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Gu Fei swallowed and said: “I went to the bank to pick them up this morning.”

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, she knew she had said the wrong thing.

As expected, Xiao Yu’s face suddenly turned cold: “You’re lying!”

“The gold of Daying doesn’t have such a good color and luster. Also, it would not have crooked symbols engraved on it. Where did this gold come from?”

“And who are you? Where do you come from, and what is the purpose of approaching me?”

Gu Zhang looked at Gu Fei anxiously from the side. His daughter had magical abilities, but they shouldn’t let anyone know about it. Who knew if these noble people might have any bad intentions?

Gu Fei lowered her eyes and clutched her skirt tightly: “It is true that these golds are not from Daying, but I can’t tell the origin.”

“I have no intention of getting close to the young master.”

“I don’t even know what the young master’s name is, nor where your family is.”

“I just want to redeem the second young lady, I don’t have any other purpose.”

She looked up at Xiao Yu with a magnanimous look: “Whether you believe it or not, Young Master, I can only say this much.”

Xiao Yu looked at Gu Fei again.

He didn’t feel it when they met for the first time, but now the more he looked at this young lady, the more strange she became. The gold she took out, and the telescope she gave him, he was sure that they were not from Daying.

Where did this girl come from?

Could she be a spy from the enemy country?

Gu Fei looked at Xiao Yu and said: “Young Master, if you have no other instructions, then we will leave first. We still have something to do at home.”

Xiao Yu snorted coldly: “Did I let you go?”

Gu Fei lowered her head: “I wonder if you have any other instructions, Young Master?”

Xiao Yu was a little angry. Even if he was suspicious, he was no reason to detain these people here.

Besides, he felt that he was a reasonable person and would not do anything to this young lady just because of suspicion.

He snorted: “You can go.”

Gu Fei bowed deeply at Xiao Yu and said: “Thank you, Young Master, for helping me twice. If I have the chance in the future, I will repay you for your great kindness.”

After saying that, Gu Fei pulled the second young lady, Gu Zhang quickly followed, and the three of them left in a hurry.

Xiao Yu squinted his eyes: “Tell Old He, to find someone to keep an eye on them quietly, and let me know if there is any news. I always feel that this girl is not simple.”

Gu Fei and others got on the carriage outside. Gu Zhang and Boss Zhang were sitting outside. Gu Fei asked the second young lady: “What are your plans for the future? Do you have any relatives you can go to?”

The Second Young Lady shook her head repeatedly: “No, my aunt died early, my uncle and the others stopped interacting with me a long time ago. I have nowhere else to go.”

She grabbed Gu Fei’s hand tightly and said: “Xiao Fei, I’m sorry, I owe you so much money, but I don’t know how to pay you back. From now on, I’ll just be your maid, okay?”

Gu Fei smiled and said: “Don’t talk about me being a maidservant. Since you have nowhere to go, just come home with me. But my home is just an ordinary farmhouse. The food, clothing, and housing are very rough. I’m afraid you’ll feel uncomfortable.”

The Second Young Lady said seriously: “No, I can endure any hardship. Compared with Madam Hou and my several sisters, I am lucky enough to be free.”

When she was following Shitou, she looked back and saw Madam Hou’s jealous eyes. Her eyes almost ate her up.

Gu Fei nodded: “Okay, let’s buy some clothes to change first.”

After saying this, Gu Fei remembered that she had no money at all and had to go find some brothers to get money first.

Just as she was thinking about it, Gu Zhang’s voice came from outside the carriage: “Erlang——”

 

Gu Fei was waiting anxiously when she saw Shitou walking in with a girl.

Who else could it be if it was not the second young lady?

When the Second Young Lady suddenly saw Gu Fei, she rushed over desperately and hugged Gu Fei as she burst into tears: “Feicui, I knew it was you, I knew you were the best, I knew you would come to save me, Wuwuwu, I’m so scared, Wuwuwu…”

Gu Zhang looked anxiously from the side: “Um, Second Miss, your hand is pressing on the injury on Xiao Fei’s back!”

“Ah!” The Second Young Lady quickly retracted her hand, with a look of panic on her face, “I didn’t mean to. Does it hurt Feicui?”

Gu Fei shook her head: “It’s okay.”

Shitou then found an opportunity to hand the second young lady’s deed to Gu Fei: “It cost 1,800 taels to redeem the second young lady. This is her deed. She is a member of the family of a criminal official and cannot leave the country. She can only be a slave.”

The Second Young Lady lost her voice and said: “Is it so expensive?”

She saved a total of 1,400 taels of silver after more than ten years, which she gave half of it to Feicui. Even if she didn’t give them to her, including her gold hairpins and pearls, it wouldn’t still be enough!

She looked at Gu Fei anxiously, what if she didn’t have enough money?

Gu Fei was also stunned. She had given Gu Qing two hundred taels to buy a mule cart before. She thought that one thousand taels was enough, but she didn’t expect it to be so expensive.

She only has one thousand two hundred taels in her hand. She was still short of 600 taels of silver. What should she do?

Silver, where can she get silver?

Gu Fei was so anxious that beads of sweat dropped from her forehead.

When the Second Young Lady saw Gu Fei like this, her heart sank to the bottom.

It was easy to see hope. If she couldn’t leave because she couldn’t get the money, she would hang herself with her belt.

Gu Fei suddenly said, “Brother Shitou, wait a moment. I have the money hidden close to my body. I will go inside and take it out for you.”

Xiao Yu looked at her coldly. Gu Fei entered the inner room, her consciousness sank into the space, and she searched inside.

She suddenly remembered that she once picked up a few gold bars while hiding from zombies in an abandoned villa. Although gold was useless at that time, Gu Fei, who was greedy for money, could not resist the temptation of gold and still put it into space.

She almost turned her space upside down and finally found three gold bars in the corner.

The gold bar was engraved with FINE GOLD 999.9 on the top and NE TWT 1000g on the bottom.

Gu Fei quickly made a calculation. One kilogram of gold was equal to twenty taels. The gold and silver exchange rate here was one to ten, and one gold bar was equivalent to two hundred taels of silver.

Three gold bars add up to 600 taels, and counting the 1,200 taels of silver notes left in her hand, it was exactly 1,800 taels, no more, no less.

Gu Fei breathed a sigh of relief and walked out with gold bars and silver notes.

She put the things on the table and said, “Brother Shitou, here are exactly 1,800 taels. Please check it.”

Xiao Yu looked at the gold bars on the table, narrowed his eyes, picked one up, and looked at it carefully. Gu Fei’s heart was pounding. The gold bars were engraved with English and Arabic numerals, but the young master couldn’t recognize them. Anyway, it shouldn’t matter.

The Second Young Lady also stared at the gold bars on the table. Where did Feicui get them?

At this moment, she could not think of any other explanation except that Gu Fei was an immortal being.

Xiao Yu looked at it for a while and suddenly said: “Miss Feicui couldn’t even get 20 taels of silver to redeem herself before, so where did this gold come from? Don’t tell me it’s a family heirloom!”

Shitou told him when he came back that the Gu Family even mortgaged their land deed for twenty taels of silver.

 

Shitou closed the door, and Gu Fei looked at Xiao Yu pleadingly: “Young Master, the second lady and I are sisters, but with my identity, I can’t redeem her. I have no choice but to ask you for help.”

Xiao Yu played with the telescope in his hand: “If I say I won’t help you, do you have to take this thing back?”

The corner of Gu Fei’s mouth twitched: “How can I? After all, the young master helped me a lot yesterday, so I will leave this thing to the young master.” After she finished speaking, she looked at Xiao Yu eagerly.

Xiao Yu trembled slightly at the sight of her pitiful deer-like eyes. He snorted and told Shitou: “Go and tell them that I want to redeem the second lady of Pingyang Marquis Mansion.”

“Bring people here.”

Shitou agreed and went out.

Gu Fei looked at Xiao Yu with a happy face and said to him, “Thank you, Young Master, for your kindness.”

Xiao Yu snorted again: “You don’t need to thank me, let alone say any big favors. I got your thing, so I will naturally repay you.”

Gu Fei smiled and said: “Young Master is a very particular person.”

“Whether the young master admits it or not, this is a great favor to me. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will repay the kindness to the young master.”

In the backyard of Jiaofang House, the second young lady was crying in her room. The little girl persuades her to eat something, but she doesn’t eat at all.

The person in charge came over just now and asked her to get ready and start receiving guests tomorrow.

These young ladies from all walks of life are proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and they can start working directly without any further training.

The second young lady was thinking about whether to take off her belt and hang her from the rafters, when suddenly the steward’s voice came from outside again: “Second young lady, come out, someone is going to redeem you.”

Redeem me?

Did Feicui come?

She said she would come to find me.

The Second Young Lady opened the door excitedly and saw a man who looked like a servant standing next to the steward.

The Second Young Lady was greatly disappointed.

Shitou glanced at her and said: “Our young master wants to redeem your life, so pack up and follow me.”

The Second Young Lady gave a wry smile. She had nothing to clean up. The clothes she wore were those she changed into after coming to the Jiaofang House. Apart from that, only half of the sweat scarf around her waist belonged to her.

She lowered her head, “No need to pack up, let’s go.”

She accepted her fate. Being bought by someone and only having to serve one man was better than receiving guests in this brothel.

They were about to leave when the door next to them opened. Madam Hou stood at the door and looked at the second young lady coldly: “What are you doing?”

The Second Young Lady’s fear of her stepmother was deeply ingrained in her bones. She quickly lowered her head and replied respectfully: “Someone has redeemed this daughter’s life.”

Madam Hou’s eyes suddenly burst out with jealousy, and she stared at the second young lady: “Redeem you?”

“Who will redeem you? Is it the man you hooked up with when you were at home?”

The Second Young Lady shook her head repeatedly, with tears in her eyes, “Mother, I never leave the house, and I don’t recognize any men at all.”

Madam Hou sneered: “How can someone come to redeem you if no man hooked up with you before?”

“We haven’t even started picking up customers yet, so how can we hook up here!”

“I didn’t expect you to look honest and kind, but you have such a scheming mind.”

“I’m not, I didn’t.” The Second Young Lady cried and shook her head.

The steward next to her scolded Madam Hou: “Okay, who cares what you think she is? It’s just because you don’t have such luck!”

Shitou also said with a cold face: “What are you talking about? Hurry up and let’s go. My young master is still waiting.”

The Second Young Lady followed Shitou in tears. Madam Hou stood by the door while watching the few people go away, as her long nails deeply sank into the door frame.

 

Xiao Yu became more interested and said, “Okay, tell me about it.”

Gu Fei looked around and said: “Young Master, this is not the right place to talk, why not——”

Xiao Yu waved his hand and said: “Then, let’s go in and talk.”

After saying that, he walked up to the Jiaofang House.

Gu Fei was simply overjoyed. It was like walking through iron shoes and finding nowhere, and it took no effort to get it.

Gu Fei quickly supported her father and walked in behind Xiao Yu.

The doorman at the door didn’t even dare to raise his head, let alone stop people.

There was a large courtyard after entering the door.

After going through several doors, they enter a small courtyard.

Everything in this small courtyard was exquisite, even the flowers and plants were trimmed extremely neatly.

Several people entered a room and sat down.

Shitou looked at Gu Fei’s back: “Miss Feicui, the wound on your back is probably open again. It’s full of blood. I’ll find a medical doctor for you to take a look at.”

Gu Fei waved her hand, “I don’t need it. My father is injured. Please let a doctor take a look at him.” It was just a little blood, she won’t die.

Shoitou went out to call for people.

Gu Fei suddenly reached under her skirt and took out something.

Xiao Yu stared at her. How could she hide such a big thing under her skirt?

Why didn’t you notice it when she kicked someone just now?

Gu Fei put the telescope on the table and pushed it toward Xiao Yu: “This thing is called a telescope. I got it by chance. I think only a man as wise, powerful, and extraordinary as the young master deserves to own it.”

Xiao Yu picked it up curiously: “What’s the use of this thing?”

Gu Fei pointed to the lens tube, “Look here.”

Xiao Yu picked up the telescope and put it in front of his eyes. He took a look at it twice. Suddenly his eyes lit up. He put the lens tube against his eyes and suddenly exclaimed: “Your eyes are so big!”

“Ahem.” Gu Fei hurriedly stepped away: “Young Master, look at somewhere else.” She washed her face in the morning, so it should be clean. There won’t be any eye mucus or anything like that.

Xiao Yu suddenly stood up, walked to the window, and looked into the distance.

The flowers and plants in the distance were suddenly zoomed in and became extremely clear, as if they were within reach.

He pulled the telescope away put it back together, and tried again and again several times.

Suddenly he turned to look at Gu Fei with a serious look on his face, “Where did this thing come from?”

In the children’s play store around the supermarket.

However, the quality was still quite high.

Of course, Gu Fei would not tell the truth. She smiled and said, “An old beggar was grateful that I gave him a bowl of rice, so he gave this to me.”

Xiao Yu’s eyes flashed, this girl wasn’t telling the truth.

The material of this thing was very strange. It was neither gold nor jade nor wood. Not to mention this magical function. He immediately thought that if the scouts used this during the war, wouldn’t they be able to grasp the enemy more accurately?

Xiao Yu didn’t press the question but said: “This thing is extraordinary. Tell me, what do you want?”

Get straight to business!

Gu Fei liked smart people like this.

“I would like to ask the young master to help me redeem someone from the Jiaofang House.”

Xiao Yu looked at Gu Fei and said casually: “Who do you want to redeem?”

“The second young lady of Pingyang Houfu, who just entered the Jiaofang House yesterday.”

While Xiao Yu was thinking about it, Shitou came over with the medical doctor.

The medical doctor came in and quickly treated Gu Zhang’s wound. Gu Zhang begged the medical doctor to take a look at Gu Fei, but Gu Fei insisted and refused. She didn’t want to waste time. Her injury was nothing. It was either a complicated disease or a flesh injury. The doctor will simply give her gold sore medicine after seeing it, but it needs time to heal. Applying for medicine right now was all in vain.

The medical doctor saw the blood on Gu Fei’s back, then looked at Gu Fei’s innocent look, and couldn’t help but mutter: “I have never seen a young lady like you before.”

Xiao Yu agreed in his heart. She was just a maidservant from the Marquis Mansion, but she was so courageous. Not only did she know martial arts, but she also didn’t care about being injured. It was strange.

The medical doctor left a jar of ointment for Gu Fei, then shook his head and left.

 

The laughter seemed to slap the doorman hard in the face.

He looked at Gu Fei and his father angrily: “Okay, you two country bumpkins dare to play at me. If I don’t teach you a lesson today, you won’t know what the king’s law is!”

“Someone, come over here!” The doorman shouted, and soon two men with fierce looks and sinister faces rushed out from the door.

The two men looked at Gu Fei and his father with unkind expressions. Gu Fei held Gu Zhang’s hand tightly, her heart pounding.

She had no confidence in dealing with these two tall and strong thugs. She was the only one who was okay. She could endure the pain and run, but her father was still there!

Gu Fei became anxious and saw a few passers-by surrounding him, and shouted: “Everyone, you have seen it. We are just standing here at the door, but they are going to beat us. Is there still imperial law?”

There were expressions of sympathy on the faces of the passers-by, but no one said a word.

These people were not easy to mess with at first glance, and no one wanted to get into trouble.

The doorman sneered and said: “Beat them, beat them hard for me!” These two country bumpkins didn’t know the heights of the world. The Jiaofang House belonged to the government, so who would dare to offend them?

Gu Zhang whispered at this time: “Run quickly, I will stop them.”

Gu Fei gritted her teeth and said: “Father, don’t move, I have a way to deal with them!”

Gu Zhang was startled when he saw his daughter suddenly lift her skirt and kick a thug hard.

The kick was high and straight, hitting the thug right in the forehead.

The thug was kicked to the side, his body swayed, and he took a few steps back.

Then Gu Fei blew up like a whirlwind, spun around, and kicked the other thug hard in the chest.

The thug was unprepared, his chest felt tight, and he fell backward.

At this time, some melon-eating in the crowd shouted: “Good!”

The doorman took a few steps back and looked at Gu Fei in surprise. This girl looked thin and small, but she didn’t expect that she was a martial artist.

Gu Fei took this opportunity to grab her father and run away.

The thug on the ground quickly stood up. Although Gu Fei kicked him in the chest, the force was not strong. He just felt a tightness in his chest, but it was nothing serious.

The two thugs saw Gu Fei’s intention and started to chase him.

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the gate of the Jiaofang House: “Miss Feicui, Uncle Gu——”

Gu Zhang and Gu Fei both looked over reflexively.

Shitou walked out of the door, with his young master standing behind him.

Shitou looked at Gu Fei: “Why are you here?”

Gu Fei said dully: “I’m here to find someone. But this guy is so unreasonable and wants to beat us.”

Xiao Yu glanced at the doorman on the side, then at the two thugs, and snorted coldly: “You are so brave, you even dare to fight my people?”

He was deeply impressed by this articulate girl. After all, she was someone he had helped before, so he didn’t mind helping her again.

The doorman knelt: “Young Master, please spare my life. I don’t know they are your people.”

Xiao Yu kicked him over and said: “Go away, I get annoyed when I see you!”

The doorman ran away in a hurry, and the two thugs didn’t dare to say anything and left in despair.

The guests who came in and out of this door were all beings they could not afford to offend.

Xiao Yu looked at Gu Fei with a smile. This girl had cleaned up now, and she looked okay: “Are you the girl from yesterday?”

“Those two kicks just now were very handsome. Where did you learn them?”

Shitou hurriedly said: “It’s my young master who said good just now.”

So you are the melon-eater!

Gu Fei’s eyes fell on Xiao Yu, and suddenly her eyes lit up: “Young Master, I happen to have something to talk to you about.”

Xiao Yu raised an eyebrow. Isn’t this girl a servant? But her current demeanor and tone were completely different from yesterday as if they were two different people.

Look, she came forward to negotiate, not beg him!

 

Gu Qing put the banknote into his arms with trembling hands.

This was two hundred taels of silver!

Such a large amount of money can last for the family for decades. He can’t lose it.

Then Gu Fei turned to Gu Erlang and said: “Second brother after Third Brother pawns something, you can take some money and go to the city to rent a yard. Just rent it for a month. The place needs to be bigger and can fit the mules and carts. Once you’ve rented the yard, you can go to Nanshi to meet Eldest Brother. You buy some things and put them in the yard.”

Gu Fei continued: “Third Brother after you pawn the jewelry, you also meet up with Eldest Brother. Dad and I will go to the Jiaofang house. You can also buy good things and hire someone to look after the rented place.”

Gu Fei looked at Gu Zhang again: “Dad, is this arrangement okay?”

Gu Zhang thought for a moment, “Is it necessary to rent a yard in the city?”

Gu Fei smiled and said, “Dad, if our family suddenly drives a few mules and carts back, then won’t the village be in chaos?”

She was from the Marquis Mansion, and it was not a secret that the mansion was ransacked. At that time, some people will wonder if she hid the money, and maybe some jealous people report it to the government, which will be a big trouble.

Gu Zhang quickly thought of this, nodded, and looked at Gu Fei with relief, “I am not as considerate as you are.”

They entered the city in less than half an hour. Gu Qing got off the carriage with his brothers at the gate of the city.

While Gu Fei and Gu Zhang went straight to the Jiaofang House.

The door of the Jiaofang House was open.

Gu Zhang and Gu Fei got out of the carriage. As soon as they walked to the door and looked in, the doorman yelled: “What are you doing? You can’t come in here, you go. This is not the place for you to come!”

Gu Zhang laughed as he touched the silver in his sleeve pocket: “Uncle, I want to ask you something.”

“Where are you from, country bumpkins? I told you to get out, didn’t you hear me?” The doorman didn’t wait for Gu Zhang to approach and stretched out his hand to push him hard.

Gu Zhang was originally standing on the steps. With this push, his body leaned back.

Gu Fei hurriedly tried to pull him, but she was injured, and her skills were not as flexible as before. She failed to hold him, and Gu Zhang rolled down the steps.

“Father——” Gu Fei hurriedly ran down and helped Gu Zhang sit up, and saw that the skin on his forehead was bruised and was still bleeding.

“Father, are you okay?” Gu Fei asked while looking at Gu Zhang anxiously, wondering if he had hurt his arms or legs.

“I am okay.” Gu Zhang took a breath and slowly stood up with Gu Fei’s help.

Gu Fei took out a piece of handkerchief and put it on Gu Zhang’s forehead, turned around, and said angrily to the doorman: “Why are you so unreasonable? If you don’t want to let us, then don’t. Why are you pushing people!”

The doorman sneered: “You Country bumpkin, so what if I push you? Even if I push you to death, do you think you can sue me?”

At this time, a man who looked like a steward came out of the door and said, “What are you doing, making such a fuss?”

The doorman instantly became respectful and bent down: “Manager Liu, there are two country bumpkins here. Looking at them, you can tell they are not good people.”

Manager Liu glanced at Gu Fei and her father: “Shoo them away, don’t let people in tatters stand at the door!” After saying that, he turned around and went in.

The doorman bowed respectfully and said, “Yes.”

When the figure of Manager Liu disappeared, the doorman straightened his back in an instant, ran down in a few steps, and kicked Gu Zhang in the chest: “Get away——”

Gu Fei was horrified and quickly pulled Gu Zhang aside.

The doorman missed kicking anyone and lost his balance. He staggered forward two steps and almost fell.

Several pedestrians passing by laughed at him.