Reborn as the Savior of a Short-lived Father and Son

"If I don't come back, will I be able to watch his wife beating the drum like Lin Shiqiang did today?"

Gu Qinghe felt guilty, but still curled her lips, "You are not Lin Shiqiang, and I am not Mrs. Lin, how can we be compared like this? Besides, if I really beat the drum to report it, I will definitely tell you."

"You are so slick and not a good person." Shao Wei glanced at her, and his chest was filled with a conflicting feeling of wanting to pick her up and kick her on the butt, but he was also afraid of hurting her. In the end, he just sighed, "You always have your own ideas."

It is praise, but also helplessness.

Just because he's unwilling to restrain Gu Qinghe doesn't mean he won't be worried.

God knows how he felt when he learned that Gu Qinghe was put in prison.

Even though she knew that Huo Shibei and Shao Xingjian were there and that these people would not let anything happen to her, Shao Wei was still panicked.

Her usual indifference seemed to be completely gone when it came to her.

I rushed back day and night, and only when I saw her did my heart feel at ease.

His beard had grown back, and Gu Qinghe seldom saw such a haggard look on his face. She seemed a little curious and deliberately rubbed his cheeks and chin with her fingers a few times. The prickly feeling made her want to laugh.

Seeing that she didn't know she was doing anything wrong, Shao Wei raised his eyebrows, lowered his head to her neck and deliberately poked her with his stubble.

It doesn't hurt, it's mostly itchy.

Gu Qinghe begged for mercy hastily, "It stinks. Go back and wash up and take a rest. I'll come find you later, okay?"

"Not good." Shao Wei finally saw her, how could he separate so quickly? "I'll ask someone to get it from the mansion. You go about your business. I won't say anything."

Okay, since she couldn't persuade him, Gu Qinghe had to take him to the courtyard where Uncle Fu lived.

But she was still a little worried, "Isn't it considered dereliction of duty for you to come back like this?"

Shao Wei remained calm, "Of course I have something to report to Your Majesty. The matter of the Chizhou prefect has not been properly handled. Now I naturally have to ask Your Majesty to see if the way it is handled is feasible. I am just a reckless general, and I don't understand those official affairs."

Nonsense, there is no need for the Chizhou prefect to come back in person to report the matter, a letter can be used to deliver the report.

He is stationed in Chizhou, and His Majesty now values ​​him even more. How could he go back to the capital to ask for advice on how to deal with a prefect?

But since he has already returned, he must have found a reason, so Gu Qinghe stopped asking.

"What about mother? Is she okay?"

"Do you still remember the two little girls from Aunt Liu's house next door?"

"of course I remember."

Aunt Liu lived next to General Shao Wei's mansion. Her son and daughter-in-law were very hardworking. They opened a restaurant on the street and their business was pretty good.

Shao Wei took Gu Qinghe there to eat once. The cuisine in Chizhou was different from that in Beijing and was heavier in flavor. Gu Qinghe was a little uncomfortable with it at first, but after eating there once, she always thought about the next time.

Shao Wei said that the food in Chizhou is just like the place itself, which looks unremarkable, with barren land. It is not a beautiful place with picturesque scenery.

But this land, this city, is so strange that it makes people want to stay.

"I don't know how those two little girls got to know your mother. Now they run to the general's mansion every day, learning to read and identify medicinal herbs from your mother."

Gu Qinghe smiled as she heard this. "My mother is very popular with children. Didn't my father teach in the past? My mother would occasionally go to the school to bring him food, and the students would always follow her like little tails, chirping and calling her "teacher's wife."

She didn't dare to mention these things or recall them before.

Those past events are like honey wrapped in arsenic, which is sweet enough to make people want to cry, but can also be so painful that it takes one’s life.

However, as time passed, as she got closer to the truth of the matter, perhaps she had found her mother, and she was no longer alone in the world.

She seemed to start recalling those past scenes frequently.

It is painful indeed, but there is obviously more happiness.

Uncle Fu seemed to have heard their voices and opened the gate early.

All the herbs in the yard had been dried and put away by Uncle Fu. When he saw Shao Wei covered in dust, he quickly pulled his daughter aside, and her snow-white clothes were stained.

Uncle Fu said politely, "How about I go add some fuel to the fire, and the general wash first?"

Shao Wei was not polite, "Thank you for the trouble."

Gu Qinghe looked at his nose and his heart, pretending he heard nothing.

Uncle Fu went to boil water. Gu Qinghe looked at his back and said softly, "I plan to let Uncle Fu go to Chizhou as well."

Without much explanation, Shao Wei could understand her concerns and nodded, "It is indeed a good idea to leave here temporarily, but will he agree?"

Uncle Fu was so stubborn. How could he agree to leave Gu Qinghe here alone and run away to Chizhou to hide?

Gu Qinghe naturally has her own way. If it were in the past, Uncle Fu might not agree, but it is different now. Knowing that her mother is still alive, Uncle Fu knows that she will never act rashly for her mother, so he can naturally feel a little more at ease.

Seeing her relaxed and happy expression, Shao Wei's tone also relaxed a little, "Tell me first, what are your plans next?"

"Of course, we will do it step by step," Gu Qinghe blinked at him, "My luck seems to be pretty good. The evidence is all there and in the hands of the Lin family, but the Lin family has not made any move yet."

"Qi Mingyue came to me today to discuss how to get the Lin family to sue King Wu. If we overthrow King Wu, it would be considered as solving the first major problem, right?"

Gu Qinghe was not in a hurry to uncover the truth in one go. It was naturally impossible to kill all her enemies with one sword, but she could defeat them one by one.

The King of Wu is the most hateful, so naturally he should be ranked first.

"Qi Mingyue and I were originally thinking about what we could do to add fuel to the fire of the Lin family, but we didn't expect that before we did anything, Madam Lin went to beat the drum to report the incident."

This was indeed something Gu Qinghe had not expected. When she talked about Mrs. Lin, a hint of admiration appeared on her face.

When Mrs. Lin dragged her weak body and tried to seek an explanation for her son's death with the determination to die, she was only a mother.

But although Gu Qinghe admired her, he found it difficult to feel too much sympathy for her.

After all, her son is a bully and is not a good person. He is asking for trouble.

As for the crimes that Lin Cong had committed, Gu Qinghe didn't believe that Mrs. Lin was completely unaware of them.

The bodies of the concubines that Lin Cong killed and threw out of the Lin Mansion alone would be piled up higher than the gate of the Lin Mansion.