea. Since he called her brother, why would he not be willing to take his surname Li? Could it be?

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The next morning, before dawn, Li Weizheng and the mute girl cleaned up and washed up, had breakfast, and closed the door and set off. It was December, which was the coldest time of the year. Although it was Huainan, the cold weather in the morning was still so cold that people felt their bones hurt. The carriage hired by Li Weizheng yesterday had been waiting at the door for a long time. The two got on the carriage. The coachman whipped a long whip and drove towards the east of the city.

Li Weizheng's home is not far from the county town, only twenty miles away, but it was cold and the carriage walked very slowly. It was not until noon that the carriage arrived at Lijia Village. As soon as he entered the village, Li Weizheng immediately felt an uneasy atmosphere. There was no pedestrian on the road, and the doors of each household were closed. When he heard the carriage coming, the door opened a crack and then closed it heavily.

Li Weizheng was shocked. Before he could get home, he faintly heard a cry, as if it was coming from the direction of his house. He couldn't help but panic, jumped out of the carriage and ran towards the house.

"Young Master is back! You are back!" The family members shouted at the door. Li Wei was grabbing one of his family and asked anxiously: "What's wrong?"

"Master, the master has been taken away by the government."

'Official Government', Li Wei was confused. Isn't he a member of the government? What happened at this time? "Where is that lady?" he asked again.

"Da Lang!" Yang Ying ran out with tears in her face, her three-year-old daughter. Her image of shrewdness and hard work in the past was gone. Before she could speak, she couldn't help crying.

"Stop crying, tell me what happened." Li Wei was anxious. At this time, the butler Li Fu, who followed, sighed and said, "Before dawn, a few yamen runners came, saying that the autumn grain handed over by the master was fake, and he took him away without saying a word."

Li Weizheng's head buzzed!' and said, the charge of fake treasury grain was very serious, but he was about to be beheaded. He stomped his feet in a hurry, "Then has my father committed fraud?"

"Of course not!" Li Fu flatly denied, "Our Li family has paid for decades of food and never has a shortage. How could it be fake?"

‘Don’t panic! Don’t panic!’ Li Wei kept reminding himself to calm down. Since his father did not commit fraud, there must be a reason for this.

"I suspect it was the three thousand guan of money." Yang Ying, who finally stopped crying, slightly recovered his shrewdness and raised his own question.

"What three thousand guan?" Li Wei was blurting out. He immediately realized that this matter could not be discussed outside, so he said to his stepmother: "Let's go inside and talk."

Yang Ying nodded, and she suddenly saw the mute girl behind Li Weizheng, and asked in surprise: "Dalang, who is she?"

"She is a girl I recognize in the county, called Mute Girl." Li Wei turned around and pulled Mute Girl up and introduced to her: "This is my stepmother."

The mute girl stepped forward and bowed obediently, took out a small rattle from the package, and turned it in front of Li Weizheng's young girl. The sound of "bang!bang!" was made. The little girl was immediately attracted and stopped crying. She reached out to ask for it. When Li Weizheng saw her packing things in the morning, she took a rattle, but she didn't understand the meaning. It turned out that it was used to tease the little girl, so she thought it carefully.

However, he had no intention of praising the mute girl at this time, and turned around and said to the butler: "Take my girl to my room."

When Yang Ying heard that her name was Mute, she knew her intention. She didn't ask too much, and gave her maid a few instructions and took their luggage to the room.

Yang Ying took Li Wei to the living room. When she closed the door, she immediately said anxiously: "The incident happened three days ago. Your father left the door. I don't know where he went? I suddenly found that the family had 3,000 guan coins. After he came back, I asked him repeatedly, but he denied that he had taken it. I asked people who could enter the inner house one by one. Everyone swears that there was no. When I saw your father's expression was dull, it was as if the three thousand guan coins had nothing to do with him. I knew it must have been him. I thought he had quietly entered the city and gave it to you."

"No, my father didn't give me three thousand guan." Li Weizheng quickly shook his head and denied it. He had already vaguely felt that his father's arrest must be related to the three thousand guan. He pondered for a while and asked again: "Where will Stepmother think that the father will use the three thousand guan?"

"I'm also very confused. The master has always been very economical and will tell me after using the money. Although I'm angry sometimes, he is the master after all, so I just blame him for a few words in the end. But this time it's really strange. Not to mention the huge amount, and the master is determined to admit it, I'm very puzzled."

"No! I have to go back right away."

Li Wei realized that the problem might be serious and it was very likely to be related to Linhuai County Government. He made a quick decision: "I want to save my father immediately. The mute girl will stay at home for a few days, and her stepmother will take good care of her for me."

Yang Ying stroked her heart and asked nervously: "I will take care of her for you, but will something happen to the master?"

"Don't worry, I still have some connections in the county. As long as I figure out the whole story, I will definitely save my father." Li Wei was speaking, and quickly walked out the door. When he walked to the door, he turned back and told Yang Ying: "If you need money from home, Step Mother must not be stingy, after all, saving people is important."

"How could I do? That would save the master's life!"

He returned to his room first and saw the mute girl tidying up her clothes, so he said to her: "I want to rush back to the county immediately, and you will live here obediently. Stepmother will take good care of you."

The mute girl nodded slightly, and she walked up to tidy up her somewhat messy collar for Li Weizheng, and smiled at him. Li Weizheng felt relieved, and he immediately rode a horse from his home and galloped towards the county town.

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Chapter completed!