Chapter 150: Truly Unfortunate Family!
Although Gu Yu had learned from Gu Yu that… he was not from the Old Yang family.
However, the village chief was skeptical.
After all, words without proof meant nothing. Everything required evidence. He couldn’t just believe everything Gu Yu said!
The grudge between Gu Yu and the Old Yang family alone could cause Gu Yu to say things that were not in line with the truth, which made the village chief extremely troubled.
Simply put, it was possible that Gu Yu was making up the fact that he was not from the Old Yang family!
However, after hearing Old Yang’s father’s words today, the village chief was convinced of the truth of the matter. (This is likely referring to Old Yang’s father, i.e., the village chief, hearing Old Yang’s father speak, which confirms Gu Yu’s statement).
Gu Yu’s father was indeed a child adopted by Old Yang’s father from outside, and Gu Yu had no blood relation to the Yang family!
Originally, everyone thought it would end there, but Gu Yu appeared unwilling to let it go, making it clear that he didn’t intend to let them off easily today, but instead planned to severely punish the Old Yang family!
This was in line with Gu Yu’s personality.
As a result, the village chief was even more troubled!
However, the current outcome was also caused by Madam Li. If Gu Yu didn’t go too far afterwards, it would be best to follow his wishes!
Now, Gu Mengyao was an official. Angering her husband would also bring the village chief no good consequences…
“This… how do you want to handle it? Do you want the Old Yang family to apologize?”
“Apologize? That can be exempted. I’m afraid of being entangled by their Yang family again. Of course, I, Gu Yu, am also a very kind person, so even though they were disrespectful to my wife, a Sixth-Rank official, I don’t plan to pursue it further… As long as they leave Yang Family Village, I won’t take them to the county office and send their entire family to prison for the crime of framing an official.”
Listening to the village chief’s words, Gu Yu’s smile remained unchanged, but the words that followed made everyone present’s hearts skip a beat, thinking that Gu Yu’s words were anything but kind!
Now that the Old Yang family’s house was burned down, and they were being driven out of the village, this method was truly ruthless!
However, if they didn’t leave, they would be sent to prison… the uncertainty of how many years they might be imprisoned made people afraid to try.
And after the Old Yang family heard this, their faces became extremely ugly, thinking that Gu Yu was trying to force them to their deaths!
“Wait, there’s a cause for every effect. How to deal with Yang Zhiyun was all planned by my father and mother. It has nothing to do with me, so I cannot leave Yang Family Village!”
After Gu Yu finished speaking, someone from the Yang family quickly spoke up.
However, the person speaking at this moment was Yang Zhiwu, the second son of the Yang family, who spent his days like a thug.
The villagers were not surprised by his words, but Old Yang’s father was furious upon hearing this. He directly picked up a wooden stick and beat Yang Zhiwu, thinking how could he have such a son!
Truly, unfortunate family!
Yang Zhiwu, being beaten by Old Yang’s father, hugged his head and scurried away. In front of so many people, he didn’t dare to do anything more, so he could only flee while shouting: “Dad, why can’t I talk about what you did! Back then, weren’t you and Mom particularly harsh on the third branch, not even giving them enough to eat? My wife kindly gave a steamed bun, and Mom would lecture her for a long time!”
“You scoundrel, stop right there!”
“No way! If I stop, I’ll just get beaten. Do you think I’m a fool? After being driven out of the village, you and Mom can look for Yang Zhiquan in town, but where will my family go? Therefore, I’m not leaving the village!”
While Old Yang’s father was chasing Yang Zhiwu, their conversation made people laugh, thinking that the Yang family had lost all face and would never recover it, no matter what!
Gu Yu, on the other hand, had his arms crossed, with a half-smile on his face, making it impossible to understand what he was thinking. He also made the villagers feel a bit of fear towards Gu Yu, secretly resolving never to provoke the Gu family or Gu Yu in the future!
Seeing this farce before him, Gu Yu found it quite boring, but he couldn’t stop it because it was necessary to establish his authority in front of the villagers of Yang Family Village.
Even though the Gu family was no longer what it used to be, the deep-rooted past impression made it difficult for these villagers to change.
However, after driving the Old Yang family out of Yang Family Village, these villagers would know the capabilities of the Gu family.
This would also reduce future trouble.
Gu Yu didn’t want others to come and cause trouble right after driving out the Old Yang family.
And when Gu Mengyao heard Yang Zhiwu’s words, she felt great sympathy for the suffering of Yang Zhiyun and Gu Yu, thinking that they had poured their hearts out to the Old Yang family, yet they couldn’t even eat enough at home. It was truly ironic.
However, it was only sympathy.
Gu Mengyao would not treat the Yang family in any way because of what Gu Yu had endured in the past, because the person who passively endured everything back then was not Gu Yu, but a foolish person who was foolishly filial!
If it were the current Gu Yu, when the Old Yang family tried to deal with him, he would have come up with many ways to fight back and would never have passively endured it.
And the person she liked was this kind of Gu Yu.
He was constantly radiating charm, making people’s hearts flutter.
“Alright, if you want to fight, you can fight as much as you want after leaving Yang Family Village! I, however, don’t want to stand here foolishly. I was called to the county office by the magistrate last night and didn’t get enough rest. I originally wanted to go home to sleep, but unexpectedly encountered such a thing. What bad luck!”
“Gu Yu, you went to Lian Town County Office yesterday?”
“Yes! Magistrate Bai repeatedly sent people to invite me, and I couldn’t keep him waiting, so I reluctantly agreed. However, because I was worried about my wife and younger brother-in-law being home alone, I brought them along.”
Afterwards, when the village chief heard Gu Yu say he went to the county office, he asked in surprise.
Because the Gu family lived far from the village, they were rarely seen, so the village chief didn’t pay much attention. But he didn’t expect… they weren’t home last night, but were in Lian Town solving cases with Magistrate Bai!
In that case, the Gu family had the magistrate as a witness, and the Old Yang family’s accusation was confirmed!
It seemed that the Old Yang family had to be driven out!
Originally, the village chief had considered that driving out the Old Yang family was too heartless. After all, they had lived in the same village for decades, which made the village chief hesitate… whether to drive out the Old Yang family!
Madam Li had only said a few words, it shouldn’t be enough to drive out their entire family, right?
But after hearing Gu Yu’s words, even though he didn’t know if Gu Yu had deliberately concealed information and led the Yang family into a trap, now they could only drive the Old Yang family out of the village to save them from going to prison.
Gu Yu’s words about sending the Old Yang family to prison were not to be taken lightly at all.
At least, the village chief dared not gamble.