Chapter 679: A Meat-Chopping Board
It was still dark, and the vermilion-painted door of the escort agency was tightly closed. The two stone lions at the door looked majestic in the morning light.
The three children squatted on the stone steps at the door, huddled together, until the sky turned pale and more people came to the street. Only then did the door of the escort agency creak open from the inside.
A sleepy-eyed escort came out yawning, and seeing the three little guys squatting at the door, he waved his hand impatiently.
"Go away, go away, where did you come from, wild child? This is not the place for you to beg for food!"
Gu Qingchen immediately became furious. She jumped up, put her hands on her hips, and glared with wide eyes: "Who are you calling a wild child? Open your dog eyes and see clearly!"
She threw a bundle on the ground and untied it. The golden jewelry and white silver ingots almost blinded the escort's eyes in the morning light.
"You!" The escort was shocked by the scene.
Gu Qingchen raised his chin and said angrily, "My father is the Duke of Zhenguo, Gu Junze! If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will let my father tear down your shabby escort agency!"
The escort's face turned pale in an instant, and he was at a loss when a burly, middle-aged man with a calm face walked out.
"What's going on?" He glanced at the belongings on the ground, then glanced at the angry Gu Qingchen, and finally his gaze fell on the silent Lin Jiayou.
"Head escort," the escort hurried forward and stammered, "This young lady said she was from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion."
The chief escort bowed to Gu Qingchen and became much more polite.
"So it's the eldest daughter of the Zhenguo Mansion. My apologies. I wonder if the eldest daughter has any goods to escort when she comes to our Weiyuan Escort Agency so early this morning?"
Gu Qingchen pointed at Lin Jiayou behind him and said bluntly, "Instead of delivering goods, deliver people! Send him to Jinguan City!"
The chief escort was stunned. The escort company traveled all over the country and always escorted valuable goods. This was the first time they had to spend a lot of money to escort a half-grown child.
He looked embarrassed: "Miss, this is probably against the rules..."
"What's against the rules?" Gu Qingchen took out another ingot of fifty taels of silver from his bag and slapped it into the hands of the chief escort. "I'll pay double the price!"
Looking at the silver in his hand, the chief escort became silent.
It just so happened that they had a batch of goods to deliver, and the destination was only five miles away from Jinguan City.
Since the money is so generous, it is not impossible for me to take a few more steps to send the child to his destination after delivering the goods.
Thinking of this, he nodded: "Since the young lady insists so much, our Weiyuan Escort Agency will take over this escort!"
That's how it was settled.
The escort team was about to set off. The three children stood at the door of the escort agency, but when it was time to say goodbye, they all fell silent.
"You...you're out here alone, take care of yourself." Gu Qingchen rarely stopped yelling. His voice was soft, and his eyes were red. "Remember to write to me."
"Yes, report your safety when you arrive," Qian Zhenyun also reminded, "Don't get into conflicts with others, and be more tolerant in everything."
Lin Jiayou looked at them and nodded heavily.
He walked up to Gu Qingchen and whispered, "I'll leave the things my mother left behind in your care."
"Don't worry!" Gu Qingchen nodded vigorously.
Lin Jiayou turned around and followed the tall chief escort into the yard of the escort agency.
The small figure looked particularly thin among a group of burly bodyguards.
When he was about to disappear behind the gate, he turned around, took a deep look at Gu Qingchen and Qian Zhenyun standing in the morning light, then turned back resolutely and never looked back.
More and more people appeared on the long street and the noise became louder.
Gu Qingchen and Qian Zhenyun stood there, feeling empty in their hearts.
"Sister, let's go." Qian Zhenyun sniffed and pulled Gu Qingchen's sleeve.
Gu Qingchen came back to his senses, looked down at the heavy bag at his feet, then looked at the banknotes and land deeds in his arms, and his face became serious.
"No, we can't just go back like this, we have to hide this first!"
"Where can I hide it?" Qian Zhenyun looked at the bulging bundle worriedly. "It's such a big bag. It will definitely be discovered if I bring it back to the mansion."
Gu Qingchen rolled his dark eyes and pulled Qian Zhenyun into the alley next to him.
"I know a good place!"
The two men dragged their heavy bags, took many turns, and finally arrived at a small forest near the Duke's Mansion.
Deep in the forest there is a huge old willow tree. There is a hole in the trunk that has been hollowed out long ago. It is covered with vines and cannot be seen unless you look carefully.
"Right here!" Gu Qingchen patted the tree trunk proudly.
The two of them worked together and grunted as they stuffed the bag full of gold, silver and jewelry into the tree hole, and then carefully camouflaged the vines again.
After doing all this, it was already dawn.
The two dusty children then sneaked back to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion in a stealthy manner.
They wanted to climb over the back wall, sneak back to their own yard without being noticed, and pretend nothing had happened.
But as soon as they landed, before they had time to shake off the dust on their bodies, they saw two figures standing in the yard, looking at them coldly.
Chu Ruohan and Song Ruyan.
The two men's faces were so gloomy that water could drip out of them, and behind them stood a row of maids and servants with serious expressions.
"Mom..." Gu Qingchen's heart skipped a beat and he subconsciously shrank behind Qian Zhenyun.
Qian Zhenyun was so frightened that his legs went limp and his face turned pale.
"You still remember to call me mother?" Song Ruyan's voice was as cold as ice. "Where did you two go last night? You didn't come back all night. You're really getting bolder and bolder!"
Early this morning, the maid went to wake the two of them up, only to find that the quilt was empty. When she touched it, it was cold, and it was obvious that they had slipped away long ago.
The entire Duke's Mansion was searching like crazy, but these two little ancestors came back from outside on their own.
Chu Ruohan sat on a stone bench beside her, not saying a word, but just looking at her daughter who was shrinking her neck.
She was pregnant and shouldn't have been angry, but this damn girl was really going to make a fuss.
"Kneel down!" Song Ruyan shouted sternly.
Gu Qingchen and Qian Zhenyun fell to their knees obediently on the ground with a thud.
"Tell me! Where did you go?" Song Ruyan picked up the feather duster held by the maid next to her.
"We..." Gu Qingchen's eyes rolled around, and he was about to make up an excuse.
"How dare you lie!" Song Ruyan was furious. She picked up the feather duster and hit Qian Zhenyun on the butt.
"Ouch!" Qian Zhenyun jumped up in pain.
When Gu Qingchen saw this, he was so scared that he got up and ran away.
"You dare to run!" Song Ruyan put one hand on her waist, waving a feather duster in the other, and chased the two children in the yard to beat them.
For a moment, the yard was in chaos, and the two children ran around the yard, crying for their parents.
"Mom, I was wrong!"
"Aunt Song, please spare me!"
Gu Junze saw this farce, and quickly walked to Chu Ruohan, gently comforting her: "Okay, okay, don't be angry, take care of yourself."
Chu Ruohan glared at her jumping daughter and said to Gu Junze, "Look at her, she's getting more and more daring! Song Ruyan should teach her a lesson, or else there will be more trouble in the future!"
Gu Junze sighed, and also felt that his daughter really deserved a beating this time...
The beating was finally over. Gu Qingchen and Qian Zhenyun rubbed their burning buttocks and limped back to their rooms to reflect on their mistakes.
Until late at night.
The window of Gu Qingchen's room was gently pushed open, and a little head poked in. It was Qian Zhenyun.
"Shh." Gu Qingchen made a gesture to silence him.
The two looked at each other, slipped out of the yard again, and found themselves under the old willow tree as if they were familiar with the place.
They worked together to drag the heavy bag out of the tree hole and quietly moved it back to Gu Qingchen's room.
"Where to hide it?" Qian Zhenyun looked at the big bag and started to worry again.
Gu Qingchen pointed to the large camphorwood box at the end of his bed that was used to store seasonal clothes.
The two of them took out all the clothes from the box, carefully placed the bundle at the bottom, and then laid the clothes out layer by layer to restore them to their original state.
After doing all this, the two of them collapsed on the ground exhausted.
Qian Zhenyun rubbed his still aching buttocks and complained quietly, "I felt so wronged getting spanked today."
"It's not unfair." Gu Qingchen shook his head. "This is what we promised Lin Jiayou. A man's word is his bond!"
She patted the big box and said solemnly, "Don't worry, I will hide it well. No one can find it!"
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