Chapter 620 Gu Jun

A married woman was busy taking care of things at her parents' home, and no one reacted much. This was entirely because, in the eyes of the Gu family, a daughter was a daughter, and there was no such thing as a married daughter being like water spilled from a cup.

Gu Jin and the others were truly exhausted. When the maid brought water, they immediately washed up to relax.

Gu Shuyan had already prepared dinner. Seeing that everyone had finished washing up, she instructed the maids to bring the food up.

The meal was enjoyed by everyone, as it was a joyous occasion for Gu Renjie, and the maids and servants in the household all offered their blessings.

After dinner, Madam Ji intended to have Gu Shuyan stay at the Marquis's residence for a few days, but Gu Shuyan said she had something to attend to at home and took her leave to return to the Yun residence.

The next morning, without even informing the Marquis's residence, Gu Shuyan took Wuyin Yufei and set off in a carriage.

By the time Lady Ji received news that Gu Shuyan had left the capital, it was already past noon.

"Why didn't you stop the young lady? She's a woman, what if she encounters bad people on this long journey?"

As someone who had never left the capital since childhood, Ji Shi became anxious at the thought of the treacherous nature of people and the hardships along the way.

"No, I'll have someone bring them back right now."

As she spoke, Lady Ji turned to leave.

Upon seeing this, Pearl quickly stepped forward and bowed slightly to Madam Ji, saying, "Madam, Miss always has her own ideas. Even if we send people to catch up with Miss, she may not necessarily come back with them."

"In my opinion, Madam would be better off staying at home and waiting for Miss's letter. I believe that with Miss's intelligence and wisdom, nothing unexpected will happen."

Pearl was deliberately left behind by Gu Shuyan to look after the family, so why would she really let Ji send people to chase after Gu Shuyan and her party?

"How can I feel at ease knowing she left so quietly?"

Ji stamped her foot. Even though she was anxious, she knew that what Pearl said was true.

Gu Shuyan is a stubborn person by nature. Even if I send people to chase after him, he might not be willing to come back.

"Fine! You should go back too!"

In the end, he sighed and had no choice but to let Gu Shuyan go.

After Pearl left, Madam Ji summoned Granny Wu and had her grind ink to write a letter to Ji Wenjin.

Pearl had barely returned to the Yun residence when someone came looking for her.

“Sister Pearl, the pharmacy staff came to patrol just now and said that the medicine you bought before is now available there.”

The one speaking was a maidservant who had been transferred from the Marquis's mansion to be in charge of cleaning the front yard.

Pearl nodded upon hearing this, then turned and left the Yun residence once again.

Watching Pearl's departing figure, the little maid gave her a furtive look before continuing to sweep the courtyard with her broom.

When Pearl arrived at the pharmacy, the shopkeeper immediately came to greet her. Seeing that no one was around, the shopkeeper quickly led her to the backyard.

In the backyard, a somewhat dark-skinned and thin young man came into view. He looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old. Apart from his dark skin, he was quite handsome.

"Brother Jun, why are you back?"

The dark-skinned, thin young man was none other than Gu Jun, the man Pearl had been betrothed to since childhood.

Gu Jun was not originally surnamed Gu, but because his father had been the steward of the outer courtyard of the Marquis's mansion for many years and was also Gu Jin's page in his childhood, Gu Jin bestowed upon him the surname Gu.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, especially in a century-old family like the Gu family, it was rare for a master to bestow a surname upon a servant.

This also proves that Gu Jun's father, Steward Gu, still holds a high position in Gu Jin's heart.

If the current steward hadn't been an old man who served the old Marquis, Gu Jun's father wouldn't be just a steward in the front yard now.

When Gu Jun saw Zhenzhu, he quickly stepped forward to greet her. After looking her up and down, Gu Jun said, "Zhenmei, you've been wronged."

The grievance Gu Jun mentioned was actually referring to their marriage. Given their ages, Gu Jun's father had already arranged a marriage for them by consulting with a matchmaker and setting a wedding date.

Unfortunately, before the money could be delivered to Pearl's mother, such a big thing happened in Suzhou.

Thus, their marriage was postponed.

“I’m not upset! But you, why are you back so soon?” Pearl shook her head, her gaze fixed intently on Gu Jun. Logically, Gu Jun should be in Suzhou right now, so why is he back?

To talk about Gu Jun, we have to start from when Yun Yichen left. At that time, Gu Shuyan couldn't go to Suzhou with Yun Yichen, but she was worried that Yun Yichen would be in trouble in Suzhou, so she found Gu Jun.

He hoped that Gu Jun would follow Yun Yichen to Suzhou to take care of Yun Yichen's daily life and also pass on some messages to him.

Of course, Gu Jun also had a crucial task: to thoroughly investigate the specific disaster situation in Suzhou.

The day after receiving the order, Gu Jun set off with two servants from the Yun family. At first, the journey went smoothly, and at least they did not encounter any scenes of people fleeing from Suzhou.

Seeing this, Gu Jun initially thought that the disaster in Suzhou was not serious, but as they got closer to Suzhou, the devastation after the disaster became more and more severe.

On one occasion, when Gu Jun saw a child who had lost his family members fall down from hunger, he was overcome with compassion and gave him a piece of dry food that he carried with him.

Little did he know that his attempt to help the children would result in him being looted by other disaster victims.

With the remaining rations looted, they could no longer continue their journey. Remembering Gu Shuyan's instructions, Gu Jun had no choice but to lead his men to a city that had not been severely affected by the recent disaster to replenish their rations.

This round trip naturally delayed them by two days. When they finally arrived in Suzhou, they learned that the disaster victims were all locked out.

Unable to enter the city, and with neither Gu Jun nor his two servants knowing martial arts, they had no choice but to first search around Suzhou.

The city was completely destroyed, and evil was rampant. The scene was so shocking that the three of them could not simply stand by and watch the victims suffer.

Meanwhile, Zhong Lin's porridge shed was also set up, and Gu Jun naturally joined in, moving, transporting, and storing grain, and everything was proceeding according to plan.

But no one expected that just when Gu Jun thought everything would get better, news of an outbreak came from Suzhou New City.

To prevent the people inside from bringing the epidemic out, Yun Yichen did not allow any contact between the two parties except for passing notes.

Even so, Gu Jun firmly believes that everything will pass.

Due to the scarcity of many medicinal herbs, Yun Yichen secretly leaked a list of herbs to be purchased. Since Zhong Lin was unable to leave, the task of purchasing them in the capital fell to Gu Jun.

Upon hearing Gu Jun say that a plague had broken out in Suzhou, Pearl immediately slapped her thigh and exclaimed, "Oh no! Wouldn't it be dangerous for Miss to go to Suzhou at this time?"