Chapter 69
Marquis Gu: If you can carry it, why didn"t you just say so? Was that hesitant appearance for deciding which hand to carry it?
Marquis Gu thought if he ever died prematurely, surely it must be this stinky girl’s fault for angering him to death.
Thinking about how gentle and lovely his own daughter was, and then looking at this stinky girl again, there simply wasn’t a single place comparable at all!
Luckily, this one wasn"t his daughter!
Gu Jiao knew nothing about Marquis Gu"s inner drama. She walked ahead with the wolf on her shoulder and they soon got out of the woods.
She walked up to the steps, pointed to the top, and said, "If you go up these steps, you will arrive at the temple."
After saying that, she turned around, intending to go down the mountain.
Marquis Gu called her to a stop and said, "Wait, aren’t you going to take this Marquis up there?"
Gu Jiao paused and looked at him strangely, "Why should I take you up there?"
"You..." Marquis Gu’s breathing became labored again. He took a deep breath, put on a fake smile, and asked, "Why do you think I bought your wolf? Even though I really don"t want it and even throw it away on the spot?"
Gu Jiao thought about it for a moment before saying seriously, "Because you’re stupid and have a lot of money?"
Marquis Gu was about to cough up blood!
Aah! Aah! Aah!
What an infuriating girl this was ah!
He thought that Gu Yan, that boy, was already very exasperating, but ever since he met this stinky girl, he began to feel that his youngest son was actually kind of cute!
Ultimately, Marquis Gu failed to coerce Gu Jiao to show him the way. In fact, when he saw these steps, he also knew he could go to the temple by himself. He just wanted to regain the face he lost by making things difficult for her and ordering her around. But this girl was unmoved by either force or persuasion——
Marquis Gu was incensed, but he really couldn’t hit a girl, could he? Especially if he probably couldn’t beat her...
"Don"t let this Marquis see you again next time, otherwise this Marquis will settle both old and new accounts with you!"
Gu Jiao ignored him and responded by turning around, then she made her way down the mountain in a leisurely manner!
Marquis Gu covered his chest that was about to explode. After managing to calm his mood, he limped up the steps.
He went directly to the abbot and identified himself.
The abbot looked at the b.l.o.o.d.y-face man in front of him, and almost thought it was a bandit who had reached a dead end. Just now, he was really about to call his disciples to set up the Eighteen Arhats Array to destroy this bandit...
"It... It turns out to be Marquis Ding"an. Pardon this old monk for not going out to meet you." The abbot said awkwardly.
The Marchioness was a frequent visitor to the temple. On the contrary, Marquis Gu was here for the first time, so the abbot didn’t recognize him.
Marquis Gu said unhurriedly, "The abbot needn"t be polite. I came here today because I want to ask the abbot about something."
The abbot looked behind him and asked, "Did Lord Marquis come here alone?"
Marquis Gu replied, "That"s right."
Otherwise, how could he have gotten lost?
In fact, he blamed himself for refusing to dismount his horse at the beginning. When he got to the foot of the mountain, he had already found the way up to the temple then. However, it was inconvenient to go up the steps while riding a horse, but he really didn’t want to get off his horse thus he had decided to traverse the mountain forest instead.
Unexpectedly, he ran into a pitfall. Needless to say, he fell into the pit while his horse had run away. Finally, he walked up to the temple through the proper road.
The abbot realized the importance of the matter and asked his disciples to guard the door and forbid anyone to approach. He then said, "Lord Marquis can speak now."
Marquis Gu said bluntly, "My wife gave birth in this temple. I would like to ask if there were any other pregnant women who had given birth in the temple that same night?"
An ominous premonition rose from the abbot"s heart as he asked, "For what reason is Lord Marquis asking this?"
Marquis Gu said faintly, "The abbot need not care about why this Marquis is asking this. You just have to answer this Marquis, was there or was there not?"
The abbot pondered for a moment and pinched the prayer beads in his hand, saying, "...There was."
Marquis Gu"s heart tensed up, "Does the abbot know where the child is now?"
The abbot shook his head and replied, "This old monk doesn’t know. That benefactor came only once and didn’t leave her name. She descended the mountain two days after giving birth to the child. The child is a daughter."
Marquis Gu wasn’t surprised to hear that it was a daughter. After all, if she wasn’t, how could a mixed-up occur?
Thinking of something, he asked again, "Does that woman look like from a wealthy family?"
The abbot shook his head again, "No, there are patches on her clothes."
He had only glanced at that female benefactor from a distance and did not even see the other party’s appearance, but he vaguely remembered that she was dressed in very plain clothing.
Many worshippers had come to this temple, so why did his impression of that benefactor still remain in his mind? The main reason was that the other party, despite her big belly, still went up the mountain to burn incense at the temple.
Unexpectedly, it began to rain heavily in the afternoon, so she and the Marchioness had to stay in the temple.
He couldn’t remember whose water had broken first. After all, there were people serving at the Marchioness’ side, while that benefactor was alone in one of the living quarters in the temple. When the midwife came over, she discovered that the benefactor was going to give birth soon.
It was a very chaotic night.
In particular, the abbot was tricked into drinking...
The abbot could not bear to look back on the past. He gathered his thoughts and clasped his hands together, saying, "Amitabha."
Marquis Gu was silent.
The thought that the child might not have been taken away by a family of high-ranking officials like him had occurred to him. Nevertheless, he didn"t expect that it would be a family so poor that they wore patched up clothes.
He dared not think about what kind of child would be raised by such a family.
Just looking at Jinyu, who had been raised so well in the Marquis Estate, it could be seen that one"s birth wasn’t the most important, but the kind of household where one was raised was.
Could a child, who grew up in the countryside, really become a worthy Marquis Estate’s daughter?
However, the child"s situation was really miserable. In any case, she still had the blood of the Marquis Estate. Even if he wouldn’t recognize her in the future, he also wouldn’t mistreat her.
He would make it up to her in some other aspects.
After talking with the abbot, Marquis Gu got up to leave, but he said first, "…Please don"t tell anyone about my coming to the temple."
Although the abbot did not know why Marquis Gu secretly inquired about the child of that benefactor, he still nodded and agreed.
Marquis Gu headed for home.
Losing his horse was really a torment.
Especially now that one of his feet was swollen into that of a pig.
When he finally arrived at the foot of the mountain, his last strength was drained completely. He sat on the bottom step and gasped for air.
Suddenly, he noticed that a shadow fell on him from above, as if some behemoth was coming over to him.
He pressed the dagger at his waist, raised his head warily, and saw a big burly horse.
This horse was a bit familiar...
Wait, wasn"t this the horse he lost?
The next second, he found a person sitting right on top of the horse, with a dead wolf in front of her.
"It’s you?" Marquis Gu stood up in shock!
Gu Jiao rode an ancient horse for the first time. She found it both strange and novel. When her pet.i.te figure sat on the tall horse, she instantly had that feeling of arrogance belonging to a king!
She pulled the reins in her hand, looked down at Marquis Gu, and nodded seriously, "En, it"s me."
Marquis Gu：“…”
Marquis Gu looked at her mount suspiciously and asked, "Where did you get that horse?"
Gu Jiao said honestly, "I picked it up on the road."
Marquis Gu suddenly had black lines all over his face. You can also pick up a horse on the road? What kind of good luck is this?