Carrying the little lucky star, leading the villain on the road to exile

Chapter 138, 138. The Visitor
A few nearby residents, half-asleep, seemed to smell the aroma of meat, smacked their lips, thought they were dreaming, and turned back to sleep.

Several guards noticed the commotion, but apart from Gu Kaiyuan, the other guards were also busy stewing meat, and the aroma of the meat was so similar that they became more wary of Gu Kaiyuan and naturally wouldn't come over to cause trouble.

The next morning, Zhuang Datou and the others scratched their heads, looking somewhat ashamed, and stood in front of Gu Kaiyuan. "Young Master, why didn't you wake us up to keep watch?"

It was agreed that they would come to keep watch in the middle of the night.

Gu Kaiyuan said, "Anyway, I can't sleep. You guys go wash up. I've already made breakfast."

Zhuang Datou felt even more guilty. Before he could say anything, his ear was grabbed and Dongmei gritted her teeth and asked in his ear, "Zhuang Datou, is this how you take care of your son-in-law?"

Before the yellow apple could even react, it too was treated the same way.

The two brothers, both in the same boat, said, "It's all our fault; we shouldn't have been so greedy."

Gu Kaiyuan said, "Dongmei, don't make things difficult for them. This is my idea, and it's also my fault for not waking them up."

I had nothing better to do, so I kneaded the dough. It should be almost risen by now. You can go steam it now so you don't have to bother with it at lunchtime.

Bai Suihe found it somewhat amazing, "You can knead dough?"

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be true; the dough had already risen.

"I know quite a few things. I stewed some meat today. Try it later. If you like it, I'll make it for you again in the future."

Bai Suihe blinked. This villain is skilled in both internal and external matters. Is he trying to steal the job of a virtuous wife?
Seeing the interaction between the young lady and her husband, Dongmei and Chunxiang quickly pulled Zhuang Datou and the others aside to teach them a lesson.

Bai Suihe, "..." Actually, there's no need for that. She also wanted to know how women in ancient times tamed their husbands.

Seeing Bai Suihe's gossipy gaze, Gu Kaiyuan couldn't help but shake his head with amusement, "Don't worry, Dongmei and the others know what they're doing."

Bai Suihe: "How could I not know? You didn't sleep a wink the night after that?"

Perhaps because of her pregnancy, even after resting enough in the space, Bai Suihe would fall asleep again as soon as she lay down.

"It's alright, there are some flat roads along the way, I'll take a nap later." Gu Kaiyuan first served Bai Suihe a bowl of meat soup, "Have some soup to warm your stomach, our meal will be ready soon."

Let alone skipping breakfast, people traveling like this have no idea when their next meal will be. Rice is definitely more filling.

Unlike the relaxed atmosphere here, everyone else started to get flustered, not only having to solve the problem of eating, but also having to repack their things.

Liu Pingkang was used to this scene. He took out today's rations and let his men distribute them. They were the ones on night watch who were responsible for preparing the rations, which was similar to Gu Kaiyuan.

They couldn't help but look at Gu Kaiyuan with some admiration. They had been traveling together for so many days, but other families hadn't learned their lesson. As long as the person on night watch could prepare the food, they wouldn't be in such a mess every day.

After the guards finished eating, they began urging everyone to prepare to depart.

The roads were much easier to travel on this day than yesterday, and even the guards looked better; their laughter could be heard occasionally.

"Is that a group of people being exiled to Lingnan ahead?"

Just when everyone thought that today would be peaceful again, a group of people suddenly came chasing after them from behind.

A dozen or so fast horses arrived before the sound even faded. Liu Pingkang cupped his hands in greeting, "I am Liu Pingkang, the escort officer in charge of the journey. And you gentlemen are?"

"Lord Liu, this is a letter from the prefectural government office in the capital. Please take a look." The bearded man at the head of the group took out a letter from his pocket and handed it directly to Liu Pingkang without dismounting.

Liu Pingkang dared not concern himself with such matters at this moment, and hurriedly accepted the gift with both hands. The prefectural government office in the capital had nothing to do with them, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

When Liu Pingkang opened the envelope in front of everyone, his expression turned somewhat grim.

"This? Is this gentleman mistaken?"
"We're just escorting them, not anyone's bodyguards."

"Lord Liu, the higher-ups know you're in a difficult position, so they've specially assigned us to follow behind. You just keep going forward; you don't need to worry about anything else."

Liu Pingkang nodded. That's fine. If things really get dangerous, he won't send his brothers out to be cannon fodder.

Back in the carriage, his face darkened. It seemed that what Gu Kaiyuan said was true. What was the Third Prince planning to do?
Why not just stay in the capital and be a prince? Why make things difficult for people from the lower classes?

In his opinion, the excuse that the carriage was damaged and could not move forward was just a pretext; his real purpose was to get back at Gu Jia.

"What do you think the Third Prince means? Does the Gu family have something he wants?"

But princes aren't exactly idle, so it couldn't be because of the bond between ruler and subject.

“Boss, I think it’s related to that Miss Gu.” Guo Baozhu also finished reading the letter. “Yesterday, that Miss Gu was following us everywhere, and she even borrowed her clothes from Miss Dongmei and the others.”

"What does the eldest daughter of the Gu family look like?" Among so many prisoners, Liu Pingkang did not pay special attention to a little girl.

"She's quite pretty, I've never seen such a beautiful girl before." Guo Baozhu said, then clicked his tongue. "I heard about this young lady's reputation when I was in Beijing. She looked a bit disheveled a few days ago, but she was all cleaned up yesterday."

After saying that, Guo Baozhu winked and made his intentions all too obvious.

"I hope the Third Prince really came for her." If it's just because of something between a man and a woman, it would be a good story if it got out. The scary thing is that there's something he doesn't know about it.

"If I remember correctly, Gu Baijiang was convicted of embezzlement," he said. He had a roster and some basic records, but nothing more.

"Was all that silver confiscated and handed over?"

Guo Baozhu shook his head in bewilderment, "How did this turn into a discussion about confiscating property? If we didn't confiscate property, why would these people be working with us?"

"What I mean is, does Gu Baijiang still have a large sum of money?"

"How is that possible? If they didn't find any, how could His Majesty have released them?" Guo Baozhu felt that the possibility was very small. If he were the emperor, he would naturally try to find out where the silver was if he didn't see it.

"Go and call Gu Kaiyuan over for me."

"Will that kid tell us the truth?"

Liu Pingkang smiled and said, "How will you know if you don't try?"

With so many cavalry following behind, the group didn't feel any safer; instead, they felt even more uneasy.

They've been behaving themselves the whole way and haven't been thinking about defecting, so why are so many people being sent to keep an eye on them?