The boy's movements were slow and measured, enough to show his respect for Lu Yan and Gu Linbei.
At this moment, a person suddenly ran out from the crowd.
This man had a head full of white hair and looked like he had aged ten years in just two months.
As soon as he came up, he immediately grabbed Gu Linbei's sleeve.
Lu Yan and Gu Linbei reacted quickly, subconsciously raising their feet to kick the man away. However, they heard a familiar voice: "Old Five, Old Five, help Dad."
Yes, the person speaking is none other than Mr.
It was Old Man Gu.
When they saw him rushing out of the crowd in a disheveled state, Lu Yan and Gu Linbei thought he was a beggar who had run away from somewhere.
Although everyone was fleeing famine, Old Man Gu looked particularly miserable.
Especially the leg that was dragging, which was obviously lame.
His hair was disheveled, and he grabbed Gu Linbei's hand and began to tell him about the difficulties he had faced along the way.
It turned out that after An County was occupied by Qi Yue State, Old Lady Gu and Wan Mei died on the way.
The brothers of the Gu family were originally very respectful to their father.
They relied on picking up other people's bags to barely fill their stomachs. But Old Man Gu still did not change his partiality and often secretly gave special treatment to Old Man Gu.
The other three brothers of the Gu family were already dissatisfied with the second brother, and when they saw their father like this, they felt disheartened and insisted on going their separate ways.
The three brothers took their wives and children on the road to escape famine, and soon several of their daughters-in-law were targeted by refugees.
When refugees came to rob Wang Zhaodi and Yang Cuihua, the Gu brothers asked them to exchange them for food. The refugees were enraged by the three brothers and were hacked to death. As for the two daughters-in-law, they were naturally taken away by the refugees.
Not only that…
Even his little grandchildren were treated as two-legged sheep and food by the refugees.
"My second brother and I were watching from behind the tree at the time... I... I was so scared."
When Old Man Gu talked about these things, he showed no sense of responsibility as a father or grandfather, and even felt lucky to have escaped death. Everyone looked at him with strange eyes.
"Later... we met Mr. Song and learned that your second sister-in-law... had been taken away by Mr. Song to exchange for food."
"Old Fifth, your second brother couldn't stand the provocation and started fighting with Mr. Song." Old man Gu said with tears and snot, as if he had really suffered a great injustice.
However, at this moment, Lu Yan finally spoke: "Did they suffer a great injustice, or did they start fighting because the food Song Jiao'e exchanged for was not in Second Brother's hands?"
After these words were spoken, Old Man Gu was choked.
He didn't say anything, but everyone had the answer in their hearts.
The Gu family is a group of people who put profit above all else, so it's not surprising that they would do such a thing.
"Mr. Song killed... killed your second brother... Now... you are the only child left for me." Old man Gu continued to cry and even felt extremely regretful.
Judging from the way Gu Linbei and Lu Yan were dressed, it was obvious that they did not suffer much on the way to escape the famine.
Why did it have to be so miserable here? A good family, completely ruined, completely destroyed.
"What? Lao Liu is not your son?" Lu Yan interrupted again.
An unhappy look flashed across Old Man Gu's face, and he turned around to refute Lu Yan. However, the moment he saw Gu Linxuan standing up, he was completely dumbfounded.
"Old...Old Six, you..."
Gu Laoliu, who was walking towards him, was gentle and scholarly.
Old Man Gu was dumbfounded.
He suddenly remembered that he and his wife had completely given up on this son in order to save money for the second son's education.
Thinking of how they resolutely kicked Gu Linbei and Gu Linxuan out of the house.
How did things turn out like this? Clearly, this shouldn't be the case, right? He should be the one enjoying the good life, but...
Both of his sons were heartbroken by him, and he was afraid that he would never look at them again.
"Alright, Fourth Prince, let's go."
When Gu Linbei saw Old Man Gu now, he felt nothing.
He calmly raised his foot to leave, but Old Man Gu reached out and grabbed Gu Linbei's arm tightly as if he was crazy.
"Old Five, you can't be unfilial and abandon your father!"
What Old Man Gu was thinking about was that all his sons were gone.
There will be no one to take care of him in his old age.
Now the only ones he could hold onto were Gu Linbei and Gu Linxuan. So, he spoke loudly, trying to morally blackmail them.
Gu Laoliu stood up, and Laowu was already full of strength.
From then on, there were still people in the family who farmed the land.
Once the imperial court allocates land to them, will their lives be bad in the future?
However……
The Fourth Prince glanced at the people nearby and urged them anxiously, "Brother Gu, we need to hurry. I've already contacted General Chen. From now on, you'll serve as his deputy general. With all the unrest going on, father will surely reward you upon your return from this expedition."
Old Man Gu was dumbfounded.
What is a deputy general?
In his limited decades of experience, he only knew about being an official.
Old Man Gu even wanted to hold on to Gu Linbei and not let him leave.
However, Gu Linbei looked at Old Man Gu in astonishment, and said seriously, "Uncle, please make way."
"I thought he was really her father. I didn't expect he was an imposter."
The people who were watching the fun suddenly started laughing, and every word they said was like a sharp sword, piercing directly into Old Man Gu's heart.
Gu Linbei shook him off and strode into the city gate.
"Oh, still so shameless."
Lu Yan taunted and followed Gu Linbei: "You still haven't told me what you dreamed about?"
She asked.
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