Poor Lady Chapter 7: Gu Jinyun

"Jin Yun, I didn't expect your family to move to the capital. If you need help, just ask." He Zhe looked at his friend with a smile.

"No, thank you." Gu Jinyun took a sip of tea, his eyes fell on the bustling street outside the window.

He Zhe followed his gaze and said with a smile, "It's not easy to gain a firm foothold in the capital. Although your Gu family is rich in the south of the Yangtze River, in the capital, everything has to start again."

Gu Jinyun let out a low "hmm".

He Zhe knocked on the table lightly with his fan, and said helplessly, "Brother Gu, how did you manage to make such a big business? Could it be because of your coffin face?"

Gu Jinyun glanced back at him and continued to drink tea in silence.

He Zhe was furious when he saw him, and said, "If you don't understand your temperament, ordinary people really can't get along with you, even if you have facial paralysis, your eyes are so scary."

"Sorry." Gu Jinyun apologized sincerely, but the words made people feel threatened.

He Zhe covered his forehead and retreated in defeat.

Then, he introduced the local conditions and customs of the capital to Gu Jinyun, especially mentioning the recent situation. The emperor made great efforts to rectify corruption, and many ministers in the court were severely punished, including the powerful Wang family and Qi family.

Hearing that he mentioned the Qi family, Gu Jinyun's eyes flickered a few times, and he asked, "How is the Qi family now?"

"I don't know. It is said that after being driven out of the mansion by the officers and soldiers that day, the Qi family went into hiding. I heard that they moved to the East Street area, lived in seclusion, and rarely showed up again." He Zhe paused, and said strangely, "You Why are you so interested in the Qi family? Are you old with them?"

"It's okay." Gu Jinyun put down his teacup, got up and said, "It's getting late, I'm leaving first."

"Oh, okay, I'll ask you out another day."

Gu Jinyun nodded, turned and left.

"Miss, what's wrong with you?"

When passing through an alleyway, Gu Jinyun suddenly heard a woman's scream.

He hesitated for a moment, then followed the sound and walked.

Turning the corner of the street, he saw a noble woman leading a group of people bullying two other women.

"Hmph, I really can't help hitting. Let me see, is the injury serious?" The arrogance of the noble woman was quite arrogant.

This looks like a dispute between the nobles. Gu Jinyun didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but when he was about to turn around and leave, he stopped because of the noble woman's next sentence: "Qi Surong, I'll give you a Two choices, one is to kneel down and give me ten slaps; the other is to let me leave something on your face."

Qi Surong?

Gu Jinyun looked straight at the woman on the ground, and saw that she was trembling all over, seemingly terrified, but the next moment, he denied this guess.

The woman raised her head slowly, her face was pale, but her eyes were firm.

Gu Jinyun heard her say word by word: "I will not kowtow to you."

The aristocratic woman refused to give up, and actually took out the hairpin, intending to ruin her appearance.

Gu Jinyun moved slightly, and was about to stop him, but saw Qi Surong grasping the opponent's wrist, and moved the hairpin to his throat.

Then, he saw her use her own life as a bargaining chip to turn the situation around little by little, and successfully scared the noble woman away.

When I first saw her, I thought it was an elegant orchid in the empty valley, but it turned out that she was a flirtatious manjusawa.

"...Pick up that hairpin and sell it later. It should be worth a few taels of silver." The last sentence instantly changed her from a manjusawa to a peacock grass. A smile flashed across Gu Jinyun's eyes.

He quietly followed behind the two, intending to **** them home and take a look at the current residence of the Qi family.

Qi Surong didn't go home directly, but found a rather secluded corner, took out a comb, and said to Ping'er: "Ping'er, comb my hair for me. See."

"Yes, miss."

Qi Surong sat on a stone pier casually, untied her hair in a bun, and her black hair fell down to her waist.

Ping'er took the comb and began to gently comb her long hair.

Gu Jinyun hid in the dark, watching her silently.

She sat on the stone pier, her back was straight, her eyes were looking straight ahead, her expression was soft, revealing a kind of independent elegance and uncontested indifference.

In a short period of time, Gu Jinyun discovered several different faces in her. Which one is the real her?

Qi Surong wiped her lips with a handkerchief, and asked, "Ping'er, is there still blood on my lips?"

Ping'er took a closer look, shook his head and said, "No more,"

"That's good, remember later, don't tell my parents what happened today, lest they worry."

Ping'er hesitated and said: "But the lady's complexion is not very good, should we go to see the doctor first?"

"It's just some bruises, it doesn't matter."

Ping'er's persuasion was fruitless, so he could only give up.

When the two returned home, Qi's mother saw that Qi Surong and Heping'er's clothes were a little dirty, she couldn't help asking worriedly: "What's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, mother, just now the cloth fell on the ground and got dirty, and we got some dust on our bodies."

Qi's mother nodded reassuringly, took a look at the cloth, and said, "Fortunately, just cut off the dirty part."

Farewell to Mother Qi, Qi Surong returned to the room, Ping'er immediately brought a basin of hot water to help her compress the wound.

Qi Surong took off her clothes and stood naked behind the screen.

Hiding outside the house, Gu Jinyun saw the looming figure behind the screen through the window, and couldn't help turning his head away.

Qi Surong's stomach, right elbow, and back were all bruised. Ping'er's nose felt sore and tears fell uncontrollably.

"Why are you crying?" Qi Surong asked.

"Miss has been pampered since she was a child, how has she ever been wronged like this?" Ping'er choked up, "I blame Ping'er for not protecting Miss well."

"How can I blame you?" Qi Surong said with a smile, "There are so many of them, how many of them can you deal with with your small body?"

"But..."

"Stupid girl, don't overthink, apply it to me quickly."

"Yes." Ping'er replied sullenly.

Qi Surong looked at her, thinking of many things. She owed too many people in her previous life, and this girl in front of her is one of them. She was sold to Qi's family since she was a child. She has a pure personality, works hard, is not smart, but is very loyal. Once she finds a master, no matter how hard she suffers, she will have no complaints, just like a fool. But in the past two lifetimes, she might only meet such a fool, who didn't know how to cherish it before, and this time, she must not be allowed to end up in the wilderness.

"Miss, why are you crying? Does it hurt?"

"No, it doesn't hurt."

"It must be very painful, otherwise Miss will never cry." Ping'er said, the tears that had already stopped falling down again.

"It really doesn't hurt, don't cry."

"Uh, sorry, uh..."

"Fool..."

Gu Jinyun quietly left the Qi family, and went straight back to her own mansion.

"Jinyun, come here quickly, how about taking a look at this plaque?" Father Gu greeted Gu Jinyun with a high-spirited expression on his face.

Gu Jinyun looked up and saw four golden characters hanging in the middle of the lobby: loyalty, benevolence and courage.

"Brother, hurry up and persuade Dad, these four words are too vulgar!" Gu Yufeng said with an expression that he couldn't bear to look directly at.

"What do you know, kid?" Father Gu blew his beard and stared, "That's how you have momentum!"

Gu Yufeng rolled his eyes.

"By the way, Jin Yun, have you heard about the Qi family?" Father Gu asked.

Gu Jinyun said "Mmm" indifferently.

"Any news?" Father Gu's eyes lit up, "That's great, let's choose a date to visit?"

"Father, do you really want to get married to the Qi family?" Gu Yufeng disagreed, "His family has been sealed up now, and he can't take care of himself. Why should we join in?"

"What are you talking about? Qi Shuo and I had a lifelong friendship. Back then, he didn't dislike our low family status and was willing to marry his daughter to Jin Yun. Now that his family is in trouble, we turn our faces and deny anyone? This How can I, Gu Chang, hold my head up and be a human being if I tell the truth?"

"Isn't it just a verbal joke?" Gu Yufeng muttered, "Why are you so serious?"

"Fart! I've always said a lot. I don't look like you. I haven't heard a few words from you."

Gu Yufeng asked the sky speechlessly, but when his father got angry, he would speak without concealing his words, even "Lao Tzu" came out.

He turned his head to look at Gu Jinyun: "Brother, what do you mean? Regardless of the current situation of the Qi family, I heard that Miss Qi's reputation does not seem to be very good."

"Not so good?" Gu's father planned to say, "Miss Qi's family is a well-known talented woman in the capital. Does this mean that her reputation is not very good?"

Gu Yufeng said helplessly: "Father, Miss Qi's family is certainly a talented woman, but she has a cold and arrogant personality and thinks highly of herself. Are you sure you can serve such a daughter-in-law?"

Father Gu was silent for a while, and asked Gu Jinyun, "What do you think?"

"The situation is unstable recently, so please don't visit Qi's family for the time being." Gu Jinyun said.

"Brother is really wise." Gu Yufeng praised.

Gu's father was about to refute, but he heard Gu Jinyun say again: "But, I want to marry her."

Gu Yufeng was stunned: "Brother, what are you talking about?"

"I want to marry Qi Surong." He repeated.

Father Gu was overjoyed and praised his son for his love, righteousness and responsibility.

Gu Yufeng was puzzled and said: "Brother, you have never decided on something so hastily, you have never even met Qi Surong."

A pale and coquettish face appeared in Gu Jinyun's mind, and then she thought of her sitting on the stone pier as calm as a virgin and combing her hair.

Tough and unyielding, fearless in the face of danger, calm in dealing with things, and honest in dealing with others, this is how he evaluates her.

He never believed in gossip from the outside world, but only believed in his own eyes and feelings.

"Sixth son, go to the pharmacy and get two bottles of blood stasis ointment." Gu Jinyun ordered to the servant beside him.

"Yes."

Father Gu asked: "What? You were injured."

"No, I gave it away."

"Who?" Gu Yufeng asked curiously.

Gu Jinyun sat quietly like a mountain, not intending to answer at all.

Gu Yufeng shrugged: "Forget it, I'll go and play with my Shuangshuang."

"You boy, don't bring your sister down." Father Gu glared at him.

"How dare you boy? My lord father, let the boy leave." Gu Yufeng gave a big gift, and then flashed out like the wind.

The next day, Qi Surong woke up early in the morning and found two bottles of ointment on the table. She thought that Ping'er went to the pharmacy to buy it, so she didn't ask any further questions.