Chapter 543 The old man was frightened
On the other side, outside Jiangnan Academy.
Near noon, Gu Chan drove over slowly and leisurely in a carriage.
After getting off the carriage, Gu Chan asked the coachman to wait outside, and then walked into the gate of the academy.
After a while, Gu Chan came to the courtyard where the academicians lived and found the old academician discussing something in the study.
When the old academician saw Gu Chan coming, he hurriedly asked several academicians to do their work first, and then he welcomed Gu Chan to the front seat and sat down, and ordered people to serve fragrant tea as a treat.
Gu Chan said with a strange smile, "Say, old academician, what's wrong with you? Why do I feel that you are so afraid of me?"
"Lord! How can I not be afraid of you! Last time, I didn't know anything, so you tricked me into boarding the flower boat. I almost offended the Emperor's old son who was living abroad. I still feel uncomfortable thinking about it now. I'm afraid!" the old academician said with a sad face.
Gu Chan was so teased that she almost spit out a mouthful of tea.
The old academician didn't want to mention the flower boat thing again, so he quickly asked, "By the way, Lord, do you have anything to tell me when you came here today?"
"Two things. First, sign me up. I will also participate in the Jiangnan Poetry Festival tomorrow." Gu Chan said.
"That's no problem. I'll ask someone to write your name right away, so you can go directly to the stage to compete tomorrow." The old academician hurriedly agreed without thinking.
Then he ordered an academician to quickly register Gu Chan.
After doing this, he asked again, "What about the second thing, Lord?"
"Take me to see Nangong Jin, I will take him away today." Gu Chan said.
"Please, Lord, I will show you the way." The old academician said respectfully.
After saying that, he led the way, taking Gu Chan out of the study and heading towards the yard where Nangong Jin was detained.
Soon the two arrived at the courtyard where Nangong Jin was imprisoned.
The two guards responsible for guarding Nangong Jin stood neatly at the door of the room, guarding one on the left and the other on the right. When they saw the two coming, they hurriedly saluted and said hello.
The old academician waved his hand and said, "Open the door!"
"Yes, academician." The guard standing on the left replied, then he opened the big lock on the door and pushed open the door.
But as soon as the door of the room was opened, a stench rushed towards them, causing the four of them to reach out and cover their mouths and noses.
Gu Chan looked inside and was instantly dumbfounded.
At this time, the room was in chaos, and there was a stinking smell. Nangong Jin was lying on the ground. He was so hungry that he was about to collapse. He had lost a lot of weight compared to before!
"Woooooooo..."
The moment he saw Gu Chan, Nangong Jin burst into tears like a child who had been greatly wronged.
Gu Chan suppressed her laughter and said, "You are a man, why are you crying? You have been hungry for more than half a month? You can't die."
"Why don't you try to starve me for half a month? Earlier in the Yushi Mansion, you starved me for three days. You finally got a few full meals, and you were starved for half a month by that bitch Shui Yue. I don't even know what I am doing. What have you done wrong? You want to do this to me?" Nangong Jin said with tears in his eyes.
"Hahaha..." Gu Chan couldn't hold it in any longer and immediately put her hands on her stomach and laughed.
The old academician said with a look of disgust, "Why are you still standing there? Go and prepare a bucket of hot water for him to wash and change clothes, and then prepare a table of good wine and food for him to fill his stomach."< br>
"Yes, academician." The two guards agreed in unison and quickly went down to prepare hot water, good wine and food.
Gu Chan stopped smiling and took the old academician to the stone table in the courtyard to sit down and wait.
After a stick of incense, the hot water was ready, and Nangong Jin began to wash up in the room. The two maids successively brought the prepared wine tables over and placed them on the stone table in the courtyard.
Only then did the old academician remember to ask Gu Chan, "By the way, Lord Lord, who is this person like? Why did he offend you? Do you want to starve him for half a month?"
"Ah? Don't you know? He is the young prince of Nancheng of Tiancang Kingdom, and his father is Nanxian Wang Nangongsong, a relative of the Emperor of Tiancang Kingdom!" Gu Chan said in surprise.
She thought that this old guy knew early on that Nangong Jin was the young prince of Nancheng!
The old academician froze on the spot when he heard it. The next second, his body trembled, and he was so frightened that his buttocks slipped and hit the ground with a bang.
Gu Chan quickly stretched out her hand to help him up and said, "Old academician, what's wrong with you?"
"Oh my God! Lord! You tricked me again... my mother! If I had known that he was the young prince of Nancheng, how could I have dared to be so rude to him? You don't know, in the past half month, I have let These two guards beat him hard!" the old academician cried.
He didn't know Nangong Jin's true identity at all, and thought that this person was just an unknown person who suffered this misfortune because he offended Gu Chan. Unexpectedly, this person had such an extraordinary identity. How could he be the same person? What little academician dares to offend?
Gu Chan was so amused that she fell forward and backward, and hurriedly comforted her, "Don't be afraid! I asked you to do it. If anything happens, I will take care of you. Who dares to cause trouble for you? Besides, this You and I don’t need to take care of everything. General Shuiyue can take care of it all by himself. What the hell are you afraid of?”
"Hey... you..." The old academician was speechless.
At this moment, Nangong Jin finished washing, changed into clean clothes and walked out of the house.
Seeing the table of good wine and food on the stone table, he immediately ran over and sat down like a hungry dog, reached out and grabbed the food on the plate and stuffed it into his mouth.
The old academician stood aside, looking at Nangong Jin who was so hungry. His face was as pale as paper with fright, and the beads of sweat on his forehead were like broken pearls, rolling down one after another.
At this moment, he could only pray in his heart that Nangong Jin must not bear any grudge against him, otherwise if he wanted to repay him later, he might not even know how he died.
Gu Chan said with a playful smile, "Little prince, eat slowly, no one will compete with you."
"Smells, it smells so good. Now that I have grown up, I understand how happy it is to have enough food!" Nangong Jin felt as he ate.
Gu Chan smiled from ear to ear, and for a moment she didn't know what to say.
Half an hour later, Nangong Jin finished all the delicacies on the stone table. At this time, he was finally full and satisfied.
Gu Chan secretly winked at the old academician and signaled him to stop talking nonsense, and then said to Nangong Jin, "Let's go! Come back to the Lord's Mansion with me. Your father will pick you up today. Don't blame the old academician. He was just following orders. Otherwise he will lose his head too.”
"Hmph! Every wrong has its owner, and every debt has its owner. I know who to seek revenge from, so I don't have to argue with him, a mere academician." Nangong Jin snorted with disdain.
"Your words are enough, let's go!" Gu Chan said with a smile.
After saying that, she reached out and pulled Nangong Jin and left quickly.
The old academician followed behind with fear. It was not until he sent the two of them out of Jiangnan Academy and watched them get on the carriage and leave that he finally breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down the heart hanging in his chest.