Chapter 76
The Gu Family people might have forgotten that Gu Xiaoshun was p.r.o.ne to touching things he should keep his hands off since childhood.
For this reason, he wasn’t beaten any less by Liu shi from a young age.
When the carriage pa.s.sed by Gu Xiaoshun, Gu Xiaoshun lifted up the window curtain at random, "Huh? Gu Yue"e?"
Gu Yue"e was only two months younger than Gu Jiao and technically was also Gu Xiaoshun"s big sister, but Gu Xiaoshun only called her by name.
Gu Yue"e immediately panicked.
Even though she really didn"t want to leave home, she was more afraid of being beaten by her father as a result of failure.
Huang Zhong promptly stopped the carriage.
He jumped out of the carriage, came up to Gu Xiaoshun, s.n.a.t.c.hed the window curtain from Gu Xiaoshun"s hand, and asked coldly, "Audacious boy, where did you come from?"
Gu Xiaoshun was wearing the uniform of Tianxiang Academy, but every strand of hair on his body screamed ‘mischief’.
He had been going to the academy obediently for quite a while now and people seemed to have forgotten that he was the number one bully of this countryside.
Just now, he saw Gu Yue"e crying inside the carriage.
At once, he had a bad guess in his head—— Gu Yue"e was already at a marriageable age, and the family had been worrying about Gu Yue"e"s marriage. Poor families couldn’t enter the Gu Family’s eyes, but wealthy families were something the Gu Family could simply not approach themselves.
Could this d.a.m.ned old man have bought Gu Yue"e to make her his concubine?
Gu Xiaoshun"s bad temper flared up, "You don’t know this Great Xiaoshun, do you? You actually dare to rob people of my Gu Family? Yue"e, get out of the carriage now!"
Gu Yue"e didn"t move.
Gu Xiaoshun stepped into the carriage and was about to drag Gu Yue"e down.
Huang Zhong was a martial arts pract.i.tioner. How could a little boy possibly steal people from him? He grabbed Gu Xiaoshun by the arm and said coldly, "Boy, just speak if you have something to say."
Gu Xiaoshun asked angrily, "How much money did my uncle receive from you? To actually sell his own daughter!"
"What do you mean your uncle’s own daughter? This is the daughter of the Gu Family"s third branch, Young Lady Gu Jiao! Wait, are you from the Gu Family?" Huang Zhong suddenly froze for a moment, as though feeling that something was amiss.
At this moment, Gu Changhai, Zhou shi and Liu shi came panting.
Gu Changhai snapped, "Xiaoshun! Come over here for me!"
Gu Xiaoshun didn"t pay attention to Gu Changhai at all and instead looked at Huang Zhong strangely. He lifted up the curtain with one hand and pointed to Gu Yue"e with the other, saying, "Are you stupid? Won’t I know my own big sister ah? Open your dog eyes and look clearly, she’s Gu Yue"e, the daughter of the Gu Family"s first branch!"
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On such a warm and sunny day, an unending stream of people could be seen in the town streets.
Marquis Gu sat in the wing room on the second floor of a teahouse, sipping tea while listening to the coachman"s report.
The window at his side was wide open, and the sunshine and the noises from the streets came in together. Unlike the excitement of the capital, the bustle of the town had a bit more local customs and practices in it.
"...at the village, we found that the family was also surnamed Gu." Said the coachman.
This matter was of great importance, and Marquis Gu only used people he could trust; the coachman was one of those people.
The coachman told him exactly everything he had heard in the Gu Family.
Marquis Gu didn’t have much reaction when he heard that the other party was also surnamed Gu, but upon hearing that the child was indeed his own baby girl that had been mixed up with someone else, the cup in Marquis Gu"s hand fell on the table with a bang.
The coachman asked in fright, "Lord, Lord Marquis, are you all right?"
Marquis Gu cleared his throat and said, "I’m fine. Where is the child now?"
The coachman replied, "They"re on the way. Bodyguard Huang asked me to deliver the message in advance. He will bring the person here in a moment."
Marquis Gu nodded his head, "I see, you may withdraw."
"Yes, Lord Marquis."
The coachman stepped down.
The child was finally found without going through too many twists and turns. Perhaps the Heavens destined that he recognized her back.
He wondered who the child resembled, did she look more like him or more like Yao shi?
It was as though time had suddenly slowed down. Marquis Gu was gradually unable to sit still upstairs and simply got up and went downstairs.
He had hardly taken two steps out of the teahouse when he b.u.mped into a little dumpling holding a box of snacks.
The little dumpling let out an ‘ow’ as he fell facedown on the ground, the box of snacks in his hands also falling out and rolling one by one.
When the little dumpling saw that the snacks they had bought with great difficulty were gone just like that, his whole person froze.
"What"s the matter, Jing Kong?"
Gu Jiao had just bought sugar-coated haws not far away. When she saw the little guy lying on the ground with a blank expression on his face, she rushed forward and lifted him up.
Little Jing Kong looked at Gu Jiao and then at the osmanthus cakes scattered all over the ground. His small mouth shriveled and small tears appeared in his big eyes, "The osmanthus, the osmanthus cakes are gone..."
Today was Little Jing Kong’s first time coming to town. He saw a lot of people for the first time, and queued up to buy osmanthus cakes for the first time.
He treasured it so much that he didn"t want to eat any of it. And yet, it was gone.
Gu Jiao looked at the osmanthus cakes on the ground and asked Little Jing Kong, "Does it hurt? Are there any injuries?"
Little Jing Kong covered his chest and said with an aggrieved look, "I"m hurt here."
Gu Jiao：“…”
This was Li Ji’s osmanthus cake. They waited in line for more than half an hour to buy it. It was normal that the little guy was sad.
But did he have to be this dramatic?
Gu Jiao wiped his little hand with a handkerchief and said, "Be careful next time."
"I was very careful, it wasn"t my fault. It was that person who b.u.mped into me!" Saying so, Little Jing Kong raised his hand and pointed a finger towards Marquis Gu, who didn’t know whether to walk away or stay.
Strictly speaking, it was because he was in a hurry. Little Jing Kong indeed kept still at that time, holding a box of snacks and waited obediently under the eaves for Gu Jiao to buy him sugar-coated haws.
But Marquis Gu didn"t do it on purpose. Little Jing Kong was just so short that he didn"t notice him at all.
Just now, he was about to ask someone to lift Little Jing Kong up when Gu Jiao appeared.
Why was this girl everywhere? Marquis Gu was simply bewildered.
Gu Jiao looked at Marquis Gu coldly. Marquis Gu felt a little guilty under her sharp gaze, but it was impossible for him to admit his mistake to a child.
He coughed softly and said, "Who told him to get in the way? If you bring a child out, shouldn’t you keep an eye on him? All right, this Marquis is in a good mood today, so I"ll spare you this time. Take this money, it’s enough to buy a hundred boxes of osmanthus cake!"
After saying that, he took out a silver ingot and threw it on the ground in front of them.
Seeing so much silver, ordinary people would have kowtowed and thanked them at once, but neither Gu Jiao nor Little Jing Kong moved.
Marquis Gu swept them a cold glance and said, "Hah, do whatever you want!"
WIth that, he strode away.
His manner of clothing was either that of a wealthy family or a high-ranking person, so naturally no one dared to speak for Gu Jiao.
However, just as he pa.s.sed by Gu Jiao, Gu Jiao casually extended her foot and tripped him over.
Marquis Gu was caught off guard, his whole body pounced forward and he had a big fall on the spot!
He was instantly furious as he turned to Gu Jiao, saying, "Stinky girl, are you looking for death?"
Gu Jiao returned his words to him intact, "Who told you to get in the way?"
Gu Jiao then turned around and left with Little Jing Kong after tripping him.
Marquis Gu was enraged this time for real. It so happened that the County Magistrate, together with a few constables, was pa.s.sing by the teahouse at this moment.
In a fit of anger, Marquis Gu ordered the County Magistrate to arrest people!
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Marquis Gu of this chapter: Bwahaha!
Marquis Gu in the next chapter: Wuwuwu~