Chapter Sixteen Wings Flew Away
As Gege recounted stories of the Southern Border, everyone’s footsteps quickened.
In a short while, they arrived at the main entrance of Chongmiao Village.
Zhang San, who was leading the reception, was a bit flustered when he saw so many people suddenly arrive. He wanted to say something to Gege in the crowd, but hesitated.
The people accompanying Zhang San felt the same, not knowing where these people in front of them came from.
They were all armed…
“Brother Zhang San, don’t be afraid! A few days ago, I met these people from the Capital. They came to the Southern Border to collect medicinal herbs!”
Seeing Zhang San’s trembling appearance, Gege quickly spoke to comfort him.
However, his words had no effect.
Zhang San continued to tremble, and the few people with him seemed to be getting ready to escape.
Gu Yu did not allow this to happen, as he didn’t want to camp in the mountains again tonight.
He really wanted to lie on a bed!!!
So, Gu Yu directly took out several silver ingots from his arms, which shone invitingly under the torchlight.
At this, Zhang San and the others no longer thought of leaving.
They stood frozen, like they had been cursed, staring at the silver in Gu Yu’s hand and involuntarily swallowing.
Even Gege, standing by, had eyes full of desire when he saw the substantial amount of silver.
Gold and silver held immense temptation for ordinary people.
Now, even if Gu Yu tried to drive them away, Zhang San and the others wouldn’t want to leave.
“Everyone, we will lodge in the village for one night and leave tomorrow… Of course, we won’t stay for free; I will pay a certain amount of silver.”
Gu Yu smiled faintly as he watched Zhang San and the others staring intently at the silver, thinking that most people, like him, loved money!
If they liked it, that was enough.
However, he couldn’t give it to them immediately to avoid any further trouble.
So, after speaking, Gu Yu put the silver back into his arms.
As the silver disappeared into Gu Yu’s embrace, Zhang San and the others snapped back to reality. They were no longer as scared as before and enthusiastically led Gu Yu and his party into the village.
They treated Gu Yu with such warmth as if he were their own parents. Even Gege was half ignored, with all attention focused on Gu Yu, the big money-spender.
Zhang San secretly decided that tonight he must have Gu Yu stay at his home. After serving him well, he might receive even more silver!
Zhang San believed that these people from the Capital were very wealthy.
Even a small tip from them would be quite a lot of silver!
Not only Zhang San, but everyone else thought the same, so they were all the more attentive to Gu Yu.
“Zhang San, why did you bring so many outsiders here!”
Just as Gu Yu and his party entered the village, an elder wearing distinctive Southern Border clothing appeared with a few people, blocking the path directly, with the clear intention of stopping them.
The invasion of so many people into the village naturally caused panic.
Upon seeing the elder, Gu Yu immediately guessed his identity; he was likely the village chief!
“Clan elder, why have you come out all of a sudden? It’s windy outside, please go back quickly!”
“Zhang San, you haven’t answered me yet. Why did you bring so many people?”
“These are people Brother Gege knows, they are not bad people. They were delayed on their journey today, so they are staying in our village! Moreover, they will pay; they won’t stay for free!”
When Zhang San and the others saw the elder, their enthusiasm for silver was suppressed, and they honestly explained the whole story.
They dared not hide anything from the clan elder.
However, Gu Yu and his party were not bandits, so letting them stay for the night wouldn’t be a big problem.
After all, the total money of all the villagers combined was not as much as the silver Gu Yu had just taken out.
Gu Yu would have to be out of his mind to rob their village.
It was precisely for this reason that Zhang San and the others brought Gu Yu and his party in.
They had initially planned to have Gu Yu check in directly but didn’t expect to be stopped by the clan elder.
Moreover, seeing the clan elder’s angry expression, it was likely that Gu Yu and his people would not be able to stay.
Their silver had flown away with wings.
Thinking of the flown silver, Zhang San and a few others felt a pang of heartache, but everything had to follow the clan elder’s arrangements.
“No matter how much money you offer, I will not let outsiders stay! Go back where you came from! Chongmiao Village does not welcome you, leave quickly!”
Afterward, listening to the clan elder’s angry words, Zhang San and the others knew immediately that they couldn’t earn this money.
Compared to silver, the clan elder’s words were more important.
“Brother Gege, I apologize this time. You should go find lodging elsewhere!”
Upon hearing the clan elder’s command, Zhang San looked at Gege with some apology and uttered the order to leave.
However, it was more regret than apology.
Anyone would feel regret pushing away so much silver.
“Elder, this is the only village around. You expect us to find lodging elsewhere? I’ve heard that the people of the Southern Border are very hospitable, but I didn’t expect the first village we encountered to be so unreasonable, driving us away just because we are outsiders. This is truly heartless.”
At this moment, Gu Yu suddenly stepped forward.
Having finally found a place to sleep on a bed, Gu Yu didn’t want to give up easily!
He wanted to sleep on a bed, not squeezed in a carriage!
As Gu Yu began to speak, the elder looked at him. In his cloudy eyes, a hint of sharpness suddenly flashed.
His old face, full of wrinkles, lost its previous coldness and instead broke into a smile like an old chrysanthemum.
“Good, good, good. Since you don’t want to leave, there is a way to stay.”
“???”
“That is, one of you steps forward voluntarily and lets our village’s guardian god have a look to see if you can stay. It all depends on the guardian god’s decision!”
Afterward, Gu Yu frowned upon hearing the elder’s words.
He had a feeling that this old man had bad intentions and was trying to set a trap for him to fall into!
However, for the sake of the bed, he was going all out!
Although Gu Yu had a bed in his space, with so many people around, he couldn’t take it out directly.
He couldn’t just say he found a bed in the wild, could he?
Who would believe such a thing!
Therefore, he must stay in Chongmiao Village this time and enjoy the feeling of sleeping on a bed for one night.
Look at what he had been subjected to. When he returned to the Capital, he would definitely demand compensation for emotional distress from Bai Qian.
“I can do it. I’ll be the one to meet your guardian god!”
