Writing a poem for the emperor?!

Yu Tang stared, "What is he doing..."

Is this an attempt to curry favor with your superior?

Pei Yan understood what she didn't say, nodded, and said: "Senior Brother Fei is a person who can definitely accomplish anything if he wants to."

Yu Tang jumped for joy, hugged Pei Yan's arm and said, "Does that mean our plan was successful?"

What kind of strategy? At most, it was just a very obvious trap for Fei Zhiwen to fall into. Fei Zhiwen, perhaps because he thought it was interesting or made sense, jumped into it.

However, Pei Yan would not tell Yu Tang about this directly, as that would dampen Yu Tang's enthusiasm. Like now, Yu Tang's eyes are shining, like a kitten that has eaten fish. Just looking at him makes him happy. How wonderful!

"Hmm!" He responded softly, "You have done a great job this time, I decided to reward you. Tell me, what kind of reward do you want?"

This opportunity is so rare!

Yu Tang immediately became very interested and asked, "Any reward is fine?"

"Any reward is fine!" Pei Yan promised generously.

Yu Tang thought for a moment, put down his arm and ran to the study. After a while, he took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone and said, "I haven't thought of a reward yet. You can write me a note and owe me the money for now. When I think about it, I'll give it to you in exchange. What do you think?"

This is quite interesting.

Pei Yan thought about it in his heart, but his face was full of disgust, and he said: "You have already brought the pen and ink. I thought if I don't write, you might commit suicide. I'll write it reluctantly!"

He is so ruthless in his words!

Yu Tang muttered to himself.

If he hadn't married her, anyone else would have had a small quarrel with him every three days and a big quarrel every five days.

As for her, whether it was the old lady of the Pei family or Pei Yan, didn't they do her a favor? She would just take it as a way of repaying the favor.

But Pei Yan was restless and wanted Yu Tang to grind ink for him.

The two of them argued back and forth for a long time before they managed to finish the note.

Yu Tang found a carved red lacquer box to put the necklace in, and put it together with her jewelry, saying, "This necklace is so rare, I must keep it well."

Pei Yan curled his lips, ignored her, and went out to find Zhou Zijin.

Zhou Zijin was very happy to know that Fei Zhiwen had started to plot something. He took Pei Yan out for a drink and asked him how he persuaded Fei Zhiwen: "With Fei Zhiwen joining, Li Xun and Jiang Hua are both a little unsightly. Li Xun is easy to deal with, but I'm afraid Jiang Hua will not let you go if he knows that you played a role in this!"

Pei Yan didn't care and said, "Even if I don't give him advice, he won't give me a good face."

Zhou Zijin thought about the rift that had arisen between the two of them over the years due to their different political views, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

However, an unexpected person came to Pei Mansion.

Yu Tang looked at the visiting card in his hand, and read it again and again, and asked the person who delivered the card for confirmation again: "Look carefully, it's Uncle Young Master."

"It's Uncle Young Master!" The messenger dared not neglect and said hurriedly, "I have met Uncle Young Master before, it is impossible for me to recognize the wrong person."

Xu Xuan, who was waiting for lunch nearby, asked in confusion, "Your brother from your mother's family came to Beijing for work and came to see you. What a great thing! Is there something strange going on?"

"No!" Yu Tang accepted the visiting card and told the servant to invite Yu Yuan in. Then he said to Xu Xuan, "My sister-in-law is pregnant. Logically, if my brother comes to the capital, he should have told me in advance. But he didn't say anything. I feel uneasy, don't I?"

As she spoke, she touched her chest.

My heart was pounding with fear.

Xu Xuan hurriedly comforted her: "If something happened at home, the Pei family would have come to inform you long ago. This shows that it was just a normal visit."

Yu Tang still doesn't think so.

She settled Xu Xuan down and went to see Yu Yuan.

Yu Yuan did not come alone. He followed Sanmu and brought a fellow villager named Gao from Banqiao Town. It was said that he was selling salt in the northwest. They met on the road this time and he helped Yu Yuan a lot. Hearing that he came to visit his sister and brother-in-law, he enthusiastically escorted Yu Yuan here. It was Yu Yuan's first time in Beijing, so he was naturally happy to have someone to lead the way. When he arrived, he invited Gao, a fellow villager, to come in for a cup of tea and a snack.

Yu Tang's heart beat even faster.

She has been reborn, and Yu Yuan has married and had children early, so how could they get involved with Gao?

She couldn't help but laugh and said, "Why did Manager Gao come to the capital? What's the matter? Did he come alone or did he bring the women with him?"

Gao, the shopkeeper in this life, was the elder brother of Gao in the previous life. He was tall and big, with fair skin, sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes. Standing there, he was indeed more imposing than Yu Yuan.

He bowed respectfully to Yu Tang and said with a smile, "I didn't expect that Brother Yu is actually the elder brother of Master Pei San. It's my fault that I haven't been back for several years and don't know what happened in the village. I came to the capital this time because I was invited by a friend and wanted to do some small business in the capital. As for my family, they also came to the capital with me. I first went to the place my friend helped me find. After she is settled, I will bring her over to greet my wife." Then he said goodbye to Yu Yuan and Yu Tang, "I will be relieved if you find your sister and brother-in-law safely. I still have a lot of things to do at home, so I won't keep you here. You also know where I live. When you are done with your work, come and have a drink with me, and we will also discuss carefully whether it is possible to do something together."

Yu Yuan thanked him with a smile, and personally escorted him out the door before returning to the flower hall where Yu Tang met him.

Yu Tang pulled his arm and asked, "What on earth is going on?"

Yu Yuan is not a brainless person, he would not bring an idle person to Pei's house.

"This time it's all thanks to Manager Gao." Yu Yuan sighed and told Yu Tang about how he met a bandit on the road and almost lost his life, but was saved by Manager Gao.

Yu Tang didn't quite believe it and said, "How can he, a shopkeeper, have the ability to save you?"

"Isn't this a coincidence?" Yu Yuan said, "We were passing by Cangzhou Wharf at the time, and he pulled me out of the river. My pass and my passport were all gone. It was he who took me to the government office, served as my bail, and helped me apply for a new pass."

No wonder he was invited home.

Yu Tang asked: "Have you ever met his family?"

Her voice was a little tense.

Yu Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "What are you talking about? Why would I go to meet the women in their family?"

That's good, that's good!

Yu Tang took a long breath and asked him about his journey: "How have you been these days? Do you still owe money to Manager Gao? What kind of business did he invite you to do? Why did you come to the capital?"

She spoke one sentence after another, as if she wanted to get things straightened out immediately.

Yu Yuan knew she was worried, and said hurriedly, "I was just about to tell you about this. I borrowed ten taels of silver from Manager Gao, and then used it to get a pass, take a boat, and eat. It cost me nearly fifty taels. I have to ask you for some money to pay him back first." Speaking of this, he lowered his head in embarrassment, "I'm afraid I'll cause you trouble. I'll have to stay with you for a few more days."

"As long as nothing happens to him, why are you saying all this?" Yu Tang asked angrily.

Yu Yuan chuckled and said nothing more. He then explained the purpose of his visit: "My father was at home looking after the shop, and my uncle went to Suzhou. Yao San and I looked around Hangzhou. We thought that the world was so big that there was no place better than the capital. We also thought that you were in the capital during this period, so we told my father and uncle that we were going to the capital to see if it was possible to open our lacquerware shop in the capital. But we died before we could accomplish our mission, and we met a bandit on the way."

The business that Manager Gao was talking about was the salt-lead business.

Although the people of Cangzhou are tough, the country has been peaceful since the emperor ascended the throne. How could a bandit suddenly appear?

Out of his instinctive wariness towards Manager Gao, Yu Tang was quite suspicious of the true identity of the notorious thief.

But no matter what, Yu Yuan must be settled first.

She accompanied Yu Yuan to have lunch, and personally took him to the guest room, letting him rest for a while. "When the Third Elder comes back, I will drink a few cups of wine with you and give you a good welcome. As for the money, I will ask Qing Yuan to bring it to you later. I will send two servants to follow you. If you have anything to do, just order the two servants. Sanmu is not familiar with the capital, so he will serve you personally."

She had to discuss the business that Manager Gao mentioned with Pei Yan.

She always felt that it was not that simple.

Yu Yuan was indeed frightened and tired along the way, so it was nice to relax and have a good rest. He fell asleep soon after going to bed.

Yu Tang returned to his residence.

Xu Xuan was waiting for her and asked her concernedly what was going on and if there was anything she could do to help.

Yu Tang thought that Xu Xuan was a person with her own ideas and wanted to seek her advice, so he told Xu Xuan about the things at home.

Xu Xuan was also somewhat suspicious of Manager Gao after hearing this, and said, "Do you know that nowadays, salt permits must be registered and stamped at the Ministry of Revenue before they are recognized by the Nine Borders? The appearance of Manager Gao is really too coincidental."

It’s not her fault for being suspicious; she has seen too many people like this.

Some methods are beyond our imagination and hard to guard against.

Yu Tang, however, had experience from her past life, so she murmured, "Let's take it one step at a time."

She even suspected that the Peng family had something to do with this.

Didn’t I say before that Gao’s brother and Peng Shiyi went to the northwest? It’s impossible for Manager Gao to leave the Peng family so easily and start his own business.

Pei Yan came back in the evening and learned that Yu Yuan was here. He thought that Yu Yuan was his elder brother-in-law after all, and it would be nice if the Yu family's lacquerware shop could be settled in the capital. So he asked Yin Mingyuan, who came to pick up Xu Xuan, to accompany him and welcome Yu Yuan.

Yu Yuan was a little trembling when he saw Pei Yan, not to mention Yin Mingyuan. Fortunately, he and Yu Tang were a bit similar, both of them were stronger when facing a stronger opponent. Not only did he pull himself together and not show his weakness in front of Yin Mingyuan, but he also left a good impression on Yin Mingyuan because of his down-to-earth attitude, and he gave him his name card.

Pei Yan felt proud, and when he saw Yu Tang, he kept praising Yu Yuan, and said, "If there is no problem with that storekeeper Gao, it would be fine if you asked my second brother to give him a stamp."

We can't let my uncle lose face.