Chapter 125: Funing Village Lord
Wu Fang, who was standing behind Mo Lingwei, was slightly ashamed.
Is this why His Royal Highness insists on delivering the imperial edict himself?
Ordinary people would kneel down to receive the imperial decree when they saw it. Miss Shen was young and didn't understand, and the prince didn't take the emperor's majesty seriously.
Fortunately, when Mo Lingwei went to ask for the imperial edict this morning, the emperor looked happy, as if he felt that he could finally help his son.
He also wanted to arrange for his chief eunuch and two groups of forbidden troops to read out the imperial edict and give Shen Ningning a chance to show up.
Unexpectedly, the prince refused directly and said that he would deliver it in person.
Wu Fang deeply suspected that the reason why His Highness the Crown Prince wanted to send it off in person was simply because he did not want Shen Ningning to kneel down.
This is too caring for her.
Shen Ningning opened the imperial edict and found that she was fully literate.
"The wind is loose and the flowers are restrained, like the beam of the rainbow... He is intelligent and virtuous, so he is granted the title of the lord of Funing Township and enjoys fifty shi of food."
Mo Lingwei pursed his thin lips and smiled, waiting for her to finish reading. Just asked: "Do you like it?"
Shen Ningning raised her dark and beautiful eyes, and her childish voice was full of confusion: "Brother, what is a village master?"
Wu Fang couldn't hold back and burst into laughter.
Mo Lingwei turned around and glanced at him.
Wu Fang immediately suppressed his laughter and explained seriously: "Miss Shen, this village owner is in a position where he can receive money from the court."
"Every village within a hundred miles of this area will receive half of the money from taxes paid. In your hands, the court will also give you fifty dan of food every month."
"In our Cangyun country, initially only the daughters of local dignitaries could be named village heads. This is why His Highness the Crown Prince feels that you insist on your own opinion and do it for The Wu family redressed their grievances with commendable spirit, so they specifically asked for the reward from the emperor!"
After Wu Fang finished speaking, he glanced at Mo Lingwei flatteringly, and the latter looked at him coldly, and then he extinguished a little of his anger.
Shen Ningning understood, it was a title that could receive food!
"Master Funing..." She held these four words between her lips and teeth and chanted repeatedly: "It sounds good!"
Mo Lingwei smiled: "I personally selected it for you."
"Thank you, brother." The little guy liked it very much.
Seeing this, Wu Fang followed her wishes and said: "With your luck and His Highness's love, you will definitely be more than the village head in the future."
"If you go up further, you will be the county head, the princess, and finally the village head. You can make me a princess!"
Of course, if you are not a member of the royal family, being able to make her a princess is simply a fantasy.
From the founding of the Cangyun Kingdom until now, I have never heard of a commoner woman being named a princess.
Instead, Mo Lingwei held Shen Ningning's little hand: "Take your time, I'll give it to you."
As he said that, it was getting late, and he took Shen Ningning into the carriage.
The little guy stuck his head out of the car window: "Langlang, go home and tell grandma that my brother and I are going out, so don't worry her."
From the time she came home yesterday to the time she just went out, grandma seemed to have a lot of things on her mind . Same.
She didn't even eat a few bites of breakfast. Shen Ningning asked concernedly, but Grandma Qin just said it was too hot, so the little guy put in a few more pieces of ice.
When she comes back and tells grandma the good news that she has become the village head, grandma will definitely be happy!
The Black Wolf King nodded and howled twice to reassure Shen Ningning before the carriage left.
But when the Black Wolf King returned to the house, he saw that Grandma Qin had packed up and was about to go out.
"Ouch?" The Black Wolf King walked over and looked at Grandma Qin with confused eyes.
Grandma Qin smiled kindly and touched its head: "I want to go out and go to Yu'an County. It's not far and I can be back before dark." The
Black Wolf King chased for two steps, and Grandma Qin turned around and headed towards He waved back: "Don't worry, I'll go to the village and find the kid from the Chen family to take me there."
But the Black Wolf King still followed. It didn't feel relieved until he saw that Grandma Qin had indeed called Chen Ye and left in Shen Ningning's carriage. back to the mountains.
The cemetery that Shen Ningning chose for Wu Zuchang and his family happened to be located in a mountain nest.
Surrounded by mountains behind, facing the white clouds in the distance, the view is wide.
Jing Zhaoyin, along with a group of government servants and several high-ranking officials, were already waiting here holding Du Yuanwai's ashes.
They arrived early, and when people from the nearby Xitai Village heard the movement, they stood not far away to watch.
They discussed in low voices -
"I really can't tell that Shen Ningning, who is so capable, really reversed the case for the Wu family!" "She's so capable. The powerful people wanted to suppress the case, but she didn't agree. She was able to catch the murderer and lay waste to the ashes. This is a consolation to the old Wu family."
"Don't look at who her backer is? That's the prince. ! A noble person who is inferior to one person and surpasses ten thousand people."
"Ah, you said, Shen Ningning will not become the prince's concubine in the future, right? If she grows up and enters the East Palace, then when the prince ascends the throne in the future, won't she not be the concubine? "
It's too early to say this now. Shen Ningning is only a few years old. Maybe if she were older, she would have been forgotten by the prince."
Everyone had different opinions until the prince appeared at the end of the mountain road holding Shen Ningning's little hand.
Mo Lingwei was born with an awe-inspiring aura, without anger or authority, and his aura was cold and proud.
All the gossiping villagers immediately shut up.
"Be careful and watch your steps." Mo Lingwei lowered his head and told Shen Ningning.
"I don't know how to wrestle. I'm holding on to my brother very tightly!" After she finished speaking, Mo Lingwei chuckled.
When the two arrived, Jing Zhaoyin immediately brought officials forward to greet them.
According to the folk procedure of comforting the souls of the dead, a brazier is set up and yellow paper is burned.
Jing Zhaoyin started the fire himself. When Shen Ningning watched the flames light up, Wu Zuchang's name on the tombstone became blurred for an instant.
When she realized it, it turned out that she was crying again, and tears invaded her vision.
Shen Ningning raised her hand to wipe it away.
"Brother Zuchang, I'm here to see you. The murderer who killed you has been brought to justice."
A gust of summer wind blew, and there was a rustling sound in the forest. No one responded, but it seemed like a response.
Jing Zhaoyin nodded to the two officials, and they opened the box and scattered Du Yuanwai's ashes outward.
"The injustice has been settled, let's go on the journey with peace of mind." Jing Zhaoyin handed over his hand.
Mo Lingwei stepped forward and offered a glass of wine.
Shen Ningning took out two cut-out paper figures from her pocket.
The older one was very tall, holding the little one's hand, and Shen Ningning painted smiling faces on them all.
She gently put it into the brazier: "Brother Zuchang, I hope you have already met the girl. Don't worry about me. I will live a good life with grandma. When I find my parents, I will come to tell you the good news."
Feng Guo , the fire shook, the tombstone was cold, and the tears were hot.
Finally, Mo Lingwei took Shen Ningning's little hand down the mountain.
On the mountain road, the little guy's Nuonuo voice came: "Brother, actually I dreamed about Brother Zuchang last night."
"Oh? Did he talk to you?"
"He didn't speak, he just looked at me and smiled. Finally He gave me a small flower with green stamens, like fireflies. I guess he should have seen Yatou now!"
"Then he must want to tell you, don't be sad anymore."
Shen Ningning nodded heavily, black The watery eyes looked forward: "I won't cry anymore. I want to live a good life and find my father and mother!"
Mo Lingwei and her figure disappeared at the end of the mountain road with a group of officials.
Behind them, several graves of the Wu family are clustered together, located in the quiet and peaceful mountains.
A gust of wind passed by, and behind Wu Zuchang's tombstone, there was a small flower swaying in the wind. The stamens were green and seemed to be fragrant.
Seven or eight days passed.
Shen Ningning's life returned to normal.
That day she went to the village to give Jiang Zhi some big dumplings made by grandma.
However, I saw the old village chief walking out of his home with a sad face.
When he saw Shen Ningning, he suddenly seemed to have seen a savior.
"Ning Ning, I was just looking for you. Something happened and we were targeted."