I was a stepmother in ancient times, and I led my whole family to wealth.

Chapter 188 Gu Yaohui Appears

After the children finished speaking, the crowd outside began to murmur and hurl insults and accusations at Granny Gu, Gu Yaozu, and Ye Shilan.

"Kill this old bastard..."

"Kill this shameless family!"

……

The shouts were like a tide, wave after wave.

There were all sorts of opinions, and someone even threw a snowball at Ye Shilan when she wasn't looking, because there was nothing but snow all around.

Once one person throws it, a second, a third...

Before long, the four members of the Gu family were covered in snow thrown by those people.

The hall was already cold, and they were all kneeling. With snow all over her head, Granny Gu started cursing at the children and the people outside.

However, as soon as she uttered a curse, Magistrate Lu Yunqing raised his chin.

Two observant constables quickly stepped forward and pinned Granny Gu down.

"Disrupting court proceedings, drag him away and give him ten strokes of the cane as punishment!"

"Yes."

Just as Granny Gu was about to cry out for mercy, a bailiff immediately pulled out a cloth and gagged her. The two men dragged her like a dead dog to the execution area.

There were people waiting there with long benches for the execution. The men didn't care that she was a woman at all. They roughly pressed Granny Gu down on the bench and started beating her.

"Clap clap..."

When Gu Yaohui was tricked by his classmate, he happened to see his mother finish receiving ten strokes of the cane.

However, he only took one step forward before stopping.

Classmate A, feigning ignorance, asked, "Gu Tongsheng, do you know that wicked old woman?"

He did it on purpose. Xie Wenke said that if he did this well, he would lend them his two notebooks to copy.

The temptation is immense, and the task must be completed.

Gu Yaohui pursed his lips, his eyes filled with annoyance. He shouldn't have been curious: "I don't know him. How could I know such a lowly person?"

He spoke through gritted teeth.

Classmate B glanced at Classmate A, his eyes full of mockery.

This person probably doesn't know that his identity has already been known to everyone in the academy.

They're still holding it here.

While inwardly despising him, classmate A suppressed a laugh and said, "That's true. Gu Tongsheng's family is from Guangnan Prefecture. How could they know such a lowly old woman?"

You probably don't know, but this old woman's grandson is only seven years old, yet he dared to order his servants to commit violence.

His words suddenly became more forceful, but Gu Yaohui, still preoccupied with his frustration at seeing his mother being punished, didn't notice anything amiss.

Classmate B leaned over, tugged at Gu Yaohui, and pointed at the people in the lobby: "See that chubby guy? He's this old woman's grandson."

I never expected this child to be so vicious at such a young age.

The kid he beat up was supposedly his cousin, someone he'd cut ties with. Tsk tsk…

Classmate A looked at Gu Yaohui's dark face, exchanged a glance with Classmate B, sneered, and continued, "See that old man kneeling next to them? I heard he's the patriarch of a small family in Lingwu Village."

You're telling me, the clan chief of a poor little village is actually extorting money from people.

Tsk tsk, I heard that this clan chief is quite arrogant. Behind him is this old woman's son, who is said to be a student who has only passed the imperial examination.

Haha, isn't that hilarious? They're just minor students, yet they're so arrogant.

If this student were to pass the imperial examinations and become a scholar or a high-ranking official, who knows how much trouble this would cause him.

Classmate B glanced at Classmate A and saw the mockery in each other's eyes. He then chimed in, "That's right, we really feel sorry for that student. Not only does he have such a family member who's holding him back, but he also has such a troublesome clan leader."

They have no common sense at all. Don't these people know that the moment they step into the yamen hall, they're putting a criminal record on that young scholar?

"Alas, if that young scholar were to take the imperial examination, and the officials came to investigate, his future in officialdom would be in jeopardy!"

As Gu Yaohui listened to the two of them talking back and forth, his face grew darker and darker, his body swayed, and his ears began to ring.

Looking at the people kneeling in the yamen, his eyes were filled with hatred.

Why did his mother do that?

Didn't he tell his mother that he wanted to ease tensions with that bastard's family?

Didn't his mother promise him that she would definitely be able to get those prescriptions?

Why did it have to go to court?

And that little beast Gu Jinsuo, why did he hit people?

And what is that old bastard, the clan chief, doing now? Why is he extorting money from others?

Isn't this just making things worse?

Yes, Gu Yaohui has always claimed to be from Guangnan Prefecture.

Only Dean Yan and the teacher who recruited him into Yunshu Academy knew about his time in Lingwu Village.

He said this because Lingwu Village was a well-known impoverished village in the surrounding area, and also the village with the most family surnames.

He had only heard a mention of it when he was taking the imperial examination for children, that the Gu family of Guangnan Prefecture was the ancestral home of the Duke of Rongguo in the capital.

It just so happens that his surname is Gu, and he firmly believes that he came from Lingwu Village.

Just as classmate A was saying something, a villager from Lingwu Village spotted Gu Yaohui in the crowd and shouted, "Gu Yaohui is here! Gu Yaohui, the student Gu, is here!"

His shout was practically a roar. Gu Yaohui looked in the direction of that person, and what he saw made him realize that the people over there were all from Lingwu Village.

She was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she swayed unsteadily, unable to stand up straight.

His mind was blank, with only one voice screaming, "Escape..." He was thinking about getting away from here as soon as possible.

These two classmates had taken money from Ma Wencai and received promises from Xie Wenke, so how could they let him go?

Meanwhile, Fang Shiyu also hired several villagers in Lingwu Village, saying that as long as they recognized Gu Yaohui and kept him there, they would each receive one tael of silver.

The villagers were astonished to hear that such a good thing was happening.

Since they weren't members of the Gu family anyway, the group discussed it and agreed.

He also called over other villagers, saying that he would give them ten coins after the job was done, and they all agreed.

I never thought I could make money just by watching the excitement. Besides, isn't Gu Yaohui from their village?

This matter is related to his family, so it's better for him to stay here. The simple-minded villagers didn't think much about the complicated situation.

Seeing this, Guo Yuming looked at Fang Shiyu, held the silver bag in his hand, and said with a smile, "Well, we've saved quite a bit of money."

Xie Wenke looked at the panicked Gu Yaohui and sneered, "Buy more things for Sister Jin later."

At this moment, a middle-aged man from the Gu family came over and said very sincerely, "Yaohui, go and beg your sister-in-law. If she withdraws the lawsuit, we will not pursue those matters."

When Gu Yaohui saw him, he looked terrified and said angrily, "What are you saying, you lowly commoner? I don't know you."

Gu Yongsheng was stunned by his words.

Gu Yongsheng's son, Gu Hu, nicknamed Hu Tou, squeezed through the crowd and heard Gu Yaohui say these words.

He immediately objected, still seething with anger upon hearing that his son had become Gu Jinshuo's accomplice.

Now he's cursing his own father as a lowly commoner and saying he doesn't know him?

Ah……

These days he goes up the mountain to chop firewood and sells it to the Lin family, and he makes a lot of money.

If he hadn't been delivering firewood to the Lin family workshop today and noticed that no one was on the village roads, and hadn't asked out of curiosity, he wouldn't have known what had happened in the village.

Sure enough, the group of firewood cutters who went to the mountains put down their firewood, didn't even collect any money, and ran over.

"Fine, you beast, you dare to call my father a lowly commoner. How much money have you spent on my family over the years?"

My third uncle's family has been ruined by you all, they can't even hold their heads up high now, who are you going to tell me you don't know them?"

"All of you, young and old, this is how Gu Yaohui treats the people who raised him."