The cousin is beautiful but ruthless.

Chapter 158 Muyu Village

“Zhang Fengzhi, you haven’t changed a single word of what I said. This guy is very slippery, afraid of taking the blame. This matter should indeed be asked of General Chen, but General Chen has gone out to inspect the camp and has not returned yet.”

Ji Yuxiu had nothing to do today, so she was able to come with Shen Hanyu.

Shen Hanyu thought for a moment and said, "Since General Chen is not here, let's go out and take a look."

Staying here at the border won't bring any news from Pei Du, but we can go out and find the person Li Huaijiang asked us to find.

Ji Yuxiu didn't know what she was going to do. She originally planned to go with Shen Hanyu, but someone had to stay at the border, so she called Lin Cao.

Lin Cao hadn't been out for a long time, so she readily agreed to the suggestion.

"Does the young lady know how to ride a horse?"

Lin Cao led the horse over, and Shen Hanyu reached out and touched the horse. "Yes."

Although she wasn't particularly skilled in horseback archery, she wasn't completely incapable of it either.

Lin Cao gestured for Shen Hanyu to mount her horse.

"We specially chose a gentle horse for Miss Shen. You should be used to riding it. It's not easy for carriages to pass through there. Riding a horse is faster and more convenient."

Shen Hanyu expressed her understanding; she took the golden hammer, while Miao Cui stayed in the camp.

Jin Chui knew that Shen Hanyu was going out to look for someone, but unfortunately Li Huaijiang only gave her the name and a general area, and the exact location of that person was unknown.

But this was much easier than finding Lin Qiufeng. Shen Hanyu held the reins and asked, "Lin Cao, where is Muyu Village?"

Lin Cao glanced back and said, "Muyu Village is quite far from here. It takes half a day to get there and back. But how did you know about this place?"

“Young Master Pei mentioned it in the letter. I wondered if he might have gone there, so I wanted to go and see.”

The reason was reasonable, and Lin Cao had no doubts. She took Shen Hanyu to Muyu Village.

The snow stopped today, but the wind was a bit strong. Shen Hanyu covered her face, which wasn't unacceptable.

Jin Chui was behind him. He looked around and saw the horse's hooves leaving a trail of footprints in the snow.

"Muyu Village is just ahead."

Lin Cao's hands were red from the cold as she pointed to the village in front of her for Shen Hanyu to see.

Shen Hanyu dismounted. After riding for so long, they had finally arrived at their destination.

Half of her face was frozen stiff. She rubbed it and then walked into Muyu Village. At the village entrance, there were several people sweeping the snow off the ground.

Upon seeing Lin Cao, one of them recognized her.

"Lin Cao, what brings you here today?"

Lin Cao pointed to Shen Hanyu and Jin Chui behind her.

"I brought them here to find someone."

Lin Cao didn't say it was Pei Du. Shen Hanyu touched the tip of her nose. She would have to get Lin Cao away later.

"I'll go in and take a look."

Shen Hanyu spoke as she went over, while Jin Chui went to find Lin Cao.

"Um, I am Lin Cao, a servant of Young Master Pei. Can you tell me about my young master's affairs here?"

Jin Chui's expression was sincere, and Lin Cao looked at Shen Hanyu.

"I'll just take a walk around the neighborhood, it'll be fine."

There were no dangerous places in Muyu Village, so Lin Cao nodded and chatted with Jin Chui for a few minutes.

Shen Hanyu went inside, glanced at Lin Cao and Jin Chui, and then found a villager who looked kind.

"Grandpa, do you know where Wei Jianfeng lives?"

The old man looked up at Shen Hanyu, then thought about it carefully.

“Wei Jianfeng…” he scratched his head, “I don’t think there’s anyone like him in our village.”

Shen Hanyu was stunned. There was no such person?

But Li Huaijiang told her that Wei Jianfeng was in Muyu Village. Could Li Huaijiang's information be wrong?

Shen Hanyu felt something was strange, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong.

"You can go to the village and ask. Maybe other people really are right. I'm old and I can't remember some things clearly."

Shen Hanyu thanked him and went inside to find someone, thinking that maybe it really was as the old man had said.

Where is the village chief?

The old man pointed Shen Hanyu in a direction.

Following the direction the old man pointed out, she asked several people along the way. First, she found the village chief's house, and then she asked Wei Jianfeng, but none of them knew him.

There are only two possibilities: either Wei Jianfeng is relatively low-key and not many people know him, or he is not in Muyu Village and there has been some unexpected situation with the news.

When they arrived at the village chief's house, knowing that she had come from the border, the village chief treated Shen Hanyu very politely.

A cup of hot water was pushed in front of Shen Hanyu.

"Whom are you looking for, young lady?"

Shen Hanyu covered her hand: "Wei Jianfeng, is there such a person in the village?"

The village chief exclaimed, "I don't seem to remember this. Let me go check."

He got up to find the roster. He had registered everyone who came to the village. Even if he couldn't remember them, as long as their names were in the roster, that was enough.

Shen Hanyu was also looking at the roster. She went through all the names of the villagers, but she couldn't find the name Wei Jianfeng.

After the village chief finished looking through them, he said, "It seems they're not from our village; they must be from somewhere else."

Shen Hanyu frowned; it seemed there really was a problem with Li Huaijiang's information.

She took out a bag of silver: "I would like to trouble the village chief to ask around in other villages. If you find the person, please let me know."

With money in hand, things would be much easier, and the village chief readily agreed.

Since there was no news of Wei Jianfeng in Muyu Village, Shen Hanyu decided to go back.

She got up and left, and a man walked in from outside, carrying a pheasant in his hand.

"village head."

When the village chief saw the pheasant, his eyes narrowed into slits with laughter.

"Xiao Yuan, thank you so much."

Shen Hanyu glanced at it and then left.

Zhang Yuan turned his head and casually asked, "Who is that person?"

"They've come from the border to find someone."

"Looking for someone? Who is she looking for?"

The village chief took the pheasant: "Hey, what are you looking for, Wei Jianfeng? There's no such person in our village, but she gave me a lot of money and asked me to help look for him in other villages."

Upon hearing Wei Jianfeng's name, Zhang Yuan's expression changed. He exchanged a few words with the village chief and then left.

Shen Hanyu found Lin Cao and Jin Chui, "Let's go back."

Seeing Shen Hanyu's expression, Lin Cao comforted her, "It's okay. Finding someone is troublesome enough. If we don't hear anything for a while, we can just wait."

She thought Shen Hanyu had been looking for Pei Du but hadn't found him.

Shen Hanyu understood what she meant: "Thank you for bringing me here. It gets dark quickly these days, so let's hurry back."

Shen Hanyu's words made sense, so the three of them rode their horses back to the border.

Upon arriving at the border, Ji Yuxiu took Shen Hanyu to see Chen Jianshan.

Chen Jianshan rubbed his temples.

“Take a look at these things first. I’ve searched many places, but the person is still not there.”

Shen Hanyu looked closely and realized that Chen Jianshan had indeed done a very comprehensive job within this area, searching almost every place he could think of or couldn't think of.

“There are several places here that General Ji has searched. We have put in a lot of effort to find him.”

Chen Jianshan actually didn't want to continue the search, but if it weren't for the Emperor keeping an eye on things, he wouldn't want to send out any of those people now.

He mainly felt that since they had been missing for so long, they were probably dead, so why waste time?