Farming and reading lady

"Oh, if your great-uncle is the Gu Yuchen I know, then I have heard a thing or two about him, or rather, everyone in the capital knows a thing or two about him. However, if that is the case, then he shouldn't have to hunt down juniors like you, after all, the other party didn't do anything excessive to your great-uncle." Tong Mingyan stroked his beard. Although he didn't know the inside story, with that man's temperament, he shouldn't do such a thing as killing juniors. There must be some misunderstanding.

"You two don't have to worry about it, just stay here and I will take care of everything." After all, he is a third-rank official, and the descendants of that man should not come to his house to kill him. You decide to ask your sixth brother to describe all the details again.

The brother and sister nodded in agreement, left the study, and decided in their hearts that they must find time to listen to what the teacher said to see if it was really as the old man said, and confirm each other to avoid bias.

Over there in the capital, in a majestic but quiet mansion, a middle-aged man stood with his hands behind his back in his study. In front of him hung a painting of two men standing side by side, one with a fluttering cloak, rough and heroic, and the other with a flying green robe, elegant and suave. Both of them had high spirits and bright faces. Although their styles were different, it could be seen that both of them were outstanding people. If Mr. Gu was here, he would definitely recognize that one of them was his handsome uncle. Even if it was another member of the Gu family, he could tell from it that the man in the painting was very similar to Gu Xihao. They were not made from the same mold, but at least 50% or 60% alike.

The middle-aged man turned around. His square and resolute face, thick eyebrows, and piercing eyes were similar to the one in the painting. He looked at the three people standing on his left and right and asked, "Are you saying that the Gu family didn't let the two children go out at all?"

"Yes, master, according to the teacher surnamed Tong, that's right." One of them said. These people were the white-clothed men who intercepted Gu Xixian and his group on the road, and the one who answered was the white-clothed leader.

"Oh, I heard that you are all doing things according to what you said now?" The middle-aged man brushed aside his robe and sat on the armchair in the middle.

"It is true that we have not found any child with the surname Gu in their team." The leader in white, Yan Yunqing, answered.

"There are two children of similar age, but they don't have the surname Gu, and they are extremely ugly." Yan Yunling on the side said: "Tsk tsk, they are so ugly that it makes people and gods angry."

The middle-aged man glanced at him and said, "What kind of appearance can you call it ugly? I don't think you look that good."

"Second uncle, how can you say that to me? After all, I am a handsome young man." Second uncle has a really vicious tongue and loves to criticize people, Yan Yunling said angrily.

"It's indeed ugly." Yan Yunzhen also remarked. He was the one who faced the Gu siblings most directly.

Seeing Yan Yunqing nod, the middle-aged man, Yan Nianjun, the current head of the Yan family, also became slightly curious: "Oh, tell me about it."

Yan Yunling quickly described it this way and that, and added: "The funniest thing is that the parents of these two ugly kids actually named them Zhen Meili and Hao Yingjun. Are they afraid that the two clown kids are not ugly enough to be noticed?"

After saying that, he kept laughing.

"I think you are the clown." Yan Nianjun ruthlessly interrupted his laughter: "You were deceived by the two children of the Gu family, do you know?"

"No, it can't be, Second Uncle, how could we be deceived?" Yan Yunling didn't understand how they were deceived, and the other two seemed to be thinking about it.

"Do you think it's such a coincidence? Both families gave birth to an ugly baby, and then they unanimously gave the two children opposite names. It's also such a coincidence that they both became students of the same teacher and were brought out to broaden their horizons?" Yan Nianjun was really curious in his heart. It was obvious that the two children came prepared.

"What's the big deal? The world is so big that there are all kinds of strange things." Yan Yunling curled his lips. He thought it was normal.

"Then let me ask you, do those two children have sad, timid expressions on their faces? No, do you think that two extremely ugly children will not receive discriminatory gazes and unfair treatment on a daily basis?" Yan Nianjun felt that his nephew did not understand human nature at all. Seeing that he wanted to refute, he continued: "Let's just assume that their parents love them and did not let them go through this. Then let me ask you again, how can parents who love their children so much let them travel far away from home without worrying about the older one? It's okay for the older one, but what about the younger one? She's only a six-year-old girl, how can they be worried about this? Aren't they afraid that the child will be ostracized and ridiculed by the world outside if they are out of their protection? Aren't they afraid that the child is too young and will have psychological trauma?"

The three of them dropped their hands and remained silent. After careful consideration, it was indeed unlikely.

"That doesn't mean they are from the Gu family." Yan Yunling said unwillingly, "Besides, who would want to paint themselves as ugly for no reason?"

"You stopped someone's carriage with swords in your hands, and you specifically asked for someone named Gu. Wouldn't he be afraid?" He was really convinced. This way of appearance was very gangster-like, wasn't it?

"But we didn't do anything wrong. We didn't even scare him." Yan Yunling was stubborn and muttered, "This guy is too timid."

"Yes, who is as brave as you? I asked you to find someone, but you went with knives. No one reported to the police and they arrested you as robbers. That was your luck." He raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows. It was his mistake. The two children must have been scared, right?

...The three of them were silent. So, they didn't get to invite anyone, and they were mistaken for bandits, or killers? Then they were tricked by the two kids. So, who came up with this way of inviting people? Yan Yunqing and Yan Yunzhen turned their heads to Yan Yunling... So, how did they get persuaded by this idiot to bring knives?

"You, why are you looking at me like that?" Yan Yunling shrank back and moved away from them.

"Who said we, the Yan family, should show our wisdom and bravery? Who shamelessly asked us to bring knives to increase our majesty?" The two men clenched their fists so hard that they made a crackling sound.

Yan Yunling quickly ran to his second uncle to seek protection: "You guys agreed to it, don't push the responsibility later."

"Okay, go back to Mingchun Hall and reflect on yourselves." What a group of troublesome younger generations. Why do I feel that other people's children are smarter than my own?