Chapter 159 What are you waiting for? Waiting for Wei Liang to send the person back in person?
Unlike Du Heng who traveled day and night by land, Yuan Song took his own large ship and arrived at Wenzhou Port smoothly.
Coincidentally, the news of the successful palace examination had just arrived in Yueqing today, and local officials, beating drums and gongs, came to the Yuan family's old house to celebrate. Such a grand event was not only because Yuan Song won the third place, but also to curry favor with the Yuan family in the capital.
Yuan's father is in Hangzhou, and only Yuan's mother has stayed in the old house because of Su Ying's coming-of-age ceremony.
The Yuan family naturally enjoyed a harmonious relationship with the government, especially since the current head of the family, Yuan Ying, was the biological son of Grand Secretary Yuan. After accompanying Yuan Ying on a social gathering with Yueqing officials, Yuan's mother quietly departed to meet her youngest son, Yuan Song, at the dock. She knew her youngest son disliked such trivial matters.
But she had never expected that this son, who hadn't even married yet, had already forgotten her, his own mother. The first thing he said when he came up was, "Mother, how do you like the Su family? When will you propose to them?"
Madam Yuan had a very good impression of Su Ying since she was a child, but after bumping into the Du family's proposal that day, she began to hesitate.
The behavior of the Su family, especially Su Ying's father, is really not worthy of being seen in public.
Perhaps he was exhausted from today's socializing, and had left mid-sentence to go to the dock to greet her, without stopping. Seeing her son's question, Mrs. Yuan grew impatient and said, "Did you hide a lot of things when you wrote to me? Today, your uncle's letter arrived with the good news."
Yuan Song was anxious when he heard this: "Mother, my uncle only cares about his own future. He wants to sell his son. Are you willing?"
Madam Yuan hadn't wanted to say too much, but hearing her son, now a top scholar, still so outspoken, she told him the truth: "You should be more prudent now. What is the relationship between the Du family in the capital and Su Ying? Did you send your mother to meet them because you knew they were going to propose marriage?"
Thinking of Su Jianrong's calculating look that day, Mrs. Yuan felt disgusted. It was obvious that he was waiting for the results of the Spring Examination before deciding which family to marry into.
"No matter how good Ying'er is, she can't allow her father to set his sights on our Yuan family. The newly crowned number one scholar, Du Heng, must be that child of the Du family, right?" Madam Yuan sighed and advised, "I think we should just forget about this matter!"
"Who told you to let it go? Was it your uncle? Or the Su family?"
It would have been fine if his mother hadn't mentioned the Spring Examination, but she had mentioned Du Heng in front of him, the Du Heng who had snatched away the title of number one scholar that he had sworn to give to Ying'er.
Recalling that day at the dock, he told Du Heng that his mother wanted to meet Ying'er. It turned out that at that time, the Du family had already thought about the marriage.
Anger and shame washed over him, and Yuan Song ignored his mother's advice and walked toward the head of the carriages lined up not far behind her. After driving the driver off, he drove off alone to Yueqing.
They did not stop along the way, and when they arrived at the Su Mansion, it was already dark.
Before the carriage had stopped, he threw away the whip and got off. He strode to the gate of Su's mansion. When he was about to raise his hand to knock on the door, Yuan Song suddenly lowered his hand.
Ying'er is now stubborn and stubborn, so what's the point of looking for her? What's more, he didn't fulfill his promise when he was young.
Even if he wanted to see her again, even if she was only separated by a door, Yuan Song still clenched his fists and resisted the urge to knock on the door.
He made up his mind, picked up the whip again, turned the car around and headed straight for Yandang.
As they galloped along, the cool mountain breeze made the horse's mane fly, and also made Yuan Song's heart agitated.
He was the teacher's youngest and most favorite student. My mother had clearly stated in the letter that she had obtained the teacher's approval before going to the Su Mansion.
As long as the teacher nods, what can be done no matter how stubborn this foolish girl Ying'er is?
He made up his mind, raised the whip and whipped the horse hard, and the neighing of the horse immediately broke the silence of the mountain.
It seemed as if the echo of the forest suddenly woke him up, and he realized that it was already dark around him.
After calming down, he began to regret his impulsiveness. There was no reason to disturb the teacher like that.
I was worried for a long time, but in the end I couldn't resist the panic in my heart. It seemed that the longer time went on, the further away Ying'er would be from me.
Just like that, hesitant about not wanting to disturb his teacher, and afraid of losing Ying'er, Yuan Song sat in the carriage and swayed all the way to the gate of the academy.
Perhaps the sudden arrival of the carriage startled the horses outside the courtyard gate, and the chaotic sound of horse hooves and neighing made Yuan Song realize that something was wrong.
There were never so many horses in front of the teacher's academy even when he was at school. Knowing that something was going to happen, he no longer hesitated, got off the carriage, and knocked on the door.
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"What are you waiting for? Waiting for Wei Liang to send the person back personally?"
After listening to his senior brother Liu Xianling's narration, Yuan Song could no longer contain his emotions: "No matter whether it's open or secret, let's find it first!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Du Heng grabbed his shoulders with such force that he couldn't break free for a while.
"That's a private residence," Du Heng said solemnly, "without concrete evidence, there's absolutely no reason to trespass."
Liu Xianling also hurriedly advised: "Junior brother, you are now a rising star in the imperial examination. If you rashly break into a private house, you will not only fail to find the person, but also give people a chance to talk about you. It is really not worth it."
Unexpectedly, when the word "Tanhua" came out, Yuan Song became even more impatient and sneered, "Master Du naturally cherishes the reputation of the top scholar, but I don't care about it. Tanhua? Forget it!"
Liu Xianling was startled, then finally came to his senses. No wonder Du Heng's name had sounded so familiar to him. It turned out he was the newly crowned number one scholar in today's victory announcement. Yet, he had only claimed to be Ruolan's nephew in the capital.
Du Heng remained expressionless, still holding Yuan Song in check, saying, "Everyone here is eager to rescue him as soon as possible. It's not impossible to investigate Wei Liang's private residence. Your senior brother and I were just discussing countermeasures. Now that you're here, the three of us can split up and act accordingly."
Of course, Yuan Song knew that a team of three would be much more effective than acting alone, so he suppressed his impatience and just looked at the hand on his shoulder with disdain in his narrow eyes.
Du Heng immediately understood, said "I'm sorry", and put his hand down.
"Investigating Wei Liang's private residence is a top priority now, but only the government can investigate, not us. Lord Liu and I were originally troubled by this, but now that you're here, everything is easily resolved."
The Yuan family is a big family in Yueqing. Even if they don't have any hard evidence, they can still ask the government to make this trip. As long as the government office is dispatched, even if they can't find the person, they will have their own excuse to make Wei Liang suffer a loss.
Seeing Yuan Song raise an eyebrow, Du Heng knew he had accepted his suggestion, so he took the opportunity to continue, "Since we believe that Wei Liang and the Lin family are colluding, we can't just focus on one place. The government office will investigate Wei's residence for one thing, and we must also monitor the Su residence simultaneously."
"If we find nothing at the Wei residence, it will definitely alert the enemy. Then Wei Liang will try to contact the Lin family. As long as we have someone secretly watching, we can follow the clues and find the real hiding place."
He paused slightly, his voice lowering, "This arrangement is ultimately a desperate measure. It might offer a glimmer of hope for the time being, but it may not be effective."
"So, what comes next is the most important thing!"
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