Ye Junfei asked, "Have you found out what I asked you to investigate before?"
He only brought a few guards with him to Chongqing this time, and Wu Dao usually protects him.
Now that Wu Dao has gone to the city lord's mansion, his personal bodyguard has become Wu Ge.
Wu Ge replied, "I followed the people from the city lord's mansion into the southern forest. The area there is too large, so it's very slow to investigate."
"But please rest assured, Your Highness, we should have definite news in a few days."
Ye Junfei nodded slightly, and Wu Ge asked with some concern, "Is the young master alright?"
"It's alright," Ye Junfei said calmly. "Has anything happened at the Prince's residence recently?"
Wu Ge glanced at him cautiously and said, "Things are relatively calm over there."
"But as the young master also knows, those young masters are no pushovers."
"Their intentions in forcing the heir to serve as an inspector in Yucheng were never good."
A frosty glint appeared in Ye Junfei's eyes, but he smiled and said, "I think coming to Chongqing is a good job."
"At least I don't have to see those disgusting things all day long."
Wu Ge dared not respond to this, after all, those people were all young masters of the royal family, and while Ye Junfei could scold them, he could not.
Just then, two guards in front of the city lord's mansion changed shifts and prepared to go home.
Ye Junfei glanced at the two men and calmly ordered, "Kill them."
Wu Ge paused for a moment, then looked at Ye Junfei with some surprise. Ye Junfei said expressionlessly, "He's too ugly; he's an eyesore."
Wu Ge was startled by this reason. He saw that the two guards were both fairly decent-looking and definitely not ugly.
He had always known that, regardless of whether the Crown Prince's decisions were reasonable or not, he only needed to carry them out.
If Wu Dao were here, he would recognize that the two guards had made things difficult for Lin Xiuyan when she went to the city lord's mansion last time.
Yesterday, when Zhou Chenyang led his men to cause trouble at the Lin residence, these two guards were at the forefront and even smashed some of the Lin residence's belongings.
Ye Junfei felt his blood and qi surging again, and he frowned slightly.
Although his symptoms have lessened somewhat because he can sleep with Lin Xiuyan every night, sharing a pillow with her every day is yet another kind of "torture" for him.
As he was about to leave, he heard the sound of a gong at the street corner. He turned around and saw Lin Yunzhi and Lin Xiuyan leading a large group of people towards him.
As Lin Xiuyan approached, he could clearly feel his turbulent blood slowly calming down.
Lin Xiuyan also saw him. She usually greeted him with a fawning smile, but she always kept her distance from him. Today, she smiled brightly at him.
Her smile made him feel as if flowers were blooming all around him, and his heart skipped a beat.
In the blink of an eye, they had arrived at the gate of the city lord's mansion.
Unsurprisingly, they were stopped.
Today, Lin Xiuyan did not force her way into the City Lord's mansion. She simply announced loudly, "Today, Lin Xiuyan of the Lin family has come to annul her engagement with City Lord Zhou Chenyang!"
"I have come here specifically to return the engagement token, the love pendant, and the betrothal gifts sent from the Zhou family to the Lin family: a rooster, half a pork slice, and a grass carp!"
She brought her specially made loudspeaker again today, and when she shouted, it could be heard clearly not only in the city lord's mansion, but throughout the entire street.
According to local customs in Chongqing, when betrothing a couple, the betrothal gifts must include three kinds of sacrificial animals. The best three kinds of sacrificial animals are a pair of wild geese, a fat pig, and an eight-foot grass carp.
However, wild geese were hard to find, so many people used roosters instead. Those who were not well-off could not afford a whole fish, so they used half a pig. Even the eight-foot grass carp became an ordinary grass carp.
In general, ordinary families would prepare seasonal fruits and practical items such as silk as part of the betrothal gifts.
However, Zhou Chenyang didn't think much of Lin Xiuyan, so the betrothal gifts he prepared at the time were only the three most basic items.
The standards for these three items were set extremely low, just like a poor man getting married.
Apart from chickens, which can be kept alive, pigs and fish cannot be kept for so long; the Lin family had to purchase them again.
Lin Yunzhi was furious when he saw the dowry, so he had the weight recorded. The amount being returned today is a one-to-one replica.
The only thing that couldn't be recreated was the chicken, because chickens can be raised and have gotten much fatter in the past few months, which would have been quite interesting.
A bystander, watching the commotion, asked, "Why is the betrothal gift so small?"
Lin Xiuyan replied, "He only sent these betrothal gifts, and all of them have the signatures and seals of the people who gave them."
After she finished speaking, she pulled out a list that clearly recorded the betrothal gifts sent to the Lin family, which were indeed just those three items.
Those watching the spectacle knew that the Lin family was extremely wealthy and wouldn't lie about something like this.
They could tell from this that Zhou Chenyang was unwilling, but even if he was unwilling, it was a bit much to try to marry someone's daughter with such shabby things.
Although they were unwilling to offend Zhou Chenyang, they all felt that Zhou Chenyang had gone too far in this matter.
Regardless of what others thought, Lin Xiuyan loudly recited the meagerly short betrothal gift list over and over again.
She felt that although she was a little embarrassed by the incident, Zhou Chenyang was even more embarrassed, so she took it all in stride.
She was able to let it go, but Zhou Chenyang was not.
He felt that Lin Xiuyan was simply ungrateful. Even if he had slept with Jiang Xinrou, it wasn't a big deal. Why was she making such a fuss?
He decided to slap a label on the Lin family and deal with them first.
He summoned Liu Tianwen, mustered his men, and prepared to go out and arrest the man, intending to teach the arrogant father and daughter of the Lin family a terrible lesson.
As soon as he opened the door, Wu Dao came over yawning and asked, "What's going on?"
Zhou Chenyang had already mentally equated Wu Dao with the useless young master, so he didn't take him seriously at the moment. He simply said, "Someone is causing trouble at the city lord's mansion. I'll go and deal with it."
Wu Dao laughed and said, "Making trouble? Interesting, I'll go take a look too."
Zhou Chenyang gave Liu Tianwen a wink, signaling him to trip up Wudao.
Liu Tianwen understood and said to Wudao, "It's too noisy outside, and swords have no eyes. Please rest here, Your Highness."
Wu Dao came to the city lord's mansion with Ye Junfei's mission, and now that it's finally his turn to take the stage, he has no intention of listening to anyone.
Liu Tianwen tried to stop him? He considered Ye Junfei's reaction and decisively snapped Liu Tianwen's hand.
Liu Tian asked: "..."
Liu Tian asked: "!!!!!!!!!"
He didn't do anything, and his hand was broken. Is there no reasoning behind this?
Wu Dao mimicked Ye Junfei's tone, saying, "Reasoning? It doesn't exist here!"
Before Liu Tianwen could cry out, he casually picked up a rag from the side and stuffed it into Liu Tianwen's mouth.
After doing all that, Wu Dao felt he was the coolest guy on the street!
Pretending to be the crown prince is really fun!
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