The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 431: The Technology Gap is Killing Us (4)_1

Chapter 431: Chapter 431: The Technology Gap is Killing Us (4)_1

Feng Wei looked at her refusal and then turned the carriage around and headed back.

Mo Heng was already dressed properly, standing in the courtyard in a dark-colored long robe.

"Young Master..." Feng Wei didn’t know what to ask. The young master had said earlier that he would leave after the New Year’s celebration; after the New Year, he said he was preparing to leave, and this preparation took half a year. He was very clear about the reason—it was because of Pei Qin.

But even if Pei Qin knew martial arts, she couldn’t do much after being drugged with an aphrodisiac. The young master’s martial arts skills were slowly recovering as well...

"Feng Wei," Mo Heng called out to him, "She can’t overpower me."

"Young Master! You..." Hearing him admit it, Feng Wei’s entire face scrunched up in concern.

"I... want to possess her. Really want, deeply long for," Mo Heng looked down. Shen Songming couldn’t pursue her, and he was the same.

Feng Wei also hung his head weakly. It only took a small kindness from Pei Qin to steal the young master’s heart. He didn’t want to admit it, but he had to acknowledge that the young master had truly given his heart to her. But what about her feelings towards the young master? She was not even minimally courteous, to say nothing of warming up to the young master, who she disdained for being embroiled in troubles, not wanting to be involved, and not treating the young master with any warmth or kindness! If it weren’t for the fact that he could teach Pei Wendong martial arts, and the young master taught them scholarly matters, they might have been driven away long ago.

"Who was it that made the move?" Mo Heng suddenly asked.

Feng Wei lifted his head to look at him and pursed his lips. "It should be the Qian family. They had a caravan transport a few chests of wheat straw and dirt ashes here, using Shen Songming’s handwriting to write a letter, deceiving... Ms. Pei to come out and receive the goods." However, he couldn’t figure out why, if they wanted to kill Pei Qin, they would also drug her with an aphrodisiac?

"Check the Shen family," Mo Heng instructed.

Feng Wei was stunned, "The Shen family... would they really make a move against Ms. Pei?" Wasn’t Shen Songming going to marry her and even planning the enfeoffment? Could it be that someone in the Shen family didn’t want him to marry Pei Qin, which is why there was the previous incident of the enfeoffment going to the wrong person, and now this assassination attempt!?

Mo Heng was also just guessing. She knew how to count and read simplified characters, something he had never heard anyone else mention before. She and Shen Songming had been exchanging letters, and given her character, she must have made a secret mark. Handwriting can be imitated, but she would definitely recognize a secret mark.

Feng Wei didn’t know what his plans were, but he had already begun to investigate the matter with Pei Qin, and the two had already... The young master was even willing to give up the mines, which he kept as a fallback, to save her. Feng Wei took a deep breath, "Yes, Young Master!" There were still a few old subordinates the young master could use.

Pei Qin was also looking at the letter, which had a pinyin signature at the bottom. Her pinyin was not good, and she hadn’t taught it to the few little radishes. If Shen Songming had taught someone...

"There are still two corpses on the street," Lu Hai inquired of her.

"Report it to the authorities!" Pei Qin commanded directly.

Lu Hai, concerned about her being alone, took her in a donkey cart at dawn to the street, and upon their arrival, those two corpses had already disappeared, and even the bloodstains on the ground were cleaned spotlessly. "Someone does not want the Government Office to intervene."

Pei Qin frowned, feeling very uneasy. Someone was reaching out to harm her, wanting her dead, and yet she had no idea who it was.

"Go to the Government Office! Start the investigation with the caravan!" Pei Qin really disliked this feeling of insecurity.

By the time the two of them reached the Government Office, called for attention at the gate, and reported the case, it was already broad daylight.

Because the one reporting was Pei Qin, and the lost goods belonged to Shen Songming, whether it was the Third Shifts of Government Servants or Wu Dongsi, they all took it very seriously. After checking the chests and inspecting them thoroughly, they immediately sent someone to investigate the caravan that had brought the goods.

"Did Young Master Shen mention any specific goods for you to bring? How could such a shipment arrive without a single person accompanying it?" Wu Dongsi asked Pei Qin.

Pei Qin’s face darkened. This was something she had suspected, but the letter explained it: that he was short of people and had entrusted everything to the caravan. Furthermore, since it was goods from his Shen family, no one would dare to touch it. Yet, she hadn’t expected those irregularities were meant to lure her out and kill her.