Sixty-two mishaps

  Zi's mother ultimately didn't make it.

  Gu Man had enough confidence to deal with Gu Yan's conspiracy, but she was afraid that they were just trying to get rid of her and make a move on the Wang family.

  In fact, there were several capable maids added to Wang's side recently, all of whom were sent by Wang Tingran. Although Gu Man was a bit nervous, she still left the house according to plan.

  If you don't follow their plan first, how can you know what they really want to do?

  A mountain of knives and a sea of fire must also be charged through first.

  Three men got on a green sedan chair, and two personal servants sat in the carriage behind, the group of people went to the suburbs in a mighty manner.

  Everything was fine along the way, but when they reached the middle of the mountain, everyone stopped to rest. Gu Man slightly lifted the curtain and looked outside, only to find Liu Pozi's wooden face appearing before her eyes.

  She felt her heart was going to jump out of her throat, and she was uncomfortable all over.

  Gu Yan's face remained calm and serene, seemingly oblivious to Gu Man's unease and scrutiny, relaxed and carefree as he closed his eyes to meditate.

  She wasn't worried at all. This time she came out to burn incense, she had already received the news from Ling that it was a plan designed by Liu Niang to deal with Gu Man.

  She still considers herself an ally of Liu Niang's and believes that Liu Niang wouldn't be so foolish as to take action against her now.

  What's the matter?

  She should have died long ago.

  Gu Zhao also found Gu Man's abnormality, so she reached out and touched her forehead, asking: "How did you sweat so much?"

  Gu Manqiang calmed down and shook his head at Gu Zhao, indicating that he was fine, but in reality, he became vigilant.

  At the moment when the three of them had nothing to say, they suddenly felt that the carriage had stopped. A woman rushed up and reported through the curtain: "Young ladies, the road up the mountain is steep, young ladies should hold on tight."

  Gu Zhao responded to her. The old woman continued, "There are also several horse-drawn carriages coming from behind. In front of the Shengshi Stockade, there is a Luoyun Temple, and on the peak, there is a Pujisi Temple. They must be heading in that direction. We need to speed up, the road is narrow, and we can't let so many people pass."

  The Great Zhou Dynasty revered Buddhism and many men and women believed in it. The new emperor of the previous generation was said to be a very devout believer.

  It wasn't a big deal anyway, so all three of them didn't have any objections. Let's continue on our way.

  Just after half an hour or so, Gu Zhao and Gu Yan were closing their eyes to rest, when Gu Man was leaning against the window looking out, suddenly a whirlwind came, and it turned out that Ma had thrown off his reins and started running wildly.

  From Gu Man's point of view, all she could see were the steep cliffs and the bottomless precipice not far away, and she suddenly realized that something was wrong.

  Cries of surprise came from outside, the old woman who led the way was so frightened that she almost lost her life, and quickly opened her throat to shout for help. She begged people to come and assist with all her might.

  Gu Yan was knocked flying and crashed into the car roof, immediately getting a big bump on her head.

  Liu Liu Niang, is it time to take action now?

  She was about to act when she found that Gu Man had already climbed onto the window of the carriage and was trying to look outside. She was a little frightened, so she asked her: "What are you doing?"

  Gu Yan and Gu Zhao were shaken to one side, while Gu Man was right in front of them. At this moment, she exerted herself to look out, barely managing to maintain her balance. Just as she was at a loss for what to do, she discovered many thick vines hanging down from the cliff face.

  The people outside have already become a mess, and it's clearly unrealistic to rely on them now.

  She stretched out her hand with all her might and finally grabbed a vine.

  But before he could steady himself, a mad horse outside let out a loud whinny and suddenly stood up.

  She was dizzy and the rattan strip she grasped in her hand also slipped out of her hand, and even scratched her hand.

  The horse carriage was getting more and more out of control, and as it went on like this, Gu Yan's heart was in a panic, and when she looked out the window on her side, she found that outside was actually a cliff.

  She let out a scream and desperately hugged Gu Zhao, at a loss for what to do.

  If you fall from here, there's no way to survive!

  The people outside could only watch anxiously as the horse suddenly went mad and started trampling wildly, injuring several family servants who tried to approach.

  Gu Man finally grabbed a thicker vine and turned around to pull Gu Zhao out.

  Gu Yan was exceptionally sharp and she took a glance outside before desperately pulling Gu Zhao without letting go, while also shouting at Gu Man: "Ninth sister! I want to live too!"

  Is this a threat?

  Gu Zhao turned his head and glanced at Gu Yan, then pushed Gu Man: "You go out first!"

  The carriage seemed to be about to collapse, and the center of gravity was also starting to tilt to one side due to their stalemate. Gu Man had no time for nonsense, so she gritted her teeth and said, "Then you get out first!"

  Get out from here? Gu Yan was kicked by Gu Man and felt that all his muscles were sore, looking at the somewhat high distance and trembling. If you jump down from here, if you don't control your strength well, you might fall off the cliff!

  Gu Man couldn't wait any longer and blurted out in anger: "Are you going or not?! The carriage is about to disperse!"

  Gu Yan finally turned his head and glanced at Gu Man, only to find that her eyes were actually shining with a dark light.

  That's giving up one's own meaning, right?

  She gritted her teeth, pounced out from beside Gu Man, and rolled several times on the ground before barely stopping at the edge of the cliff.

  The carriage was suddenly empty, and Gu Man took advantage of the opportunity to pull Gu Zhao out of the window as well.

  Teng Tiao slammed them against the mountain wall with a loud crash, and then let go, falling to the ground along with Gu Man and Gu Zhao.

  At the same time, the horse, for some unknown reason, let out a mournful cry and together with the broken carriage, tumbled down the cliff.

  Everyone was shocked, and several old women were so frightened that they became stupid.

  Pei Yin and Chu Qin reacted quickly, each rushing over to check on their master's injuries.

  Her forehead was a mess of bruises, her clothes were torn in many places by the sharp rocks on the ground, her hair was disheveled, and her pearl necklace had fallen to the ground. She felt dizzy, until Chu Qin and Ru Hua rushed over, crying and embracing her, did she realize that she was still alive. From where she lay, she saw that she was only a meter away from the cliff edge, just one step away from death...

  She couldn't help but feel a lingering fear and burst into loud sobs, her whole body trembling.

  Gu Man was even worse off, her lips were bitten until they bled, and her hands were all injured. It wasn't until half a day later that she came back to her senses.

  It's okay!

  Still alive.

  She let out a slight sigh of relief and turned her head to comfort Gu Zhaowei who was crying heavily on her.

  Gu Yan cried out loud, it seemed like she didn't do anything... She almost died too.

  Gu's eyes suddenly became sharp as he stared at the wound on his hand and the bloodstained stone wall.

  Gu Yan cried for a while, and after catching her breath, she struggled to support Chu Qin as they both tried to stand up. At this moment, however, she discovered that there were many hard pebbles beside her, mixed with numerous hard soybeans.

  Who would leisurely eat their fill and have nothing better to do, yet scatter soybeans on this steep mountain road?

  No wonder the horse just now didn't want to move at all, after the groom whipped it a few more times, it started going crazy...

  Liu Liu Niang!

  Great, great! You actually dare to plot against me together, you actually dare to harm me almost lost my life!

  Gu Man only felt that both legs were trembling, even if Pei Yin and Pei Qin used their combined strength to support her, she could barely stand steadily.

  The groom had been frightened into speechlessness and stood aside, watching in horror at the several injured girls.

  It's clearly not the time to worry about gender differences, but several girls were injured, and since we're still far from the foot of the mountain, we can only continue climbing to the top.

  The king beside Mrs. Wang looked at the last remaining horse-drawn carriage and hesitated for a moment.

  At this moment, several horse-drawn carriages appeared on the slope that had just been climbed. They must have also discovered something was wrong and stopped for a while before a quick-witted maid came over to ask what was wrong.

  "Our lady also came to Puzi Temple to burn incense. Seeing that these girls were injured, let us ask if there's anything we can help with."

  It's not the time for politeness now, at worst, we'll just pay back double later.

  The king's mother made a prompt decision and replied, "We are from the Dingyuan Hou Mansion. Our several young ladies were on their way to the Luoyun Temple when our horse was startled and several of them fell off the carriage and got hurt. Please report back to the madam that we would like to borrow one of your carriages temporarily, and when we return, our master will definitely come to thank you."

  That girl quietly sized up Gu Man and the others with a glance, then nodded respectfully and left.

  After whispering to each other for a while, a dignified noblewoman came down from the carriage. She glanced at the ground and frowned, instructing the people behind her: "Li Guo, there are so many broken stones on the ground, no wonder someone got hurt, quickly get people to clean them up."

  On the other hand, he comforted them in a gentle voice; "We have medicine on our car, and several girls are injured. Why don't you go to my place to get treated first?"

  The gravel on the ground couldn't be cleaned up for a while, Gu Man nodded to Wang's mother and agreed, and at the same time ordered his own servants to go and help. It wasn't until they saw the logo engraved on the carriage that Gu Man finally felt at ease, letting Gu Zhao and the others go to apply medicine.

  He himself stayed outside and bowed to the noblewoman, saying: "Thank you, Madam Shilang."

  It's the carriage of the Ministry of Works' vice-minister's mansion. The lady in front must be Madame Ouyang, the wife of Vice-Minister Ouyang.

  The noblewoman looked at her in surprise, then saw the sign hanging on her own carriage and couldn't help but laugh: "Miss Gu is really clever. I think this road isn't very safe, Miss Gu, are you going up the mountain to burn incense?"

  It's indeed not very safe. Gu Man took a look at the steep and winding road, then asked her: "Madam, are you taking the same route as me? This road is really not very safe, I'm getting nervous just walking on it."

  Madam Ouyang patted her head and said, "I'm going to Pujisi Temple. Since it's so close, why not travel together? Tomorrow, let my young son send the young lady back to the mansion, how about that?"

  It's best to let it go naturally, just consider it a favor owed to someone and return it later. Now on the road, such a big thing has happened, obviously it's a move that puts oneself in a dead-end situation, so there must be another trick up their sleeve.

  Gu Yan heard their entire conversation and couldn't help but grit her teeth in anger.

  Suddenly got pecked in the eye by an eagle!

  She clenched her fists tightly, and suddenly pointed to the yellow dot on the ground with her finger: "Jiū Jiě! Look, how can there be soybeans on the ground?"