Chapter 353 Trying to harm others only harms oneself
The servant continued, "This is the son of Lord Yang from the capital. His concubine, Wei, has run away to this place, and the young master wishes to personally bring her back to the manor."
Du Wanchun's eyes narrowed; it really was him.
She smiled and said, "I wonder what this Wei woman looks like? I'll ask around for you."
Young Master Yang smiled broadly upon hearing this and said, "Manager Du, this is a portrait."
As he spoke, he took the portrait from the servant behind him and handed it to Du Wanchun.
Du Wanchun took the portrait and opened it. In the portrait, Lady Wei stood gracefully, dressed in a pale yellow dress, standing among violets. She really looked like a fairy.
She looked completely different from the Wei family she had seen.
It is evident how much hardship Wei endured on her journey with her two children to Cheng'an County.
She carefully put the portrait away and said with a smile, "Young Master Yang, I haven't seen a woman who looks like this portrait lately. Why don't you leave this portrait in our shop, and I'll have my shopkeeper take a look at it every day?"
Young Master Yang's face immediately fell, his smile vanished, and a cunning ruthlessness flickered in his eyes. After a long while, he suddenly smiled and said, "Very well, thank you very much, Manager Du."
Du Wanchun handed the portrait to Zhang Qiuhe, and then saw Young Master Yang out the door.
As soon as Young Master Yang got into the carriage, his expression changed immediately. "This Manager Du is really something else. That bitch has been in Cheng'an County for over a month now. There's no way she hasn't come to Zhou's Incense Shop to look for her!"
The servant comforted him, saying, "Young master, don't worry. We can send men to guard the Zhou family's residence. I don't believe we can't catch that woman."
On the surface, Young Master Yang wanted to take Lady Wei as a concubine because he admired her, but in reality, he was just unwilling to accept that he had not been able to marry her.
Especially when she saw how well she and Manager Bo lived together, she felt even more resentful.
He saw that Wei Shi, who used to only have eyes for herself, had fallen in love with another man, especially since this man was just a small merchant.
He couldn't bear to be inferior to a small-time vendor.
Besides looking for the Wei family, another important reason for coming to Cheng'an County was to find a way to get leverage over Zhou Ruiyuan.
In a few months, Zhou Ruiyuan will be going to the capital to take up an official post.
Officials in the capital were quite wary of Zhou Ruiyuan, who was highly valued by the emperor, especially Lord Yang, Lord Wei, and several of Lord Wu's former subordinates.
They all knew that Zhou Ruiyuan had been promoted by Lord Zheng.
Lord Zheng was once Lord Lu's student.
In this way, Zhou Ruiyuan will definitely be on the opposite side of them, so it is best to get rid of such a person as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, Wei's son also coveted the position of Vice Minister of Justice, thinking that as long as he could find something to do with Zhou Ruiyuan and exile him, he could take the position of Vice Minister of Justice.
After the two families discussed it, one of them came to Cheng'an County under the pretense of looking for a concubine, secretly trying to find something to use against Zhou Ruiyuan.
The other was to win people's hearts in the capital and spread rumors about Zhou Ruiyuan.
However, they are unaware that just this afternoon, when the eldest son of the Wei family was hosting a banquet for court officials, he had barely mentioned Zhou Ruiyuan when he missed a step on the stairs and fell from the second floor.
Not only did he break his head, but he also broke both his legs. He'll probably need to stay home and recover for three or four months.
The Wei family only had this one son, and they cherished him terribly, consulting numerous doctors in succession.
Although he managed to save his legs, his waist was severely injured in the fall, and he may very well be unable to have sexual intercourse in the future.
This caused Lord Wei and his wife to faint from anxiety.
The inability to have human relations means the inability to continue the family line, which is even more painful for the pedantic Lord Wei than killing him.
Lady Wei was in tears.
Even so, she hadn't forgotten Wei Shi, feeling that this jinx had brought misfortune upon her eldest son, and that when she was found, she would beat Wei Shi's mouth to a pulp.
After finding a place to stay in Cheng'an County, Young Master Yang would frequently visit the county government office to see Zhou Ruiyuan.
Zhou Ruiyuan also treated him with courtesy, "How long does Young Master Yang intend to stay in Cheng'an County?"
Young Master Yang said with a smile, "Naturally, I'll go back after I find my concubine."
Zhou Ruiyuan had a servant pour him a cup of tea, saying, "Then I wish Young Master Yang will find his concubine soon."
Young Master Yang nervously picked up his teacup and took a sip, his mind racing with plans to outmaneuver him.
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