The mistress of the Hou family worked herself to death, and she did not serve after her rebirth

Gu Tingzhi couldn't suppress his curiosity, so he followed the sound and saw Gu Xijue surrounded by several children.

His clothes were torn in several places, and his face was swollen and bleeding. Most importantly, Gu Xijue was sitting on the ground hugging his legs, and it seemed that he was kicked.

But his little face was full of stubbornness, tears welled up in his eyes, but he gritted his teeth and didn't cry at all.

Several children continued to encourage each other to continue to beat people up...

It was not until Gu Tingzhi picked up a child and threw him aside, scaring the child so much that he burst into tears, that other people also noticed Gu Tingzhi and ran away in fear.

Gu Tingzhi walked up to Gu Xijue, squatted down, and helped him up, but he heard him gasp in pain and was about to fall down again, but was held by Gu Tingzhi.

"Uncle Gu, I'm fine."

Although Gu Xijue tried his best to restrain himself, he still had a hint of tears in his voice.

"What's going on? Why are you fighting with them?"

Gu Tingzhi took off his shoes and socks to check, and saw that Gu Xijue's calf was kicked hard. There was a trace of worry in his eyes, and his tone slowed down a little.

He actually didn't hate the child, but he felt that Brother Yu was his son, and Brother Yu didn't like him, so he shouldn't like him either.

What's more, Liu was particularly fond of him, and he didn't look like Gu Huan at all. Instead, he looked a bit like his younger brother Gu Yanzhi, and seemed to look a bit like him too.

Thinking of Pei Jiuniang's suspicion that the child was related to him, his heart hardened a little.

"I, I didn't. I, I just wanted to come here to take a look. I don't know why they called me a bastard."

Gu Xijue noticed that Gu Tingzhi's attitude towards him had changed a little. Thinking about the words that his aunt (mother) said that softened Gu Tingzhi's heart, he felt more confident. The tears that he had been holding back fell at the right time, but he deliberately lowered his head, as if he didn't want anyone to see.

"They scolded you? Why?"

Gu Tingzhi frowned, somewhat confused.

"I, I don't know. Not long after I arrived here, they rushed out, beat me, scolded me, said I was a bastard, and said my mother was a shameless seducer..."

"What?" Gu Tingzhi looked at Gu Xijue and realized that he was hiding something, so his voice suddenly became louder.

"I, I can't say." Gu Xijue lowered his head deliberately, as if he had something to hide.

He pretended to leave, but after running a few steps, he couldn't stand the pain and fell to the ground.

Gu Tingzhi frowned and thought for a while, then he ran over and picked up Gu Xijue, "I'll take you to see a doctor first."

"No, I'm fine. I've been beaten often before. I'll be fine in a few days."

Gu Xijue's words made Gu Tingzhi frown again, but he did not continue to ask. Instead, he picked up Gu Xijue and put him on the horse's back, pretending that he was about to climb on the horse himself.

But at this moment, he suddenly felt a strange feeling as if someone was staring at him.

He comforted Gu Xijue with a word, then swooped over quickly and grabbed the man by the neck before he could react.

"Tell me, who asked you to come?"

Gu Tingzhi pinched the woman's neck from behind and didn't see her face clearly at all.

Wen Rong (Wen Wan) opened her mouth in astonishment, not daring to move. She never thought that she was just here to take a peek at him and see if Gu Xijue had succeeded. She was distracted for a while and was discovered by the man, and was mistaken for a spy.

"Cough, cough, cough."

Wen Rong was having trouble breathing due to being strangled and started coughing desperately. Gu Tingzhi also noticed that the woman in his hand seemed to have no energy left and was slightly surprised. He loosened his grip for a bit, but he still couldn't help feeling puzzled.

"Who are you? Why have you been following me?"

His feeling was unmistakable.

This woman had been following him just now.

He has recently helped the Ministry of Justice arrest several groups of people, and the other party has threatened that he will not have an easy time. At the same time, he knows that there have been spies from the enemy country entrenched in Kyoto, and he is on their list of people to be eliminated, so he has been on guard.

And he was used to traveling without bodyguards or secret guards.

This also gave them an opportunity.

"My Lord, it's me, Wen Rong."

Fearing that her hopes would be strangled to death, Wen Rong had no choice but to introduce herself.

"Who?"

Gu Tingzhi was stunned for a moment and loosened his hand.

Wen Rong rubbed her red neck and turned to face him, smiling at him, "My Lord, I'm Wen Rong, Wen Wan's sister. Do you still remember me?"

"Gentle?"

Seeing the familiar face in front of him, Gu Tingzhi was a little confused.

"I'm not Wen Wan, I'm Wen Rong, but everyone says that I look a lot like my sister." Wen Rong smiled, her heart as sweet as honey. This man really remembered her. No wonder it is said that only death and leaving without saying goodbye can leave a man unforgettable.

Even a stubborn person like Gu Tingzhi is no exception.

"You are Wen Rong, then your sister?"

Whenever Gu Tingzhi sees Wen Rong, he will think of Wen Wan and remember that he still owes Wen Wan a promise.

He had originally promised to marry her, and he was a man of his words. He had to fulfill his promises, but he didn't expect that he would have physical contact with Pei Jiuniang. After Wen Wan found out, she left a letter and left. He also asked people to look for her, but the people who went said that Wen Wan was disappointed and got married. He just thought she had found someone to entrust her life to, so he didn't bother her anymore.

"My sister..."

Wen Rong deliberately covered her face with a handkerchief, as if she was reminded of sad things.

"What's wrong with Wen Wan? Speak now!"

Gu Tingzhi was indeed anxious.

"My Lord, you have already married and had children, why do you still have to ask my sister? My sister doesn't want to bother you either."

Wen Rong knew that the more she didn't know, the more like a thorn in Gu Tingzhi's heart would be stuck. The more it hurt him, the more he would feel guilty towards her, and all this guilt would be transferred to her, who had almost the same face as Wen Wan.

"Speak clearly, what happened to Wen Wan? Are you here to see me?"

Gu Tingzhi didn't let Wen Rong leave.

This scene successfully fell into the sight of Pei Jiuniang, who was walking out of the school with Yu Ge and was about to get on the carriage.

There was a momentary pain in her heart, but she quickly suppressed it.

After all, it was because of his recent abnormal behavior that I had some expectations.

Fortunately, she repented in time.

I remember that before I left the house in the morning, I kindly told her to take a rest, and patted my chest to say that I would pick up Brother Yu from school...

She hadn't expected anything from him at first, for she knew his character very well. Besides, the government office was busy with many things, and she didn't expect him to remember what he had promised Brother Yu.

She had known that Wen Rong would soon show up. In her previous life, not long after the two children were registered under her name, she showed up and admitted her identity as the children's aunt. She only asked for a place to live in the Marquis' Mansion. She was also very friendly to her, and they even did business together.

Wen Rong always had a lot of wonderful ideas and made a lot of strange things. She packaged those things and presented them to the palace, which set off a craze. They opened shops one after another, even to neighboring and enemy countries.

At that time, she really regarded Wen Rong as a good sister, but she never expected that Wen Rong had been having an affair with Gu Tingzhi behind her back, and after she died, the two of them couldn't wait to get married.

So she stayed for a long time, which aroused Brother Yu's vigilance. Brother Yu looked in the direction she was looking and saw Gu Tingzhi, who had promised to pick him up for horseback riding in the morning, now arguing with a woman in the street.

Yu Ge's little face immediately drooped, and the indifference and hatred in his eyes were all seen by Pei Jiuniang, who looked worried.

Seeing Brother Yu like this, Pei Jiuniang felt a little uncomfortable. As a person who had lived two lives, she had long lost her expectations for these things, but the same was true for the child.

At this moment, she hated Gu Tingzhi a little.

Why give a child hope and then disappoint him?

Maybe she shouldn't have let Gu Tingzhi get close to Brother Yu in the first place.

At this time, Gu Xijue was still riding on the horse and called out to Gu Tingzhi as if on purpose, "Uncle Gu, Brother Yu and Madam?"

Gu Tingzhi looked up in a daze and saw Pei Jiuniang pulling Yu Ge into the carriage. The curtain was lowered and the carriage was moving farther and farther away from his sight.

For a moment, he no longer had the heart to ask about Wen Wan, and just looked at the carriage...