Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language.

Chapter 957 This person is quite sentimental

Not long after, Gu Chan came to the small village.

After all, this small village is located at the foot of Mt. Higan, quite a distance away from Kyoto, so no one in the village has any idea what happened in Kyoto last night.

When the villagers saw that Gu Chan was wearing tattered clothes and was dirty, they thought she was a refugee. An old woman was kind enough to take her in and give her a full meal.

At night, Gu Chan was sitting in the yard to cool off. The old woman walked up to her and said softly, "Go to the inner room and take a hot bath! I've already boiled a bucket of hot water for you."

"Thank you, mother-in-law." Gu Chan said with a smile.

After saying that, she immediately got up and went into the inner room to take a shower.

After a while, Gu Chan shouted from the inner room, "Mother-in-law, can you help me find some clean clothes?"

"Okay, I'll give you the clothes my grandson used to wear," the old woman replied.

"No, no, no, just bring me a set of clothes that your granddaughter used to wear." Gu Chan said hurriedly.

"Ah?" The old woman was surprised.

Then she quickly walked into the inner room and took a closer look, and found that Gu Chan was actually a girl.

The old woman was surprised and said, "Oh my girl! Why are you dressed in men's clothes? This afternoon, I thought you were a boy!"

"Wouldn't it be more convenient for a woman to dress up as a man? In case I meet some bad people on the road and they force themselves on me, how would I be able to resist?" Gu Chan said concealingly.

The old woman nodded without comment, and then she said no more. She immediately went to get a set of clothes that her granddaughter used to wear.

After Gu Chan put on this set of clothes, she looked like a country girl from the mountains, really as rustic as she could be.

Of course, given her current situation, she had no right to complain and could only wear it as it was.

The old woman reached out and touched her pretty little face and said, "Good girl, you must have suffered a lot on your way here!"

"It's okay, it's okay." Gu Chan said calmly.

"Where are you going?" asked the old woman.

"I will stay for one night and leave tomorrow. I don't have anything valuable on me except a jade hairpin. I will give it to you, mother-in-law." Gu Chan took out the jade hairpin that she always carried with her and handed it to the old woman.

The old woman naturally refused to accept it. After a long tussle between the two, she finally accepted it with reluctance.

That night, Gu Chan slept peacefully in the old woman's house.

Early the next morning.

Gu Chan was still sleeping soundly in bed when she was suddenly awakened by a burst of nagging sounds.

After getting out of bed and putting on her clothes, she quickly ran outside the yard to check the situation. At this time, the old woman had already gotten up and was sitting by the earthen stove in the yard cooking breakfast.

Gu Chan stared at her and asked, "Mother-in-law, is there a happy event so early in the morning? Why are there people blowing the trumpet?"

"What a bullshit happy event! I just went to the village entrance and saw that a funeral procession came from Kyoto. They said they were here to bury this year's third place winner. I heard from the village chief that the person leading the procession was the second place winner." The old woman said unhappily.

"Oh! The runner-up of this year's exam is still so loyal!" Gu Chan said with a wry smile. She really didn't expect that Wu Zhengyuan was still so loyal that he wanted to bury her and even came to Bi'an Mountain.

The old woman said, "Sit down and take a rest. The food will be ready soon."

"Mother-in-law, you eat first. I'll go and see what's going on." Gu Chan said softly.

After saying that, she quickly ran out of the yard and chased the funeral procession towards the other side of the mountain.

Half an hour later, Gu Chan followed the funeral procession and came to a small pond on the east side of the other side of the mountain. Many children from the village also came to watch the fun.

Gu Chan lowered her head and stood among the children, looking like a child. Even Wu Zhengyuan and others could not tell who she was. In addition, she was wearing the clothes of a country girl, which made it even harder for her to be noticed.

Wu Zhengyuan naturally ignored the group of children from the village who came to watch the fun. After choosing a good location by the pond, he ordered several of his men to quickly dig a pit and then put an empty coffin in it.

Holding the small brocade box containing Gu Chan's torn clothes from last night, Wu Zhengyuan sighed and said, "Brother Xu, although we are not very close, I admire your character and your literary talent. Today I will send you off and build a tomb for you, so that you can rest in peace and your spirit in heaven can rest in peace."

"Master, quickly put the brocade box into the coffin. It's time to close the coffin, otherwise the auspicious day for burying the coffin will be missed, which would be bad." The subordinate reminded.

Wu Zhengyuan nodded quietly and quickly put the small brocade box into the empty coffin.

Several men immediately covered the coffin with lid, and then quickly dug the soil and buried the coffin.

After his men had erected the stone tablet, Wu Zhengyuan ordered, "Go to the village ahead and wait for me. I will have a few more drinks with Brother Xu before we leave."

"Yes, master." All the men said in unison.

After saying that, they immediately turned and left.

The group of children who were watching the fun, when they saw that the coffins had been buried, didn't want to stay any longer and followed the men back.

Only Gu Chan was still standing there with her head down, trying so hard to hold back her laughter that she almost burst out laughing.

Dry!
She had never realized before that Wu Zhengyuan was such a sentimental person.

They were not close friends to begin with, and she had never thought that her escape last night would make the runner-up in this year's exam so sad.

Thinking this in her mind, Gu Chan immediately walked up to Wu Zhengyuan and stood behind him.

Wu Zhengyuan turned his back to her and said without turning his head, "Little brat, don't disturb me while I am paying tribute to Brother Xu. Go back to the village quickly and don't make trouble here, otherwise I will beat you up."

"Who are you calling a little brat? Who are you going to beat up? Why don't you turn around and see who I am?" Gu Chan said with a wry smile.

Wu Zhengyuan turned around with a puzzled look on his face. As soon as he saw Gu Chan, he widened his eyes in shock and said, "Is this a ghost? How come you look exactly like Brother Xu?"

"Nonsense, I'm his twin sister Gu Paner, how can I look different from him?" Gu Chan said unhappily.

"Oh! Yes! I remember now, Brother Xu has a twin sister! How could I have forgotten this?" Wu Zhengyuan said with sudden realization.

After saying that, he stared at Gu Chan and looked at her carefully. After looking at her carefully, he was even more amazed, thinking that the brother and sister looked so much alike. Apart from their different genders, there seemed to be no difference between them.

Gu Chan smiled but said nothing, she was very happy in her heart.

Originally, Xu Xian and Gu Paner were the roles played by her alone. Now she was standing in front of the grave of her character dressed as a man. How could she not find it funny?