Only then did Yu Tang realize that Master Pei San was also present.

She looked towards Pei Yan.

He was wearing a moon-white gown, and apart from the green bamboo hairpin on his head, he had no other accessories on his body. His expression was indifferent and his eyes were gloomy, making him look even colder than the previous times I saw him.

Yu Tang was stunned.

Isn't he the winner of the Pei family struggle? Why doesn't he look happy at all?

Yu Tang was confused, and felt his body gradually warming up. His limbs, which had become numb after seeing Li Duan, were gradually able to move again.

There were some things she thought she had let go of.

Actually, no!

When she saw Li Duan, she would still feel angry, hateful, and unwilling.

She tried hard not to say anything bad.

But at this time, Li Duan no longer cared about Yu Tang.

He brought Li Jun here today to show up. He just met Pei Yan and others, and before he could say a few words, Pei Yan was about to leave... How could this be possible!

Li Duan hurriedly stepped forward and said to Pei Yan, "Uncle, it's rare for Mr. Zhou to come here. I brought some top-quality Maojian tea. The teacher also has a set of azure Ru kiln tea sets. The century-old osmanthus tree in the backyard of the county school is about to bloom. Instead of rushing back, why not go to the backyard to drink some tea, steal a half day's leisure, and smell the fragrance of osmanthus."

Pei Yan's teacher was Zhang Ying, the former Minister of Personnel. Jiang Hua, the Minister of Works and the Grand Academician of Dongge, and Fei Zhiwen, the Vice Minister of Personnel, were all his senior brothers. Logically speaking, whether Li Yi wanted to advance further or Li Duan wanted a smooth career, they could find Pei Yan, their fellow countryman, better than anyone else.

But Pei Yan has a strange personality. Not only is he at loggerheads with the eldest son's wife, he also has no contact with the second son's wife.

Although Li Yi and Pei Xuan, the second elder of the Pei family, were of the same age, Li Duan often went to ask Pei Xuan for advice after Pei Xuan came back, but he never found a chance to talk to Pei Yan.

Li Duan had no choice but to seek help from his mentor Shen Shanyan.

Shen Shanyan had high hopes for this disciple, so he took the opportunity when Pei Yan accompanied Zhou Zijin to visit him to specially call Li Duan over, hoping to take this opportunity to let him make friends with Pei Yan.

At this time, he naturally spoke for Li Duan: "Xiaguang, Zichun is right. It's a rare opportunity for you to come to the county school. Why don't you stay and have a cup of tea before leaving?"

Li Duan's courtesy name was Zichun.

Pei Yan said nothing. He glanced at Li Duan expressionlessly, then glanced at Yu Tang.

Everyone was stunned.

Li Duan thought of his previous impoliteness and his face flushed immediately. He murmured to Pei Yan, "Miss Yu almost proposed marriage to our family!"

Yu Tang’s eyes widened.

What does Li Duan mean?

What do you mean by almost discussing marriage with their family?

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

Pei Yan, however, said "Oh" nonchalantly.

Yu Tang was puzzled.

Zhou Zijin's eyes fell on Yu Tang for a while, and then on Li Duan.

Yu Tang was startled and suddenly realized.

Pei Yan wouldn't suspect her and Li Duan...

How is this possible?

What does Pei Yan think?

But when she thought of this possibility, blood rushed to her head.

Yu Tang called out "Master Pei San".

Pei Yan ignored him and suddenly said to Shen Shanyan: "Let's go to the backyard and have a cup of tea together."

Shen Shanyan was secretly delighted, fearing that Pei Yan would change his mind, so he pulled him to the backyard and said, "Actually, I have something to talk to you about. I haven't had a good talk with you since you became the head of the Pei family. When Old Master Pei was alive, he took good care of the county school. Now that he has passed away, many of the students in the county school who were under his care are restless. If you don't come, I will go to look for you in a few days..."

The two people walked away gradually.

Yu Tang was so angry that he shouted, "Master Pei San, I have something to tell you!"

There were some things she had to make clear to him.

She was wrong the first two times, but this time, he wronged her.

Everyone looked back.

Pei Yan, however, acted as if he hadn't heard anything and just walked forward.

Shen Shanyan glanced at Yu Tang, thought about it, and followed Pei Yan.

Zhou Zijin was very interested.

With a smile on his face, he opened his Sichuan fan with a swish. But before he could say anything, Pei Yan, who seemed to have eyes on the back of his head, turned around, grabbed his collar, dragged him forward, and said, "Don't you want tea? If you don't want tea, then go back to the capital!"

Zhou Zijin shut up immediately.

Li Duan looked at the scene in astonishment, and dragged Li Jun to chase Pei Yan.

Li Jun didn't dare to say anything and looked at Yu Tang eagerly.

Yu Tang was so angry that he was half dead, but he heard a few "dang dang dang" sounds of bells in his ears.

County school is over.

Young students came out in twos and threes.

Yu Tang stamped his feet and threw Li Duan and Li Jun out of his mind. He returned home angrily, but was afraid that his mother would notice something, so he warned Ah Tiao not to tell anyone about what happened today.

Ah Tiao nodded repeatedly.

That’s the third elder of the Pei family!

How dare he talk nonsense?

Yu Wen came back from Hangzhou City.

Also brought back was Lu Xin’s coffin.

"It cost a lot of money this time." Yu Wen smiled bitterly, "Not to mention the coffin, when people heard that I was going to carry the coffin back to my hometown, they were unwilling to see me off, so I had to hire a boat. I also received a large sum of money for depositing his coffin in the temple." He felt very sorry for his wife and daughter, and promised Chen and Yu Tang: "This is the last time. It will never happen again."

Chen was a broad-minded person. Thinking that things had come to this point, saying more would only damage the relationship between the couple. Not only did she not blame Yu Wen, she also comforted him: "As a man, you only seek peace of mind. We have done our best for Master Lu, and that's enough."

Yu Wen sighed, "You don't know. We still have to find a way to negotiate with the Lu family, or we have to help him buy a cemetery, and then we have to arrange for people to pay tribute to him in the future."

Mrs. Chen said, "There is nothing we can do about it. I will ask Mrs. Chen to prepare some refreshments for you tomorrow, and you can go to the Lu family. The dead are the most important, and I believe the Lu family is not an unreasonable family."

"I hope so."

Yu Wen went to Lu's house with a heavy heart.

When the Lu family saw that Yu Wen helped Lu Xin collect the body and transport the coffin back, they were willing to take a step back and agreed to let Lu Xin be buried in the ancestral tomb.

Yu Wen heaved a sigh of relief and went to the temple the next day, preparing to ask the monks in the temple to pray for his soul to be reborn for three days before choosing an auspicious day for burial.

The Yu family was robbed again.

This time, the thief was discovered by Xiao Huang when he was ransacking Yu Wen's study.

After all, Xiao Huang was still young, and he barked "Woof woof woof" at the thief and tried to bite the thief's trousers and feet. The thief kicked him and he whimpered in pain.

Although Ah Tiao rushed over in time, he did not dare to confront the thief head-on. He half scared and half chased the thief away.

Yu Tang held Xiao Huang in his arms lovingly and stroked its fur gently.

Chen was also very scared, so she gave Ah Tiao five taels of silver and asked him to go find Yu Wen: "This silver can be used to buy wine for the yamen runners. Even if they can't catch the thieves, ask them to walk past our door more often, which can also intimidate the thieves."

Ah Tiao agreed.

Thinking about his father's busy schedule these days, Yu Tang went to tidy up Yu Wen's study and helped his father count the things to see if anything was missing.

The house was tidy. I don't know if the thief was in a hurry or was being careful, so he moved so quietly that no one could see him.

Yu Tang slowly helped his father sort out the paper. The thief actually only stole half of his father's rice paper, and did not take away the ancestral clay inkstones in the family.

Is it that the thief doesn't know the value of his goods?

Yu Tang looked at the lifelike magpie and the plum blossoms that seemed to come alive carved beside the inkstone, and always felt that there was something strange about this matter.

If you want to steal money, you should go to your parents' inner room. If you want to steal from the study, you must have some knowledge, otherwise how can you know which things are valuable and which are not?

Mrs. Chen was so angry that she yelled in the yard: "They are just taking advantage of our old man not being around. Otherwise, how dare they come and steal again after stealing once."