Early the next morning, the servants in the mansion were busy loading the luggage onto the carriage. When the sun was high in the sky, Madam Liu took the three girls to the screen wall. Tao Ge'er was going on a long journey for the first time and seemed extremely excited. He insisted on riding in a carriage with Yu Jiao. Madam Liu naturally did not allow it and took Tao Ge'er to the carriage at the back, letting Liu Yaozhen and her three sisters ride in one carriage.
Liu Zhen was talking to Liu Zhen at the screen wall. Yu Jiao did not see Wei Lichu until she set off. She couldn't help but feel a little strange. Thinking of the Five-Stone Powder, Yu Jiao felt that if this cousin stayed in the capital any longer, who knows what trouble he might cause in the future.
After leaving the city gate, Liu Yu ordered them to stop for a while by the official road. Soon, a complex sound of horse hooves approached. Liu Yaoyu heard the noise, lifted the curtain and looked outside, and asked in surprise, "Young Marquis Gu! Is he here to see me off?"
Yu Jiao looked outside and saw Gu Yun riding a maroon Dayuan horse, followed by more than a dozen men, all of whom were tall and strong.
Gu Yun dismounted and walked up to Liu Zhen. It was unknown what he said to Liu Zhen. Liu Zhen frowned and looked unhappy. After saying a few more words, Liu Zhen walked towards Madam Liu's carriage.
Gu Yun raised his eyes and looked at Yu Jiao, then walked closer and said, "Wei Lichu has something to do in the capital, so he asked me to bring these guards to take you to Pingliang Prefecture."
Yu Jiao understood a little bit. No wonder they had no guards but only a few personal servants.
Probably it was Wei Lichu who originally brought these followers here, but now it was Gu Yun who came instead.
"Young Marquis Gu is going to Pingliang Prefecture with us?" Liu Yaoyu asked what Yu Jiao wanted to say. Although Emperor Mingzheng would not let Marquis Annan and his son return to Lingnan, there was war in Lingnan and there was no telling what might happen. If Gu Yun wanted to send them to Lingnan, it would take at least two or three months.
Gu Yun nodded, as if he had no other thoughts, and suppressed the emotions in his starry eyes, and said, "On the way to Pingliang Prefecture, we will pass through Weizhou, where bandits often cause chaos. Brother Wei has entrusted me to escort you to Pingliang Prefecture, and then accompany you back to Beijing."
Liu Yaoyu winked at Yu Jiao, smiled teasingly, and said jokingly, "With Young Marquis Gu accompanying us, we feel at ease on the way, right, Third Sister?"
Liu Yaozhen looked at Liu Yaoyu disapprovingly and smiled, "My little sister is rude. I hope Young Marquis Gu will not take offense. How dare I trouble Young Marquis Gu to see me off."
Gu Yun said: "It's okay. Since I have been entrusted by Brother Wei, I should be loyal to him."
Liu Zhen, who had gone to discuss the matter with Madam Liu, came over and said, "In that case, I'll have to trouble Young Marquis Gu."
Gu Yun said it was okay, and got on his horse with a neat and elegant posture. More than a dozen guards behind him also got on their horses and spread out on both sides of the carriage. The group set off again.
"Cousin Wei is really too unreasonable. No wonder my uncle said he is the most unreasonable person!" Liu Yaoyu lowered the curtain of the carriage and gently scolded him without any complaints. She then said with a smile, "Young Marquis Gu actually serves as a bodyguard for our family. If this gets out, I'm afraid no one in the capital will dare to believe it!"
Liu Yaozhen nodded in agreement, "The young marquis seems to have matured a lot." Although she had not had much contact with Gu Yun in the past, she had seen Gu Yun act without taboos and in an unrestrained and uninhibited manner, but the young marquis Gu she met today was very self-disciplined and polite.
Liu Yaoyu smiled and looked at Yu Jiao, "I'm afraid it's all for the sake of Third Sister, otherwise why would Young Marquis Gu condescend to be a noble and honorable servant for our family?"
Yu Jiao said seriously, "The young marquis said that he was asked by cousin Li Chu." She had never taken advantage of other people's liking for her or enjoyed other people's good thoughts about her. She had already made it clear to Gu Yun, and she didn't want others to make fun of them and cause embarrassment again.
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