Transmigration: Space-Aided Rise to Power and Prosperity-Chapter 376 - 212 Yang Clan Leader’s Plan

Today, Chengyi lost such a big face, he will surely hate Xiao Bao and his uncle. It seems that in the future, I must keep a close watch on him to prevent him from holding Xiao Bao back. If it comes to that, don’t blame his uncle.

Uncle Gu made up his mind and believed that Gu Chengyu would surely lead the Gu Family to an incredible future.

The two who were swinging the sticks didn’t dare to use too much force initially. Upon the first strike, Gu Chengyi cried out exaggeratedly, startling the two of them.

Gu Chengyu furrowed his brows. It seemed that these people needed to be sent to a different household for proper training. Beating someone is a skill; sometimes it looks horrific with open wounds but doesn’t hurt the bones, and sometimes it seems mild but injures the tendons and bones.

One young man named Dashun glanced at Gu Chengyu and noticed his dissatisfaction, quickly applying more force.

Originally, due to their clan relations, he spared Gu Chengyi. He knew well enough to hold back his strength!

He knew that in the future, Gu Chengyu would surely hold sway in the clan. Since the rules were established, they had to be enforced. With this in mind, his actions were harder than before, with a balance to only strike the flesh without harming the tendons.

The clansmen looked at each other awkwardly when they saw the beating truly happened; none of their expressions were pleasant.

In the yard, only the sound of sticks hitting flesh, "thwack" was heard. In the initial strikes, Gu Chengyi screamed, but later could only groan. Where he was struck, the originally pale blue satin fabric quickly turned red with blood.

Gu Chengyu closely inspected and found there were no major concerns, mainly superficial suffering. Resting at home for a month or so would suffice, though it looked quite mournful.

If it had truly been severe, the person would have fainted earlier; ten lashes weren’t much, far from the time Uncle Gu disciplined Gu Wanhua.

Gu Chengyu glanced at Dashun, admiring his sense of timing.

Once the beating was finished, he instructed the rest of the clan to carry Gu Chengyi back and ask Doctor Li to attend to him.

The yard was utterly silent; everyone was witnessing such a scene for the first time, shaken by the recent events, until Uncle Gu said, "Disperse!" The remaining clansmen snapped out of it, hurried away!

Gu Chengyu approached Mr. Gu, holding his slightly trembling hands, and said, "Father! Will you resent me?"

The question was because he hadn’t sought his father’s opinion at the start, having directly dealt with his second brother. Both palms and backs of hands are flesh; regardless of his second brother’s nature, he was still his son.

The only reaction Mr. Gu had was being frightened by Gu Chengyi’s cries and quickly came back to his senses upon hearing this, "This isn’t your fault, your second brother’s behavior is becoming increasingly unacceptable. He acts recklessly and will inevitably burden you in the future."

Gu Chengli looked at Gu Chengyu, hesitant to speak. As brothers, he too was unsure of how to handle this. He wasn’t foolish; it was indeed the second brother’s mistake, but facing Xiao Bao, he truly didn’t know what to say.

Uncle Gu quickly stepped in to advise, "Changqing! Xiao Bao has become a scholar; rules must be established. Today’s incident isn’t that huge, but if future troubles arise, even if Xiao Bao becomes an official, he’ll be implicated. Changqing, the eldest brother knows your heart is heavy, but you must also consider Xiao Bao!"

"I understand! If the second brother reforms himself this time, he would be a prodigal son returning home, and of course, we would accept him again. But if he holds grudges against us and causes harm to the clan, Big Brother should handle him accordingly."

"Uncle! When I go to the Capital, the family matters will be entrusted to you. I’ll arrange two people for you, they will reside at the Gu Family, and you shall proceed according to clan rules. If anyone is disobeyed, don’t hesitate to strike harshly."

Gu Chengyu plans to select a few people from the Ding Generation to first reside at the Gu Family’s place. His mother should ideally have two maidservants skilled in martial arts since he can’t return in time should anything arise at home.

"Clan Leader! We have utterly failed today; why agree to what the fifth Gu Family member said? Besides, the remaining silver was written on the IOU, who knows when we’ll get it!"

Yang and Yang the Second were somewhat discontent, not only because they hadn’t received all the silver, but also because the Clan Leader’s words had thrown the Yang family’s face into the ground in front of the villagers.

"You two are just shortsighted. What does our Yang Family amount to in the eyes of the Gu Family now? Gu Chengyu is already a scholar, and didn’t he say he was the top scorer? Chances are, he’ll pass the exams in three years, become an official, why pick a fight with them?"

Yang Clan Leader sat uppermost in the old Yang Family house, sighed, also recognizing today was disgraceful, and the surprised, mocking faces of those villagers were far from making him proud. He’d much rather crawl into a hole.

"Furthermore, does resisting against the Gu Family get us anywhere? Did you see the swords in the hands of those followers? They seemed familiar with blood; let it be! It’s our clan’s lack of promising individuals, getting us overshadowed! Watch closely, before long, Shangling Village will revolve around the Gu Family."

For Yang Clan Leader to become the Clan Leader, he must have some perception, not wanted to spread rumors that won’t topple Gu Chengyu and cause trouble. They are not Gu Chengyi, Gu Chengyu certainly wouldn’t spare them.

Seeing several people still unconvinced, Yang Clan Leader said, "Know about Lv Yang from Dayang Village?"

"Isn’t that the Gu Family’s maternal home?" Yang the Second asked puzzledly.

"Didn’t he end up becoming mute? Heard he is crippled too. Why didn’t the Gu Family support him, living so well? Previously heard he came to ask, but didn’t after becoming mute."

"People say you’re a fool, yet you don’t admit, remember Gu Chengyu’s words?" Yang being more shrewd than Yang the Second, somewhat comprehends now.

"Clan Leader, you mean he wouldn’t have been shut off by him..." Yang hadn’t finished speaking and was interrupted by Yang Clan Leader waving him off.

"Enough, just keep it to yourself. If he wasn’t dealing with his second brother properly, would we get all this silver today? Anyway, only over a thousand taels are available now, split two hundred taels each for you brothers, the rest goes to the clan’s children and purchasing sacrificial fields."

Yang Clan Leader looked at the few attempting to speak, showing some displeasure.

"Your share won’t be less even a penny, only the remaining silver promised to be repaid by the end of the year, Gu Chengyi can’t be trusted, scholar’s words we still should trust. Adults toil, does not matter, prioritizing the children’s education, don’t you want someone like Gu Chengyu to emerge from our clan?"

The rest agreed upon hearing this, recognizing the logic; today if Yang Family had a scholar, could Gu Family have bullied them like this? 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Yang Clan Leader further emphasized not to spread word carelessly outside, face the consequences themselves if they did, then dismissed them.

Originally, he planned to propose Gu Wanjiang from the Gu Family to marry a girl in their clan, but due to the incident of Wang Yue poisoning Gu Chengyi, it became inappropriate.

Such a thought was due to Gu Wanjiang being a scholar; previously heard his studies were commendable with high hopes for the scholar exams.

Regarding not letting Gu Chengyu marry, he is a scholar, how could he marry an illiterate village woman? Even if the Gu Family wished no harm upon Gu Chengyi, could they possibly let Gu Chengyu marry a farmer’s daughter?

But who knew the relationship between Gu Chengyu and the second branch of the Gu Family would become so strained? They initially thought Gu Wanjiang was Gu Chengyu’s nephew, could his future prospects be bad? Fortunately, the idea was not proposed, or it would have been enmity rather than kinship!

The unexpected bounty of silver was fortunate indeed. Luckily the initial plan wasn’t shared with Yang and the others, otherwise, if they had let something slip, it would have been irreparable.