A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

After Gui'er finished explaining everything to Song Xichen, she took out the embroidery pieces that Taohua had given her from her bag and gave them to Song Xichen, then prepared to leave.

Song Xichen said, "The streets are not peaceful right now, so I'll take you back."

Gui Er hesitated for a moment, then told the truth: "I actually sneaked out through a small path, and this time I have to sneak back."

Song Xichen was startled, then sighed helplessly and said, "Where did you sneak out from? Let me take you there. It's too unsafe for a little girl like you to walk alone."

Gui Er didn't refuse at this point, because her journey out here was indeed tiring and embarrassing. She nodded repeatedly in gratitude and said to Song Xichen, "Thank you, Master."

Song Xichen paused after hearing this and said, "I'm no longer your young master. Please call me something else."

According to the age difference between the two, he should be called uncle, but Guier thought that people like to look young, so she said, "Then I will call you Brother Xichen?"

Sure enough, Song Xichen was very happy after hearing this.

Afterwards, Song Xichen drove the car according to Gui'er's instructions and followed the route she took to the village.

On the way, Gui'er saw the group of people she had seen in the alley before, acting suspiciously and paying for things. She asked Song Xichen, "What are these people doing?"

Song Xichen sighed and said, "This is a black market."

Gui'er was very surprised. She had always thought she was in a peaceful little city. She quickly asked, "What kind of things are there for sale on the black market?"

Song Xichen said, "That's too much. Limited-supply medicines, opium, expensive jewelry, guns and ammunition. In short, everything you can think of is there."

When they arrived at the village, Gui'er was worried at first that Song Xichen's car would attract attention, but she found that there were cars and large trucks passing by on the road, and people would not pay special attention to any of them.

Gui'er said gratefully, "Brother Xichen, this saves me a lot of time. Thank you so much. Let's stop here. The car ahead can't go, so I can just wade over there myself."

Song Xichen looked at the dense forest ahead and frowned. "How can a little kid like you walk into such a dangerous place? Not to mention encountering wild animals, what if you get bit by a snake? I'd better take you there."

So, he took Gui'er's hand and walked towards the woods. Gui'er was a little worried about running into the two groups of people he had seen on the way out, especially the two men behind him delivering the marijuana. Song Xichen was a policeman, so wouldn't they get into a fight if they ran into them? And these two men were delivering goods to the Marshal's Mansion, a place of high power and influence. How could Song Xichen handle them?

Guier was extremely nervous along the way, but fortunately, she didn't meet anyone this time.

Song Xichen accompanied her all the way to the crack in the wall and watched her go in safely before leaving.

Gui'er was worried, and told Song Xichen to avoid him if he met anyone on the road, and Song Xichen agreed.

Watching Song Xichen walk away, Gui'er looked around and saw that there was no one around. Then she ran to the bushes to change her clothes, found the bicycle hidden in the grass, and rode it back to the yard.

Sha Yanxiao had returned. Seeing Gui'er, he smiled and asked her, "Did you have fun playing outside all day today?"

Gui'er felt a little uneasy, but smiled and said, "I'm very happy."

Sha Yanxiao looked into her eyes, smiled, and said nothing.

The next day when she went to school, He Ruizhu handed her a sachet and said, "Just now, an old lady at the school gate asked me to help give it to you."

Gui'er recognized it immediately; it was the sachet she had made for Song Xichen before.

She opened the sachet and found 50 coins inside, probably enough for the peach blossom embroidery pattern, and a note that read: "Aunt Zhou, the fifth shop on the second alley behind Wing On Department Store." This was probably the address Song Xichen had found for her to receive the embroidery pattern.

Gui'er asked He Ruizhu, "Where is that old lady?"

He Ruizhu said, "It's still at the door. Look, that's it."

Guier looked over quickly and found a familiar figure. It was Zhang Ma, the kitchen manager of the Song Mansion. She ran over happily.

Aunt Zhang looked at Gui'er and said with a smile, "Guier, you've grown quite a bit since we last met."

Gui'er also smiled and said, "It's been a while. Last time, it was all thanks to Aunt Zhang who saved us. If you hadn't given me a knife, we wouldn't have been able to escape."

Aunt Zhang sighed and said, "The Madam is usually a good person. She was bewitched by Aunt Wu. However, as soon as the young master came back, he asked about this matter. He originally wanted to kick Aunt Wu out, but then the master and the mistress took into consideration that she was a servant born in the family and her husband was still in charge of the farm and doing a very good job. So they sent her back to the farm."

Gui'er sneered and said nothing.

Aunt Zhang saw that she was upset, so she patted her shoulder and said, "I heard that you are now the daughter of the Marshal's family. Don't be upset about the past. She is not of the same status as you now, so there is nothing to worry about."

Gui'er sighed and asked, "Auntie Zhang, why are you here?"

Aunt Zhang smiled and said, "Don't think that the young master usually doesn't say anything. In fact, he can see that we were close in the past, so he asked me to do this job. Don't worry, Aunt Zhou is a distant relative of ours. She also embroiders and sells it. She pays a good price for the embroidery pieces."

Gui'er smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble Mother Zhang. I'd also like to trouble you to return this sachet to the young master and thank him on my behalf." As she spoke, she tore off a page from her homework book, folded a thousand paper cranes, and put them in the sachet. She felt that Song Xichen was not short of money, and there was no way to buy him some other gifts at the moment, so she had to fold a thousand paper cranes to express her gratitude first, and give him a thank-you gift when she had the chance.

When I returned to the classroom, my classmate next to me asked curiously, "Who was that person who just came to see you?"

Gui'er said vaguely, "It's the old woman at home."

After returning to the Marshal's Mansion, Gui'er told Taohua what happened, and when the Third Concubine was away, she secretly gave her the money she earned.

Taohua was both happy and emotional, and said a little apologetically, "It's a pity that I can't go out by myself, otherwise it wouldn't have to be so troublesome."

Gui'er kept saying that it was okay. In fact, she was very fortunate because this incident led to the discovery of a secret passage in the Marshal's Mansion and two shocking secrets.

There must be a traitor behind the assassination of the Marshal, and this group of people also sent opium to the Third Young Master. The person responsible for the assassination was called Wang Wu, a bandit from Qingfeng Village. With this summary, Guier was wondering in her heart, could the big brother behind the scenes be Sha Yanxiao?

At that time, Gui'er rushed forward to block the gun, actually because she thought their target was Sha Yanxiao. If they were targeting the Marshal, she would definitely not care.

However, the bandits of Qingfeng Village did not assassinate Sha Yanxiao in the past, but instead assassinated the Marshal. The only conceivable reason was that the person behind the scenes was the former young leader Sha Yanxiao.

The more Gui'er thought about it, the more scared she became. She was brought into the Marshal's Mansion by Sha Yanxiao. Even if she was adopted as the Marshal's daughter now, if they really wanted to investigate, she would probably not be able to escape the blame, including Taohua.