Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Space Supermarket-Chapter 417 - 388: Encountering Jiang Han Again

Yu Xiaolian wasn’t in the mood to go anywhere now; she just wanted to go home and take a bath.

The commotion from Yu Xiaolian smashing a hole in the roof finally caught the attention of the Sun Family members who were outside watching the spectacle, prompting them to run back in a panic.

"What’s going on?" Sun Manbo, burly and stout, was the first to run over because it wasn’t someone else’s house that Yu Xiaolian had smashed, but his own room.

Yu Xiaolian wasn’t in the mood to talk at all right now; whenever she opened her mouth, there was a taste of dirt in it.

But a large crowd gathered around her, each one asking her something, forcing Yu Xiaolian to speak even if she didn’t want to.

"I accidentally fell from the roof!" Such an obvious thing, why did so many people have to ask together?

"What were you doing on the roof?" Sun Manbo asked.

"It’s so high, how did you get up there?" Sun Manying looked up at the gaping hole in the roof.

Aside from Yu Changhe, Mrs. Sun, and Sun Hu, not many people knew that Yu Xiaolian could perform Qinggong, and she didn’t go around proclaiming it. So now, Sun Sillin’s offspring were extremely curious about how Yu Xiaolian had gotten onto the roof.

"I flew... flew up there!" Yu Xiaolian said, spitting out some more dirt as she did so.

"I can’t stand it anymore; I need to go home and take a bath first!" Yu Xiaolian announced as she was about to leave.

"You can’t!" Sun Dalin stopped her at once, "There’s chaos outside, that old Wang woman is lying on the road right now."

"Yes, you shouldn’t go out. The government officer’s blade still has blood on it that might scare you!" Sun Sillin’s wife spoke up. She had a severe headache; how could something like this happen?

Of all days, it had to happen on the day of her daughter’s wedding, even though the incident had nothing to do with her family, it was still a matter of their village.

A wedding day marred by blood and death, how inauspicious!

It seemed necessary to consult someone about resetting her daughter’s wedding date; it definitely couldn’t proceed carelessly tomorrow.

"I’m not afraid. They’re not going to slash anyone they see, right?" She couldn’t bear standing there covered in dirt and straw for another moment.

"Well, they wouldn’t attack just anyone, but the old Wang woman’s body is lying on the main road at the village entrance. If you’re going home, you’ll have to pass by her body, are you sure you’re not scared?" Sun Sillin asked.

Yu Xiaolian nodded firmly, "Not afraid!"

Sun Sillin looked resigned and turned to his brothers, "Shall we escort her home?"

Sun Dalin and his two younger brothers nodded, "Good idea!"

They were about to leave when Sun Sillin paused and asked Yu Xiaolian, "Where is your mother? And Qian and Xuan?"

Yu Xiaolian had to answer again, "They went home a while ago!"

The Sun Family men had been busy in the backyard with slaughtering pigs, so when Yu Xiaolian said that Mrs. Sun had taken the kids home earlier, they didn’t doubt it at all.

Yu Xiaolian, in the most wretched state of her life, walked home step by step, flanked by her four uncles, two on each side, like her personal guardians.

"Oh, isn’t this Teacher Yu? I hardly recognized you in this state, how did this happen?"

Yu Xiaolian squinted and realized she knew the government officer; it was Jiang Han. He was a distant cousin of the former County Magistrate Ma of Luocheng. Surprisingly, despite Magistrate Ma’s death, Jiang Han was still working at the county government!

"Lord Jiang!" Yu Xiaolian cupped her hands slightly in a show of respect towards Jiang Han, which was already quite courteous.

When Yu Xiaolian addressed him as "Lord" and even saluted him, Jiang Han felt quite pleased with it and praised her in his heart. Truly a scholar, unlike those arrogant ladies from noble families, she knew her manners. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"Teacher Yu!" Jiang Han, imitating Yu Xiaolian, returned the salute. His hand wasn’t sheathed with the knife, and the congealed blood on the blade was glaringly apparent.

It seemed the person who killed the old Wang woman was undoubtedly Jiang Han.

"My great-uncle’s house has long needed repairs, and the roof collapsed. I was unlucky and got hit; I’m just heading home to change my clothes.

What brings Lord Jiang to Taohua Village?" Seeing an acquaintance, Yu Xiaolian thought about finding out why they were here and the reason behind the murder.

Jiang Han stepped aside, allowing Yu Xiaolian to see the old Wang woman’s corpse not far away, "Your village has a family that audaciously participated in the grave-robbing case of the old Prince of Yu State. We’re here on the orders of the County Magistrate to arrest that family.

This old Wang woman not only refused to tell us her son’s whereabouts but also hurled insults at the government officers, creating a ruckus, and accidentally got herself impaled on my blade.

Teacher Yu, go about your business. I have to go to the Wang Family to make arrests. If I’m any later, they might all flee."

Yu Xiaolian stepped aside, clearing the way for Jiang Han and his men.

As she passed by the old Wang woman’s corpse, she glanced at it. The knife wound on her neck was neat and swift. How could that have been an accident?

Yu Xiaolian had barely reached her doorstep when she saw Yu Changhe rushing out from the house. Seeing Yu Xiaolian, he quickly asked, "What happened?"

The backyard workshop was busy, and he thought he could go over after the Sun Family started their meal, but he hadn’t expected a guard to come and inform him of a death in the village.

"Something happened with the old Wang Family in our village!" Sun Dalin quickly replied.

Yu Changhe frowned and asked Yu Xiaolian, "How did you end up looking like this?"

Yu Xiaolian had no desire to explain her embarrassing incident again, but Yu Changhe wasn’t letting her off the hook, pressing for answers.

Having no choice, Yu Xiaolian said she’d explain after cleaning up and rushed past Yu Changhe into the house.

Yu Changhe thanked his Sun brothers and then realized an issue: why hadn’t Mrs. Sun and the two children come back?

He was about to chase after Yu Xiaolian to ask when he saw Mrs. Sun come out of the bamboo house with the two kids.

Mrs. Sun knew what questions Yu Changhe had in mind; before he could say anything, she desperately signaled to him. Though Yu Changhe was rather straightforward, after years of marriage, he understood Mrs. Sun well enough to immediately grasp her intent.

Next, the two of them, along with the children, entered the inner room and started giving earnest instructions with the door closed.

"Mom, what was that place we just went to?" Yu Ziqian was the first to ask.

"Why did we suddenly go in, and then suddenly come out?" Yu Zixuan followed up with her question.

Had it not been for the fact that they were over three years old, Mrs. Sun really wanted to tell them that they were just drowsy from sleep, and nothing had happened just now.

"I also saw the kind of colorful candy that sister always gives me there." Yu Ziqian tilted his head, eager for answers.

"I saw it too, and I also saw watermelons!" Yu Zixuan nodded seriously, as if affirming that she hadn’t been mistaken.

Mrs. Sun and Yu Changhe exchanged a helpless glance. It seemed there was no fooling them.