A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 292 Like a Block of Wood

"Sir, Manager Li and the others are back."

More than half a month had passed, and Manager Li and his companions who were responsible for escorting the money and goods to Yujiang City finally returned. Upon hearing An Yun's report outside the door, Li Yunye hurried out of the study and saw Manager Li and the three farmhands behind him in the front hall of Lutang. He hurriedly asked, "Why did you take so long to return? Did you run into any trouble?"

Although Yujiang City is located in the eastern border of Jingsong State and it only takes more than ten days to travel there and back by horse carriage from Qile City, but Manager Li took so long to return that Li Yunye naturally couldn't help but worry.

"Don't worry, sir. Everything is going well. It's just that the shop in Yujiang City has been busy with the production these days, so we stayed to help for a few days. It was only after Manager Mu urged us that we remembered to rush back to inform you." When the people in the hall saw the young master, they hurriedly stood up and saluted. Then, Manager Li also explained with a smile.

"I'm glad you're all right. I'm relieved to see you guys come back safely." Li Yunye heaved a sigh of relief after hearing what Manager Li said. He smiled and asked them to sit down. After asking the waiter outside to serve tea, he continued to ask Manager Li: "How is the store in Yujiang City going? Is Manager Mu okay?"

"The shops in Yujiang City were severely damaged by the fire, so they had to be rebuilt. Fortunately, the other two affected shops have been repaired and resumed operations. The two owners received compensation and are now living in peace. When we set out to return, most of the shops were built, and today they are almost completed. It won't be long before the famous Li in Jiangnan can reopen in Yujiang City." Manager Li replied to Li Yunye seriously, then took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it forward, smiling, "Manager Mu is also fine, but he is busy with Manager Lu every day and has no time to spare. This is a letter from Manager Mu to you, young master."

After receiving the letter from his brother Mu Liang, Li Yunye's eyes inadvertently revealed a gentle smile. He hurriedly opened the letter to read. In the letter, Mu Liang first greeted his step-brother Li Yunye and his step-mother, Madam Li, and then described in detail the reconstruction of the shop in Yujiang City. Finally, he expressed his deep gratitude to his step-brother Li Yunye for the extra three thousand taels of silver, and at the same time, he did not forget to care about his brother's food and daily life in the mansion.

At the end, Li Yunye showed a helpless smile on his face. She kept nagging him even though they were thousands of miles apart.

"It's almost noon. You must have had some hard time coming back. Rest here first and don't rush back to the farm. I'll ask Manager Yuan to arrange a welcome party for you." After reading Mu Liang's letter, Li Yunye was delighted. He glanced at the sunlight outside and then, still smiling, instructed Manager Li.

He was still in mourning, so naturally he could not entertain Manager Li in his house. He could only ask Manager Yuan to set up a banquet at the restaurant outside.

"Thank you, young master." Since the young master had already spoken, Manager Li didn't want to refuse his kindness. What's more, there were three farm brothers behind him. After such a long journey for so many days, they really needed to be rewarded. So he bowed with the three farm hands behind him and thanked him readily.

It was the first time that Li Yunye had spoken so much with Manager Li. He didn't pay attention to him before, but the steadiness and composure he showed in front of him today made Li Yunye understand why Brother Mu Liang trusted Manager Li. They had similarities and must be able to sympathize with each other.

Li Yunye asked the servant to take Manager Li and others to the guest house to rest. Just as he was about to ask An Yun to call Manager Yuan, An Ge suddenly came to the Lu Hall with a letter:

"Sir, there's a letter from Shopkeeper Mo Chengfeng."

"Shopkeeper Feng? Could something have happened in Mo City again?" Upon hearing that the letter was sent from Mo City, Li Yunye's face became solemn, like a frightened bird.

"Don't be anxious, sir. You may want to take a look at the letter first." Ange hurriedly comforted him.

He also knew that ever since the young master took charge of the famous Li family in Jiangnan, these things had happened one after another. Now that things had finally settled down and he could breathe a sigh of relief, Mo Cheng received another letter. It was understandable that the young master was still frightened.

Li Yunye nodded after hearing what An Ge said, and then nervously opened the letter in his hand. The content of the letter was not much, only a few lines. After he quickly read it, his fair and handsome face showed a look of worry again. Without waiting for An Ge and An Yun to ask, he said directly: "Her sister found the shop in Mo City and asked Feng to send a message to inform her, and asked me to find a doctor for her."

"Young Master, what happened to Miss Huanyu?" An Ge and An Yun were also surprised when they heard it, and then An Ge asked with concern.

"The letter didn't go into detail, it just said that Xuanyu's meridians are damaged now." Li Yunye frowned and shook his head as he handed the letter in his hand to Ange, then sighed with a worried look on his face.

"Damaged meridians?" An Yun, who usually kept silent, suddenly became serious when he heard this: "I'm afraid Miss Xuanyu's skills have been destroyed."

An Yun's words immediately shocked the two people in front of him, and they held their breath for a long time.

"Yes, I remember now. Those martial arts books also wrote about the damage to meridians caused by the loss of martial arts..." After Anyun's reminder, Li Yunye realized the sentence in the martial arts book: martial arts were abolished, meridians were damaged, and from then on, they were completely reduced to poor people who could be bullied by ordinary people at will. But Li Yunye couldn't bear to say the rest of the words. He also believed that Yanyu had her sister and Zeng Gongzi, and even if she was in trouble, she still had the Li family, and she would never fall to the point of being bullied by others.

"Ms. Xuanyu is so powerful, but I didn't expect that her martial arts skills would be crippled. I wonder who did it?" An Yun also sighed with regret.

"The world of martial arts has always been full of grudges and disputes. Perhaps Miss Yanyu has offended someone." Ange, who had been silent, suddenly sighed with a tense face.

Li Yunye felt even more frightened after hearing this. He had already learned from Hongnu that Xuanyu had made many enemies outside. Now he thought that she had disappeared before and was probably hunted by her enemies... Fortunately, Xuanyu had been found by her sister and Master Zeng, otherwise she would have been so badly injured. Li Yunye couldn't imagine what she would encounter if she was alone outside.

"Master, I will go ask Doctor Sun if he can heal the damaged meridians." An Ge was very worried about Xuanyu's injury. After all, she was the master's savior and the person Hong Nu cared about the most.

Li Yunye nodded in agreement. After An Ge left, he hurriedly instructed An Yun:

"Tell Shopkeeper Yuan to send pigeons to the shopkeepers in Wangcheng and Jicheng immediately, asking them to help find local doctors with superb medical skills. I will personally write a letter to Brother Muliang in Yujiang City. After delivering the letter, you can bring Shopkeeper Yuan back to the mansion."

"Yes, sir." An Yun responded and left in a hurry.

Li Yunye also turned around and returned to the study without stopping, and wrote a letter to Mu Liang, telling him about Xuanyu.

Doctor Sun's medical skills are among the best in Qile City. It was he who cured Li Yunye of the snow and cold evil. But when Ange asked him about the damage to his meridians caused by his power being abolished, Doctor Sun shook his head.

"What happened?" An Ge returned to the study in the Li Mansion with a disappointed look on her face. Before she could speak, Li Yunye asked first.

"Doctor Sun said that if it was just an ordinary person's meridians that were damaged, it could still be cured. But Miss Xuanyu's meridians were damaged because her skills were wasted. I'm afraid it will be difficult to cure." Ange shook his head and sighed again.

"Even Doctor Sun said so. Is it possible that we can only seek help from a miracle doctor?" Li Yunye couldn't help but frowned anxiously after hearing this.

"But it's hard to find a miracle doctor in this world." Ange also became worried.

"Do you think we should tell Hongnu about Xuanyu's injury now?" Li Yunye was also at a loss. Then he thought of Hongnu in the mansion who was still worried about her girl all day long. If she knew about this, she would be so worried. He became troubled again.

"You can hide it for a while, but not forever. She will know it sooner or later anyway..."

"Then I'll leave the red slave to you."

Without waiting for An Ge to finish speaking, Li Yunye walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder. After giving him some instructions, he took the letter and left the study.

The Li Mansion was quiet and peaceful after noon. The master was taking a nap, and the servants and maids also retreated to their rooms to take a nap. Ange called Hongnu to a corner of the garden and told her the truth about Xuanyu's injury.

Hong Nu turned pale when she heard this and felt dizzy for a moment, but fortunately An Ge supported her.

After Hong Nu came to her senses, she guessed that the girl's martial arts were most likely abolished by the Shadow Sect, but she didn't know why the Shadow Sect treated the girl like this? Was it because the girl's private protection of Jiangnan's famous Li was discovered? But if that was the case, the Shadow Sect might not let the girl out alive, but it might also be because of Sister Honghua, after all, Sister Honghua is now the master of the Poison Insect Valley...

"Hongnu, there's no one here right now, just cry if you want to." Seeing that Hongnu was sad but still biting her lower lip tightly, trying hard to hold back her tears, and her originally pale face turned red again, Ange felt distressed and hurriedly persuaded her softly.

Seeing the love and care revealed in Ange's eyes, Hong Nu felt a warm current surge in his heart. Coupled with his worry about the girl, he couldn't help crying and threw himself into his arms.

In the past, she didn't dare cry in front of anyone except the girl, but now, somehow, she had unconsciously let down her guard towards Ange.

Seeing Hong Nu suddenly throw herself into his arms, An Ge was so frightened that his whole body froze, not daring to breathe, and his hands were raised in the air, at a loss. He hurriedly and nervously looked around, and was relieved when he saw that no one had noticed him. However, he was still so nervous that he dared not move, like a piece of wood.