Chapter 107 Letter from Beijing
Upon hearing this, Ye Qiongying raised her eyes and glanced at the man in the yard.
An Yu sat at the stone table with puffy cheeks. He stuffed a few pieces of crispy candies into his mouth in one breath, and glanced towards the room guiltily, as if he was afraid of being discovered and blamed by Ye Qiongying.
But because of the angle, he couldn't see what was happening in the room, so he turned back and stuffed another piece of candy into the food.
"Let him be, this is fine," Ye Qiongying sighed, "If there is a problem, it's best to let him stay like this. If there is no problem, then staying like this may not be a bad thing for him."
If there is a problem, the only way to avoid threatening their safety is to let An Yu remain stupid.
No problem, that means An Yu's life stories are all true. If he returns to normal and remembers the past, he may become smarter. However, the memories of his mother's tragic death and being abused and sold by his father and stepmother are not necessarily better than the blank memories he has now.
Uncle Ye stroked his beard:
"That's true. Well, girl, let's not talk about us. How are you doing in the military camp? Can you stand the training in the camp?"
Ye Qiongying laughed:
"Don't worry, Uncle Ye. My father has praised me personally as a girl who is more talented than my brothers! There will be no problem with the training in the military camp. Look, I have come up with a good idea!"
Ye Qiongying took out the sandbags tied to her body:
"The training intensity in the military camp is not bad, so I have been tying this sandbag to my body. Now that I am much stronger, I am sure that I can wield a spear more steadily than before!"
The guns and swords brought from the capital were placed here, and Uncle Ye was asked to keep them. It was not convenient to take them to the military camp.
Thinking of this, Ye Qiongying couldn't help but look forward to it: "Uncle Ye, after lunch, will you play with me?"
“Hahaha, of course you can,” Uncle Ye laughed. “You are such a cocky girl. In this respect, you are the same as that kid outside. He just said today that it won’t be long before he can surpass me!”
"Uncle Ye, you must not let him off the hook," Ye Qiongying blinked, "You have to make him realize the reality of this world."
Uncle Ye nodded repeatedly:
"Of course. My hair is grey, but it doesn't mean I'm really old. How can I lose to a pale-faced boy like him?"
After some joking, Ye Qiongying brought up the serious matter again:
"Uncle Ye, how is the matter I asked you to investigate going now?"
Uncle Ye asked Ye Qiongying to wait for a moment, then stood up and took out a few small paper folds and an envelope, and handed them over:
“Three years have passed, and whether intentionally or unintentionally, many things have been erased. It is now difficult to find any clues. We can only hear some specious rumors, which need to be further confirmed.
I have already gone to the shop with your token of gratitude and have contacted them. I am just waiting for you to have a day off today so that I can go there in person again.
In addition, most of the Ye family's private army had been incorporated into the Pingwu City's guards three years ago and became soldiers in public, with a small number of core forces remaining. However, after three years of absence, most of them had been scattered outside, and it would take some time to gather them together.
I have also contacted Chen Xiong, but I don't know what's going on. He has rarely left the camp this month and has not visited me yet.
Of the deputy generals under my brother, apart from Chen Xiong, only Yuan Wu, who is now a fifth-rank ranger general, is left. The other two, one is missing and the other died in battle, and they can no longer be found.
Shortly after the incident three years ago, Chen Xiong became what he is now. Yuan Wu, on the other hand, seems to have a good reputation and has a lot of prestige in the army. He was even promoted to general. But... there seems to be something strange in the middle. It is really hard to explain to ordinary people. For details, we have to wait until we get in touch with the military before we can find out.
Finally, this letter was sent from the capital.”
Ye Qiongying listened carefully.
She took the envelope and did not open it immediately. Instead, she said to Uncle Ye:
"Let's go to the shop this afternoon.
As for the others... don't worry, just recall as many people as possible. If they really don't want to come back, find out the specific circumstances. As long as they haven't surrendered to the enemy and have nothing to do with what happened three years ago, let them go.
Chen Xiong and Yuan Wu must be investigated thoroughly, especially Yuan Wu... I always feel that the Pingwu City Guard today is different from when my father was here, as if they are hiding some secrets.
I wonder if there will be any changes after General Pang Li and his men take over."
What was it that made those people stop talking in the middle of a sentence?
In the past three years, have some things that the Ye family army did not allow to exist been secretly revived by certain people?
"Pang Li..." Uncle Ye sighed, "Those generals are pretty good people. They had some friction with my brother in the early years, but they were not issues of principle. Maybe their political views were a little different, but they were not wrong. With them taking over, I feel more at ease knowing that you are in the barracks."
Lieutenant General Chen said the same thing.
Ye Qiongying nodded to indicate that she understood.
She opened the envelope.
There were two letters inside.
One letter was from my aunt, Mrs. Hua, and it contained information about the current situation of everyone in the mansion and my grandmother's instructions to her.
Perhaps because she was worried about her granddaughter and was afraid that Ye Qiongying would have to worry about the elders at home in the border town, the grandmother is now in much better health. She follows her aunt in eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures, saying that she wants to accumulate merit for her granddaughter.
The young aunt took care of the mansion's businesses with the newly appointed housekeeper Ye Yuan. She also used the banknotes that Ye Qiongying brought back after the divorce to purchase a shop and invest it out. Now there are signs that the money is paying off.
Mrs. Hua specifically stated in the letter that the money was to be kept in a separate account for her. If Ye Qiongying wanted to marry again in the future, she would ensure that the dowry would be larger than the previous one. If she wanted to find a pretty boy as a son-in-law, it would not be difficult to support a few more.
Ye Yuan is indeed a good housekeeper. He has taken over all of Uncle Ye's affairs, and even the boys in the mansion are convinced by him.
The little girl Ye Lu had already started learning to read and paint. She drew a picture of her beautiful older sister, but her aunt thought the picture looked more like a giant monkey with a bottle on its head, so she didn't send it over with the other girl. She planned to wait until her painting skills improved a bit before letting her cousin appreciate the picture.
At the end, there was a short paragraph of crooked handwriting, which was obviously written by my little cousin Ye Lu. The words were childish and naive, and she also deliberately put her painting on the back "without telling her mother".
When Ye Qiongying turned over and took a look, she couldn't help but hold her forehead with her hand. No wonder her aunt made fun of her.
This girl's painting skills really have a lot of room for improvement.