Gu Baijiang didn’t care about that much, he just wanted to know if there was a chance to save his face.

"Get out, I didn’t ask you to go. Kai Ping, hurry up and get a doctor for me.

If my face is ruined, our family can forget about returning to the court."

"..."

"Dad, it’s so dark, where am I supposed to find a doctor?" Gu Kaiping was also anxious, he knew all too well how serious the situation was. "Why don’t we ask those escorts for help?"

"Then what are you standing around for? Hurry up." Gu Baijiang was furious. "Get a good doctor here, don’t worry about spending silver."

"Dad, we need to be clear about this first. I only have a little over 40 taels of silver," Liu Yun was truly scared, looking at her father-in-law’s face, the likelihood of recovery seemed low, which also meant their previous hopes were dashed.

If they can’t go back, this little bit of silver is all they have, and if it’s wasted, they might not even make it to Lingnan.

"Why worry about these material things now?"

"It’s easy for dad to say, but without money, you can’t go anywhere, everyone understands that.

If there’s no silver, is our whole family just going to rely on the escort’s daily provision of two buns to survive?"

Medical treatments require quite a bit of silver each time, especially under their current circumstances, her meager silver wouldn’t be enough.

Obviously, Gu Kaiping was persuaded, and he stood there without moving.

Gu Baijiang had no choice but to take out a 100 tael silver note from his pocket and toss it directly to Gu Kaiping. "I still have some silver here, hurry and find someone."

"Dad, you’ve got silver notes on you?" Gu Kaichen’s eyes sparkled. Better his father had them than his brother; dad certainly knew how to hide them well.

A bureaucrat’s mind is clever; they all got searched, but father knew how to hide the silver notes well, that’s really something.

"My affairs are not for you to manage," Gu Baijiang didn’t bother to explain, not noticing Xu Huizhen staring blankly at his chest where the notes were hidden.

"Master, how much silver have you actually hidden?"

"I’m not handing over the silver notes for you to manage," Gu Baijiang knew what she was up to and firmly denied her.

"Fine, don’t give them to me, you think I enjoy managing them?" Xu Huizhen hated it inside. "Once we reach the next post station, there are many things in this house to buy, it’s time to stock up.

Also, we need to get a new carriage, preferably with a cabin, what will we do if the wind blows or rain falls?"

"Isn’t there tarpaulin?" Gu Baijiang felt his face pulling in pain with each word. "Old Second, hurry and urge your brother to find me a doctor or at least bring some medicine."

Hadn’t anyone noticed he was injured? All they cared about was the silver notes in his pocket.

At this time, shouldn’t they be worrying about him instead of just thinking about buying things?

Gu Kaichen gritted his teeth and chased after Gu Kaiping. A doctor was definitely needed, his father’s face was very important.

Bai Suihe was already awake but didn’t get out of the carriage, not because she didn’t want to see the commotion, but because Chunxiang and the others wouldn’t allow it.

"It’s quiet outside now, it should be fine," Bai Suihe said with a wry smile. "You two are being too overly cautious."

"We’re following Gu Kaiyuan’s instructions not to let Miss out of the carriage." Chunxiang leaned on Gu Kaiyuan like a mountain. "Outside there’s Huang Pingguo, if anything happens, they’ll report it."

Bai Suihe yawned, not concerned, knowing nothing major would happen tonight, no one would die, just perhaps someone would get hurt.

If Gu Kaiyuan didn’t learn from his past life experience and rushed forward again, she needed to reconsider whether he was a reliable partner.

"It’s fine," Huang Pingguo said quietly outside. "There’s no issue on Gu Kaiyuan’s side, everyone is safe."

"That’s good," Bai Suihe finally turned to Chunxiang and the others. "Can I go out now?"

Dongmei and Chunxiang smiled, placed a cloak on Bai Suihe, and carefully helped her out.

Looking around, nothing seemed different from before in the camp except for a large vacant area next to the Gu Family’s place.

Gu Kaiyuan crouched there, helping the Gu Family light the fire again.

"What kind of days are these? We’re already so miserable, exiled, and someone still won’t let us go?" Xu Huizhen slapped her thigh, glaring at Gu Baijiang with a look of blame in her eyes. "Aside from keeping mistresses, what else have you done outside?"

"Can you stop always bringing that up? I’ve already agreed not to take concubines in the family, keeping a mistress doesn’t bother you, so why do you keep bringing everything back to that? Regarding those people, how would I know who sent them?" Gu Baijiang was internally anxious, why hadn’t they found the doctor yet?

"Don’t know who sent them, yet they can find us directly?

Did you offend anyone outside?

If not, why the sudden ransacking, wanting to silence us?"

"Foolish," Gu Baijiang said and closed his eyes, not intending to deal with her.

"Mother, dad is still hurt, shouldn’t you let him rest properly?" Gu Kaiyuan knew both were impatient now, only pretending to maintain harmony.

"He’s hurt, he needs to rest properly? I’ve been worried, if those escorts had come a bit later, our whole family would have been taken away, can he sleep peacefully?"

Xu Yulan, "Ma, they didn’t plan to take us all away, they only want dad and the two kids."

Xu Huizhen really didn’t expect how foolish her niece could be, not understanding which side to stand on?

"Old Second’s wife is right, they’d only take me, it’s not much related to you.

If there’s any life-threatening situation, it’s mine, you can relax and stop making a fuss here." Gu Baijiang really had enough along this way, this old lady had been gloomy the whole journey, he’d been suppressing his temper for a long time.

"And look at the three good sons you’ve raised, we’re in danger now, yet none can help.

This is how it is, later on when we’re old, can we rely on them?"

Gu Kaiyuan, "Father, you’re wrong, I was very anxious at the time. I rushed in empty-handed multiple times, almost getting into bloody fights.

Luckily, Mr. Chen gave me a stick this time, and I clung to a stance of courage and determination to protect you while fighting and rushing in." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Gu Kaiyuan wasn’t one to hide his achievements. Anyway, his performance tonight was evident to everyone here.

If the Gu Family wanted to criticize him for lack of filial piety in the future, they’d need to reconsider.

"How capable could you be, it’s those escorts who were impressive." Xu Huizhen, already scared stiff at the time, hadn’t seen it and certainly didn’t want to believe.