Li Hui was stunned for a moment, then he cupped his hands and said, "Did the eldest son make a mistake? What about the lotus pond fountain? That has nothing to do with me."
There was a trap in Gu Chang's words. He deliberately praised the fountain and lotus pond as being very good, which led Li Hui to admit it. If Li Hui heard this, how could he be fooled?
"You still refuse to admit it? We all know it. Qing Ning also said it. You gave Qing Ning the idea to build a fountain to surprise Dong Weng. This is a good thing, why are you denying it?" Han Yong Frowning.
Li Hui was stunned, thinking: How did Gu Qingning tell me this? Didn't she promise me not to reveal this? Didn't she know that she was harming me? No, Gu Qingning shouldn't be like that Confused.
"It's really not me. How can I have that ability? What kind of fountain? I've never seen it before." Li Hui bit him to death.
Gu Chang frowned and his face darkened. Han Yong chuckled and said, "Young Master, look, he is still denying it. He is quite scheming."
Gu Chang shouted: "Then there's no need to be polite to him. Li Hui, it's useless for you to deny it. We already have witnesses. You, a slave, broke into the back house of the South House secretly, broke the rules of my Gu family, and had ulterior motives." Don't you know that no one is allowed to come and go at will in the back house? What is your status? You are just a slave, how dare you do this? This is trespassing."
Li Hui knew about this and felt extremely regretful. I don't know how Gu Chang and the others found out about this and came over to cause trouble.
"My eldest son, Mr. Han, I did not break into the back house without permission. You must not slander anyone." Li Hui could only deny it.
"You can't shed tears until you see the coffin. I already said there was a witness, but you still deny it. Young Master, just send him to Mingjie Hall for interrogation. This guy won't do anything without suffering a little pain." Han Yong sneered. .
Gu Chang nodded and said: "That's right. He broke into the back house privately and broke his legs first, then let's talk about his intentions. If someone comes, take them down."
Several nursing staff from the South House were standing aside to watch the excitement, and were a little stunned when they heard this. Li Huiping had always had a good relationship with this group of people, and he also learned some boxing and kicking from them, so he became quite familiar with them. Suddenly he wanted to take him, and suddenly he changed his mind. Just bend it.
"What are you still doing? Didn't you hear the eldest son's instructions? Take down this slave Li Hui." Han Yong shouted sharply.
Only then did the guards come to their senses and came forward to get Li Hui. But Gu Chang couldn't wait any longer, so he stepped forward and grabbed Li Hui's arm and pulled it. Li Hui's hand was strong and he broke free from Gu Chang's hand. .
Gu Chang was furious: "Is it possible to rebel?"
He reached out and grabbed the hem of Li Hui's clothes and pulled hard. He heard a stabbing sound, and Li Hui's linen robe was torn apart. The robe was torn open, and several things in his arms fell out. to the ground.
A small bunch of copper coins, a ball of sweat towel, and a locust flower sachet made of blue coarse cloth. They are all things that you carry with you. These are nothing, but among these items, a snow-white silk handkerchief is floating down, which is very eye-catching. .
Han Yong saw it clearly and felt strange. He stepped forward to pick it up, unfolded the silk handkerchief and took a look, and immediately shouted.
"Oh my, it's amazing. This bitch actually...actually...a damn thing. This is incredible."
Li Hui had been controlled by several nursing staff. Gu Chang also let go. When he heard Han Yong yelling, he frowned and said, "What's the matter?"
Without saying a word, Han Yong stepped forward and grabbed Gu Chang, pulling him to the corner of the yard under the shade of a tree.
Gu Chang didn't know what he meant, so he said impatiently: "What are you doing? Just tell me?"
Han Yong whispered: "Don't be loud, eldest son, look, what is this?"
Gu Chang looked at the silk handkerchief handed over by Han Yong and frowned: "Isn't it a silk handkerchief?"
Han Yong lowered his voice and said: "Oh, didn't I know it was a silk handkerchief? How could that boy have such a thing? This silk handkerchief belongs to women. Young Master, you can see clearly that there are words embroidered on one corner of the silk handkerchief."
When Gu Chang heard this, he took a closer look and saw two small characters embroidered on the corner of the silk handkerchief: Qing Ning. He immediately stared and shouted: "This...is this Qing Ning's silk handkerchief?"
Han Yong nodded slightly and looked at Gu Chang without saying a word.
Gu Chang said: "Why is Qingning's silk handkerchief on this kid? Could it be that..."
Han Yong said slowly: "My eldest son, I'm afraid this servant did more than just break into the back house. He may have done something to seek death, which will ruin the reputation of the Gu family. This matter is of great importance, but it is very serious.
"
Gu Chang was already gnashing his teeth in anger. His cousin's silk handkerchief was on Li Hui's body. What does that mean? That bitch wanted the toad to eat the swan meat and got Gu Qingning's idea. Is this okay? Doesn't it mean that he wants to destroy the Gu family?
reputation?
Gu Chang rushed to Li Hui with a livid face and said nothing, raised his hand and slapped Li Hui twice. Li Hui's hands were caught by the nurse, and he could not avoid them. The two slaps made Li Hui's cheeks burning.
It hurt, the corners of my mouth felt salty, and there was blood flowing out.
Li Hui was extremely angry and said angrily: "My lord, what mistake did I make? I am not a slave of your Gu family, how can you just raise your hand and hit me?"
Gu Chang cursed angrily: "It's easy to beat you. If you report to Uncle Ming, I will hang you alive. You little slave, with these crooked ideas, dare to go to my Gu family's head. Say, what is this?
?Where did it come from?”
Li Hui saw the silk handkerchief in Gu Chang's hand, his heart brightened, and he was speechless for a moment.
When cleaning the silk handkerchief, Li Hui saw the small words on the silk handkerchief. But he didn't pay attention at all. Who would have thought that this silk handkerchief was obtained by Gu Chang and the others, which would indeed cause misunderstanding. But he seemed unable to explain it. If he said
It was Gu Qingning who bandaged his wounds. Didn't he admit that he secretly entered the backyard of South House? Moreover, didn't this also slander others?
Li Hui was furious, and a stubborn spirit rose in his heart. Even at this time, he refused to give in.
"Haha, you want to know, but I won't tell you." Li Hui licked the blood from the corner of his mouth and sneered.
"You bitch, look for a beating." Gu Chang raised his foot and kicked Li Hui in the stomach. Li Hui grunted, and his face turned pale in pain.
"Hit him hard until he gives in. If he refuses to give in, he will be beaten to death." Gu Chang yelled and cursed.
The nurse dragged Li Hui aside. Although they had a good relationship and had a good impression of Li Hui, no one dared to disobey the master's order, so they had no choice but to obey. They pushed Li Hui to the ground and took the sticks.
Come and get ready.
At this moment, I heard someone coughing heavily at the door of the hall and said in a deep voice: "Who is making the noise here? I can't even sleep peacefully?"
Everyone turned to look, but it was Gu Qian standing at the door of the hall, frowning and looking unkind.
Gu Chang walked over quickly and said loudly: "Uncle..."
Gu Qian waved his hand to interrupt him and said calmly: "Why did the eldest son come to Nanzhai so early in the morning? What's the matter?"
Gu Chang said hurriedly: "Uncle, you don't know yet. There is a cowardly dog slave beside you, that Li Hui. Do you know what he did? Look, I found this from his arms.
Silk handkerchief, uncle, look at whose silk handkerchief this is. This dog slave is simply lawless and should be severely punished."
Gu Qian reached out and took the square silk handkerchief, looked at it twice, and put it into his sleeve. There was no strange expression on his face, and he said in a deep voice: "My eldest son, where are we?"
Gu Chang was stunned for a moment and said in astonishment: "This is the South House. Why does my uncle ask this?"
"Since we know it is South House, why did the eldest son come to South House to take care of things for me? Otherwise, I will report to the head of the family and let the eldest son move to South House to take charge of things. What do you think?" Gu Qian said slowly.
Gu Chang was stunned and speechless for a moment. Of course he heard the implication of Gu Qian's words, and the meaning was obvious. The owner of the South House is Gu Qian, and he is not qualified to make decisions for him here.
No one had ever said such or similar words in front of Gu Chang, so he was a little shocked and a little panicked. Besides, Gu Qian, who had always been gentle, this was not his uncle's speaking style, and he would actually reprimand himself in public today.
But Gu Qian hadn't finished speaking yet, and the words that shocked him even more were yet to come.
"Gu Chang, you can ask your grandpa and grandpa. Even they have never made trouble like you in my south house. That Li Hui is from my south house, no matter if he makes trouble
Whatever went wrong, it’s my responsibility to deal with it, not you. Do you understand this?"
Gu Chang is just a young man who has just reached his prime years. In addition, he is also the eldest son of the head of the Gu family. In the Gu family, no one has ever violated his actions and words. However, he has developed an arrogant and domineering habit.
In his heart, Chang thought that in the Gu family, everyone except the head of the family and the young head of the family had to listen to him. Even in the south house, he didn't feel any different from the north house.
But what he did happened to violate taboos. The current head of the Gu family is Gu Chun and Gu Yan. However, the Gu family in Wu County does not belong to their family. The Gu family in Wu County is a whole, consisting of Gu family members far and near.
Together they form a community of interests bound by blood.
The lineage of Gu Qian and his late cousin Gu Yuezhi is not weak. Their ancestor Gu Rong was also the leader of the Jiangnan gentry, and he was also the head of the Gu family. Later, Gu Rong's nephew Gu He led the ministers in the court.
, Ren Zhongshuling. The head of the Gu family came to Gu He's lineage.
Therefore, the Gu family of Wu County, like other large clans, uses family interests as the starting point to coordinate internal relationships. Coupled with the connection of blood, the common interests formed are common. They are both calculated by the family and for profit. This is
A basic consensus.
At this time, the Gu family of Wujun, like other wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River, has been suppressed by the big families with overseas Chinese surnames in the north. They have lost their important position in the court and are already in decline. In fact, there is nothing outstanding in the two families of the North House and the South House.
Characters. The young head of the family, Gu Yan, is nothing more than a prefect. The fact that he can continue to be the head of the family is partly due to Gu Qian's humility and Gu Kaizhi, the son of Gu Yuezhi, who is not enthusiastic about family affairs and court officials.
Gu Kaizhi was a famous person, and he had good relationships with many famous people in the Jin Dynasty. Whether they were the Wang family of Langya, the Xie family of Chenjun, the Wang family of Taiyuan and other powerful overseas Chinese families, they all admired Gu Kaizhi's painting skills.
Gu Kaizhi was also their guest.
It's a pity that Gu Kaizhi is obsessed with the art of painting and doesn't care about other things at all. He has no thoughts about official positions and family matters. Otherwise, Gu Kaizhi would definitely have a place in the court. Then the situation of the Gu family would not be what it is now.
Young people like Gu Chang don't understand these principles at all, nor do they understand the subtle relationships within the family. They think that he is the eldest grandson of the family head, and will inherit the family head's position just like the throne in the future. He seems to have the final say in everything about the Gu family. In fact, even if
His grandfather, Gu Chunlai, would not be beaten or scolded in the South House, because although Gu Qian was not the head of the family, his status in the Gu family was extremely special.
Gu Qian's face was cold. He couldn't tolerate Gu Chang being so presumptuous. In fact, he understood the reason when he saw the silk scarf. But the more this happened, the more he couldn't let Gu Chang be so presumptuous. If Li Hui was really a coward,
If he dared to seduce his granddaughter, he would have secretly made him disappear instead of making such a public announcement.
It can even be said that Gu Chang did this to obviously embarrass himself and seemed to do it intentionally.