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

Chapter 253. Winning Over
Bai Suihe couldn't help but whisper to Gu Kaiyuan, "This is the second wave of people today. You were like this in your previous life too."

Gu Kaiyuan said, "It's not that frequent, otherwise I probably wouldn't be able to save my life."

It seems that the affair between the Third Prince and Gu Antong has caused trouble in the Third Prince's residence, and everyone is directing their anger at the Gu family. You can see that several groups of people are targeting the women.

Besides Gu Antong, the Fan sisters were also targeted. It seems that they would rather kill the innocent than let the guilty go free. The Fan sisters were implicated.

He had witnessed several of the spectacle and somewhat agreed with Bai Suihe's so-called "female lead halo" theory. The Fan sisters all suffered some injuries, but Gu Antong always emerged unscathed, which was quite strange.

Ming Peifeng blocked another black man, and his gaze swept over the crowd watching the commotion. He felt a surge of resentment; if these people were willing to help, they wouldn't have had to take the blame for all the assassinations.

Seeing two more of his men fall, Ming Peifeng knew that if things continued like this, he might not even be able to save his own life.

Yesterday, I rushed to send a message to my master, but I still don't know when reinforcements will arrive.

For the sake of the Gu family, the master has already exposed too much. If this continues, he may have to fight the others to the death.

Seeing that this attempt would fail again, the men sent by Liang Shan readily ordered their men to leave.

Anyway, the master said to preserve our strength as much as possible, and not let the Third Prince's wife do everything, so that the concubines or the like will benefit in the end.

Before the Gu family could even catch their breath, the escorts were already urging everyone to hurry on their way, completely unaffected by the Gu family's ambush.

Gu Baijiang wanted to take this opportunity to hide in the group, but Ma Zhi whipped him and said, "Hurry up, you guys should stay at the front."

Everyone found it very strange. In so many assassination attempts, the Gu family only suffered minor injuries at most, while the people protecting them were all injured, and some even lost their lives.

This family is now like a plague in the group; everyone avoids them like the plague.

“Lord Gu, if you have any conflicts with those above, resolve them as soon as possible,” Liu Pingkang said as he approached.

“My lord, you are here to protect the Gu family on the orders of the Third Prince. Look at how many times a day you are being robbed and attacked. This can’t go on. Your numbers are decreasing every day. If this continues, there will be no one to protect the Gu family.”

I advise you to contact the Third Prince as soon as possible and see how the Gu family plans to handle things. We should also get the imperial decree sent over quickly so we can refrain from interfering.

Anyway, he really didn't want to take on this mess that was the Gu family. Sometimes he even hoped that the family would be more sensible and let him cross them off the list.

He had escorted more prisoners than he had ever done before, and if every trip involved such troublemakers, he would rather lose his job than continue.

“Since you know where we came from,” Ming Peifeng was now in a real dilemma and desperately wanted to find an ally. “If you help us, I will definitely report to my master when we return to the capital, and you will certainly not be treated unfairly.”

Liu Pingkang shook his head, "Thank you for your kindness, sir, but I am afraid that I am not fortunate enough, and I also have a mission to carry out. I cannot lose sight of the bigger picture for the sake of a small matter, otherwise I will also be held accountable."

After saying that, he stopped arguing with them and began urging everyone to hurry on their way.

After the group left, Ming Peifeng turned his attention to the two escort agencies behind them, especially the oxcart parked between them.

Even though Gu Jia is capable of protecting himself, he's being forced to spend money and effort here.

They arrived before Bai Suihe, scrutinizing the pregnant woman with a protruding belly. "You are Bai Jingwen's legitimate daughter." Bai Suihe had forgotten that her master's name was Bai, and didn't react for a moment. Gu Kaiyuan, who was standing to the side, shielded her behind him and said, "I wonder what advice this gentleman has for me?"

"Gu family's third son, are you just going to watch your father and your brothers suffer there?"

Gu Kaiyuan said, "Sir, aren't you meddling too much? This is our own family matter, and I believe you know perfectly well what our relationship is like. I don't know why you came here, but I have no right to interfere in your affairs."

"You're all from the Gu family, do you think you can stay out of this?"

Gu Kaiyuan looked around and said, "Can't you see, sir? I've already distanced myself from this."

"Aren't you afraid of being branded as unfilial?" Ming Peifeng really didn't know how Gu Baijiang had raised such a rebellious son as Gu Kaiyuan.

Besides, they are all their own sons, so why should they be divided into different classes? Otherwise, with the Bai family's wealth and arrangements, why would the Gu family be in such a passive position?

Thinking about how his family's savings were almost completely depleted, Ming Peifeng almost cried.

Because of that damned Gu Baijiang, he lost both money and people; all the losses were on his shoulders.

Those were his hard-earned savings and the subordinates he had painstakingly trained. He lived in heartache every day.

"Who is right and who is wrong will be judged by others," Gu Kaiyuan said frankly. "I have a clear conscience."

Ming Peifeng then looked at Bai Suihe and said, “Third Madam Gu, you should also think about the Bai family in the capital. If you can persuade the Bai family to serve their master, I believe your husband can have a bright future.”

Bai Suihe blinked. "This humble woman is dull-witted and only knows some trivial matters of the inner quarters. She doesn't understand anything else. Besides, I am already a married woman. How can I be in charge of my natal family?"

"Sir, you've got the wrong person!"

Seeing that the couple was unyielding, Ming Peifeng could only grit his teeth and leave with his men. However, he did not dare to go far. This time, he did not hide but caught up with the Gu family and followed them closely.

Bai Suihe curled her lips upon seeing this, "Wasn't he supposed to be the Third Prince's advisor? Is that all?"

"Perhaps it's because he's been so stressed these past few days that he's lost his composure," Gu Kaiyuan recalled. In his previous life, Ming Peifeng had given Gu Antong a lot of advice and tripped him up quite a bit. He was just looking for an opportunity to settle scores with him, but Ming Peifeng delivered himself right to his doorstep.

“Then his temperament is really not good,” Bai Suihe thought of what he had just mentioned about trying to win over the Bai family. “Is the Third Prince really that poor right now?”

Gu Kaiyuan stared at her intently. Was the Third Prince poor or not? Didn't she know?
Bai Suihe said, "I thought that Consort Liang would help him in the palace, and besides, he is a prince and somewhat favored, so the emperor would always give him some subsidies."

"This prince also receives a salary, and Consort Liang comes from a humble background with no support from her family."

Upon hearing this, Bai Suihe understood that Consort Liang's favor with the emperor was probably related to her background.

In an instant, he realized that the emperor allowed the third prince and Gu Baijiang to embezzle funds because he probably wanted to make the wealth of the princes in the court more evenly distributed.

(End of this chapter)