Chapter 286

That's right. These old men who guard the door are all old people from the academy. They have been in the academy since they were born and have never left the academy in their lives. Naturally, they have a deep understanding of the academy.

Gu Xi glanced at Gu You, gave him a wink, and asked him to deal with these people.

Gu You bulged his mouth and felt a little disgusted with his sister's behavior of pushing the blame. However, he also wanted to know what important things his ancestors left behind. They hid so well, so he had to bite the bullet and go into battle.

He was unwilling to convince these people alone, so he pulled Gu Mian and Gu Sheng together.

He first bowed to the old people in a refined manner, and counted the various good things about the academy with Gu Mian and Gu Sheng, and did not forget to express his love and protection for the academy. Finally, he mentioned the wise, wise, selfless ancestor back then.

"When my great-grandfather passed away, he told us that his ancestors had left something for their descendants and hid them in the academy, saying that if our descendants encountered difficulties, they would find the thing to solve the current difficulties. So, our Gu family is in trouble now, just thinking..." Gu You said helplessly and sadly.

A descendant who escapes from his own trap by coveting the things left by his ancestors is not a promising person. The Gu family is indeed in trouble now and has become a royal escapee, and is still wanted by the court.

The eyes of several old men at Gu Xiji's siblings were a little complicated. They wanted to protect this mountain gate, after all, they had been guarding this mountain gate for decades.

But they can't seek a way out in front of the Gu family. This academy is the Gu family. Not to mention that the Gu family members have to dig up the mountains to find something, even if the Gu family members push the mountain gate, they have no right to stop it.

Several people gathered together and whispered for a while, then turned around and asked, "You really will restore the mountain gate to its original state without destroying it?"

Gu Xi and his younger siblings nodded fiercely, ensuring that they did one set after another.

The academy is from the Gu family. If someone wants to destroy the academy's things, Gu Xi will definitely be the first to stand up and destroy him.

"Old man, do you know where the foundation laying of the mountain gate is buried? We don't dig randomly, just dig the place where we bought the foundation laying monument." Gu Xi asked humbly.

The ancestors would definitely not dig a place to hide things. If they buried things under the mountain gate, they would definitely buried things and the foundation monument.

Several old men looked at each other, discussed it again, and finally pointed at a raised stone in front of the pillar east of the mountain gate in uncertainty.

"It should be here that this raised stone slab is the top of the foundation monument." The old man who represented the speech said uncertainly.

Gu Xi and his younger brothers walked around the mountain gate and found that there was a stone slab that was abruptly above the ground around the entire mountain gate.

So the children immediately started to do it, first prying up the bluestone slab around the stone slab and moving it to the side, clearing out a spacious enough space, then waved the pickaxe and hoe and dug it down quickly.

When the students entering and leaving the mountain gate saw it, they came over to watch the fun and asked a few questions. After learning that a few children were playing treasure hunting games, some of them were very interested, so they asked them to dig out the treasure and enjoy it with them.

Some of them also think that these children are just full and just look for something to do if they have nothing to do. They laughed and left.

The foundation laying was very deep at that time. In addition to Gu Xi, the rest of the group of children was Gu Mian who could use half of the adults. No matter how other children looked, they seemed to be here to play.

Therefore, the few people dug all day, but they didn't dig too deep, which made the few people very tired. They ate half a bowl of rice that night. The genius polished them and washed them all and lay down to sleep. Seeing that, Gu Shi and others shook their heads helplessly.

Although Gu Xi and a few children have moved and tapped and dug these days, they are not as tired as they are today.

The reason why the foundation is to lay the foundation is that the foundation must be buried solidly and firmly, just like that. Therefore, the soil around the foundation stone is not ordinary hard and difficult to dig.

The old men guarding the gate looked at the dug out mud and said that the mud was mixed with glutinous rice slurry, which was so firm.

Gu Xi was not discouraged, and took a few younger brothers and sisters to dig every day. Even if he found a bubble in his palm, he would not give up.

As day by day passed, Gu Xi was busy fighting against the hard and truthful soil, and even forgot about He Ming as a person.

It was not until the fifth day that the children finally dug up the foundation stone. When they saw the servant next to He Ming coming to the academy to give gifts, she remembered that He Ming was like this.

He Ming and his son have been back to the court to lead troops to quell the rebellion for almost a month. Gu Xi really wanted to know how Kyoto is now. Did the stupid emperor who was eager to get rid of his donkey before he gained a foothold and continued to be stupid?

In short, she was not in a hurry to dig down now, so she took a few younger brothers and sisters back to Gu's house, wanting to ask He Ming's servant about the court.

The He family sent a winter solstice gift, including jewelry and fabrics that He Ming gave to Gu Xi alone, as well as some various gadgets.

Those little things looked like they bought by He Ming all the way back to Beijing, and some of them were exchanged for Rentao, so they looked very attentive.

Gu Xi looked at those things and thought of He Ming, who was also overwhelmed by longing for a moment. He wanted to set off to see him in the capital immediately, and told him in person that she missed him.

After receiving the gift, he was alone and felt sad for a while. Then Gu Xi reluctantly put down the things and went to the front to ask the servant for a question.

The servant was named He Zhong, a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old. He was very clever. When he heard that Gu Xi was looking for him, he stuffed the letter He Ming told him to Gu Xi in his sleeve and went to the small hall.

After seeing Gu Xi and greeting Gu Xi, He Zhong took out the letter and conveyed He Ming's words.

"Our young master said that the girl must want to know what happened there, so she wrote a letter to tell the girl in person. She also asked the little one to wait for the Gu family now. If the girl has something to understand or wants to inquire about in detail, let the little one explain it to the girl." He Zhong always lowered his head and eyebrows, standing very disciplinedly.

After hearing He Zhong's words, Gu Xi was extremely supple, with smiles on the corners of his eyebrows and eyes. He couldn't wait to open the letter and look at it with all his eyes.

After reading a few words, Gu Xi's face turned dark.

Can this person still have some shame? Isn’t it said that what she wants to know most about writing is He Ming’s own business?

Look at the words, he was full of praise for himself, and he did not forget to seek credit from Gu Xi, saying that he was so courageous and wise and did things so perfectly. Should Gu Xi give him some gifts of praise?
Chapter completed!