Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside-Chapter 1117: The Yan Family Lends a Hand

The servant knew who Gu Jin’an was, as there were rumors that Gu Jin’an had the beauty of orchids and jade, the best-looking person in this group was naturally Gu Jin’an.

Seeing that Gu Jin’an didn’t respond, he got a bit angry and said: "Where is Gu Jin’an? Why aren’t you speaking? My young master has already swept the mat to welcome you; if you don’t come, it would be disrespectful."

Gu Jin’an, hearing these half-threatening words, smiled and asked the servant: "Your young master? So you’re a servant, then. Since you’re a slave servant, why don’t you kneel and salute when seeing us? Which household’s servant are you? How come you don’t understand etiquette? How does your master teach you? Could it be that there’s only gold and silver at home but no manners, just an upstart who is hollow inside?"

"Pfft, haha, isn’t the Lv Family just an upstart?" The people watching the excitement by the city gate laughed out loud, talking about the Lv Family: "The young master of the Lv Family isn’t even a student, yet dares to invite a top scorer to his house as a guest, is he trying to show off that his family has money, or is he following someone’s orders, planning a trap to frame the top scorer, to clear the way for someone else behind the scenes?"

Gu Jin’an, hearing this, couldn’t help but look towards the speaker, this person was very young, not even twenty, dressed quite plainly, yet dared to speak so boldly, actually revealing the scheme.

The servant of the Lv Family, upon hearing this, turned pale with anger and pointed at him, saying: "Where did this rogue come from, daring to slander my young master like this? My young master only admires First Place Gu’s talent, knowing he’s not from Linhe Prefecture, and now with the college examination approaching, the inns in the city are long full, worried he might have nowhere to stay, that’s why I was asked to invite them to stay temporarily, it’s not at all like what you said!"

"Heh, whether it is or not, your Lv Family knows best." This person did not reveal his identity, instead, he clasped his hands in respect towards Gu Jin’an and his group, saying: "This world is perilous, not all scholars are open and upright gentlemen, I ask you all to be cautious."

Gu Jin’an, after hearing this, immediately returned the salute, saying: "Thank you for the reminder, Brother, rest assured, we have a place to stay in the prefecture, we won’t trouble anyone else."

He then asked: "May I know which prefecture Brother is from?"

The person did not answer, seeing they had a sense of precaution now, he left relieved.

However, this person did not appear for no reason, he was someone from the Yan Family, a noble family of Linhe Prefecture.

In the Yan Family, there was an elder who loved to eat, often crossing prefectures to He’an Prefecture’s Futai Building to enjoy gourmet food and ham, during the New Year he was the one flipped the table by Qian Chengcai while dining at Futai Building.

Being a big customer of Futai Building, he learned a lot of delicacies were related to the Gu Family, and the Gu Family had even produced a top scorer. So, upon learning that some talented people in Linhe Prefecture were dissatisfied with a farm child like Gu Jin’an becoming a top scorer and coming to compete for the scholar positions in the college examination, planning to frame him, he sent someone to wait, to give a word of caution, telling him not to fall into someone else’s trap.

The Lv Family’s servant was utterly furious, wanting to explode but was stopped by the Tong Family’s servant, who pointed and scolded him: "Lv Family, your hearts are too vicious, actually harboring such intentions, now that you’ve been exposed, why don’t you quickly scram!"

The Lv Family’s servant was taken aback, said nothing, and soon left.

The Tong Family’s servant greeted Gu Jin’an with a salute, smiling: "First Place Gu, don’t be angry, the Lv Family is just an upstart, our Tong Family will teach them a lesson for you."

He then cheerfully asked: "May I know where First Place Gu plans to stay in the city? Would you need our Tong Family to escort you? Our Third Young Master is the top scorer of this year’s Linhe Prefecture Examination, he greatly admires the talent of First Place Gu, and specifically had me wait here to assist First Place Gu."

These words were quite convincing, but Gu Jin’an, having experienced hardship, was not buying such sugar-coated rhetoric at all.

As for whether the Tong Family was good or bad, it remained to be seen, and since the Tong Family had people waiting here, why didn’t they come out first to stop it when the Lv Family’s servant was making things difficult, but instead, it was a nameless person who intervened first?

The Tong Family’s servant didn’t seem to have emerged to speak for him, but rather, seeing the Lv Family messing things up, hurried out to make amends.

Indeed, Gu Jin’an’s guess was spot on, the Tong Family’s servant did come out to make amends, only because the Tong Family’s Third Young Master couldn’t appear personally, so he had to send someone from the Lv Family to set a trap for Gu Jin’an.

Gu Jin’an didn’t believe the people from Linhe Prefecture at all, neither did Scholar Shang, stepping forward before Gu Jin’an could speak, he addressed the Tong Family’s servant: "Thank you for the good intentions of Tong Anshou, we have brought servants along, there’s no need for the Tong Family to assist."

Seeing the Tong Family’s servant frowning, Scholar Shang continued: "I am Gu Jin’an’s teacher, a scholar in the twenty-sixth year of Jingwu, here to accompany the exam. I have already given Brother An orders, until the college examination begins, he must cultivate himself and study hard behind closed doors. Therefore, to avoid unnecessary social interactions, it’s inconvenient to divulge our place of stay for now, please forgive us."

With that, he even bowed to the Tong Family’s servant, startling the servant into quickly stepping aside: "Scholar, you flatter us, I dare not block your way, please go ahead." 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

This one was a scholar from the Jingwu era, Emperor Jingwu being the founding emperor of Great Chu, anyone who earned an official position while the old man ruled, even a minor scholar, would be more precious than today’s scholars, as it carried the identity of a founding emperor’s student.

"Hey, hurry up in front, you’re blocking the gate!" The gatekeeper soldiers, seeing the Tong Family’s side failing and losing face, quickly urged.

The gatekeeper soldiers didn’t want to help the Tong Family or Lv Family’s scheme against Gu Jin’an and his group, it was simply that they were paid a lot of silver, and this wasn’t really scheming, just loudly yelling a few words, notifying those with ill intentions that the top scorer of a certain place had arrived, and if they wanted to set a trap, hurry up.

Upon hearing, Gu Jin’an and his group immediately got on the mule cart and rushed into the city.

The Tong Family people were not resigned, they sent someone to follow Gu Jin’an’s mule cart, wanting to find out where they were staying?

Unfortunately, they didn’t succeed, as they encountered beggars led by Xiao Sui, and in the moments of delay being tangled by Xiao Sui and the others, they lost track of Gu Jin’an’s convoy.

Young Master Tong San’s servant was very annoyed, pointing at Xiao Sui and the others, instructed the Tong Family’s guards: "Beat these stinky beggars to death! So they can’t ruin our plans without knowing their place!"

The Tong Family’s guards upon hearing this, wielded wooden sticks towards Xiao Sui and the others, but Xiao Sui and his group, having gone into the mountains to train with You An, excelled in martial arts, showed no mercy to the Tong Family people, using sharpened sticks, poked and struck, making the Tong Family guards howl in pain.

Tong San’s young master’s servant was stunned: "You, who exactly are you people? Since when did the city have a bunch of beggars like you?"

Xiao Sui chuckled without answering, just led his men forward to attack, scaring the servant into fleeing in a panicked roll.

Seeing this, the Tong Family’s guards also hurried to escape for their lives, these new beggars were too fierce, they couldn’t beat them at all.