"Who are your younger brother and his wife?" the two agency guards asked.
"The owners of that ox cart over there. It was arranged by my brother's wife's maiden family. I don't know why their cart ended up in the middle of your convoy and offended you all. I'll go lead it away right now."
The agency guard frowned at him. "Do you really know them?" If they were acquaintances, Gu Kaiyuan wouldn't have failed to mention it. Besides, they had been following the group for so long, yet none of the guards even knew what Gu Kaiyuan's family looked like. How could they just let this man pass?
Aside from their primary escort mission, they also had many valuable goods to protect. They had to be extremely careful.
"It's the absolute truth. If you don't believe me, you can ask the escorts up ahead," Gu Kaiping said, standing on his tiptoes to peer past them. If he could just spot Gu Kaiyuan, he could get out of this predicament.
