“Father!”
“Grandfather!”
……
The crowd exclaimed.
“Go and bring the silver needles.”
Gu Yi quickly ran outside.
Song Wangyue’s finger was on the old man’s pulse, her expression grave.
Xu Yan lifted his sleeve with shaking hands to wipe the blood from the corner of the old man’s mouth, his voice shaking uncontrollably, “Grandfather.”
A mouthful of blood spat out and the old gentleman had gone limp in his chair, he tried to raise his hand to comfort Xu Yan but failed to do so.
Song Wangyue let go of his hand, the man had already calmed down a lot, “First, carry maternal great-grandfather to the bed.”
Xu Yan and Song Lin both carried the old gentleman to the bed.
Gu Yi brought over the silver needles, opened the needle sets and placed them by the bed.
Song Wangyue quickly stuck a few silver needles on the old gentleman’s front chest.
Just after sticking them, another mouthful of blood spurted out from the old gentleman.
Several people in the room turned pale.
Only Song Wangyue breathed a sigh of relief, “Great-grandfather was attacked by fire and it is good that he spat out these two mouthfuls of blood, as long as he takes good care of himself in the future, there will not be any major health problems.”
“Grandfather.”
Xu Yan squatted in front of the bed with red eyes, clutching the old man’s hand tightly, his body shaking uncontrollably.
He was the eldest grandson and had been held in high esteem by his family since he was a child and was extraordinarily favoured by them, especially the old gentleman. Ever since he understood, Mr. Lao had brought him around to teach him, and his bond was even deeper than that between him and Mr. Lao. The moment Mr. Lao vomited blood just now, he felt that the sky had collapsed.
After all, he had vomited two big mouthfuls of blood, the old gentleman was very weak, “Didn’t Yue’er say I was fine, don’t you all worry, do what you need to do about that rebellious son, don’t worry about me.”
“We know what to do, don’t worry about it, get some sleep first.”
Song Wangyue tucked in the corner of her blanket.
The old man closed his eyes.
Xu Yan refused to let go of his hand.
Song Wangyue moved a low stool for him, wrote another prescription, handed it to Xu Liang and went to get the medicine.
Noticing that the old man was asleep, Song Wangyue winked at Meng Yang, Song Lin and Gu Yi, and they went to the flower room.
When they sat down, Meng Yang asked uneasily, “Yue’er, is your great-grandfather really all right? ”
Song Wangyue nodded her head.
Only then did Meng Yang put his mind at ease, and then sighed deeply. Although the old gentleman was physically hardy, he was after all in his seventies, and the sadness in his heart could be imagined as he watched the Xu family’s reputation ruined by the son he had personally taught.
“Although it is fine, the old gentleman is after all too old to be subjected to any further stimulation, I see ……”
He wanted to advise the matter to end here, after all Huo had died and the eldest gentleman had been driven out of the house, but when he thought that Song Lin and Song Wan Yue couldn’t make the decision either, he sighed deeply again and got up, “I’ll go and persuade your grandmother.”
“Uncle grandfather doesn’t need to go, this matter can’t just end, besides my mother, there are two more lives, plus if we don’t take this opportunity to get rid of Wen Zhong, he won’t know how to trip up the Xu family in the future.”
“But your maternal great grandfather’s health ……”
“I will help him to recuperate, however, this matter needs to be resolved as soon as possible, if it is delayed for too long, it will not be good for the Xu family, nor for the foreign great grandfather.
Meng Yang felt that he should still go and persuade, for no other reason than for the sake of the children below, “Lin’er, you come over with me.”
Song Lin hurriedly got up.
When the two had gone out, Song Wangyue and Gu Yi sat for another quarter of an hour and returned to the old gentleman’s house.
Xu Yan was still sitting in the same position as earlier, with the Second Gentleman and the Second Lady quietly accompanying him.
Song Wangyue walked over and called out softly, “Uncle.”
Xu Yan lifted his head.
“This matter needs to be resolved as soon as possible, the longer it drags on the worse it will be for great-grandfather’s health.”
“I know.”
Xu Yan’s voice was dark as he withdrew his gaze, still holding the old man’s hand, “We will discuss it after grandfather has drunk his medicine.”
Song Wangyue opened her mouth, wanting to say that there was Mr. Er, but in the end she did not say it, and patiently went to the side to wait.
After another quarter of an hour or so, Xu Liang brought in the medicine, Xu Yan gently called out to wake up the old gentleman, let go of his hand, took the soup and medicine, fed it to him little by little, and after drinking it, continued to guard the bedside, waiting for the old gentleman to fall asleep again before getting up and saying to the second gentleman and the second wife, “Second uncle, second aunt, I’m going out.”
Mr. Er didn’t ask much, “Go on.”
“Yue’er, you stay behind too, in case your great-grandfather has a contingency, and let Yi’er follow me.”
Song Wan Yue nodded her head.
Xu Yan took Gu Yi out of the Xu Mansion, and seeing the situation outside the Mansion, his gaze just skimmed over Mr. Big, and he went straight to the carriage and arrived at the Shen Mansion.
Shen Yan had been waiting for news from him.
Hearing him out, he didn’t say anything, got up and headed out.
Xu Yan grabbed him with one hand, “What are you doing?”
“To take his life!”
“It’s not worth risking your future for a man like that, we have a better way.”
There was a fire burning in Shen Yan’s chest, burning so much that he had to kill Wen Zhong to put it down, and as he pushed Xu Yan away, he took a big step outside.
Before he could reach the door, a small figure stopped in front of him.
“Get up!”
Gu Yi stood unmoving, “My uncle is right, it’s not worth hitching your future for someone like that.”
“I told you to get up!”
Fire rose in Shen Yan’s eyes.
Whoever stood in his way to kill Wen Zhong now was his enemy.
Gu Yi still did not move.
Shen Yan struck out with a palm strike.
Xu Yan was startled and it was too late to stop it.
Gu Yi, however, dodged it lightly and struck back with his backhand.
The two men exchanged several moves in the blink of an eye.
The guards at the door heard the commotion and pushed the door open in a panic, and were shocked to see what was in front of them.
Xu Yan was already completely dumbfounded, unable to even make a sound as he watched the two of them going back and forth.
The guards were also dumbfounded, the son was so strong in martial arts that ordinary people were no match for him, and even their personal guards together could not manage a few moves in front of him, but Gu Yi had already fought no less than 30 moves against the son.
“Shen Yan, stop!”
Xu Yan came back to his senses and hurriedly rushed over, separating the two men stiffly.
“Yi’er, are you alright?”
Gu Yi gasped sharply and shook his head.
Shen Yan was also panting slightly, squinting his eyes at him. He was familiar with the move Gu Yi had used just now, back when he had gone out with King Qin and fought him in the military camp, King Qin had used this kind of move.
“Shizi.”
Shen Yan suppressed the doubts in his heart and sat back in his seat, the fire in his heart subsided because of the fight.
“Go and call my father here.”
The guards went off at a fast pace.
Xu Yan breathed a sigh of relief and pulled Gu Yi to sit down as well.
Shen Yan’s gaze fell on Gu Yi’s face, who looked at him openly.
The Duke of Zhen Guo quickly came over, he had just heard about the Xu family’s affairs and hurried back from outside, fearing that Shen Yan would do something on impulse if he found out.
“Father do me a favour and send someone to investigate the person who served Huo’s mother and son back then.”