Chapter 149: A fleeting romance
In the yard, six men in black started fighting together. One of them put his sword on the neck of Huang Fu who had just climbed onto the carriage frame.
Several mute servants were stunned by the situation, but instinctively surrounded the car to resist. Several men in black kicked the servants aside effortlessly. One of the young mute servants was scratched on the arm. When they saw the blood, they looked around for something to block the way and fled to the door, not caring about the master in the car.
Gu Lintan placed Chuan'er in the car, patted Suxi's shoulder with a serious face, then quickly stood up and walked towards the door, as if to drive out of the yard while no one was paying attention.
Seeing this, a man in black flew to his side and kicked him off the carriage. Su Xi, who was in the carriage, rushed out upon hearing the sound, her little face turned pale with fright. She didn't care about anything at the moment and ran towards Gu Lintan on the ground.
The man in black who seemed to be the leader approached Gu Lintan and Su Xi in a few steps, and spoke in a rough voice that was obviously deliberately disguised.
"We are following the order of our Lord to take this woman and child back. Sir Gu, are you going to disobey the order?"
After saying that, he took out an iron token and showed it in front of Gu Lintan.
The moment Gu Lintan saw the token, his face suddenly turned pale. It was indeed as expected.
That was the reason why he rushed here and risked being discovered to send Suxi and her son away from the capital - that person knew.
After just a moment, the man in black took the token and drew his sword towards Suxi.
Gu Lintan didn't have time to think about it, and subconsciously stretched out his wide sleeves to protect Suxi. Suxi was frightened and couldn't help but screamed out in fear: "Tan Lang!!!"
All of a sudden, the two of them heard a huge buzzing sound of a sword. The sword seemed to be hit by something and flew to the eaves on the side, and was deeply embedded in the eaves.
The next moment, four men dressed as guards entered the courtyard and started fighting with several men in black.
Gu Lintan suddenly raised his head and looked towards the courtyard gate. When he saw Jiang Xue's face full of astonishment, his heart suddenly tightened.
How did she get here so quickly!
Gu Lintan felt as if a thunderbolt struck his mind. There was a moment of blankness in his mind, but he suddenly felt a sense of relief.
That is——Jiang Xue is here!
Since Princess Changle is here, they absolutely dare not kill in front of her!
Moreover, Jiang Xue was followed by guards every day when she went in and out. Her guards were all transferred from the palace to serve in the Gu Mansion. In any case, their skills were several times stronger than those of ordinary guards - not to mention compared to these useless mute servants!
Gu Lintan quickly looked around and saw that Jiang Xue's men were already in a stalemate with the men in black. He gritted his teeth and shouted in Jiang Xue's direction: "Your Highness the Princess!!!"
Huang Fu saw this and started to cry as he stumbled towards Jiang Xue, shouting, "Your Highness! Your Highness, help me!"
Upon hearing the sound, several men in black looked at each other, and seemed to realize that they had no way to gain the upper hand over Jiang Xue's guards. So they heard the leader shout "Retreat!" and several of them quickly flew onto the roof and disappeared into the woods behind the yard.
Seeing that the "killer" had retreated, Gu Lintan quickly raised his eyes and looked at Jiang Xue at the gate of the courtyard.
He quickly made up an excuse in his mind and planned to explain it to Jiang Xue.
The few Wu'anlangs had no intention of fighting, but retreated behind Jiang Xue and looked around vigilantly.
Jiang Xue showed an expression of disbelief, and said in a trembling voice:
"My dear, she——"
She pointed at Suxi, her fingers trembling slightly.
"What did she call you just now?"
Gu Lintan was struck by lightning. Just now Suxi called him "Tanlang" in fear, but she didn't expect that Jiang Xue also heard it.
The speech he had prepared was no longer vulnerable.
Seeing that he remained silent, Jiang Xue had an idea and suddenly tears like raindrops fell from her pale little face.
"I didn't expect it to be true!"
"You really hid it from me, out there, with others--"
Jiang Xue growled, and the last words seemed to be from a state of extreme anger that she could not finish. Her body began to tremble as well, as if she was extremely angry and in great pain.
Lu Qiongshuang hid in a tree, holding a handful of melon seeds that he had picked up from somewhere, and he was amazed as he ate them.
"Wow," she gave Jing Ye a look, "When did my cousin become so good at acting? If I didn't know the truth, I would have thought she was a poor girl who was deceived by her husband and just found out. Tsk tsk tsk, so miserable."
"You don't know?" Jing Ye said calmly, but his eyes were always looking in Jiang Xue's direction, "She is used to doing this."
Lu Qiongshuang glared at him with disdain and muttered, "You speak as if you are very familiar with my cousin. She is my real cousin! I have never seen her like this."
Jing Ye still didn't turn around to look at her, he just said coldly: "Shut up."
Lu Qiongshuang consciously closed her mouth. After the baptism of last experience, she already knew how ruthless Jing Ye was to her, her junior sister.
It's not that she is timid. Her master once said that a man who knows the current situation is a hero.
She curled her lips and turned to look at the yard where Jiang Xue and the others were.
In the yard, Jiang Xue had already walked up to Gu Lintan and Su Xi. Huang Fu was trying to explain something to them in a panic, but suddenly he heard the crying of a child in the car.
"Mother, I want mother!"
Jiang Xue turned her head to look at the carriage with a look of disbelief on her face, her red lips slightly parted, and she stood there in a daze.
Seeing this, Gu Lintan quickly made a choice in his mind.
He could only take a gamble.
The current situation is that the man has already found out that he had deliberately concealed the truth, and as he guessed, now that he knows the existence of Suxi and her son, he will definitely take them away and use them as pawns to control him.
In terms of strength, the people he currently supports privately are far from being able to compete with that force.
As for Jiang Xue, she had the support of the entire Great Ji Imperial Family, which had the most elite and reliable military force in Jijing. As long as Yuxi and his mother could enter the Gu Mansion—
The current situation is already the worst, and this choice may be the only chance for Suxi and her son to survive!
Gu Lintan made up his mind, immediately got up from the ground, knelt upright and kowtowed to Jiang Xue.
Seeing this, Suxi hurriedly imitated Gu Lintan, kneeling and kowtowed repeatedly, tears streaming down her face.
Jiang Xue opened her mouth, her voice was vague and made people feel that she was heartbroken and weak.
"Cousin, can you give me an explanation?"
Gu Lintan rested his head on the ground, closed his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, please forgive me for my crime of death!"
"This girl is the one I had a fleeting romance with several years ago at Lintan."
Su Xi, who was also kneeling on the ground, couldn't hide her heartache when she heard the words, but she could only bite her lips tightly and tried to suppress the sobs in her throat.
"A fleeting romance?" Jiang Xue's voice was filled with mockery. When she opened her mouth again, she choked with sobs. "Since the prince consort already has a crush on someone, why did you agree to the marriage granted by father? Father is kind and will not force this marriage on you as long as you are willing to speak clearly!"
"It's not what I want," Gu Lintan raised his head, tears welling up in his eyes without him noticing, "Many years ago, I left Hedong alone and went to Linzhou to study, just to get some guidance from the then-retired Master Ci Zongfu."
"But I was born poor and didn't have much money on me. Moreover, I encountered bandits on the road and they robbed me of all my money."
"I was poorly clothed and hungry, and I was on the road for days, and I almost died of illness. Miss Suxi happened to be out and saw me, who was on the verge of death. She took me home and treated me with mountain herbs, and that's how I was saved."
"Tsk." On the tree, Lu Qiongshuang tilted her head and looked at Jing Ye beside her, revealing a look of disdain as if she couldn't bear to listen any more, and said, "Why does this story sound so familiar to me?"
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