Chapter 350: Getting along makes people feel uncomfortable
Gu Yanzong and Gu Yanjing seemed to be hesitant to speak, and their expressions were full of worry when they looked at the two people.
Ran Qingxuan was the first to discover it, and from the beginning she noticed that her eldest brother and third brother were deliberately hiding from Duan Yi so that his people wouldn't see them.
Gu Yanchen nodded slightly to his elder brother, signaling him to rest assured.
Ran Qingxuan explained to Old Madam Gu.
"Mom, in addition to the rice and flour we bought for the officials, there are also a lot of fresh vegetables and fruits in the donkey cart. Give some to the officials and share the rest among us. Don't save any."
"Don't worry about your family, but you better be more cautious!"
Madam Gu's reminder made Ran Qingxuan even more confused. He resisted the urge to ask. After giving a few more instructions, he got into Qi Minghe's carriage and left.
The people 'arranged' by Duan Yi were An Er and An Si. The two had pretended to be the two and hidden in the team before, so they were familiar with the route this time.
What’s more important is that it is already December now, and it is freezing outside and people are wrapped up tightly. Unless you get close, you won’t notice that someone has changed.
Bu Wei just watched Gu Yanchen and Ran Qingxuan leave. Qian Zheng seemed a little worried and whispered to Bu Wei.
"Boss, are we just going to let the Gu couple leave like this?"
Bu Wei sighed and looked back at the man and woman in the Gu family's team, as well as the two men who were standing outside the carriage behind them.
One of them had a gloomy face, as if anyone who dared to talk to him would die. He felt a chill down his spine at just one glance.
Anyone who can follow the young marquis cannot be an ordinary person.
"What else can we do? I'll go and tell those brothers to keep their mouths shut when they return. Let's just pretend that what happened today never happened."
Qian Zheng and the remaining officers also valued their lives, and they understood the situation without being reminded.
When no one was visible, Gu Yanzong and Gu Yanjing, who were wrapped tightly, appeared. Old Madam Gu's face flashed with bitterness, and her eyes seemed to be enduring something...
Gu Yanzong and Gu Yanjing did the same, looking in the direction the carriage was leaving, not knowing what they were thinking.
The two people that Duan Yiluo had been following the team from a distance. As long as there was no danger, they would not get close. This was what Gu Yanzong wanted to see.
On the other side, after entering the official road, the speed of the Qi family convoy obviously increased. Ran Qingxuan silently drank the tea in his hand, and from time to time glanced at Gu Yanchen who was sitting opposite him.
Not for anything else, just because of the doubts that had gradually accumulated in her heart since she met Duan Yi.
At first glance, there seems to be nothing wrong with Duan Yi's words and actions, but Gu Yanchen's actions are not the kind of reaction that should be had when meeting good friends again after not seeing each other for many years!
When they suddenly met, they did greet each other boldly, and Ran Qingxuan could see that the reaction at that moment was the most real. After that, there seemed to be an inexplicable sense of alienation between the two when they were together, or there was some kind of estrangement...
Ran Qingxuan looked at it and felt uncomfortable all over.
The carriage belonged to Qi Minghe, and Ran Qingxuan didn't want to chase him away. Besides, it was freezing cold outside, so riding a horse wasn't an option.
So it was not until the Qi family team stopped to rest and prepare lunch that Ran Qingxuan found the opportunity to ask about the confusion in his mind.
"Come with me to the river!"
Qi Minghe went to find Duan Yi. After Ran Qingxuan was helped down from the carriage by Gu Yanchen, he spoke in a low voice.
Gu Yanchen knew that some things could not escape Ran Qingxuan's eyes. He tightened his palms, and a trace of imperceptible melancholy flashed across his eyes.
In the open space beside the official road, Qi Minghe ordered people to set up a large tent facing the wind. After Duan Yi was helped out, he did not see Gu Yanchen. He turned his head slightly and saw the couple walking slowly along the river.
In order to avoid being noticed that they were deliberately staying away from the crowd, Ran Qingxuan pounded his lower back with his hands as he walked.
"My waist will indeed hurt if I sit in a carriage for a long time..." Duan Yi murmured inexplicably.
"You're tired from the journey, how about asking someone to give you a massage?" When Qi Minghe heard this, he thought he also had a backache, so he asked.
"No, turn up the heat, it's cold..."
Ah Si, who was following nearby, threw a lot of firewood into the fire and did not stop until the heat from the campfire filled the entire tent.
Fifty meters away, Ran Qingxuan didn't speak, and Gu Yanchen also remained silent.
In the end, it was Ran Qingxuan who spoke first.
"If I don't ask, when are you going to tell me?"
Being so smart, how could Gu Yanchen not understand what she meant.
"This matter is a bit complicated. I just don't know how to tell you at the moment..."
"But if you don't ask, how do you know if I can accept it?"
Ran Qingxuan paused and continued, "I can see that my eldest brother and third brother are intentionally avoiding Duan Yi. The news of their sudden resurrection from the dead has not spread yet, so it is understandable that they are avoiding him.
But aren't you and him good friends? Why is it different from what I see? ”
Gu Yanchen frowned, lowered his eyes to look at the stones under his feet and did not respond immediately.
"Did you have any previous conflicts?"
"It's not him..." After hesitating for a while, Gu Yanchen planned to tell her the whole reason, but he knew that after he finished telling her, Ran Qingxuan would give up the idea of following Duan Yi's path!
When he heard the words "It's not him", Ran Qingxuan stood there in a daze.
But if it wasn't him, then there was only one person.
"Is it his father, the Marquis of Zhenbei?"
Gu Yanchen nodded, his face was calm, but there was a hint of unspeakable sadness between his brows...
Ran Qingxuan thought about it for a moment, and vaguely felt that he shouldn't have pressed the issue in such a way.
"It's okay if you don't want to talk, I'm just anxious."
Gu Yanchen turned over and gently put his arm around her shoulders, speaking seriously with serious eyes.
"I didn't expect to meet Duan Yi here. As you can see, we did feel a little uncomfortable after meeting each other, but the root cause was not him."
"You may not know what's going on in the court, but if you ask who Emperor Mingde hates the most, besides my Gu family, it would be Zhenbei Hou Duan Yinghe."
Ran Qingxuan thought carefully and found no information about this person in the original owner's memory.
"Why don't I remember the Marquis of Zhenbei? He's already a marquis, so logically he should have been in the capital!"
Unexpectedly, Gu Yanchen raised his hand and touched the top of her head, looking with deep eyes at the river surface in the distance which was covered with a thin layer of ice.
"It's normal that you don't know, because since the dog emperor ascended the throne, this person has been stationed in the North Gate Camp and is not allowed to return to the capital without being summoned."
Seeing the confusion on Ran Qingxuan's face, Gu Yanchen pursed his lips and spoke slowly.
"In the previous dynasty, Northern Qi was not yet Northern Qi. The ruler at that time obtained the throne through such despicable means as treason. When the emperor did not attach himself to the temple, the people firmly disagreed, which aroused a lot of public indignation.
The late emperor was originally just a prince with a small fiefdom. He didn't want to get involved in the dispute and didn't care who succeeded to the throne. However, after the traitor came to power, he tried to eliminate the royal bloodline.
The late emperor had forced the people into a desperate situation, so he led Duan Yinghe and my father Gu Feng all the way back to the capital. There was another person who helped the late emperor accomplish this feat, and that person was your grandfather! ”
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