After hearing this, Gu Chang's face turned red and he didn't dare to look up at Pei Yan.

Pei Yan refused to give in and said, "Although you are Pei Tong's uncle, you'd better not get involved in our family affairs. Otherwise, you will end up like me, working hard but getting no thanks."

Gu Chang thought of the rumors about the Pei family. He sincerely apologized to Pei Yan on behalf of his sister: "I was wrong in this matter. I will discipline my sister in the future."

Pei Tong is a member of the Pei family, he can't control her.

But if there is a chance, he will definitely help persuade Pei Tong.

No matter how good the Yang family is, they are only Pei Tong's maternal family. They have severed ties with their father's family and are close to their mother's family. They don't have any life-and-death feuds. When they enter the officialdom in the future, they will definitely be attacked by their opponents.

He couldn't sit still for long, not caring about the important matters that needed to be discussed, so he stood up and said, "I have something else that I just forgot to deal with. I'll be back soon. I'll try not to delay everyone's business."

Pei Yan guessed that he was going to settle accounts with Gu Xi. He was happy to see them fighting each other. In addition, he was thinking about Yu Tang. He had been looking for an excuse to get rid of Tao Qing, but he was afraid that Tao Qing would follow him. So he pretended to be generous and said, "Whether we invite Wei Sanfu to Lin'an or go to Suzhou to visit Wang Qibao, we have to listen to your opinion. Anyway, the night is long and everyone has nothing important to do. Go and do it if you have something to do. We will discuss it after you come over."

Gu Chang originally wanted to be humble, but when he thought about what Mrs. Pei had done these days, he felt that his sister was like a lamb to the tiger's mouth. If he delayed for another quarter of an hour, his sister might be hurt more. So he didn't say anything polite and said, "Thank you very much, Third Master," and hurried to Gu Xi.

Tao Qing who was outside saw him and came in and said, "What happened to him? Did something happen again?" He looked frightened.

Pei Yan glanced at Tao Qing and said, "It's not a big deal. It's his sister. She might have something important to ask him, so he went to deal with it first. The party will probably be postponed for a while."

Tao Qing had been looking for an opportunity to discuss the matter of the two hundred thousand taels of silver with Pei Yan alone. The postponement of the party was just what he wanted. He said, "Then let's go out for a walk. They will come over one after another later, and just sit here and talk about this and that. Instead of wasting time, we might as well discuss the business in Guangdong!"

If the Maritime Customs in Quanzhou and Ningbo were really withdrawn, the Tao family, which occupied most of the docks in Guangzhou, would become the target of public criticism. Since ancient times, those who eat alone have no good end.

Pei Yan was not in the mood to continue talking about these matters with Tao Qing. He was thinking in his heart that although Shen Shanyan would arrive in the capital in a month, there was no guarantee that the news of someone rescuing the Li family would not leak out. Miss Yu would definitely be very angry if she knew about it. Instead of letting her have wild thoughts, he might as well reveal his plan to her. With Miss Yu's cleverness, she might even cooperate with him to prevent the Li family from making a comeback.

When he looked at Tao Qing, whom he had personally invited, he felt that Tao Qing was a little tactless.

Pei Yan said, "I have some urgent matters to attend to as well. We should discuss the matter of the Maritime Customs later. You asked me to make a decision now, but I can't think of a better one at the moment."

Seeing his anxious face, Tao Qing thought that Gu Chang had once come to see Pei Yan about Pei Tong's studies. She thought that Gu Chang might have come to talk about Pei Tong again, and the two of them had an argument about it, so Gu Chang hurried to see his sister, and Pei Yan probably also had to go to Pei Laoan to discuss this matter.

This matter is indeed rather tricky and urgent.

Tao Qing didn't want to stop him, so he urged him to go and come back quickly.

Pei Yan nodded towards Tao Qing, straightened his clothes, and then walked towards the Zen temple in the east where the female relatives lived.

Tao Qing thought, Pei Yan really went to see Pei Laoan, fortunately he didn't stop him.

Business matters are important, but isn't the purpose of doing business to make life better for your family? If you neglect your family members because of this, you will lose more than you gain.

He was even a little glad that he had formed an alliance with Pei Yan.

The two of them agree on major issues, so there aren't many gaps when it comes to doing business.

Tao Qing sat alone in the living room, brewing tea calmly.

Pei Yan, who was misunderstood by him, entered the eastern Zen temple, turned a corner, and went to Yu Tang along the bamboo forest path.

Yu Tang was accompanying Chen to meet guests.

Because of the Yu family, the Wu family and the Wei family both got a room to rest in. Since they were going to move in later today, they sent capable maids to come a day in advance with the usual utensils to pack up. These maids came together to pay their respects to Chen when they arrived at Zhaoming Temple.

Chen was usually taken care of by the Wu and Wei families, so she was naturally very warm to the maids from both families. Not only did she frequently invite them to drink tea, she also asked them if they had any inconveniences that required her help.

The maids from both families said "We dare not" and thanked Chen, saying, "Everything is fine. Thank you for your trouble."

A few people were chatting, and Shuangtao walked quietly to Yu Tang's ear and said a few words.

Yu Tang was very surprised and asked quietly, "Did he come alone?"

Shuang Tao nodded and said, "Tell the young lady to go and meet him quickly and tell her that I have something important to tell her."

There will be a seminar tomorrow, and even the best-laid plans can sometimes go wrong. Yu Tang didn't think much about it, and after saying something to Chen, he followed Shuang Tao out the door.

Pei Yan was standing under the umbrella-like camphor tree at the door, still wearing his moon-white Taoist robe. The sight of him swaying in the wind made Yu Tang feel dazed for a moment, as if the quarrel between the two was just her memory. Now that she was sober, she returned to the scene of meeting Pei Yan again.

Unfortunately, Pei Yan is an expert at ruining the atmosphere.

When he saw Yu Tang, he waved at her and motioned her to come over and talk.

Yu Tang was furious, but he still walked over patiently and asked, "What?"

Her voice was a little stiff. Pei Yan sighed in his heart, wondering why Miss Yu was still angry? Wasn't she too angry? Didn't she accept his candy and snacks? Didn't she deny it after accepting it?

But he has always been generous, and the other party is a young girl, so he doesn't need to be serious with Miss Yu about such a small matter.

He said, "Do you want the Li family to be disgraced and leave their hometown to hide their identities and then make a comeback after a few years? Or do you want them to suffer unspeakably and live in fear and tremble, and then fall into ruin?"

Yu Tang glanced at Pei Yan.

Isn't this nonsense?

She and the Li family have an irreconcilable feud.

There is an innocent life between them in this life, how can they reconcile and forgive? !

But thinking of Pei Yan's personality, Yu Tang felt that all these assumptions and hints were useless, and it would be better to tell him clearly.

"I want their family to pay for my life!" Yu Tang said in a clear voice, staring at Pei Yan with his big almond-shaped eyes without blinking, with an unmistakable seriousness in his eyes.

This little girl!

He is a man with personality!

Pei Yan sighed in his heart again, and then stopped beating around the bush and said, "Mr. Shen came to plead for Li Duan. I thought about it for a long time and felt that even if I didn't help, with Mr. Shen's connections and friendships, he could ask someone else to help. So I agreed..."

When he said this, he observed Yu Tang's expression.

She was neither angry nor resentful, but looked at him seriously as before, waiting for him to speak.

Pei Yan suddenly felt a little warm in his heart.

The little girl still believes him, right?

Otherwise, given the grudge between her and the Li family, she would have jumped up when she heard such words. But she was able to stand here calmly and listen to me, which showed that she believed that I could avenge her.

Pei Yan felt a little regretful for making Yu Tang angry before.

He couldn't take advantage of Yu Tang's trust just because she believed in him. Those who didn't believe in him should be treated like this.

Pei Yan's throat was itchy, and he coughed lightly before continuing, "I wrote a letter to my mentor and several senior brothers, and gave Mr. Shen my business card, asking him to go to Beijing to find my mentor and senior brothers, and ask them to help Mr. Shen get the Li family out."

Yu Tang was so angry that his lungs were about to explode.

But she remembered her previous misunderstanding of Pei Yan and decided to wait until Pei Yan finished speaking before settling accounts with him. However, she did not realize that she had no basis to settle accounts with Pei Yan...

Pei Yan was even more satisfied when he saw Yu Tang still listening to him as if they had just met for the first time. His voice couldn't help but carry a bit of joy that he himself didn't realize: "I told my mentor and my senior brother that our family owed Mr. Shen a great favor and had to repay him, so I had to help him write a letter to save the Li family. You must be wondering why I said that?"

He couldn't help but start keeping the secret again.

Yu Tang knew his character too well, so he flattered him and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Could it really be that the Pei family owes Mr. Shen a great favor?

Pei Yan said with some pride: "Because my mentor and my fellow brothers hate those officials who are unkind the most!"

Yu Tang was stunned.

Pei Yan looked at her wide-open eyes and dazed expression of surprise...he felt that she looked too stupid.

He couldn't help laughing and said, "My mentor and my senior brothers think that you can be selfish as an official, but you can't harm others. Because people with power are more harmful than tigers. For my sake, they will help Mr. Shen get the people out, but if the Li family wants to enter the officialdom again, no matter my mentor or my senior brothers, including those scholars who are on good terms with my mentor and senior brothers, they will suppress the Li family to prevent them from rising up and harming others again."

As a result, the Li family will be out of officialdom for at least fifty years.

If the children of the Li family slacked off in their studies, they might go from being a farming and studying family to farmers working in the fields, or even stop being farmers and become tenants.

Pei Yan smiled at Yu Tang and said: "So I think that instead of letting the Li family stay where we can't see, it is better to let them stay in Lin'an, and we can help them at any time. One or two, what do you think? Woolen cloth?"

Yu Tang shuddered.

This is a terrible idea!

But she likes it so much!

This is what the Li family deserves.

Who allowed them to use other people's bones to build their own wealth!

Yu Tang nodded repeatedly, his cheeks flushed with excitement.

Pei Yan said "hmm" with satisfaction, thinking that Miss Yu should blame him for coming up with this idea for her. Otherwise, who could she seek revenge on?