Gu Wen drove Gu Lingfeng and Gu Yu and finally arrived at Yuzhou City two days later.
The spring weather is still chilly. In the past two years, under Gu Lingfeng's careful guidance, Gu Yu has changed a lot.
During this long journey, even though he encountered various inconveniences, he never complained.
Gu Lingfeng saw it all and while he felt relieved, he also felt more distressed and helpless. After all, he was just a seven-year-old child.
"Brother, will we be able to see Sister Awan soon?" Gu Yu sat very upright in the carriage.
Gu Lingfeng helped him straighten his cloak, glanced at the lively hawking outside the window, and replied softly, "Yes, we'll see you soon."
A smile finally appeared on Gu Yu's serious face. "I haven't seen Sister Wan for a long time."
Gu Lingfeng smiled and said, "Yes, New Year's Eve would be much less lively without the two of them."
Song Wan bought a four-story house in the city not far from Prince Yu's Mansion, with the words "Song Mansion" written on the plaque on the door.
This was her first property purchased in Yuzhou. It felt good to own a house. At this moment, Song Wan finally understood why those people in later generations tried so hard to buy houses.
She can be as domineering as she wants in her own territory, even though she is a domineering person to begin with.
After having his own house, Song Wan brought several girls to live in the house. Fearing that they would feel uncomfortable, Song Wan specially chose a courtyard far away from the main courtyard that was large enough for the eight of them to live in. There was a small kitchen in it, so they could choose to cook for themselves.
Xiyu and the others thought this was extremely inappropriate, but Song Wan said, "It's cheaper to stay here than at an inn, right?"
Xiuyu was the oldest and the first to discover that Song Wan had extended their stay. She was also more decisive than the other girls. "Miss Wan is right. Staying in an inn is not only inconvenient, but also costs a lot of money."
With so much silver, it would probably take them a year or two to embroider handkerchiefs to pay it back.
Song Wan likes people who are not shy. "That's right. Anyway, this house is so big, and there are several empty courtyards with no one living there."
Xiuyu expressed her gratitude and added, "But the rent still needs to be paid. We don't have much money on us. Miss Wan, please don't despise us when the time comes."
Song Wan knew they had their own ideas, so she didn't refuse. She even pretended to be stern and said, "Okay, then you can give as much as you want. But I won't be in charge of the meal, so you can cook and eat it yourself!"
After Song Wan left, Xiuyu divided the rooms into two rooms.
Xiyu came to the kitchen, intending to light a fire and cook, but as soon as she came in, she saw mountains of food and meat. A rough estimate was that it was enough for them to eat for two or three months.
She hurriedly called out, "Sister Xiuyu, come over and take a look!"
Xiuyu was tidying up her and Xiaohua's beds. When she heard Xiyu's voice, she immediately came over and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xiyu pointed to the kitchen and asked, "Sister Xiuyu, what are these dishes?"
After seeing this, Xiuyu paused for a long time and smiled helplessly, "Let's make a delicious meal for lunch today. Xiaohua and the others should also replenish their energy."
Xiyu thought for a moment and realized that all the food was prepared. She sighed softly, "We owe Miss Awan too much."
Xiuyu was open-minded. She faced the wind and smiled slightly, "Then I'll pay it back slowly. Everything has just begun. I can pay it back in my lifetime."
Xiyu also smiled, her eyes full of longing for the future life, "Yes, life has just begun, there is still a lifetime to go."
As soon as Song Wan left the courtyard where Xiuyu, Xiyu and the others lived, Gu Lingfeng and the other two arrived.
"Second brother!" Gu Yu was half-carried out of the carriage by Gu Wen. Seeing the person standing in front of the door, he shouted anxiously.
"Ayu." Gu Yan hurried over, bent down and touched the collar of his cloak, and said gently, "Are you tired from the journey?"
Gu Yu shook his head, "I'm not tired, big brother has been taking care of me."
Gu Lingfeng got off the carriage, smiling warmly, "Second brother."
Gu Yan raised the corner of her lips anxiously, "Brother."
"Second brother, A Yu misses you." His little face remained stern for a long time, and it was rare for Gu Yu to show his childish side.
"You only miss your second brother, don't you miss me?" A lively female voice came from the house. Song Wan quickly moved to squat in front of the little bun, and habitually raised her hand to pinch his face, "You've lost weight, and not as soft as before."
When Gu Yu heard this, her face tensed up. "It's because my elder brother made me do horse stance every day that I lost weight."
Song Wan unexpectedly agreed and said, "Learning martial arts should start from childhood. Your elder brother did a good job."
Gu Yu tilted his head back and asked her softly, "Sister Wan, will you pinch my face again in the future?"
Before coming, Achang said that as long as Sister Awan was still willing to pinch his face, it meant that Sister Awan still liked him.
Song Wan nodded, "Pinch!"
How could I refuse a request from such a cute little bun?
Since last year, Gu Yu has been kept at home by Gu Lingfeng for most of the day, and has to practice calligraphy and martial arts every day. In addition, Gu Lingfeng also taught him some other things.
Although Gu Yu was only seven years old, he was smart enough to vaguely realize that he was different from others.
But he still doesn't understand the reason.
Since Li Songzhi submitted the memorial with evidence of King Yu's guilt, he has been temporarily appointed as the prefect of Yuzhou. In the past two days, he has met with county magistrates from all sides and has gained a brief understanding of Yuzhou.
The more he understood, the angrier he became, and he wanted to drag King Yu out of the dungeon and give him a good beating.
A vassal king, relying on his distance from the capital, oppressed the county officials of Yuzhou to the point of making them miserable in just five years.
Li Songzhi looked at the county magistrates from various places who were dressed worse than his entourage, and he didn't know where to put his face.
Except for the main city of Yuzhou where King Yu lived, which looked extremely prosperous, people in other places were living in misery.
Li Songzhi listened to the reports for two whole days, listening to them talk about how they were threatened by King Yu and how the memorials they wrote would never reach the emperor's ears.
However, he did not forget the appointment he made with Gu Yanji today to meet the friend he mentioned, so Li Songzhi asked his followers to clean the courtyard where the adults lived again, and specifically asked him to send more high-quality meat, rice and flour.
The county magistrates had sunken cheeks, and those who didn't know them would think they were refugees who had escaped from somewhere.
Li Songzhi and Peng Jing took a carriage to the Song Mansion. All the way, Li Songzhi kept complaining, "General Peng, tell me how many idiotic things King Yu has done. If it were you, the late emperor should have just—"
Peng Jing stopped him in time, "Lord Li, be careful with your words. This is not a post station."
Li Songzhi swallowed his words back and said, "I was just talking casually."
Peng Jing pretended not to hear, "Why don't you just guess who we're going to meet, sir?"
If Li Songzhi continues to speak out of turn like this, I'm really afraid he'll develop a habit of doing so. If he continues to do so when he returns to Beijing, we'll be in big trouble.
It is said that Li Songzhi was quite steady and self-controlled when he was in Beijing. Peng Jing couldn't understand how a person could change so much in less than five days after coming to Yuzhou.
He thought about it carefully, and it seemed to be after he arrived in Yuzhou City on the first day and met the girl from the Song family.
Li Songzhi didn't notice the change in Peng Jing's eyes as he was concentrating on thinking about the question he had just asked.
In fact, Li Songzhi could probably guess who Gu Yanji would invite. "Who else could it be? Besides Song Zhaoyuan and his father, who else could he invite? I can't guess what this kid is thinking."
Peng Jing was puzzled. "What's his plan?"
Li Songzhi thought he had figured it out and said, "What else could he be planning? He probably wants to convince us to work for him."
Peng Jing cleared his mind a little, as if he had sensed something unusual in Li Songzhi's words. "Are you trying to say that the two families are planning a rebellion?"
Li Songzhi glanced at him and said, "What if you were falsely accused of treason and exiled three thousand miles away for no reason? Can you be sure that you won't feel any resentment in your heart?"
Isn’t everything that happened in Yuzhou in the past few days a very clear signal?
Peng Jing didn't believe it. "General Gu wouldn't do such a thing, and neither would his father, the former King of Southwest, or the Prince of Weiyuan."
Li Songzhi sighed, "General Peng, you are still young and don't have a clear understanding of the court situation."
Peng Jing...
Li Songzhi continued, "If he didn't have this idea, why didn't he let us return to Beijing?"
Peng Jing couldn't help but point it out, "No one is stopping you from returning. It's you, Lord Li, who are so curious that you asked to stay and serve as the prefect temporarily."
Li Songzhi...
When they arrived at the Song Mansion, Li Songzhi and Peng Jing saw the carriage tied at the door and looked at each other.
Li Songzhi spoke first, "It seems that the friend that Gu Yan was anxious about has arrived."
"It's such a nice house, how come there isn't even a gatekeeper?" Li Songzhi glanced at the two open vermilion doors and said.
"I heard that this house was just bought yesterday, so maybe we haven't had enough time yet." Peng Jing explained.
"We can't just tie the carriage at the door. What if it gets stolen?" Li Song got off the horse and walked over to untie the rope and pull the carriage inside.
He tried several times but couldn't untie it. The rope seemed to be fixed to the door bolt and couldn't be untied no matter what he did.
Li Songzhi quickly called Peng Jing over, "General Peng, come here quickly, there's something wrong with this carriage, no, it's this rope that's wrong!"
Peng Jing tied the carriage rope and approached the sound, "Master Li, what's wrong?"
Li Songzhi pointed at the horse rope tied to the door and said, "You try to untie it."
Peng Jing looked at him strangely, "Master Li, you don't want to be a carriage thief, do you?"
Li Songzhi urged, "Stop talking nonsense and solve it quickly!"
Peng Jing didn't know what Li Songzhi was planning, but he still reached out and tried to untie the horse rope.
"I was wondering why you two were so hesitant to come in even though you were already at the door. Turns out you wanted to steal my carriage." Song Wan's voice came closer and closer. She held Baozi in her left hand and spoke loudly.
Peng Jingxin felt a little uneasy, and the man in his forties flushed red. He put his hands behind his back and quickly explained, "It wasn't me. It was Master Li who asked me to untie it. He said he couldn't do it."
Li Songzhi...
He really regretted coming to Yuzhou.
Song Wan said, "Oh!" "Can't untie it? Impossible. Come on! Baozi! Go and untie one for Lord Li on the spot."
Gu Yu was pushed to the front of the red door by Song Wan. He stretched out his little hand and flicked the latch back and forth twice, and the rope was untied. "Sister Wan, it's done."
"Look, isn't this simple?" Song Wan pulled the horse reins, one hand on her waist, and said, "And you still say you didn't attempt to steal a horse."
It is not so easy to untie the horse rope that is fixed with mental power, but since they both look wealthy, Song Wan is a little tempted.
Peng Jing saw that the child could easily untie the horse rope, but Li Songzhi said he couldn't. A possibility suddenly occurred to him. He pointed at Li Songzhi and said with sudden enlightenment, "You are so good! Li Songzhi! Did you see Miss Song coming a long time ago, so you deliberately asked me to go forward and untie the horse rope, hoping that Miss Song would misunderstand that I was trying to steal the horse?"
Li Songzhi: "...General Peng, you have a very rich imagination."
Peng Jing snorted, "Then how do you explain why you, an adult, are not as strong as a child?"
Li Songzhi...
How could he understand why the horse rope that was impossible to untie was so easy to untie in the hands of a child?
Li Songzhi wanted to see what kind of child could untie the rope that he couldn't untie.
He lowered his head to look at the child in brocade robe beside Song Wan. After seeing the other person's face clearly, Li Songzhi was slightly distracted.
Gu Yu was a little scared by his stare. He grabbed Song Wan's hand tightly and whispered, "Sister Wan."
Song Wan knew why the man surnamed Li was staring at Baozi. Gu Yan said anxiously that she wanted him to see it clearly, so she resisted the urge to block Baozi's eyes.
Li Songzhi walked closer step by step. They were so similar, especially the almost identical robes.
He just looked, why did he come so close? Song Wan stopped him with the whip, "Don't move."
Li Songzhi looked up absentmindedly and asked anxiously, "Who is he?"
Song Wan patted Baozi's head with his left hand and said, "Baozi, tell me yourself."
Gu Yu replied with a "good" and then said crisply to the strange uncle in front of him, "My name is Gu Yu, the third son of the Gu family——"
"Wait! Gu Yu?!" In an instant, Li Songzhi seemed to understand everything.
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