Jiang Qinyu and Lu Yanzheng went first, driving a large carriage pulled by two horses brought by Qin Shen. She and the two children were in the carriage, while Lu Yanzheng drove.
The carriage was already spacious, and with only Jiang Qinyu, Shufan, and Pan'er inside, the space inside the carriage seemed very large.
After the two children went up, they were able to sit upright and proper at first, but after a while they started looking around and touching things.
“Lu Tianbao said he had ridden in a carriage, and that it had everything on board and ran incredibly fast,” Shu Fan suddenly said.
Pan'er pouted, "He's bragging! I heard it from Brother Hu Zi; he and his mother didn't even take a car when they went to the county town that time."
Jiang Qinyu pursed her lips, amused, and patted Shufan's head. "Shufan is in the carriage now, is that what you expected?"
The original owner of this body never took the child out, because she was afraid the child would get lost or something might happen to him.
"It's more spacious than I expected, but..." Shu Fan glanced outside, then leaned close to Jiang Qinyu's ear and whispered, "It's a bit too slow."
Jiang Qinyu was taken aback upon hearing this, then quickly covered her mouth, suppressing a laugh, and said, "We haven't reached the main road yet, so we can't speed up."
The road leading out of Dingshui Village is a narrow path, and the two horse-drawn carriages are too wide to run fast.
"Is that so? How fast will it be once we get on the main road?" Shufan asked, tilting his head.
From the stories he heard as a child, the heroes riding swift horses were all very fast, and in the Journey to the West told by his aunt, the immortals' mounts were also very fast.
Jiang Qinyu really didn't know this, and just as she was about to speak, Lu Yanzheng's voice came through.
"Shufan and Pan'er are inside. The carriage can't go too fast, but when we get to the border town, your uncle can take you horseback riding. The horses can run very fast on the riding field."
Upon hearing this, Shufan and Pan'er's eyes lit up as they stared at the carriage curtain, exclaiming in unison, "Really? Uncle is going to take us horseback riding?"
When the village had horses, the village children would go to see them every day. But after the horses were replaced by mules, they didn't like to go anymore.
Lu Yanzheng laughed heartily, "Uncle never lies. Once we've settled in the border town, I'll take you there."
"Thank you, Uncle!" the two said in unison.
Jiang Qinyu looked at the two of them helplessly, then turned to Lu Yanzheng, who was driving outside, and said, "You don't need to do this. You can go when you have time. The important thing is to get things done."
It's easy to imagine that Lu Yanzheng has been gone for a month, and there will definitely be a lot of things waiting for him when he goes back.
"It's alright. As long as there's no war in the border town, we'll still have time to take them to the horse farm." Lu Yanzheng's voice was relaxed.
Since he had already said that, Jiang Qinyu naturally didn't say anything more.
When their carriage reached the intersection, Wu Jingyao arrived with his men to pick up Liu Ruyi.
"Greetings, General." Wu Jingyao got out of the carriage first and bowed to Lu Yanzheng.
Lu Yanzheng's smile had vanished. He glanced at him indifferently before giving a curt "hmm," and then asked, "Is the young master in such a hurry to return to the capital?"
Qin Shen had just told him about this. Wu Jingyao wanted to return to the capital, and Marquis Wuyang had also sent someone to find him, but Qin Shen had someone distract them first.
Lu Yanzheng left people in Yongshan County only to prevent the news of Zhu Youcai's affair from getting out. Now that the matter in Yongshan County has been temporarily resolved, and he has also found people to keep an eye on things at the county government, there is no need to stop Wu Jingyao from returning to the capital.
"Yes, my cousin Ruyi has suddenly changed her mind and is willing to return to the capital with me, so naturally I must take her back as soon as possible," Wu Jingyao said with a beaming smile.
Lu Yanzheng nodded and said, "Take care on your journey, Your Highness. Goodbye." Then he drove away.
Wu Jingyao watched the carriage disappear into the distance, pondered for a moment, and then got on the carriage and headed towards Dingshui Village.
He decided not to report seeing Lu Yanzheng in Yongshan County, so as not to diminish their contribution to discovering sweet potatoes.
Although he was a playboy, he knew the principle of national ruin and family destruction. Lu Yanzheng was able to support the entire border army after Marshal Qin's sudden death and immediately take back the border city that had been captured, which shows that he was a good candidate to defend the city.
With him guarding the area, at least the northwest direction of Da Yue is not a concern, so his dereliction of duty is not so important.
On the other end, Jiang Qinyu was also asking Lu Yanzheng, "Aren't you afraid he'll tell the imperial court about what you did in Yongshan County?"
Lu Yanzheng said calmly, "He won't."
Given Wu Jingyao's personality, he probably can't see anything else besides that woman.
"What if he tells me?" Jiang Qinyu didn't understand why he was so calm, so she was very curious about what Lu Yanzheng was relying on.
Lu Yanzheng chuckled softly, "Is Qinqin concerned about me?"
Jiang Qinyu was speechless. "Fine, don't talk about it if you don't want to!"
Who cares!
“Even if he did say that, by the time the court sends someone to investigate, everything here will have been taken care of. It won’t affect me at all. Wu Jingyao wouldn’t do something so thankless.” Lu Yanzheng quickly stopped teasing her and explained honestly.
Seeing his good attitude, Jiang Qinyu decided to let him off this time and instead asked about another matter, "You've deposed Zhu Youcai, what if the court sends another incompetent county magistrate afterward?"
"I have already written to Marshal Qin and asked him to put in a good word for us in the court. This time, a truly capable official who can serve the people will be sent here." Speaking of this, Lu Yanzheng's mood became somewhat heavy.
Marshal Qin was careless and allowed the court to send Zhu Youcai, which led to Yongshan County becoming what it is today.
In fact, Yongshan County and Biancheng are an integrated entity, interdependent on each other. If Yongshan County prospers, Biancheng will prosper, and vice versa.
Therefore, he used a lot of his connections to find a way to replace half of the officials in Yukang Prefecture.
With Prime Minister Su holding the reins of power, it was no easy task to achieve this, but he still managed to find a way out.
Hearing his words, Jiang Qinyu felt completely relieved. "As long as the new magistrate doesn't end up like Zhu Youcai, it will be a blessing for the people."
"Langya and his men have already abolished all the unreasonable taxes that Zhu Youcai had previously set. Currently, Langya is temporarily stationed at the county government office. He will only return to the border town once the new county magistrate arrives," Lu Yanzheng added.
Jiang Qinyu asked with some doubt, "Are you sure it's okay to do this? Won't you get impeached?"
Lu Yanzheng subconsciously wanted to ask her again if she was concerned about him, but this time he held back. "Yukang Prefecture is far from the capital, and the court is powerless to do anything about it. It won't be easy for them to find something to hold against me."
This sentence actually contains a lot of information, and Jiang Qinyu understood it after thinking about it carefully.
Judging from Lu Yanzheng's confidence, it is very likely that the current prefect of Yukang Prefecture or other powerful figures have an unusual relationship with him.
Jiang Qinyu felt relieved and lifted the curtain of the carriage to look outside, suddenly feeling a little excited about the trip to the border town.
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