CHAPTER 790: CHAPTER 790: ALL OF THAT IS MY OLD GU FAMILY’S SILVER

Zhu Wu hoisted Gu Youlu in one swoop, saying, "The tavern is right here, can the head of the Gu Family run away? Let’s wake Elder Lu San up first before anything else."

As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for a response from Sanzi, he carried Gu Youlu and ran off.

Sanzi glanced towards where the Gu Family’s mule cart was and hurriedly followed.

Zhu Wu quickly brought Gu Youlu onto the mule cart and pinched his philtrum so hard he almost drew blood before finally reviving him.

"Huff huff huff!" Gasping for air, Gu Youlu snapped back to his senses, grabbed Zhu Wu’s arm, and asked, "Was that middle-aged man we just saw the head of the Gu Family?"

Zhu Wu nodded: "Yes, that’s who Sanzi was talking about."

Hearing this, Gu Youlu’s face became very strange, showing excitement, shock, jealousy, and defiance all at once, making his face look contorted and scaring Zhu Wu.

"Elder Lu San, what’s wrong with you? Wake up," Zhu Wu shook Gu Youlu, but Gu Youlu ignored him, laughing non-stop and muttering to himself, "Wealthy, we’re wealthy, my Old Gu Family has struck it rich!"

Watching Gu Youlu’s state, Zhu Wu feared he was hexed by something and after muttering "Excuse me," he raised his hand and slapped Gu Youlu across the face, finally snapping him out of it.

Gu Youlu, covering his sore cheek, glared at Zhu Wu: "You hit me?!"

Damn you, dog slave, do you know how wealthy my family is now? Vastly wealthy, do you understand? And you dare to strike the God of Wealth.

Zhu Wu said, "Please forgive me, Elder Lu San, you were laughing foolishly non-stop, and I feared some misfortune might befall you, hence the slap to wake you."

He pressed further, "What exactly were you laughing about, Elder Lu San? Why did you faint all of a sudden? It made us miss the chance to meet the head of the Gu Family."

"Meet? Why should this master have to meet him? He should be the one crawling over to see me!" Gu Youlu immediately became arrogant, tilting his chin up, contemptuously saying: "Heh, do you know who that head of the Gu Family is?"

Without waiting for Zhu Wu to answer, Gu Youlu proudly said: "He is Gu Dashan, my elder brother!"

"What?" Zhu Wu was shocked: "The head of the Gu Family is your elder brother Gu Dashan? Didn’t you say his whole family had ill-fated deaths, already perished on the road fleeing famine, and even their bodies were eaten by wild dogs?"

At the time, the Old Gu Family described the fate of Elder Gu’s firstborn son and his family as extremely wretched, directly claiming that the family of Gu Dashan met their ends without intact corpses.

However, the Old Gu Family also said that they really cared for the family of Gu Dashan, and when they died, they dug their graves with bare hands and properly buried their remains, claiming to be very compassionate and righteous.

Gu Youlu paused, then vaguely said, "Amidst the famine flight, facing murderers, our family barely managed to escape with our lives, perhaps we mistook the corpses. But the man just now was absolutely Gu Dashan; I would recognize him even if he turned to ashes!"

He then sighed, "Who would have thought, not only did Gu Dashan’s family not die, but they also prospered."

Hearing this, Zhu Wu found it incredibly unbelievable, what a twist of fate, for Great Chu was so vast, yet we happened to encounter them in He’an Prefecture.

Zhu Wu considered the appearance of the man he had just met and found that he did indeed bear a strong resemblance to Elder Gu - clearly the spitting image of father and son.

Zhu Wu asked Gu Youlu, "What do you intend to do now, Elder Lu San?"

Gu Youlu said, "What should be done? Naturally, we must send someone to deliver a message to Gu Dashan, asking him and his entire family to come kowtow and admit their wrongs to our parents and to our entire family."

"Admit their wrongs?" Zhu Wu was a bit confused: "What wrong has Gu Dashan’s family done?"

"What wrong? They’ve prospered but have not informed their parents; that’s unfilial. Our family has not yet divided the inheritance, so the money earned by his household belongs to the Old Gu Family. Now they’re indulging in luxury, buying servants, buying mule carts with the Old Gu Family’s silver, living the good life without a thought for us brothers; that’s unjust. They’re unfilial and unjust; shouldn’t they come and kowtow to admit their wrongs?"

The more Gu Youlu thought about it, the angrier he became. Such a big business, earning so much silver in a year, all spent by Gu Dashan’s family. Just thinking about it made Gu Youlu so pained he nearly died of grief.

He pounded his chest and said, "Ingrates, only caring for their own pack of animals, spending my Old Gu Family’s silver for their leisure and pleasure, they must hand over all the silver, land, shops, and businesses. If they do not, the Old Gu Family will never let them off the hook!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Wu frowned deeply: "Although the Old Gu Family has not divided the inheritance, those businesses were earned by Gu Dashan’s household. Demanding that they hand over all the silver, land, and businesses, I’m afraid, won’t do."

Gu Youlu said, "It won’t do? If it won’t, we’ll take him to the government office. We’ll accuse him of the grave crime of extreme unfilial piety; let’s see if he has the face to go on living."

In Great Chu, filial piety is of utmost importance. If a son dares to be unfilial, in serious cases, he could be exiled thousands of miles away.

Heh, it would be best if Gu Dashan’s family knew what’s good for them. Otherwise, once his family is exiled, the wealth and businesses would still belong to the Old Gu Family.

Sanzi, on the side, listened until he was bewildered. He never imagined that the Gu Family’s head of the family was actually Elder Lu San’s own older brother. It’s truly like a flood washing over the Dragon King Temple, where family does not recognize family!

"Master Wu, what should be done now?" Sanzi, who was under Zhu Wu, did not ask Gu Youlu, but Zhu Wu instead.

Zhu Wu looked at the near-frenzied Gu Youlu and said to Sanzi, "We must leave immediately and return to the Prefecture."

He also said to Gu Youlu, "This matter is too significant; none of us can make this decision alone. We have to return to the Prefecture first and tell your parents and the elders about it."

Although Gu Youlu wanted to go show off his power in front of Gu Dashan right away, what Zhu Wu said was right; this matter was too important. For the sake of Gu Dashan’s family property, he couldn’t be too impulsive: "Okay, we’ll listen to Uncle Zhu. Let’s hurry back to the Prefecture."

After hearing this, Zhu Wu immediately said to Sanzi, "Get in the carriage, go back to the county to pack up, and rush back to the Prefecture immediately."

"Right." Sanzi replied, sitting on the front board of the mule cart, and said to the nearby servant, "Hurry up and move, Gui Zi."

Upon hearing this, Gui Zi cracked the whip, and the mule cart sped out of Qingfu Town.

The Gu Family People, from start to finish, had no idea that Gu Youlu had come and even encountered Gu Dashan.

After Gu Jinli had finished auctioning off the hams, she only heard Feng Jin say, "This morning, two men came to the tavern’s front door, saying they wanted to talk about some business, but have been driven away."

Ever since her family had been making tofu, cured meats, and seasoning spices, strangers often came looking for them in Qingfu Town, wanting to collaborate in business.

Therefore, Gu Jinli, upon hearing this, didn’t take it to heart and merely said, "Keep an eye out; if they come to town again, have someone watch them. If the other party knows what’s good for them, that’s it. If they are stubbornly foolish, don’t be polite; use poison to scare them off directly."

"Yes," Feng Jin complied and, upon seeing Qin San Lang, respectfully said, "Third Master."

Hearing this title, Gu Jinli’s mouth twitched. Among all the servants, only Feng Jin would call Qin San Lang Third Master; it made him seem so old, yet Brother Qin had not even reached nineteen yet, still a tender young man.