From Hoarding to Time-Travel: My Supplies Saved Him

Chapter 467: Chapter 468: Informing

The Mountain Leader had been so arrogant before, but who would have thought he was just a coward who feared death. In the end, all Ah Ba had to do was stand beside him holding an instrument of torture, and he would immediately say everything he knew.

Wang Ping recorded everything nonstop, marveling to himself. They had captured bandits before, but they had never managed to get any useful information out of them.

Mr. Gu’s methods were truly extraordinary. He not only had these bandits completely at his mercy, but through his maneuvering, they would have an extra thousand mu of fertile land by the spring.

Once a man’s will was ground down, a single sharp threat was enough to make him confess everything.

He didn’t just lay out the route to their country; he even divulged who all the important figures were in their island country.

Wang Ping no longer felt the same fear of these men. He even began to think of their home as nothing more than a tiny speck of land. They had simply been preying on the fact that the locals had never been to sea, bluffing their way through every encounter.

Now that this fig leaf had been ripped away, Wang Ping felt an impulse to lead the people of Lu City and get even.

However, this was just a fleeting thought. After all, what lay between them wasn’t a road, but an entire ocean.

Besides, they were all landlubbers. There probably weren’t even enough of them to make a dent in the sea.

Ancient Wen Heng asked a few more sharp questions, and after getting the answers he wanted, he nodded in satisfaction. "That will be all for today. If I think of any more questions, I’ll come find you."

The Mountain Leader shot a careful glance at Ah Ba, who was watching him like a hawk. ’...’ ’On second thought, maybe you could think of some more questions now?’

Ancient Wen Heng led the group back to the government office. "Magistrate Wang, make a copy of this confession. Have Ah Ba deliver it to General Zhou in a moment."

Magistrate Wang hurriedly agreed and took the confession to get to work.

Ancient Wen Heng then turned to Jiang Shiniu and asked, "What are your thoughts on today’s events?"

Jiang Shiniu glanced at Ah Ba, who was standing ramrod straight nearby. "I am still lacking in many ways. I will be sure to learn from my brothers."

"There are indeed some things you need to learn," Ancient Wen Heng said. "I don’t keep useless men around me."

"Yes, sir!" Jiang Shiniu and the other guards were filled with fighting spirit. They knew their compassion was a weakness, and that was the last thing a man like Mr. Gu needed by his side.

Ah Ba didn’t mind Ancient Wen Heng using him as an example to discipline the other guards. He and his partner knew that even though the Empress had sent them to protect Mr. Gu, the assignment was only for a set period.

Over the past few months, they had also seen the deep, brotherly bond between their Marquis and Mr. Gu. Naturally, they hoped Mr. Gu would go far in his career, as that would only benefit the Chengen Marquis Mansion.

In their spare time, he and Qi would also help train these guards. Over the course of the winter, all of them had improved to some degree.

The moment Jin Qianqian arrived in Dao City, she spent just one night in her courtyard there before leaving with an escort agency the next day.

She had barely left when Gu Dashishi and the others returned to Gaoling Village.

After the ancestral tablets they’d retrieved were placed in the ancestral hall, the Daoist priest they had hired for the journey performed rites outside the hall’s entrance for several consecutive days.

Furthermore, with the entire village pitching in, the ancestral remains they had moved were reinterred in a pre-selected burial plot.

After all this activity, the elderly and the children were completely worn out.

For the past few days, everyone from the eldest to the youngest had to kneel and kowtow. By the time it was all over, the village had to call a doctor several times.

Gu Dashishi ignored Li Cuicui’s hateful glare and walked straight into his room in the right wing of the house.

"What an ungrateful bastard," Li Cuicui muttered. She had been holding her tongue for days. Her two older brothers had always helped them out.

Otherwise, how could a useless man like Gu Dashishi have possibly raised so many children on his own?

But this heartless man hadn’t even gone to see her brothers for the last time.

That could be forgiven if the timing hadn’t worked out, but what about the funeral? He actually had the gall to show up at the Li Family home and act like some big shot.

"An ungrateful bastard? So what! Your brothers are dead now, so what right do you have to be so arrogant?" ’He used to be intimidated by his two brothers-in-law, but now that the mountains weighing him down were gone, why should he be afraid?’

Li Cuicui had long suspected Gu Dashishi would make trouble when he returned, but she never imagined he would dare speak to her so brazenly.

Li Cuicui sneered. "My family may be far away, but I’m not some woman you, Gu Dashishi, can just walk all over."

"Everyone’s been busy lately, so I imagine you haven’t heard the good news, have you?"

"It’s just a shame your trip took so long. You even missed the wedding banquet."

"But for the sake of your past relationship, I was feeling generous and sent a gift on your behalf. Curious?"

Gu Dashishi immediately threw the door open and stepped out. "What’s that supposed to mean?"

Li Cuicui shook her head. "Getting old? Or are your ears just failing you?"

"That widow you were pining for has married someone else. What did you expect when you were gone for so long? She couldn’t wait forever."

"Nonsense!" Gu Dashishi’s face darkened, and he started to head out.

Li Cuicui let him be, calling after him in a lukewarm tone, "You don’t need to rush to deliver a wedding gift. It’s been a while; she might even be pregnant by now."

"You make such a fine cuckold. I just wonder if you’ll be able to get back the silver you gave her?"

"My poor sons, working from dawn to dusk, and you just go and squander it all..."

Right now, Gu Dashishi just wanted an answer, and he refused to believe Li Cuicui.

He hunched his back and hurried out of the village at a speed he’d never managed before, not even responding to the few clansmen who greeted him along the way.

Seeing him like this, however, those who knew the backstory began to whisper among themselves. Some even followed him discreetly, hoping to get the latest scoop.

When Gu Sanbu heard the news, he was so angry he stabbed his cane into the ground over and over. "Send someone to drag that old fool back here! He may not care about his own reputation, but our village does!"

Gu Yi glanced at his father, Gu Shulin. Only after Shulin waved his hand did Gu Yi hurry out with the messenger to give chase.

After a frantic chase, they finally managed to intercept him at the entrance of Shengdong Village.

"Get out of my way." He was just a junior, yet he dared to block his path with such disrespect.

Gu Yi went straight for the jugular. "My grandpa sent a message for you. Do you not care about the clan’s reputation at all?"

"Don’t forget our clan rules. If you insist on acting this willfully, then I, your nephew, won’t stop you."

Gu Dashishi stared intently toward Shengdong Village before finally clasping his hands behind his back and turning around to head back.

Back in the village, he didn’t go straight home but headed directly for Liang Mugen’s house.

Seeing that Gu Dashishi wasn’t going to run off again, Gu Yi didn’t bother himself with the man’s destination. He said a quick word and left with the others.

Gu Dashishi stood by the surrounding wall, hands clasped behind his back, and shouted toward the Liang Family’s home, "Mugen! Mugen! Come out for a minute. I need to ask you something."

Hearing the voice from inside the house, Liang Mugen knew immediately who it was.

He looked at his son, Liang Xiaojun, his expression conflicted. "What do I do? Should I let him in?"