Lu Zheng drove the horse-drawn carriage, which was much faster than the oxcart. In less than half an hour, they arrived at Taoyuan County.
He drove the cart, taking Gu Hui and the others to an alleyway, which was the very house where Grandma Xiao had lived before.
He knocked on the door, and there were people guarding the house inside.
"Sister Huihui, you wait here with Xinxin and Sisi for me. I'll bring them over in a bit!" Lu Zheng said.
"Brother Yuanyuan, be careful!" Gu Xin warned.
"Okay!" Lu Zheng nodded with satisfaction.
Then he changed into a servant's clothes, went out, and drove to the county government office.
The carriage stopped in an alley next to the county government office, and he jumped into the backyard of the county government office alone.
They found their way to Cheng Rui's house, but Cheng Rui wasn't in the yard.
Lu Zheng searched around and finally found Cheng Rui and a girl near a rockery.
Lu Zheng quietly approached, leaned against a secluded corner, and waited for the right moment to strike.
"Cousin, isn't this a bit inappropriate?" Yao Yunhua said, frowning.
"Just do as I say. Put this in her water. Cousin, do you want me to coax her? I don't love her; I only value her earning power. If she loses her chastity, she'll be at your mercy after she marries into the family," Cheng Rui advised.
"Gu Nian doesn't seem like someone who's easy to manipulate!" Yao Yunhua was still somewhat unwilling.
As a girl herself, she knew what this meant, and ultimately, she still felt a little reluctant.
“Once she loses her virginity, she’ll be easy to manipulate. Wasn’t Aunt Yue, my uncle’s wife, also a virtuous woman? After losing her virginity, she still submitted to my uncle and was subject to my aunt’s discipline,” Cheng Rui said with a contemptuous smile.
Yao Yunhua eventually agreed.
If she didn't marry Cheng Rui, her parents might have given her away as a second wife. Now she and Cheng Rui are in the same boat, and she's also interested in learning Gu Nian's craft of making toiletries.
When the two agreed to leave, Lu Zheng knocked them both unconscious with a stone, then picked up Cheng Rui and ran away.
Yao Yunhua's maid belatedly realized what was happening and shouted "Someone come here!" By then, Lu Zheng had already carried the person over the courtyard wall, run into the carriage, and quickly drove back to Grandma Xiao's courtyard.
"Ropes, sacks!" After Lu Zheng carried the person into the house, he asked the Gu sisters to bring the things.
Gu Xin and Gu Si quickly tied up the unconscious Cheng Rui, and Gu Hui put a burlap sack over him.
Lu Zheng carried the sack and threw the man into the woodshed.
"Hit her as hard as you can, but don't make a sound, and don't let her tell who you are! I have something to say to Sister Huihui." Lu Zheng instructed the two younger ones and called Gu Hui out.
The two walked to a place where the two children couldn't hear them, and Lu Zheng told Gu Hui about Cheng Rui's plan.
"Bastard!" Gu Hui cursed.
After scolding him, Gu Hui turned and went to the woodshed, where her friends were kicking and punching Cheng Rui like a sandbag.
"Make way!" Gu Hui stepped forward.
The two sisters took a step back.
Gu Hui aimed at the spot and jumped up.
"Awoo~"
Cheng Rui, who had already woken up, felt like he was going to die after being kicked like that.
Then Gu Hui stomped on it a few more times, muttering, "You've ruined this harmful thing that's ruined my Gu family sisters!"
Lu Zheng felt a chill down there!
My older cousin is such a fierce woman!
He inexplicably felt that this older cousin resembled someone he knew in terms of style.
Gu Xin and Gu Si were both stunned. That place, that place they knew, was where Xiao Renren peed; they had seen it before.
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