Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 39 Uncle and Sister-in-law
"Tuk, Tuk, Tuk."

The courtyard door was knocked again, and the gentle pleas of two maids were heard from outside.

"Master Eleven, we know we are wrong. Please let us in, otherwise Madam will punish us."

"Wow, sir, this slave will really be punished."

But no matter how hard they tried, Gu Jingnian just wouldn't open the door.

The two looked at each other, both a little surprised. They had been ordered to monitor Gu Jingnian, especially his interactions with the eldest son. They had thought that the illegitimate boy was inexperienced and would be easy to control, but they did not expect that he was not only unromantic, but also unkind.

They had no choice but to discuss it among themselves.

"How about you seduce him?"

"You have to open the door to lure them in."

"Use your voice, I'll do it... Hey, sir, I sprained my foot, it hurts."

"Sir, can you let Xian'er go in and rest?"

"It's raining so hard that our clothes are all wet..."

Just as they were calling out to each other, the two turned around and saw Miao Chunniang standing not far away, holding an umbrella in one hand and pushing a wheelchair with the other. Sitting in the wheelchair was Gu Jizu, the eldest son of the Gu family.

The murderous aura was so strong that the two maids shuddered and dared not speak a word.

"What are you doing?" Gu Jizu asked.

"The servants... made a mistake."

"Go down."

"Yes."

Miao Chunniang continued to push the wheelchair to the gate of the courtyard. Gu Jizu stretched out his hand and pushed, and the locked gate opened.

Gu Jingnian was standing on the stone steps under the eaves, with his arms folded, looking down at this side condescendingly.

"You were taken away twice. As the eldest brother, I am not in good health, so I came to see you now." Gu Jizu said, "You have grown up and can take responsibility for the Gu family."

"No, you will always be the pillar of the Gu family. You are the only son that your father truly cares about. Next time something happens, you must take responsibility for it."

Being ridiculed like this, Gu Jizu looked somewhat pitiful and sighed, "I am just a useless person."

"No, you are above all others."

"The past is the past. I said I've given up." Gu Jizu said, "This time I came here because Si Niang told me everything you've done for the Gu family. I was thinking that maybe I could hand over the family business to..."

"Why give up? I told Kaiping Si that the snake heart was in your hand, and you ate it and grew legs."

Gu Jizu's eyes froze and he remained silent for a long time.

What he cared about was not Kaipingsi, but the phrase "grown legs".

After a while, he closed his eyes and sighed, "Why do you torture me?"

"I torture you?" Gu Jingnian said as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world. "Okay, I am torturing you. I say that everything in Wanchun Palace was caused by you. You raised the Viper Heart with the blood of thousands of people. I will pin all the blame on you."

Gu Jizu's bony hands were pressed on the blanket, shaking slightly.

He lowered his head, not looking at Gu Jingnian, but looking at the mud on the ground. The mud seemed to splash on his heart, making him feel a violent struggle.

"Where is Viper Heart?"

Finally, Gu Jizu asked this question.

Gu Jingnian raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Stop pretending? You are even more stupid than Gu Jiye when you pretend to be a good person."

Gu Jizu felt humiliated but held back and did not lose his temper.

"I didn't know there were snake hearts in the world, otherwise... Anyway, I will pay you back what I owe you, where is the snake heart?"

"Ask your father. Maybe he asked Liu Heng to find it for you."

Gu Jingnian only left these words, turned around and closed the door.

Gu Jizu was still sitting in the yard, in a daze for a long time, and then he sighed.

"I came here today because I really wanted to hand over my family business to him... Let's go."

"Where do you want to go, sir?" Miao Chunniang asked.

Gu Jizu looked up at the rain and said, "Bei City."

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"what are you saying?"

"The eldest son went to see the eleventh son."

Upon hearing this, Gu Jiye jumped in shock and looked at Zong Huan for help.

Zong Huan asked hurriedly: "What did they say?"

"The servants didn't hear it and were driven out."

"You go down first."

"Yes."

After the door was closed, Zong Huan said, "Don't panic. It's normal for them to talk to each other. They may not necessarily want to deal with you."

"I... I know." Gu Jiye said, "After all, we are brothers. Even if I know about his affairs, it's nothing more than asking me to help him. Can I do worse than that bastard?"

Zong Huan made a bitter face and said worriedly, "That's what I'm afraid of. You have a bright future, how can you go down this wrong path?"

"What should we do? At this point, we are already in the same boat with him. Can we still sacrifice our own family for the sake of justice?"

Zong Huan had no choice but to call back the two beautiful maids and instruct them to be Gu Jingnian's bedmates and find out what Gu Jingnian and Gu Jizu said to each other.

The two of them were shy, but it was not that they were unwilling. They still liked Gu Jingnian's appearance, but they were worried about his future.

"What are you afraid of?" Zong Huan said, "As long as you keep your mouth shut, I will still arrange for you to marry in the future."

In this way, they could enjoy the handsome young man for a while, get a handsome reward, and it would not affect their future prospects. So the two happily agreed.

"Madam, rest assured, I will definitely get it done."

The second maid Wanfu withdrew and went to Gu Jingnian's courtyard again in the stormy night.

Zong Huan rubbed his forehead and sighed, "Son, I have something to ask you."

"besides?"

"There are rumors that the uncle and sister-in-law of the Gu family have an affair. Do you know about this?" Gu Jiye quickly calmed down this time and said, "How would I know these things?"

"The Gu family doesn't have much else but many sisters-in-law, but few brothers-in-law. Aren't they talking about you?"

"How do you know he's not a cousin, a clan brother, or a cousin? Why didn't mother suspect the eighth brother and that bastard, but only the child?"

"Isn't my son the most outstanding?"

"Ah, a tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind."

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At night, under a warm candlelight, Xing'er was mending clothes.

She was distracted for a moment and the silver needle pricked her fingertips and drew a drop of blood. She was busy sucking her fingers and was in a daze.

"Xing'er." Gu Caiwei finally couldn't help but speak.

"Hmm? Si Niang...Oh, Madam."

"What's wrong with you? You've been distracted all night."

"Your servant." Xing'er held the needle and thread tightly, her fingers turning white from the effort, "Your servant just feels that the recent times are troubled, and I am a little worried."

"how?"

"Can this servant speak to Fourth Lady in private?"

"You guys go down."

When there was no one else in the room, Xing'er became even more nervous. She began to regret and felt that the secret should not be told.

But now it seems that it can no longer be concealed.

"That's right. I'm worried that someone is going to deal with you again... When I came back today, I heard a rumor that there was an affair between the uncle and the sister-in-law in the Gu family... an affair..."

As the conversation progressed, the voice became quieter and quieter, and the word "奸" was almost inaudible.

Gu Caiwei said: "If it is true, the Eighth Brother is still at home, his brain is injured, and Eleventh Brother will not do such a thing. Then it is Gu Jiye who is in trouble. But why are you worried that someone will deal with Eleventh Brother?"

"I am just scared these days."

"You have something to hide from me, right? Tell me."

"Your servant... Your servant..." Xing'er suddenly knelt down in front of Gu Caiwei and said, "Your servant knows about this matter, and I dare not hide it from Fourth Lady on behalf of the Master. Please help the Master."

"What happened?"

"The ones who committed adultery... are... the young master and... Madam Miao..."

"How is that possible?" Gu Caiwei heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. "Where did you hear this rumor? You're so stupid to actually believe it."

"I saw it with my own eyes."

After talking it out, Xing'er felt relieved.

She knew that Gu Si Niang was reliable and sensible, and that knowing the truth would help suppress the matter. For Gu Jingnian's sake, she could not hide it any longer.

"It was almost two years ago, on the Qiqiao Festival the year before last. I wanted to talk to the young master, so after Li'er and Li'er had fallen asleep, I quietly went to his room and saw the young master and Miao... that thing."

"How old are you? What do you know? You misunderstood."

"I know everything. I have seen him not only once. Sometimes he went to the eldest master's courtyard and I followed him secretly. I saw Miao escorting him out. The two of them were... that thing."

"Don't talk nonsense. Even now you may not understand what happened, let alone back then. If you dare to make up rumors again, I will tear your mouth apart."

"I really know." Xing'er was anxious, her face flushed, and she said, "The young master stuffed her so hard that she gasped..."

"Shut up!"

Gu Caiwei scolded, calmed down, and said, "Get up."

"Yes."

When Xing'er stood up, Gu Caiwei reached out and slapped her.

This was the first time she taught Xing'er a lesson.

She slapped his lips and said in an unquestionable tone: "You really misunderstood this matter. Don't mention it again in the future. Just forget it."

"Yes."

"Li'er went out today and bought your favorite pine nut cakes. Go and have some."

"Thank you, Si Niang."

Xing'er felt a little aggrieved, but she had always believed in Gu Caiwei, so she began to wonder, thinking that maybe she had been thinking wrong all along.

After leaving the house, the little maid slapped herself and muttered, "Stupid Xing'er, how can you think so dirty?"

Gu Caiwei looked at Xing'er's back and fell into deep thought.

She vaguely remembered that it was after the Qiqiao Festival the year before last that the girl was absent-minded all day long. At that time, she thought Xing'er was in love with Gu Jingnian and even told her that Gu Jingnian was going to marry the daughter of a marquis. Now it seemed that it was all because of Miao Chunniang?
"Hold on, it's impossible."

Finally, Gu Caiwei shook her head and said to herself that she had absolute trust in the younger brother she had raised.

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It rains heavily at night.

Outside the courtyard, two beautiful maids hiding under the eaves were soaked all over, but they could not go in, and they were unwilling to leave, so they had to continue begging.

"Sir, please let us in."

"Sir, I feel so cold..."

Gu Jingnian had already fallen asleep wrapped in a quilt.

He listened to the sound of rain and thought to himself that if Master Ma wanted to give the clue to him, this kind of weather would be the best as the birds would not discover it.

If he finds his mother tribe, maybe he can live like a normal person... Thinking this in his mind, he fell asleep in a daze.

While he was sleeping, he felt someone crawling into the bed.

Her cool and delicate skin, like jade, touched the back of his hand, and she pressed against his heart.

Gu Jingnian had long forgotten that there were two beautiful maids outside the courtyard, and subconsciously thought that it was Miao Chunniang again. So he frowned, pushed her away unhappily, and muttered something in his sleep.

"What else do you want from me?"

(End of this chapter)