A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Chapter 112 The Young Marshal Returns Victoriously

As soon as Director Zhou left, the atmosphere in the hall seemed to have frozen. Butler Liu walked forward and wanted to say a few words.

Marshal Sha slapped Butler Liu, making him stagger. He said, "Let's get this over with."

Then he went upstairs without looking back and slammed the door behind him.

Butler Liu covered his swollen face and walked to the door dejectedly, urging the old man to leave quickly, and then dispersed the onlookers.

Guier also slowly returned to her room. As soon as she entered the room, she felt as if all her strength had been drained away, and she slowly fell down to sit down.

Juxiang died in such an unclear manner. Her death might be related to the Marshal's affair, but even the Marshal chose not to pursue it. What will happen next? Will he be implicated?

Thinking of this, Guier decided to do something to prepare for a rainy day. She first took out all her savings and divided them into two bags, both of which she carried with her. One bag was placed in her pocket, and the other bag contained large amounts of silver dollars and gold bars, which she placed in a small pocket she sewed. She tied it with a rope and hung it around her neck under her clothes so that it could not be seen from the outside. Then she carried the pistol and the newly bought knife with her, and wore better leather shoes.

The purpose of doing this is to make it convenient to run away at any time.

She wanted to return the money Sha Yanxiao had left her, so she took out the Kangxi Dictionary and placed it in a conspicuous corner of the table. She took a piece of notepaper, wrote a few words "for Mr. Sha Yanxiao" on it, and put it on the first page of the dictionary.

She is an unrelated person in this family, but Sha Yanxiao is the Marshal's biological son, and the Marshal attaches great importance to him. Guier feels that if others see this note, they will not dare to take it away without permission.

After doing all this, she acted like nothing had happened, eating and drinking as usual, and even going to Sanlian Bookstore every day. But inside, she was extremely nervous. She was afraid that someone would suddenly attack her.

When the Marshal came back for dinner that day, he suddenly asked Gui'er, "Guier, I remember that Juxiang was your personal maid. Now that she's not here, isn't it very inconvenient for you?"

Guier smiled and said, "It's okay. Actually, there are people doing all the housework at home, so I don't have much to do."

The Marshal smiled and said, "That won't do. You are a lady after all, and you need someone to serve you." Then he turned to look at Butler Liu.

Butler Liu quickly said, "Second Miss, she's feeling a little better now. Her maid Dingxiang is quite attentive. Why not ask her to come and serve Miss for a while?"

Gui'er was about to refuse when the Marshal smiled and said, "Okay, it's settled."

Gui'er was very puzzled. Juxiang had been dead for several days, and the Marshal knew why he brought up this matter only now.

After a while, the Marshal smiled and said, "I have good news for you all. Yan Xiao is coming back."

Suddenly there was a commotion, some people were whispering to each other, and a few eyes were looking around to see how others were reacting.

The Marshal must have been very happy. He smiled and asked Gui'er, "Your second brother is your best friend. Are you happy that he's back?"

Guier smiled and said, "Of course I'm happy that Second Brother can come back safely. Second Brother, when will you be back?"

The Marshal smiled and said, "Just these two days."

Gui'er was really happy. Sha Yanxiao's return meant that she was safe. No matter what, they would not dare to touch Sha Yanxiao, nor would they dare to touch Gui'er.

Guier glanced at Butler Liu, and there was indeed a trace of panic on Butler Liu's face. Guier felt that even if Butler Liu was not involved in Juxiang's matter, he must have known about it. However, there was no direct conflict between Butler Liu and Juxiang. She just didn't know who he was taking orders from, but it was definitely not the Marshal.

The fifth and sixth concubines don’t seem to have such great power. Is it the lady or the eldest master?

Guier glanced at the lady. She was still as calm as usual, with an indifferent look on her face.

It was said to be one or two days, but in fact Sha Yanxiao did not come back until the third day. The Marshal stayed at home from the second day and did not go out, waiting for Sha Yanxiao. When Sha Yanxiao still did not come back on the second night, the Marshal became quite irritable.

He said to Gui'er, "Bandits are already rampant in that area. Will they take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble now? If something unexpected happens..."

Gui'er quickly said, "Father, you're overthinking it. There must be some official business interfering. My second brother will naturally win the battle. Those bandits will definitely not be able to do anything to him. Don't worry."

The Marshal smiled and said, "Yes, you are right."

Gui'er was a little dazed. She felt that the current Marshal was just like an ordinary kind father. He seemed to be a different person from the usual Marshal who was only concerned with debauchery, not caring about business, and not caring about human life.

On the afternoon of the third day, Gui'er was reading in her room when Dingxiang suddenly came crawling over and knocked on her door, saying, "Miss, Miss, the Marshal wants you to come down. The Second Young Master is back."

Gui'er ran downstairs and saw that everyone was standing at the gate in an orderly manner. When the Marshal saw Gui'er coming down, he waved to her and asked her to stand next to him.

Butler Liu and several servants stood on both sides of the courtyard gate.

Soon three cars drove into the courtyard, and Butler Liu and the families standing on both sides nodded and bowed repeatedly.

The car drove straight to the entrance of the hall. Three young girls got out of the first car. They were wearing cheongsams with Yuanbao collars. The style was a bit old-fashioned, but the material was of very good quality. Moreover, the two older girls among the three girls actually had bound feet.

This confused everyone. Sha Yanxiao got out of the second car, and then two adjutants got out of the third car.

Sha Yanxiao's right hand was still bandaged. When he saw Gui'er, he strode over, picked her up with his left hand, spun her around, and said, "My little Gui'er, I've been gone for so long, and you haven't grown any taller. Have you been eating well?"

After hearing this, Guier, who had been quite strong, suddenly felt like crying for some reason.

The Marshal stepped forward and said, "I'm fine. I can eat and sleep well. Son, what are you doing...?" He pointed at the three young girls.

Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "These are the three new concubines I married for you. Marshal Zhang's daughter and the eldest daughter. If they weren't already married, I would bring them back for you."

When the Marshal heard this, he smiled and patted Sha Yanxiao on the shoulder and said, "Okay, okay, come in."

So, everyone gathered around Sha Yanxiao and walked into the hall. The Marshal said, "You've been traveling all day and must be tired. Hurry and get some snacks and fruit."

So everyone gathered in the living room and started chatting and laughing. Gui'er noticed that even the Eighth Concubine had returned. Sha Yanxiao talked about what happened to Marshal Zhang this time. He said, "That old Zhang was actually planning a surprise attack, but he didn't expect me to take out his base first. Now his troops are completely under my command. Anyway, he has no son, so I promoted several of his capable adjutants and transferred them to our territory. I also promoted our capable adjutants over there."

After hearing this, the Marshal patted Sha Yanxiao on the shoulder and said, "Good, good, well done, you are worthy of being my son."