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

Chapter 194. Eye Drops
The two bodyguards asked, "Who is your brother and sister-in-law?"

“That oxcart was arranged by my brother and sister-in-law’s family. I don’t know why their oxcart ended up among you. I apologize for the inconvenience. I will take the oxcart away right now.”

The bodyguard frowned at him. "You really know them?" If they were acquaintances, Gu Kaiyuan would not have let them pass without saying hello. Besides, they had been with the group for so long and didn't even know what Gu Kaiyuan's family looked like, so how could they possibly let them pass?

Besides their main mission of escorting goods, there are also so many valuable cargoes here, so they need to be careful.

“It’s absolutely true. If you don’t believe me, you can ask the guards in front,” Gu Kaiping said, standing on tiptoe to look around. If he could see Gu Kaiyuan and the others, he could help them out of this predicament.

"We don't care. We're here to protect the goods. Please leave."

Or you can prove that you and Gu Kaiyuan are indeed brothers before we can let you in.

"This..." This is truly a case of a scholar encountering a soldier. They are clearly family, so how can he possibly prove it?

By the way, we can ask those escorts for the household registration records, put them in front of these two clueless people, and see if they still have any questions.

"Then wait a moment," Gu Kaiping said dejectedly as he left. "We're clearly family, yet you still make things difficult for us. You're all such snobbish people. If it were before, you wouldn't even be worthy of my attention."

When he found Ma Zhi with a forced smile, the group of escorts were sitting by a pot of meat, drinking some wine.

Smelling the enticing aroma, Gu Kaiping couldn't help but swallow hard; he couldn't remember the last time he had eaten meat so heartily.

"My lord, I have a favor to ask." Gu Kaiping knew that disturbing these people's enjoyment at this moment would not please them, so he put on a very respectful appearance.

"What trouble have you gotten into this time?" Ma Zhi frowned immediately when he saw that it was Gu Kaiping. Of the whole team, their family was the most troublesome, except for Gu Kaiyuan, of course.

After all, the meat they are eating and the wine they are drinking are provided by the other party, so they have to be grateful.

"It's not that my father misses my third son and wants me to go and call them back. But for some reason, they drove the oxcart into the middle of the escort agency behind us. I can't get close. The escorts are asking me to provide proof, so I have no choice but to beg you, sir, to give me the household registration first."

“Where did you get your household registration?” Ma Zhi sneered. “Don’t forget your status. Here we only have a roster. Your household registration was issued by the local government of your place of exile. You used to be an official in the court, how come you don’t even know this much?”

Gu Kaiping tried hard to recall, but he really didn't know anything about these things. Even so, there was no need for the other party to be so sarcastic. He had to patiently say, "I was in the Hanlin Academy before, so I really don't know anything about the other government offices."

Since that's the case, I'd like to trouble you to accompany me so I can see our brothers.

They really have no sense of propriety. Instead of following the adults closely, they insisted on joining the escort agency's group. I'll definitely give them a good talking to later.

These constables all knew what was going on, but the Gu family was unpopular, so they were too lazy to remind them.

They already knew the Gu brothers weren't on good terms, but now it seems the situation is even more serious than they initially thought.

Gu Kaiping is truly ruthless. They are brothers from the same mother, yet he actually tries to undermine the other side behind their backs.

Fortunately, they knew the inside story and received a lot of benefits; otherwise, they would have been in for a beating from Gu Kaiyuan.

“You don’t need to worry about that, our boss knows all about it,” Ma Zhi pointed to the carriage not far away. “Don’t go looking for your brother over at the caravan, he’s drinking with our boss right now. You can say that there.” Gu Kaiping definitely recognized Liu Pingkang’s carriage. A thought flashed through his mind, and it seemed the Bai family had really put in a lot of effort.

He wanted to use Gu Baijiang to suppress Gu Kaiyuan, but he didn't want to antagonize Liu Pingkang.

"Since my third brother is drinking with Lord Liu, I will not disturb their enjoyment. I hope that when Lord Liu encounters Kaiyuan, he will mention that my father is looking for him."

Ma Zhi waved his hand impatiently, "Alright, I'm not your servant, you can't order me around."

"We need to find someone to keep watch over there, so they don't spoil the brothers' fun."

As he spoke, he raised his glass again and said to his brothers, "Drink, drink! It's rare to have so much good wine and meat, we can't treat ourselves badly."

It's so cold outside, having a little wine will warm me up. As for whether I'll get drunk...
They're not stupid; in this place, who would dare get drunk?
I didn't see the brothers drinking only half a bowl of wine at the bottom of their bowls, sipping it little by little.

Seeing that Ma Zhi wouldn't help him, Gu Kaiping had no choice but to leave.

But then he heard a mocking laugh from behind him, "Don't you think the Gu family is crazy? Before, they acted like they wanted to kick him out, but now that something's wrong, they remember this neglected brother. Even ordinary families like ours don't have this much trouble."

"You don't understand. High-class families love this kind of intrigue and backstabbing. In the end, it's all about the resources and money in the hands of the elders."

"Their family has fallen to such a state, where would they find the money and resources?"

"Have you all forgotten the Third Prince?"

The scene fell silent for a moment. The Third Prince had been gone for some time, and no one had been sent over since. They had really forgotten about it.

After all, they were escorting quite a few exiles, many of whom had various high-ranking relatives, and some even had connections with the royal family. Because of this, they dared not offend them too much.

As for those who escort the civilians, not only do they not get any profit, but they also have to suffer along the way.

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore, let's drink..."

Gu Kaiping still didn't want to leave empty-handed, so he waited not far from Liu Pingkang's carriage. When he saw the three children coming, the four of them simply waited there together.

"Dad, it's too cold here," Gu Antong rubbed her palms. "Since Uncle San is not available to see us right now, why don't we come back another time?"

"Yes, Uncle, the snow is falling heavier and heavier. If we wait here any longer, we'll freeze to death."

Gu Kaiping stamped his foot, and finally said, "Then let's go back first."

But in her heart, she also held a grudge against Gu Kaiyuan and his wife. Gu Kaiyuan was truly outrageous, only caring about his own comfortable life and forgetting about his father and brothers...

Seeing the four people return looking disappointed, Gu Kaichen immediately mocked, "Big brother, look, another wasted trip."

I told you, there's no need to make a fool of yourself. They don't care about us two older brothers at all. Next time, let Father handle it himself.