Chapter 221 Going to the County Government Office
Ningshui Street is the longest and widest main street in Jiangyuan County. If you walk from one end to the other, there are at least seventy or eighty shops, if not a hundred. It's simply unrealistic to look for someone like that.
Jiang Yi thought for a moment, "Didn't that girl say she was friends with Miss Ding? Perhaps we could ask Miss Ding to pass on the message."
Deng thought it made sense, "Alright, I'll go to the Ding residence right now."
After she finished speaking, she went into the shop, changed her clothes, and left.
Shu Yu never expected that she would run into the infamous Third Young Master Jiang of the Jiang family while buying wine.
She was still wearing the old clothes she'd brought from home, her hair casually tied in two braids, and she looked completely disheveled. For Jiang Sanshao to be so heartless in her appearance was truly indiscriminate.
Shu Yu drove quickly to Liufang Lane, but no one was home; everyone had gone to Yiren Pavilion at this time.
Even Sanya and Dahu went to help out at the shop, even though there might not be many customers.
Shu Yu helped the old lady take all her things down and put them in the house before changing her clothes and going out again.
"Grandma, I'll go to the government office myself. You rest at home."
The old lady shook her head. "It's alright, Grandma isn't tired. Grandma will go with you."
She insisted, and Shu Yu didn't say anything.
The two men carried three bottles of wine and headed to the county government office.
The atmosphere at the county government office was not as tense as it had been a few days ago, with soldiers guarding both sides.
Shu Yu was quite lucky; one of the guards at the gate today happened to be the same person who had delivered gifts to his family's shop on behalf of Lord Xiang the day before.
The officer recognized her and immediately spoke to another guard at the gate before coming down the steps and walking towards her.
"Miss Lu? Are you here to see the lord?" The soldier didn't know that she and Lord Xiang had only met once. He only knew that the lord had repeatedly instructed him to properly deliver the congratulatory gift to the Lu family.
They even demanded that it be done openly and honestly in front of everyone, which is clearly to support Miss Lu.
Moreover, that day they brought back Mr. Lü, the owner of another clothing shop who had caused trouble, and reported what had happened to the magistrate. The magistrate immediately ordered a thorough investigation of Mr. Lü, and sure enough, they uncovered quite a few things.
Although they were all minor matters, they were enough to give Lu Dongjia a hard time. That old man is still in jail.
So when the soldiers saw Shu Yu again, they naturally assumed she was there to see Lord Xiang.
To everyone's surprise, Shu Yu shook her head and smiled, "I'm not here to see your adults, I'm here to see you."
The soldier was taken aback, wondering if he had misheard, and pointed to himself, "You came to find me?"
"Um."
"Then, please tell me what you need, young lady. I will do my best to help."
The old lady listened in amazement. She used to think that the officials in the county government were difficult to get along with, and it was best to avoid them if she saw them from afar.
Now that I've actually met them, I'm surprised to find that they're... pretty easy to talk to?
Upon hearing this, Shu Yu's smile widened. "I do have something I'd like to ask you for help with. My uncle, Yuan Shanchuan, suddenly disappeared more than half a month ago. He was supposed to come home early, but there's been no news of him since."
“Yuan Shanchuan?” The soldier pondered for a moment. “That name sounds familiar.”
Shu Yu nodded, "Yes, the Yuan family reported the case to the authorities the day before yesterday."
The officer suddenly realized, "Oh, right, that's true."
(End of this chapter)
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