A few people from Grandma Song bought all the betrothal gifts in the morning, came back, had lunch, accompanied Meng for a while longer, and by mid-afternoon were ready to go home.
Gu Yi said he wanted to follow her home, “I haven’t been home for a few days, and now that my maternal great-grandfather’s health is fine, I’ll go back to take a look and come back in the morning.”
In these two days, Gu Yi not only accompanied the old gentleman to play chess, but also to talk with him, and there was no half-heartedness in his words and mannerisms. If he did not have the preconceived notion that he was mentally challenged, the old gentleman would have thought that he had been taught by a famous teacher hired by the Gu family.
The moment Gu Yi mentioned going home, Grandma Song and Master Song both remembered a problem: the old man had been poisoned, but Master Gu and Madam Gu had not come to visit.
When they thought of this, Grandma Song became a bit anxious and urged Song Lin to hurry up and get the carriage and follow Gu Yi to the Gu family to have a look.
When the carriage was ready, Grandma Song and Elder Song got into the carriage, and Gu Yi also got into his own carriage.
Just after leaving the city gates, Grandma Song asked Song Lin to stop and shouted for Gu Yi to come over.
“Ah Yi’er, I haven’t seen your parents in the past few days, is there something wrong with the family?”
Expecting her to ask this, Gu Yi lied without changing his face, “My father brought Dr. Yao to the county to see his best friend a few days ago, and accidentally caught a cold, and has not been well since he returned, so he did not come over for fear of infecting his maternal great-grandfather.”
Grandma Song breathed a sigh of relief, the old man’s poisoning had scared her to death, she now only hoped that the family and all her relatives were safe and sound and nothing more would happen.
“It’s good that it’s okay, go back and tell your parents that the old gentleman can’t leave for a while, tell them not to be anxious, it’s not too late to come and see them when they are completely well.”
Gu Yi answered.
Grandma Song didn’t let Gu Yi go back to his own carriage either. She talked to Gu Yi along the way, and as she talked, she felt that something was wrong, as if Gu Yi had changed a lot, but she couldn’t say exactly what had changed.
When they reached the fork in the road, Grandma Song asked Song Lin to stop and tell Gu Yi to hurry home.
“I’ll take grandparents back.”
Hearing him say this, Grandma Song was very happy, “Good boy, it’s just one more stretch, we’ll go back ourselves, you haven’t been home for a few days, go back and take a look.”
“It’s not that bad, I’ll personally see my grandparents back home before I feel at ease.”
Grandma Song was even more delighted, Gu Yi was even more attentive than her own grandson, it was fortunate that Yue’er had been engaged to him, otherwise where would such a good boy be found in the future?
When they left Song’s village, Xiao Si reported in a low voice, “Young master, no one is following behind.”
“Go back and send a few people over.”
Xiao Si answered.
“When you go back, you personally go and pack up those medical books and send them over.”
“Yes.”
……
“Little brother!”
As soon as Gu Yi stepped into the flower hall, he heard Gu Wen’s happy shout, his eyebrows were stretched and a smile surfaced on his face, “Second sister, brother-in-law, when did you come?”
“Just arrived.”
As she spoke, Gu Wen got up and walked to him, raising her hand to measure him, “Father and mother were right, you have really grown taller and are about to catch up with second sister, it seems that the water and soil of the capital city still nurtures people.”
The little one was already six or seven months old, with a cute tiger’s head, “Wen’er is right, the water and soil in the capital really do nurture people, little brother has not only grown taller, he has also become more and more upright, in another two years, I don’t know how many little girls he will charm.”
“That’s ……”
Gu Wen was proud of it, “This is my younger brother, no one can compare.”
Kong Qing lost his smile, since having the baby, Wen’er had become more and more cheerful, and he liked it.
“Why are second sister and brother-in-law free to come over?”
Gu Yi digressed and went to sit aside.
Gu Wen also sat back down, “Our father said that there was an accident with a business deal in Jiangnan, and he is not well, so he asked your brother-in-law and I to go on a trip.”
Kong Qing’s family also had a business, but it was not worth mentioning compared to the Gu family’s business. To have such trust from his father-in-law, not only he but also the Kong family was very happy, and immediately after receiving the letter, they were urged to come over.
“I’ll trouble second sister and brother-in-law.”
“What are you talking about, the affairs of the family are the affairs of your brother-in-law and I. Besides, we have never been to Jiangnan before, so we can take this opportunity to have a good time, your brother-in-law and I have discussed it, when we finish settling things, your brother-in-law and I will play until New Year’s Eve and come back.”
“Jiangnan is good, little girl’s uncle grandfather is from Jiangnan, he described to me a lot of the scenery in Jiangnan, if it wasn’t for the old gentleman and the others being there, I would have encouraged little girl to follow you guys with me.”
“By the way, the little girl’s uncle’s grandfather is called Meng Yang, he is a very famous businessman in the area, tomorrow I will go to the county town and ask for an address to send you back, if you have any trouble there, you can go to him.”
“Good.”
The two siblings had not seen each other for months and spoke for a long time until it was dark and the housekeeper came in to report that the meal was ready, then they all moved to the dining room and went back to the courtyard to rest after they had eaten.
……
Late at night, the gate of the Wei Yuan Dart Office opened and Qi Wu came out with a few dart masters with a box of goods and went straight to the city gate.
The soldiers guarding the city were used to this and when they saw that it was the sign of Wei Yuan Dart Company, they didn’t even question them and opened the gates directly. Qi Wu threw a silver ingot to the man who opened the gates, “This delivery is not far, I’ll probably be back in a couple of hours.
Tiptoeing with the silver ingot in his hand, the gatekeeper smiled with a frown, “Okay, just shout at the gate.”
Qi Wu thanked him, and with a clip of his horse’s belly, he left the city gates first, followed by the dart master with his goods, and soon disappeared at the city gates.
After running three or four miles, the group stopped, opened the box, took out their night clothes and changed into them, wrapped their respective horses’ hooves around them, put the box in a ditch by the roadside, turned on their horses and sped towards Gu’s village.
When they reached the entrance of the village, they dismounted and tied their horses to a tree on the side of the road, armed with weapons, and quietly approached the entrance of the village.
Today, Qi Wu went to the magistrate’s office and asked Qin Qian about the Gu family, knowing that the Gu family was actually separate from the Gu family village, with the Gu family on the western side of the village, separated from the people of the Gu family village by a road.
“Go!”
Qi Wu walked in first, followed by several darters.
Just ten feet away, several figures leapt out from the shadows and killed the dart men with a single slash before they could react.
Qi Wu was so shocked that he used all his strength to separate the oncoming blades and quickly retreated, but only managed to take two steps back before he was slashed in the arm.