"Ah Weng, what did you do to him?" Gu Qingning asked anxiously.
Gu Qian could only briefly tell what happened that morning. When Gu Qingning heard that Li Hui was beaten by Gu Chang and locked up again, he almost cried in anxiety.
"You... aren't you setting me up for injustice? It was obviously me who begged him, and he was right. How could you do this? What does Gu Chang mean? Are you insisting on smearing me? Are you insisting on telling this matter?
Are you so nasty? Why is this whole family like this? I really can't stand you anymore. I will go back to Kuaiji tomorrow and never come back. I don't want to stay here anymore." Gu Qingning said loudly.
Gu Qian's heart moved and he was a little confused. Qing Ning's reaction was too much. He just shut down Li Hui, so why did he react so fiercely?
But he had no time to think about it at the moment, so he smiled and comforted: "Qing Ning, it's Ah Weng's fault. Didn't I come to ask you this? Ah Weng didn't embarrass Li Hui. As for Gu Chang and the others, it was also a misunderstanding."
"What misunderstanding? You all believe it in your heart. Do you think people are so bad? Then Li Hui helped Aweng a lot, and he didn't say anything even after he was wronged. He also worked diligently with Aweng, why are you so insistent?
Want to bully him? Isn’t our Gu family heirloom of calligraphy? How can we have the dignity of a wealthy family? When you bully others, you are so vicious. I really look down on you." Gu Qingning was furious in his heart, and he began to speak uncontrollably.
Gu Qian wanted to scold her not to talk nonsense, but after thinking about it, she was angry at this time and she did have some regrets in her heart, so he gave up.
He just said: "Okay, okay, I will order someone to let him out. At the worst, I will give him some compensation."
Gu Qingning walked out, and Gu Qian shouted: "Where are you going?"
Gu Qingning shouted without looking back: "I'm going to apologize to him. It's all my fault."
Gu Qingning rushed out of the inner house and came to the door of the Second Flower Hall. He saw several nursing staff standing in the yard and asked loudly: "Where is Li Huiguan? Take me there."
The nursing staff didn't know what was going on, but they didn't dare to disobey. They hurriedly led Gu Qingning to the side courtyard. Li Hui was locked in the woodshed in the corner of the courtyard, and someone stood guard at the door.
Gu Qingning rushed over and saw Li Hui sitting on the ground through the ajar window with his hair disheveled. The sun shone in through the window and shone on his face. There was blood on the corners of his mouth and his cheeks were swollen. He had obviously been beaten badly.
awful.
Gu Qingning couldn't bear it any longer. He was already blaming himself and regretting it, but when he saw Li Huicheng in this state, he suddenly burst out crying.
Li Hui turned his head when he heard the noise and squinted out of the window. The sun was dazzling and he didn't know what was going on. Hearing the woman's cry, he thought his mother had come after hearing the news. He was about to say something to comfort him, but he heard Gu Qing
Ning spoke with a cry in his voice.
"Li Hui, it's all my fault that you are like this. I apologize to you. I will let you out right now."
Li Hui stood up and looked at the door. Gu Qingning loudly ordered the nurse to open the door. The nurse did not dare not to open the door. The door was pushed open with a crash, and Gu Qingning stood at the door wiping tears.
"Miss Qingning, why are you here?" Li Hui asked.
"Qingning is apologizing to you. It's all my fault. If you hadn't helped me, how could you have been misunderstood and locked up here? It's all my fault." Gu Qingning said.
Li Hui smiled and said, "Does Miss Qingning already know?"
Gu Qingning said: "Why don't you tell them the truth?"
Li Hui shook his head and said: "There's nothing to say. It's nothing. I believe Dong Weng will find out the facts. Besides... I promised you to keep it a secret, so I can't break my promise."
Gu Qingning was stunned and said softly: "You are really stupid. They have done this to you, and you still refuse to say anything. After being beaten, you were wrongly accused."
Li Hui said in a deep voice: "A true man can't break his promise if he makes a promise to you. Besides, this is not an injustice."
Gu Qingning didn't know what to say. This young man from the Li family was obviously very smart and clever, but sometimes he was stupid. He did promise that he wouldn't tell anyone because he wanted to keep it secret in front of Ah Weng and the others.
The mystery prevented them from guessing what they were doing. However, even though they were all beaten and wrongfully imprisoned, they still didn’t say anything. This is too stupid.
"Come out quickly. Don't stay in there." Gu Qingning said.
Li Hui shook his head and said, "I can't go out."
"Why?" Gu Qingning asked with wide eyes.
Li Hui didn't answer. Gu Qingning was about to ask more questions when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him and Gu Qian's voice: "He is waiting for me to speak. I ordered him to be imprisoned. He is angry with me."
Li Huiyang said: "I don't dare, Dong Weng said something serious. But it is true that Dong Weng didn't say anything, so I didn't dare to step out of the door. Who knows if I will be said to be planning to escape again if I go out of this door. Then I can
I was beaten to death by a justifiable stick. I learned a lesson from it, so I don’t dare to be careless. My life is certainly worthless, but I don’t want to lose it in a daze.”
After saying these few words, Gu Qian's expression changed drastically. Even Gu Qingning, who was not very experienced in the world, heard the implication and changed his expression.
Gu Qian quickly returned to normal. He knew that the young man had been wronged, so he would naturally say some harsh words to vent his grievances, but there was no need to argue with him. Besides, he had indeed suffered an unreasonable disaster in this matter. Gu Chang didn't distinguish.
Li Hui moved his hands indiscriminately, and Li Hui was definitely not angry.
"Li Hui, you can come out now. I have to investigate thoroughly. You can't blame me."
Li Hui sighed and walked out of the woodshed slowly. Gu Qingning looked at Li Hui. Under the sunlight, Li Hui's clothes were torn, his cheeks were swollen, there was blood on the corners of his mouth, and his hair was full of dust. His whole figure seemed to have gone through something.
It was like a catastrophe. I felt more and more guilty, and even felt a little distressed.
"Ah Weng, how can they beat people casually? Beating people like this indiscriminately, what does this mean? No matter what, it is not his turn to come to the South House to make noise. Does he still have Ah Weng in his eyes?" Gu Qing
Ning said loudly.
Gu Qian frowned and said nothing.
Gu Qingning looked at Li Hui and said: "Qingning is very sorry, this is all my fault. Your injury needs treatment. I will ask a doctor to come and treat you."
Li Hui shook his head and said: "Thank you Miss Qingning. My injuries are not serious. I was slapped twice and kicked. It's none of your business. I broke the rules and agreed even though I knew I couldn't enter or leave the house.
I deserve to help you build a fountain. I deserve it. Miss Qingning doesn’t need to take it to heart."
Gu Qingning was speechless, feeling sad and uncomfortable at the same time. He didn't know what to say for a moment. Li Hui's words sounded like he was angry, but more like words of self-destruction. He might never want to have anything to do with him again.
Already.
Gu Qian said in a deep voice: "Qing Ning, go ahead. Aweng says a few words to him."
Gu Qingning frowned but stopped talking.
Gu Qian knew what he meant and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, Aweng won't do anything to him, I just want to say a few words to him."
Gu Qingning had no choice but to agree, took two steps, turned around, nodded to Li Hui, and then left quickly.
Gu Qian ordered people to take Li Hui to tidy up and change clothes. At least his bun should be tidied, the dust and blood on his face should be wiped and washed, and the tattered clothes should be changed. After that, the servants took Li Hui to Gu Qian
And in the study room.
This is the first time that Li Hui is allowed to enter Gu Qian's study. This is an independent courtyard. The walls of the huge study are covered with bookshelves and bookcases. There are paper books, volumes of books and even books on the bookshelves.
There are a large number of letters. Although paper has been commonly used these days, its quality is not good. Some people still use cloth and letters.
Gu Qian usually stayed in this study for a long time. Basically, he would stay in the study if there was no external affairs. Here, even people with Han Yong's status were not allowed to come in and out at will.
Gu Qian was sitting cross-legged on the futon behind the desk, with tea in front of him, deep in thought. After the servant ushered Li Hui in, he bowed and left.
"Sit down." Gu Qian turned around and pointed to the futon opposite.
Li Hui was not used to sitting on his knees, so he sat down with his legs crossed and looked at Gu Qian with a frown.
Gu Qian took a sip of tea, looked up at Li Hui, and said in a deep voice: "Li Hui, if you have any thoughts in your mind, just say it."
Li Hui pondered for a moment, then cupped his hands and said: "Dong Weng, I would like to say goodbye to you. Thanks to Dong Weng's teachings over the past month, I have also understood many things. But I feel that this is not a place for me to stay for a long time.
It's good for them to leave. It may be a good thing for the people below."
Gu Qian laughed.
"Young man, after all, I still can't stand the grievance. I understand what you are thinking. I feel wronged and angry, so I can understand when you say some angry words. But you have to think clearly. How can you leave my Gu family?
Where to go?”
Li Hui said in a deep voice: "The world is so big, how can I be afraid that there will be no shelter? I have hands and feet, how can I starve to death?"
Gu Qian said: "With your intelligence, you may not starve to death. But, is your goal in life just to not starve to death? You want to be like those traffickers and lackeys, butchering dogs and farming, mediocrely trying to make a living.
Are you going to be busy all your life?"
Li Hui sneered: "At least I won't be beaten to death at any time."
Gu Qian's face turned cold and he said in a deep voice: "Li Hui, don't be presumptuous. I'm not afraid to tell you. Do you think I am the only one like this? It's the same in today's world. How many people's hearts are higher than the sky, but their lives are as thin as paper. In
The Gu family is like this, and if you leave my Gu family, the situation may be even worse. Don't think that once you leave here, everything will be smooth sailing because the sky is wide and the sea is wide."
Li Hui said in a deep voice: "Dong Weng called me here to tell me this? I have been taught, but I would rather go out and give it a try than stay here to wait for death. Dong Weng, without him
Say it, just say goodbye."
Gu Qian looked at him with a sneer, his eyes full of ridicule and said nothing.
Li Hui stood up slowly, bowed his hands, turned around and left.
Gu Qian shouted: "Stop."
Li Hui turned around and said: "Dong Weng wants to lock me up again? It doesn't matter, if there is one, there will be two, and if there are two, there will be three. I have been accused twice by your Gu family, so naturally there will be a third time. This time the crime
What is it? Disrespectful to Dong Weng?"
Gu Qian stood up and scolded in a cold voice: "Young people don't know how dangerous the world is, let alone how high the sky is. If I didn't have a caring heart, if I didn't have a heart to comfort you because you have been wronged, how could I have asked you to come to the study to talk?