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

The next day, Gu Yunji lowered his head and listened to Mei Feng's scolding without saying a word.

Mei Feng's face turned red with anger. He simply didn't know what to do with him. He kept cursing: "Now you know you are looking for me? Why did you go there earlier! You have already arrested me and put him in jail. Why are you still here?" You came here to ask me how to deal with it in a pretense manner, but you didn’t kill me first and then tell me the story, and you came to ask me what I should do!”

"Your actions are really fast. It's only been three or four days since Yu Jingming said there was a Japanese treacherous person in Shaoxing Mansion. Not only did you find out the case clearly, but you actually caught the criminal. I'm shocked. Before you even react, you are about to send someone to the execution ground!"

Mei Feng's scolding came down like a slap in the face. At this moment, Gu Yunji was in a state of energy and looked like he had done something wrong. He couldn't help but whispered: "...after all, I made a promise that day. If I don't catch the culprit, I will I can’t explain it to everyone…”

Mei Feng laughed angrily: "Then I still have to praise you?"

Gu Yunji immediately lowered his head: "I don't dare."

Mei Feng took a deep breath and tried to calm down his tone and said: "It's okay if you arrest others. The key is the Xu family. Xu Shuchang is the teacher's nephew! If you want to arrest him, should you discuss it with the teacher? If it doesn't work, Should you say hello to me?"

Justice must be justice, and human feelings must be human feelings. Gu Yunji certainly understands this truth. If he had told Mei Feng in advance, things would indeed be easier to handle, and the relationship with the Xu family would not become so tense.But in that case, Xu Shuchang would probably not be dealt with seriously in accordance with national law.

The confrontation between the imperial court and Gao Shishu reached a deadlock, and Xu Shuchang had to bear at least half of the responsibility. Gu Yunji could not tolerate such a person to go unpunished, let alone let the people think that he was bending the law for personal gain because of the marriage relationship between the two families, and that the officials and gentry protected each other.

Seeing that Gu Yunji didn't speak and didn't know if he heard it, Mei Feng was furious: "Let's not talk about what the teacher will think if he finds out, but what about Shuhua? Xu Shuchang is her cousin, have you ever taken care of her? How does the lady feel?"

Hearing this, Gu Yunji raised his head and glanced at him, but hesitated to speak.

Looking at Gu Yunji's expression, Mei Feng suddenly remembered something, suddenly realized, gritted his teeth and said: "Oh - I almost forgot, you two went together to arrest Xu Shuchang. It is said that the eldest daughter of Xu's family was very impressive in the ancestral hall yesterday. You force the prisoner out with a sword, right?"

Gu Yunji remained silent, which was regarded as acquiescence.

There were a lot of people at the scene yesterday, and in just one day, the news of Xu Shuhua's righteous murder of relatives had spread in the city.Most of them are voices of praise. Some people say that she is worthy of being a descendant of Xu Wenzhenggong. As a woman, she has courage and magnanimity that surpasses men.

Some people even praised Gu Yunji, saying that they were a perfect couple.When Gu Yunji came to find Mei Feng early this morning, he heard that the storyteller in the roadside teahouse had already compiled their deeds into a new chapter of the anti-Japanese story and began to tell it to the people.

There is no doubt that Xu Shuchang and even the Xu family are the villains in the story.Therefore, what was met with the praises all over the city after yesterday was the Xu family's attitude towards Gu Yunji, which was hostile to the point of hatred.

Thinking of this, Gu Yunji felt a little helpless: in the past, he would never have imagined that he would be in such a situation with the Xu family.

The key point is that the couple put Xu Chengyu into an extremely difficult situation. On one side was his family and nephew, on the other side was his daughter and son-in-law. The palms and backs of his hands were full of flesh. Whichever side he chose was like cutting out flesh.

Gu Yunji did not regret arresting Xu Shuchang, and he believed from the bottom of his heart that it was a matter of course. However, if he asked himself, he still felt somewhat ashamed of Xu Chengyu, so when faced with Mei Feng's reprimand today, he did not refute a word.

Xu Shuhua and the Xu family are truly connected by blood. Compared with Gu Yunji, Xu Shuhua must have made a more difficult decision than Gu Yunji if he could stand on the side of justice.Although Mei Feng was still angry, he couldn't help but worry, and said in a stiff tone: "Where is Shuhua? How is she?" "Shuhua used force at Xu's house yesterday, and went back to Xu's ancestral hall early this morning to invite himself. Kneel down as punishment."

Seeing that Mei Feng's face changed in an instant, Gu Yunji hurriedly added: "I sent people to follow her. The Xu family didn't dare to do anything to her. Today's punishment of kneeling is just to save the face of both parties. It is not really for the Xu family." Lie down and admit your mistake."

After all, Gu Yunji and Xu Shuhua both believed that they did nothing wrong in arresting Xu Shuchang.

Mei Feng's expression calmed down a little after hearing this, and he knew that Xu Shuhua was fine, and then the anger in his heart started to rise again: "You two arrested someone majestically yesterday, and today one of you went back to Xu's house to admit your mistake, and the other came to me to apologize. You...you are truly a couple!"

Gu Yunji lowered his head silently and allowed Mei Feng to scold him.

After a while, Mei Feng slowly exhaled, calmed down and said, "Where's the teacher? What did you say?"

Gu Yunji was quiet for a moment, buried his head lower, and whispered: "I haven't said anything yet..."

"What? I haven't said anything yet!"

Mei Feng's eyes widened in shock, and blood rushed straight to his forehead. He felt deeply that this junior brother was here to defeat him, and looked at him in disbelief: "If such a big thing happened, why didn't you write to the teacher immediately? The letter explains that you are waiting for the Xu family to complain before you so that the teacher will misunderstand you!"

Gu Yunji was so yelled that he shrank his neck and whispered: "I was busy trying Xu Shuchang's case yesterday, and I didn't have time yet..."

In fact, this was an excuse. No matter how busy Gu Yunji was, he would not even have time to write a letter. He was afraid.

Gu Yunji was afraid that Xu Chengyu would hold a grudge against him and was extremely disappointed with him after he arrested Xu Shuchang; he was afraid that Xu Chengyu would have a grudge from then on and gradually dislike him; he was even more afraid that Xu Chengyu would not say anything and would not blame anyone. He seemed to be tolerant and generous, but he was actually It made him feel even more uncomfortable.

In the final analysis, Gu Yunji was not sure that Xu Chengyu would understand him and stand on his side in this matter.

After all, Xu Shuchang was the only bloodline left by Xu Chengyu's deceased brother. He had seen with his own eyes how Xu Chengyu cared about and valued Xu Shuchang, and hoped that he would live a happy and smooth life.

Now Gu Yunji personally imprisoned Xu Shuchang, ruining the rest of his peaceful life. Gu Yunji could not imagine how Xu Chengyu would react when he found out.

Seeing the bitter look on his junior brother's face, Mei Feng knew that he felt uncomfortable too, so he calmly said, "Xu Shuchang, how are you going to sentence me?"

Gu Yunji's throat was choked and he said with difficulty: "... His Majesty had listed Gao Shishu as a traitor a few months ago. Xu Shuchang colluded with him and should be punished with the same crime... But I think he was just trading grain and had no intention of confronting the imperial court. Will.”

"He was forced out of the ancestral hall by Shuhua. He can barely be regarded as surrendering. Moreover, his attitude of admitting his mistake after being arrested was acceptable, so he can be given a lighter punishment. Currently... he is tentatively scheduled for exile."