Chapter 249 Leaving the Capital
In the end, she still symbolically accepted five hundred taels from Jiang Liuyun.
So the father and son, who had arrived with great wealth, now only had three hundred taels of silver left on Jiang Liuyun.
It was all thanks to Yu Zhiyi that her foolish younger brother didn't throw away a gold ingot worth five hundred taels of silver.
When Jiang Yuchuan returned to the inn, he realized that he had given all his money to his daughter and only had a few taels of silver left. So he had no choice but to go to Jiang Liuyun to borrow money with a cold face.
After a friendly exchange between father and son, the matter ended with Jiang Yuchuan leaving victoriously with a huge sum of 280 taels of silver.
Jiang Liuyun looked at the pitiful twenty taels of silver on his body and his eyes welled up with tears of anger.
My father went too far!
In order not to lose face in front of my sister, I must make him lose face in front of my sister!
Isn't his face a face too?
The journey from Shengjing to Tianan County is several hundred miles long, passing through several large cities.
What if his sister wanted to buy something along the way, but he didn't even have the money?
I felt cold and shivering.
Yu Zhiyi was unaware of the interaction between the father and son.
On her last day before leaving, she stayed at Yi Luan Charity until very late.
Hongluan personally cooked a large feast for her as a farewell gift, and Yu Zhiyi ate her fill without being shy.
It must be said that Hongluan's cooking skills are truly excellent.
Putting down her chopsticks, she exclaimed, "With your skills, you could open a restaurant and it would be a great success."
"Ugh, cooking is too tiring." Hongluan waved her hand: "I like cooking, but I don't like serving a bunch of people meals. It's okay to cook a big meal once or twice, but if I had to sit for a hundred or eighty people every day, I would go crazy."
"Besides, I'm a man with great ambitions. How can I stay cooped up in the kitchen all day?"
It's better to stay in the boudoir.
At least staying in the boudoir meant she didn't have to smell the cooking fumes every day or be scorched by the heat.
"It's quite a coincidence, actually. I never imagined you were supposed to have the surname Jiang. We share the same surname. Maybe if we go back eight generations, we're even from the same family."
What was said in jest was actually said in jest. Yu Zhiyi couldn't help but think that Jiang Yuchuan and Jiang Yuqiu's names sounded very similar.
If it's just a coincidence, then even the middle characters are the same; that's too much of a coincidence.
Before leaving, Hongluan handed over a few more oil paper packages.
Under Yu Zhiyi's puzzled gaze, Manager Wu explained, "This is the dry food that the second master made after working hard all afternoon. It includes roast chicken, as well as various kinds of pies and pastries. The second master was worried that the master would go hungry."
Yu Zhiyi was deeply moved.
Each item may not seem like a lot, but the variety of them shows just how complicated it is to make them.
Hongluan waved her hand and said, "It's not as exaggerated as the shopkeeper makes it out to be. I just heated it up a bit at the end. All the preparation work was done by Uncle Zhang and a few aunties."
Yu Zhiyi accepted it: "Thank you."
After thinking for a moment, she took out three talismans from her sleeve: "These are communication talismans. If you encounter danger or anything happens, you can use them to tell me."
She explained how to use the sound transmission talisman.
Hongluan exclaimed in surprise, "Are you sorcerers really that powerful? Isn't this just a simplified version of a cell phone?"
"cell phone?"
"It's a tool that can transmit sound over long distances, allowing you to communicate smoothly even across millions of miles. However, with the technological level of the Great Sheng Empire, it's simply impossible to make one." Hongluan fiddled with the sound transmission talisman in her hand: "This sound transmission talisman is quite powerful."
She gave Yu Zhiyi a thumbs up: "You're amazing."
Yu Zhiyi touched her nose: "This is from the talisman book left by my master, it's not my doing."
My master said that the true world of esoteric arts is full of talented people, and all the talismans in that talisman book were left behind by our predecessors.
It is evident that the truly powerful beings are all in the world of cultivation, while she can only make a living by copying the talismans left behind by her predecessors.
She could only draw ten of these communication talismans in a quarter of an hour.
I wonder just how powerful the real immortal cultivators are?
Of course, there's no need to bring up such a thing and upset Hongluan as well.
She then took out three invisibility talismans and attack talismans.
The attack talisman contains three attacks left by Yu Zhiyi, which are invincible to anyone below the Foundation Establishment realm.
She also explained the usage of these three talismans to Hongluan, and then instructed her: "The attack talisman is extremely powerful, so use it with caution. But if someone has malicious intentions, don't hesitate to use it. If the opponent is really difficult to deal with, just notify me directly."
Hongluan carefully put the talisman away: "Don't worry, I will use it carefully and will never waste it, but I will also never be reluctant to part with it."
Many people couldn't sleep that night.
Amidst a mix of excitement and agitation, the Jiang father and son tossed and turned until late into the night before finally falling asleep.
Du Ziheng kept thinking about that dream.
Ever since that night, he's been obsessed, constantly thinking about that dream day and night. He even turned down all visits from You Bingyue, not wanting to see her.
The other brothers in the Yu family, besides Yu Mengqin, also learned through special channels that Yu Zhiyi was going to take a vacation and return home, and they all had mixed feelings.
Yu Zixuan, in particular, felt an urge to kill the Jiang family whenever he thought of the scene he witnessed at the horse market.
Sister Yi belongs to him, so why are they trying to take her away from him?
Yu Jiaojiao huddled in the cold, damp woodshed, while You Bingyue leaned against the window gazing at the moon. They both thought to themselves, "That woman has finally left."
The next day, just as dawn was breaking, the city gates were already open. Yu Zhiyi sat in a newly decorated carriage and slowly walked towards the city gate.
Jiang Yuchuan stood guard on the right side of the carriage.
Jiang Liuyun, on the other hand, relied on her young age and ability to act cute to get the right to drive.
The carriage was followed by ten guards at the front and ten at the back.
There weren't many pedestrians on the street at that time, and the large carriage slowly drove through the long street without causing any adverse effects.
When the carriage arrived at the city gate, the Marquis of Wu'an's heir suddenly turned back on his horse: "Lord Yu, the Prime Minister's wife wishes to see you."
Yu Zhiyi was stunned for a moment.
A moment later, she jumped off the carriage.
In the chilly morning wind, Madam Yao, wearing a thick cloak, greeted Yu Zhiyi as she alighted from the carriage: "Yi'er, I heard you've found your family. Congratulations!"
Yu Zhiyi frowned as she looked at the frost on her forehead: "Why did you come in person on such a cold day? You could have just sent word through your servants."
Madam Yao shook her head: "The people below are a worry for me."
She trusted her subordinates and Du Ziheng before, but that brat actually let such a good daughter-in-law go.
It would be better for her to handle Yi'er's matter herself.
"I don't have anything else to do, I just came to see you off."
Aunt Wen stepped forward, carrying an exquisite wooden box in her hands.
Madam Yao said, "If you suffer any injustice in the future, just come back. Even if we can't be mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, we can still be close friends despite the age difference. I'll take care of everything for you."
"Keep the things in the box; it would be best if they came in handy."
Yu Zhiyi was about to refuse when she heard Yao say again, "Don't refuse, this is just a small token of my appreciation. If you can't even accept this small token, then I won't be able to trouble you again if I need anything in the future."
Yu Zhiyi: "..."
Although she didn't have a pleasant time when she first entered the Du family, she could honestly say that Yao treated her quite well in the days that followed.
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