"Miss, I'm going home soon."

Xiaolin Ancient Road, the breeze blows. Occasionally, passers-by stopped to take a few looks, and then hurried away. Mu Lan didn't pay attention to the movement on the side, just pulled Mo Zhu and kept talking. Mo Zhu smiled, she turned around and pulled Gu Mingxiu again, with some unconcealed anticipation on her face.

At this moment, Gu Mingxiu and his party have left Chongming Temple and are on the way back to Yang. Gu Mingxiu was weak, so this section of the road was split into two lines, and he needed to rest overnight halfway. The guards were eating downstairs, and Gu Mingxiu was in the room on the second floor.

An Li looked at Mu Lan's chattering appearance, and couldn't help laughing: "Little girl, look at the head in the temple, right?" ”

Miao Lan laughed twice, and Mo Zhu reminded softly: "The mansion is not as good as the outside, there are other people staring, everything needs to be nervous, and when you get to the mansion, you are not allowed to be so unruly, if you collide with other young ladies, it will not be good." ”

"I see." Muran stuck out her tongue.

An Li glanced at Mozhu and looked at Gu Mingxiu with a smile: "Mozhu has always been steady, but it has saved a lot of heart. ”

Gu Mingxiu didn't answer, but couldn't help but glance at Mozhu a few more times: in the previous life, because Mozhu was steady and quiet, she could be by her side for so many years. It's just that there were many crises at that time, and now Mozhu is inexperienced, and she can't do many things for her.

After Ann left, Mu Lan packed up the dishes and chopsticks and went down to the lobby. Gu Mingxiu stood at the window, thought for a moment, and beckoned Mo Zhu to come over: "Mo Zhu, you go and do something." ”

Mo Zhu was slightly stunned, and then blessed himself: "Yes." ”

Mu Lan finished ordering the chores, and several of the guards also dispersed. She was about to go upstairs, and as soon as she looked up, she saw Gu Mingxiu slowly going downstairs with a cloak on, her dark eyes with a little carelessness.

"Girl, why did you go downstairs?" Mu Lan hurriedly ran up, helped Gu Mingxiu downstairs, looked left and right and didn't see Mozhu, and was about to ask, but heard Gu Mingxiu reply softly: "It's enough to eat, go for a walk and eliminate food." ”

Mu Lan threw her questions out of the clouds, and couldn't help but smile: "The girl's body is getting better and better, and she can't eat much in the past, and she always has no appetite." I haven't eaten much lately, but I've never had a lot of food before. ”

Gu Ming embroidered and lowered his eyes and was silent.

The closer she got to Yangzhou, the more impetuous the emotions in her heart became. In her previous life, she was in the palace for ten years, learning to hibernate and forbear, so as not to mess up the plot and ruin his big things. However, the memories of the past rushed to her heart at this moment, and she was taught to want to die with those people immediately.

But that's not what she was going to do.

Gu Mingxiu quietly looked up at the clouds in the sky, and a bit of cold chill appeared in her quiet eyes.

She was going to teach those people to taste the pain she had suffered in her previous life, even a thousand times more.

Mu Lan helped Gu Mingxiu to walk forward, talking about these little things to herself, and she didn't care if Gu Mingxiu listened or not. The two turned a street and were about to continue walking when they heard the sound of beating and scolding.

"You owe us money! Now that the person is dead, you have to pay it back! ”

"If you don't have money, you will take someone to pay off your debts!"

"Little Nizi, don't bother, you can suffer less!"

Mu Lan looked up, and in the small corner, several big men were cursing around a woman lying on the ground. Those big men were holding wooden sticks in their hands, all of them were tigers with bears' waists, and they looked extremely fierce.

The woman curled up together, her clothes shredded from her shoulders, revealing her scarred skin. Despite this, the woman still didn't say a word, just hugged herself silently.

Gu Mingxiu stared at the scene in front of her, her eyes fell on the woman who was slightly tilted her head, and she was stunned.

Seeing those big men raising their sticks again, Gu Mingxiu snorted coldly: "Stop!" ”

The wooden stick in the big man's hand fell halfway and hung over the woman's head. Hearing the sound of cheering, everyone turned their heads to look at the two girls standing not far away.

Gu Mingxiu was not frightened by them at all, and said slowly: "You are just asking for accounts, if you beat someone to death, you will not return the money." Her gaze swept over the big man and said quietly, "How much?" I'll pay it back for her. ”

"You?" The big man glanced at the girl suspiciously, and then looked at the woman on the ground a few times.

Although Mu Lan was afraid, she was still afraid of these fierce and vicious looking men, but her own girl spoke. She plucked up her courage, stepped forward and stopped in front of Gu Mingxiu, and said loudly: "My girl said that she would pay it back for her, then she won't be repaid, she will tell me as much as she wants." ”

Gu Mingxiu walked up to the woman and squatted down to look at her.

Gu Mingxiu was originally young, and she was even more petite with a cloak on her body. Her face was slightly sickly, and her eyes were dark and bright, like natural ancient stones.

The woman looked up at her, with a hint of hostility.

Gu Mingxiu ignored it, and just asked her, "Do you know martial arts?" The woman stared at her nervously, silent, and Gu Mingxiu said again, "The action when you are beaten by them is the action that only people who practice martial arts will have." ”

"You know martial arts, why don't you fight back?"

The woman was silent for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "My father owes them money, and it is right to collect the debt from me, and I can't pay it back." ”

Gu Mingxiu nodded: "I paid off the debt for you, from now on, you are my person." ”

“…… Good. ”

At noon the next day, two carriages drove slowly through the city gates, one after the other, towards the inner city. The exterior decoration of the carriage is also exquisite, with brocade tassels and small flags flying. In the upper left corner of the carriage, a small square token hung obliquely, and the word "Gu" was written in vermilion pen and ink.

With the appearance of carriages and horses, the originally peaceful streets seem to be a stone thrown by a calm river. The people on both sides put down their belongings one after another, and chased the two carriages with very curious and enthusiastic eyes.

"What kind of battle is this?"

In the elegant house on the second floor, the young man who was leisurely drinking tea raised his eyes and glanced at the crowd gathered behind the carriage, and blinked in surprise: "I haven't heard that there are any big people who are going to enter Beijing today." He smiled and glanced at the person sitting across from him, "Come and see this battle." ”

It was a young man with a temperament like jade. He was dressed in brocade and wore a half mask on his face, which covered his face.

The young man closed his eyes and recuperated, and the corners of his lips hooked a faint smile, and faintly pressed a little sharp.

The person opposite the young man didn't answer, and the little guy on the side answered with a smile: "It's not a big man who entered Beijing, it's Gu Shangshu's daughter, and that young lady is back." ”

"Gu Qingyuan?" The young man raised his eyebrows and thought for a while, "I remember, it is the sister of Gu Changge, a talented woman from Yangzhou, who has been sent to the temple since she was a child." The young man closed the fan in his hand, knocked it in the palm of his hand, and shook his head slightly boringly, "What's so nice about this?" I thought it was something interesting, could it be that this Miss Yan is better looking than Gu Changge? ”

"Not really." The little girl scratched her head, "A few days ago, the young lady of Governor Shen's family met Miss Gu in the temple, and the two had a very happy conversation. After Miss Shen came back, she kept saying good things about Miss Gu—"

Without waiting for the little guy to finish speaking, the young man's eyes suddenly widened: "Governor Shen? You're not talking about that Shen Qingqing, right? She can actually say nice things about people? The young man suddenly became interested, and he was about to stand up, "I'm interested in this, let's take a look, let's take a look at Miss Gu." ”

Seeing his son-in-law's excited appearance, the little girl had to swallow the second half of the sentence that poured into his mouth.

The young man had just gotten up, and the young man's hand on the table moved slightly, and the wine glass beside his hand flew towards the young man as if it had eyes. When the young man exclaimed in surprise and avoided it in embarrassment, the young man said casually: "I need to go to the palace, and you can go too." ”

The young man glared at him, very dissatisfied: "Why am I—"

The young man looked up at him, and there was a little coolness in his eyes. The young man was immediately silent, and sat down weakly, looking depressed and not daring to say more. The little guy had put on a new wine glass, and the young man played with the wine glass, his eyes looked in the direction of the carriage, and sank slightly.

Lifting the curtain to see the crowded market from a distance, the smile on Mulan's face could not be concealed no matter what. She climbed the curtain of the car, looked at the scenery outside, and kept talking to Gu Mingxiu.

Gu Mingxiu leaned on the cushion and closed his eyes to recuperate, but did not answer. Mu Lan had long been accustomed to the silence of her young lady, but she did not feel embarrassed. After talking to herself for a long time and still no one answered, Mu Lan sighed a little boredly, thinking about how good it would be if it was Mozhu.

There were only two people in the car, her and Gu Mingxiu. When he was resting at the post station, Gu Mingxiu instructed Mozhu to run errands, and he didn't see Mozhu come back all the way.

Mu Lan was too young to resist her curiosity, so she couldn't help but ask in a whisper at this moment: "Miss, where did Mozhu go?" Aren't we going to wait for her to go home with us? ”

"Mozhu is already in the house." Gu Mingxiu didn't open her eyes, she just muttered in a low voice, her voice soft.

Mozhu was indeed in the mansion, and Gu Mingxiu let Mozhu return to the Gu mansion long before entering Yangzhou. I remember that in the last life, on the day she returned home, her sister Gu Liyi fell into the water and almost died.

Although she returned home early in this life, it was difficult to guarantee that it was not an accident, but man-made.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the Gu Mansion, and Dong Qing was already waiting at the gate with a few slaves. Passers-by gathered around, wanting to see Miss Gu Fuyan, who lived in the temple. In the past few days, the news of Miss Gu Fuchang's intelligence and exquisiteness has been spread in the Central Plains of Beijing, but it has only been a day since Miss Gu Fuchang lived in the temple for a long time, and she did not know the etiquette, which was very rude.

The two statements are far from each other, but they made passers-by curious, and they stopped to take a look at Miss Na Yan.

When the carriage arrived, it happened that Gu Changge appeared at the door with the maid. She is still in a pink jacket, delicate and moving. Just stood there, and taught everyone's eyes to fall directly on Gu Changge, who had gentle eyebrows.

An Li was helped out of the car, and when he looked at Dong Qing who was standing at the door, his face unconsciously became a little gloomy.

"Ma'am." Dong Qing blessed her body, her posture was obedient and well-behaved, and she looked at her gently.

An Li stood in place and smiled reluctantly, it was Gu Chang Gelian who moved lightly and said softly: "Mother, you are back." I haven't seen you for a long time, we all miss you and the fourth sister, is the fourth sister better? ”

An Li was slightly stunned, and then smiled slightly. Without waiting for her to answer, Gu Mingxiu's voice with a shallow smile sounded behind her: "Thank you Second Sister for your concern, Siniang is all right." ”