Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

After talking to Han Jingli, Qin Yunhe said goodbye and went back. It was already dark when he returned to the government office.

The next day, Qin Yunhe called Zhuzi and Zhao Da and explained everything to them one by one.

"…It may not be convenient for the wives of wealthy families to come. We must make it clear. If this matter is not made clear at once, it will be even more troublesome if it is dragged out for a long time in the future. We must try our best to persuade Wei to come in person. At least we must invite Chenxiang, another young man from the Zhao family's medicine shop, to come and confront each other.

You must make it clear that I am the one who is mediating, not the Experience Department."

Qin Yunhe then handed another letter to Zhuzi: "This is a letter that Awei wrote to his mother. If you pass it to her, it may help persuade her."

Zhuzi and Zhao Da agreed one by one and hurried away with the letter.

After Qin Yunhe had arranged these things, he began to sort out the information about robbery cases he had received in recent days.

Most of those who come to identify someone are pretending to be someone else, and there is not much useful information.

Then there are the cases of missing persons reported in recent years that have been collected.

These cases have been sorted out by their subordinates, and the remaining ones should be missing cases that they think are slightly related to the Qushan bandits.

The reason why I think these incidents may be related to bandits is simply because they all happened near Qushan and Zheshan.

These missing persons were either reported by Xunlin County or reported by the common people themselves after reading the notice.

“Are there no missing persons cases in Pingle County?”

"Sir, our people who went to Pingle County before did not bring back the missing persons case files. It is said that the security there is quite good."

Qin Yunhe nodded.

This missing case in Xunlin County currently seems most likely to be related to bandits.

Although it is said that they told their families before leaving that they would not take the Qushan Mountain, they would not take a detour too far.

If the dispersed bandits intend to commit crimes again, they will most likely look around.

After talking to Lin Zhaotang, he also felt that it was probably related to bandits.

As for whether the bandits had ever killed anyone, the two men always felt that they had most likely done so.

Just take the incident with the Xunlin County teacher as an example. If the teacher had not known some martial arts, he would have most likely been killed.

There was nothing to be seen from these, so Qin Yunhe took the list written by those people.

There are only a few names on the list, and the most likely ones are probably: Abai and Asong, the servants of Mr. Ma's family in Mo County, and Awu, Alu and Aze from Luo's butcher shop in Ta County.

These names seem very different...

There was no solution to the robbery case here. Many days passed in a flash and it was time for the holiday again.

Finally, one day before the holiday, Zhuzi and Zhao Da brought Wei and the others back.

Wei was about thirty years old, and was accompanied by a young boy in his teens. He must be the other child that Han Jingli had been thinking about, Chenxiang.

Qin Yunhe has already asked Xiao You to call Awei.

Just as Wei and Chenxiang had paid their respects to Qin Yunhe, Awei was brought over and pounced on Chenxiang as soon as he came in.

"Chenxiang." Then she burst into tears again out of grievance.

Chenxiang caught Awei off guard and patted him gently.

After this comparison, Qin Yunhe discovered that Awei was a bit shorter than Chenxiang, and was thinner, so he seemed younger than Chenxiang.

Wei was watching from the side, not indifferent, but she didn't seem to be particularly distressed either.

After a while, Ah Wei finally stopped crying and looked towards Wei, shouting, "Mother."

Wei then took a handkerchief and wiped his tears, saying, "Why are you crying? Doesn't your own father treat you well?"

Awei's mouth flattened again and it looked like he was about to cry again.

Chen Xiang said quickly, "Okay, Ah Wei, stop crying. My wife and I are here, so why are you worried? The master is here."

Only then did Awei obey and stop crying.

Qin Yunhe then spoke up, "I guess the two yamen runners who came to pick up Madam Zhao have already told her about the situation here?"

Wei nodded and said, "I did. I didn't agree with Han Xiaoer at the time..."

"Madam!" Chenxiang quickly reminded.

Wei paused and changed her words, “Han Ke, I didn’t agree with Han Ke bringing A Wei here at that time.

He was the one who came to our house every day and begged us to let his son recognize his ancestors. He made it seem like I had treated his son harshly and made the Zhao family look bad.

Now that my son has given it to him, he is making a scene again, saying that he gave it to the wrong person. How ridiculous."

As he said this, Wei really sneered.

"Then Madam Zhao is planning to take Ah Wei back?"

"Of course. Didn't he say that Awei is not from his Han family? Of course he will come back with me."

Qin Yunhe went to see Chenxiang again.

Just looking at the facial features, agarwood and asafoetida are indeed quite similar.

Obviously the two people have different temperaments, one has a relaxed look and a calm attitude, while the other has a frown and looks nervous, but you can tell they are very similar between their looks.

Otherwise, why do we say nephews look like their uncles?

"Han Jingli also hopes to confront you about whether Chenxiang is really the Han family son."

Wei sneered again: "It's so funny, let's confront each other. If you say it's not true, then it's not true."

Chenxiang also smiled helplessly.

Judging from their performance, Qin Yunhe felt that Chenxiang was almost certainly not Han Jingli's child.

Of course, it is not ruled out that they are really good at concealing things.

"Mrs. Zhao, do you have clear evidence that Chenxiang is not Han Jingli's child?"

Unless there is very clear evidence, Qin Yunhe is really afraid that Han Jingli will snatch the person away on the spot, which would be a very ugly scene.

Chen Xiang said, "Don't worry, sir. I can prove that I am definitely not Han Jingli's child."

It was a little late today, and Wei and Chenxiang had just arrived and needed to rest, so Qin Yunhe ordered: "Zhu Zi, go to Han's house and ask if Han Jing can come to the hall at noon tomorrow."

Zhuzi took the order and left.

Qin Yunhe asked Wei and Chenxiang to go to the inn to rest first.

Unexpectedly, Chenxiang asked, "Sir, I wonder if it would be convenient for Ah Wei and I to stay in the hall tonight?"

"If you want to live here with Awei, that's fine, but the room over there is rather simple."

"It doesn't matter, as long as you can live there."

Qin Yunhe asked Xiao You to help carry two boxes over and add another quilt.

Wei was sent to the inn.

After hearing that Wei had arrived, Han Jingli repeatedly confirmed with Zhuzi: "Is Chenxiang really here?"

"Replying to Lord Han, it really came."

Han Jingli's eyes lit up and he even asked people to admire the pillar.

That night, Han was so excited that he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep for half the night.

After dinner the next day, while helping Han Jingli to tidy up his clothes, Mrs. Han said, "Master, you must take our child back when you go there today. Don't be deceived by Wei. Just from what Bin'er said, the child is adorable. She is pretty and eloquent. It's obvious that she is from our Han family. If we take her back, then we won't be able to bring honor to our family."

Although Han Jingli hadn't slept for half the night, he was in high spirits, and his face was full of excitement: "Don't worry, I'll bring the child back to you at noon. How can a child of our Han family be left out there to work as a servant?"