Contentment with modest wealth

Chapter 415 Wishing you success
After the guards left, Lu Jia turned to Liang Mi and said, "Thank you for your righteous help, Brother Liang. And what is the name of this righteous man from the Tongzhou government office? I hope we can greet each other when we meet again."

Liang Mi gave his name and then said, "Why should the young mistress thank us? The Yan family has committed heinous crimes and their hands are stained with blood. All righteous people in the world will do righteous things!"

"Let alone a family like my Liang family that has suffered so much persecution from them."

"To be honest, since Yan Shu died, we scholars below have secretly united and are trying to find fault with the Yan family."

"We may be small in strength, but we are willing to be like ants that cause a dam to burst. We will do everything we can to contribute!"

"it is good!"

……

Shen Qingzhou returned in the evening.

After entering, he took off his clothes and said to Lu Jia, "Liang Mi's news might be true. This morning, some of the soldiers guarding the four city gates came to deliver a message, saying that since noon, people from the Yan family have been walking around the city gates."

“Especially at the North Gate, some people saw Yan Qu sitting in a nearby teahouse for a long time.”

As Lu Jia sewed the clothes in her hands, she said, "Since the Liang family has gathered such a force, it would be a real pity not to make use of it. These scholars have classmates and fellow townsmen in various government offices. I can entrust them to keep a close eye on the Yan faction's movements, and hopefully they can play a role."

She looked over and said, "Besides, Yan Liang is very cunning. He actually let Yan Qu sit in the teahouse. You should be careful, it might be a trap."

“I had already anticipated this.” Shen Qingzhou sat down. “That’s why I went to see General Qin earlier and asked him to arrange for people to guard outside the four city gates.”

“They wanted me to see it, and I let them see it.”

With General Qin in charge, things are naturally going well.

"I wonder how my father-in-law is doing?" Lu Jia looked out the window.

Now that Grand Commandant Shen has returned, he must relinquish his authority to mobilize troops; otherwise, some things cannot be accomplished.

Although General Qin made a significant contribution, he was not in the position of Minister of War, so there were some things he couldn't arrange.

To make matters worse, Lu Jie's side is now also entangled, and they have to shoulder these responsibilities themselves.

“We always have to be prepared for both possibilities,” Shen Qingzhou picked up a shoe that was already made next to him, looked at it, and then put it on. “I never thought that both fathers would get involved in the first place. Now that they can’t do anything, I still have to move forward, right?”

"At the very least, we have many more bargaining chips this time than in the previous life."

Lu Jia hummed in agreement, then bent down and massaged his toes; it was just right.

……

"Just as my elder brother predicted, as soon as I showed up at the teahouse, the two sons of the Qin family left the city through the north and south gates respectively. Not long after, news also came from the east and west gates that the two nephews of the Qin family had each led a guard out of the city to go hunting!"

Yan Qu clenched his fists and reported back to Yan Liang.

Yan Liang, who was looking through his son's homework, asked, "Have you prepared everything for Rong-ge and Shan-jie?"

Two old women came up from the side and said, "Young Master, everything is ready."

Yan Qu looked at them and asked, "Why don't you just take Rong-ge'er and Shan-jie'er out of the city?"

"Now that you know the Qin family has left the city, do you think they'll let them live once they're discovered?"

Yan Qu shut his mouth.

"So don't even think about escaping. If you do, you'll just give them a reason to 'accidentally' kill you."

Yan Qu's cheeks flushed red with anger: "Who do you take me for? So you're the only hero in the Yan family? Am I some coward who's afraid of death?!"

"You better not be," Yan Liang circled a few words, then put down his homework. "Otherwise, I'll definitely kill you first."

Yan Qu remained silent.

"It's time." Yan Liang beckoned his six-year-old son over, pointed to the circled area, and said, "It's time to do your homework."

He turned back to her: "You too. Make sure to provide cover so that people can get out safely."

……

Half an hour later, several carriages left the mansion in batches through the four corner gates. After all the noise subsided, Yan Liang put on his cloak.

There is a small alley outside the corner gate of the backyard, and a side road turns out of the west city.

The person he was to see had been waiting for a long time in the temple by the moat.

"You came!"

There were no lights on in the room, so no one could see anyone else, but the voices already revealed the owner's identity.

Yan Liang sat down on the futon bathed in the dim light of the day. Then a box was pushed towards him.

"The people who killed your parents have been eliminated for you. Their bodies are buried here, not far from you. You still have plenty of time to go and check before dawn."

"We've also found your lost son; when we found him, he had lost a leg."

“I have already asked the best doctor to help him get back on his feet. Although he will still be a little lame, there are 10,000 taels of silver here, which should be enough for you and your son to live on.”

"There is also a travel permit for going south, which will allow you to get to his side without anyone noticing, and then live a peaceful life with him."

The box was pushed into the darkness on the other side.

A pair of trembling hands opened it.

The faint light of daylight blurred the contents of the paper.

He snapped the box shut and said, "After it's done, take me to the post station outside Tongzhou City, and you don't need to worry about the rest. But I have one more request!"

Yan Liang lowered his eyebrows and took a sip of tea. "Speak."

“There’s a palace maid in Qianqing Palace named Ziyu, I want to take her with me.”

"why?"

"She's my daughter! I came to the palace specifically to find her!"

Yan Liang pondered for a moment in the darkness, then raised an eyebrow slightly: "I agree. But if anything goes wrong, you'll not only harm yourself, but also them."

"I know!"

The other party said urgently in a tense voice, "My son is already in your hands, and now you know that Ziyu is my daughter. How can I not be careful?"

Yan Liang put down the cup. "Then I wish you all the best."

……

The night was dark and desolate.

People walking late make their way through the quiet shadows.

On the other side, several carriages drove out one after another from beneath the four city gates.

The people in the carriage handed over the plaque from the Grand Secretary's Office, and the journey out of the city became even faster.

The Grand Commandant's residence was also sleepless.

Shen Qingzhou was still practicing his sword at night, and Lu Jia was keeping him company in the garden.

She stood beneath the brick wall of the mansion, peering out through the latticed windows high above, where several heads moved stealthily in the shadows of the alley.

"We've been watching them all day, and they haven't moved an inch. It's amazing how devoted they are to the Yan family!"

Yinliu, who was standing beside her looking around, complained.

"You don't know, the Yan family is very generous to their guards and servants precisely because of this loyalty. Otherwise, wouldn't we have been able to poach them long ago?"

"Young Master!" The mistress and servant had just muttered to themselves when a guard walked in: "General Qin is here!"

Lu Jia quickly jumped off the platform and walked towards the garden entrance with Shen Qingzhou, who was practicing swordsmanship.