Gu Chang was already a little panicked and didn't know what to do. Han Yong was also quite panicked and stood aside with his hands down and his head lowered, not daring to say anything.
Gu Qian glared at Han Yong coldly and said in a deep voice: "Yongzhi, you specially invited the eldest son here, right?"
Han Yong was startled and hurriedly said: "Dong Weng, Yongzhi didn't think carefully. Originally, I wanted to report this matter to Dong Weng, but I thought I'd better find out the whole story before reporting it, so I asked the eldest son to ask Li
Hui. I didn’t expect... that silk handkerchief was found on his body. This kid refused to admit it until he died. Dong Weng, this matter is no small matter."
Gu Qian snorted coldly and said in a deep voice: "Take the person to the second hall and I will ask him personally."
Soon after, Li Hui was escorted to the Second Flower Hall and stood in front of Gu Qian. His clothes were torn and scattered, his mouth was bleeding, his cheeks were swollen, and his hair was covered with dust. He was in an extremely miserable state.
Gu Qian sat on the longevity chair with a gloomy expression.
"Li Hui, tell me, what's going on? Where does this silk handkerchief... come from?" Gu Qian took out the silk handkerchief and put it on the armrest, and asked solemnly.
Li Hui gritted his teeth and said, "Dong Weng, I picked this up."
Gu Qian frowned and said, "Picked it up?"
Li Hui raised his head and said: "Yes. Yesterday, on Dongweng's birthday, I picked it up in the flower bed of Erjin. I put it in my arms without thinking much. Miss Qingning's name was indeed embroidered on it, and I still wanted to see it.
I gave it back to Miss Qingning when I came to see her. Unexpectedly, the eldest son and Mr. Han stopped me early in the morning and interrogated me indiscriminately. They tore my clothes and saw this silk handkerchief. They felt like they had found a treasure and insisted on forcing me to
I admit that this was given to me by Miss Qingning. How could I admit it? How dare you, the next ordinary citizen, have the slightest idea. They forced me to admit this, and they only wronged me. Wouldn’t it have ruined the reputation of the Gu family?
? Ruined Miss Qingning’s reputation? I don’t understand why they did this. But those who are clean will clean themselves up, and it’s useless for them to force me. Even if they beat me to death, I can’t admit it. Dong Weng treated me very well.
, How could Li Hui ruin Miss Qingning's reputation by intimidating others? The blame for this incident is that I should not have picked up this silk handkerchief. If I had known now, I would have chopped off my hand yesterday and would not have picked up this silk handkerchief."
Gu Chang and Han Yong, who were standing aside, looked at Li Hui in shock. They didn't expect that this kid would bite back his words in just a few words. His implication was that Gu Chang and Han Yong were determined to frame him in order to discredit Nanzhai and corrupt him.
Gu Qingning's reputation. This is blatantly sowing discord with extremely vicious intentions.
Gu Chang was furious and yelled: "You little slave, what are you talking about? Uncle, don't listen to his nonsense. This guy is a slanderer."
If it weren't for Gu Qian's words before that made Gu Chang panic and not dare to be presumptuous. Based on Li Hui's words, Gu Chang would have punched and kicked Li Hui to death immediately. But now.
He didn't dare to do this in front of Gu Qian.
Han Yong also said hurriedly: "Dong Weng, this guy has ulterior motives, Dong Weng is aware of it."
Gu Qian said coldly: "Do you think I'm an old man? I wonder if what he said is true or false?"
Han Yong hurriedly bowed and nodded: "Yes, yes, Yongzhi is worrying too much."
Gu Qian turned to Li Hui, stared coldly, and said in a cold voice: "Li Hui, since you picked up the silk handkerchief, you just have to speak clearly. Why are you unwilling to speak out? Deliberately concealing it?"
Li Huidao: "They have a bad attitude, and I feel angry. They insist on making up something about the lotus fountain, saying that I did it, and they want me to plead guilty to breaking into the backyard of the South House. I don't even know what the lotus fountain is like.
, how can I admit it? They treat me like this, why should I tell them the truth? Because they are unreasonable."
Gu Chang said angrily: "You dog slave..."
Li Hui interrupted: "Young Master, I am not a slave of your Gu family. I work in the South House, but I am not a slave, nor am I a tenant. Please make it clear. In your eyes, everyone is a slave, right?
I am an ordinary citizen, but I am not a slave of your Gu family. Fortunately you did not beat me to death today. If you beat me to death, you would be in big trouble."
Gu Chang was so angry that he almost jumped into a rage.
Gu Qian shouted: "Li Hui, don't be so presumptuous. Your words are not entirely true and cannot be trusted."
Li Huidao: "Dong Weng, if that's the case, just ask them to come up with evidence."
Gu Qian snorted coldly, looked at Han Yong and said: "Yongzhi, how did you know that the fountain lotus in the back garden was done by Li Hui? Even I don't know about this. Qing Ning wanted to surprise me without telling me. She also
She said it was her own fault. How can you insist that it was Li Hui who helped?"
Han Yong was stunned and didn't know how to answer for a moment. Of course he couldn't ask Gu Qingning to confirm this matter. Gu Qingning didn't reveal anything. He secretly asked a maid who was responsible for trimming the flowers and trees in the back garden. The maid
She saw that Li Hui was invited into the back garden to make a fountain. But all the staff were told by Gu Qingning not to talk nonsense, but Han Yong threatened her as the manager of Nanzhai, so she didn't dare not say anything.
Speaking of which, this was an unexpected gain. Gu Chang said that he also wanted to build a fountain pool, but Gu Qingning refused to say who helped him, only saying that it was her own idea. But everyone knew that this was definitely not Gu Qingning's idea.
able.
In order to please Gu Chang, Han Yong tried to inquire. However, he learned that Li Hui was responsible for the incident. From then on, everything happened next.
However, Han Yong could not tell the truth. Even if he was the manager of Nanzhai, he still had the scope of responsibility. Inquiring into these things in private was an impermissible behavior. Gu Qingning was the master, so what she didn't want to say was
Equivalent to the master's secret, Han Yong's behavior of secretly spying on the master's secret is naturally not allowed.
"This... Dong Weng, I guessed it. Li Hui's diversion of lake water to irrigate the fields was very impressive, ingenious and admirable. So I guess that the fountain was his work. After all, it was his fault.
It's a very ingenious device. There is no such skillful craftsman in the whole Wu County. So I wanted to ask him if it was his idea. I just asked him. I didn't insist that he did it." Han Yong began.
He was just making it up. Fortunately, he was a good liar, and his face didn't change and his heart didn't beat.
Gu Qian frowned and said nothing.
Han Yong hurriedly added: "Dong Weng, Yongzhi is actually afraid that Li Hui doesn't understand the rules and breaks into the inner house. Yongzhi is in charge of the south house, so he has to restrain these people to understand the rules. That is Yongzhi's responsibility, and Yongzhi asked himself whether he did anything wrong. Ruodong
Weng felt it was inappropriate, but Yongzhi was willing to be punished."
Gu Qian sneered and said: "Since you have such concerns, why didn't you report it to me? Instead, you invited the eldest son to come? What's the explanation for this?"
Han Yong rolled his eyes and bowed: "Dong Weng misunderstood, the eldest son came to visit Dong Weng early in the morning, it just happened to happen. Dong Weng was drunk last night, and the eldest son was worried and wanted to come and visit."
.I told him that Dong Weng was resting, so the eldest son did not disturb Dong Weng. Mr. Dong, do you think so?"
Gu Chang said hurriedly: "Exactly, exactly. Uncle, I want to come to visit you."
Gu Qian chuckled and said, "So, I have misunderstood?"
"It can't be said that it was a misunderstanding. I shouldn't have disturbed my uncle's rest by making noises. I just saw the Qingning thing hidden in this guy's arms, and I was angry and shocked, so I didn't control my emotions. Please don't blame me, uncle.
." Gu Chang said hurriedly.
Gu Qian nodded and said: "Very good. Then the matter is clear. This matter is just a misunderstanding. Li Hui did not break into the inner house privately, and Qing Ning's silk handkerchief was accidentally picked up by him. It was not for other reasons. The blame is Qing Ning's.
Ning was whispering to her grandmother last night, saying that she had lost a veil, and her grandmother laughed at her for being careless about it all the time. This is right."
Gu Chang and Han Yong both understood after hearing this: Gu Qian's words were obviously trying to cover up Li Hui.
"Yongzhi's duty is to interrogate Li Hui, which is reasonable. The eldest son was angry because he saw Si Pa. He was worried that someone would break my Gu family's rules. It is understandable. So, in fact, you are not wrong.
It’s all a misunderstanding. Hahaha.”
Gu Qian stood up with a smile and said to the three people in front of him: "Well, since it is a misunderstanding, just make it clear. This matter ends here and there is no need to mention it again. My eldest son, what I said just now
, you don’t have to keep it in mind. You are the future pillar of the Gu family and will be in charge of the foundation of my big family. I am just reminding you to act with caution, to think twice before acting, to make a balanced decision, and not to be rash. I have no other intention."
Gu Chang hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "My uncle taught me a lesson. I was reckless. I will never do it again. I hope my uncle will forgive me. This matter is indeed a misunderstanding. My grand-nephew will go back and reflect on himself. My grand-nephew takes his leave!"
Gu Qian smiled and said, "Okay, go ahead."
Gu Chang saluted, turned around and left quickly. Han Yong was worried and did not dare to raise his head.
Gu Qian said: "Yongzhi, you go see the eldest son off. By the way, you can go to the North Mansion to visit the head of the family for me."
Han Yong seemed to have been granted amnesty and quickly left as he promised.
Only Li Hui and Gu Qian were left in the flower hall, looking miserable. Gu Qian sat down again and took a slow sip of tea without even looking at Li Hui, his expression solemn.
Li Hui stood quietly, his heart full of anger at this moment. This was the second time that he was treated like this by Gu Chang and Han Yong. But he remained calm and did not lose his reason and thinking ability in his mind.
He knew that Gu Qian was minimizing a big issue. But that didn't mean it was a good thing. Gu Qian was trying to minimize the impact of this matter and not publicize it, rather than covering up for himself. That was exactly
It shows that he doubts in his heart that he really has some evil intentions.
"Little Mr. Li, tell me, what exactly do you want to do? This is your last chance to confess." Gu Qian said slowly.
Li Hui said in a deep voice: "I don't understand what Dong Weng means by this. I said, I just picked up the silk handkerchief. I don't know what you want me to confess?"
Gu Qian stared at Li Hui with cold eyes, murderous intent in his eyes, and his whole person seemed to have changed. He slowly stretched out a bony hand and spread it out in front of Li Hui. A small ceramic bottle lay on the
in his hands.
"Hmph! At this time, you still dare to deceive me. Let me ask you, what is this?" Gu Qian said solemnly.