Chapter 38: Must Have a Comfortable Bed.
After another two days of travel by carriage, they finally arrived near the capital.
Along the way, Gu Yu and his group encountered many robberies, which extended what was supposed to be a short journey and delayed their arrival by several days.
However, they had finally arrived.
But looking at the line of people waiting to enter the city, Gu Yu was extremely helpless… He had visited the capital so many times before and had never encountered a situation where he had to queue up.
Now, after the earthquake, long queues had started to form.
Without Mengyao Gu present, Gu Yu could not take advantage of his wife’s official position, so he could only obediently queue up… Wait, although Mengyao Gu was not here, he also had a token from an Iron Certificate of Immunity in his hand!
If not now, then when!
Thinking of this, Gu Yu immediately told the coachman to drive straight ahead. He was going to cut in line!
“Little Brother Gu, although there are so many people ahead, we’ll get into the city by afternoon if we queue up. There’s no need to push to the front!”
“Afternoon… it’s only morning now, I can’t wait that long. Just drive forward!”
“But even if I want to drive forward, the soldiers guarding the gate won’t allow it! It would be bad if they beat us up.”
Upon hearing Gu Yu say he wanted to cut in line, the coachman’s face showed a look of distress. After his persuasion failed, he could only speak his true thoughts.
He was afraid of being beaten by the soldiers.
These capital city soldiers were different from the bailiffs in Lian Town!
A step higher in rank would crush people… Although these soldiers were only guarding the gate, they were still very arrogant.
When the coachman came to the capital before, he had seen soldiers brutally beating someone simply because that person had glanced at them sideways while entering the city.
Such unreasonableness made the coachman not want to confront them.
Even if Gu Yu was very powerful, this was the capital city, not the wild mountains and fields they had passed before.
Whatever one did, one had to think clearly…
Compared to the coachman’s fear and trepidation, Gu Qingheng knew his brother-in-law’s capabilities, so he was not afraid at this moment. He just thought that cutting in line was not a good thing!
However, having privileges was indeed powerful.
This made Gu Qingheng’s desire to become a high-ranking official even stronger!
“Alright, stop with all that nonsense. Hurry up and drive the carriage over. I don’t want to waste any more time here.”
“Okay!”
While the coachman was still hesitating, Gu Yu impatiently rebuked him. This made the coachman dare not continue to disobey Gu Yu’s wishes. He could only drive the carriage towards the city gate with the resolve of being beaten later.
And all the people waiting along the way, seeing this ordinary and shabby carriage daring to cut in line! They weren’t angry, but watched the carriage as if they were watching a show.
They wanted to see… who was so foolish as to dare to cut in line at this time!
It wasn’t that no one had tried to cut in line before, but after being discovered by the soldiers, they were all beaten.
Afterwards, they were thrown out of the city and never got to enter.
“Stop! Why are you running forward without queuing properly? Don’t you know you have to follow the order!”
As everyone was thinking this, before the carriage even reached the city gate, it was stopped by patrolling soldiers.
Upon hearing the soldiers’ rude words, the coachman was also so scared that he shivered. He wanted to say something, but opened his mouth for a long time and couldn’t utter a single word.
The common people had an innate fear of officials, and the coachman was no exception.
“Why are you still standing there? Hurry down.”
Soldiers had been guarding the city gate for many years, and they had their own unique ways of judging the people coming and going.
At this moment, seeing the shabby carriage and the coachman’s frightened appearance, they knew that the person in the carriage was not a big shot. Otherwise, the carriage and servants accompanying them would not be like this.
“We have urgent business to enter the city.”
“Urgent business? Everyone queuing here has urgent business! Why are you so special? You’re just a commoner, so don’t put on airs with me.”
Gu Yu also knew that he couldn’t rely on the coachman, so he spoke to the soldier standing outside through the carriage curtain. However, the soldier didn’t buy it at all. Instead, he wanted to drag out the person sitting in the carriage.
Finally, Gu Yu had no choice but to take out the Iron Certificate of Immunity from his spatial dimension.
Then, a slender and long hand stretched out from the carriage, holding a token. As soon as the soldier saw it, his expression changed drastically. He knew he had encountered a tough opponent this time.
How could this ordinary carriage carry someone of such great status!
Iron Certificate of Immunity.
This kind of rare item… He had been guarding the gate for several years and this was the first time he had seen one.
However, the engraving on it seemed genuine, and the soldier knew that the token in front of him was indeed real.
“So it’s Lord Gu. I was blind and didn’t recognize Mount Tai. I apologize for my offense! Please follow me over here, you can enter the city directly.”
The next second, the expression on the soldier’s face changed dramatically, from anger to a smiling demeanor, which surprised the people standing around.
What was that token? Why did the soldier’s attitude change so drastically!
Could it be that he was truly a big shot?
While the people around were pondering these questions, the coachman was also very shocked when he heard the soldier’s words… What was the background of this Gu family!
Weren’t they from Yang Family Village in Lian Town?
Why did the capital city soldiers treat him like a cat meeting a mouse…
After the carriage successfully entered the city following the soldier, and seeing the soldier’s obsequious demeanor, the coachman had even more admiration for Gu Yu.
Gu Yu, at only fifteen years old, could make these soldiers so obedient. He was truly a person with great abilities!
When he returned to Lian Town, he had to tell his relatives not to provoke anyone from the Gu family.
Especially Gu Yu.
“Brother-in-law, we’ve arrived in the capital now. Where are we going? Are we going to find Chengfeng Shan to discuss business?”
“After such a long journey, what business are we discussing! Come, let’s go to the Gu Residence to rest, and we can also give the gifts to my father-in-law.”
As the carriage drove through the streets, Gu Yu didn’t pay much attention to the scenery around him. He was just thinking… now that he had arrived in the capital, he could finally find a place to rest and lie down comfortably.
This way, his physical fatigue would disappear, and his mood would become wonderful.
Mainly… he must have a comfortable bed!
Gu Qingheng had no objections to Gu Yu’s arrangements. He missed his father, Auntie Fei, and his younger brother very much… It was a pity that his sister had stayed in Yang Family Village to look after the house, otherwise she could have come along this time.
When the coachman heard they were going to the Gu Residence, he was even more astonished. He wondered about the relationship between the Gu Residence in the capital and the Gu family… Could they be from the main branch?
That didn’t seem right!
He heard that the Gu family only started from humble beginnings as hunters.
There were no powerful ancestors.
With such doubts, the coachman drove according to the address Gu Yu gave him.
When they stopped at the Gu Residence, looking at the grand mansion and the strong men guarding the door, the coachman shivered again. He mused that since coming to the capital with Gu Yu, he had been constantly frightened!
