"enough!"

Xiao Qin finally spoke!
He opened his eyes, stood up, walked to the hall, and glanced at everyone: "I did it! I admit it! If you want to kill or behead, come at me!"

Gu Er clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Mom is very responsible. I am just a son. I have a few questions that I would like to ask my mother."

"You ask!" Xiao Qin said.

Gu Er said: "When I was in Haozhou, I encountered assassinations many times. At first I thought the assassins were sent by traitors and didn't take it to heart. But later I found out that the assassins were actually from the Bai family in Yangzhou. But The Bai family was just a salt merchant, and I was on the front line at the time. How did they know their son's whereabouts?"

Xiao Qin didn't answer.

Gu Er continued to ask: "When I received the letter from my grandfather and went south to Yangzhou alone, I boarded the boat that the Yuan family went to Yangzhou to hire, and the names were not my real names. At that time, there were no other people on the boat except the elder man and his wife of the Yuan family. Except for the villains, no one knows my identity and my whereabouts are very secret. Why was I assassinated as soon as I arrived in Yangzhou? How did the Bai family know my whereabouts?"

Xiao Qin looked at Gu Er and asked, "Did you doubt me when you were in Yangzhou?"

"No!" Gu Er shook his head and said, "I still believed in my mother at that time. What really made me doubt my mother was when I left Tokyo for Quanzhou! Some things really cannot withstand scrutiny."

Gu Er said as if he was mocking himself: "Actually, I realized some things very early on, but I just didn't want to believe them."

"Every time I make a mistake, my mother will protect me, but every time my father doesn't beat me harder, my mother really loves me and even praises me above all my brothers. That's flattering!"

Xiao Qin's face had become very ugly, but then he regained his composure, looked at Gu Er coldly, and said lightly: "I underestimated you!"

Gu Er said calmly: "I never dare to look down on my mother!"

"Actually, I have another question!"

"What's the problem?" Xiao Qin asked.

Gu Er looked at Xiao Qin and asked calmly: "Is the eldest brother's illness also caused by my mother?"

Xiao Qin's expression froze for a moment, and her eyes finally lost their previous calmness and calmness.

Gu Er shook his head and said with emotion: "Then it seems that what Grandma Chang said is true. The person who told the elder brother that my mother killed his mother must be my mother!"

Xiao Qin's face completely changed. The originally kind and peaceful look turned ferocious and terrifying.

Looking at those scarlet eyes full of hatred and anger, Gu Er couldn't help but tremble in his heart even though he was used to seeing mountains of corpses and seas of blood, separation and death.

Even though he had already guessed it, when he actually saw this scene and looked at his stepmother who was completely different from before, Gu Er still felt complicated.

After more than 20 years of constant disguise, I was once deeply kept in the dark.

Gu Er said mockingly: "It's useless for me, Gu Er, to claim to be smart, but he was treated like a doll when he didn't want to. He has been fooled for more than 20 years!"

At this point, Xiao Qin stopped pretending and took off the mask on his face, revealing his true face: "It's a pity that the chess piece was wrong. The Bai family are all trash. After so many years, they haven't been able to take your life. You deserve it." They can’t get your mother’s bitch’s property.”

"Shut up!" Gu Er's voice suddenly rose, and he looked at Xiao Qin coldly, with only endless coldness in his eyes: "You are not allowed to insult my mother!"

"She is a bitch! If it weren't for her, how could my sister have died? If it weren't for her, how could you have been born? This Ningyuan Marquis Mansion would have been Sanlang for a long time." Xiao Qin accused her hoarsely.

"Hmph!" Gu Er snorted coldly: "I should have thought of it a long time ago. I have been planning for more than [-] years to pretend to be kind and kind all day long, so that everyone in Tokyo knows that you are virtuous and kind. No matter what I do, Others will only believe you and not me. They will only think that you are right, and I am just rebellious... What you want is nothing more than the title of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion and the Gu family's property. .”

"But why didn't you tell me? What if you had told me earlier that this title was given to the third brother? When did I, Gu Tingye, care about this title and this family property?"

"Title? Family property?" Xiao Qin suddenly smiled, covering her mouth and laughing in a low voice. Her smile was extremely bright, but her eyes were full of madness. She turned to look at Gu Yankai, who was sitting in a wheelchair next to her, her eyes filled with joy. Tears fell silently: "Da Lang has been frail and sick since he was a child. The imperial doctors said that he would not live to be thirty. As early as 20 years ago, the title and family property of Marquis Ningyuan were destined to be yours. The entire Gu family, among your peers. , you are the only one who has received the true inheritance from the Marquis, you are Saburo, and your martial arts were also taught by the family general."

"If you hadn't died, how would it have been my Sanlang's turn to receive this title?"

The first few sentences were all directed at Gu Yankai, but the last two sentences were directed at Gu Er.

The rest of the people in the room were stunned by this scene and could not even speak. The fourth child, Gu Yanping, the fifth child, Gu Yanchang, Gu Er's aunt, as well as the collateral uncle and two clan uncles, were all present. He looked at Xiao Qin in disbelief.

In their eyes, this sister-in-law, sister-in-law, and nephew-in-law, who had always been kind, charitable, virtuous, and courteous, and managed the household, suddenly changed her face. She looked so unfamiliar that it made people tremble and fear her just looking at her.

"puff!"

As soon as Xiao Qin finished speaking, Gu Yankai, who was sitting in the wheelchair, suddenly spurted out a mouthful of thick blood. His face turned pale at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he fainted immediately.

"Father!"

With quick eyes and quick hands, Gu Er stepped forward and supported Gu Yankai.

"Big brother!"

"Master Hou!"

Everyone gathered around Gu Yankai.

"The Imperial Physician!"

"Doctor Zhang!"

Gu Er quickly pushed Gu Yan to the side hall.

Shitou and his guards were still guarding the door, not allowing anyone to come near. Shitou even personally watched Xiao Qin and Grandma Xiang's family, not allowing them to leave even a step.

After a while, Gu Yankai was helped to lie down on the bed in the room. Doctor Zhang used acupuncture to calm Gu Yankai's breath.

He quickly asked someone to make ginseng soup to hang on to his life.

This busy work lasted an hour, and Gu Yankai woke up leisurely.

"Jiro!"

"Jiro!"

Gu Yankai stretched out his hand weakly and shouted.

"Father!" Gu Er sat beside the bed and held Gu Yan's open hand.

Gu Yankai was very weak and it was difficult to speak. Before he could speak, Gu Er hurriedly said: "Father, don't worry, I won't take Xiao Qin's life. I will send her back to her hometown in Xiangyang and let her live there." The ancestors of the Gu family faced the wall and thought about their faults, chanted sutras and recited Buddha's name, and ended their remaining lives."

"As for Saburo, I have already thought about it. Let him go to the Western Army to hone his skills. When will he get rid of his dandy habits? When will he return to Tokyo!"

The worry in Gu Yankai's eyes finally dissipated, and he looked at Gu Er with relief and distress, with tears already shining in his eyes.

"You...you have grown up...very good...much better than me...than I imagined!" Gu Yan was satisfied. He had the strength to say these words intermittently.

"From now on, Gu Jia... will... leave it to... you."

Gu Er gently patted the back of Gu Yan's open hand and said, "Father, please rest in peace and recuperate. My son will take care of everything at home."

Gu Yankai finally let go of Gu Er's hand with relief, closed his eyes, and his breathing gradually became steady.

Gu Er slowly put down Gu Yankai's hand, stood up and walked out. The elders glanced at Gu Yankai on the bed and followed him out.

Outside, in the flower hall, Gu Er sat at the head of the table with a golden sword.

"You elders must have heard what I just said! Xiao Qin made a big mistake, but he gave birth to children for my Gu family and continued the family relationship. He was married to my father for more than [-] years, and he will live in Xiangyang in the future. Let’s build a Buddhist hall next to the ancestral hall in our hometown and let her chant sutras and recite Buddha’s name in it and repent of her sins!”

"The eldest brother is ill in bed, and the eldest sister-in-law has to take care of him. In the future, my wife will take care of the internal and external affairs of the Hou Mansion. As for the clan, I belong to the Gu family and started my career with martial arts. I plan to Reorganize the clan school and hire famous teachers. All men in the clan who are over seven years old and under twenty and girls under fifteen years old must join the clan school, study and practice martial arts, and practice archery, horseback riding, and archery. Withdraw from the Marquis Mansion."

As he spoke, Gu Er stood up and bowed to the three oldest clan elders and said: "Uncle, two clan uncles, you are the elders of the clan, and I need your help to keep an eye on matters related to clan science. "

"Don't worry, Erlang. It's about the future of the family. We should do our best!" The oldest uncle spoke first, with a very respectful attitude, obviously acknowledging Gu Er's status as the head of the family.

The two clan uncles also expressed their stance. Gu Yanping and Gu Yanchang looked at each other. Although they were a little dissatisfied, they remembered Gu Er's tough stance just now, but they did not dare to refute.

Gu Er's aunt, on the other hand, looked at Gu Er with increasingly complicated eyes.

"Aunt! I know that because of my mother, you were teased a lot by your husband's family when you were young. I'm afraid the food you usually eat is a bit bland, so you have to ask your aunt to come home to get salt!" "How do you know?" Gu Er My aunt was very surprised. How could Gu Er know about something so long ago and she had never mentioned it to anyone else.

"What's so hard to guess? It's just because I dislike my mother's background!" Gu Er said: "But I still want to tell my aunt that it wasn't my mother who had to marry into the Gu family, it was the official family who was determined to do so. The nobles still owed money to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and several princes had been imprisoned. The Gu family was in great danger, so they found my grandfather's house as a last resort and visited my grandfather's house many times to ask for marriage. Only then did I impress my grandfather and mother. It was not me. My mother is rushing to marry into the Gu family, and my aunt should know this better than I do!"

"Huh!" Gu Er's aunt is also very stubborn. Although she knows it in her heart, she still refuses to give in. After all, because of Gu Er's mother Bai, she has received a lot of teasing from her sisters-in-law in her husband's family.

Gu Er bowed and cupped his hands and said: "My aunt is a sensible person. I won't say more. If my aunt feels homesick in the future, she can come back. If there is anything that needs to be done by my nephew, there is nothing my nephew can do." I won’t refuse.”

Seeing Gu Er's attitude, the expression on my aunt's face finally changed: "I know that I did something wrong. Because of this, I have a problem with your mother and don't treat you well." , your eldest brother's body is in ruins before your eyes, and now that your father is like this, the Gu family will have to rely on you to support him in the future."

"Don't worry, aunt, the Gu family will never fail as long as I'm here." Gu Er said confidently.

"I hope so!" After the aunt finished speaking, she said nothing more.

"It's getting late. Father needs to rest, so I won't keep the elders around anymore!" After all that needed to be said, Gu Er also started to see off the guests.

In the afternoon, Wang Zhong came to the Gu family again.

"How's it going?" In the room that Gu Yan opened, Gu Er looked at Wang Zhong who was taking Gu Yan's pulse and felt nervous.

"The anger is overwhelming. Fortunately, Doctor Zhang came to the rescue in time, but the situation is still not optimistic." Wang Zhong said and stood up.

"Take off all the clothes of the Marquis!"

When Gu Er heard this, he immediately stepped forward in person and completely untied the remaining inner clothes on Gu Yankai's body.

Wang Zhong took out a set of golden needles, spread them out beside the bed, twisted a silver needle, mobilized his true energy, identified the acupuncture point and pricked it. After a while, Gu Yankai's body was covered with golden needles, and Wang Zhong finally took it out. Three golden needles were inserted into the Baihui acupoint on the head of Gu Yan's head. Immediately, the true energy in the body was transferred to the palms of both hands. He pressed and kneaded the acupuncture points for Gu Yan. The true energy also came out, urging the golden needles to move Gu Yan's body. Open up the circulation of Qi and blood in the body.

It took half an hour for Wang Zhong to withdraw the golden needles one by one, and Gu Yankai had already fallen asleep.

Gu Er helped Gu Yankai put on his clothes and covered him with a quilt before following Wang Zhong outside.

"What happened to my father?"

"As long as I am no longer stimulated, everything should be fine. But if I want to fully recover, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult!"

"How far can you recover?" Gu Er asked nervously.

"If you're lucky, you should be able to walk. If you're not lucky, I'm afraid the Marquis will spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair."

This situation is already much better than Doctor Zhang said. Gu Er sighed and said helplessly: "That's all, I'm lucky to be alive, so how can I expect too much."

Wang Zhong patted Gu Er on the shoulder and said, "You have tried your best. The rest is up to God."

Although Wang Zhong's medical skills have reached the sixth level, which is enough to establish a sect, he can't resurrect people. Flesh and bones cannot transcend life and death.

"By the way, my eldest brother's place, please help Zihou take a look!"

Wang Zhong looked at Gu Er and asked, "Just for a look?"

Gu Er said: "I just want to confirm whether my elder brother's illness is caused by congenital disease or acquired disease."

"Lead the way ahead!"

The courtyard of the Gu family's elder brother was not far from Gu Yankai's courtyard, and they arrived in an instant.

"Meet the second uncle!"

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw a girl about the same age as Sister Rong. She walked up to Gu Er and greeted her with a very respectful attitude.

"This is Wang Zhong and Prince Hou. He is my best friend. His medical skills are very superb!"

"This is my eldest brother's only daughter, Sister Xian!"

Gu Er introduced the two of them.

"Shuxian of the Gu family has met Uncle Wang!" Sister Xian hurriedly gave Wang Zhong a greeting.

"There's no need to be so outspoken!" Wang Zhong said with a smile.

"Where are the eldest brother and sister-in-law?" Gu Er asked.

"Mom is taking care of father at home!" Sister Xian said, "I'll take my second uncle to see father!"

At this time, there was a violent and rapid coughing sound from the other side of the main room, as if the whole lung was being coughed out.

Gu Er nodded and led Wang Zhong to follow Sister Xian into the inner room of the main house. He saw Gu Tingyu lying on the bed with a face as golden as paper.

When Gu Er's sister-in-law, Shao, saw Gu Er leading people over, she hurriedly stood up and bowed to Gu Erfu.

"What are you doing here!" As soon as Gu Tingyu saw Gu Er, his face instantly turned ugly: "Are you here to see if I'm dead?"

Gu Er smiled and said: "Eldest brother, does he know that Xiao Qin drugged his father in an attempt to kill his father?"

"What?" This thing was obviously beyond Gu Tingyu's expectation. He was so tired that his breath stagnated, his emotions immediately became excited, and then he couldn't help coughing.

Shao hurriedly supported Gu Tingyu and kept rubbing his chest and back, trying to smoothen his breath. However, Gu Tingyu's condition was too serious. In addition, he had had several arguments with Gu Yankai before, and his emotions aggravated the condition. , a moment later, a snow-white silk scarf was dyed red.

The blood was red with black, and there seemed to be some fragments of internal organs.

Gu Erdang told Gu Tingyu in detail when Xiao Qin prescribed the medicine to Gu Yan, and then said: "I wonder if the eldest brother's illness, in addition to the congenital weakness, is like that of his father. He was drugged, so I specially invited Zihou to check on my elder brother."

"Zihou's medical skills put even Imperial Physician Zhang to shame." Gu Er added specifically.

After hearing Gu Er's words, Gu Tingyu suddenly became suspicious.

Gu Er didn't speak, just looked at Gu Tingyu and let him make his own choice.

Gu Tingyu stared at Gu Er for a long time, and the expression on his face changed continuously. It was obvious that what Gu Er said just now had hit his heart.

Without saying anything, Gu Tingyu took the initiative to extend his hand.

Shao stood up and stepped aside. Wang Zhong sat by the bed and checked Gu Tingyu's pulse.

Within a moment, Wang Zhong let go of Gu Tingyu's hand, shook his head at Gu Er, and then said: "I am already terminally ill. If I rest quietly, I may still have a few months to live. If I continue to think rashly, I will die in less than a month." At the end of life.”

It must have been that Gu Yankai, against the opposition of the whole family, rectified the name of Gu Er's mother Bai and wrote a biography of her in the genealogy, which almost determined that Gu Er would inherit the title of Marquis of Ningyuan. This made Gu Tingyu The emotional ups and downs aggravated the condition.

Gu Tingyu seemed to have expected it and was not surprised at all by Wang Zhong's words, but Shao and Sister Xian were not. The mother and daughter were shocked at first, then refused to accept it, and finally even pulled Wang Zhong and begged, Ask Wang Zhong to help.

"It has penetrated into the bone marrow. Even if Hua Tuo were alive, there would be no way to save him!" Wang Zhong sighed. His words were not lies. At this time, Gu Tingyu's body was like a sieve. The medicine had long since lost its effect. How long he could live? It depends on his own will.

"What about the others?" Gu Er asked.

Wang Zhong shook his head and said: "It's been too long!"

Gu Er cupped his hands towards Gu Tingyu and said, "Brother, please rest well. I will take good care of your father."

After saying that, he led Wang Zhong away.

After leaving the main room, Gu Er couldn't help but look back at where Gu Tingyu was.

In his early years, he had respected and loved his eldest brother, but he didn't want them both to be pawns in the hands of the little Qin family, to be played around with for more than 20 years.

Thinking about what Gu Tingyu had done to him over the years, Gu Er was certainly heartbroken, but more importantly, he felt pity for this extremely smart brother.

poor person must have something mean.


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