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

Bai Suihe and Gu Xingyang listened with great interest from next door, occasionally offering their comments.

"Father's words are truly insightful; we shouldn't have given him any face."

"Your father is really something. It's a waste of breath to talk to this kind of person. It would be better to just kick them out and see what they're saying. They actually want our assets in Shao County."

"Wait, Mother, do you mean he wants the properties in Shao County?"

Bai Suihe stroked her head, "Your hearing should be no worse than mine, so why didn't you understand?"

They're all talk and no action, and they're never satisfied with their ambitions. They don't even consider whether they have the skills to match their abilities.

Gu Xingyang grabbed Bai Suihe's collar with her little hands, but Bai Suihe slapped them away, saying, "Speak properly, where are your little hands?"

"Mother, this is not the time to dwell on these things. Do you still remember the little courtyard we bought before?"

“Our family owns quite a few yards, tell me more about them.”

"We found the treasure there, we can give that place to him..."

Bai Suihe gently tapped her forehead, "I told you not to sleep all day, you haven't even figured out where you are."

That little courtyard isn't in Shao County; it's quite a distance away. He wouldn't even accept it if it were given to him for free.

Gu Xingyang shifted her body slightly. "Mother, who wouldn't want something given away for free?"
He doesn't need it himself, so he can resell it.

"If we go through this a few more times, who can really say for sure what will happen?"

Bai Suihe blinked. Her daughter was quite capable; her little brain wasn't any faster than hers.

Clearing his throat, he said, "I need to discuss this matter properly with your father."

And if they just inexplicably hand him a remote little courtyard, he'd probably be suspicious.

It's feasible, but how do we do it?
She wouldn't accept it for free; if we could find a way to put the courtyard in his name, that would be a win-win situation.

Just then, Gu Kaiping's roar came from next door again. It seemed that he wouldn't give up until he got the money today.

The mother and daughter paused their conversation, straining their ears to learn more and see just how shameless their neighbors could be.

"Anyway, I don't care if you don't come up with the money today, I won't leave."

Even if you kick me out, I'll just invite Lord He to come along.

I refuse to believe that a mere merchant like you would dare to fight against an official.

Listen to this, he's even resorting to threats, but Gu Kaiyuan is clearly not buying it. "Then so be it. Lin Hua, Lin Wei, escort this Master Gu out of the mansion."

“Yes,” Lin Hua and Lin Wei immediately stepped forward and stood on either side of Gu Kaiping.

Gu Kaiping said, "You bastards, don't forget that you used to be servants in my household."

"That's all ancient history. Our only masters now are the master and mistress." After saying that, Lin Hua and Lin Wei grabbed his arms from the left and right, ignoring his shouts, and dragged him out.

"You are utterly outrageous..."

As the sound faded into the distance, Gu Kaiyuan stood up and looked at him with disgust. "They're really desperate for money. They would have been better off coming to me than to anyone else."

With this kind of thought process, he always thinks of himself as the pitiful little guy who was easy to bully before. Gu Kaiping was simply left outside the door, enduring the scrutinizing gazes of those around him. He had his pride too, so he didn't dare to continue shouting and ran away, covering his face.

He was furious at Gu Kaiyuan's cold-heartedness, and he knew that this approach was a dead end. The biggest problem now was where he could get money.

As soon as he reached the entrance of the post station, he saw that the men from the Gu family were already waiting there. Moreover, their numbers were not the same as the few who had accompanied him before. There was a large group of them behind him, and their faces were all very familiar!

Good heavens, these kids actually went back to the village and brought their clansmen here.

Gu Kaiping wanted to turn and run, but his legs went weak. Before he could react, Gu Kaitian and his clansmen had already helped him up and surrounded him.

When He Guangtian, the new magistrate of Shao County, heard the news at the post station, a mocking smile appeared on his lips. He ordered, "Don't bother with them. Let them do whatever they want."

The people he brought weren't there to work for Gu Kaiping. As long as no one died, he would consider himself to have fulfilled his duty to the Third Prince.

He originally wanted to bring his trusted confidants, but unexpectedly, this person was forced to come in.

So what if he used to work at the Hanlin Academy? He still wants to put on airs in front of me. Doesn't he even know his own status now?

"Gu Kaiping, what's wrong with your father? He hasn't done any of the things he promised the clan."

This time, they braved mountains and rivers to escort Gu Kaichen and his wife back to the capital, and you're just letting them return empty-handed?

The new clan leader, Gu Baimu, immediately launched into a tirade of accusations. Since taking office, he had messed up the very first thing he had done, so how could he not be furious?

Moreover, the clansmen had previously believed that Gu Baijiang would not abandon the work, so they had been taking a laissez-faire approach to the work in the fields.

Even when Gu Kaiyuan was recruiting workers on the mountain, only Gu Li's branch was working hard every day, and their lives were getting better and better.

This further revealed his incompetence. Now that Gu Kaiping had returned with these clansmen, he brought such bad news, which further diminished his prestige within the clan.

If this situation isn't handled well, I'm afraid I'll have to step down and hand over the clan chief position, which I haven't even secured yet.

"Uncle Baimu," Gu Kaiping's voice trembled. This was not the Gu family in the capital. If so many clansmen got angry, he couldn't withstand even one punch from each of them.

“Now that Uncle Baimu is the clan leader,” Gu Kaitian kindly reminded him, “you should talk to the clan leader about the method you told us before.”

They followed Gu Kaichen to the capital, but were left in a secluded courtyard in the backyard. They were only given three meals a day, and that was it. They couldn't expect anything else. Even their request to go out for a walk was rejected.

They were trapped like this until Gu Kaiping was about to take office, at which point they were finally able to escape.

To put it nicely, they said that Gu Kaiping would take good care of them when he brought them back.

But along the way, they only had a few dry steamed buns every day, and you expect them to have a good life with that?

So when they arrived in Zhang County last night, they couldn't even sleep. As soon as the city gates opened this morning, they rushed back to Tian Village. If it weren't for Lord He still being at the post station, they would have thought that Gu Kaiping had already run away.

"Uncle Clan Chief," Gu Kaiping said with a forced smile. It was all that damned Gu Kaiyuan's fault. If he had given him a few hundred taels of silver first, he could at least have sent these people away.

"Stop with the pleasantries, tell me what your father's plans are."

“Our family is really struggling,” Gu Kaiping wanted to admit his poverty, and he truly was poor. “Once our situation improves, we will definitely make arrangements for everyone.”

"I heard that you all live in large mansions in the capital, served by maids and servants, living a life of luxury. How come you don't have the money to settle everyone down?" (End of Chapter)