Chapter 98: Old memories, heartbroken
"Thank you, Madam, for your help."
The two of them looked at the document together and found that there was indeed no problem. They pressed their fingerprints and signed it. Then they took Chang Xixi's script and went out. Before leaving, Chang Xixi had already arranged the task for her.
Everyone has their own home court, but they must also be familiar with each other's scripts. If one has a problem... then the other one must take over.
After signing, the two walked out of the room together.
The shopkeeper was already sweating profusely due to anxiety. The reason was simple: Chang Xixi had already won over the two of them, and the last person he could control and shackle was gone.
Chang Xixi had been taking advantage of him before, taking advantage of his teahouse and his connections, and it was obvious to her.
But what could he do? The arrow was on the string and had to be shot.
On the opening day, the street next to the teahouse was crowded with people. Chang Xixi stood on the second floor and looked at these people with a slight smile on her lips, not seeming very happy.
Gu Rongyu was puzzled. There were already enough people here, so why was his wife still unhappy?
He asked in confusion.
Chang Xixi sighed, "Don't look at the large number of people here. Few can hear the storyteller's stories, but few actually take them in. Those who really want to listen are discouraged."
"My wife, you have such a broad mind? As a husband, I am truly impressed." Gu Rongyu admired his wife from the bottom of his heart. A woman who has talent in business, but also has the ability to teach and educate people, and can also write that tragic love story.
What kind of treasure did he pick up?
Once again, an unusual curiosity about Chang Xixi ignited. Where did she come from? Could there be some secret hidden in this Zhou Mansion? Even if she received a good education in the Zhou Mansion, this was not something that ordinary people could do.
Clearly, her teacher was quite capable, and a master of eight-legged essays. If she had no one to teach her, then she must have been self-taught? That would be even more remarkable.
He is simply the chosen one!
Li Da was bribed by her just a few words. He was an old subordinate of my father, and the last thing he would do was to be bribed.
As Gu Rongyu was thinking, the sound of firecrackers rang out downstairs. People came into the teahouse one after another. It was unusually crowded. Some people couldn't get a seat and had to stand there, some waited for others to leave before doing so, and some just stood there and listened.
This story is really gripping and beautiful!
Chang Xixi left halfway through listening and told the scholar and Li Da to stay here and bring back the account books when the accounts were settled in the evening. This was to be done every day.
She hadn't had a good rest these days, so she went home and went straight to bed.
He said he was sleeping, but actually he had just entered a space. Looking at the pile of silver and gold ingots, Chang Xixi's mouth was twisted with joy. Finally, he didn't have to suffer from poverty anymore.
Five hundred taels of gold! It's enough for her to live a carefree life. But it's a pity that she has to support a gigolo and can't squander it.
It was already autumn, and Gu Rongyu didn't have many clothes, nor did she have many decent clothes. They were not in Panzhi City, a rural county town, so they didn't have to worry about what to wear.
Ruzhou City is full of dignitaries. If they want to sponsor here for a long time, it is also for the face of the Zhou family, and they can't be too shabby. She sighed again.
Seeing that she had no interest in playing with him, Gu Rongyu had no choice but to take Qingnan out by himself and go to the restaurant, where those people from last time also went with him to meet her.
"Master, everything has been arranged. Just waiting for you to return."
"Deputy General, what are they saying over there?"
"They're already on their way, just waiting for you to show up."
Gu Rongyu nodded, thinking back to what happened back then. He was just a child of a few years old. He had just returned from the palace banquet when many soldiers rushed into his house and surrounded the entire general's mansion!
My father was pinned down and spitting blood. More than 300 people in the family were driven into the front yard one by one and knelt on the ground. No one cried out for justice.
Only my father insisted on fighting, saying over and over again: "As a man, I will die for my country and my people without regrets! However, my family has been generals for generations. We should die on the battlefield, not in internal strife. It's shameful! It's shameful!"
He was covered with his mouth and nose by the deputy general who came rushing over, and hid in a rockery not far away. He dared not make a sound and watched his father being beheaded in public!
He cried silently and no one knew!
A well-known general was beheaded by these people without even going to the Ministry of Justice prison, without even a joint trial, and without even a single piece of evidence! He had hated them for so many years, and it was time... it was time for revenge.
Gu Rongyu looked at the people coming and going on the street, feeling sad.
The leader, in order to avoid the leakage of evidence and afraid that someone would know that the general was framed, set fire to the general's mansion. The fire burned in Kyoto for three days and three nights, with flames reaching the sky until the entire general's mansion was burned out, leaving only a pile of broken walls.
He has been homeless ever since!
If the deputy general had not arrived, he would have been killed by the sword.
Three days later, 300 members of the general's family were beheaded in public on the vegetable market street. The people complained bitterly and knelt on the ground to cry out for justice. The governor of Kyoto showed no mercy and threw down the token.
He stood among the passers-by, watching his mother, sister, and... the servants he had been with day and night, and a child he loved very much, being beheaded.
In the past, when he was still young, his father didn't really want him to follow in his footsteps and didn't want him to join the army again. Therefore, he had never witnessed such a bloody scene. But this time, the deputy general didn't help him cover his eyes, but... Instead, he let him look at this scene, remember this moment of hatred, remember this feeling.
For the first time, Gu Rongyu's heart was shocked and he vowed to avenge this blood feud.
Afterwards, in order to conceal his tracks, the deputy general came to Wanfu Village and lied that his original wife had died. He wanted to remarry and marry his current wife to avoid suspicion, and he had another child.
In order to carry out his revenge plan, the deputy general faked his death, asked for Wan Fucun's identity, and returned to Kyoto to plot.
Three years later, Gu Rongyu's health was getting worse day by day. The reason was that his stepmother was afraid that he would inherit the family property. When she knew that he was not actually the deputy general's child, she became jealous and wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible, so she wanted to poison him to death!
In the end, Gu Rongyu was driven out of the deputy general's house and assigned to that small and dilapidated house.
Gu Rongyu thought back on it all. The only light in his life was Chang Xixi, who accidentally broke into his sight and shamelessly said that she wanted to marry him.
I never thought that she would really dare to marry, a girl without shame. Thinking of this, Gu Rongyu smiled lightly, and felt that the time with her was warm and beautiful.
This dream was about to end, but he didn't want to wake up.
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