Chapter 754: Chapter 754: Someone Stops the Car Chapter 754: Chapter 754: Someone Stops the Car Shu Yu nodded in agreement, and as they spoke, the mule carriage arrived at the alley where they were staying.
The Lu family went into the house to rest for a while before heading out. Shu Yu was going to the county office to find Mister Qi, while the others were off to buy local specialties, which they planned to send back home along with their letters.
The Lu family was currently quite comfortable with money. They still had the funds Shu Yu gave them earlier, which they insisted Shu Yu keep for herself. The money they were using came from the profits of the shop they had set up in Jiangyuan County and from the recent earnings of Lu Erbai’s woodworking and Madam Ruan and Daya’s street vending.
Though Lu Erbai had not been in Heichang County for long, he had promptly done business with the Huifeng Escort Agency. He then created children’s carts, promptly receiving several sizable orders. This was followed by an acquaintance with Yao Tianqin, a master craftsman from the Ministry of Industry, who was always in high demand.
Yao brought Lu Erbai along for work, and their partnership accelerated their speed dramatically, like the time they produced a display piece for the county magistrate’s brother-in-law. Although the county magistrate and his brother-in-law were eventually arrested, they were fortunate to have completed the display piece before that happened.
At that time, the brother-in-law not only settled their wages, but also, in his joy, generously gave them extra reward money.
Therefore, buying some local specialties to send back to their hometown was not a hard task for the Lu family.
The family quickly bustled out to shop.
Shu Yu, on the other hand, went to the county office alone, as Meng Yunzheng only accompanied her to the entrance before refraining from following further.
Now that he was in a collaboration with the Fifth Prince, it was not appropriate for him to get involved, especially not appropriate to meet with Qi Chan.
Having lived in the Capital, he wasn’t sure if Qi Chan had ever seen him before.
Thus, after escorting Shu Yu to a corner near the county office, he watched her enter and then left.
Shu Yu had visited the county office once before, and the officers at the gate still recognized her. Besides, Qi Chan had previously instructed that if she came to find him, she should be brought in directly.
So Shu Yu didn’t even need to show her jade pendant to be invited into the county office.
However, unfortunately, after she was led into the flower hall, the servants informed her that Mister Qi was not currently in the county office.
Just a quarter of an hour before her arrival, Qi Chan, along with the County Magistrate, had left through the back door of the county office.
What business they went out for, these servants did not know.
Shu Yu felt it was a pity. The man had just left and surely would not be back any time soon. It seemed she had come at an inopportune time.
She couldn’t just wait there. Luckily, she was staying in the county town tonight, so coming back later would do just as well.
Eventually, Shu Yu rose to take her leave, only troubling the officer at the gate to help her with one thing; when Mister Qi returned, please convey a message to him.
Afterward, she left the county office and went straight home.
Since the Lu family wasn’t there, Shu Yu didn’t want to look for them, as it would be difficult to find them in a short time.
Conveniently, the other mule carriage was still there, so she simply left a note in the living room and then led the mule carriage out the door, heading straight out of town to the courier station to find Madam Hou and her daughter.
There were still quite a few people entering and leaving the town at this time, so Shu Yu had to wait in line for a while with her mule carriage before she could leave.
After driving two kilometers, the road became much less populated and more open.
Shu Yu was not in a hurry, and since the road, despite being an official route, was not very wide, she did not need to speed.
However, it was because of her slow pace that when she reached the outskirts of a grove, a person suddenly sprang out from the front, brandishing a bloodied knife, and stopped in front of the mule carriage.