Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The person who came was a woman in her mid-twenties. Her hair was tied into a womanâs bun, and her clothes were a little tattered.
She was still a little nervous when she entered. She looked around as if she was afraid that someone would suddenly jump out.
Gu Yundong asked her to sit, but she only dared to sit on half a stool.
When she saw that there were only Gu Yundong and Madam Yang in the house, the woman heaved a sigh of relief and said to her, âI, Iâve seen the person in this portrait.â
She took off the missing person notice. Perhaps because she was too nervous and hid it in her arms, it looked wrinkled when she took it out.
Seeing this, Madam Yang was immediately angry. She went forward and took the notice, placing it on the table and flattening it.
The woman was shocked by her actions and stood up abruptly. âW-What are you doing?â
Gu Yundong hurriedly said, âSister-in-law, donât be nervous. My mother just feels a little heartache when she sees such a good portrait wrinkled. Itâs fine. You just said that youâve seen the person in this portrait. Where did you see him?â
She tried her best to be gentle, even though she was already very anxious.
When the woman heard this, she sat down again. She bit her lip and asked her softly, âYou, you said that you would give me ten taels of silver, right?â
âThat depends on whether youâre telling the truth or not.â n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âOf course it is.â
The woman hurriedly promised, âI swear that everything Iâm saying is true.â
âOkay, Iâm listening.â
The woman exhaled and said, âThis person, this personâs name is Gu Dajiang, right?â
Gu Yundongâs eyes lit up. âYes.â
âIâve seen him before. It was when the Qingâan Prefecture was in chaos. I saw it after the soldiers from the Xuanhe Prefecture came here. At that time, the city was in chaos. Our family was poor, and our houses were in tatters. We thought that those refugees and bandits wouldnât like them, so we hid at home and waited for this chaos to pass before coming out.â
At the mention of the past, the woman still had lingering fear on her face. âBut I didnât expect them to come to my house. At that time, the soldiers quickly chased after us. Those bandits saw that they couldnât escape, so they captured me and my man. This Gu Dajiang came out at this time. He seemed to have given that officer an idea. Then, we were saved and those bandits were captured.â
Upon hearing Gu Dajiangâs name, Madam Yang sat obediently at the side and listened.
The woman continued, âThat officer seems to admire Gu Dajiang very much. He even asked Gu Dajiang to work by his side. However, he didnât succeed. Gu Dajiang said that he wanted to find his wife and children in Qingâan Prefecture.â
âThat officer was quite disappointed. Later on, he said that he could help him find them. When he found them, he would agree to help him.â
The woman was quite envious at that time. Back then, Gu Dajiangâs clothes were tattered. Other than his clean face, his entire body smelled bad. It was obvious that he was a refugee who had escaped from Yongning Prefecture. The officer didnât mind at all.
The problem was that Gu Dajiang actually rejected such an opportunity to soar.
The woman didnât have a good impression of refugees, even though Gu Dajiang could be considered to have saved them.
But at the end of the day, if not for these refugees, why would their Qingâan Prefecture be in chaos? Why would she be captured by bandits? Why would more than half of her house be smashed? They were even poorer than before.
âThe officer left after quelling the chaos. I heard that he made a great contribution and might go to the capital to become an official. We didnât see Gu Dajiang again and thought that he must have left with that officer.â
The woman said, âI didnât expect to see him again half a month later..â