Chapter 645 My Background (First Update)
Gu Jiao escorted the coachman back to the carriage shop, and then left the inner city with Mr. Meng.
"I still don't know your last name."
Gu Jiao said.
A soulful actor who can portray the chess masters of six different countries deserves a surname!
“Meng,” Mr. Meng said calmly.
Gu Jiao looked at him strangely: "You also have the surname Meng."
Mr. Meng: Ah, does that name sound familiar? That's right, I am Mr. Meng, the chess master of the Six Kingdoms!
Gu Jiao said, "That's quite a coincidence."
And then, that was it.
Mr. Meng: "..."
As the saying goes, an old horse knows the way. After leaving the city, Gu Jiao didn't even need to pull the reins to turn. The horse king made the carriage fully automatic and drove it back to their alley without stopping.
The house was bustling with activity today, as Xiao Heng and Xiao Jingkong had arrived.
Gu Jiao could hear Xiao Jingkong's little chattering voice from afar, and the quiet courtyard seemed to come alive all at once.
Mr. Meng's expression stiffened for a moment.
Clearly, the trauma of being turned into coal by the little black boy still lingered in his mind. Upon hearing Xiao Jingkong's voice, Mr. Meng couldn't help but shudder.
Mr. Meng hesitated before stepping into the courtyard.
Even the horse king didn't enter the courtyard.
The man and the horse turned around in perfect unison, and the horse king took the reins and handed them to Mr. Meng.
Mr. Meng grabbed the reins and quickly went to walk the horse.
"Jiaojiao! Oh? Grandpa! Oh? Little Eleven!"
Xiao Jingkong's excited little voice suddenly rang out behind Mr. Meng.
Mr. Meng's body stiffened again.
Without any hesitation, the horse king snatched back the reins and ran off, leaving Mr. Meng behind!
Little Jingkong came running over, raised his little head, and looked at Mr. Meng, saying, "Grandpa! You're all better!"
"No, I'm so dizzy." Mr. Meng covered his head, putting on his superb acting skills, and staggered into the study.
Xiao Jingkong threw himself into Gu Jiao's arms: "Jiaojiao!"
He was playing marbles with Gu Xiaoshun in the yard just now, and he was sweating profusely from it.
Gu Jiao took his hand and walked into the courtyard.
Xiao Heng was working in the backyard. He had changed back into men's clothing before leaving the city. Dressed in white, tall and slender, he was doing simple tasks like chopping wood and carrying water, yet every move he made was pleasing to the eye.
Gu Jiao went inside first to change Xiao Jingkong into a set of dry clothes. Xiao Jingkong went to play happily, and then Gu Jiao went to the backyard.
"You're here?" she greeted as she stepped forward.
"Hmm." Xiao Heng calmly responded, splitting the last piece of firewood in his hand.
He had actually seen her return long ago, but men are sometimes a bit proud, so he insisted on waiting for her to come and coax him.
He's so arrogant.
After chopping the firewood, he went to fetch water.
"I'll do it," Gu Jiao said.
Xiao Heng said, "No need, you can sit down."
Gu Jiao stared at him intently, a slight smile playing on her lips. She didn't refuse, and pulled up a small stool to sit down beside him.
He put the wooden bucket into the well, drew water, and then turned the lever to pull it up little by little.
Gu Jiao rested her chin on her hand and looked at him, asking, "Why did you decide to come over today?"
“The academy is on holiday,” Xiao Heng said. “Jingkong wanted to see you, so he came over.”
"And what about you?" Gu Jiao asked.
Xiao Heng's ears turned slightly red. He didn't dare to look at her, but stared at the bucket of water he had pulled up, the surface of which rippled.
"Me," he whispered, his eyelashes trembling slightly, "I also want to see you."
Gu Jiao's lips curled up.
Thinking of something, she asked, "But isn't your inner city token with me? How did you get out of the city?"
Xiao Heng said, "I have my own way."
The most beautiful woman in the academy has countless suitors; a mere inner city token is nothing to her.
Xiao Heng glanced towards the study and asked, "Who is the one that Jingkong calls 'Grandpa'...?"
Gu Jiao said, "He's a kind-hearted person who happened to meet Jingkong on the way. Jingkong injured him with the Black Fire Pearl, and he's recuperating here now. His surname is Meng."
There are many people in the world with the surname Meng, but it is difficult to associate him with the chess master of six countries based on just one surname.
Xiao Heng glanced at the closed door and asked, "Does he... stay in the study?"
Gu Jiao said, "Yes, there are no extra rooms in the house."
There are only three main rooms in this house. Master Lu and Madam Nan share one room, Gu Xiaoshun and Gu Yan share another, and the last room is hers. Old Master Meng can only rest in the study.
The study wasn't large, but only Xiao Heng and Xiao Jingkong needed to use it. Everyone else had their own rooms. There was only one desk in the study, and after moving it out, a bamboo bed made by Master Lu was placed there.
Xiao Heng muttered to himself, "If I had known, I would have told the teacher I would go back tomorrow."
"What?" Gu Jiao didn't hear clearly.
"Nothing!" Xiao Heng said seriously, "Where did you go just now?"
They rarely interfered in each other's private affairs, but perhaps as their relationship deepened, he found it increasingly difficult to "ignore" her as he had before.
Gu Jiao didn't hide anything from him and said, "I just went to the Imperial Preceptor's Hall."
"The Imperial Preceptor's Hall?" Xiao Heng was slightly taken aback. After drawing water up, he placed it on the wellhead and turned to look at Gu Jiao. "Are you going to the entrance of the Imperial Preceptor's Hall, or have you gone inside?"
"They're inside," Gu Jiao said.
Xiao Heng was even more surprised.
Having been in Shengdu for so long, he had naturally heard of the Imperial Preceptor's Hall, which was the most heavily guarded place in the entire city besides the Imperial Palace, and ordinary people simply couldn't get in.
Or even fewer people, let alone ordinary people, could enter and leave the Imperial Preceptor's Hall.
And Gu Jiao not only went in and out, but also came out completely unharmed?
"How did you get in?" Xiao Heng asked.
Gu Jiao told Xiao Heng about how she had Grandpa Meng impersonate the chess master of the six kingdoms and infiltrate the Imperial Preceptor's Hall.
Xiao Heng remained silent for a long time after listening.
“Are you sure he’s a fake?” he asked.
“Hmm, where would you find a chess master from six kingdoms going to Zhao Kingdom to be a beggar? I saw him in Zhao Kingdom.” Gu Jiao said, taking out her little notebook and showing off the plot and lines she had exclusively written to her husband.
Looking at the incredibly awkward lines, Xiao Heng suddenly found it difficult to look directly at Old Master Meng in the study.
After dinner, Xiao Heng and Xiao Jingkong returned to the inner city.
Before leaving, Gu Jiao returned the inner city token of "Gu Jiao" to Xiao Heng. Now that she had the token of the chess saint of the six kingdoms, she no longer needed this token. Xiao Heng could take someone else's, but it would be more convenient to have his own.
After the two children left, Gu Jiao also planned to go back to her room to rest.
As soon as she turned around, she saw Old Master Meng looking out the door with a complicated expression.
Gu Jiao followed his gaze and looked back at him, asking, "What are you looking at?"
"Who... is that person?" Old Master Meng asked.
Only two people left the house: Jingkong and Xiao Heng. Old Master Meng was naturally not asking about Jingkong.
Gu Jiao raised an eyebrow and said, "My husband, Liu Lang, didn't you hear his name?"
Gu Jiao initially concealed her identity from Old Master Meng, but after Xiao Liulang came to the house, and with Nan Shi Niang and Master Lu calling him "Liulang" repeatedly, it was hard not to give herself away.
Grandpa Meng already knows which of the two is Gu Jiao and which is Xiao Liulang.
Grandpa Meng frowned: "How come you have a husband at such a young age?"
Gu Jiao said fiercely, "Yes, it is!"
Old Master Meng: "..."
Old Master Meng asked, "Is he a person from the Zhao Kingdom?"
“Yes,” Gu Jiao said.
“People from Zhao…” Old Master Meng murmured with a frown.
Gu Jiao is sometimes oblivious to things, but most of the time she is very observant. She noticed the strange look in Mr. Meng's eyes and asked, "You don't think he is?"
“That’s not what I meant. He…” Mr. Meng considered his words carefully, “Never mind, maybe I misread it.”
Gu Jiao pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "No, no, no, you might not be mistaken. Have you seen him somewhere else?"
Mr. Meng recalled: "I did see someone who looked similar to him, but I didn't know him. I only saw him from a distance."
The reason why they remember is probably because some people are born with the ability to remember everything they see.
Gu Jiao thought of the person Mo Qianxue had met before and asked, "Where did you meet him?"
Mr. Meng said, "At the entrance of the Imperial Preceptor's Hall."
Gu Jiao asked, "Is he a disciple of the Imperial Preceptor's Hall?"
Old Master Meng shook his head: "No, he wasn't wearing the robes of the Imperial Preceptor's Hall, nor did he have the slightest air of a disciple of the Imperial Preceptor's Hall. The way he looked at the time... was more like someone going to the Imperial Preceptor's Hall for medical treatment."
"Treat the illness?" Gu Jiao fell into deep thought.
What Mr. Meng didn't say was that those who could go to the Imperial Preceptor's Hall for treatment were all of extraordinary status.
The young man entered through the main gate, and Ye Qing, the eldest disciple of the Imperial Preceptor Hall, personally greeted him at the entrance. This was a privilege that even a young master from a prominent family could not enjoy.
That young man is very likely... a member of the Great Yan royal family!
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(End of this chapter)
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