Chapter 127 Rumors
After traveling for several days, the Gu family finally arrived at Zhuangcheng, the neighboring city of Liangcheng, before their dry food ran out.
In order to avoid encountering bandits along the way, the Gu family always took the official road.
After driving along the official road outside the city and entering the village, the Gu family handed over their fake identity documents and pass to the officers and soldiers outside the city gate for inspection, and then they entered the city smoothly.
What Gu Feixue asked Magistrate Liang to get was an identity certificate for merchants. Merchants from other places can often boost the economic level of a town and are naturally welcomed.
In addition, Gu Feixue also gave a lot of benefits, so the official weighed the half-liang of silver, casually glanced at the seal on the document, and let him go.
Lifting the carriage curtain, Gu Feixue, dressed in men's clothing, entered the carriage and said to Gu Tingchuan, who was disguised as a young man outside the carriage:
"Brother, let's drive and find a hotel."
The carriage started as expected. Gu Feixue looked at Gu Lang, Wang Shi and Old Lady Gu in the carriage and nodded.
The group finally looked relieved. It seemed that with fake identities, it would not be difficult to reach Jiangzhou this time.
"Are the miracle doctors still behind us?"
Gu Lang asked with concern in a low voice, but got an indifferent answer from Gu Feixue.
"Who cares what they do?"
Perhaps because she felt that her attitude was a little bad, Gu Feixue sighed:
"Dad, Mom, and Grandma, you don't know. They knew about the person behind Liang Cheng's plot long ago, but they didn't tell me. If I hadn't noticed it myself, I might have been caught in these few times."
Wang touched Gu Feixue's frizzy hair:
"Xue'er, it's a favor for them to tell us, and it's their duty not to tell us. Perhaps the miracle doctor and the others have their own unspeakable secrets?"
Gu Feixue knew that Wang was right, but she still couldn't help but curl her lips and muttered, "What kind of secrets could there be? They even knew that we faked our death in Jiangzhou."
Seeing that Gu Feixue still had a barrier in her heart and knowing that she was a child at heart, everyone could only shake their heads helplessly.
"No matter what, they are here to protect us."
After saying that, Gu Lang asked Gu Tingchuan to park the carriage on the side of the street and wait for the miracle doctor to come in. Gu Feixue did not speak to stop him in the end.
In Gu Feixue's mind, it would be fine if he had helped her at the beginning, but she owed him a favor and would definitely repay him a hundredfold in the future.
But Rong Qi kept her in the dark at first, and now that she has figured it out herself, she tries to be a good person again. What kind of thing is this?
Naturally, I felt very upset and decided to continue the cold war.
"Xue'er, don't forget that the people in the village were saved by the miracle doctor before."
Gu Feixue wrinkled her nose and thought, if it wasn't for Rong Qi, it would only be a matter of time for her to figure out that everyone was poisoned by the heartbreak grass.
Moreover, she was the one who boiled the herbs and picked them from the mountain, she was the one who hired the doctor, and she was the one who paid the medical expenses. So how did she end up being the one that Rong Qi and the others saved?
He can take all the credit just by saying one sentence?
Although she did not refute Wang on the surface, Gu Feixue became even more dissatisfied with Rong Qi in her heart.
I was ready to find an opportunity and asked them when they would leave.
After a while, Rong Qi and his companion's carriage also entered the customs smoothly. As traveling doctors, they could enter and exit the entire country freely, which was more convenient than merchants and students.
"Master, Xue'er finally has a conscience and knows to wait for us."
Rong Xing was driving the cart, and his tone finally became better.
Unexpectedly, a response with a hint of smile came from inside the carriage:
"That may not be what she meant."
Rong Xing was stunned when he heard this. Just then, he drove his carriage to the front of the Gu family carriage. He heard an impatient voice coming from the Gu family carriage:
"Why are you taking so long? It's almost dark. How can we find the hotel?"
How could Rong Xing not be familiar with this voice? His expression immediately became very interesting. He shouldn't have thought that this girl had a conscience.
At this moment, Gu Tingchuan noticed the stiffness on Rong Xing's face and coughed to remind him:
"The miracle doctor and his companions are here. They're driving the car. Please sit tight."
Gu Feixue's internal strength naturally allowed her to sense Rong Qi and the others coming a long time ago. She had said those words on purpose in order to anger them away.
Fortunately, Zhuangcheng is located at the intersection of Jiangzhou’s central roads, with many merchants coming and going, and there are many hotels and restaurants in the city.
So the group quickly found a place to rest.
This is a mid-range hotel. Although it is not as grand and spacious as Zuixianlou, the conditions in all aspects are good and it also provides horse feeding services. Gu Feixue is very satisfied.
The Gu family booked three rooms, and Rong Qi and his companions booked two rooms, which were just opposite the three rooms of the Gu family.
Gu Feixue and Old Lady Gu shared a room. Gu Feixue didn't plan to practice martial arts while on the road, and she wasn't afraid of disturbing Old Lady Gu's rest.
After a simple rest, the Gu family went out to eat. This hotel only provided hot water but no meals.
Rong Qi and the other two did not follow them out, which made Gu Feixue feel relieved. She took the Gu family and wandered around Zhuangcheng for a long time. They found a restaurant with good business, ordered some signature dishes, and sat there to eavesdrop on the conversations of other diners.
"...Boss Zhou didn't expect to see you here. The last time we met was at the Zuixianlou in Liangcheng, right?"
Not long after, Gu Feixue heard someone at the table one or two tables away bringing up a topic that interested her, and then she concentrated and listened eavesdropped.
"Yes, I just came from Liangcheng a few days ago. I'm exhausted from riding so fast these days."
"Why is that?"
"You don't know yet, do you? The Gu family of Liangcheng, the one in the first village of Liangcheng, caught fire a few nights ago, and the whole family was burned to death! I rode my horse non-stop on the road to bring back the news."
The diners in the restaurant only saw the look of pity on the face of the person who spoke:
"Our Zhuangcheng is the closest to Liangcheng. We originally wanted to go there to solicit some business, but who would have thought that this would happen? We don't know if the farm in Liangcheng's First Village can continue to operate in the future..."
At this time, the diners at the next table couldn't help but talk:
"Are you talking about the Gu family, the founders of Yanjing Roast Duck and Cream Cake? We're passing through Zhuangcheng just to taste the legendary delicacies in Liangcheng. What did you say about the Gu family just now?"
"Dead! It's said that there was a strange fire last night that burned all five members of the Gu family to death!"
The sound was not small, and most of the diners were surprised:
“How could this be!”
"What a pity! It is said that there is no such delicacy in the capital, only in Liangcheng..."
No one knew that the founders of the delicious food they were talking about were not only alive, but were also eavesdropping on their discussion of their own business with an indescribable expression on their face.
Such a big commotion was obviously noticed by the other members of the Gu family. The five of them looked at each other and saw that everyone had strange expressions on their faces.
Now the Gu family finally realized how famous their family was. The news had spread to the neighboring city. They had just arrived in Zhuangcheng, and the news of their death spread even faster than they did.
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