Phi-Fic Chapter 192 Encounter with Gu Family 2
Chapter 192 Encounter with Gu Family 2
For the sake of convenience, Gu Xi equipped each soldier with a watch, and they have learned modern timekeeping.
The twelve hours in ancient times were not accurate in terms of time and were difficult to remember.
Gu Xi looked at the time. It was not yet seven o'clock.
Suddenly, a golden light flashed before my eyes. The system, which had not issued tasks for a long time, issued another task:
【Mission: Destroy the Japanese pirates.】
[Reward: Upgrade any skill by three levels.]
Gu Xi proudly showed off:
"System, you are slow. My telegram is faster than yours! I received the message before you!"
System: "...Well, the system needs to be upgraded."
Gu Xi said to Chu Zhao:
"Then let's go fight the Japanese first. We'll build a communication station in the northwest after we're done."
Northwest, Dingxi County.
Qi received an imperial edict stating that the Gu family's case had been rehabilitated and that the Gu family members were allowed to return to Beijing to give a grand funeral to the posthumously honored General Gu and General Gu.
Qi was so excited that she cried bitterly.
She looked up at the sky:
"Husband, did you see that? Xier did it! The Gu family was vindicated, but it's a pity that you and father are no longer around."
"We are going back to Beijing to reunite with Xier. I will take good care of the children and the Gu family from now on."
Qi took Gu Ping, Gu Yuan, Nanny Yun, as well as Aunt Lian and Gu Ying from the second room, packed their luggage, and went to the general's mansion to say goodbye to Madam Ren.
The journey was long, and Madam Ren had originally wanted to arrange a few followers to escort them back to the capital. The secret guard who delivered the decree said:
"Your Majesty is so gracious that he has ordered us to escort Madam Gu and her party back to the capital. There is no need to trouble Madam Chu."
There were five secret guards in total. They received a secret order from Emperor Jichang, which was to protect them in name only but to monitor them in reality. They must bring Qi and others into the palace.
After all, Qi was a woman in the harem, so she didn't think too much about it. She just thought that Gu Xi was highly valued by the emperor and the emperor specially sent someone to pick him up.
The shop was handed over to a hired manager to run, and with Mrs. Ren taking care of it, there was no need to worry.
While the family was on their way back to Beijing, Gu Yunqing was riding at full speed towards Dingxi County.
Huji Town.
As it was getting late, Qi and others stayed overnight in Huji Town.
The children were greedy and they remembered that the mutton skewers in Huji Town were delicious. There happened to be a small stall selling mutton skewers next to the inn, so the three children went over, paid their copper coins, and watched the Hu people grill the mutton skewers.
"Sister Ying!" Someone suddenly called out to Gu Ying who was standing at the edge.
Gu Ying turned around subconsciously, and Gu Ping and Gu Yuan also looked in the direction of the voice.
"Sister Ping, Brother Yuan!" the man ran over.
The three of them carefully identified him for a while before they discovered that the man was Gu Chao, the eldest son of the second wife.
"Brother." Gu Ying called out obediently, but still subconsciously hid behind Gu Ping.
She remembered that her stepmother, Mrs. Li, wanted to sell her and her mother, and her eldest brother was an accomplice.
Neither Gu Ping nor Gu Yuan called him. Gu Ping frowned and looked him up and down. He was wearing the clothes of a waiter, so he should be a waiter in the restaurant opposite.
Gu Chao excitedly stepped forward and tried to grab Gu Ying's hand, saying:
"Sister Ying, are you rich now?"
Of course, they were all wearing silk and satin, no worse than when they were in the mansion.
Gu Ying was so scared that he took two steps back.
At this time, a secret guard appeared, stood in front of Gu Chao, and said:
"Who are you?"
The imperial edict they received was to escort the Gu family to Beijing safely, and nothing could go wrong along the way.
The secret guard was dressed in tight clothes, exuding a sharp and mysterious aura. It was obvious at first glance that he was not an ordinary person.
Gu Chao said hurriedly:
"Brother, I am Gu Ying's elder brother and Gu Ping and Gu Yuan's cousin. I haven't seen you for a long time. I just met you and came to say hello. Who are you?"
After working as a waiter for a few months, Gu Chao has become much more obedient than before and is better at reading people's expressions.
The secret guard looked serious:
"Are you also from General Gu's Mansion?"
Gu Chao was afraid at first. They were exiled fugitives. If they were recognized, they would be in big trouble. However, seeing that Gu Ying and the others were dressed in silk and satin, they did not look like fugitives caught by the government. He thought that this person should not be a police officer, so he plucked up the courage to say:
"Yes, I am the eldest son of the second branch of the Gu family."
The secret guard thought, His Majesty had ordered that all members of the Gu family be brought back to the capital, so if they met any members of the Gu family on the way, they should also bring them back, right?
So he said:
"Now that His Majesty has rehabilitated the Gu family, he is summoning the exiled Gu clan members back to the capital. Those who hold official positions can be reinstated. Since you are from the second branch of the Gu family, you should return to the capital with us."
"What? Rehabilitated?" Gu Chao's eyes widened, and then he was ecstatic.
Huji Town is too far away from the capital. Although Emperor Jichang has announced the rehabilitation of the Gu family to the world, it has been a short time and the news has not yet reached Huji Town.
"Okay, wait for me, I'll go back and inform my parents right away!"
He excitedly threw the waiter's towel hanging around his neck and ran quickly towards the north of the town.
Gu Ping no longer had the appetite to eat the mutton skewers and quickly ran back to the inn to tell Qi.
"Mom, we just met Gu Chao at the door of the inn!" Ever since she was sold out by the second wife, she absolutely refused to call Gu Chao "Big Brother".
Qi frowned. Huji Town was a big town with a large population. She didn't expect to meet someone from the second room at the door of the inn.
"He didn't do anything to you, did he?" Qi looked at her daughter and asked.
Gu Ping said, "How dare he! We were careless before and fell into their trap. Now that I know that their whole family is wicked, I won't pay any attention to him. But the official just now informed Gu Chao about the rehabilitation of the Gu family. I guess he will also return to Beijing. Mother, I don't want them to go back!"
Qi sighed and said:
"Even if I don't tell him now, he will know it later and will definitely return to Beijing."
Gu Ping pouted unhappily. If only her eldest sister were here, she would definitely find a way to prevent the second family from returning to Beijing.
At the same time, Gu Ying also told Aunt Lian about his encounter with Gu Chao. Aunt Lian's brows were even more tightly furrowed than Qi's.
If the second wife also returned to Beijing, she would probably have to go back to the second wife as well. Even if they were in Beijing before, the life she and Ying Jie'er lived was not as comfortable as now with Madam Qi.
Gu Yunze, the second master of the Gu family, has been terrified ever since he was beaten up by Gu Xi.
As they had no money, they moved into a smaller, even more shabby house, and Gu Yunze didn't dare go out all day.
Li sold all her maids and servants to barely keep her family from starving to death.
Gu Yunze used to have many concubines, but now he only has one wife and two concubines by his side.
Aunt Mei had the support of the eldest son Gu Chao, and the concubine's daughter was married to an official, so Li did not dare to sell her.
Gu Chao was sent out by Li to work, and at least the money he earned every month was enough to buy some coarse grains.