Chapter 38 The old man got excited Wuheng County is more than ten miles away from Jiuyang Village. It was already midnight when Gu Chan returned to the village. At this time, everyone in the village had already gone to bed, and it was pitch black everywhere. No one noticed that Gu Chan had quietly returned in the middle of the night. Two eels were lying on Gu Chan's shoulders, one on the left and one on the right. Seeing that she was not going home, the eels asked Baidu, "Where are you going?" "Nonsense, as a female knight, how can I not rob the rich and help the poor? Do you really think I'm joking?" Gu Chan said unhappily. The two eels were dumbfounded. Originally, they thought that Gu Chan was just joking. But now they realized that she was serious! Gu Chan didn't waste any time talking to them. He took out some silver from his bosom and threw one ingot into each yard. Each ingot of silver weighed twenty taels. Normally, the poor people in the village have to work very hard to earn twenty taels of silver.
Gu Chan helped to lighten their burden. Half an hour later, Gu Chan delivered the silver to every household. After making sure that no money was left out, she happily returned home. However, what she didn't expect was! When she came back, Zhang Wanshan was sitting alone in the yard smoking a mountain pipe, with a dim oil lamp on the stone table next to him. Gu Chan quickly walked up to him and asked, "Grandpa, why haven't you slept yet?" "How can I sleep if you don't come back?" Zhang Wanshan looked at Gu Chan who returned safely and replied in a crying voice. When Ding Meihua and her grandson came back in the afternoon, they had already told him everything that had happened at the market that day. From this afternoon till now, he was so worried that he couldn't even beat the iron, for fear that Wang Tianxiao would bring people to deal with Gu Chan. After dark, Gu Chan didn't come back, and he cried more than once. Until now, seeing Gu Chan standing in front of him in good health, he could no longer hold back, and suddenly opened his arms and hugged Gu Chan into his arms, holding her and crying, "If something happens to you, what will grandpa do? Don't be so stupid in the future. You are still young, you can't be so stubborn and stand up for others!" "Okay, grandpa, don't cry. Look, I'm fine now, right?" Gu Chan patted her grandfather's back with both hands to comfort him. Zhang Wanshan stopped crying, pushed Gu Chan away, and looked into her arms. "What's in your arms? Why is it so hard?" Gu Chan did not answer, but reached into her arms, took out the remaining five silver ingots and placed them on the stone table. Zhang Wanshan's eyes widened. "One hundred taels of silver? Where did you get it?" "Grandpa, I won't hide it from you. I sneaked into the mansion tonight and stole it from the treasury. I got out several hundred taels of silver. I threw twenty taels of silver in the yards of every household in Jiuyang Village. I also got back two spiritual herbs." "Ah? You..." Zhang Wanshan opened his mouth in shock, his old face turned pale with fright. Who is Wang Feihu? He was the local boss of Wuheng County! Even the county magistrate was afraid of him, so who would dare to mess with him? Gu Chan's action was undoubtedly to offend the emperor. Once the matter was exposed, she would be killed. Gu Chan was not afraid at all. She stood up straight, held her head high and said, "Grandpa, Wang Tianxiao was so arrogant and domineering in the market during the day that he didn't even let an old woman go. He is worse than a beast. His father Wang Feihu is even more domineering and bullies the people. He deserves to die. I only stole a few hundred taels of silver and two spiritual herbs from him. I don't think it's enough to vent my anger." "I know such a beast should be taught a lesson, but you can't do it! You are still young and have no strength, how dare you fight him?" Zhang Wanshan was extremely worried. "Grandpa, I'm not afraid. I haven't been discovered. In the future, I can be a knight hiding in the dark, robbing the rich to help the poor, and punishing lawless criminals." Gu Chan patted his chest with his hand, his face full of righteousness.
Don't be fooled by her confidence, she does feel a little guilty at the moment. After all, from the very beginning, she had never thought of having such a big ideal. She just simply wanted to teach the Wang family a lesson, and then get the spiritual herbs by the way, so that she could fleece the county magistrate tomorrow. The reason she could say this now was purely to persuade Zhang Wanshan to support her. Zhang Wanshan is just an honest country man. This matter is too big, and she is afraid that the old man cannot accept it. But Gu Chan obviously underestimated her grandfather! Look, after Zhang Wanshan was silent for a while, at a certain moment, he seemed to be injected with chicken blood, suddenly stretched out his hands and tightly grasped Gu Chan's hands, and then said excitedly, "Well, you are worthy of being my grandson. You have such heroic spirit. As a grandfather, I am also very proud. Needless to say, grandpa supports you. Grandpa will accompany you in the future. Let's deal with those rich and unkind beasts." "..."Gu Chan. Oh my God! Is this old man crazy? He was so timid before, why did he suddenly change today? This is unscientific! Zhang Wanshan changed the subject and said, "Listen, the theft of the treasury in the Yuanwai Mansion will be discovered sooner or later. If you are going to deliver the spiritual herbs to the county government office tomorrow, you have to be careful. It is best to make preparations in advance. Otherwise, the spiritual herbs you deliver will happen to be the ones that were stolen from the treasury, and it will be difficult not to arouse suspicion from the other party." "Don't worry, Grandpa. I will get up very early tomorrow and follow Zhao Erniu into the mountains to learn how to hunt. I will bring a magical herb with me and go to the forest to perform a scene of a magical beast protecting the magical herb. I will let Zhao Erniu be a witness. Then, I will be fine when I send him to the county government office." Gu Chan said cleverly. Zhang Wanshan breathed a sigh of relief, and the weight of his heart settled down. Gu Chan picked up the five ingots of silver and stuffed them into Zhang Wanshan's hand, "Hide the silver quickly, this is our head tax for next month." "Well, speaking of the head tax, the people from the Yuanwai Mansion came to collect it this morning. It just so happened that the silver we earned from selling the spiritual herbs before, plus the silver I earned in the first half, all came together to pay the hundred taels. We have no money left." Zhang Wanshan collected the silver and began to calculate the bill for Gu Chan. Gu Chan quickly took out the remaining ten taels of silver from her pocket and handed it over. "Grandpa, I still have more than ten taels of silver left today, which is enough for us to survive for a few days." "That's good. We'll earn money slowly from now on. Anyway, we can save all the money we earn next month. Our lives are getting better and better now." Zhang Wanshan had a rare smile on his face. Before he picked up Gu Chan, he lived a very poor life alone. After Gu Chan came, their lives became better and better. They could have a full meal every time and occasionally go to the market to have a good meal. This was already very satisfying for him. (End of this chapter)