Chapter 38: Gu Zhai Family Affairs
(The second update, ask for a red ticket)
East of Jiangning City, south of Zangjin Bridge.
After taking down a big mansion in the east and opening up the courtyard, the Gu Mansion was twice as big as when Gu Wuchen first came to Jiangning. At this time, the candles in the Gu Mansion were shining brightly, the lights were bright, and the courtyard was heavily guarded inside and outside.
During the bloody battle of Jiyang, Gu Wuchen was transferred to act as a guard, and the cavalry of the envoy suffered great casualties, so Gu Wuchen recruited subordinates from the people who experienced the bloody battle of Jiyang, which made the Gu Mansion guards reborn and more loyal to the Gu family. Although they are supported by the salary of the prosecutor's envoy, these three or four hundred people are almost the private soldiers of the Gu family.
It was drizzling, the stone streets were slippery, the sound of horses' hooves and ruts was galloping from far and near, and the lanterns raised in front of the house could only illuminate the rain in the distance. In addition to the guards on duty, the porter in the foyer heard the sound of horses' hooves very quickly, and also came out to look out, not knowing who came to Gu Mansion in a hurry at this time.
The carriage stopped in front of the dismount stone, and when he saw that it was Zhao Qinmin who got out of the car, the guards and the porter called respectfully: "Master Zhao, are you old?" ”
Zhao Qinmin bowed slightly, and asked the porter: "The adults are in the house?" ”
"On the mile." The porter replied.
This concierge is a junior of the Gu family, and he is Gu Wuchen's distant nephew, he is quite clever in handling things, and he also knows how to behave in the world, so Gu Wuchen uses him to watch the court.
The concierge looks cheap, in fact, the status of the concierge in the private residence of the official residence has always been comparable to half of the housekeeper - the things that are ushered in and sent in the house must go through the concierge, and even the entrance gifts must be counted by the concierge, who should be eagerly received, and who will eat and close the door, there are many exquisitenesses in this, and guarding the door is never a trivial matter.
Looking at the back of Zhao Qinmin entering the Weeping Flower Hall, a new young man poked his head out of the foyer and said to the porter: "Fifth master, Mr. Zhao didn't look at you, why are you still so respectful to him?" If you want to talk about relationships, how many people in this house are closer to adults than you? ”
"If you talk nonsense again, I will pull out your tongue," the fifth porter reached out and slapped the young man's skull, and said, "Don't look down on Mr. Zhao as just a cloth cloth, let me tell you one thing, don't go out and chew your tongue." I heard with my own ears that the adults told Mr. Zhao in the weeping flower hall that if Mr. Zhao was willing, he would recommend him to go out to serve as a magistrate and then promote him to reuse, and Mr. Zhao refused on the spot - how much importance does the adult attach to Mr. Zhao, and the adult can still have the time to look at the wrong person? You have to know that our uncle used to be even more unbearable, and he made fun of others that he was a swineherd, you say, who has the majesty of our uncle now? ”
"Why is our family not our family, as if the fifth master has a daughter?" The young man replied sharply.
"You rabbit cub, just be the fifth master for pastime," the fifth master of the concierge slapped the young man's head again, "Helu Lin Lian is not the uncle of the Gu family, and I am not from the Gu family?" ”
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Zhao Qinmin was also used to passing through the door in Gu's mansion, and knew that Gu Wuchen was in the back garden, so he didn't need to report it, so he walked over directly. Seeing Gu Siyuan and Gu Junxun in the pavilion in the back garden, they stood beside Gu Wuchen and spoke, and only then did they restrain themselves from standing in the drizzle outside the pavilion and shouted, "My lord......"
"Oh, you're here. Come into the pavilion and stand in the rain for what? Gu Wuchen beckoned Zhao Qinmin into the pavilion.
Gu Junxun leaned down and saluted Zhao Qinmin and said, "Mr. Zhao ......"
"Qinmin is here to congratulate Miss Xi." Zhao Qinmin returned the salute, not busy talking about other things, and asked Gu Wuchen with a smile, "I heard that the Seventh Lady came to propose marriage." Has the young lady and the envoy of the capital changed Geng posts? I've learned physiognomy, and Miss and Lin Dujian are in harmony, so I can help a little......"
"......" Gu Junxun's face was slightly flushed, and he turned back to his father and said, "My daughter went over to talk to Sister Yingsleeve first." Walking out of the garden, I looked back and saw Zhao Qinmin talking and laughing with his father and brother, and seemed to be very satisfied with this marriage, and couldn't help but let out a soft sigh, I shouldn't have any dissatisfaction, and I didn't immediately go to my cousin Gu Yingsleeve, looking at an elm tree on the side of the road.
"Kaoru ......"
Gu Junxun looked back, and he didn't know when his cousin Gu Yingsleeve was standing behind her mother, and she called out in shock: "Ah, mother, Sister Yingsleeve, when did you stand behind me?" Scared me. ”
"You're distracted, I'll call you first, and you don't react - what are you thinking?" Gu Yingsleeve asked.
"I think she is crazy with joy, she is always distracted by what she is doing today, but I don't know if she can be a housewife if she marries in the past." Gu Shi smiled and blamed.
"Not thinking about anything?" Gu Junxun smiled gently at Gu Yingsleeve, but she shook her head and didn't admit that she wanted to do anything else, she didn't know what to say, she didn't want to say anything in front of her mother, it was said that her mother gave birth to her and raised her, she shouldn't hate her, but she couldn't control her and wanted to avoid her mother......
I don't know when it started, all my thoughts are tied to one person, after last autumn I went to the estuary to listen to my cousin talk about marriage, and I was really happy in my heart, but the subsequent indifference and taboo in the house, thinking about it makes people feel cold.
After changing the Geng post and combining the eight characters, this marriage can be regarded as having a glimpse of the eight characters. Seeing that his mother's face suddenly changed, Gu Junxun thought in his heart that this marriage might just be a marriage between the Lin family, the Tang family, and the Gu family, maybe that person didn't know that there was someone who was reluctant to worry about him day and night.
Gu Shi saw that his daughter was silent, and said: "Is your sister Yingsleeve coming to the city, if you want to stay tonight, she will live in your courtyard, you two sisters, talk well, ......" As he spoke, he walked to the other courtyard to do other things.
"Xun Niang is no longer a little girl," Gu Yingsleeve stood there looking at Gu Junxun, Ying Ying smiled, and asked, "Are you a little unhappy?" ”
Gu Junxun was still easy to feel shy, lowered his head slightly, and said, "You should be happy, but I can't tell you what is blocking my heart......" You plucked up the courage to ask, "You said that he would like me to let you propose?" ”
The little girl really cares about this, Gu Yingsleeve sighed slightly in her heart, and said with a smile: "Of course, this matter is also a good thing, don't think too much about it in your heart, your father and mother are also for your good, who doesn't want their daughter to marry a good family and enjoy the glory and wealth?" Lin Tie, that kid, he has long taken a fancy to you, if it weren't for this, how could he have been so cheeky to beg me to make this happen? However, the world of men is very broad, and we women tie our minds to one person's heart, but never think that they can tie their minds to you alone...... "She didn't know what kind of chaos would happen if she and Lin Jian knew about it, so she could only take one step at a time.
"I won't be jealous with Yue'er and Xiaoman...... Gu Junxun blushed and said in a voice like a mosquito.
Gu Yingsleeve couldn't help laughing, Xun Niang was still a little girl, seeing her like this, I just hoped that nothing would happen in this marriage.
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"The envoy of the capital is in Chongzhou, it seems that there is no need to be so antagonistic to Ninghai Town?" Zhao Qinmin said that he came in a hurry, mainly for Xiao Taoyuan of Ninghai Town to send someone to the Governor's Mansion to complain, he thought that Lin Tie was a little too impatient to submit a document to impeach the water camp of Ninghai Town, and now Lin Tie and Gu Wuchen are quasi-Weng sons-in-law, Gu Wuchen's mind is not so easy to figure out, he said cautiously, "Xiao Duwei has always had a good relationship with us, and this time it is a complete affair!" ”
"Look at this," Gu Wuchen picked up an open private letter on the desk and handed it to Zhao Qinmin, and said, "After you read it, this matter must not be spread outside!" ”
Zhao Qinmin took the letter, but it was a private letter written by Lin Jian to Gu Wuchen. Gu Wuchen was able to show him the private message that Lin Jian had brought him, indicating that he still trusted him, Zhao Qinmin felt a little relieved, opened the letter and looked at it, the more he looked at it, the more shocking it became, Lin Jian wrote the whole story of the Chongzhou boy case in the letter. He put the letter back on his desk and said: "This Xiao Taoyuan is really bold, I can be regarded as blind......" He took advantage of the letter to observe Gu Wuchen carefully, and thought: Lin Tie dragged it out until this time, and even after he fully controlled Chongzhou, he told Gu Wuchen about the Chongzhou boy case, speaking of which, he didn't have much trust in Gu Wuchen, what would Gu Wuchen think in his heart?
When the Taihu pirates attacked Xisha Island last year, the garrison of Ninghai Zhenshui Camp in Chongzhou was not rescued, and Zhao Qinmin thought that Lin Jian and Xiao Taoyuan had a grudge at that time, but he did not expect that the Chongzhou boy case would have such twists and turns. At this time, it is necessary to prevent Xiao Taoyuan from jumping over the wall in a hurry to join Donghai Kou, and he can't announce the Chongzhou boy case to the world, but it is impossible for Lin Tie to compromise with Xiao Taoyuan, so he will no longer talk about it.
Gu Wuchen didn't look at the letter anymore, and said to Zhao Qinmin: "You take the time to go to Chongzhou, and ask Lin Jian what he needs help with here, there are some things that are not clear in the letter, and it is good to explain them in person-Si Yuan also went to Chongzhou, and took a boat from Chongzhou to Qingzhou, his grandfather's side is even more short of manpower, I plan to let Si Yuan go to Qingzhou to exercise......
"This is a good thing, the young master should have been alone a long time ago," Zhao Qinmin said, he knew that Gu Wuchen still had high hopes for his son, and said, "My kid is not a student of reading, please agree to let him go to Qingzhou with him, and there is a caring person to take care of the young master......" In Jiangdong, Gu Wuchen was suppressed by Yue Lengqiu, and he needed to be careful everywhere and cautious step by step, and he didn't dare to let Gu Siyuan go out to stand alone, and no one in Shandong could stand up to Tang Haoxin as the ambassador of Xuanfu for the time being, Gu Siyuan passed, There is also a chance to exercise on the other side.
In eventful times and troubled times, being in power, in charge of affairs, and in charge of the military is the most important.
"Your Zhao Jin is a talent, it's okay to let him go to Qingzhou with Si Yuan," Gu Wuchen nodded, agreed to let Zhao Qinmin's son Zhao Jin go to Qingzhou with him, and said, "There is too little manpower in Qingzhou, there must be someone who can take the lead, Si Yuan doesn't have this ability for the time being-do you think Zhang Yubo is suitable, or is Chen/Yuan Liang suitable?" ”
Zhang Yubo joined the army as Zuo Sikou of Jiangning Prefecture, and Chen/Yuanliang was the magistrate of Moling. Since Jiangning is the southern capital of the Great Yue Dynasty, the official ranks of subordinate officials and Zhengyin officials are several levels higher than those of ordinary prefectures and counties. The official of Jiangning Mansion is the Yin of the Zhengsanpin Mansion, which is far from being comparable to the ordinary prefects, and Zhang Yubo and Chen/Yuanliang are also civil officials of the Zhengli.
Transferred to Qingzhou to assist Tang Haoxin, not to mention that he will also be promoted to the fifth grade, maybe as soon as the next year passes, he will be promoted to the fourth rank of the imperial history of the capital to be the deputy envoy of the inspection or the deputy envoy of Xuanfu, which is definitely Qingyun Avenue.
Zhang Yubo and Chen/Yuanliang are all from Jinshi, and their qualifications are barely enough, so anyone can go to Qingzhou.
Zhang Yubo is too upright, and he walks too close to Lin Lian, and Zhao Qinmin doesn't like it.
Zhao Qinmin thought in his heart: Zhang Yubo's Zuo Sikou power is also mainly concentrated in the Dongcheng area, and Liu Xilin has already served as the captain of Dongcheng, and Zhang Yubo will be transferred to Shandong, which will have the least impact on this side; Chen/Yuanliang, as the magistrate of Moling, can directly take care of the estuary, it should be said that he can't go, Gu Wuchen took out Zhang Yubo and Chen/Yuanliang at the same time to let himself compare, maybe he also hopes that Chen/Yuanliang will go to Qingzhou.
"The subordinates think that Lord Chen is suitable," Zhao Qinmin said, "Lord Chen has been alone in Moling County for a long time, and if he goes to Qingzhou, he will be able to quickly help the boss open up the situation......"
"I don't know if it can be done, after all, this matter has to go through the ministry." Gu Wuchen said.