Reborn as the Savior of a Short-lived Father and Son

The prefect wanted to send someone to see them off, but Gu Qinghe politely declined.

After leaving the government office and on the way back, Gu Qinghe always felt that something was wrong.

When she was almost at the general's mansion, she suddenly realized what was happening and quickly called Gao Cun, "Go back and take a look. I feel like the old Taoist's expression when he looked at the prefect just now was a little strange."

Upon learning that he was going to be taken to the yamen, the old Taoist was not afraid at all and even felt relieved. After arriving at the yamen, apart from the fact that his expression looked a little panicked when the prefect came up and ordered his men to beat him with twenty sticks, Gu Qinghe really didn't notice any trepidation in him.

The behavior of the prefect seemed a little strange when one thought about it carefully. As the strange feeling accumulated, there was only one explanation, that is, the prefect and the old Taoist must know each other.

After hearing this, Gao Cun hurriedly rode away on his horse.

After returning to the general's mansion, Lan Yu was frightened today and went back to his room to rest obediently.

Gu Qinghe first took Lu Zhiyao's pulse and made sure that there was nothing wrong with her body before he felt relieved.

The reason why she felt so much pain today was probably because this mother and son brought back memories in her mind, and it must have been not long since King Wu gave her the medicine that could make people lose their memories, so those memories would often struggle to come out as if they could not be restrained.

She seemed to feel that she had caused trouble for Gu Qinghe again, and sat on the bed, pressing her fingers on the edge of the bed awkwardly.

Gu Qinghe let go of her wrist, and as he lowered his eyes, he suppressed the bitterness in his heart.

She could understand her mother's eagerness to restore her memory, but it was too painful for her to break through the constraints of drugs on her own.

Gu Qinghe couldn't bear to do it.

She said softly, "There is only one last herb left. Please wait a moment. Once I have sorted out the issues here, I will focus on helping you find a way to restore your memory."

"I'm not in a hurry," Lu Zhiyao quickly shook her head and wanted to say something, but swallowed it back when she saw Gu Qinghe's eyes. She pursed her lips and murmured, "I just think it's too hard for you to remember all that alone."

Gu Qinghe was stunned for a moment, and after a long time, a sob came from her throat. She no longer knew whether the expression on her face was crying or laughing.

"How can it be hard?" She murmured, "Before I found you, that was hard."

She had searched for a long time in her previous life, but there was still no news. Wei Yanzhou told her that her mother might have passed away and asked her not to hold too much hope.

She is the only one left in the entire Chen family, that's really hard.

It's not just hard work, it's also lonely.

It seems as if the warmth and happiness of those years were all just a fleeting dream.

But now, she is no longer as lonely, stupid, and self-righteous as she was in her previous life.

Just keep moving forward, even if what she wants to do is not that easy, but one day, this road will come to an end.

She coaxed Lu Zhiyao to sleep, just like when she stood by the bed and looked at Gu Qinghe's sleeping face after she fell asleep when they were children, and Gu Qinghe also looked at her like this.

She knew that Lu Zhiyao felt a little insecure, which was not an emotion she should have, but she had to suffer so much because of that damn King Wu.

Gu Qinghe stayed by the bed for a long time, but didn't see her having a nightmare like the day before, so he left quietly.

Gao Cun hadn't come back yet, and Gu Qinghe was a little worried. She walked around the yard and asked the servants, and found out that Shao Wei hadn't come back yet.

Lan Yu had already fallen asleep, so she simply went to call Ouyang Xia out.

Ouyang Xia had heard that the prefect was very likely in league with the old Taoist priest, and his temper had already flared up. Now he was even more direct, "I told you there was no need to send him to the authorities. You should have just chopped the old Taoist priest to death on the street today."

This reckless behavior left Gu Qinghe speechless.

Fortunately, Ouyang Xia was just talking.

The two of them went to the government office together. Disliking Gu Qinghe's slow riding speed, she dragged Gu Qinghe onto her horse, and with a chic "go!" the horse galloped away.

Fortunately, Gu Qinghe was already somewhat accustomed to Ouyang Xia's style, so she was not frightened at all.

When I arrived at the government office, I didn't see Gao Cun and the prefect.

The bloodstains left by the old Taoist being beaten with twenty sticks had been cleaned up, and Gu Qinghe felt even more that something was not right.

The bailiff stopped the two from entering and was kicked away by Ouyang Xia.

"You dog officer, get out here!"

The prefect came out with his goatee shaking, and smiled, "Why are you two back again?"

"Why are you back again? Don't you know it?" Ouyang Xia really had no patience at all. Just now, he thought that this old man was a good official and looked pleasing to the eye. But now that he knew that he might be in cahoots with the old Taoist priest, Ouyang Xia felt uncomfortable with his goatee.

Gu Qinghe asked, "Where is Gao Cun?"

"Commander Gao?" the prefect asked, "Didn't he go back with you?"

It was obvious that he was playing dumb.

Gu Qinghe's face darkened, "Where is the deceiving Taoist priest?"

His cheeks twitched twice, and the prefect said, "Lock him up. This old Taoist has done a lot of harm to people. Lock him up and let him suffer a little first."

After exchanging a glance with Ouyang Xia, the two of them walked directly to the back of the yamen.

Ouyang Xia moved quickly, and the prefect couldn't stop him at all, leaving Gu Qinghe to hold the prefect back with his hands. "Are you sure Gao Cun hasn't been here?"

Before the prefect could speak, Gu Qinghe reminded him again, "Your Excellency should know General Shao's temper. The friendship between him and Gao Cun is better than that of brothers. If Gao Cun is fine, it's fine. But if he got into trouble because of your Excellency, let alone whether you can still hold on to your position as prefect, it seems hard to say whether General Shao will take your life."

Seeing that the prefect didn't say anything, Gu Qinghe had nothing more to say. She had already reminded him of everything she needed to.

Ouyang Xia searched quickly like a loach under the siege of the yamen runners, and Gu Qinghe did not miss any expression on the magistrate's face.

When his eyes wandered towards the very hidden woodshed, Gu Qinghe immediately raised his foot and walked over quickly.

The prefect's face changed drastically, but he seemed to understand that he had caused enough trouble today. He opened his mouth to ask someone to stop Gu Qinghe, but he swallowed his words back.

The prefect's entire back collapsed.

"Ouyang Xia, come here quickly!"

As soon as Gu Qinghe pushed open the door of the woodshed, he saw Gao Cun lying on the ground.

She hurried forward and felt Gao Cun's pulse. Fortunately, he was just drugged and there was no serious problem. Gu Qinghe breathed a sigh of relief.

Ouyang Xia carried the person onto his shoulders and the three of them walked out.

When passing by the prefect, Gu Qinghe stopped and said, "Although I don't know why the lord behaved like this today, it does not match what General Shao said that the prefect is a good official."

He did not take Gao Cun's life, not sure whether it was because he did not have time or he did not think so.

Gu Qinghe guessed it was the latter, and hoped it was the latter, but no matter what, the mistake had been made, and how to deal with it depended on Shao Wei.