Chapter 57: I really want to beat them to death!
Gu Yu did not deliberately hide his feelings of depression.
Therefore, when the news of his return to the capital spread, it immediately attracted the attention of many observant people.
And as the people who had been dealt with by Gu Yu nervously submitted their赔礼 (compensation gifts), some of those who had secretly made their move also felt uneasy. They all sent visiting cards to the Gu family, wanting to meet Gu Yu as soon as possible.
Even though it was not a misunderstanding, it was not a problem to call it a misunderstanding.
After all, Gu Yu could not produce evidence to prove their involvement…
However, these people’s little schemes were destined to fail, because before they could even set foot in the Gu Residence, Gu Qing had already sent people to drive them away.
Before Gu Qing learned that his daughter and her companions were in danger, he did not sit at home and wait. Instead, he planned to visit them, wanting to use his current position to coerce them into stopping the pursuit.
However, these people did not allow Gu Qing to visit.
Moreover, they sent even more assassins privately, showing a stance of not giving up until Gu Mengyao and the others were killed. When Gu Qing learned of this, he was so angry that he almost drew his sword and went to their door.
These damned guys were a waste of air just by being alive.
It was only the Empress’s people who stopped him at the critical moment, otherwise, who knows what would have happened that day, and what the consequences would be now.
These were all things of the past, and Gu Qing did not want to recall them anymore. However, now these people wanted to visit the Gu family.
Hmph, wishful thinking.
Therefore, after Gu Qing interfered, the opportunities to see Gu Yu became even fewer and farther between.
This development made many people uneasy, fearing that Gu Yu would impulsively do something crazy.
Before, not many people knew about the past between the Gu family and the Wang clan.
Therefore, everyone could guess that something bad would happen next.
Before sending people to chase and kill Gu Mengyao and her companions, no one had thought of the current development… After all, in the face of an attack from a perfectly laid net, it was strange that they could survive!
However, Gu Mengyao and the others had indeed returned alive.
Although some people were injured, they were all subordinates. Gu Mengyao and Gu Yu were completely unharmed and returned to the capital full of vigor.
This development was undoubtedly the worst possible outcome.
Some people’s minds were active, and they had long prepared gifts of apology, but others were very resistant, and the rest were neutral, waiting to see what would happen.
While everyone was of different opinions, the Gu family remained quiet for a few days. After Bai Qian, the Empress, summoned Gu Mengyao and Gu Yu to the palace, many people’s hearts were immediately raised.
If Gu Mengyao told Bai Qian, the Empress, about being chased, and wanted the Empress to help her, given Bai Qian’s care for the Gu family and Gu Mengyao’s position as Great General, she would definitely send people to investigate the matter thoroughly.
Once everyone was found out, they would definitely kill the chicken to warn the monkeys, in order to stabilize the loyalty of the Gu family.
Thinking of this, many people had their informants hidden in the palace send back messages to see what the Empress would do.
Just as many ministers were panicking, the news from the informants was very good.
Gu Mengyao did not mention it, but instead had a normal chat with the Empress, without any intention of complaining.
This news brought a sigh of relief to many.
However, it immediately caused people’s hearts to be raised again, wondering what the Gu family’s intentions were.
If they didn’t tell the Empress about this matter, did they want to resolve it privately?
But without the Empress’s protection, what could the Gu family members do!
Currently, the Gu family was feared only because of the favor of those in power.
Otherwise, why would so many people want to get rid of Gu Mengyao and destroy the future of the Gu family.
To make the Gu family, which had already begun to rise, gradually fall silent, and never be able to climb higher in the future.
However, with Gu Mengyao not dead, things became different.
The position of Great General held many important significances.
Just as everyone was wondering about the Gu family’s reaction, Gu Yu began to visit each family with gifts.
With Gu Yu’s rampage when he first returned to the capital as an example, this time, although he brought gifts, it still made many people feel that something was unusual.
However, things were different from what they imagined.
Gu Yu actually just sent gifts. Although they were just some worthless things, they made people look down on the Gu family. They thought that Gu Yu, the son-in-law who married into the family, was truly pitifully timid.
He actually sent gifts to those who wanted to kill him, just to avoid initiating a conflict. Such courage was truly contemptible!
After all, he was just an ordinary person who knew medical skills, unlike Gu Qing and his daughter who had experienced battles on the battlefield.
Perhaps, those rumors before were all just a bluff, and Gu Yu was not powerful at all.
With this thought, those who were originally fearful gradually calmed down, feeling that they had thought too much and had actually regarded Gu Yu, such a coward, as an opponent.
“A’yu, I really want to beat them to death!”
At the Gu family, while Gu Yu was sitting in the courtyard basking in the sun, Gu Mengyao’s angry voice suddenly rang out.
This made Gu Yu put down his teacup and quickly hold back the irritable little wife, fearing that Gu Mengyao might have a sudden impulse and go to someone else’s house with a knife, shouting and killing.
In a certain way, Gu Qing and Gu Mengyao were indeed father and daughter, and they were very similar!
However, Gu Yu did not think that such behavior was useful. Instead, it would provide an excuse for others to pick a fight.
To gain the greatest benefit, one must act calmly and slowly wait for the big fish to take the bait.
“Mengyao, I have already sent that poison powder to every family. I believe that in a few days’ time, these people will suffer the consequences of their own actions… When they come to beg us, we can casually set conditions. If they cannot fulfill them, then they can only die.”
“But I can’t stand people saying that about you outside!”
“Let them say it. Anyway, the results will be accepted soon!”
Reaching out and pulling Gu Mengyao into his embrace, Gu Yu stroked her long hair with a smile, thinking that besides the cave filled with potassium nitrate when he went out to search for the secret of the human bone treasure map, the things he obtained in the capital could be considered treasures.
The combined wealth of all the families was not much different from a treasure.
This outcome was very good for Gu Yu.
However, the annoyance of being chased could not just disappear.
There is a good saying, “A death sentence can be avoided, but a living crime cannot escape punishment.”
In order to get Bai Qian to help solve these difficult problems, Gu Yu finally revealed the gunpowder.
This made Bai Qian, the Empress, no longer care about the imperial court ministers, but instead attach great importance to Gu Yu, who possessed the knowledge of making gunpowder.
