Rumble-
Midsummer downpours always caught people off guard.
At Jiangan Wharf, peddlers and porters fresh off the boats ran back and forth with their hands over their heads, while vessels large and small moored along the riverbank rose and fell in the waves.
Pei Xiangjun stepped off the ferry and boarded the carriage the Pei Family had sent to collect her, with Xiuhe holding an umbrella beside her.
Aboard the ferry, Ye Jingtang wore a black robe and held an oil-paper umbrella as he surveyed the riverbank, searching for the little ferry.
Three days had passed in a flash, and their ferry had returned smoothly to the eastern outskirts of Capital City. Heroine Luo's little ferry made stops along the way and traveled more slowly; by the look of things, it had yet to reach port. Little Yunli had kidnapped his Niao Niao. He wondered whether she had fattened him up over the past few days...
Ye Jingtang looked around for a while, but saw no sign of them and prepared to follow the carriage. He had only taken a few steps when Madam Yellow Candle, who was changing boats for Guangji Commandery, ran up with an umbrella, blocked his way, and tried to herd him toward the ferry beside them.
"Young Master, now that the Watercloud Sword Pool business is finished, shouldn't Embrace Origin Gate be next?"
Having settled the Zhou Family affair, Ye Jingtang naturally needed to teach Yunzhou's local martial sects the rules. But he had only just returned to the capital, and the storm surrounding the Zhou Family had yet to subside. He needed to wait a few days first.
"Don't worry, Auntie Huang. Once I've handled things in Capital City, I'll go take a look in Guangji."
Madam Yellow Candle said aggrievedly, "That Li Hunyuan