Chapter 505 The Truth Revealed (Second Update)
After Prefect Cheng finished speaking, he noticed that General Gu looked a little confused.
Prefect Cheng: ...I understand. He's so happy he's gone mad. Of course, he's come all this way to fight, isn't it all to save his grandfather?
Look at that reaction! What a filial grandson!
But you don't need to be so confused, do you?
It looks a bit like she suddenly remembered that she had a grandfather.
Magistrate Cheng shook his head like a rattle-drum, "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
General Gu is a filial son and virtuous grandson. He is not that kind of person who would forget his grandfather once he has a younger sister!
Prefect Cheng smiled, cupped his hands in a salute, and said, "Well then, I'll take my leave now. I still have some matters to attend to at the yamen. I'll come to pay my respects to you again tomorrow."
Gu Changqing coughed lightly and said, "Okay, go ahead."
After Prefect Cheng left, Gu Changqing wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
He turned and went into the tent, his gaze falling on Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao was admiring her red-tasseled spear. After a battle, the little braid on the spearhead was dirty, and the little red flowers pasted and painted on the spear body were scratched. However, Gu Changqing had cleaned and repaired them, making it exactly the same as before.
"Do you like it?" Gu Changqing's gaze softened unconsciously.
"I like it." Gu Jiao didn't actually have much of a fondness for the little red flowers and braids, but since Xiao Jingkong had put them on by his own hands, Gu Jiao cherished them.
If Xiao Jingkong finds out they're broken when we get back, he'll be sad.
When Gu Changqing heard her say that she liked it, his mood suddenly improved. He said, "Grandfather has woken up. I need to go to the Prefect's Mansion in a little while."
He knew that Gu Jiao had not accepted this grandfather in her heart, so he did not suggest that Gu Jiao go with him.
Unexpectedly, Gu Jiao took the initiative to say, "I'll go with you."
My sworn brother has woken up; I must go visit him!
Furthermore, she also had to stay by Gu Changqing's side to guard against that former dynasty assassin who might try to kill him.
Gu Jiao wanted to go, and Gu Changqing had no reason to stop her.
To make it easier to travel, Gu Jiao always dressed as a boy in the border region, and today was no exception. However, before setting off, Gu Changqing noticed that she was wearing a mask.
Gu Changqing: "..."
The two went to the prefect's residence.
The old Marquis still lives in the room where Gu Jiao first lived. This courtyard used to be quite empty, but recently the wounded soldiers' camp has become too small, and other patients have moved in one after another.
The old lord had been awake at some point during this period, but he was fully awake this morning.
He was no longer in a daze; he remembered what had happened in Ye City and Lingguan City—the people he had met, the threats he had received, the abuse he had suffered…
However, he had little recollection of how he was rescued afterward.
The servants in the prefect's office couldn't explain it either, but they sent someone to inform Prefect Cheng.
Prefect Cheng wanted to personally come and make an impression on him, but he didn't dare to neglect his duties under the very nose of the Gu family army.
The old marquis only learned that the Gu family army had arrived at the border when he heard from his servants that wounded soldiers had been moved into the prefect's mansion.
His grandson must be coming to see him soon.
As a result, the old Marquis waited all day, but his eldest grandson never came to see him!
Under the corridor, Gu Changqing and Gu Jiao stopped in their tracks.
Gu Changqing looked at Gu Jiao and asked, "Do you want to go see your grandfather?"
Gu Jiao reached out her small hand and straightened his clothes, looking at him with a particularly kind gaze: "You go first."
Gu Changqing: Suddenly I feel like something's wrong with my generation...
Gu Jiao blinked. "I've let you be my older brother for a day, that's enough."
Next, I will be your grandfather's sworn brother.
You already know that, right?
Gu Jiao patted his shoulder: "Go!"
Gu Changqing: "..."
Gu Changqing entered his grandfather's room under Gu Jiao's kind and gratified gaze.
There were no wounded soldiers staying in the next room for the time being, so Gu Jiao decided to go in and sit for a while. Just as she opened the door, she caught a glimpse of two Gu family soldiers carrying a wounded soldier toward her.
Then, the group stopped in front of Gu Jiao.
"Dr. Gu." Two members of the Gu family army carrying the stretcher greeted Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao looked closely at the stretcher and was surprised to see Gu Chengfeng.
How did you get here?
How did you get here?
The two spoke in unison.
Gu Chengfeng said proudly, "I've come to see my grandfather! I heard he's woken up, and since the wounded soldiers' camp was short-staffed, I simply moved here to the prefect's residence. And you? Are you here to treat the wounded soldiers?"
He couldn't possibly be here to see his grandfather.
This girl isn't a member of the Gu family.
Gu Jiao raised an eyebrow and said, "I've come to see my brother!"
"Pshaw~ Your brother is at the prefect's mansion?" Gu Chengfeng was amused by Gu Jiao. This girl's ability to boast was getting better and better. He had actually believed her before that she had gone north with some fool to save her brother.
However, after spending so much time together, he hasn't even seen a hair on the head of any of those brothers or fools, let alone any of them!
In his opinion, this girl was lying!
“He is right here,” Gu Jiao said earnestly.
"Oh," Gu Chengfeng chuckled, "Then who is your brother? Point him out."
Gu Jiao thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid I'll scare you to death."
"Keep bragging, you think you can scare me to death? Unless your brother is my grandfather, even if he were Tang Yueshan, he wouldn't scare me to death!"
"You called me?"
Tang Yueshan's voice suddenly came from behind Gu Chengfeng's stretcher.
"Holy crap!" Gu Chengfeng jumped in shock and fell off the stretcher with a thud!
He looked at Tang Yueshan with a embarrassed expression: "Why are you here?"
Did I see a ghost in broad daylight?
Speak of the devil, and he shall be no man!
Tang Yueshan said irritably, "You can move here, but I can't come?"
It wasn't that he wanted to come; the wounded soldiers' camp was too crowded. The assignments to the prefect's mansion weren't based on rank, but on the severity of the injuries. Tang Yueshan and Gu Chengfeng happened to be among those whose injuries were serious but whose conditions were stable enough to be moved.
Gu Chengfeng snorted, "You came, but you had to be assigned to the same courtyard as me!"
Tang Yueshan said irritably, "What's wrong with a courtyard! It's not like we only have one room!"
“You’re in the same ward,” the accompanying doctor said expressionlessly, looking at the roster in his hand.
The two: "..."
Gu Chengfeng and Tang Yueshan were carried into the room next to the old Marquis.
On the battlefield, the two fought side by side and helped each other, but off the battlefield, they had no relationship. Gu Chengfeng disliked Tang Yueshan, and Tang Yueshan looked down on Gu Chengfeng.
Their eyes weren't eyes, and their noses weren't noses.
In comparison, Tang Yueshan found Gu Jiao much more pleasing to the eye.
Gu Jiao said to the accompanying doctor, "Leave this to me, you can go and do other things."
"Yes, Dr. Gu."
The accompanying doctor went to take care of other patients.
There was originally only one daybed in the room, but another bed was added after the new patient arrived. Tang Yueshan didn't complain about the bed, and Gu Chengfeng successfully took over the spacious daybed.
Tang Yueshan's small bamboo bed was right next to the wall, and the old Marquis was right next door.
Actually, the two rooms were originally one room, but they were separated later by pear wood wall panels.
As a result, the sound insulation effect is inevitably somewhat poor.
He heard the noise from next door.
Although Tang Yueshan was not exactly a virtuous and upright gentleman, he was not a thief either. He swore that he did not eavesdrop on purpose.
Tang Yueshan's expression changed as he listened.
Gu Chengfeng glared at Tang Yueshan from time to time. After glaring at Tang Yueshan for what seemed like the umpteenth time, he noticed that something was wrong with Tang Yueshan.
What is this guy doing?
His ear was so close to the wall... was he eavesdropping?
His grandfather lives next door. Tang Yueshan is shameless; he actually eavesdropped on his grandfather's conversation!
He wants to hear it too!
When Gu Jiao took two thermometers out of the small medicine box, she turned her head and saw two big men who didn't get along sitting together on the small bamboo bed, their ears pressed tightly against the wall.
Gu Jiao: Sigh, you guys are really...
They didn't even call me.
A little while later, all three ears grew onto the wall.
In the next room, the old lord had just woken up. He was conscious, but his martial arts skills were still lacking, so he didn't notice that someone was eavesdropping on him.
Although Gu Changqing noticed that someone was next door, he assumed it was Gu Jiao and didn't pay much attention.
The old marquis coughed for a while, and Gu Changqing handed him a cup of hot water.
The old marquis took it, glanced at Gu Changqing who hadn't made any eye contact with him, and sighed earnestly, "Are you still resentful of me?"
Gu Changqing lowered his eyes and said, "Grandfather, I don't understand what you're saying."
The old Marquis said earnestly, “You are my eldest grandson. I raised you with my own hands. Do you think I don’t understand what you’re thinking? There are some things I originally planned to keep to myself and take to my grave with me after I die… But not long ago, when I thought I was going to die for sure, I was thinking that I regretted not telling you everything.”
Gu Changqing remained silent.
She seemed completely unconcerned about what her grandfather had been hiding from her.
The old marquis placed his teacup on the stool beside him and said, "What I'm about to say might be hard for you to accept."
Gu Changqing gave a self-deprecating sneer and said meaningfully, "What else could I not accept?"
"You do." The old marquis looked at him, his expression gradually becoming serious. "Do you think I killed your mother?"
Gu Changqing clenched his fingers.
The old Marquis said, "Let me guess, it was Aunt Ling who told you, right? I never expected that she would see what happened back then. Did she tell you that your mother's condition had improved, but after I went to see her, her condition suddenly worsened, so I was the murderer, and you believed it?"
"Did I believe the wrong person? Didn't my grandfather give orders to the secret guards to kill my mother?" If Gu Changqing hadn't found evidence, how could he be so convinced?
The old Marquis was not surprised that Gu Changqing was able to trace the secret guards back to him; this was his grandson, and he knew his capabilities very well.
The old marquis nodded: "That's right, I once thought about killing her."
Gu Changqing clenched his fist, a hint of suppressed pain appearing between his brows. He practically spat out the words through clenched teeth: "Why! What did my mother do wrong that you had to kill her!"
“Your mother…” The old Marquis closed his eyes, a complex expression crossing his brow, “was a spy from the previous dynasty.”
(End of this chapter)
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