Chapter 937 Father's Love is as Solid as a Mountain (Second Update)

Tang Ming landed with the torch in his hand. There was an open space ahead, and no oil had been poured on it, so it was alright that the torch had fallen.

As for what kind of pig's head Tang Ming would get into, that was not within Gu Jiao's consideration.

Gu Jiao reached out and caught Tang Jiagong with a graceful and nimble motion.

Ignoring his abdominal injury, Tang Yueshan leaped into the air and caught Tang Ming as he fell.

The torch fell to the ground, but no one was injured.

His figure froze in mid-air. He glanced at Gu Jiao, who was playing with the Tang family bow, and said fiercely, "Don't touch my Tang family bow!"

Gu Jiao casually gave an "oh," and arrogantly examined the Tang family bow from head to toe, not even sparing the bowstring.

Tang Yueshan: "...!!"

Tang Ming was acupunctured by Tang Yueshan and sent to the carriage.

With the crisis averted, the officials rushed into the teahouse to rescue the people.

Gu Jiao and Xiao Heng found Yao Shi and Gu Xiaobao, who were quite frightened, in the wing room at the end of the second floor.

Gu Xiaobao is a quiet child, but sometimes his quietness makes people feel sorry for him.

Xiao Heng picked up Gu Xiaobao and held him in his arms, not moving at all.

This is terrifying.

Gu Jiao helped Yao Shi, whose legs were weak, to her feet and asked, "Mother, are you hurt?"

Yao rubbed her chest, still shaken, and said, "No, I'm not hurt."

"Your hand is bleeding." Gu Jiao noticed that Yao's right hand was covered in blood.

Madam Yao raised her hand to look at it and said, "I probably bumped into it by accident just now."

Gu Jiao glanced at the injury on her hand; it was an open wound, not too serious. She said, "It's not safe here. Let's go outside first."

The four of them went downstairs.

Their carriage was parked nearby. Gu Jiao went to the carriage first to give Yao a simple cleaning and bandaging. Xiao Heng took Yao and Gu Xiaobao back to Bishui Hutong, while Gu Jiao went to treat the other injured people.

Tang Yueshan did not leave.

He was waiting for Gu Jiao.

But he didn't urge Gu Jiao. It wasn't until Gu Jiao finished with her last patient that he called her to his carriage.

Tang Ming fainted; his pulse and breathing were unstable.

Tang Yueshan said with difficulty, "I know you hate Ming'er. If you don't want to treat him, I won't blame you."

Gu Jiao said, "His illness doesn't need my treatment. He can recover without medicine by giving up the Five-Stone Powder."

Tang Yueshan asked incredulously, "Really?"

"Really?" Gu Jiao nodded.

She didn't lie to Tang Yueshan about this.

The grudges between Tang Ming and her are in the past. Tang Ming paid the price for what happened back then. As long as Tang Ming doesn't provoke her again, she won't go so far as to kill him.

"It's not that easy to quit," she emphasized.

“I will stay with him,” Tang Yueshan said.

Gu Jiao glanced at him in surprise.

The Grand Marshal of the Army and the People's Liberation Army had such a profound side.

Tang Yueshan said sadly, "He actually knows he was wrong... The reason he indulged himself like that was all because of me. He harbors resentment towards me, and on top of that, my older brother..."

They deliberately raised him in the wrong way, which led to his personality and sense of right and wrong.

Tang Yueshan didn't say those words.

He said guiltily, "He has worked very hard to change himself over the past two years, trying to prove himself to me, but I have cruelly rejected him time and time again."

Gu Jiao asked, "Why are you rejecting him? Is it because you don't like him?"

Tang Yueshan shook his head: "No, he is my own son, how could I not like him?" He denied that Tang Ming had any other reason.

Gu Jiao asked curiously, "He's done so many annoying things, haven't you ever thought about leaving him?"

Tang Yueshan firmly stated, "Never. If he does something wrong, I will hit him, scold him, and punish him, but I will never abandon him."

Gu Jiao seemed to be deep in thought.

...

Tang Ming's interlude gave Gu Jiao's thoughts a slight shock.

It's not surprising that smart and sensible children receive their parents' love, but Tang Yueshan has never even thought of giving up on a son like Tang Ming.

Gu Jiao sensed a power from Tang Yueshan that she had always lacked.

This force influenced her and changed her state of mind.

Back at Bishui Hutong, Yao and Gu Xiaobao were both out of danger. Yao was playing cards with her aunt in the courtyard, while Gu Xiaobao was pulled to the backyard by Xiao Jingkong, who had just returned from school, to groom the manes of Ma Wang and Hei Feng Wang.

Two horses lay prone on the ground.

Horse King was utterly disgusted, rolling his eyes like crazy.

But it can't run away, or the Black Wind King will beat it up.

—Even though he was three years old, he was still no match for the Black Wind King. It was a story more tragic than sadness itself.

Black Wind King was very friendly to human cubs, and Gu Xiaobao lay his whole body on its neck.

He had just experienced a fright, and the Black Wind King's powerful yet gentle aura soothed him.

Gu Xiaobao wasn't so scared anymore.

As evening fell, Xuanyuan Qi and his son, along with the Duke of Anguo, also arrived.

There are specific customs surrounding Anguo Gong's visit; he usually chooses to do so when his aunt is also present.

The three of them presented Gu Xiaoshun with the birthday gifts they had prepared.

Gu Xiaoshun was a little confused.

It's just a small birthday celebration, why are so many big shots here?

Then, at night, Gu Changqing and Gu Chengfeng also came over.

Looking at the birthday gifts stuffed into his arms, he was utterly dumbfounded: "Do you really need to make such a fuss... I'm only seventeen... It's not like I've come of age yet... Are you here to celebrate my birthday... or just to find an excuse to come to Biyue Hutong?"

Gu Chengfeng winked: "What do you think?"

Gu Xiaoshun suddenly realized and clenched his fist, saying, "Of course it's for my birthday!"

The Gu brothers: "..."

Gu Chengfeng chuckled dryly: "Being simple-minded... is a good thing."

It was hot, so dinner was set out in the yard.

Tonight, the old chief priest was in charge of cooking. He prepared a large table of Zhao Kingdom specialties according to the tastes of the children, and also took into account the tastes of Duke Anguo and his son Xuanyuan Qi, cooking a few Yan Kingdom dishes.

Xiao Jingkong said, "Grandpa, I want to eat brown sugar glutinous rice cakes."

Without hesitation, the old chief priest replied, "No."

"They're gone so quickly," Empress Dowager Zhuang muttered, she wanted to eat some too.

The old chief priest coughed lightly and said to Xiao Jingkong without changing his expression, "It seems there is still a little glutinous rice flour left in the jar. I'll go take a look."

Little Jingkong crossed his arms, pouted, and snorted, "Grandma gets to eat, but I don't! Grandpa is biased!"

The old priest panicked: "What nonsense are you talking about! I just remembered I had some! I'll make it for you! I'll go make it for you right now!"

After saying that, he solemnly went to the kitchen, made a bowl of brown sugar glutinous rice cakes, sprinkled them with white sesame seeds, and placed them in front of... Empress Dowager Zhuang.

It's a far cry from Xiao Jingkong!

The small, vacant space, too small even to reach with a ladder: "???"

...

At the end of dinner, Gu Xiaoshun ate a bowl of longevity noodles, while Xiao Jingkong and Gu Xiaobao each received a small bowl of longevity noodles.

Today is Gu Xiaoshun's birthday, so we won't be having the kids practice martial arts.

Xuanyuan Qi went to the backyard to play with Xiao Jingkong and the others. Gu Yan took advantage of the moment when no one was paying attention and dragged Gu Changqing to his great-uncle's courtyard.

"What's wrong? Is something the matter?" Gu Changqing asked Gu Yan.

Gu Yan: "Give them special treatment."

Gu Changqing was stunned for a moment before realizing that Gu Yan wanted to continue practicing the boxing technique from last time.

Gu Yan's motivation for learning martial arts was simple: to show off to the young monk. He never expected to actually become a martial arts master or a chivalrous hero.

Gu Changqing didn't care about his purpose. Martial arts could improve his health, and as long as he was willing, there was no reason for him not to teach him.

He looked at Gu Yan with affection and said, "You've already learned the boxing techniques from last time. I'll teach you a set of palm techniques."

Gu Yan's eyes lit up: "Iron Palm? The kind that can make a 'whoosh' sound in scalding sand?"

Gu Changqing laughed: "No, if you want to reach that level, you can't do it without seven or eight years of dedicated practice."

"Oh." Gu Yan only wanted to quickly learn how to show off, and didn't want to practice diligently.

Gu Changqing taught him a set of palm techniques that looked impressive but were actually only good for strengthening the body.

...

It was late at night, and the children were tired from playing, so it was time for Gu Jiao and her group to head home.

My great-aunt is getting old, and neither Gu Jiao nor Xiao Heng told her or my great-uncle about the Sword Pavilion incident.

Xuanyuan Qi and Duke Anguo were aware of the situation. They privately questioned Xiao Heng and learned the information they had extracted from Young Master Mingyue.

The group sat in the carriage with Xiao Jingkong, who fell fast asleep as soon as he got in.

Xuanyuan Qi held Xiao Jingkong in his arms.

The chariot was pulled by the King of Horses and another horse, Black Wind Rider.

With King Ma around, the carriage operates on full autopilot.

Black Wind King walked leisurely to the side, keeping an eye on it, preventing it from running off to some corner to play.

Xuanyuan Qi said, "Are you planning to try spreading the word first to lure the people from the Sword Pavilion here?"

Xiao Heng nodded: "That's right. If this plan doesn't work, my father will go to the Sword Pavilion himself."

“The people from Sword Pavilion will not come,” Xuan Yuanqi said with certainty.

"Why?" Gu Jiao looked at him, puzzled.

He said, "Young Master of Sword Pavilion has been missing for several years. If they wanted to come, they would have come long ago. Your father just had a daughter and it is inconvenient for him to be separated from his wife and child. This time, Zheng'er and I will go."

(End of this chapter)