Chapter 183: 119 Entering Beijing (Second Watch)_2
“You’re also about to travel far?” little monk Jing Fan asked.
Four young monks were sitting on the temple steps, each holding a string of vegetarian meatballs made by Gu Jiao.
Little Jing Kong took a bite of the meatball and sighed, “Yeah, our brother-in-law passed the Guozijian examination, and our whole family is going to join him in school. But why did you say also?”
Jing Fan chuckled and said, “Because we’re going on a long journey too! Our Abbot is taking us to attend a big Buddhist conference!”
“Oh.” Little Jing Kong was a bit tempted too, but it might be the price of coming down the mountain. Having Jiaojiao required him to give up some things.
In his heart, Jiaojiao was the most important!
Gu Jiao brought plenty of delicious food, in addition to vegetarian meatballs, there were vegetarian roast duck, vegetarian Dongpo pork knuckle, and two boxes of osmanthus cake from Liji.
The four young monks enjoyed a wonderful afternoon.
Gu Jiao also went to the Medical Hall to bid farewell to the second owner, but was informed by the shopkeeper Wang that something had happened at the Hu Family, and he had already returned to the Capital City.
Maybe they would meet in the Capital City.
Gu Jiao made a visit to the home of the principal of the school, and brought some gifts from the mountains and a hawthorn cake for the principal’s elderly wife who was still dazed and confused but looked much better.
The servant said that when the elderly woman was in her right mind, she would say that she had grandchildren and was so happy!
Lord Gu had finally healed the injuries on his face and body after a few days of rest. He went to look for Madame Yao in her courtyard.
Madame Yao was instructing her servants to pack up.
Lord Gu paused: “What are you doing, madam? Aren’t you going to stay in the villa? Are you leaving?”
“Yes, I am leaving.” Madame Yao nodded.
Lord Gu panicked and quickly stepped forward to grasp Madame Yao’s hand: “I was wrong! I will never mistreat that girl again! I won’t try to make them get divorced! You’re angry! Don’t leave!”
It was Madame Yao’s turn to be stunned: “What are you talking about, lord? Whom did you mistreat? Jiaojiao? Did…did you try to make them get divorced?”
Lord Gu felt a wave of unease in his heart!
“Lord!” Madame Yao pulled back her hand in sorrow and indignation.
Lord Gu hurriedly denied it: “I didn’t! I said I planned to!”
Madame Yao was shocked and angry: “You…you still plan to?”
Lord Gu shook his head like a drum, his cheeks rippling: “I…I don’t now, I don’t now. I will listen to you. Please don’t leave!”
Madame Yao calmed down a bit and said to Lord Gu: “How can I return to the Capital City if I don’t leave?”
Lord Gu was stunned: “You finally decided to return? Have you come to terms with it? What about Yanyan and…ahem, Jiaojiao?”
Madame Yao remained silent with a smile.
From the side, the maid grinned: “Lord, it seems you’re not yet informed. The young master has been named as the top scholar and is going to study at the Guozijian, and the young master and miss will also go to the capital with him.”
Lord Gu was taken aback for a moment. Had he heard it wrong? That little cripple was named as the top scholar?
He had just derided him as useless, and would he now show him up by qualifying as a top scholar?
What did this mean? Was he trying to slap him in the face?
Lord Gu sneered, it was just a top scholar from a small provincial city. How extraordinary could that be? There were twenty or thirty scholars like him throughout Zhan Country, and he must be the worst of them!
However, it did solve his urgent problem.
If they did not return to the capital, they would have to unfairly hold Jin Yu’s coming-of-age ceremony at the villa!
Gu Jinyu also heard that Madame Yao was packing up and came to help happily, but unintentionally overheard the reason Madame Yao agreed to return to the capital.
It turned out to be only because Gu Yan and Gu Jiao were going to the capital…
Gu Jinyu felt as if something had pierced her heart.
Her mother repeatedly said she regarded her as her own, but in her mother’s heart, she always loved her own flesh and blood the most.
“Ah, right.” Lord Gu suddenly remembered that the son of the Gu Family also took the provincial examination this year. What was that boy called?
Gu…Gu…Gu Shunzi? Gu Shunfeng?
“Did Gu Dashun pass the exam?” asked Lord Gu.
Madame Yao had personally gone to Yamen to check the list and remembered all the names clearly. There was no examinee with the surname Gu.
The maid scoffed disdainfully: “Are you talking about the son of that family? I heard he also took the provincial examination, but regretfully, he didn’t even qualify as a scholar! He is far from our young master! There’s a saying, a dragon begets a dragon, a phoenix begets a phoenix, the son of a mouse will be good at digging holes! Except for the deceased Gu couple, none of that family are worth anything, and they still dream of passing the exam? In their next life, perhaps!”
The words were a bit harsh and it was inappropriate to lose her composure in front of her master, but that family was indeed too harsh on Gu Jiao, so even the normally gentle Madame Yao did not refute the maid’s words.