Chapter 214: Unkind Visitors
Ye Mingzhu never thought that there would be a day when she would see the imperial edict.
She just went to Uncle Ye's house once, and when she came back, there was a group of people at home, and Jiang Hongyu was holding a bright yellow imperial edict in his hand.
When someone next to her learned that she was Ye Mingzhu, they snorted. She turned her head and saw a man in luxurious clothes looking at her with a strange look.
She frowned slightly and said nothing.
Jiang Hongyu glanced at the man and pulled Ye Mingzhu over: "Mingzhu, this is the military supervisor sent by the capital, Lord Fu."
Ye Mingzhu bowed slightly.
Fu Chengyun looked into the distance, as if he didn't hear anything.
Ye Mingzhu felt that the man in front of her had ill intentions towards her, but it was clearly the first time they met.
Jiang Hongyu's eyes were filled with anger, but he endured it again and again and pulled Ye Mingzhu with him: "Mingzhu, let's go back to the house. I have something to tell you."
Fu Chengyun looked at Jiang Hongyu: "Sir Jiang, the imperial edict requires us to make preparations early."
Jiang Hongyu said calmly, "Master Fu, didn't the imperial edict say that I can't prepare clothes? It's already past noon, and there are so many of us going to the island. We need to prepare a boat, and after we get to the island, we need to eat and drink, so we must prepare some food."
Fu Chengyun was choked. He was born into a wealthy family in Beijing, so why should he care about these trivial matters?
"How about this? I'll have someone take you to see the village chief. Some of you will go to the island first, and the rest of you will recruit miners here. You will go to the island in batches tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."
Yu Jiaming tried to smooth things over.
Without waiting for Fu Chengyun to speak, he called Xiao Wu beside him and said, "You accompany Master Fu to the village chief's house. I will arrange for someone to take Master Fu to the island later."
Xiao Wu stood in front of Fu Chengyun and said, "Master Fu, please come in. I'll take you to see the village chief."
Fu Chengyun saw that Yu Jiaming wanted to get rid of him, but he didn't want to offend Yu Jiaming. He held his breath, waved his hand, and walked out of the yard.
Yu Jiaming frowned and asked everyone to leave the Jiang family courtyard and wait for Fu Chengyun to come back before making any arrangements.
Fu Chengyun followed behind Xiaowu, walking slower and slower. "Cui Xiaowu, what does Yanli mean by this? I came all the way from Beijing, and this is his attitude."
Xiao Wu's usual smile was gone from his face. He was feeling annoyed. There were so many people in the Fu family, but why did this second-generation rich guy come? He and Yu Jiaming didn't get along well.
"Cui Xiaowu, I'm talking to you." Fu Chengyun was already a little annoyed. With his status, he didn't want to meet a lousy village chief.
"Fu Chengyun, you'd better be polite to me. Let me guess, why is it you who came this time? Did you cause trouble in the capital again, and your father had no choice but to not let you do this job?"
Fu Chengyun jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on: "You are the one causing trouble? I haven't caused trouble for a long time."
Xiaowu rolled his eyes. They had all known each other for so many years, so everyone knew each other.
"Tell me the truth, what's going on?" Xiao Wu put his arm on Fu Chengyun's shoulder. "If you cause too much trouble and Brother Li finds out, you know the consequences."
"I already said I didn't cause any trouble." Fu Chengyun's loud voice gradually faded under Xiao Wu's mocking gaze: "I just broke Prince Jing's leg. Don't blame me, he was galloping on the street, and I stopped him, and I lost my grip."
Although Xiaowu had expected this, he still gasped when he heard the details.
"You dare to break the legs of Prince Jing? Aren't you afraid that Prince Jing will find your family? No, Prince Jing will definitely go. In order to protect you, your father assigned you the task that was originally given to your eldest brother."
Xiao Wu guessed the whole story in just a few words. Fu Chengyun looked into the distance and said nothing more.
Xiao Wu frowned: "Isn't your father afraid that you will mess this up? The consequences will be much more serious than breaking Prince Jing's leg."
Fu Chengyun looked guilty: "Yan Li is here, it's okay."
"You have a nice idea," Xiao Wu said with a sigh, "You wanted Brother Li to help you, but you actually dared to show your disdain to him."
"How did I ever offend Brother Li?" Fu Chengyun looked as if he was wronging me.
Xiaowu stopped talking and just led the way forward.
Fu Chengyun pinched Xiaowu's neck and asked him to speak, and the two of them walked towards the village chief's house while playing and joking.
At the Jiang family, Yu Jiaming looked at Ye Mingzhu with a guilty look on his face: "Mingzhu, I'm sorry, did I get you into trouble?"
Ye Mingzhu thought he was talking about Fu Chengyun's attitude, so she waved her hand and said, "It's okay. It's normal for the nobles from the capital to look down on us."
Isn't he just a young man from the capital? They won't have much in common, so just look down on him.
"That's not it, Mingzhu. My grandfather wrote me back, saying he doesn't agree with me taking you as my adopted sister." Yu Jiaming's voice was filled with guilt. "I didn't expect my grandfather to disagree."
Ye Mingzhu had guessed this a long time ago, so she didn't care at all.
But Yu Jiaming cared, his eyes were a little red: "I will write to my grandfather again. You are definitely not that kind of person."
Ye Mingzhu didn't ask what kind of person it was. She never cared about people who had nothing to do with her. She was more concerned about when Jiang Hongyu would come to the island and what his future plans would be.
Speaking of business, Yu Jiaming regained some of his composure. "The imperial edict only said that they should get to the island as soon as possible, but so many people need food, water, and shelter. All of these need to be arranged."
"I will arrange for someone to follow Fu Chengyun to the island tomorrow. I will stay behind with Hongyu to recruit miners as soon as possible. We will be on the island the day after tomorrow at the latest. The specific time we can leave the island will be determined only when we get to the island."
Yu Jiaming and Jiang Hongyu had discussed these things in advance. Although it was a few days late, it was still within the plan.
"Hongyu, once we get to the island, if Fu Chengyun doesn't obey orders, you won't care about him. He's just a military supervisor and doesn't have that much power. I'll take care of anything that happens."
"Fu Chengyun," he frowned at the mention of the name, "he's the youngest son in the family. He arrived a few days late this time. I guess something happened in the capital, so they sent him instead."
"Fu Chengyun is sometimes a little willful, but he's not a bad person. You'll know after spending some time with him."
Fu Chengyun and his men came in a hurry. They met at the county government office, read the imperial edict, and then headed straight to Yuanshan Village. He didn't have time to ask the reason.
In addition to the letter that Fu Chengyun took out, he felt furious after reading it. In the letter, his grandfather described Ye Mingzhu as a woman with a strong desire for success and who was trying to curry favor with the rich and powerful, and told him not to have any contact with her.
Under such circumstances, how could he have the mood to ask Fu Chengyun.
Now that he had calmed down, he felt that it was strange to send Fu Chengyun.
But the imperial edict has been issued and the people are here, so there is no other way except to impose more strict controls.
The gold mine is very important to Jiaming and Jiang Hongyu, and neither of them will allow Fu Chengyun to do anything wrong.
Yu Jiaming decided to wait for Fu Chengyun to come back and have a good talk with him, but they didn't come back for an hour.
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