He wanted to enter the government office, but was blocked by two government officials guarding the door: "Who is it? How dare you break into the government office without permission?"
Song Ning didn't want to get entangled with him, so he hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Song Ning, I want to see Xia Yuanqiu, the governor of the government. I hope you two can inform me."
The two government officials exchanged glances with each other, and one of them said: "There is no such person as Xia Yuanqiu in our government office."
Song Ning added: "Xia Yuanqiu is Bai Yi. She is my fiancée, so she came here to meet me. I hope it will be convenient for you two."
When the officer saw this, he said, "Come in with me."
Song Ning was overjoyed and said that it was Yuan Qiu who had specially ordered the yamen servant. Then he explained his purpose of coming and invited him in.
Unexpectedly, the yamen servant took Song Ning directly to the front yamen study. Chen Mingjie was writing a report to the court. When he saw Song Ning coming, he was startled.
He had met Zhu Yan from a distance in the capital. Zhu Yan looked exactly like the Song Ning in front of him, especially his eyes, which were exactly the same.
Song Ning walked in slowly, looked around, but didn't see Xia Yuanqiu, so she couldn't help but frown and said, "It's Yuanqiu I want to see, who are you?"
Chen Mingjie put down his brush, stood up and looked at Song Ning who was ten feet away in front of him, clasped his fists and said, "I am your commanding officer, Chen Mingjie. May I ask who your Excellency is?"
It turns out that he is the magistrate of Nantai County, and he looks somewhat familiar to him.
"Song Ning, I have long admired you!"
Chen Mingjie nodded, waved his hand aside and said, "Please sit down."
Seeing his appearance, Song Ning clearly knew that he had something to say, so he was not polite and walked to the guest seat aside to sit down.
Chen Mingjie raised his voice and said: "Come here, serve tea!"
Song Ning waved her hand: "No, I want to see my fiancée Xia Yuanqiu as soon as possible, and I have no intention of drinking tea with you here."
Chen Mingjie smiled and said: "If Xia Yuanqiu is really your fiancée, what difference does it make if we meet her sooner or later? Why should you be anxious?"
Song Ning frowned slightly and said displeasedly: "What did you say?"
Not to be outdone, Chen Mingjie stared back at him: "Don't you know what I said?"
Song Ning looked at Chen Mingjie and suddenly asked, "What is your relationship with Pingtung County Magistrate Chen Liwen?"
Chen Mingjie smiled and said, "That's my father. However, because of the plague, my father is no longer the county magistrate, but the prefect of Dongtai."
No wonder he looked so familiar. He turned out to be Chen Liwen's son. There was indeed some similarity between their facial features.
But when he was in Pingtung County at that time, Chen Mingjie didn't show up, and he didn't necessarily know Xia Yuanqiu. But from what he meant, he knew the truth.
"Do you know Yuan Qiu?" Song Ning asked.
Chen Mingjie smiled: "I knew Yuan Qiu before you, before you Zhu Yan, and my fate with her was before you."
Song Ning shook his head: "I don't believe it. If that's true, why was there no trace of you when we were in Pingtung that day?"
"I was in the capital at that time and didn't know about the difficulties in Pingtung. I only learned about it from my father's letters afterwards. It doesn't matter if you don't believe me, but I want to ask you, why did you pretend to be Yuan Qiu's fiancé?"
Song Ning sneered and looked back at Chen Mingjie: "Why? Just like why you knew Yuan Qiu's identity but pretended not to know it and let her live here under the false name of Bai Yi. What are your intentions?"
Chen Mingjie was speechless, but Mo Bo was right. He and Song Ning were both the same. One was deceiving, the other pretended not to know. Their purpose was the same, there was no difference.
Chen Mingjie gritted his teeth and said, "I missed her once, and this time, I will never let her go."