Chapter 59: Can't mess with gold
Huo Zheng turned around and saw Gu Yuanjia walking towards him with two followers.
Gu Yuanjia bowed to him, "Brother Huo."
Mr. Gu was originally going to knock on the door, but when he entered the alley, he saw a figure passing over the eaves and landing at the end of the alley. He brought people over to take a look, and when he saw Huo Zheng there, he went straight forward.
Huo Zheng was not surprised to see Gu Yuanjia here. He just asked him, "Have you done what I asked you to do?"
Gu Yuanjia took a half-large box from the attendant on his right and presented it with both hands. "This is the evidence I have collected. Every piece is related to Prince Ning. Brother Huo, please take a look."
Huo Zheng reached out and took it, but did not open it immediately.
Gu Yuanjia was very efficient and collected so much evidence about Prince Ning's crimes in just a few days.
He had just punished the Zhou father and son yesterday, so he couldn't take action against King Ning so quickly.
We have to find a good time.
Huo Zheng said, "I'll keep the evidence. You go back first."
Gu Yuanjia thought Huo Zheng would at least tell him when he would take action against King Ning, but he didn't expect him to go back first as soon as he opened his mouth.
Master Gu smiled and said, "I have already done what Brother Huo asked me to do. I want to take my people away today, so please don't stop me, Brother Huo."
Huo Zheng knew he was talking about Yuzhu.
However, Yuzhu was no longer in Linshui Town.
Huo Zheng said indifferently: "I won't interfere in your affairs."
As he spoke, he carried the box and walked out of Taohua Lane. These evidences could not be left in the tofu workshop, but had to be sent to the post station for safekeeping.
Gu Yuanjia felt that what Huo Zheng said was a bit strange.
A few days ago, if Huo Zheng had not stopped him, he would have taken the jade beads back.
When he came again this time, Huo Zheng said he would not interfere.
Seeing that he left Taohua Lane directly without returning to the tofu workshop, Gu Yuanjia asked the servant to knock on the door.
The servant knocked on the door for a long time before the gate opened.
Chunzhi jumped over on one foot to open the door, and saw Gu Yuanjia standing outside the door, and subconsciously wanted to close the door.
"Sister-in-law." Gu Yuanjia addressed Chunzhi as such. "Is Yuzhu still here?"
Chunzhi said, "She's not here."
Gu Yuanjia was obviously a smart man, and Chunzhi knew that she couldn't fool him.
If Yuzhu was still here, Gu Yuanjia would definitely go in and see.
Instead of doing this, it would be better to tell him directly that Yuzhu is gone.
Gu Yuanjia didn't find it strange when he heard this.
During the years that Yuzhu served him, she was well-behaved and obedient, considerate and meticulous, and worked much more seriously than others, but she never spent money recklessly and always saved money.
She was originally from a good family, so it was understandable that she wanted to restore her good status.
But it was unusual for Yuzhu to avoid him like this.
Gu Yuanjia asked Chunzhi, "Where did Yuzhu go? Could you tell me, sister-in-law?"
Chunzhi said, "No comment."
Yuzhu had to leave here just to avoid Mr. Gu.
Not to mention that Chunzhi doesn’t know where Yuzhu has gone now, even if she knew, she would never tell Gu Yuanjia.
Gu Yuanjia said to Chunzhi with some resignation, "I'm not a bad master. I've been with Yuzhu for several years and I couldn't bear to see her wandering around alone, so I wanted to give her a place to stay. Why should my sister-in-law be so wary of me as if I were a thief?"
Chunzhi thought to herself, if not you, who should I guard against?
"You wait here."
As she spoke, she hopped back to the house on one foot, took out the box containing the hundred taels of gold, and returned it to Gu Yuanjia.
"These are what you left behind when you came last time." Chunzhi said, "I can't tell you where the jade beads are, so I'm returning them to you."
Gu Yuanjia didn't take it, but took two steps back.
Chunzhi was hopping on one foot, making it inconvenient for her to go forward and hand the box over.
Two servants from the Gu Mansion came forward and stood between her and Gu Yuanjia.
Gu Yuanjia said: "I give you this gold and it's yours."
Chunzhi said, "I'm not selling the jade beads, and I don't want this gold."
Gu Yuanjia said, "If you don't want it, just throw it away."
Chunzhi was speechless for a moment: "..."
Mr. Gu is worthy of being from a prominent family. He can throw away a hundred taels of gold without any hesitation.
Gu Yuanjia knew Chunzhi would not betray Yuzhu, so he did not ask any more questions and only said to her: "No matter where Yuzhu goes, I will find her."
Chunzhi said, "You are a noble young man, what kind of maid do you want? Pretty, kind, careful, whatever you want, you can have."
She said to Gu Yuanjia, "Don't look for Yuzhu anymore. You and her were once master and servant. It was fate that you stayed together for several years. But when the fate between people is over, you shouldn't force it..."
Gu Yuanjia said, "Yuzhu is different to me than to others."
Chunzhi asked him, "What's the difference?"
Gu Yuanjia said, "This difference can only be understood but not expressed in words."
Chunzhi obviously didn't understand.
Gu Yuanjia said no more to her, bowed and said, "I'm sorry to bother you today, sister-in-law. Goodbye."
As soon as he finished speaking, Master Gu turned around and left with his two servants.
Chunzhi watched them walk away before closing the gate and returning to the house with the box in her arms.
Gu Yuanjia didn't want these gold and jade beads, and he refused to take them back.
She was a little distressed.
Besides being distressed, I also felt like I didn't want to give up.
"You can't mess with anyone, but you can never mess with gold."
Chunzhi muttered to herself, hid the box in the cage under the bed, covered it with clothes, locked it, and pushed it back under the bed.
Just as she hid the gold, the gate of the courtyard was pushed open.
Chunzhi hopped to the window on one foot and saw Huo Zheng holding a few oil-paper bags in his left hand and leading a donkey with his right hand.
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Chunzhi raised his voice and asked, "Huo Qi, where did you get a donkey?"
“I bought it.”
Huo Zheng responded while tying the donkey in the yard.
"Why did you buy a donkey for no reason?"
Chunzhi jumped out of the house on one foot and stood by the door.
Huo Zheng placed the oil-paper packages on the table, walked to the door, helped Chunzhi sit down at the Eight Immortals table, and casually said, "I'll help you with the work."
If Chunzhi had been more obedient and rested well after injuring her foot instead of thinking about making and selling tofu, he wouldn't have asked Jianghe to get such a donkey.
But she is not only stubborn, but also money-minded.
Chunzhi said, "My foot was just stepped on, not my leg. It will be healed in a few days. This donkey is quite expensive. How much did you spend on it? Take it back and return it."
Huo Zheng said, "The money and goods have been paid, and there is no refund."
Chunzhi was puzzled and asked, "You just gave me five hundred taels. Where did you get the money to buy the donkey?"
When Huo Zheng asked someone to get a donkey, he didn't think about where the money to buy the donkey would come from, so he could only make it up on the spot.
He told Chunzhi, "My best friend wants me to work for the Prince of Chang'an, and as a token of his sincerity, he has given me three months' salary."
Chunzhi was surprised and said, "They let you work for the Prince of Chang'an and even give you your monthly salary in advance. Is there such a good thing in the world?"
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