Peach Blossom at the Bottom of the Fan

Chapter 59
"What did you say?" Mrs. Cheng was also taken aback, but the little girl couldn't hear everything, and couldn't understand what she said. The more she said, the more confused Mrs. Cheng was.

She said it alone, but the girls who came over to pick up food one after another from outside talked about it one after another, and they talked about things very well, but none of them were right.

Gu Sixiao was on the side, and his head hurt from hearing it.

These girls talked one by one, as if they saw it with their own eyes, no, it was more vivid than what she saw with their own eyes.

How did Chunhua kill Butler Fu, with a hideous and terrifying face, and how did she defeat Luluo, and forcibly killed Luluo's child.

"You also know that when she and Luluo fought for blessings, the housekeeper beat Luluo, and now the enemy is extremely jealous when they meet each other, so of course they are ruthless..."

Feeling stuffy, Gu Sixiao opened his mouth, but he still didn't speak.

Although there were many gossips, none of them was what she wanted to hear.

I don't know who came from the yamen, will she be mentioned?Caiyi knew nothing about her appearance at the murder scene, but it would be bad if Gu Yong and his wife knew about it.

Heartbroken, she couldn't bear to listen anymore, so she simply went to the main courtyard.

She used excuses to find Wanrou, but Wanrou knew what she was up to when she saw her.

"What are you doing here? Why are you so trustworthy? You also inquired about these things?" Pushing her away, Wan Rou was afraid that she would disturb the upper room, and the two of them went to the house together.

Before she could push Gu Sixiao out, Gu Yong rushed over from the front with a servant, and before entering the main courtyard, he kicked the little girl who opened the door.

Wanrou was startled, and instead of pushing Gu Sixiao, she pushed her back to the Chaoshou veranda, "Don't come out, go stay in my room."

At this moment, why is Gu Sixiao willing to go back to the back room and stay in the back room obediently? Seeing that Wan Rou went to the upper room, she raised her foot to follow.

Wanrou glanced back and kept waving her hands, but didn't dare to cry out.Just bypassing the veranda, I heard Gu Yong yelling in the upper room: "You did a good job!"

With a pause in her footsteps, Wanrou didn't dare to go to the room at this time, she wanted to back away, but was held down by Gu Sixiao.

The courtyard was very quiet, even the little girl who was kicked just now hid in the tea room of the inverted room, not daring to make a sound.

The voice in the upper room can be heard very clearly.

I don't know what Gu Yong kicked down, but there was a "bang", which made Wanrou tremble in fright.

Gu Sixiao listened carefully, and Mrs. Zhang sobbed in the upper room, "It's unreasonable for officials to live like this. Then Chunhua didn't have a contract of sale in the hands of our Gu family, so how could I sell her? Why, she is now If you got involved in a murder case, it would be our Gu family who sold her into a pit of fire? I am also a daughter of a good family, I was trained in the court at a young age, and I know the principle of treating others with kindness, so how could I deliberately sell the girl to such a dirty place? Woolen cloth!?"

The crying stopped for a while, and she suddenly raised her voice again: "Isn't it chilling for the officials to come here to drink and ask for their wives after hearing the gossip outside?! Could it be that what outsiders say is more credible than me!?"

Being refuted by Mrs. Zhang relentlessly, Gu Yong was angry and hated, but he softened in the end, "Do you know what the catcher Yang said in the yamen today? He said, in this murder lawsuit, Whether it is dead, injured, or murdered, our Gu family went out. It can be seen that there must be something wrong with our Gu family in this matter. Now, he and that policeman Zhang are still thinking about the nostalgia. Report the matter to the Elder Master. If the truth spreads out and the Elder Master knows that the Gu family is involved in another life lawsuit, I'm afraid that our Gu family will completely ruin our future."

Hearing the word "Qiancheng", Mrs. Zhang stopped making trouble, "How can you say they are members of our Gu family? They are no longer members of the Gu family. What happens has nothing to do with our Gu family?"

"You do know that they are not members of the Gu family, but who knows outsiders?" Gu Yong snorted, "Then Butou Yang is right. When this happened, who cares if it’s true or not, it’s sure to spread the word all over the city. I’m afraid that if it’s true, the two children will go to school and take the imperial examination in the future.”

"This catcher Yang is really kind!" Mrs. Zhang said with a sneer.

What kindness, such words are nothing more than to scare the autumn wind and scare anyone.

But Gu Yong didn't hear the mockery in Zhang's words, instead he sighed, "No, I was just thinking, or as Catcher Yang said, let's use some money to get rid of those brats! They talk nonsense."

"Which brats?" Zhang asked with a smile, almost knocking Gu Yong on the head.

Want to take money out?When money is so easy to save!

"It's those turtle slaves and thugs in Hongxiao Pavilion! If they let them know, I'm afraid it will ruin my daughter's reputation..."

"What's the matter with them?" Mrs. Zhang raised her voice, already angry.

"After all, the girl in the house was sold into a brothel, do you think it's none of their business?" Gu Yong was also angry, "Hurry up and weigh the money, I'll go to Yang Butou to get it up and down. That's all, it's over."

"Where are you going to get some brat? From my point of view, he is the Lord of Hades!"

Zhang was so angry that he held on to the key tightly, and Gu Yong didn't care about pretending to be gentle, and came forward to grab it.

"Who cares about the little devil or the Lord of Hell, why don't you send him away?! If you ruin the reputation and future of the children for a few money, you will be a sinner of our Gu family!"

As soon as Zhang's hand was loosened, Gu Yong almost fell to the ground.

Supporting his waist, he straightened up, but Mrs. Zhang ignored him, and only called out to Lan Xiang who had already left the door.

Going to the back hall, he opened the cage and opened the silver box. Mrs. Zhang took out a lacquered wooden box and stroked it for a long time before giving it to Lan Xiang.

Lan Xiang held the heavy box and turned to the front, Gu Yong reached out to pick it up as soon as he saw it.

When I opened it, I frowned, "How much is this? 100 taels? Then who is Catcher Yang? It's like a mosquito that bites people and sucks blood, and it can be paid with this little money?!"

Zhang Shiyou in the back was indignant, "Whether you like it or not, return it if you don't!"

"It's just that villains and girls are hard to raise." Gu Yong snorted angrily, and walked away with the box in his hands.

Seeing Gu Yong leaving the main courtyard, Wanrou breathed a sigh of relief, and tiptoed forward, wanting to see what was going on in the upper room, but Lan Xiang retreated lightly.But after a while, I heard crying from inside, thinking that Mrs. Zhang sent the girl to hide in the room and cry alone.

Without saying anything, Gu Sixiao greeted silently, and quietly exited the main courtyard.

Although I haven't heard much, but look at the meaning, that headhunter, she should not be mentioned.

That's fine, as for the rest, it's beyond her control.

After two days, Sun Tiancang really came to see her. It happened to be the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the girls in each courtyard of the Gu family took turns to rest. Except for those who were on duty, they could all play in the garden.

It was only the last time I heard about such a tragedy, and for some reason, the mistress of the house didn't have much interest, even if a group of girls wanted to make a scene, they didn't dare.

Even the New Year's Eve was deserted, only a little popular on the morning of the first day of the new year when worshiping the ancestors.

At the back study room, the colorful clothes were loosened up, and knowing that it might be about Luluo, they specially wrapped a handful of copper coins for Gu Sixiao to carry.

"I also know it's not a big deal, but it's also good to buy some brown sugar and boil water to drink. How can a woman live without a man or a child and no one to rely on?"

Hearing that there was a bit of complacency in her sad voice, Gu Sixiao thought that if Luluo heard this, she would not be happy but would be half-pissed off.

She just gave the money, and she just took it. Just secretly giving the money to Granny Hua and Gu Xiaogui, who are the gatekeepers, would cost dozens of dollars.

Sure enough, Sun Tiancang came here to talk about Luluo, but he hesitated when he said it.

Even Gu Sixiao felt a little dazed after listening to it.

Luluo was taken to live in the courtyard where they lived by Zhang Wu?

"My second senior brother said that Luluo is also pitiful. A woman was almost sold by her own man. She even lost her child, and now she has nowhere to go—he, he also wants to do a good deed."

"Oh," isn't he fascinated by beauty?

Gu Sixiao blinked her eyes, not ashamed to ask this question.

Although Luluo is only three-point pretty, not beautiful, but she is used to pretending to be pitiful and clever, so it is not surprising that she really fascinated Zhang Wu.

I don't know what the second senior brother Sun Tiancang was thinking, Gu Sixiao didn't want to say anything, but just dragged Sun Tiancang into the gatehouse.

"Try this dress first to see if it fits. I was too hasty to go out before, so I forgot to take it out."

Hearing Sun Tiancang behind him say that the test is over, Gu Sixiao turned around, looked up and down, couldn't help but smiled and praised: "What a handsome young man, I don't know which girl is lucky to marry my brother."

First, his face became hot, Sun Tiancang pursed his lips, and opened his mouth to mutter, but the voice was so small that he could hardly hear it.

Stretching out her hand to brush her straight collar, Gu Sixiao looked up at Sun Tiancang, her eyes met, and she was also in a trance.

In his eyes, her smiling face was clearly reflected, strange yet familiar. It turned out that she could still smile.

"Hua'er," Sun Tiancang called in a low voice, as if mustering up his courage, he stuffed the small wooden box into Gu Sixiao's hand.

"What is it?" The wooden box is newly made, unpainted, and has some thorny burrs, Gu Sixiao only thinks that the inside is also a gift made by Sun Tiancang himself.

Before she opened it, Sun Tiancang had already held her hand, "Open it after I leave."

"Still so mysterious!" Gu Sixiao said with a smile, but she still waited until Sun Tiancang left before opening the wooden box.

As soon as she opened it, she froze.

There was a jade hairpin in the wooden box, with a piece of gold inlaid with a jade handle, and a hairpin in the shape of a pair of flying butterflies on top. It was the same one she had seen at the stall before.

"Really, actually bought this..."

She still remembers clearly that this jade hairpin was the one she wore on her head the day her eldest brother died.

The messenger from the yamen broke into Gu's house viciously. She was startled and slammed into the door, and the jade hairpin on her head fell to the ground and broke in two.

"The broken hairpin can still be restored, but the family is broken, but it can't be rounded up again..."

Whispering in a low voice, she put the jade hairpin on her head with her backhand, raised the corners of her mouth, but wept silently.

(End of this chapter)