"stop."
Gu Lin was stopped by the guards watching over Luo Ming. "What brings you here, Luo Ming?"
"My lords, we are merchants who specialize in selling rare and unusual items. We've been to Luoming before." Ling Ku smiled and handed a heavy purse to the guards, who immediately beamed with joy.
"I remember you."
The city gate slowly opened. "Alright, let them in."
Gu Lin and his two companions walked on the streets of Luoming. In reality, Luoming was only the size of three cities in Dayu. The people here respected the Yun family, and there were various traps and mechanisms set up everywhere on the streets.
"Boss, where should we sell our products?"
Ling Hai spoke softly. In order to conceal their identities, he and Ling Ku both addressed Gu Lin as "boss" in public.
Gu Lin looked around and said, "Let's go to the area near the teahouse; that's where there are the most people."
Just as the three were about to head to the teahouse, a carriage sped past. "Make way, make way!"
He walked straight into the crowd, seemingly without any concern about bumping into people.
"Whose carriage is this?" Gu Lin asked the old man who was setting up a stall nearby, pretending not to know.
"That's the carriage of the eldest son of the Yun family. You don't look familiar. If you encounter a situation like this in the future, you must get out of the way in time. Otherwise, even if you get caught under the carriage, you'll have no one to complain to."
The old man spoke very softly, as if he was extremely worried about being overheard by others.
"Thank you, sir."
Gu Lin curled the corners of his mouth. It seemed that Luo Ming wasn't as inflexible as he had imagined.
As soon as he approached the teahouse, the "glorious deeds" of Miss Yun came rushing towards him, and Gu Lin subconsciously frowned.
"Shh, didn't you hear what the eldest young master said the other day? No one is allowed to talk about Miss Biao anymore."
"It seems this young lady has even won over the eldest son. I'm afraid she'll be in charge of the Yun family's inner quarters from now on." The more people are suppressed from discussing it, the more they talk about it.
Yunming...
Gu Lin exchanged a glance with Ling Hai and Ling Ku, and the two immediately understood what Gu Lin meant.
......
Evening, in a private room of the inn.
"My lord, we have found out that this young lady's name is Yun Ming. No one knows when she came to Luoming. All we know is that she was called a vixen by the eldest aunt of the Yun family."
"Also, this young lady is a bit older than the eldest aunt, and by calculation, she is about the same age as the madam."
Upon hearing Ling Hai and Ling Ku's reports, Gu Lin's eyes flickered slightly.
"The Yun family's suddenly appearing cousin?"
Gu Lin looked at the thick stack of booklets in his hand, which contained detailed records of the Yun family's situation. To be honest, the head of the Yun family was truly a scoundrel.
He married a woman from the Pei family, but he also kept a concubine in his household who was his childhood sweetheart.
On the surface, Yunmo was made the young master, but in reality, the scheming and calculation that a young master should have were taught to the eldest son, Yunqing, while Yunmo was raised to be ignorant of the ways of the world.
Perhaps Yunmo is worried that if the powerful families were to fall into internal strife, he wouldn't be willing to take action against the Pei family.
That's absolutely ridiculous.
How could such a scheming head of the family treat the suddenly appearing cousin so well? He even granted her residence at the Tea Flower Pavilion and punished the eldest aunt for the sake of this cousin.
"I'll go to the Yun residence tomorrow."
“My lord, the Yun residence is heavily guarded and full of traps and mechanisms. If we go there rashly, we may be in danger.” Ling Ku immediately spoke as if facing a formidable enemy.
Gu Lin waved his hand and pointed to a sentence in the booklet, "Miss Yun said she wants to learn martial arts, so a martial arts teacher will be selected tomorrow."
With his white hair dyed black and wearing a mask to conceal his imposing aura, Gu Lin appeared like an ordinary citizen among the group of martial arts masters prepared for Yun Hui.
"Second Miss, these were all carefully selected." The matchmaker smiled obsequiously, though inwardly she felt a little contemptuous. The Yun family's purchasing of servants all went through her, so she naturally knew whether this Second Miss was favored or not.
It's truly laughable that a young lady from a sheltered family would insist on learning martial arts.
Yun Hui wasn't annoyed. Her gaze swept over everyone, finally settling on Gu Lin.
"May I have your name."
"My name is Huo Xiang."
Upon hearing this, Yun Hui nodded, "You're the one."
The others either looked extremely thin or had shifty eyes, so it seemed the old woman hadn't considered choosing a good martial arts teacher for her. Only the one before her... Huo Xiang...
And so, Gu Lin settled down in the Yun family under the identity of Huo Xiang.
He thought everything was going incredibly smoothly, but when Gu Lin saw that there were only two servants scattered around in Yun Hui's courtyard, he twitched the corner of his mouth.
This second young lady is truly out of favor; it's a perfect opportunity for him...
It seems that even the heavens are helping him find Ayu.
......
On the other side.
"Mother, Father has never been so harsh on me before," Yunwei sobbed. "He even made me kneel in the ancestral hall as punishment, and my eldest brother acted as if I had committed a terrible crime."
“Wei’er, since your elder brother says that your father has no other feelings for Yunming, I think perhaps we’ve misunderstood.” Aunt Zhu paused. “Wei’er, let’s not trouble your elder brother any further.”
"mother!"
Yun Wei straightened up in disbelief. "Who am I so angry for? It's because I'm afraid Yun Ming will take Father away from me. What will you do then?"
"I......"
“But Wei’er, if we make enemies with Yun Ming, wouldn’t that be pushing Yun Ming toward Yun Hui and Yun Mo?” Aunt Zhu sighed. This daughter of hers had truly been spoiled.
“Wei’er, I know your father. I noticed that when he mentioned Yunming, it wasn’t in a romantic way. Find some time to apologize to Yunming.”
"I'm not going!"
“Wei’er…”
The next day, Gu Lin was teaching Yun Hui martial arts in the courtyard when a maid rushed into the courtyard in a panic.
"Second Miss, something terrible has happened..."
"What's wrong?" Yun Hui withdrew her fist and asked breathlessly.
"My great-aunt went towards the direction of Minghua Water Pavilion."
Upon hearing this, Yun Hui's face immediately showed a worried expression. She turned to look at Gu Lin and said, "Sir, I have some urgent matters to attend to. Please come again tomorrow."
After saying that, he hurriedly left the courtyard.
Gu Lin was left standing in the courtyard, stunned. Minghua Water Pavilion... wasn't that where that young lady lived?
Was the person in the Minghua Water Pavilion really Ayu?
A few breaths later, Gu Lin left the courtyard as if nothing had happened. Now that he had entered the Yun Mansion, why would he worry about not having a chance to explore the Minghua Water Pavilion?
Thinking of this, Gu Lin made up his mind to find a way to go to Minghua Water Pavilion that night.
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