Remarrying Chun Yuan

Chapter 161 Blocking the Door

Lin Mengyu?

Liu Yuechu took the note with great curiosity and saw a line written on it: "I don't want to get married. See you at the Midnight Bookstore."

"It is indeed her handwriting, but why would she suddenly write a note? Who delivered it? Wasn't Lin Mengjun just here?"

"Not long after Brother Lin left, a little beggar brought me a note. I asked him a few questions, but he didn't know anything; he was a mute child."

Yuan Cuo took the note again and examined it carefully. "Should we get involved in this?"

Liu Yuechu made a decisive decision: "Of course we should take care of it!"

Putting aside Lin Mengyu's displeasure at leaving today, including what Suozi's wife just said, it all shows that Zhang Zhitong has a very serious problem.

Moreover, if Lin Mengyu hadn't run into any trouble, the person who would have delivered the message would have been Chun Ya. Why was it Lin Mengjun who suddenly made the trip?

Yuan Cuo looked at the words on the paper, still hesitant. "If Lin Mengyu wanted to elope, she would have run away first and then come to our mansion to find you, or asked you to prepare a carriage to pick her up. Why go to the bookstore to meet her?"

Liu Yuechu pondered for a moment and realized it was indeed a bit strange. "Perhaps they're afraid of being chased to our house and getting into trouble?"

"But why did she choose the third watch of the night? That's when curfew is in effect, and people can't go out freely," Yuan Cuo asked, expressing his surprise.

“I don’t know why, but something just doesn’t feel right. Anyway, I have to go there. I can’t just leave her alone,” Liu Yuechu said. “If you don’t agree, I’ll go by myself.”

"Forget it, let me go."

Nowadays, people often gather around the bookstore to hurl insults, all pointing fingers at him and the Liu family. Naturally, he wouldn't let Liu Yuechu show herself to be insulted.

Liu Yuechu felt guilty, "My dear husband, I will definitely make it up to you later..."

Yuan Cuo wasn't going to fall for empty promises. "Anyway, it's still early before midnight. Why don't you make it up to me now, my wife?"

"Stop fooling around, Suozi's wife hasn't left yet."

Liu Yuechu quickly took his arm and carefully instructed him, "Bring more money when you go. If she refuses to hide in our manor, let her stay at the estate in the suburbs of the capital first, and then we'll find time to go see her again."

"It's really inconvenient for me to show up, after all, she's gone, and a lot of people will definitely come looking for me."

……

The two chatted on and on, and Liu Yuechu also took out her secret stash of money and gave Yuan Cuo a thick wad of cash.

Yuan Cuo didn't wait until midnight; he went to the bookstore early to wait.

At this moment, Lin Mengyu also received a note from an old woman, and she was shocked when she saw the handwriting on it!

"How did Yue Niang know? How could she possibly know about this!"

She examined the note carefully, turning it over and over. "Someone is offering a high price for your mother's case. Meet at the bookstore at midnight. Don't be late. — Early month."

Chun Ya was also surprised. She knew a few words, but she didn't quite understand what she was saying. "How is this related to Madam? Besides, you've been confined to your quarters and can't leave the courtyard. There are even people guarding the gate."

Who sent the note?

"Old Woman Wei".

"Is it Granny Wei who manages the back garden?"

Chun Ya nodded immediately, "Yes, it's her."

"Give her some silver and tell her not to lock the back garden gate tonight." Lin Mengyu took the silver out of his pocket and gave it to her.

Chun Ya panicked a little, her hands trembling as she held the silver. "It's past curfew at midnight. How can you go out at that time? Besides, it's quite a distance from here to the bookstore. You can't possibly walk there, can you?"

"Don't say anything more, I have to go." Lin Mengyu couldn't tell Chun Ya the truth, and she wouldn't let her come with her either. "You just stay in the courtyard, put on my clothes, and lie on the bed pretending to be asleep."

"Master, what are you doing?!" Chun Ya was so anxious she was about to cry.

Lin Mengyu, however, remained resolute: "If you still consider me your master, then don't ask questions you shouldn't ask. Help me this time!"

Chun Ya had no choice but to take the silver and go find Granny Wei.

Time passed slowly, and finally it was past midnight.

Lin Mengyu changed into Chun Ya's clothes and quietly slipped away from the back garden.

She looked around to make sure no one was there, then picked up a small lantern and hurried toward the bookstore.

From the corner, two people emerged from the shadows, their faces beaming with triumphant smiles.

"Master, why don't you hurry up and go with them?"

"What's the rush? It's still early before dawn. Let them meet first, then we can trap them like turtles in a jar." Zhang Zhitong's eyes gleamed slyly in the darkness. "That guy surnamed Yuan is a fool, going out to meet his best friend in the middle of the night for his wife."

When he first heard the news, he found it utterly ridiculous. He couldn't understand why such a foolish and dull-witted scholar would be chosen as the top scholar in the autumn imperial examination.

"It was all thanks to your good planning in advance. You specifically arranged for someone to shout insults in the streets in front of the Liu family's business and bookstore. Otherwise, given Liu's personality, she would definitely have come to see you in person." The servant seized the opportunity to flatter her.

Zhang Zhitong snorted coldly, "That idiot, does he think he can outsmart me? Let's go, let's just treat this as a nighttime stroll... Did you get paid for tonight's patrol?"

"I gave it to them. They won't appear until after midnight, and they won't pass through these three streets tonight."

……

Yuan Cuo spent his time reading in the bookstore.

As the incense sticks burning for time grew shorter and shorter, it was almost midnight, but there was still no movement outside.

"Clang clang clang."

There was a knock on the back door.

Yuan Cuo was taken aback, so he simply got up and went to the backyard to open the door.

Lin Mengyu burst into the room, shouting, "Where's Yue Niang? What happened? Who knows about my mother?!" She had deliberately used the back door, fearing someone might be patrolling ahead.

She only learned today that the houses behind the building also belonged to Liu Yuechu, and she had to use her last-minute cramming skills.

Yuan Cuo looked astonished. "Your mother? What, your mother?"

"It was Yue Niang who said someone offered a reward for information about my mother!" Lin Mengyu quickly took out the note.

Yuan Cuo frowned instantly upon seeing the note, and he also took out the note that Liu Yuechu had received.

The two looked at each other, both of them looking utterly astonished.

"What's going on? Who's behind this?!" Lin Mengyu had barely finished speaking when...

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps sounded in the front yard, and then torches shone into the bookstore through the gaps in the door panels.

"Meng Yu, open the door, I know you're here!" Zhang Zhitong's voice rang out.

"No matter what you think, I won't blame you. As long as you're willing to marry me, I'll help you deal with the villain who ruined your reputation. No matter who he is, I won't let him get away with it!"

Lin Mengyu clenched his fists tightly.

She thought about it a million times, but she never imagined that Zhang Zhitong was deliberately up to something!

"I'll go and talk to him about it!" She didn't understand why Zhang Zhitong wanted to drag the Liu family into this, but this tactic was utterly disgusting!

Yuan Cuo shook his head. "It's no use. It's too late. He deliberately ruined the Liu family, and it's also targeting me."