Zhang's death did not cause any waves.

She hadn't appeared in public for a long time, and had offended almost everyone during her lifetime.

Lin Anxiang informed the Zhang family of her death. Except for Zhang's mother who came secretly to see her, no one else in the family said a word.

Zhang, who had been strong all her life, didn't even have a grand funeral after her death.

......

The day after Zhang's death, the Sixth Prince and his entourage, who had been living in the Lin family's old house, prepared to return to Beijing. They also invited Lin Anru to join them.

Lin Anru, who originally planned to go with other students to take part in next year's imperial examination, immediately agreed.

The Sixth Prince has many followers, so it will be safer than for these students to go together.

Because he left in a hurry, Lin Anru still had time to say goodbye to his fellow villagers.

When the village chief heard the news, he and his whole family immediately mobilized the villagers to raise dozens of taels of silver so that he could take the exam well.

Uncle Lin's family had no money, but he shamelessly asked a fellow villager to borrow some money and sent it over overnight.

"An Ru, study hard. If you don't have money, your uncle will lend it to you. Don't worry."

Lin Anru knelt down in front of him with red eyes and bowed deeply.

Last time, all the assets of the two elders of the Lin family were given to Lin Anru. The money given this time was only the money that the Sixth Prince paid for rent. Old Master Lin gave it all to him without keeping a penny.

Although it was rushed, everyone did what they were supposed to do.

Before departure, Liu saw Lin Anru out with red eyes.

Lin Anru didn't care about the presence of everyone, and turned around to hug Liu: "Stay at home and take care of your health. I will take you to my side when the time is right."

Liu just hummed and didn't say anything else.

After letting go of his wife, Lin Anru hugged Lin Shiyu and Lin Boyu again, and told Lin Boyu to take good care of his mother and sister at home.

The Sixth Prince's carriage was waiting not far away. Lin Anru did not dare to delay any longer. After giving his instructions, he walked forward without looking back.

He didn't look back, so he didn't see that his family, his friends, and his fellow villagers followed him and walked him to the village entrance.

"They all went back."

Shortly after leaving the village, the follower came over and kindly informed Lin Anru.

Lin Anru nodded indifferently, and only raised his hand to wipe his eyes after his entourage left.

No one knew who leaked the news, but when they arrived at the official road on the other side of the county town, many students who were going to Beijing to take the imperial examinations were already waiting there.

They cautiously proposed the idea of ​​traveling together.

The Sixth Prince neither agreed nor refused, so everyone assumed that he agreed.

As a result, the entire team became much stronger.

With so many students joining, although the Sixth Prince's authority is still there, the team has a lot more voices and more vitality than at the beginning.

......

As soon as Lin Anru left, Liu's spirits began to decline again.

It took her two or three days to adjust herself in the house before she began to return to normal.

She had to return to normalcy because her beloved daughter kept calling her outside the door several times a day, asking her to come out and help.

Every time she wanted to cry, she was interrupted by Lin Shiyu. She tried several times but it was still the same. She couldn't control her depressed mood.

"Tell me, tell me, why are you calling me outside every day?"

On the third day, without waiting for Lin Shiyu to shout, Liu opened the door and asked.

"Hehehe!" Lin Shiyu smiled foolishly, and while laughing she pulled Liu to have breakfast before they started talking about serious matters.

"Mom, eat quickly. After you finish eating, I will do something big with your daughter."

When Liu heard this, she knew her daughter would not say anything if she didn't finish her breakfast, so she had no choice but to sit down and concentrate on eating.

Zhang Boyu, who was not far away, gave Lin Shiyu a thumbs up in admiration.

After dinner, before Lin Shiyu started talking about her plan, Lin Anyi and Chang Lin came over first.

"Why are you leaving so soon, Third Brother? Didn't we agree to leave for the capital tomorrow?" This was the first sentence Chang Lin said when he came in.

After Lin Shiyu came back, Lin Anyi went back to Chang's house the next day.

She had been staying in Lin Shiyu's room before, but she felt embarrassed to continue living there after Lin Shiyu came back. The Lin family's old house was rented to the Sixth Prince at that time, so it was impossible for her to live there.

After much thought, the turmoil outside was over, so she and Liu stayed together for one night, letting Lin Anru and Zhang Boyu sleep for one night, and then went back the next day.

Before going back, they specifically asked Lin Anru about the time he would leave for the capital, thinking of preparing some good things to send over.

Who knew that they arrived a day early and still missed it in the end.

"The original plan was for tomorrow. Isn't it that the nobleman who stayed with us before is going back to the capital? Your third brother thought that he had many followers and it would be safer to go to the capital with him, so he left early." Liu explained, and then asked, "He has been away for a few days. Did you know this news only now?"

The Chang family is not far from Yamada Village. Whenever something happened at home in the past, the Chang family would receive the news in time and come to help. How come they didn’t receive any news for so long this time?

Chang Lin touched his head and smiled embarrassedly. It was Lin Anyi who helped Liu to solve her doubts:

"Didn't our house get robbed before? After that, we didn't live in our previous house anymore. We lived in another small courtyard. After we moved in, we kept the door closed every day. There was no way we could hear any news from outside."

"You must be scared. When you went home last time, didn't An Ru tell you that things outside were not chaotic at all and you could go home and live in peace?" Liu laughed.

Lin Anyi stuck out her tongue and didn't explain further.

It wasn't her who was scared, it was her father-in-law and mother-in-law who were scared.

Neither of them is very courageous, especially when it comes to their family, they just don't have the courage.

Chang Lin almost had an accident when he went out a few years ago, but was saved by Lin Anru by chance. Many years after that incident, Chang Lin has been kept at home by the two elders of the Chang family and has not traveled far for many years.

This time their home was robbed and besieged, and the two elders were afraid that trouble would occur again. They thought that they would not be able to resist if trouble occurred, and the best way was to hide.

Lin Anyi didn't dare to tell Liu these reasons in front of Chang Lin, so she didn't answer.

"Since Third Brother has set off, let's leave these preparations to Third Sister-in-law!"

Chang Lin changed the subject.

They prepared some dry food and money for Lin Anru to use on the road.

"You'd better take it back quickly. I'm not going far away, so why do I need these things?" Liu refused.

"There's no reason to take back something that has been given away. Just take it, sister-in-law." Chang Lin dodged.

Liu did not push it back, but let Zhang Boyu carry it away directly.

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