Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 38 Brothers
Gu Jingnian opened his eyes and saw a familiar face.

When I first met Pei Nian, her aloof temperament made me overlook the feminine beauty of her. The closer I looked at her, the more I found that she was very attractive.

Pei Nian was leaning over to check, and suddenly his eyes met Gu Jingnian's. He stood up calmly and asked, "Burns?"

"Did you say that?"

"What did I say?"

Gu Jingnian wrote lightly: "I dreamed that someone mentioned the medicine residue."

"I don't know what you mean by scumbag or not." Pei Nian threw a piece of clothing at him, "Why were you thrown out of Feng Niang's room naked? You were quite busy this evening."

Gu Jingnian pondered for a moment, but could not tell whether there was any sourness in these words, so he answered seriously, "She probably saw that I was the one who led Liu Jikun to bully her, so she wanted to teach me a lesson."

"You shot Liu Jikun to death?"

"I don't know martial arts."

"Still want to hide it from me?"

"I'm not trying to hide it from you, but I want you to help me hide it from others. Let's just say it was you who shot the arrow."

Gu Jingnian has already seen that Pei Nian is not selfless in handling cases, but rather has a strong personality and is unwilling to be inferior to others.

It's not difficult for her to talk as long as she agrees, but if you want to stop her from doing something she has decided on, no one can stop her.

really.

"I will try not to mention you in the file." Pei Nian said, "I will take care of the final things, you can go back."

"it is good."

"Take Gu Jiye back as well."

"Oh."

Gu Jingnian pushed the door open and saw Su Changfu standing in the corridor.

This was probably the medical clinic that Su Changfu had opened in the Kaipingsi Yamen.

"Thank you, Dr. Su, for curing me again."

"I don't deserve it. I'm ashamed. I'm ashamed."

Huang Hu, who was standing outside, shouted, "Don't be polite, Doctor Su. I broke my arm last night, and you cured me again."

"This is really... embarrassing for me."

"Mr. Gu." Huang Hu said, "I can just walk you out together."

"Thank you, Captain Huang."

The two walked out and talked in low voices in an empty corridor.

"Young Master is truly extraordinary. I could only knock down Liu Jikun, but you can knock down Feng Niang."

"They suspect that we have the heart of a viper. We must dispel their suspicions." Gu Jingnian whispered, "Someone will test you next. You just need to insist that Liu Heng has cut open the heart of a viper."

"Yes."

After a quick conversation, they stopped talking. Huang Hu walked in front with his head held high and his chest puffed out, with an arrogant look, and brought Gu Jingnian to the small courtyard where Gu Jiye was housed.

"Boom."

The door was pushed open roughly, and Gu Jiye, who was sitting on the couch in a daze, shivered in fear.

When he saw that it was Gu Jingnian who came, he was afraid of being silenced, but at the same time he was glad that the Gu family's serious crime was still kept secret.

"You...did it?"

"Let's go." Gu Jingnian did not enter the house, but waved outside.

"Okay." Gu Jiye took two steps and asked, "But, you're not going to take me and kill me, are you?"

"Ah."

Gu Jiye didn't understand what the "hmm" meant, and nervously followed Gu Jingnian out of Kaipingsi. He finally felt relieved, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Have you and Pei Ji suppressed the matter?"

Gu Jingnian didn't answer again, but just glanced at him.

"Amazing." Gu Jiye quickly praised, "If it weren't for you, I'm afraid my family would be killed."

"If my elder brother knew that you already knew his secret, guess what he would do?" Gu Jingnian suddenly asked in his ear.

Gu Jiye's face instantly lost color with fright.

Deep down, he was still afraid of Gu Jizu, and now that he knew that the disabled man had committed a shocking crime, he was even more frightened.

"He will kill me, right? Don't tell him. Please, I will agree to whatever you want. I have let you down in the past. I..."

In the end, Gu Jiye didn't know what to do, so he simply slapped himself.

Unfortunately, even after he did this, Gu Jingnian still turned around and left without saying a word.

The rain was still falling. Gu Jiye wanted to call a carriage, but he didn't dare to go beyond the road, so he had to follow behind, always half a step behind. They hadn't walked far when a servant of the Gu family came over with an umbrella, but he snatched the umbrella and held it for Gu Jingnian himself.

When they arrived at Xiejing Lane, Gu Caiwei learned the news and sent Xing'er to wait at the entrance of the lane, and asked Gu Jingnian to go directly to Lu Mansion.

The maid sent by Madam Zong saw this and said sarcastically, "It's not right for Fourth Lady to be like this. It makes the son-in-law think that she is too supportive of her brothers..."

"Shut up, you!"

Gu Jiye jumped up and slapped the maid to interrupt her words, cursing: "It is not your place to interfere in the master's affairs. Also, if you servants hadn't kept it a secret from me and bullied my brother, why would Fourth Sister let him live out there and clean up the yard?!"

Everyone was shocked.

Gu Jiye rubbed his numb hands and said to Gu Jingnian in a flattering tone: "Why don't you go home and live? It will also give me a chance to admit my mistakes."

He was worried that Gu Jingnian would tell Gu Jizu about the matter through Gu Caiwei, so it would be more convenient to keep an eye on him at Gu's house. "Alright."

Gu Jingnian didn't care. It was just a matter of staying for one night and then returning to the academy after meeting Shen Jichi. He didn't want to cause any more trouble for Gu Caiwei who was still pregnant, so he agreed.

Gu Jiye was overjoyed and immediately asked someone to make arrangements.

After entering the house, Zong Huan was worried about his son and had been waiting in the yard. When he saw Gu Jiye, he waved him forward and said distressedly, "My son has suffered."

"Mom, I'm fine."

Zong Huan looked at Gu Jingnian again, his face froze and he was very surprised.

She had clearly provided a lot of testimony to Kaiping Division, so she couldn't help but wonder how this guy came back as if nothing had happened.

"you……"

Gu Jiye had been on guard against his mother saying something stupid, so he quickly said, "Thanks to Eleventh Brother, the Gu family is fine. Let's have a banquet tonight to celebrate his success."

Although Zong Huan was puzzled, he had been in charge of the family for many years after all, so he kept his composure, so he nodded and said, "We are all tired, let's go and rest, let's go."

Gu Jiye was very attentive. He asked the nanny to take Gu Jingnian back to the new residence. He also picked out two of the prettiest maids serving his mother and told them to serve him well.

Zong Huan saw this, went back to the inner hall, and said, "Hooks promised me that they would release you after collecting evidence of that bastard's crime. It really worked."

"mother!"

Gu Jiye stroked his forehead with his hand and said anxiously, "How can you be so stupid? Isn't this giving them an opportunity to pry open the Gu family?"

"Stupid?" Zong Huan said unhappily, "Who ordered someone to kill my brother? And who will I clean up for?"

"That was... I was suspicious, so I deliberately tried to test her, and I succeeded." Gu Jiye knew he shouldn't say it, but he couldn't help it. He leaned over to Zong Huan's ear and whispered, "Mom, you must not tell anyone else."

"how?"

"I thought the hooks were wrongly accusing the Gu family, but it turns out it was all true. The crippled man with a broken leg did a lot of great things..."

As soon as he said this, Gu Jiye regretted it.

He didn't say he felt bad, and if he did, he would feel even more uneasy. He had to comfort himself that his mother would not tell anyone.

Zong Huan widened his eyes, trying to stand up and then sitting down again, not knowing what to do.

"This family is really out of control. I shouldn't have married a widower. Look at the troubles left by his late wife and mistress! You will be dragged down by them in the future. What should you do?"

Gu Jiye was also upset, so he could only say, "Anyway, just pretend you don't know, and don't provoke that cripple and that bastard again in the future."

As he said this, he looked around guiltily before daring to curse again, but his voice was still trembling.

"A cripple, a bastard, all a burden."

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Wang Qinghe tapped his temple lightly with the book while listening to his subordinates' reports.

"Here at Kaiping Division, Pei Ji is dealing with the aftermath. In addition, the testimonies given by Zong and Gu Jiye are a bit troublesome."

"It's them again."

"Yes, overnight, the Zong family arranged for many servants to report that Pei Jishi had committed adultery with Gu Jingnian and was caught by Liu Chuang and killed him. This kind of rumor is the most difficult to stop and impossible to clarify. On the surface, Liu Jikun did nothing wrong in this case. It is not tenable to say that he is Liu Heng's accomplice and framed Pei Jishi in order to overturn the verdict."

"Whoever caused the trouble should clean it up." Wang Qinghe said, "Let Zong come forward and admit that she ordered the servants to slander in order to destroy Gu Jingnian's engagement with the Marquis' Mansion. Can you do it?"

"Yes, I took over Xie Ding's bookkeeping office and found an interesting file about the affair between Gu Jiye and Zong E. Please take a look at it."

"I won't read it anymore. It pollutes my eyes. Let me tell you what's important."

"Yes, Gu Jiye and Zong E committed adultery many times. This is indisputable and there is a lot of evidence, including the fact that Zong E was lying on Gu Jiye's couch when he was taken away."

Wang Qinghe shook his head in disdain, his eyes fell back on the book, and said, "Spread some rumors and warn the Zong family so that that stupid woman won't mess with our business again."

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The feng shui on the east side of the Gu family is better. Gu Jingnian's new courtyard is in the northeast corner, adjacent to the back garden. It is spacious, bright and secluded. There is a small well, a small stove and a kitchen in the courtyard, and two bunk beds are connected to the main house.

Xing'er followed in, looked around, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Now that the young master lives here, Fourth Lady will surely feel at ease. It would be even better if she could add another maid to serve him."

"There are two there."

Xing Er looked back and saw two beautiful maids looking at her provocatively. She returned their glances and said, "Who knows what they are up to."

"We are just following orders and doing our duty. Since Sister Xing'er has already married off, it's better for us to stay out of the way, so as to avoid misunderstandings."

"It's no use beating around the bush, why don't you just tell me what the misunderstanding is?" Xing Er said with her hands on her hips, "Also, how old are you to call me sister?"

"We didn't say anything. Sister Xing'er, just think too much..."

"You guys are too noisy." Gu Jingnian said, "Go back."

The two maids thought that Gu Jingnian was weak and easy to bully, but they didn't expect that he would be caught so quickly. They quickly apologized and tried to persuade them to stay, but Xing'er was unreasonable and insisted on driving them away.

Although Xing'er won, many chores fell on her head. She was busy making the bed, folding the quilt, fetching water and lighting the fire. She left Gu's house in the evening and went back to report to Gu Si Niang.

She walked through the alley and saw people chatting under the ginkgo tree.

The gossip was like raindrops in the sky, floating in the wind and falling into Xing'er's ears.

"It's that family, the uncle and the sister-in-law committed adultery, tsk tsk ..."

Xing'er's ears perked up, and her brisk steps stopped. She looked back and saw that the women were pointing at the Gu family.

Her expression immediately became unnatural, she pinched her fingers nervously, hesitated for a moment, then quickened her pace and walked away.

(End of this chapter)