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

Chapter 371. The Story
Gu Kaiyuan lightly tapped Gu Xingyang's forehead, "You're always causing trouble for your own father. Wait until you're older, and see if I don't teach you a lesson?"

Gu Xingyang gave him a shameless smile, "We'll talk about it when I'm older."

When I grow up, I won't run away. I won't just stand there stupidly, especially since she has a powerful backer.

Gu Kaiyuan took a book from the cabinet. The first line read, "The Great Learning teaches us to manifest our bright virtue and to love the people..."

"Father, change it, change it..."

"This book is quite good. I read it a lot when you were still in your mother's womb."

“I can recite them all,” Gu Xingyang waved her hands, “I want to hear a story…”

"Sweetie, don't you want to sleep? Why don't you recite it to Daddy?"

Gu Xingyang turned her head away. "Daddy, do you want me to lull you to sleep?"

How could he possibly fall asleep while reciting his lessons? It's probably because his father wants him to lull him to sleep. That father is too cunning.

Gu Kaiyuan touched his nose, put the book aside, and said, "Alright, then Daddy will tell you a story."

Gu Xingyang turned her head and listened intently.

"Once upon a time, there was a mountain, and on the mountain was a temple, and in the temple lived an old monk. The old monk was telling a story to a young monk. The story was: Once upon a time, there was a mountain, and on the mountain was a temple, and in the temple lived a..."

At first, Gu Xingyang was listening with great interest, but she immediately became indignant. "Daddy, are you playing with children? Are you going to keep playing this on repeat indefinitely?"

Gu Kaiyuan, "You figured it out so quickly?"
This cycle keeps repeating, and eventually you'll get sleepy...

Gu Xingyang felt that she had been tricked by her bad father. She blinked, opened her throat, and started to wail, which immediately attracted Granny Pang.

Granny Pang took the young mistress with a pained expression. "Miss, what's wrong? Are you hungry?"

Gu Xingyang, “…” Can I say that I was bullied by my unscrupulous father?

Gu Kaiyuan stood aside watching the show, wondering if he could even open his mouth to complain.
Gu Xingyang's aggrieved voice echoed in his mind, "Daddy, you're bad..."

Seeing that it was almost done, Gu Kaiyuan took Gu Xingyang from Granny Pang's hands. "I might have been a little too rough when I put her down, which woke her up. Granny, you go and take care of things here. I'll watch over her."

Howling is quite tiring. Gu Xingyang pouted. If she had teeth, she would have bitten her father to see him bully her.

Once Granny Pang was sure Gu Xingyang had stopped crying, she handed her over to Gu Kaiyuan. Knowing that the master and mistress liked to handle things personally when it came to their young lady, she said, "Alright, the child is delicate, so be gentle."

Granny Pang didn't leave immediately. She watched for a while to make sure that Gu Kaiyuan's movements were indeed fine before she left.

"Little tattletale, you didn't succeed in your tattling, did you?"

Gu Xingyang snorted, "Bad daddy, when I can talk, I'll definitely tell Granny how you bullied me..."

Seeing that he had amused her enough, Gu Kaiyuan picked her up and carried her to the cabinet, where he took out a travelogue and began to read it.

Upon hearing that it was a travelogue she liked, Gu Xingyang obediently lay down on the bed and fell asleep as she listened.

Once Gu Kaiyuan was sure she had fallen asleep, he gently covered her with the blanket and quietly left the room.

Stepping out of the room, I couldn't help but shake my head. This child is getting more and more troublesome, especially enjoying bothering his old father.

He went out to take a look and saw Bai Suihe still studying there. Gu Kaiyuan didn't know what the bottles and jars in front of them were, but he knew they were things that shouldn't be touched lightly. Although he had the antidote pills personally prepared by Granny Pang, there was no need for him to suffer unnecessarily.

Now that he's in the city, he can no longer go up the mountain to kill time when he's bored, and he can also help with the meat supply at home.

After speaking to Zhou Pingkang, who was guarding the gate, he went to the county government office not far away.

Before we even got close, we saw Xu Zitian leading his men out of the county government office in a hurry, get into a carriage, and disappear quickly.

"What's the matter that Lord Xu is in such a hurry to go to?" There's always that busybody around. "Lord Xu has never been like this before. Could something have happened?"

"You old man, you really don't know how to talk. What could possibly be wrong with Lord Xu?"

"You haven't been to the county town for a while, have you?"
Lord Xu, you've suffered quite a bit these past few days.

"Really? We haven't been to the county town for quite some time. Tell us what hardships Lord Xu has endured..."

"Well, that's a long story..."

"Can't you just make it short and sweet?"

"That won't work; it's hard to explain in a short time."

"Look over there, isn't there? That alley is sheltered from the wind, let's go there and talk..."

"Forget it, you can ask other people, I have to go back." It's still cold even if I find shelter from the wind, there's no need to go to so much trouble for strangers.

"If you want to know more, go to the teahouse up ahead. The storyteller there tells some really interesting stories."

Gu Kaiyuan stopped in his tracks. Could it be that even the affairs of a county magistrate could be discussed by a storyteller in a teahouse?

Gu Kaiyuan was also a little curious. He had been to teahouses before when he was discussing business with others, but he didn't know if it was time for storytelling now.

Just as he was about to go and see what was going on, Tian Zhuang returned and looked at Gu Kaiyuan as if he had seen a gold nugget. "Boss Gu, what brings you here today?"

Gu Kaiyuan said, "I was just out for a walk because the weather was nice. Tian Bantou, you guys are very busy, aren't you? I haven't seen you for a while."

"Sigh, there's nothing we can do. We have to deal with the mess left behind," Tian Zhuang was also in a bad mood. The Third Prince had caused panic throughout the county, and everyone had tolerated any disputes.

After the person who inquired left, the county government office became bustling again. Many things piled up, keeping them busy for a while and not even having time to complain.

Gu Kaiyuan happened to be there, and taking advantage of the break, he quickly told everyone about his hardships.

After Gu Kaiyuan started buying property in the county town, his colleagues in the government received a lot of benefits, which made everyone's lives much better.

Don't underestimate them just because they are government officials. They are in charge of this poor place, and the county government is so poor that it rarely pays their salaries on time. Although Lord Xu is a good person, he will not let them suffer, but it is still very inconvenient for everyone's lives.

As soon as Gu Kaiyuan arrived, he started buying land and houses, finally giving their government office some income, whether it was public or private accounts. This was their god of wealth.

"You've really had a hard time," Gu Kaiyuan said insincerely. "Are you going back to the yamen, or is there something else?"

"I saw you standing here and just wanted to say hello. I have to deliver an official document to the next county town later." Tian Zhuang thought about his errand and knew he couldn't continue the conversation. "We can talk again another time."

He took a few steps forward, then turned back and asked, "Is there something you need here?"

(End of this chapter)