Chapter 167 - Chapter 167: Chapter 163: Defection_1 (1/2)

Chapter 167: Chapter 163: Defection_1

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The two of them took a step forward, but seeing Jiang Quan retreat warily, they quickly said, “Don’t be afraid, we just want to ask you some questions.”

Jiang Quan remained on guard, “You are asking about things, why aren’t you going to the village? Why are you sneaking around following me?”

“We’re sorry, we didn’t mean to do this.” It’s only because this young man was so focused, his full attention devoted to digging the ground, that he hadn’t noticed the two of them.

A square-faced man said, “We just wanted to ask if there’s a man named Wen Fu in this area.”

Jiang Quan frowned, scrutinizing the two men from head to toe.

The two of them were dirty, with tattered clothes and bare feet, and seemed to be about the same age as his father, making him even more cautious. “Can’t you go ask anyone else? There are plenty of people in the village. Why are you secretly following me and asking?”

The square-faced man paused for a moment, then said, “To tell you the truth, we two brothers have no identification papers and the checks have been tightened everywhere recently. To avoid unnecessary trouble, until we were certain that the person we are looking for is here, we didn’t dare go into the village. Wen Fu is our relative, we came to seek refuge with him. Please let us know.”

Hearing this, Jiang Quan somewhat believed them.

However, it would not be very appropriate for him to rashly bring these two individuals who looked like refugees into the village.

After pondering for a moment, he nodded and said, “There is indeed a man named Wen Fu, but I can’t be sure he’s the one you’re looking for.”

The other man was overjoyed, quickly saying, “It has to be him. We asked around before, he is a servant in Wen Family, and followed the fourth lady of Wen Family to Qinchuan County a while ago, which is why we’ve travelled all the way here.”

Hearing this, Jiang Quan was further convinced. “Well, you two wait here, I’ll go and ask Uncle Wen.”

With that, he ran off, carrying his hoe.

Whew, that was scary, these two looked like bandits.

No, he must inform Uncle San and have them arrested.

Humph! They think he’s a child, has he not seen such people before?

Whether these two were really Uncle Wen’s relatives or not could only be determined after questioning.

Jiang Quan ran all the way back to the village.

Now, the South Slope had become a fairly large village with rows of houses.

Each home had a yard of the same size, and the home gardens in front of them were uniformly neat.

Most of the villagers had moved here. On the wide and compact village road, children were regularly seen running about playing.

Jiang Sanlang was instructing the villagers on how to build mushroom sheds when he saw Jiang Quan panting and running over, “Uncle San, there are two refugees at the bamboo forest, they said they’re looking for Uncle Wen, and claimed to be his relatives.”

Refugees?

We must not take refugees appearing at this time lightly.

Jiang Sanlang frowned, immediately ordering a few people to surround the bamboo forest with him, and sent a child to find Wen Fu.

Wen Fu, who was helping at the school, heard that someone was looking for him and hurried over with Jiang Sanlang towards the bamboo forest.

Listening to Jiang Quan’s account, if he wasn’t mistaken, these two men were his former subordinates.

Upon reaching the bamboo forest, he saw two people squatting at the edge of the forest, looking around nervously. The crowd of villagers rushing towards them surprised the two men, who turned to escape into the bamboo forest.

“Zhang Meng! Xu Kun!” Wen Fu shouted out loud.

The two men stopped in their tracks, turned to look at Wen Fu, and their eyes instantly filled with tears, “Captain Brother Fu!”

Wen Fu quickly stepped forward, embracing Zhang Meng and Xu Kun who had also run over, their shirts were all damp with tears.

Seeing this, Jiang Sanlang motioned for the villagers to disperse and waited to the side.

After the trio had a quiet conversation, Wen Fu came over to Jiang Sanlang, bowed, and said, “These two are my sworn brothers, they have no place to go now and they’re seeking refuge here. I ask you to allow them to stay.”

Jiang Sanlang, with a furrowed brow, looked at the two men, and asked, “Are they clean?”

“They are clean, I’ll stake my life on it. They’re not criminals nor in any way connected to bandits,” Wen Fu swore.

Jiang Sanlang turned his gaze to the two men, asking, “Do you have a household registration document?”

The two men blinked, Xu Kun said, “To be frank, we came from Yizhou, and we don’t have household registration documents.”