Early morning, Fulong City.
The people of Fulong City, who were accustomed to the coldest months of winter, had a rare sunny day in this deep winter.
The sun reluctantly emerged from behind the dark clouds. After revealing half of its face, it shyly said nothing.
The people of Fulong City did not complain. The drug dealers took advantage of the sunshine and began to find places to dry the medicinal materials that needed to be exposed to the sun. The ordinary people took advantage of the warm weather to take a bath and change their clothes.
Perhaps it is also because the New Year is approaching. The items sold by vendors on the streets and alleys are no longer the same products related to medicinal materials or alchemy. There are also some merchants selling New Year's goods.
After having breakfast at Gu's house, Liao Meng and his party were ready to leave.
"Thank you, Patriarch Gu, and the elders for your hospitality!" Liao Meng stood up and bowed, saying.
Everyone in Gu Yu smiled and said, "No, our Gu family has nothing to entertain you. Please forgive me for any inconvenience!"
"Are these distinguished guests really not going to stay for a few more days? You have helped our Gu family so much this time. Why not stay a few more days and let our Gu family entertain you well? This can be regarded as a thank you for your kindness!" Gu Feng spoke again! , trying to save Meng and his party.
However, Guo Meng still declined politely, "We have important things to do this time, so it's really inconvenient to disturb us. In addition, your Gu family is probably too busy with social activities now. If we stay, it will also affect your business. Let's do it this way, If we pass by Fulong City next time, we will definitely visit your ancient home again."
"Then it's settled! You must remember to come!" Gu Meng said with some reluctance.
"Haha, don't worry, Miss Gu family, as long as we are destined to meet again, Jianghu will definitely meet again!" Liao Meng laughed and said.
After saying a simple goodbye, Liao Meng and the others walked towards the door.
At this time, Gu Meng took Gu Yu's hand and whispered, "How about we give them a ride again."
Gu Yu nodded when he heard this, and was about to lead everyone to send Meng and his party off again.
At this time, Gu Zhen took out a large stack of greeting cards from his arms and said, "Master Gu, please don't go. These are the greeting cards that I have carefully sorted out for you that cannot be declined and must be dealt with as soon as possible. Most of them are some seventh-grade experts from Yongzhou, or powerful dignitaries from Chang'an, so you'd better save time and deal with it quickly!"
Gu Yu held his forehead and said with some embarrassment, "Is the time so tight? Alas! This is too difficult, why don't you go help me deal with it!"
"That's not okay, not to mention that we really couldn't stand the way you were the head of the house who was so hands-off. After so many years of laziness, just because these people want to hire you now, it's impossible for you to escape! Gu Zhen said with a serious face, with an unquestionable meaning in his tone, even though he was now talking to Gu Yu, a high-ranking seventh-level alchemist.
Gu Yu also looked helpless. Originally, he wanted to go out for some fresh air in the name of seeing off these distinguished guests. After all, he hadn't gone out and walked around for a long time.
However, when the second elder of the ancient town said this, Gu Yu had to give up this idea.
There was no way, the Second Elder Guzhen's temper had always been stubborn and stubborn, and the only thing that could make him change might be his only son.
Just when Gu Yu was lamenting that he couldn't go out again, Gu Shi suddenly came out, took Gu Zhen's hand and said, "Father, why don't you let the head of the family go out? After all, these distinguished guests have helped us so much this time." Busy, our Gu family goes out to give them away not only to express our goodwill to this group of people, but also to show the style of our Gu family to the people in the city. Our Gu family has been silent for so long, and now it has stood up again, it is time to let the people in the city The people all know our Gu family!
In particular, the name of our Gu Family Patriarch must be thoroughly established, so that our Gu Family can develop more quickly, attract more talents, and expand our market!
You must know that our Gu family is now at the cusp of a storm, a process from decline to prosperity! If we can seize this opportunity, we can completely make the name of our ancient Fulong City family known.
Maybe in this way, our Gu family can completely get out of Fulong City, or even out of Yongzhou!
Father, you should think twice! "
Gu Zhen was stunned when he heard the words, and his face showed a thoughtful look. He seemed to be moved by the words of the ancient poem, and he was also considering it carefully.
As for Gu Feng on the side, his eyes looking at Gu Shi were a little surprised at this time.
Based on his understanding of ancient poetry, it is really difficult to say such a thing.
You know, Gu Shi is also an uneducated playboy on weekdays. Except for working hard on alchemy, other times, he is either enjoying the world or on the way to the world.
Gu Feng has always felt that people like Gu Shi, at first glance, have no ambitions and no city government, and cannot be entrusted with important responsibilities at all.
However, what Gu Shi said just now surprised him.
You must know that Gu Shi's words are enough to reveal that he has a very clear grasp of the past and future situations of the Gu family, and he also analyzed how the Gu family should deal with it.
Logically speaking, it should be impossible for such words to come from Gu Shi's mouth, but everything that happened just now clearly told Gu Feng that these words did come from Gu Shi's mouth.
Thinking of this, Gu Feng couldn't help but frown tightly. He carefully read the ancient poem from top to bottom, left to right, but still couldn't see anything wrong with the ancient poem.
After Gu Shi felt Gu Feng's gaze, he wiped his forehead with his hand and smiled at Gu Feng, as if he was saying a simple hello to him.
At this time, Liao Meng and his party had already walked out of the Gu family gate and walked towards the outside of the city.
Gu Yu also said at this time, "I think what nephew Gu Shi said has some truth to it. What do the elders of Gu Town think?"
Gu Zhen snorted coldly and said, "Since what he said makes sense, then go and see him off, and let Elder Gu Feng take a few more people to follow. Your status and status are different now. Even if you travel alone, the Gu family I have to fill up the noodles for you!"
Gu Yu grinned and said immediately, "Okay, for the sake of the prosperity of the Gu family, I'm going out!"
After saying that, Gu Yu led Gu Meng out of the house.
After watching Gu Yu and Gu Meng go out, Gu Feng took out a token from his robe sleeve and silently used his internal energy to activate it. The token suddenly shone with a faint light. Gu Feng's lips moved quickly for a moment and muttered something. , I don’t know what I’m talking about.
After a while, two elders wearing simple clothes that even Gu Shi thought were a little unfamiliar walked out of a room in the courtyard of the ancient family.
After they saluted Gufeng and Guzhen, they followed Gufeng silently.
After Gufeng and Guzhen exchanged glances, they went out, still followed by the two elders.
At this time, Gu Shi suddenly said, "Father, I want to go and have a look too!"
When Gu Zhen heard this, he immediately looked at Gu Shi with strange eyes. He also knew the nature of his son. Today's words and deeds were very different from usual. He always felt that his son seemed to be a different person. Although this change is for the better, it still makes people feel a little uneasy.
On normal days, it would have been impossible for Gu Shi to say such words in front of these old people, and it was also impossible for him to simply go out and walk around.
But just today, just now, all the ancient poems were actually written.
"Shi'er, have you noticed that something is wrong with you?" Guzhen Youyou said, "Is there something you are hiding from me?"
Facing Gu Zhen's suspicious gaze, Gu Shi just shook his head and said, "I just drank a little too much last night, and when I came back to sleep in the middle of the night, I suddenly felt that I had accomplished nothing in the past twenty years. I have been wasting my time. Not only have I not contributed my share to the revitalization of the Gu family, but I have not fully utilized my talents. I also feel sorry for my father's hard work. I really... really regret it. Got it!"
Speaking of this, Gu Shi couldn't help but burst into tears, and it was like a real-life scene of the prodigal son turning back, which made the ancient town stunned for a while.
What happened to my son? What kind of drink did he drink when he went out in the middle of the night last night? If this were normal, Gu Shi would be so drunk that he wouldn't be able to get up the next morning. At this early morning, Gu Meng would still be sleeping!
However, today, Guzhen is thinking whether he is sleeping now.
"I didn't drink much last night, right? I shouldn't!" Gu Zhen muttered to himself for a moment, then walked to Gu Shi suspiciously, and reached out to touch Gu Shi's head.
This seemingly ordinary action of a father comforting his son was actually Gu Zhen using some internal energy to probe Gu Shi's body, hoping to see if Gu Shi was being controlled by someone.
However, as Gu Shi's body shook slightly, Gu Zhen's expression quickly softened a bit, because he did find something abnormal in Gu Shi's body!
That is, Gu Shi's martial arts has made some progress, from the early stage of the third stage that has not been immovable for ten thousand years, to the middle stage of the third stage!
This is good news.
If my son really becomes enlightened, he will become a successful person in no time!
Thinking of this, Gu Zhen couldn't help but patted his son's shoulder gently, looked seriously into Gu Shi's eyes and said, "Son, you have finally grown up!"
Gu Shi couldn't help but shed two lines of tears when he heard this. He thought to himself that he had really grown up a lot this time, all because he was really dancing behind the closed door of hell, and the only bad thing was that he would never recover.
Naturally, he also felt the inner force of Guzhen circulating in his body.
He originally thought that his father might be able to tell that he was poisoned, and then he could tell all the truth and let his father help him make a decision and see if he could help him detoxify. Is it necessary to continue doing what the Xue family wants to do on their own?
However, Gu Zhen didn't notice anything strange about him at all, which forced Gu Shi to admit that what the poisoned people said to him was absolutely correct.
No one in the Gu family can detoxify themselves!
Of course, maybe Gu Yu has this ability, but Gu Shi can't bet that Gu Yu can detoxify. If he loses the bet, his life will really be lost!
So after saying hello to Gu Zhen, Gu Shi also went out.
Before leaving, Gu Zhen solemnly handed him a jade pendant and told him to keep it well to save his life if necessary.
After Gu Shi got this thing, he thanked his father profusely.
In the end, Gu Zhen watched his precious son Gu Shi go away with joy.
