Xue Miao opened her eyes wide and whimpered from her mouth which was stuffed with cloth.
Gu Chengyu glanced at Ming Yan and said, "Take the person down!"
Xue Miao looked at Gu Chengyu with disbelief and confusion on his face. What on earth did Gu Chengyu mean?
If you are interested in his abilities and want to take him with you to do things, you can make it clear to him. Even if his answer is definitely rejection, it would be a bit strange to tie him up.
Could it be that Gu Chengyu, like those people, knew his true identity and wanted to get what he had?
Thinking of this, Xue Miao couldn't help but feel anxious.
"Untie him!" Gu Chengyu felt the gentle breeze, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip.
He knew that Xue Miao must be guessing at her intention of tying him up. In fact, he tied him up entirely because of the portrait.
Based on Man Niu's narration, he drew a portrait of a human face. At that time, he only felt that it looked very familiar. Later, he thought about it carefully and felt that this person was not the image of Xue Miao when he was young.
But Lu Chen was present at the time, and in order to prevent Lu Chen from seeing the clues, when he was in Yingnan Mansion, he resisted and did not let anyone go to find Xue Miao.
This time when he returned to the capital, because Lu Chen was rushing back to recover his life, Gu Chengyu simply let Lu Chen go ahead while he walked slowly behind.
In fact, this was done to get rid of Lu Chen. For this reason, he also handed over the task of escorting Min Feng, Man Niu and the others to Lu Chen's office.
After all, Lu Chen was a military commander, and those who led him were all good men. Moreover, Prince I also stated the same in his letter, which saved Gu Chengyu a lot of trouble.
Gu Chengyu didn't pay much attention to Lu Chen's sharing of credit with him.
Anyway, it is impossible for him to be promoted in the short term. Giving Lu Chen a favor, or giving a favor to Zhan Yuanhou's house, can also be regarded as an explanation for the alliance.
In fact, the most important thing is that if Lu Chen is not given these benefits, he will follow him and not leave.
As soon as Xue Miao got her mouth free, she yelled i.
"Mr. Gu, what are you doing? If you have something for me to do, just give me your orders. Why should you be so rude? It's simply an insult to gentleness."
Ming Yan was untying Xue Miao, and when he heard this, he scolded: "You have your own reasons for doing things, you just have to accept it!"
Ming Yan couldn't tolerate this old man's disrespect for his master. Who was his master? How dare this little old man complain?
Gu Chengyu raised his eyebrows, but his words were very formal.
"Little old man? I think Mr. Xue is not very old!" Gu Chengyu answered with a smile.
Faced with Gu Chengyu's half-smiling expression, Xue Miao suddenly panicked.
"Ahem! The little old man is not young anymore." Xue Miao did not dare to look directly into Gu Chengyu's eyes and looked at the grass in front of her.
"Should I call you Xue Miao or Xue Haogui?" Gu Chengyu tilted his head and smiled harmlessly, but what he said made Xue Miao feel like he had fallen into an ice cave.
Xue Miao barely calmed down her chaotic mind, and then said with surprise: "Master Gu, what does this mean? Who is this Xue Haogui?"
Gu Chengyu looked at him seriously for a long time, and just when Xue Miao was almost unable to hold on any longer, she spoke again.
"Xue Laoqi, what's the matter? After so many years, you don't have the courage to admit your past? But you keep your name anonymous, but you are reluctant to change your surname. Have you really given up on your future and the past?"
Gu Chengyu watched with satisfaction as the struggling expression flashed across Xue Miao's face. He was now sure that this person was Xue Haogui.
"Why did Mr. Gu want to say these incomprehensible things to the little old man? The little old man has been a member of Changtian Mansion since he was a child. When he was young, he went out to study after a few years of schooling and did not return home for many years. Who would want his parents to be with the little old man?
When the children went on a study tour, they all died of illness one after another. Later, the little old man went away to a foreign country and left this sad place. It was not until he was old that he returned to his hometown."
Xue Miao looked forward, tears glistening in her eyes, as if she was immersed in her own memories.
Gu Chengyu nodded, "It is indeed a great regret in life that a child wants to be raised but cannot be taken care of."
"After I returned to the village, the old village chief died of illness, and I took over his place." Xue Miao retracted his scattered memories, and then turned his attention to Gu Chengyu.
"You've told so many lies, do you believe it yourself?" Gu Chengyu found it very funny, are you acting in a TV series?
With such acting skills, he might be able to survive five episodes, no more.
Xue Miao's old face trembled, "Master Gu is joking. These are all my life experiences, why are you lying?"
Gu Chengyu smiled lightly and shook his head, "Xue Laoqi, maybe you don't know yet, but now there are people looking for you everywhere, just for your head."
Xue Miao raised his head in surprise, his eyes showing shock. When he saw Gu Chengyu observing his expression carefully, he quickly lowered his head.
"My lord, you are joking. Firstly, I owe no money to anyone, and secondly, I have no history of murder or arson. No one is collecting debts or seeking revenge. It is impossible for me to find him."
Xue Miao tried her best to avoid Gu Chengyu's sinister gaze on him, still struggling to death.
"Because you took away something extremely important to them, or you know some inside story that they need to try their best to hide."
Gu Chengyu leaned his back against the big tree and motioned to Mingmo to put the bowls and chopsticks on the table.
The emperor is big enough to eat, so even if the dynasty is overthrown, he still has to eat, right?
"Sir, why do you need to embarrass me?"
"Then why do you have to hold on? The Xue family is dead, but you are the only one who is still alive. Xue Haozhen protected your life like this. He must have entrusted you with an extremely important thing before he died, right? After all these years, you
Have you fulfilled your original promise? You are hiding in a corner and living an ignoble existence, are you worthy of Xue Haozhen's entrustment to you? Are you worthy of the Xue family?"
Gu Chengyu's cold gaze was directed at Xue Miao, and a series of rhetorical questions made Xue Miao's face turn pale and her lips trembled.
He covered his face and cried, "I can't say it. I can't say it. Please don't embarrass me anymore."
His knees weakened and he fell to the ground.
"Don't tell me? You have been running away for so many years and just want to live an ignoble existence. Don't you have a conscience? As a member of the Xue clan, you watched their blood flow into the river and watched their heads roll down the guillotine, stained red with blood.
The moat in front of the Meridian Gate and the land dyed red are all the blood of your Xue family."
Gu Chengyu's fierce shouting made Xue Miao burst into tears, and his body trembled involuntarily.
The memory was so long ago that he had sealed this past event in his heart and refused to mention it for the rest of his life.
He still remembered that although it was autumn that day, the sun was still shining brightly. The hot sunshine shone on people, but there was no trace of heat, only a biting coldness.
His eyes were all bright red, and the intense red stung his eyes. He stumbled back to the hiding room and had a fever for several days.