Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 13
After the Dragon Boat Festival, Gu Yunxiao was about to leave.

"Father, mother, just send them here, there is no need to go any further, the son will take care of himself." Outside Huating County, Gu Yunxiao said to Gu Kaizhen and Mrs. Wang who looked worried.

"Don't look at the hot weather these past few days, don't rashly reduce your clothes, and what's more, eat what you need on the way, use what you need, don't feel sorry for money, don't lose yourself." Mrs. Wang tightly held her son's hand , very sad.

"Don't worry, mom and dad. My son knows about it." Gu Yunxiao comforted, "When my son wins the prize, I will definitely send someone to gallop back to congratulate the second elder as soon as possible."

Gu Kaizhen took Gu Yunxiao's hand out of Mrs. Wang's tightly clenched hand in silence, and said, "Okay, it's almost done, I'm almost tired of hearing the constant nagging. The child is so old, let alone Follow me, I won’t starve and freeze.”

As he was talking, he couldn't help telling himself: "As soon as you arrive in the capital, send a letter to your family. Also, don't forget to take your grandfather's post to visit Mr. Zhao, the servant of the household department. If there is anything missing, Just send us a letter."

Gu Yunxiao smiled and nodded, then turned to Gu Yunji and said, "Third brother, you will take the county test in September. If you need any books and textbooks while I'm away, just go to my study and get them." , don’t ask anyone.”

"And the second brother, I saw Tingfeng go out to buy crickets yesterday, and he was not doing his job every day. The third brother has made great progress in the past few months, and he is almost inferior to you. You have to look like a big brother. , reading with one mind is the right thing to do.”

As the eldest brother, he has endless worries. He is obviously about to leave for the capital to take the exam, but he is still concerned about the homework of his younger brothers.

Gu Yunji pushed him to the side of the carriage, dumbfounded: "My good brother, your exam is the most important thing. Look at how high the sun is here? It's getting late, let's go."

Gu Yunxiao stopped talking, and after waving goodbye to everyone, he gradually disappeared into the distance in the carriage.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, Gu Yunxiao also went to Beijing to rush for the exam. Everyone returned to the track of life, doing what they should do, and the Gu family returned to peace.

In June, the weather is hot. It has not rained in Huating County and several surrounding counties for more than half a month. The sun has scorched the earth and cracked it into deep and shallow gullies. Seeing to be on the verge of dying of thirst.

This morning, all the members of the Gu family were eating in the hall when they saw a sweaty old servant trotting in.

"Master, it's not good." Steward Guo was flushed from the sun, and he was out of breath, "Several tenants in our Xuejia Village and Wangjiazhuang fought over the water source, and I heard that there were deaths. , Someone has already reported to the official."

"What?" Gu Kaizhen didn't care about eating, and walked out, "Come on, prepare the horse!"

When he walked to Gu Yunlin's side, he slipped out his second son who was trying not to attract attention from the chair: "Second brother, come with me!"

Gu Yunji finished the rice in the bowl in a few mouthfuls, got up and called Gu Kaizhen: "Father, let the son go too."

Gu Kaizhen stopped when he heard the words, looked Gu Yunji up and down a few times, looked at his son's bright eyes, and nodded: "Okay."

The situation was urgent, and several people went straight to Wangjiazhuang, where the incident happened, without saying a word.

Outside Wangjiazhuang, the noise from the river and the crying of women could be heard from a distance.

"You people who have received thousands of knives! You killed my man, and I want you to pay for it!" A woman dressed as a peasant woman sat on the ground, holding the body of a middle-aged man and crying heartbreakingly, "The head of the house! How do you That's it! How can we live without our mothers!"

"Second Aunt Wang, get up first, Brother Mancang has already gone, you have to tidy him up and let him go to the ground!"

The people next to her wanted to help her up, but Aunt Wang pulled her away: "Bah! You're so ungrateful! Don't think I don't know, you just want to bury my house full of warehouses early, so that people can't find evidence of your murder! I tell you, no way!"

"Look! Look at the hole in my man's forehead, it's still bleeding!" As she spoke, she turned the head of the man in her arms for everyone to see, pointed at a pale young man in the crowd and said bitterly, "Water Yangzi! Don't try to hide! I know, you killed my man, and you have to pay for his life!"

The young man named Shui Yangzi was so frightened that he sat down on the ground, his face turned pale, and he murmured: "No, no! I don't have one! I hold the hoe in my hand, yes, he hit it by himself! There were so many people at that time, they pushed around, I didn’t do it on purpose, I didn’t know anything! I didn’t intend to kill anyone! I didn’t kill him!”

"You are talking nonsense! It was you who killed someone, and you said that he ran into it himself. There is also this river, which flows through Xuejiacun and Wangjiazhuang, but you people from Xuejiazhuang blocked the dam and encircled all the water. In the upper reaches, they don't let us go down at all, how shameless!" A person in Wangjiazhuang said angrily.

"So you opened the dam at night and let all the water flow away? Do you leave room for things? Without water, the crops will die of drought. You are killing our Xuejia Village! I think Wang Mancang deserves it Who told him to take the lead in breaking our dam!"

"What are you talking about!" The people in Wangjiazhuang were instantly ignited, and the people in Xuejiacun began to push and push each other, and they were about to fight again.

"Give way! Everyone!" At this moment, Steward Guo pushed the crowd away from the outside, "Master Gu is here!"

Gu Kaizhen walked in from the outside, saw the miserable situation on the ground, frowned and said, "Where is Lizheng? Come and talk back!"

Lizheng from Xuejia Village was sweating on his brow, he came out of the crowd and said awkwardly: "Xue Quanfu, Lizheng from Xuejia Village, met Mr. Gu."

"Where's Lizheng in Wangjiazhuang?"

After a while, no one in the crowd responded, and Gu Kaizhen was about to have a fit when Guan Shi Guo whispered in his ear: "Master, the one who died is Lizheng Wang Mancang of Wangjiazhuang."

Gu Kaizhen's expression froze.Although Li Zheng was not considered an official, he was registered in the county government. The villagers fought and killed Li Zheng, which was troublesome.

Under the oppression of Gu Kaizhen's momentum, Xuejia Village was stumbling and telling the whole story.

It turned out that Xuejia Village and Wangjiazhuang were located in the upper and lower reaches of the river respectively.The crops are dry, and the villagers almost rely on the water from this river to irrigate their fields.Seeing that it has not rained for a long time, the land is getting more and more dry, and the river is getting shallower and shallower, which can no longer support the irrigation water of the two villages.Xuejia Village took the initiative to block a short dam upstream with soil, keeping all the water upstream.

Wang Mancang went to Wangjiazhuang several times to argue to no avail. There was no other way. Lizheng Wang Mancang led a group of villagers to open the dam quietly at night. Unexpectedly, they were discovered by people from Xuejia Village on the way, and the two gangs scuffled and became chaotic. In the middle, Wang Mancang was opened, and he died before the doctor came.

Last night, the night was dark and windy, and no one could see who it was. They were all fighting with reckless energy. Was it beaten by someone or Wang Mancang himself accidentally bumped into it? Was it beaten by Xuejia Villagers or People from Wangjiazhuang fought, no one can tell.

(End of this chapter)