Chapter Thirty-Three: A Cold Glance Is All Bitterness
The time agreed between Chu Lanyi and Gu Wanyan was at night. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
At this time, most of the people had already fallen asleep, and the entire Gu Mansion was silent. Gu Wanyan had already gone to bed, but at this moment she crept down from the bed, got dressed and went out softly, and slipped out through the back door.
came to the wall of the backyard of Yunjitang, and saw Xu Dong wearing a black gauze hat, standing in the place agreed by the two with his hands in his hands, and preparing two horses waiting for her.
Gu Wanyan looked left and right to see that there was no one around, so she walked over quickly. She didn't say much, so she tacitly took the reins of the horse from Xu Dong's hand, and then stepped onto the horse with a strong jump.
She hadn't ridden a horse for a long time, and she remembered that her eldest brother taught her equestrian skills when she was a child-but now that the relationship between Gu Ran and her has fallen to this point, Gu Wanyan said in her heart that it was impossible not to be sour and sentimental.
Xu Dong raised his eyes to look at the moonlight in the night, and then asked her in a low voice, "Where exactly?"
Gu Wanyan thought for a while and said, "The old temple on the outskirts of the south gate of the city. β
Xu Dong nodded, flicked the reins, and the two rode together to the outskirts of the city.
Once on the outskirts of the city, they quickly found the old abandoned temple. When Xu Dong and Gu Wanyan were vigilantly looking around for traces of Chu Lanyi, they saw him jump down from the roof of the old temple with a light leap, landing on the ground silently.
Chu Lanyi was also masked, and he smiled: "It seems that I really guessed correctly, you still don't dare to come alone." β
Xu Dong and Gu Wanyan glanced at each other and jumped off their horses together.
"Hurry up and get down to business. Gu Wanyan patted her clothes and said.
"Last time, because of you, now the court has started to stare at me again, and I have to hide. Chu Lanyi said very unhappily, and after speaking, his eyes swept over Xu Dong, "Who is this?" Gu Wanyan said: "This is my friend, and coming together is just to keep me safe." You can rest assured. β
Chu Lanyi narrowed his eyes in disbelief, held his chin and nodded: "You can also tell what is light and what is important to you-Sister Wanyan shouldn't collude with the government to arrest me, right?"
Gu Wanyan was speechless for a while, she was not afraid of him Chu Lanyi, Chu Lanyi was still afraid of her?
So she said patiently, "I won't, don't worry." β
Chu Lanyi kept a safe distance from them and said slowly: "Now I need you to go to the Gu Mansion and take out the case book that records Cheng Yong to me, and I also need you to prepare a thousand taels of silver." β
Hearing this, Xu Dong frowned slightly under the layers of black veil.
Gu Wanyan was stunned for a moment, and said suspiciously: "What do you want silver?" Chu Lanyi lazily spread his hands: "You only need to do what I say now, and if you have more, I will naturally tell you according to our agreement in the future." β
At this time, Xu Dong's eyes were fixed on Chu Lanyi, and at the same time he whispered in Gu Wanyan's ear: "Wanyan, be careful of deception." β
When it comes to material involvement, Gu Wanyan really can't believe it. Faced with Chu Lanyi's request this time, she hesitated.
Seeing that she didn't give a reply, Chu Lanyi asked dissatisfiedly: "You are the second wife of the Gu family, don't you have any silver?"
Gu Wanyan was silent, she naturally had silver. Since she was a child, she has been treated like other children, and she has never been treated badly materially. She didn't use the pocket money she gave out every month and some of the things that the old lady usually rewarded, but silently put it away. She has saved a lot of her own private money so far.
Gu Wanyan looked at Xu Dong, and asked Chu Lanyi cautiously after a while: "Now that you mentioned the money to me, then I have to figure out where the money goes." β
Chu Lanyi sighed: "Hey, it's really troublesome-okay, I'll just tell you now, it's not that I want to ask you for money, it's not that I have taken it myself, but now I need this silver for other purposes in my plan, but I don't have it myself." Believe it or not. β
These words aroused her curiosity, and Gu Wanyan couldn't help but ask, "What are you going to do?"
Chu Lanyi shook his head: "I can't tell you anything until my plan is fully effective." β
Gu Wanyan couldn't help but be a little anxious: "Why?"
"Why?" Chu Lanyi chuckled, "Because I'm afraid you'll affect my plans." β
Gu Wanyan stopped talking.
Should you believe Chu Lanyi?
In silence, Chu Lanyi said quietly: "My plan is simply to bring down the person behind Cheng Yong who crossed the river and demolished the bridge. On the one hand, I despise such a villain in my heart, and on the other hand, if I don't bring him down, he will come to harm me. β
Xu Dong stood next to Gu Wanyan, thought about it carefully, and felt that the logic in what Chu Lanyi said was not unreasonable.
After holding it for a long time, Gu Wanyan gritted her teeth and agreed: "Okay! What you want, how can I give it to you." β
Chu Lanyi smiled and clapped his hands: "I really like Sister Wanyan's cheerfulness more and more-if there is no other situation, five days later, it will still be this time, you bring what I want." β
After that, he squinted at Xu Dong, and asked uneasily: "This flower messenger won't tell us about it, right?"
Gu Wanyan tugged at the corners of her mouth: "No, you can just put your heart in your stomach." "That's fine. Chu Lanyi said indifferently, "I feel that Sister Wanyan is not bad, I believe you are." β
Gu Wanyan nodded silently at Chu Lanyi.
"Sister Wanyan, I'll see you another day. After Chu Lanyi finished speaking, the person disappeared immediately.
Gu Wanyan had already seen Chu Lanyi's light skills more than once-his light skills were really powerful! No wonder he had been wanted for so many years and had not been caught.
Thinking about it, Gu Wanyan pulled Xu Dong's clothes: "Let's go." β
Xu Dong stretched out his hand and took off the hat on his head, with a serious expression: "This Chu Lanyi is really not a good person, in a sense, you have been taken advantage of by him." β
Gu Wanyan said blankly: "Huh?"
Xu Dong frowned and didn't speak again, but thought silently in his heart - this call of Sister Wanyan was really disgusting.
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When the two of them left the outskirts of the city on their horses and returned to the city, it was a long time coming.
The night was dark and windy, and Xu Dong insisted on sending Gu Wanyan back to the mansion to rest assured.
Anyway, now there is not even a ghost in the entire East City, let alone a person. Gu Wanyan was accompanied by Xu Dong and returned to Gu's mansion. They went to Yunjitang first, tied one horse back, and then the two of them rode another horse to Gu Mansion together.
But who knows......
The two of them braved the hazy moonlight in the early hours of the morning, shuttling through the empty streets and alleys of Dongcheng to the courtyard wall of Gu's mansion, which was still some distance away from the back door. Gu Wanyan jumped down from the horse smartly, and then waved his hand to Xu Dong and said, "You go back quickly." β
Xu Dong nodded, and was just about to open his mouth to say yes, when he raised his eyes and swept behind Gu Wanyan, his expression suddenly changed.
I saw that not far behind Gu Wanyan, there was a person standing silently with a bright lantern - that person ...... It's Gu Mo.
"What's wrong?" Gu Wanyan saw that Xu Dong was suddenly stunned and turned back strangely. She was startled when she saw Gu Mo. She stiffly and slowly turned around to face Gu Mo, and then fell silent.
Worst...... Judging from the current situation, Gu Mo has a misunderstanding.
Her head went blank for a moment, and then she stammered, "You...... You...... Why are you here?"
Her nervous and weak appearance almost confirmed the charge of going out late at night to cheat.
Since it was dark and Gu Mo was standing at a certain distance from them, Xu Dong and Gu Wanyan couldn't see his expression clearly at all.
But Gu Wanyan could almost imagine Gu Mo's expressionless and cold as frost......
Gu Wanyan seemed to be dumbfounded, her face was ugly and she didn't know what to say. At the same time, her heart immediately became frizzy, and there was only one question in her mindβhow could Gu Mo be here?
Gu Mo looked at them expressionlessly as if his soul had been drained, with fire and cold in his eyes.
Xu Dong didn't have any position to make any remarks now, frowning and hesitating, only to see Gu Mo turn around and walk away without looking back.
Gu Wanyan hung her head and became annoyed, her fists clenched, and she scolded herself desperately in her heart.
Xu Dong said helplessly: "You can catch up and explain clearly." β
Gu Wanyan was stunned for a moment, and after reacting, she immediately bit her lip and nodded vigorously at Xu Dong, and then without saying a word, she trotted in the direction where Gu Mo walked away.
Xu Dong's expression was indifferent, and he sighed silently in place. Then he pulled the reins hard and turned the horse's head in one direction, and then slowly left back to Yunjitang.
- After a while, Liu Fengxian walked out of a hidden corner with another lantern in her hand, and the light reflected the smug smile on her face.
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Gu Mo walked very fast, and Gu Wanyan trotted for a while before the bright light in his hand came into his eyes.
Seeing that Gu Mo was in front of her, her face drooped again, and her heart sank, and she slowed down cowardly, not daring to catch up like this. Gu Mo must be angry with her.
She quietly followed Gu Mo with contradictions and worries - Gu Mo entered Gu Mo's mansion through the back door, and she followed in a few steps; all the way to Gu Mo's room, Gu Mo pushed the door into the room, she walked over and stood outside the door for a long time, gritted her teeth and pushed the door in.
Gu Mo had already lit the light in the room.
Gu Wanyan closed the door with her backhand, looking at Gu Mo's gloomy face, she didn't dare to come out for a moment.
Gu Mo just sat there like that, not looking at her or talking.
Gu Wanyan took a deep breath silently - what are you afraid of, I didn't do anything wrong!
She walked over and sat down opposite Gu Mo, and said in a low voice with a serious expression: "Gu Mo......"
Gu Mo ignored her, but the whole person exuded a bone-chilling cold.
Suddenly, the sweet and domineering confessions that Gu Mo had told her came to her heart, and Gu Wanyan's heart suddenly became sour.
"Listen to me. Gu Wanyan looked into his eyes and said word by word, "It's not what you think." β
Gu Mo was still silent with a cold face, but he didn't know where to take out an obviously crumpled piece of paper and put it on the table, there seemed to be a few lines on the paper.
Gu Wanyan felt strange in her heart, and leaned over to see what was written on the paper.
"Sister Wanyan, see you at the old temple in the southern suburbs on the evening of April 23. β
It dawned on her heart!
This note was passed to her by Chu Lanyi in some way. At first, when she received the note, she was puzzled when she saw that there was no signature on it. But when she took a closer look at "Sister Wanyan", she was sure that this note came from Chu Lanyi.
So, the reason why Gu Mo appeared was because he saw this note before tonight, so he would stay there and wait for Gu Wanyan to come back?
Is that the logic right?
But...... But Gu Wanyan obviously hid this note well, why did it run to Gu Mo's hand? Could it be that Gu Mo flipped over her things? No, Gu Mo is not this kind of person.
Thinking of this, she was annoyed for a moment why she was so stupid, why she kept this note instead of burning it immediately.
But now it's useless to say anything, she pursed her lips: "Gu Mo, really, it's really not what you think, you believe me, okay?"
Gu Mo slowly raised his eyes and looked at her coldly.
Also, if she wants to change her to Gu Mo, the persuasiveness of everything she has seen with her own eyes is too strong. And her single sentence "It's not like this, you believe me" is too weak.
Gu Wanyan's heart was like a mess, she really didn't want to tell Gu Mo about Chu Lanyi now.
She was pinching the corners of her clothes under the table - what should she do?