The doorman didn't expect another visitor today. He was startled for a moment and then replied, "Yes. May I ask what urgent business you have with my master?"
Wang Hengyong was an imperial physician, and the man in front of him had a medicine chest on his back, so he seemed to be a doctor too. Therefore, the doorman's attitude was quite amiable.
After getting confirmation, the man let out a sigh of relief, and said seriously, "Please tell your master that his junior brother, Liu Wenyao, is here to pay a visit."
The junior brother of Master's? Jiang Mian was shocked. Could this man be her real uncle?
Strangely enough, this scene felt quite familiar to her. Back in Dongli Town, Mo Zhizhang had made his entrance in such a way, leading a donkey.
The Wang family's butler happened to be not far away. He apologized to Jiang Zhiqing and Jiang Mian, then quickly walked towards the man, looking respectful. "It turns out to be Dr. Liu, the fellow disciple of our master. I'm the butler of this mansion. My surname is Xu."
Liu Wenyao bowed. Then Butler Xu said, "It's really inconvenient today. Our master is on duty in the palace and hasn't returned yet. Dr. Liu, would you mind coming another day?"
But Liu Wenyao looked at Jiang Mian and Jiang Zhiqing and said curiously, "There are two other guests who came to visit my senior brother. Why can they enter today while I have to come another day?"
"This—" Butler Xu didn't expect Liu Wenyao to expose this matter directly.
Jiang Mian and Jiang Zhiqing were of such noble status. Naturally, they should be entertained first when they visited today. Just as Butler Xu didn't know how to explain, Jiang Mian stepped forward two steps and spoke to Liu Wenyao.
"You said you're the junior brother of the master here. Do you have any proof?"
Jiang Mian was wearing a veil hat. The white veil hanging down covered her face, but the clothes she wore were not those of an ordinary family. Liu Wenyao stepped back politely to keep a distance between them. Hearing the woman's gentle voice, he couldn't help being in a daze for a moment.
Coming back to his senses, he immediately said, "Of course."
He pulled the medicine chest in front of him, rummaged through it in a hurry, took out a letter, and handed it forward. "This is a letter written by my senior brother himself. You can check the handwriting."
Jiang Mian remembered that her master had indeed told her about writing the letter. But when Mo Zhizhang came to Dongli Town, he didn't show the letter. And at that time, Mo Zhizhang seemed extremely kind and called her niece on his own initiative. So she never doubted or verified it.
Thinking of this, she quickly opened the letter and scanned through it. She thought to herself, "Just as I expected."
The handwriting on the letter was indeed her master's, and it also said that the uncle was asked to go to Dongli Town to help him. Liu Wenyao didn't lie.
This man was her uncle!
After confirming the identity of the visitor, Jiang Mian lifted the white veil on her hat and sized up the visitor carefully from head to toe.
When Liu Wenyao saw her face, he was amazed. For a moment, he stood there stupidly and forgot to take back his gaze.
Liu Wenyao was very young. He seemed only a few years older than Jiang Mian. In Jiang Mian's eyes, he was quite handsome, but...
Compared with Xiao Jingcheng and Mo Zhizhang, he was indeed much inferior.
Perhaps because he had been on the road all the time, Liu Wenyao looked dusty, and the hair on his temples was a bit messy.
Folding the letter again, Jiang Mian showed a smile. "So you're my uncle."
Liu Wenyao came back to his senses again. He was annoyed with himself for being in a daze looking at a woman twice. At the same time, he also caught the information in her words. "You are—"
Jiang Mian clasped her hands and said respectfully, "I'm Jiang Mian, a junior. I've come to pay my respects to Uncle!"
"You're Jiang Mian!" Liu Wenyao was also very happy.
Jiang Mian then turned to Butler Xu and said, "Since Uncle and I are both here to find Master today, how about we go in and wait together?"
Since Jiang Mian had said so, how could Butler Xu dare to refuse? He led Liu Wenyao in with a smiling face.
Jiang Mian introduced Jiang Zhiqing to Liu Wenyao. "Uncle, this is my mother, the current Princess of Li."
The hottest topic in the capital these days was naturally the newly - made Prince of Li and Princess of Li. If the Princess of Li was Jiang Mian's mother, then wasn't Jiang Mian the legendary Princess Zhaoping?
Realizing this, Liu Wenyao was greatly shocked. He quickly saluted Jiang Zhiqing.
The three of them walked to the front hall together. Since Wang Hengyong hadn't returned home from work yet, they sat and waited in the front hall. Butler Xu was very considerate and served them tea and snacks.
Jiang Mian remembered what Mo Zhizhang had said to her and asked deliberately, "By the way, Master wrote in the letter that he asked Uncle to go to Dongli Town to find me. But why are you in the capital now?"
"Don't even mention it!" When it came to this matter, Liu Wenyao was very angry. "I met a—"
Just as he was about to tell his experience, he suddenly heard a certain person's threat in his ear. He changed his words abruptly. "On the way, I met a village infected with a plague. So I stopped to treat the patients there. When I left the village and wanted to go to Dongli Town, I learned that there was a flood in Cangzhou and Dongli Town was completely flooded. So I had no choice but to come to the capital."
Remembering that Jiang Mian had been in the Huichun Hall in Dongli Town before, Liu Wenyao added at last, "It's really great that you're all right, niece."
How could Jiang Mian not see that he had deliberately changed the topic just now.
It seemed that he didn't get any advantage from Mo Zhizhang. Mo Zhizhang should have used some means to prevent him from going south. He didn't let Liu Wenyao go until he found that he couldn't hide it anymore. Then he confessed to Jiang Mian during the time when they went back to Luozhou to pay respects to their ancestors.
Mo Zhizhang's scheming was really frightening.
Fortunately, this man hadn't become their enemy.
"Then why did Uncle only arrive in the capital until now?" Jiang Mian asked deliberately.
It should be that Mo Zhizhang had let him go long ago. Why was he later than them to arrive in the capital?
Liu Wenyao sighed softly and said, "On the way, I met a group of refugees fleeing north from Cangzhou. They were already very miserable. They were sick but couldn't enter the city to find a doctor for treatment. So I stayed."
Jiang Mian couldn't help feeling respectful.
Her uncle was really kind. He not only treated the refugees, but also risked his life to treat the plague. You should know that the plague was very dangerous and spread very fast. Without real skills, one might also be infected.
Not only did Jiang Mian think highly of Liu Wenyao, but even Jiang Zhiqing couldn't help looking at him a few more times after hearing what he said.
He had a proper appearance, was good at medicine, and was kind - hearted. He was really a good boy.
Just as they were talking, Butler Xu said outside, "Everyone, our master has returned home. He's on his way here now. Please wait a moment."
Master was back!
Jiang Mian clenched her fists excitedly. A moment later, Wang Hengyong's figure really appeared in front of them.
"Good disciple, come quickly and let Master take a look. Have you lost weight or gained weight?"