Chapter 445

The Earl of Zhongqin watched in terror and hurriedly signaled his family to retreat.

They were thoroughly terrified of Jia Hui.

Yuan Yuan Yuan Wenshao was incomparably horrified; he swore that from this day forward, he would never again harbor thoughts of provoking or retaliating against Jia Hui.

He wished he could take a detour to avoid him.

Now they finally understood the reasoning behind Gu Yankai's early departure.

While it was true he felt his son was a disappointment and had given up on Gu Gu Gu Tingye, it now appeared he also couldn't bear to watch him be punished!

Pity the hearts of parents everywhere!

Although the Earl of Zhongqin's family had slipped away,

the younger Lady Qin and the others watched all of this with a mix of excitement and fear!

【320】 Leisurely drinking tea, the sickly eldest daughter of the Xu Mansion meets her third sister.

The younger Lady Qin and her son were Love Love Like this.

Gu Gu Gu Tingye's older brother, Gu Gu Gu Tingyu, was much the same.

Because Gu Gu Gu Tingyu was the eldest son of the Marquis and born to the first wife, the Great Lady Qin, he should have inherited the title and become the man with the most say in the Gu family.

But Gu Gu Gu Tingyu had a poor fate; his mother, the Great Lady Qin, was frail and sickly, and having barely managed to give birth to him, he was left with a body that required constant medication.

In a family of military lineage, Gu Gu Gu Tingyu was more Love Love Like a withered flower; no matter how outstanding or excellent he was, in such a family, being unable to practice martial arts meant his roots had undoubtedly been severed.

Therefore, he resented his second younger brother immensely.

Watching this scene,

he gradually understood

why he resented his brother.

It wasn't actually because of the death of his birth mother, the Great Lady Qin, nor was it because of the younger Lady Qin's instigation; it was because of jealousy!

He was jealous of his brother every moment, watching Gu Gu Gu Tingye jump around, strong and healthy, while he himself could only stay in this square room, with no one to care for him.

He was jealous that Gu Gu Gu Tingye made mistake after mistake, yet Gu Yankai always apologized for him repeatedly, while he himself didn't even have the opportunity to speak a single word to his father.

So, seeing Gu Gu Gu Tingye's miserable state at this moment,

he felt only an inexplicable, deep excitement and satisfaction!

It could be said

that at this moment, they both feared Jia Hui

and were grateful to him!

Jia Hui had actually done a good deed, hadn't he?

I don't know how much time passed.

For Gu Gu Gu Tingye, every second felt Love Love Like a year!

His entire head was covered in cold sweat,

as if he had been in a sauna.

Half his life was gone.

Fortunately, the executioner was a professional.

His hand was very steady.

The tattoo went smoothly and was not crooked.

Otherwise,

he would have had to have the characters tattooed again on his left cheek,

until they were clear and unmistakable.

Gu Gu Gu Tingye's punishment was complete.

Besides the two characters tattooed on his face,

it was also rubbed with ink and charcoal, marking him as a criminal.

From now on, it could never be washed off.

Unless he scraped his entire face off!

Unfortunately,

the tattooing was not just on the surface,

but deep enough to reach the facial bone!

Unless he didn't want to live,

otherwise, these characters

would be with him forever and could never be shaken off.

Seeing that the dust had settled, Jia Hui nodded with satisfaction!

The reason he watched so closely

was to avoid the kind of "moth" that often appears in movies and novels.

Where the protagonist is clearly in a desperate situation,

but as soon as the big villain leaves,

they encounter a counter-kill.

With the protagonist's halo activated, various reasons always allow them to escape disaster.

So Jia Hui, in his capacity as a transmigrator,

sat in charge of the scene,

forcefully suppressing the other party's luck and halo!

Now that his goal was achieved,

after everyone was dragged away,

Jia Hui and Xun Bai Shui exchanged a glance,

and then walked together to a quiet room.

"Many thanks to the Prefect of Jingzhao just now."

"This is one thousand taels."

He took out a portion of the silver Gu Yankai had just given him from his robes and gave it to Xun Bai Shui.

Everyone present gets a share.

Since the other party was so cooperative,

he should be given some.

Moreover, Jia Hui thought highly of this Xun Bai Shui.

In his heart, he was still thinking about the man's sister and niece.

Therefore,

sharing a bit of money was reasonable and appropriate.

Regarding this money,

Xun Bai Shui hesitated before accepting it.

Although he was loyal to the country,

a loyal official does not necessarily mean a clean official,

nor does it mean he wouldn't take money.

In reality, some loyal officials are only loyal to protect their own or their family's vested interests, or to pursue stability and the Love Love Like.

If you want someone to be loyal, you have to give them a reason to be loyal.

In the original work, part of the reason for his loyalty was that his sister and nephew were members of the royal family,

sharing a common destiny with the Great Great Great Qian.

Now, that is no longer the case.

Therefore, Xun Bai Shui did not resist taking the money.

He was just thinking

that as a subordinate official, taking money might not be very good.