Yu Qizhe lowered his head and said nothing.
Yang Yuanchen stared at him for a while. Seeing that he had no intention of changing his mind, his expression was not very good. However, he still maintained his composure and did not say anything angry. He waved his hand and said, "You can go now."
Yu Qizhe stood up, bowed to Yang Yuanchen neither humbly nor arrogantly, then turned and left.
Yang Yuanchen couldn't help but feel depressed. This should have been a marriage that Yu Qizhe would be grateful for, but who would have thought that he was unwilling to accept it! It was already a loss of face for him to come and ask about it, so this marriage could only be abandoned.
He walked out of the front hall and said to the servant, "Tell Master Mu that I have something else to do in my house, so I won't stay any longer."
After listening to the servant's report, Mu Yan specifically asked about Yang Yuanchen's expression.
The servant said, "Master Yang looked unhappy when he left."
A hint of understanding flashed across Mu Yan's eyes. He thought that the chat with Yu Qizhe was not very pleasant. However, he was a little surprised that Yu Qizhe did not accept the olive branch thrown by the Yang family.
"Go and tell the kitchen to serve lunch early." Mu Yan thought it would be better to let Yu Jiao and the others set off early to avoid having to travel at night when they reach Changkui.
The servant responded and went to the kitchen.
Because they had lunch early, at the end of the Si hour, Yu Jiao and her companions had already boarded the carriage prepared by the Mu family. Mu Yan had already had people load a lot of gifts into the carriage.
Mrs. Mu II and Mrs. Mu III both came to the screen wall to see them off. Mrs. Mu II held Yu Jiao and Yu Fuling's hands and told them to come to Qingzhou again in the future. Yu Jiao politely agreed.
Mu Yan and Yu Qizhe said, "When the results are announced, I will send someone on a fast horse to Changkui to deliver a message to you."
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Master." Yu Jinshu said in a very gentlemanly manner.
After some random polite words, he finally said goodbye. The curtains were lowered, and the coachman whipped his whip and gave a "go!", and the carriage slowly drove away.
There were two inconspicuous little beggars sitting on the corner at the end of Shuying Lane. Not long after the carriage left, one of the beggars left quickly, and not long after that, the other beggar also disappeared.
At the Lin's Clinic, a medicine boy was treating patients when he suddenly saw a dirty and smelly little beggar come in. He immediately drove him away, "Get lost! Don't you know where you are? You've come to the wrong place if you want to beg for food!"
If it were any other day, the little beggar would have left in disgrace after being driven away, but today he was very confident and said to the medicine boy, "I'm here to see Doctor Lin. Doctor Lin asked me to reply to his letter!"
"Are you serious?" The medicine boy didn't dare to force the beggar to leave. He said to the little beggar, "Wait. If you try to trick me with Master Lin, you'll be dead!"
He turned around, lifted the curtain and went to the back hall. Soon he came out and called the little beggar to follow him to the back hall.
The little beggar looked excited and puffed out his chest. He walked into the back hall and saw Lin Fang sitting on a chair. He bowed to him in a flattering manner.
"How's the person I asked you to keep an eye on?" Lin Fang asked the little beggar.
"Doctor Lin, the woman got on a carriage in front of the Mu Mansion. I heard them say they were going back to Changkui, so I followed the carriage for a while. The woman and her group were indeed heading out of the city." The little beggar reported in detail, looking as if he was being highly valued.
Hearing this, Lin Fang sat up straight, "You said she was leaving the city to go to Changkui? Is this news confirmed? How many people are there in their group?"
The little beggar said, "When I heard them say goodbye to the people from the Mu Mansion, they said they were going back to Changkui. I saw that the carriage was going through the north gate of the city. Isn't Changkui heading north of the city? There are five men and two women in their group. Four of them are young men, and one is a little older."
Lin Fang nodded and winked at the medicine boy, who put five cents of silver into the little beggar's hand.
Lin Fang said, "Thank you for running errands and keeping an eye on us. Use this money to eat something good."
"Thank you, Doctor Lin. If you need any errands in the future, just come to me." The little beggar said happily.
After sending the little beggar away, Lin Fang narrowed his eyes and hurriedly told the medicine boy to go to the gambling house to find Sun Wu.
After Lin Fangri left the Sun family, he arranged for someone to inquire about Yu Jiao's background. He spent money to find out a lot of things about Yu Jiao from the Mu family's doorman, and confirmed that she was just from the countryside of Changkui, and met the second master of the Mu family because of medical treatment. She had no background at all. So he was determined to get the Qing Nang book from Yu Jiao, and specially found an inconspicuous little beggar in the city to watch at the door of the Mu family.
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