After bringing down the Wang Clan, the next target was His Majesty.
With a large sum of silver paid by Gu Yu, he succeeded in provoking the outstanding disciples of the Wang Clan into a public brawl. Now, they have all been thrown into prison to suffer.
Under normal circumstances, releasing these members of the Wang Clan would have been a mere word.
However, that was not the case now.
Coincidentally, the civil and military officials were impeaching the Wang Clan. Now that the Wang Clan disciples were imprisoned, it was easy to get in but difficult to get out.
Furthermore, since this group of people was the talent carefully cultivated by the Wang Clan, Wang Xu could not let them stay in prison for too long, for fear that they would be secretly harmed by others, leading to their premature demise.
However, although Wang Xu wanted to rescue them, he… now had no influence with the Emperor.
Therefore, Wang Xu turned to meeting the Empress Dowager, wanting her to intervene and rescue the disciples of the Wang Clan.
But Wang Xu did not expect!
The Emperor actually prohibited him from seeing the Empress Dowager!
This made the situation extremely dire!
How would he save these outstanding talents of his clan? If he watched them die, it would surely be a major blow to the Wang Clan, and they would not be able to recover for the next ten years.
Therefore, these people absolutely cannot be allowed to have any mishaps.
Even for the sake of competing with the person secretly targeting the Wang Clan, he could not fail!
All the recent events were targeting the Wang Clan. If Wang Xu still couldn’t detect something was wrong, he would be as stupid as a pig.
Unfortunately, the instigator was too well-hidden, and Wang Xu could not directly expose him.
When he went to find the well-informed Alliance, he was directly told… that they would no longer accept commissions from the Wang Clan. This made Wang Xu increasingly conflicted in his heart, wondering who exactly he had offended!
To be able to control the Alliance, it must be a very powerful figure.
Afterwards, Wang Xu did not give up, thinking that he must find the person behind it, otherwise, he would not have peace in the future.
However, when he started investigating from rumors in the capital, Wang Xu initially thought it would be related to the Gu Residence. After all, the false rumors about the ‘Exotic Charm’ Opera House last time were spread by the Gu Residence. Perhaps it was the same this time.
But Gu Qing had already gone to the battlefield. Who else was there in the Gu Residence?
Could it be Gu Qing’s cunning son-in-law, Gu Yu?
However, just as Wang Xu focused his suspicion on Gu Yu, the investigation report from his subordinates came… After searching for many days, he finally learned from a little girl! The person secretly spreading information was actually an adult male. Because he always wore a mysterious mask when he went out, his specific identity could not be ascertained.
However, according to the eyewitnesses’ descriptions, the person spreading the information was taller than Gu Yu.
This time, Gu Yu’s suspicion was halved, and Wang Xu began to assign people to thoroughly investigate who this adult man was.
Just as Wang Xu was anxiously pulling out his hair, Gu Yu, as the person behind the scenes, was kind enough to let Xi Yang continue to wear the mask to bribe others, passing the news of the Wang Clan’s plight to the Empress Dowager.
When the Empress Dowager heard this news, she immediately flew into a rage and went to the Emperor to make a scene without any hesitation.
Listening to the news sent by the Alliance, Gu Yu sighed softly, thinking how great he was.
He was helping the Wang Clan despite past grievances…
No choice, it’s just that Gu Yu is so enthusiastic about helping others!
With things progressing to this point, even if Gu Yu didn’t continue to watch, he could guess the subsequent developments, which would surely give the Emperor a big headache.
He and Gu Qingheng had been staying in the capital for quite some time, and if they stayed any longer, their leave from the Academy would be too long.
Therefore, Gu Yu did not continue to stay in the capital. After saying goodbye to Gongsun Feifei, he took Gu Qingheng back to Lian Town.
Xing Zhi, who was now half a steward of the Gu Residence, stayed at home. When he heard that Gu Yu was preparing to return to Lian Town, he naturally accompanied them, protecting their safety along the way.
Thus, after a period of retaliation, Gu Yu felt refreshed.
When they returned to Yang Family Village, Gu Yu put aside these annoying matters and focused on studying the Medical Scripture. After thoroughly reading the Medical Scripture (Advanced), he was able to understand more knowledge.
Now that his little wife was fighting on the battlefield, he couldn’t be left behind!
Since his martial arts were not good enough, he had to find strengths in other areas. By working hard to amplify his strengths, perhaps he could help Gu Mengyao in the future.
If all else failed, when his younger brother-in-law improved, Gu Yu decided to join the army as a military doctor.
This way, he could also be in the same place as Gu Mengyao, lest something unexpected happened and he was not by her side.
Not only Gu Yu was working hard, but Gu Qingheng also became diligent.
Gu Qingheng seemed to have changed into a different person. He no longer played around and fought in the Academy but earnestly studied books of all kinds, striving to use his photographic memory to remember all the content of these books.
Gu Qingheng could vaguely guess the purpose of Xia Tian going to the battlefield with Gu Mengyao.
Originally, Gu Mengyao was the target of Xia Tian’s admiration. She wanted to become as powerful as Gu Mengyao in the future, so she had been working hard in secret during this time, all to make herself stronger.
And upon hearing that Gu Mengyao was going to the battlefield to kill enemies, Xia Tian felt that she had to follow, and could not continue to stay at home doing nothing.
Who said that women must stay at home and raise children? Gu Mengyao had already set a different example.
As the first woman in history to join the army, Gu Mengyao was very formidable.
This also made Xia Tian secretly think… if she trained on the battlefield, she might become stronger.
Even if she couldn’t get stronger, she could learn by Gu Mengyao’s side and improve her martial arts even more.
By the way, she could also help Gu Mengyao a little, so she wouldn’t be unaccustomed to being a woman on the battlefield.
Thus, with the above thoughts, Xia Tian then decided to go to the battlefield with Gu Mengyao.
Even if the road ahead was difficult and full of dangers, Xia Tian was not afraid at all.
Because she wanted to become stronger.
And upon thinking that Xia Tian might have had such thoughts, Gu Qingheng did not want to waste time in the Academy.
Since his sister Xia Tian was working so hard, he could not fall behind either.
Otherwise, as his brother-in-law had truly said… as Xia Tian became more and more outstanding, her suitors would also increase, and the competition would be very fierce. To break through the crowd, he would have to become even more outstanding.
So that Xia Tian’s eyes would only be on him.
With this thought, Gu Qingheng studied even more diligently, making all the other students in the Academy feel incredulous, thinking if Gu Qingheng was possessed by a ghost, how could he suddenly become like this?
Under normal circumstances, Gu Qingheng would always find various excuses, all to avoid reading more books.
Every time after completing Director Qingshan’s requirements, Gu Qingheng would not continue reading…
As a result, his sudden diligence was truly unsettling!
However, while many students in the Academy were surprised by Gu Qingheng’s change, Dean Qingshan was very happy. He even asked the students to take Gu Qingheng as a role model, increasing their workload, which caused a group of people to suffer.
Dean Qingshan was so happy not only because Gu Qingheng knew how to be diligent but also because of the events experienced by the Wang Clan in the capital. On the very first day Gu Qingheng returned, he told Dean Qingshan everything.
Upon hearing that their enemy was suffering so much, Dean Qingshan was overjoyed and even ate an extra bowl of rice.
Listening to the situation Gu Qingheng told him, Dean Qingshan even felt that it was unnecessary for his students to take action; Gu Yu alone could resolve the behemoth that was the Wang Clan.
Although Gu Qingheng did not say that these things were all done by Gu Yu, Dean Qingshan was not foolish, especially since he was an ally of Gu Yu.
Therefore, he clearly knew that the reason for the Wang Clan’s misfortune was all Gu Yu.
Gu Yu, this person, truly had an immeasurable future…
Meanwhile, Gu Yu, who was being talked about by Dean Qingshan, was at home reading the Medical Scripture.
After seeing the advanced version of the Medical Scripture, some of his previous doubts were directly resolved, and Gu Yu’s medical skills also rapidly improved.
It’s just that the Medical Scripture (Advanced) was divided into three volumes: upper, middle, and lower. Each volume was very thick and contained more obscure content. Gu Yu had been reading for so long and had only just finished the upper volume.
Even after finishing the upper volume, Gu Yu could not continue reading. Instead, he had to collect medicinal herbs and mix the prescriptions therein, striving to achieve perfect mastery to avoid any unexpected incidents in the future.
Thus, Gu Yu’s figure could often be seen in various pharmacies in Lian Town. And each time, the quantity he requested was very large, almost emptying the pharmacies.
It even caused the purchase price of medicinal herbs in Lian Town to rise continuously.
As for the precious medicinal herbs that Lian Town did not have, Gu Yu entrusted Chengfeng Shan in the capital to help procure them.
Now, Chengfeng Shan’s business had grown significantly. He had shops selling white sugar and chili peppers all over the country. Therefore, upon receiving Gu Yu’s commission, he immediately asked his subordinates to search for medicinal herbs nationwide and then deliver them to the Gu Residence in Yang Family Village.
Chengfeng Shan didn’t even ask Gu Yu to pay for the medicinal herbs, saying that the cost would be deducted from his year-end dividends.
Gu Yu naturally agreed to this.
In addition to his cooperation with Chengfeng Shan, Gu Yu also wrote recipes for Chunlai Restaurant. As a result, Chunlai Restaurant, by launching new dishes every month and having excellent flavors, had become the dominant restaurant in Lian Town!
Even when the fat chef discussed with Maoyuan Tang in a letter, they decided to establish branch restaurants in several surrounding towns and see how the income would be.
If the income was good, the fat chef decided to open shops in the Prefecture.
And by continuously opening branch stores, he wanted to open Chunlai Restaurant all over the country!
With this idea in mind, the fat chef taught many students culinary skills. Now he had been promoted to management, managing his chefs and the operation of the restaurant.
“Brother-in-law, are you still reading? Don’t forget, you have to study with me tonight!”
“Got it. Anyway, there’s nothing else to do at night, so I can only study.”
“It’s been over ten days. I don’t know how my sister is doing.”
“Don’t worry, she’ll be fine.”
“Chirp chirp…”
Just as Gu Yu and Gu Qingheng were talking, the cry of an eagle suddenly sounded in the sky. When Gu Yu looked up, he saw a magnificent sea eagle circling in the air.
A bamboo tube tied to one of its claws was very conspicuous.
