The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife
Chapter 706.2: The Truth of the Past

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The guard, seeing the token, immediately recognized the other party’s identity.

"So it’s Second Master Jing. My apologies, my apologies."

The Duke An Estate was related to the Xuanyuan Family by marriage, and the guard certainly didn’t believe that the Duke Estate’s horses had come here by accident.

He weighed the pouch of silver in his hand, smiled with satisfaction, and cupped his hands, saying, "The rain is indeed heavy and easily startles horses. Since Second Master Jing has found the horses, we shall take our leave."

Second Master Jing smiled and nodded, "Safe travels."

As the guards walked off in the distance, one of them asked, "Should we report this?"

The leading guard replied, "Report what? That Duke An and his brother came to pay respects to the dead Xuanyuan Family? Who in Shengdu doesn't know about Duke An’s relationship with the Xuanyuan Family? When the Xuanyuan Family rebelled and were defeated, everyone who had ties with them distanced themselves for fear of being implicated. Only Duke An, who was still Duke shizi then, risked being beheaded by going to the battlefield to collect the Xuanyuan Family’s bodies. Second Master Jing went too; he's another one unafraid of death. Over the years, have they ever stopped paying their respects to the dead Xuanyuan Family? What’s there to report?"

His companion said, "But that kid just now didn’t look like a guard from the Duke An Estate. He was holding a red-tasseled spear. At first glance, I thought the ghost of the Xuanyuan Family had returned."

"Don’t talk nonsense in broad daylight!" The leading guard scolded him, but he too felt a chill in his heart.

That kid indeed looked strange, and the way he held the red-tasseled spear was eerily similar to the people of the Xuanyuan Family.

But the Xuanyuan Family was long dead. Surely, it couldn’t be a vengeful ghost coming back for revenge or something.

He quickly shook his head, pulled out the pouch of silver given by Second Master Jing, and smiled, "Don’t overthink it. Come on, I’ll treat you all to a drink!"

The guards’ figures eventually disappeared into the heavy rain.

Second Master Jing walked around the two horses and approached Gu Jiao, asking, "Why are you here?"

Gu Jiao was gazing up at the plaque of the estate. The plaque, worn by years of sun and rain and malicious damage, was in a terrible state. The thick cobwebs hanging from it made even the characters for "Xuanyuan" barely legible.

"Xiao Liulang, Xiao Liulang!" Second Master Jing waved his hand in front of Gu Jiao's face.

Gu Jiao snapped back to attention and said, "I came to replace my horse."

Second Master Jing snorted, "So you heard me, yet you deliberately didn’t respond."

"I didn’t do it on purpose." Gu Jiao replied, "I heard you, but I was thinking about something. I was thinking about something first; you asked afterward."

In other words, she would answer only after she finished thinking.

Second Master Jing, never having met anyone like this before: "..."

"What’s going on with your horse?" Second Master Jing pointed to the Black Wind King.

Gu Jiao said she came to replace her horse, but didn’t specify just one, so naturally, Second Master Jing assumed the other horse was also hers.

Gu Jiao didn’t bother to explain that the Black Wind King wasn’t her horse, only shook her head slightly and said, "I don’t know either."

Duke An sat in the carriage, watching his younger brother talk to Gu Jiao in the rain like an idiot, his body shaking with anger.

Second Master Jing had an umbrella, but Gu Jiao did not.

Fortunately, for once, Second Master Jing and his elder brother had tacit understanding. He said to Gu Jiao, "You live in the outer city, right? The rain isn’t going to stop anytime soon. Why not take shelter in the carriage for a while?"

Gu Jiao turned to look at the carriage through the rain.

Duke An sat inside, staring at Gu Jiao without blinking, his eyes filled with eager anticipation.

Gu Jiao said, "Alright."

Gu Jiao boarded the carriage.

The horse king bit down on the Black Wind King’s reins. Whether the Black Wind King liked it or not, it was dragged along with them.

The carriage left the desolate street, turned right into an alley, and then arrived at another road. After traveling a bit farther, it turned into a narrow lane and stopped in front of a small courtyard.

The courtyard was about the same size as the one Gu Jiao and her family had rented. Inside was a front yard, followed by a main room leading to a backyard. The backyard connected to a row of back rooms.

Gu Jiao didn’t go that far in; she only stopped under the eaves of the first row of rooms.

She looked at the courtyard full of lilies of the valley and felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if she had seen this place in a dream.

Second Master Jing moved his elder brother, along with the wheelchair, into the walkway, and both of them were somewhat wet from the rain.

Second Master Jing called a servant and had him take Gu Jiao to the side room to change into some dry clothes.

"She can wear my elder brother’s. Aside from his clothes, there’s nothing else here but... my sister-in-law’s belongings."

He dared not touch his sister-in-law’s belongings; his elder brother would kill him. Moreover, Xiao Liulang was a man and couldn’t wear his sister-in-law’s clothes.

The servant found a set of brand-new clothes that Duke An had never worn for Gu Jiao.

Gu Jiao was tall for a woman, but compared to Duke An’s height, she still seemed small, like a child dressed in adult clothes, which gave her a somewhat cute and playful look.

When Second Master Jing came out of his elder brother’s room after changing his own clothes, this was the scene he saw.

He thought to himself that he must be seeing things because, strangely, he found the kid adorable.

Even though he was clearly very annoying!

Second Master Jing said with an imposing tone, “Your horses are in the stable. Don’t worry, they’re being fed and won’t go hungry! The physician has also been called! He will treat your horses’ injuries!”

"Thank you." Gu Jiao replied.

Second Master Jing wasn’t used to such politeness. His aggressive attitude immediately softened, and after clearing his throat, he said, "My elder brother has invited you over for tea."

Gu Jiao went next door.

Lord Duke's condition had improved somewhat recently. Previously, writing even a single word was difficult and not always successful. Now, he could write three to five words in a day, and if his condition was particularly good, he could manage seven or eight.

...Most of them were curses aimed at Second Master Jing.

Such was the experience of having an annoying younger brother.

The wheelchair had been taken to be wiped and dried, so Duke An sat on an official hat chair. There were chairs to his side and across from him. Without a word, Second Master Jing plopped down on the chair opposite his elder brother.

This way, his elder brother could see him——how clever he was!

Duke An’s eyes flashed with a murderous glint.

Second Master Jing shrank back, feeling a cold chill creeping up his neck again.

Since Duke An couldn’t turn his head, he couldn’t see Gu Jiao sitting to his side.

But Gu Jiao didn’t sit immediately. Instead, she kneeled on one knee in front of him and took his pulse.

"Your pulse is indeed much steadier than before." Gu Jiao said, "Lord Duke is recovering well."

Duke An lifted his fingers again. This time, he didn’t tap lightly; he dipped his fingers in the tea and, trembling, wrote three words, "Are you well?"

Gu Jiao replied, "I am well."

Duke An shakily wrote again, "Black Wind."

This was the limit of his strength. He couldn’t even finish the last word “King." Sweat appeared on his forehead, trickling down his face and soaking into his clothes.

"Huh? What did my elder brother write?" Second Master Jing leaned over, "Black Wind? What Black Wind?"

But Gu Jiao understood that Duke An must have recognized the Black Wind King. She said, "Indeed, it’s Han shizi's Black Wind King, but I don’t know why it was there."

She had come for the horse king and unexpectedly encountered the Black Wind King. Who would have thought that the Black Wind King, which had left with Han shizi, would reappear in that place?

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