A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Later, Gui'er told Song Xichen at Zhenxiufang that it was the eldest wife who was behind it.

Song Xichen was very surprised and said, "Based on my understanding of Brother Yan Yao, he wouldn't do such a thing."

Gui'er remained silent. When it comes to interests, anyone can change.

Song Xichen said to Gui'er, "Guier, are you okay? Are you safe? This matter has nothing to do with you. You were dragged into this innocently."

Gui Er smiled slightly and said, "I'm fine. I just believe that their target isn't me. But living with Sha Yanxiao will definitely have some impact on me."

Song Xichen thought about it and said, "Why don't I go talk to Brother Yan Yao."

Gui'er quickly stopped him, saying, "Brother, if you tell this, won't that break the last layer of window paper? If the two sides fall out, who knows what will happen. Are you sure Sha Yanyao will listen to you? I live with Sha Yanxiao. If he loses his position, I will lose my protection too."

Song Xichen thought for a moment and said, "Just come back and live with me. The Marshal's Mansion itself is not a good place to live. The intrigues are so intense, and it can even lead to deaths."

Gui'er thought, isn't it the same in the Song Mansion? But she was too embarrassed to say it out loud, fearing that it would upset Song Xichen, so she smiled and said, "These are turbulent times, how can there be no disputes? I just want to finish my studies in the next few years, then leave the General's Mansion, find a job and support myself, so that I don't have to trouble others."

Shopkeeper Zhang, who was standing by, praised her, "That's a good idea. She's a strong-willed child. We women shouldn't think about relying on others all day long. We need to be independent and strong."

Song Xichen smiled helplessly and said, "Being self-reliant is a good thing, but you are still young and need someone to take care of you. If you have any problems, don't try to handle them on your own. You must tell an adult, understand?

Gui'er smiled gratefully and nodded, saying, "Thank you, Brother Xichen."

Song Xichen sighed and said, "I'd better talk to Brother Yan Yao, but don't worry, I will be more tactful and will never tell you about the things you investigated."

Gui'er knew that Song Xichen was an upright person and would definitely do what he said, so she did not object.

A few days later, one day, Gui'er returned to the Marshal's Mansion from the Zhen Embroidery Workshop, but Sha Yanxiao had not returned for a long time. Usually, he would come back to have dinner with her, but this day had already come, around eight or nine in the evening, and there was still no sign of him.

Gui'er felt something was wrong and called Dingxiang to ask, "Has your brother come back since he left today? Has anything unusual happened at home?"

Ding Xiang said, "No, the young master sent you to school this morning and never came back. There was nothing special happening in the mansion."

Gui'er went to find Dali again. Dali also felt something was wrong, so Gui'er said to him, "Brother Dali, take me to find my brother."

Dali thought for a moment and said to her, "You should stay home. It's late now and it's not safe outside. I'll take you out. If anything happens, I won't have to worry about you."

Gui'er thought about it and agreed. She said to Dali, "Then take two more people with you, including Wu Mingqiang."

After Dali left, Guier was alone in the hall listening to the radio. Actually, she was no longer in the mood to listen, but she had no choice but to not let others notice anything because she always had a bad feeling about what had happened before.

As a result, Sha Yanxiao and Dali didn't come back the whole night. At around eleven or twelve o'clock that night, Gui'er felt something was wrong and wanted to go to the Marshal to talk about this matter. After all, this was his biological son. Dingxiang persuaded her, "Miss, the Marshal is an adult and a man. He might be out socializing. If you make a fuss, it will be embarrassing if they find out that he is spending the night with a lover or in a brothel. He will be laughed at for nothing."

Gui'er felt that it should be impossible. In the past few years since she came to the Marshal's Mansion, whenever Sha Yanxiao was in Jiangcheng, he would go home to have dinner with Gui'er almost every night. Even if he had to go to Fengcheng for inspection, he would tell her. This made Gui'er feel that Sha Yanxiao was like her real relative.

However, considering that the situation Dingxiang described might indeed happen, especially since Sha Yanxiao is now a bachelor, after hesitating for a moment, he decided not to notify the Marshal yet.

But he didn't come back until morning, so Gui'er didn't hesitate any longer and went straight to the main courtyard to find the Marshal and told him that Sha Yanxiao had not come back all night.

The Marshal was also surprised when he heard this. After thinking for a while, he said to Gui'er, "I'll come find your brother. You can go do whatever you need to do."

Guier had no choice but to call a rickshaw and go to school by herself.

I had only been in school for two classes when the principal suddenly came running over to Guier and said, "Student Wu Guier, your family is here to look for you."

Guier felt something was wrong and went to the school gate. She saw Dali and he said, "We found him. He wants to see you."

Guier got into the car and followed Dali without saying a word.

She noticed that Dali was extremely nervous. As he drove forward, he kept looking around to see if anyone was following him. She asked Dali, "How's my brother? Is he okay?"

Dali said, “You’ll know when you get there.”

The car turned many corners and came to a secluded courtyard with a wide view. Dali got out of the car, looked around, and made sure it was safe before knocking on the gate. Soon, someone inside opened the door, and Dali drove the car quickly into the courtyard.

Guier got out of the car and found that the yard was particularly dilapidated. It was a three-story building in Western style with ivy climbing all over the walls. The yard was not big. There were a few trees planted in the courtyard and a pond, but there were no fish in the pond. It was a pool of waste water and looked dirty. The ground was covered with dead branches and leaves. It looked like an abandoned courtyard.

Dali took Guier into the hall and found three or four injured people sitting there. Some had bandages on their heads, some had plaster on their arms, and Wu Mingqiang had a bruise on one side of his face.

Gui'er couldn't help but be shocked. Wu Mingqiang and his men all had some martial arts skills, so how could they be beaten like this?

At this time, Sha Yanxiao came down from upstairs. Gui'er ran over and Sha Yanxiao picked her up and spun her around before putting her down. He patted her head and said, "Little thing, you must be worried about me, right?"

Guier saw that he was not injured, but the corner of his mouth was a little cut, his hair was a little messy, and his military uniform was covered with dust. She asked hurriedly, "What happened?"

Wu Mingqiang said, "We were ambushed on the way back from the military camp. There were less than ten of us, and the enemy had forty or fifty of them."