Chapter 702 An anonymous letter arrives, and the storm re-emerges
Gu Xuan looked at her coldly.
"Any position in the military is related to the transmission of military orders and carries a heavy responsibility."
"The soldiers under my command are either those who have fought on the battlefield, or those with clean family backgrounds who have been carefully screened. No one with an unknown origin is allowed to enter."
"What do you mean by unknown origin? They are Lin Jiayou's friends!" Gu Qingchen also became angry. "You just look down on him and deliberately target him!"
"I'm targeting him?" Gu Xuan laughed in anger. "Gu Qingchen, did you get kicked in the head by a donkey? Can't you really see who he is?"
"You expect me to trust a man who relies on women's connections to try to plant his own people in the military?"
This was the first time Gu Xuan spoke to her in such a harsh tone.
Gu Qingchen's eyes suddenly turned red, not because of grievance, but because of anger.
"What gives you the right to say that about him? You don't even know him! The whole family looks at him through tinted glasses. You're just jealous of his talent!"
"Talent?" Gu Xuan stepped forward and stared at her. "If he really had the ability, he should have entered the government through the imperial examination and stood upright in the court!"
"Instead of hiding behind you like a baby and taking such crooked and evil paths!"
"You've been bewitched by that man!"
"Okay... okay... I guess I was wrong about you!"
She cried and yelled this, then turned and ran out of the tent, jumped on her horse, and rushed out without looking back.
The brother and sister parted on bad terms.
Gu Qingchen ran back to the Duke's Mansion crying and locked himself in the room.
Everyone misunderstood Lin Jiayou, and he was his only support.
This feeling of isolation made her obsessive desire to protect burn even more vigorously.
Lin Jiayou soon got the news and rushed over to comfort her.
He didn't knock, he just stood outside the door.
"Qingchen, it's my fault. I shouldn't have put you in such a difficult position. I was not thoughtful enough about this matter. Please don't get so angry that you get sick."
Hearing his voice, Gu Qingchen felt even more aggrieved. She suddenly opened the door, threw herself into his arms and burst into tears.
Lin Jiayou patted her back gently, with just the right amount of heartache and self-blame on his face.
"Don't cry, it's all my fault. I'll go apologize to Brother Gu right now and ask him not to blame you."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and left to go to Dongying to find Gu Xuan.
Gu Xuan's face immediately darkened.
"What are you doing here?"
Lin Jiayou bowed deeply to him.
"Brother Gu, I'm here to apologize. Today's incident was caused by my abruptness, which caused Qingchen to have a rift with you."
He didn't apologize, he just pleaded guilty.
Gu Xuan snorted coldly, walked around him and was about to go into the house.
Lin Jiayou spoke slowly, his voice was not loud, but every word was clear.
"I know that Brother Gu has always suspected that I have ulterior motives."
He raised his head and met Gu Xuan's scrutinizing gaze calmly, and even took out the dagger that Gu Xuan had used to warn him from his sleeve.
"I always carry this sword with me to remind myself that I am extremely lucky to have Qingchen's favor. I dare not have any more delusional thoughts."
"Everything I did was just to make myself stronger, strong enough to protect her, instead of having her stand in front of me forever."
"I did have some selfish motives in recommending my friend to join the army today. I thought that if my people were in the army, they would be able to protect Qingchen immediately if there were any disturbances in the future."
These words confuse right and wrong, turning his ambition into deep affection for Gu Qingchen.
Gu Xuan was so angry that his chest felt stuffy, but he couldn't refute a word.
Because he couldn't find any substantial evidence against Lin Jiayou.
Every word he said was in the name of "protecting Qingchen", and it was high-sounding and impeccable.
Lin Jiayou successfully drove a deeper wedge between the brother and sister.
Not long after he left, a little maid from Gu Qingchen's courtyard came running over in a panic.
This maid was bribed by Lin Jiayou a few days ago with a large sum of money and the safety of his family.
"Miss! Something bad has happened!"
"What's wrong?" Gu Qingchen asked while wiping his red and swollen eyes.
"I heard that Master Lin went to see the eldest master, and the eldest master got really angry and even took out a knife to threaten him!"
"Young Master Lin kept apologizing, but the eldest master still wouldn't give in, saying... that he was a toad wanting to eat swan meat, and he should never even think of entering our Duke's Mansion!"
The maid's words were like a bucket of boiling oil, pouring into the already raging anger in Gu Qingchen's heart.
It turned out that he went to apologize, but suffered such a great humiliation!
Her misunderstanding and disappointment with her brother reached its peak at this moment.
She clenched her fists.
Okay, since her brother won’t help, then she’ll go find Dad!
She just didn't believe that in this huge Duke Zhenguo Mansion, there was no place for her, Gu Qingchen, to speak!
She wants to pave the way for Lin Jiayou in her own way, so that all those who look down on him will open their eyes and see clearly!
The next day, Gu Qingchen woke up early in the morning with a tightness in his chest.
The indifference of his brother, the grievances suffered by Lin Jiayou...
She made up her mind that she would go to her father today and ask him to give Lin Jiayou justice.
She stood up and walked to the dressing table, but she was stunned.
On the table, a letter lay quietly.
The envelope was of a very ordinary style, clean and without any signature.
She remembered clearly that the maid had cleaned up last night and there was nothing here.
She picked up the envelope and opened it.
The letter simply stated a few things.
The letter said that when Lin Jiayou was in Jinguan City, he was not lonely and dependent on others as he claimed. He had close relationships with the daughter of a local wealthy businessman and a widowed official, and gained a lot of money and connections from them.
Gu Qingchen's first reaction was absurdity.
Who was behind this? Was it the Third Prince's men, or was Wang Ruoyu unwilling to give in and pulling some sinister trick?
In order to deal with her, these people actually fabricated such stories and threw dirty water on Lin Jiayou!
She clutched the letter tightly and angrily headed out, ready to throw the letter in front of Lin Jiayou...
Just as she reached the gate of the yard, her footsteps suddenly stopped.
At the end of the letter, a name and address were attached.
Jinguan City, Jinxiu Pavilion, Liu Sanniang.
Liu Sanniang...
She remembered.
A few months ago, Lin Jiayou did mention this name in the letter he sent from Jinguan City.
At that time, he said that Liu Sanniang was the mother of a deceased good friend of his. She was kind and generous and often helped him when he was in the most desperate times.
A kind-hearted mother of an old friend?
But the anonymous letter was actually about the widow of an official with whom he had an ambiguous relationship.
Two completely different identities pointing to the same person.
As the cold wind blew, Gu Qingchen's anger subsided by a large margin, and was replaced by an inexplicable sense of panic.
She stood there holding the letter, feeling caught in a dilemma.
Go find Lin Jiayou and ask him clearly?
No.
An idea popped up in my mind for some unknown reason.
What if...what if what's in the letter is true?
The thought gave her a shudder.
How could she suspect Lin Jiayou?
She clutched the letter tightly, turned around and walked quickly back to the room, folded the letter, and hid it in the bottom compartment of a jewelry box.
She decided not to tell anyone about this.
An hour later, she found Qin Fang who was checking the accounts.
"Uncle Qin."
Qin Fang is an old man in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. He is in charge of all the industries and caravans in the mansion and is the person Chu Ruohan trusts the most.
He raised his head and saw that it was Gu Qingchen. He smiled and said, "Miss, how come you have time to come to my place today?"
"Uncle Qin, is our caravan heading to Jinguan City soon?"
Qin Fang was a little surprised, but still replied: "A team will leave at the beginning of next month. What's the matter?"
Gu Qingchen took out a letter he had just written from his sleeve and handed it over.
"Uncle Qin, please ask the manager of the caravan to do me a favor when they pass by Jinguan City."
"Hand this letter in person to the proprietress of Jinxiu Pavilion in the city, Liu Sanniang."
She paused, looked into Qin Fang's eyes, and added word by word.
"Ask her one more question for me."
"Just ask if she knows a scholar named Lin Jiayou. And how did she know him?"
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