Ye Xinran was now in a difficult situation and could only follow Zhu Qian back to the Zhu family. If she said in public that she couldn't marry Miss Zhu, then she was not here to help but to seek revenge.
Zhu Qian is very happy now. She has gotten rid of Hua Zhang, the peacock, and found a man who suits her eyes.
Zhu Changyuan stood by and asked Ye Xinran indirectly about her family background and identity.
Ye Xinran answered them one by one. Of course, they were all false.
Zhu Qian invited Ye Xinran to ride in the carriage with her, but Ye Xinran quickly refused. She was afraid that a single man and a single woman in the same carriage would ruin Zhu Qian's reputation and she would not be able to explain herself later.
Zhu Qian became even more satisfied with Ye Xinran and felt that Ye Xinran was a gentleman.
Finally, he asked the servant to bring a large chestnut horse for Ye Xinran to ride.
"His name is Rufeng, and I raised him since he was a child! He lets you ride him, so it seems he likes you very much!" Zhu Qian said with a smile. "Before, he only let me ride him!"
Ye Xinran was surprised and touched the horse's mane. She was very happy. In her previous life, she also learned to ride a horse, and the horse she used for practice was also red!
The Zhu family came in a mighty procession, surrounding Zhu Qian, Zhu Changyuan and Ye Xinran, and headed all the way to the Zhu Mansion.
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In the post station, Gu Yanming flashed a few times and arrived at Li Yang's room. Li Yang was looking at something, and when he looked up and saw Gu Yanming, his eyes lit up, and he stood up and bowed.
"My Lord! You finally came to see me!"
His face was full of respect and joy, without any trace of contempt from before.
Gu Yanming nodded and smiled rarely. He sat down in a chair beside him, raised his eyes, looked at Li Yang, and said helplessly.
"Why don't you just stay in Yanjing City? Why do you want to get involved in this mess?"
Li Yang sat directly next to Gu Yanming, poured a cup of tea, handed it to Gu Yanming, and said with a smile.
"Your whole family has been exiled. If I don't come, what if something happens on the way? I don't know when you will get better! Besides, I am alone! There is no point in staying in Yanjing City!"
Gu Yanming took the teacup and took a sip.
"Thank you for coming. If it were someone else, it would be a lot more trouble. I don't know how you managed to get Gu Zhenting to agree to let you escort us."
"This is not easy to deal with!" Li Yang said uselessly.
"Let him think that I hate you to the core, and let me torture you and your family on the road, and keep an eye on you! This way he can feel at ease! However, the emperor doesn't trust me, otherwise he wouldn't have let Liu Xiao come. After Liu Xiao was injured, Dong Yishu was replaced. They are all the emperor's confidants!"
Gu Yanming shook his head with amusement and patted Li Yang on the shoulder.
"Then I'll leave it to you along the way!"
I don't want to talk about this anymore. Let me talk about another thing. It's the disappearance of the woman in Lvlicheng.
Originally, he didn't want to get involved, because such matters were handled by the government, and he didn't need to take action. However, this matter also involved Yin and Fang Sihua, and he felt that it was not that simple. He felt that there was some conspiracy against him.
Since Fang Sihuan was so sure, he would go and take a look and find the missing women first. If there was a stronghold outside the city and there were really kidnapped women inside, Fang Sihuan's words would have to be carefully considered.
"I heard that the women kidnapped in Lvlicheng are all in the mountain stronghold outside the city. I'm going to go take a look. You cover for me. Don't let Dong Yishu find out that I'm not here."
Li Yang was a little confused. The prince was also in charge of such local affairs, but he nodded and agreed, "Do you want me to send someone to accompany you?"
Gu Yanming thought for a moment and shook his head, "No, I'll just take a look at the situation first. If there's anything wrong, I'll let you know!"
"good!"
Li Yang thought for a moment and said, "Dong Yishu has sent a pigeon to the emperor about your awakening. He will definitely have a backup plan. Please be careful. I will also keep an eye on Dong Yishu's movements!"
Gu Yanming nodded, reminded Li Yang to be more careful, and then left quickly.
After seeing Gu Yanming leave, Li Yang also went out and went straight to Dong Yishu's room.
Dong Yishu twisted his foot a few days ago and it took a hundred days to heal the broken bones. He still can't walk very well. Now he is alone in his room reading things.
Seeing Li Yang coming to see him, his eyes flashed, but he still invited him in.
"Mr. Dong, is your foot feeling better?" Li Yang looked worried.
Dong Yishu changed out of his white clothes and put on casual clothes. He sat at the table and patted his legs helplessly.
"How can it be so fast! General Li, is there something you want to talk to me about?"
"Well, I thought we'd be working together for a few days, how about we have a drink together tonight and talk about our next plans?"
Dong Yishu thought about it and felt that this was a good opportunity to get to know Li Yang, which would be beneficial to his future career, so he nodded in agreement.
It was only an hour before nightfall, so Li Yang decided not to leave and chat with Dong Yishu about some interesting stories in the officialdom. The two of them had a very pleasant conversation.
Gu Yanming said that he was tired and went back to his room to rest, but in fact he climbed over the wall and left the post station. He had no choice but to go out because there were always two people following him.
Jian Shu paid ten copper coins and left the post station.
The two men met up, but did not go directly to the city gate. Instead, they waited at the door of the post station, waiting for Yin to bring people out.
Because Fang Sihua only said it was a mountain stronghold outside the city, but didn't know the exact location. Outside the city was all forests, and if there was no exact location, it would be impossible to find it. This was also the reason why so many people from the government and private organizations couldn't find it.
They waited for less than a quarter of an hour before they saw Yin bringing out four young women, all of whom were from branch families, ranging in age from twelve to sixteen.
Yin said something to them and took out something to show them. The girls were very excited after hearing what she said and seeing what she had in her hand. They followed her closely to a place in the city.
Gu Yanming and Jianshu followed behind, and soon they arrived at the back door of a mansion.
Gu Yanming looked around, but didn't know where this was. He asked Jianshu to go around to the front and take a look.
Jian Shu responded and left quickly, while Gu Yanming watched the situation develop carefully.
Yin went up and knocked on the door. It opened quickly and an old lady with a kind face walked out. She was very happy to see them and invited them in with a smile.
The girls were a little hesitant, but when they saw the old lady's amiable face, they felt relieved and followed Yin in. Then, the door closed.
The street returned to silence, with no one passing by.
Jianshu also came back at this moment and reported to Gu Yanming in a low voice.
"Master, this is a private property of Lord Lu's family."
Gu Yanming raised his eyebrows, "Are you talking about the current Master Lu?"
"Yes, Lord Lu Yuzhang!"
Lu Yuzhang is the grandson of the founding general Lu Ziyou mentioned earlier. He is now the Grand Tutor. He is a rare honest official. But how could he be related to the kidnapped woman?
Gu Yanming couldn't figure it out, so he sneaked into the house with Jianshu and began to search for Yin and the girls who had just come in. But after searching for a long time, there was no one, but he unexpectedly saw Ye Xinran in the front hall.
Sitting next to Ye Xinran was a girl wearing red and of average appearance.
Ye Xinran took a sip of tea and finally said to the woman in red with a very apologetic look.
"Ms. Zhu, I'm sorry, I can't marry you!"
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