Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside-Chapter 1000: The Beauty Makes Her Entrance
Thirty minutes later, they returned to Futai Building and placed three hundred and fifty taels of silver on the table. "Benefactor, take yours first."
Gu Jinli smiled at the sight, took the three hundred tael silver note that belonged to her, and said, "The rest is yours."
Lv Bai and Yao Youqian were delighted to hear this; the fifty taels of silver were truly theirs!
However, Yao Youqian didn’t take the fifty taels of silver, thinking this work was essentially Lv Bai’s.
Lv Bai, having grown wiser through various hardships, handed twenty-five tael silver notes to Yao Youqian. "Take it."
Yao Youqian didn’t stand on ceremony, took the silver note but only took ten taels. "Consider this a fee for the trouble I went through to clean up your mess. Keep the rest. Take it back to Grandpa Lv and let him use this silver to find your second brother a good marriage."
Since the Lv Family had put all their resources into sending Lv Bai to study, Brother Lv Er was in his twenties and still unmarried, becoming the laughingstock of the entire street.
Lv Bai was very grateful after hearing this. "Night Fragrance, thank you."
Pfft!
Night Fragrance?
Gu Jinli couldn’t help but laugh out loud. What a bizarre nickname!
Yao Youqian was furious, jumped up, and smacked Lv Bai on the head. "Miss Lv, you damned fool, are you looking to die? Do you want me to announce to everyone tomorrow with gongs and drums that you’re called Miss Lv?!"
Lv Bai was aggrieved. He thought it was a friendly nickname, so why did Yao Youqian hit him?
Gu Jinli looked at the sky, didn’t linger, and said to Qin San Lang, "The food should be ready. Let’s go back."
She had the people at Futai Building prepare three tables of dishes to take back home for her family to enjoy.
Qin San Lang nodded. "Alright, let’s go back."
He also said to Yao Youqian and Lv Bai, "We prepared a table for you too. You can eat before you leave."
After saying this, he held Gu Jinli’s hand and left.
Yao Youqian kicked Lv Bai and the two of them saw Gu Jinli and Qin San Lang out the door, but they didn’t eat in the private room. Instead, they packed the food and took it back to the Liu Family to enjoy it with them.
The Liu Family treated them well, so of course, they had to bring the good food back for the Liu Family to try.
...
In the mule cart, Qin San Lang handed Gu Jinli a flask of warm water. "Have a few sips. You’ve talked a lot today, your throat must be dry."
Having told two long stories, even just listening nearby made his throat feel uncomfortable.
Gu Jinli smiled, took the flask, and drank a few sips. Before she could finish, the mule cart suddenly stopped.
"Whoa~" Erqing abruptly pulled the reins, bringing the mule cart to a halt.
Because the cart stopped so suddenly, Gu Jinli almost choked on the water she hadn’t swallowed. She coughed lightly twice but hurriedly covered her mouth to avoid making a loud sound.
She knew that Erqing must have stopped the mule cart because of an urgent matter, and she faintly heard the sound of clashing knives.
"Something must have happened up ahead," Gu Jinli said in a low voice. "But this is the Prefecture. Who would be so bold as to wield knives here?"
Qin San Lang said, "Don’t worry. Even if bandits have entered the city, they won’t harm us."
He instructed Erqing, "Take a detour back."
Clearly, he didn’t want to get involved in such matters.
"Yes." Hearing this, Erqing immediately turned the mule cart around and ran back the way they came.
But before the cart could get far, a maid, covered in blood, rushed over, banging on the cart. "Help, save my young mistress, I beg you..."
However, Erqing whipped her, saying, "Let go quickly, we’ll report this to the government office for you."
But saving people? Sorry, we don’t know what grudge you have. What if we get into trouble by saving someone like this?
Qin San Lang had the same thought. When traveling, he never acted recklessly.
The maid was dumbfounded. How could these people ignore a cry for help?!
The maid, filled with hatred, clung tightly to the mule cart. "Please, save my young mistress. If you save her, you’ll be greatly rewarded."
Erqing responded, "No need, my master doesn’t lack money."
He said this and whipped the maid again, but she still didn’t let go.
Erqing, getting angry, was about to get off and drag the maid down when five masked men suddenly emerged from behind the mule cart. One of them was holding a young lady hostage, and the other four, upon seeing the maid, charged at her without a word.
The leader shouted, "Kill them all, leave no one alive."
"Yes," the masked men replied, charging forward with their weapons, some aiming at Erqing while two tried to enter the mule cart to kill Qin San Lang and Gu Jinli as well.
The result...
With a clang, Qin San Lang drew his sword and blocked an attack. Then, pulling out a dagger, he swiftly slit the attacker’s throat, kicking him off the cart with a thud.
"Don’t be afraid, stay inside and don’t move. I’ll take care of them quickly." After instructing Gu Jinli, Qin San Lang leaped off the cart, slitting another masked man’s throat with his dagger in one swift motion.
With a twist of his right hand, the long sword sliced down with a crunch, beheading a masked man outright.
In an instant, he had killed three people, terrifying the remaining two masked men.
"You cover our retreat!" The leader commanded, seizing the young lady and fleeing into the night.
Qin San Lang didn’t pursue, instead finishing off the last masked man with another slice, and then turned to lift the cart curtain, smiling at Gu Jinli. "Don’t be afraid, it’s over. All cleaned up."
The maid was frantic, wondering what he meant by "all cleaned up." "Sir, my young mistress was taken, please, please go after them."
The maid was infuriated. Was this man blind? Didn’t he see how beautiful her young mistress was, almost like a devastating beauty? Yet he didn’t want to play the hero but was meticulously caring for the farmer girl in the cart.
Abandoning a jewel for a pebble, how could he do something so foolish?
Erqing said, "So what are you waiting for? Go after them already. We’re not your household’s servants, we have no obligation to save your young mistress."
The maid was utterly dumbfounded, but she didn’t dare leave. If she did, these people would undoubtedly flee with the mule cart.
However, it wasn’t long before the sound of fighting drifted from the darkness again.
Qin San Lang said, "Someone from your side is still alive. Go help them quickly."
He then told Erqing, "Turn around, we’re heading home."
Qin San Lang really didn’t want to get involved in this mess. Those masked men weren’t ordinary; they were trained assassins.
Anyone who could raise assassins or was being hunted by them was no ordinary person, so it was best not to get involved.
The maid was furious enough to want to kill Qin San Lang. Was this man really blind to speak such cold-hearted words? Did he know who her young mistress was, and the benefits of saving her?
Seeing that Qin San Lang was unmovable, the maid clung to the mule cart and knelt before Gu Jinli. "Miss in the cart, please be kind, ask this gentleman to save my young mistress, I beg of you!"
But the maid hadn’t expected Gu Jinli to be even more heartless than Qin San Lang, bluntly saying, "Erqing, go."
The maid was speechless.
That gentleman was right, this Gu really was a poisonous woman, just standing by and doing nothing!
