Reborn I want to be a giant

Chapter 26
The mutes can't scream loudly, Gu Changyan saw this for sure, picked up the candlestick covered with cobwebs on the window sill, jumped up and stabbed one of them in the neck, then jumped away quickly, and ran to the closet before they could react He greeted them with all the tatters inside, not even letting go of the meatloaf Xu Ye brought her.

Although the chance of the so-called beating the old master to death with random punches is small, it really happened to her.A broken bowl hit the dumb woman who was not injured, and the upper half of her hideous face was stained with blood.At this time, the one whose neck was pierced was also spurting blood.The whole room was filled with the disgusting smell of blood, the woman's fluttering in panic, and the cry for help from her throat.

Seeing that both of them were preoccupied, Gu Changyan took the opportunity to pick up the cloak that had fallen on the ground, and quickly ran outside the house. At this time, the door of the courtyard was not locked, and she could only run away before Gu Yanqing came.

"Sister..." Gu Yanqing's voice came from the side.

Gu Changyan thought he had heard wrong, so he stopped in his tracks, and at the same time, one hand was tightly grasped.

Gu Yanqing couldn't believe it, and saw such a embarrassed sister again in a few days.Messy hair, mottled blood on his face, body, and hands, his thin body is holding a heavy cloak, and his eyes are full of anxiety.After confirming that it was him, she collapsed heavily in his arms.

Xu Ye stepped forward and squatted down, looking at her pale face, he was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Gu Changyan put the cloak in his arms into his hands, "I'm sorry for getting dirty...it should still be usable after washing."

Helping the person to the base of the wall outside the yard, Gu Yanqing had a strange coldness on his face, "Brother Xu, take her away first, and I'll be there later." After saying these words, he strode into the yard.

"Gu Yanqing, what are you going to do... Gu Yanqing, come back..." No matter how much she shouted, Gu Yanqing didn't reply.

Xu Ye wrapped the man on his shoulders with the blood-stained cloak, and disappeared into the night in three steps at a time.And just after they left, the yard burst into flames.A lunatic rushed out yelling, passing through the Gu family members who rushed to put out the fire, and was never seen again.

The fire alarmed the camp in the suburbs of Beijing stationed in the outer city. After the officers and soldiers assisted in putting it out, two charred bodies were found.Early the next morning, people from Jingding Yamen and Liang Guogong Gu Zheng arrived.Wu made some inspections and determined that the two were burned to death, and there were signs of fighting before they died. The Gu family branch in the outer city who lived near the family temple also provided their identities.

The guards did not find any traces of arson in the ruins. Feng Wenshi, the chief inspector of Jingding, preliminarily judged that the fire was accidental. As for the two people who escaped from the yard, Feng Wenshi had no obligation to help find them.It's not the first day that Gu Zheng has mixed up in the officialdom, and he knows exactly how rich these powerful Beijing officials are.Besides, considering many aspects, he doesn't want to make too much publicity at this time.

Beiwangxuan

Gu Changyan took a good shower, changed into the men's clothes that Gu Yanqing bought temporarily, and his whole body was no longer so tense.The warm room was filled with elegant incense, which made her drowsy.After looking at the little brother who sat silently opposite for a long time, he could only sigh softly in the end.It was also just now that I learned that after she was taken away by Xu Ye, Gu Yanqing set fire to the small courtyard.The two wretches died, and the madman ran away.

"They must be searching for us everywhere." If it weren't for her, my brother would not have left the Gu family.

Gu Yanqing pushed the snacks on the table in front of her, "Eat some first."

"Brother, let's leave Dayue." Even if they escape, they still bear the identity of the Gu family, and they will be restrained by the Gu family in the future.If she is married, she can still get rid of it, but her brother is a male, even if she gets married and separates in the future, she will still take care of the family.Gu Zheng wanted him to obey, and a word of filial piety could threaten him.

Seeing her worried face, Gu Yanqing responded with a relieved smile, "We twins, I know my sister, but my sister may not know my brother."

Why is this so annoying to hear?Gu Changyan reached out to pinch his face, but Gu Yanqing grabbed him.

"I know that my sister is not the kind of person who is willing to be trampled on, manipulated by others, and succumbed to the rules of ethics. It is because of my concern that I have endured it until now. My sister is early-wisdom. She knows the dangers of human beings since she was a child, and she sees everything more clearly than I do. But younger sister, do you know that even if you were born a quarter of an hour later than me, you can only be my younger sister. As an older brother, how can you live safely under your wings?"

"You and I are one. I feel your pain and hardship. So I don't agree to all your sacrifices. This is not only for you, but also for myself. We have endured enough, haven't we?"

Gu Changyan was horrified, it turned out that his brother knew everything.

Gu Yanqing raised his hand to wipe her tears, "Don't cry, I've already arranged the next thing."

"What can I do?" Since her elder brother helped her make the choice, the siblings should make good use of this road.

Gu Yanqing thought for a while, and said, "I'm afraid you will have to leave the capital for a few years. You need to make plans for the shop and the two villages in the outer city." The recent events made him admire his sister's foresight even more.Leaving the Gu family, who has a big business and a lot of food and clothing, means that they have to find their own way of life.The two brothers and sisters are young and have been pampered for 11 years. They have no money to back up, and the difficulty of survival is doubled.

Fortunately, my sister bought the Zhuangzi and the shop last year, and delivered the deed in time on the day of the incident.Relying on the two fertilizer farms and the small tavern, even if Gu Yanqing does not serve in the future, the siblings can spend their lives comfortably.

They all lived in this humble inn for the next few days. Gu Changyan contacted Weng Qimin, but because there were a lot of things to do, she didn't go to see him directly, but asked Sun Zhou to go to Weng's family general Xi'er took back the things that were there.Sun Zhou also brought a letter from Weng Qimin, which detailed the news about her.

The wedding date of the fourth prince and Zhang Wanqing has been set, and now both parties are making intensive preparations; at the same time, the emperor has added a higher official position to Gu Yanyun, and made it clear that he will bestow a marriage on him.In addition, the Chen family didn't do anything about what Chen Mengling did. After it was reported that Song Shaoxi was arrested by his wife for a private meeting, Chen Mengling still went to listen to poetry, painting and chess. I have become much more energetic, and my style has not diminished.

In the letter, Weng Qimin felt aggrieved for her, saying that whether it was the marriage between the Fourth Prince and Zhang Wanqing or the addition of Tian Rong to the Gu family, they were all exchanged for her.Fortunately, she didn't get anything, and she was completely sacrificed.

Gu Changyan picked up a pen and wanted to reply with a few words of comfort, but found that he could no longer make excuses for these injustices, and could no longer put it down with a wry smile.Yeah, she didn't owe anyone at all, she only owed herself.

Seeing that the master was holding the letter thoughtfully, Gao Sheng poured out the cold tea without reminding him, and then picked up the teapot next to him to add new ones for him.

Gu Changyan stuffed Weng Qimin's letter back into the envelope, and said to Gao Sheng: "I'm going to leave Beijing for a few years, and the shop and the Zhuangzi in the outer city will be run by you in the future. If there is anything you don't understand, please ask someone to deliver the letter to me. The shop You managed it very well, after a while, I'll move [-]% of your stock for you. Work hard in the future." She told the other party her plan in a nutshell.

Gao Sheng was a little overwhelmed. He knew about the misfortune of his master, but he never thought that his master would leave Beijing, let alone that his master would give him [-]% of the shares in the shop.Based on the current daily income of the tavern, [-]% is not a small amount.

"Don't refuse, this is the foundation of our foundation, please show me carefully. Wealth is yet to come." She squinted her eyes, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised, looking confident.

Gao Sheng's mouth was open, and he couldn't utter a single word of his usual sloppy tongue.

Probably due to the memory of the previous life, Gu Changyan has much more business experience than Nei Zhai Lier Ru WoZhi.In addition, she is a studious person. Whenever she has the energy, she will want to try various fields that she has never dabbled in.She wouldn't mind being purely a businessman if she could, although it wasn't very respectable in this day and age.

The late-night storytelling program in the tavern cannot be interrupted. In addition to the existing manuscripts that can be repeated every two months, fresh stories must also be prepared.While she was busy straightening out various affairs, she also found time to write a few outlines.After settling down elsewhere, she will ask someone to write for her.

When it came to the manuscript, she thought of the copies still left in Mujinyuan.She is stingy now, and she doesn't want to let her hard work be ruined without her knowledge.Although I don't know if the things in the study are still intact.

"Should I send someone to inquire about it?" Gao Sheng's method is to bribe the people inside and cooperate with the outside to steal it out, but this idea is not very fair, and the master may not agree to it.

However, Gu Changyan's plans were not serious, such as sneaking into the Hibiscus Courtyard by himself, burning the manuscript first, and then bringing out a few small things that belonged to him.For example, the lanterns that Gu Yanqing and Xu Ye gave her, and the bracelets that the prince rewarded her.

"No need." The Gu family should still be looking for their brothers and sisters now, and there is no former servant in Mujinyuan, so Gao Sheng has very limited information to inquire about.

That night when Gu Yanqing returned to the tavern, he went out after a hasty meal. Gu Changyan didn't ask him where he was going, but just followed him and told him to go back to Beiwangxuan to rest earlier.

As soon as the little brother left, Xu Ye came back.

"Have you heard about the things outside?" Xu Ye sat down cross-legged opposite her, opened the lid of the teapot familiarly, looked at the jasmine flower with Longjing, and poured himself a cup.

For the past few days, Gu Changyan spent almost all of his time in the private room of the tavern, checking the accounts and writing the outline of the story every day, and most of the people he met were from the shop, so he didn't know the turmoil outside.If Xu Ye asked like this, something must have happened again, and it must have something to do with her.

"Is the court really going to raise taxes?" The childish face was slightly darkened.

I was listening to books downstairs last night, and at the table next to me were officials from the household department, arguing whether or not to play the imperial court and increase the tax on merchants.I believe that anyone who does business does not want this to happen.

Xu Ye: "..." He almost forgot that this girl is a real person, and she has long since overlooked the relationship between flesh and blood.

"Tell me, what else can I not stand?"

She had figured it out a long time ago, even if it was her elder brother, she couldn't be self-righteous for his own good, it was no different from controlling his life without authorization.For the choice made by the elder brother, it would be good for the brothers and sisters to bear the result together.She believed that as long as she was alive, she would have a chance to turn things around.So now nothing can hit her again.

Xu Ye picked up the teacup, and the old god blew on the ground, "Your brother and sister have been expelled."

"...Did my brother do it?" No matter how I think about it, I think it's a good thing, a great thing.

Previously, the Gu family sent her to the family temple, which was already the greatest humiliation in the eyes of outsiders, and the only result was to die in that small courtyard in various ways.Although she escaped, as long as the Gu family has the ability to find her, her ending will not change.What's more, she fled abroad with no identity certificate, no guide, no money, no one, and no backer. From a common sense point of view, life is not much better.There is absolutely no need for the Gu family to go to such lengths to get rid of the family.

Therefore, Gu Yanqing is the only one who can make the Gu family open a ancestral hall specially.I just don't know how my brother did it.

Most of the children expelled from the aristocratic family are in a bad situation. They have no money or property, and basically they can only live at the bottom.In the eyes of outsiders, those who violate serious family rules will be expelled from the family. Such a character is destined to be criticized for a lifetime. Few decent people are willing to associate with them, and it is extremely difficult to go any way.

But for Gu Changyan, getting rid of the family is a liberation, a real escape from the sea of ​​suffering.From then on, the mountains are high and the roads are far away, free and wanton.

"One of your clan brothers said that someone saw Gu Yanqing near the family temple on the night of the fire, and suspected that he set the fire and let you escape. Another said that Gu Yanqing once went to the North Shore Wharf to gamble and lost 11 taels. The people on the North Shore have not seen each other for several days. But your brother, the leader of the gang said that he would bring the entire North Shore wharf to the Gu family to ask for debts if they fail to come within ten days."

Gu Changyan opened his mouth, wanting to say that he really underestimated his brother's abilities.If she guessed right, the two clan brothers should have secretly colluded with Gu Yanqing in order to successfully complete this matter.

11 taels is not a small amount, and Liang Guogong's government will not be willing to pay this debt for a child who has not yet matured.In addition to the arson matter, even if they have no real evidence and only one side of the family brother's statement, Gu Yanqing is Gu Changyan's brother, so it is reasonable for him to be the most suspicious; in the eyes of the older generation of people, setting fire to the family temple is equivalent to disrespecting the ancestors , can never be forgiven.Even if that small courtyard is just the ancestral property next to the family temple.

The government has nothing to do with catching Gu Yanqing and beating him to death, but the leader of the North Shore Wharf will definitely force the Gu family to repay the debt.The old men are not only not fools, but also old monsters one by one.They will naturally choose to solve problems in a way that is beneficial to them.

The two major events came together, and people arranged in advance were fanning the flames, and the extermination of the family was completed with lightning speed.At this moment, Duke Liang's government must be feeling lucky that they don't have to pay Gu Yanqing's debts.

"Nice job." Gu Changyan had only this sentence.

Xu Ye took over the manuscript in front of her and flipped through it, and asked calmly, "Where are you going?"

"Jinling..." She had analyzed it with Gu Yanqing before. The south of the Yangtze River is rich, the climate is pleasant, and the atmosphere for studying is good. It is suitable for their brothers and sisters to develop their strengths. If Gu Yanqing does not plan to become an official in the future, the inherently superior environment in the south of the Yangtze River is enough for them to live in peace. .Gu Yanqing immediately agreed.

Xu Ye took a penny from the pen holder, dipped it in some ink, and corrected a few mistakes in the manuscript.Gu Changyan held his cheeks to watch him write, and sighed in his heart, it was really pleasing to the eye.

"By the way, can I ask you for a favor again?" She also knew that she had troubled him a lot recently, so it's not good to be so pushy all the time, but that matter was always in her heart.

"What's the matter?" Xu Ye didn't look up.

Gu Changyan said with a guilty conscience: "Is there any way to take me back to Gu's house quietly?"

"When?"

"What day is convenient for you?"

Xu Ye put the pen back on the pen stand again, "At the second watch tomorrow night, I will pick you up at Beiwangxuan."

Gu Changyan showed a long-lost smile, "Thank you Xu Liu, I will repay you in the future." If there is no other party, I am afraid that I am still struggling to survive in the family temple.

Xu Ye turned his face away, and hummed lightly.

(End of this chapter)