Family separation can be said to be the second most important issue in ancient family life after marriage. ~[Xiami Literature
According to the official line, Shang Yang promulgated the "Division Order", which clearly stated that "if a citizen has two or more undifferentiated sons, their wealth will be doubled." Over time, it can not only promote the small farmer economy, but also alleviate family conflicts. Family separation has become a deeply rooted belief in the hearts of the people.
concept.
According to the elders of the clan, a tree has deep roots, luxuriant branches and luxuriant leaves, and its branches are used to flourish roots and seedlings. Members of the same clan work together and make progress together.
If there are old parents who can't control their children and grandchildren, they will sigh and say that people's hearts are broken and it's hard to lead the team.
It was Gu Tingye's turn, and his reason was even simpler. His stepmother wanted to burn his wife to death - in order to avoid further deterioration of the situation, prevent the internal division from expanding, and maintain the remaining family ties, it was better to trade distance for beauty.
On the first day when he entered the palace to meet the emperor, Gu Tingye was dressed in clean court clothes, but there were traces of fire ash on his cheeks and temples and on the back of his hands. After reporting on the work in Lianghuai, the emperor, as the leader, would of course ask a few questions. Gu Tingye was very knowledgeable.
He described the fire scene skillfully, and then said with a hint of gloom and anger that his family was about to be divided.
The emperor had heard about the family affairs of the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion when he became a vassal. He originally thought that Gu Tingye would expel his stepmother as soon as he ascended the throne. Unexpectedly, he was kind-hearted. After more than half a year, he even found a good job for his younger brother.
Who would have thought that the stepmother was still evil-minded, and half of the capital saw the huge fire in the Gu Mansion, and the emperor also spread his intelligence widely, so how could he not know about it.
The loyal minister went on a long mission for him, and the mission was successfully completed. Unexpectedly, he almost lost his wife and child. The righteous emperor still had to preside over this. At that moment, he comforted: "I have heard anecdotes from time to time, among the people, Sun Branch, stepmother
It's okay for you to follow your relatives more." After thanking him, Gu Tingye expressed his loyalty for the nth time. In fact, the emperor likes this kind of minister, who is capable and loyal. From time to time, he has some troubles and needs to ask for help from himself.
Some half-hearted grace and help; alas, but the people can still separate their families, who knows when he can separate the second mother who is weighing on him from the palace.
Now that the upper part was ventilated, the rest was easy to handle. After two days of preparation, as usual, I went to kiss my wife and son first, but my son, who had just eaten, spit out a mouthful of milk on his clothes.
Gu Tingye originally planned to go to the negotiation in court clothes, but he asked the little guy to make trouble. The little fat boy who had just learned to read people didn't know yet, so he just tilted his head and looked at it with a pair of innocent round eyes.
Gu Tingye laughed and scolded the baby, carefully held the baby's head and put it in Minglan's arms. He said softly: "I'm going over there. I'll be back soon." Minglan knew what was going on, so she took the swaddling clothes and
He lowered his head to kiss his son, raised his head and said softly: "There's no need to get angry with that person. Just settle down and take care of it." Gu Tingye touched Minglan's face, hummed lowly, and went out to change clothes.
The golden crow fell in the west, and the Xuanzhi Garden became silent, the grass and trees were silent, and the heat was scorching. After the fire broke out in Chengyuan that day, even the dull servants vaguely realized that something was wrong. However, for several days, Gu Tingye never had any trouble.
, Chengyuan's daily routine was as usual, but it gave people a feeling of "the rain is about to come and the wind fills the building". Finally, on this day, I saw Gu Hou leading a group of guards and entourage, all wearing black sheaths and gray clothes, walking straight towards him with solemn faces.
, all the servants in the garden retreated to their houses.
The person who was the chief culprit did not panic. After hearing the report, she sat on the throne in the main hall and flipped through the Buddhist scriptures. When she saw Gu Tingye coming in, she slightly raised the corner of her mouth: "Master Hou is very busy now.
, I don’t know what you are doing by condescending to come here?”
Gu Tingye walked in alone and looked around. He saw that the room was empty and cold, with only his mother standing by. He smiled lightly and said, "There is something important to my mother, so I came to discuss it with you."
The lady seemed to have been prepared for it, with a calm look on her face: "What's the matter?"
"A few days ago, there was a flood at home, and someone said that they saw Mom Xiang holding someone carrying firewood." Now that things have happened, there is no need to cover up. Gu Tingye glanced over coldly, but saw Mom Xiang still bowing his head, with no expression on his face.
constant.
The madam laughed sarcastically: "The servants who set the fire on fire are a big deal. If confirmed, it would be a big deal. I wonder which servant with sharp eyes said he saw it?"
Gu Tingye twitched the corner of his mouth: "It's Mannia. ~"
The madam immediately let out two sharp sneers, turned to her mother and said, "Can you plead guilty?"
Xiang's mother said expressionlessly: "There is absolutely no such thing. If the Marquis cannot believe it, no matter whether it is the official, the masters in the clan, or the slaves, they will dare to confront Miss Man."
"Haha..." Gu Tingye seemed to have encountered something funny. He put one hand on the armrest and covered his mouth with the other. He couldn't help laughing. His body was arched with laughter, and the whole room was shaken.
The old woman in front of her was a careful person, and Zhou Yan was the one who planned the arson. It was getting dark at that time, and all the slaves were eagerly waiting for their mistress to give birth, so they could not help but loosen their control, especially since the Chengyuan was a large area with few people.
Many courtyards were vacant. At that time, a fire broke out in a remote place first, so some slaves went to put out the fire. Before long, sporadic fires broke out everywhere. Although the slaves were usually very well-behaved under Minglan, after all, they were still young, and they saw something unexpected happen.
The situation inevitably became chaotic.
At this time, the crisis spread to Jiaxi Residence. In the chaos of people coming and going, many people wearing the clothes of Gu's servants rushed to Jiaxi Residence. Fortunately, Tu Er was alert and led a group of guards to firmly guard the main house, regardless of the surroundings.
What a chaotic method, he persisted in moving forward, so that people were not surprised by the Minglan who was born inside. [Xia Mi Literature
No matter whether they caught two suspicious ones at the time or found out after the interrogation, everyone killed them when they went to Chengyuan to put out the fire. In fact, they were really holding buckets at the time. It was dark and chaotic, and people
People were running around, and no one paid attention to them in such a hurry. Gu Tingye took a cold look and saw that these people were all the companions brought by the Dowager, and they were all in her hands.
They all knew very well in their hearts that if they refused to tell the story about arson, no one would have any evidence and would still have a way to survive. If they let go, not to mention that their own children would suffer, they might not be able to escape the crime.
Even if Gu Tingye really tortured her and found out something, the wife pointed at the scarred slaves and said that they were beaten into submission. As long as one of the dead soldiers rebelled, Gu Tingye would have the reputation of "forcing his stepmother and framing her".
That's what I said; it would be even more interesting if the madam would cry and get a rope to hunt for life and death.
But Mannia saw Xiang’s mother with her own eyes. Why?
Gu Tingye slowly stopped laughing and looked intently at the pampered middle-aged woman in front of him. He owes much of the ups and downs in his younger life to her, and what kind of dirty thoughts this woman hides.
To my mother, there was no need for her to lead people to do the arson herself - she deliberately let Mannia see it.
"Look at what you said." Gu Tingye stood in the middle, full of cold gentleness, "It's dry and dry in Beijing right now, and there are occasional fires. Why should my family trust each other? That bitch can't do harm to others, and he comes again.
Provoke, I have sent people away."
This temptress deliberately caused Mannia to cause trouble, and deliberately led her to confront someone; if he killed someone in anger, she would probably immediately go to find an opponent outside; but what if she didn't fall into the trap...
The lady was not surprised either. Her smile was like the thin ice on the lake. The winter sun was already warm on the ice, but the water was still bitingly cold under the ice: "I knew you were soft-hearted, and you are still like this today. You protect Man
Mom, I’m not afraid that your wife will be disappointed.”
"You don't have to worry about it." Gu Tingye smiled more gently than her, but there was a faint bitterness in his heart for no reason, "I have told Minglan, and she can save it." He calmed down slightly, turned around and said:
"I came today for another matter."
He suddenly raised his voice and said, "Here comes someone, bring him here."
Before Mrs. Xiang and Mama Xiang could come back to their senses, two vigorous guards escorted a person in. They threw the man heavily to the ground, and the man groaned in pain; Mama Xiang lost her voice.
: "Biao'er, why is it you?!"
The man raised his head, with bruises all over his face, and cried out to his mother: "Mom, save me!"
Mother Xiang suddenly panicked and turned around to look at the Madam.
The lady said coldly: "What do you mean?"
Gu Tingye took out two pieces of paper from his sleeves and slowly placed them on the small table next to the wife: "In the past few years, he has relied on the power of the Hou Mansion to do evil outside and occupy people's fields. Now he has killed people. ~
They reported it to the Yamen, and all the witnesses and material evidence were available."
The madam picked up the pieces of paper and looked at them. There were confessions, colorful bills and signatures. The more she read, the more she gasped.
Gu Tingye stared at the faces of the two old women and said calmly: "Xiang Biao is the servant of the family. The Yin of Shuntian Prefecture sold me a favor and asked me to clean up the house on my own. What do you think?"
The wife seemed to be choked, she took a breath with difficulty, and said with a forced smile: "This matter should not be made public. It is really a big deal, and your face will not look good." The imperial censor likes to accuse powerful people of "letting slaves commit crimes."
'This is a good one. There are many examples and the evidence is easy to find.
Gu Tingye laughed loudly and stopped after a while: "You are really worrying too much. All of Xiang Biao's illegal things were done two or three years ago." At that time, he didn't know where he was licking blood from his knife.
At most it would ruin the reputation of my father and brother.
The madam's face turned pale. In fact, after Gu Tingye attacked the prince, she also knew that something was wrong, and immediately restrained her subordinates tightly and not to cause trouble again. Therefore, Xiang Biao's behavior had nothing to do with Gu Tingye.
"What do you want?!" The madam didn't have to turn her head, she knew that Xiang Mum must be a master. She had served her loyally for many years and didn't care about herself at all. She was the only one in total.
Gu Tingye was like a cat teasing a mouse, staring at them quietly: "Mom, what do you say?"
Xiang's mother's hands and feet were trembling, and her heart ached as she listened to her son's cries for help. She turned around to look at the wife, gritted her teeth suddenly, hardened her heart, and looked at Gu Tingye with hatred, and said in a hoarse voice: "This little ruin of the Hou Mansion
How to deal with reputation, Lord Marquis should do with it."
"Okay!" Gu Tingye said with a smile, "Two lives can't bear the weight of a hundred big slabs. Come on, we'll be punished."
The two guards were already prepared and responded to the call. Then two stout servants came in from the outside, carrying sticks as thick as bowls. The two guards pressed Xiang Biao firmly to the ground. The two servants then
The ten men started to fight. The stick fell firmly and with great force, it fell on the person. The sound was muddy and heavy, and Xiang Biao immediately started crying to the heavens and the earth.
Mother Xiang saw her son being tortured, and immediately lost her mind. The lady's face was ashen and she didn't say a word. An ordinary person could not bear this kind of beating at thirty, and would be crippled at sixty. A hundred sticks would obviously mean that he was going to lose his temper.
Human life. She knew Gu Tingye's nature. It was useless to ask softly, and it was useless to threaten him. She was afraid that he would scold him.
Xiang Biao could still shout at first, but as the stick fell, his screams became weaker and weaker. Xiang Biao was on the verge of collapse, collapsed on the ground, and screamed miserably: "Master Hou! The fire was all caused by the old slave.
It has nothing to do with Mrs. Tai! Please take my life, Lord Marquis!"
Gu Tingye sat on the Taishi chair with a solemn and indifferent expression: "I'm confused by my mother. I have already said that the sky is dry and it is normal for water to leak out." Summer in the capital is the hottest and humid year in the year, so why is it that the sky is dry and things are dry?
But that's what he said.
Xiang's mother couldn't bear it anymore and threw herself on her son, crying: "Just beat me to death! I'll pay for his life!"
The two servants were well-trained. One of them stopped his stick and held Mom aside, while the other continued to hit her with the stick. Mom couldn't get away, and she just cried and choked.
Seeing that Xiang Biao was breathing more out than taking in, and Xiang Mum was half-fainted, Gu Tingye suddenly smiled, turned around and said: "I have traveled all over the country over the years, and I have met a lot of people, and I have discovered an interesting thing. The human heart is really strange, no matter how it is.
Such a vicious person can be so cruel to others, but once he encounters his own flesh and blood, he becomes just like ordinary people."
The lady was as straight as a wood carving and clay sculpture, she didn't say a word, and her face was so green that she almost didn't look like a human being.
"But this is not surprising. Even livestock loves their cubs, let alone humans." Gu Tingye continued to mock.
The madam squeezed out a sentence through her teeth: "What do you want?"
Gu Tingye suppressed his smile and only moved his lips: "Separate the family."
The madam suddenly turned her head and stared at him with a snake-like gaze. Gu Tingye was as motionless as a mountain and stared back coldly. He didn't wait for her to refute, and then said: "Although the fire was fierce this time, fortunately everyone is safe. Not only that.
Minglan gave birth to her baby safely, and even her third brother and nephew are in good health, it’s really a blessing from God!”
The last four words were deliberately prolonged, leaving behind the sound of gold and iron, and the blood-soaked air came with teeth and claws.
The madam gasped rapidly and looked at the tall, young man in front of her. Gu Tingye looked at the fainting mother, smiled and sighed: "You are really a loyal servant. If you are an ordinary person, what will you do for your child?"
I can’t even care about it.”
The sound of wooden sticks falling on flesh could still be heard in her ears, deep and desperate, and there was blood flowing down Biao's body. There was no sound anymore. The wife's heart felt cold. For the first time in her life, she felt that she was helpless.
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Due to the large number of family matters, Minglan simply skipped the bath. However, during the delivery period, relatives from both sides also came to visit one after another. Everyone heard that the day Minglan gave birth coincided with the fire in Gu's house, and there was a certain confusion between her expression and her words.
Traces of suspicion.
Several of the sisters-in-law were familiar with the inside story and were especially suspicious, but they did not dare to ask more questions and avoided saying auspicious words. As for Hua Lan, she said bluntly: "Your mother-in-law is more ruthless than my mother-in-law!" Minglan immediately corrected her.
She, strictly speaking, actually only had that memorial tablet for her mother-in-law. Mrs. Sheng also came to see her in person, stroking her hair distressedly, but she only said briefly: "Fu Ji Tai Lai, this brother is really good."
Blessed later."
A few days later, news came from the house that Mother Xiang’s son was gone. From that day on, Mother Xiang was always lingering on the bedside, and even the wife became seriously ill. Before Tuan Ge’s son was one month old, the matter of family separation was brought up.
After he came out, the wife actually acquiesced. She invited the elders of the clan, plus the elders of four or five families, and the families were divided.
Minglan was not present, but she only knew that the final result was that the meritorious fields would not move, the ancestral property would not move, the marquis mansion would not move, and the rest of the property would be divided into two and a half parts, with half a share going to Sister Xian's daughter.
, the remaining two brothers were divided equally.
Mrs. Tai did not agree with this proposal. According to the rules of the Gu family, a married daughter only needs to accompany her dowry, regardless of whether her father is deceased or not. But after all, Gu Tingyu was the heir of a marquis, and the only daughter he left behind was unusual.
.Gu Tingye happily returned all the words that Mrs. Tai used to raise Gu Tingyu's funeral worth, and compared it with Tingcan's marriage.
Mrs. Tai had no choice but to admit it. Mrs. Shao cried with joy at that time. Her natal family was ordinary and she only had some dowry from the Da Qin family, but after all these years, there was not much left. This is great, Sister Xian.
My son will not have to worry about the future.
Later, the Dowager raised objections due to family issues, thinking that Gu Tingye had disappeared a lot. However, no matter how many investigations were carried out, Gu Tingye really had no other property except the farm given by the emperor, including no shops, dividends, or land.
When brothers divide their families, it is not good to also divide the emperor's rewards. However, no one except Minglan knows how much possessions Gu Tingye has, so the wife has no choice but to give up.
After learning about this, Minglan couldn't help but jump out of bed and moved to the back room to touch the Pisces lock wrapped with a stainless steel chain. There was a secret cabinet built into the wall in the compartment. Then she clasped her hands and thanked
God gave her a chronic disease.
Of course, Gu Tingye had accumulated a lot of wealth, including the newly resold property in the south, the generous income from military exploits (wars were very profitable), the unspoken rules for confiscation of homes, and direct rewards from the emperor. Gold bars of the same size were put into a pile by her in a playful way.
There are small and exquisite South American pyramids, thick banknotes bundled into rolls, and deeds and account books scattered around, not to mention many rare and rare antiques in the Chengyuan warehouse. Ming Lan also had the intention to make some plans.
But because she had a lot of things to do in her new marriage, she was full of precautions, and the rumors inside and outside were turbulent, she had no time to buy any property. Ami Tofu! Hallelujah!
During this family separation process, Mrs. Xuan's performance is worth mentioning. Because she has been well behaved for more than ten years and has a good reputation, her words are believed by many people. After her hard publicity and efforts to exaggerate, the Chengyuan fire has been
It has become a secret that everyone knows, so much so that when everyone looks at the Madam, they either dodge or hate to criticize. Even the kind-hearted ones can't help but use their eyes to say, "What you did is too obvious." It's a waste of time.
Gu Tingye went outside to show off his strength.
Of course, Mrs. Tai's publicity ability is not limited. She strongly argued that her son's courtyard was also burned, so she is innocent. Unfortunately, people are animals with directional thinking. After Gu Tingye's efforts in the past two years, everyone
I also gradually came to believe that this stepmother was not as white as a lamb. Based on this thinking, the fire in Tingwei's courtyard became a smoke bomb that the stepmother created to cover up her crimes while setting the fire.
What's more, even if you think based on your toes, Gu Hou is nearly 30 years old and has nothing to do with his knees. No matter how much he hates his stepmother, he will not risk losing his legitimate son and set fire to frame her on the day his wife gives birth.
On the day of the separation, the fifth old man didn't want to say anything, and only put on a Taoist face to show off. The fourth old man still remembered how his wife treated him when he left the house, and he tried very hard to tear down a few walls.
In this way, before Brother Tuan held the full-moon banquet, the family separation had been completed. Just after the full-moon banquet, the wife took her daughter-in-law to live in another mansion.
At the full-moon banquet, Ming Lan deliberately stayed up for two nights, making his already white and tender face look more haggard, adding a dazed look, and looking frightened and frail. All the relatives and friends who came to the banquet looked at it.
, and felt even more pitiful. Everyone expressed their condolences to Minglan warmly and tried to persuade her. Minglan tried her best to smile and said in a sad tone that she was fine and asked everyone not to worry.
All works well.
The only fly in the ointment was the little meat ball that had been eaten after sleeping. It was white, plump and round, and had a loud cry. People saw that he was attractive, so after touching him a few times, the little person was actually alive.
She was so angry that she glared at people with her big eyes. Her energy was full of energy, and she was really not like a frightened child in her mother's womb. Seeing this, the lady was so angry that she forced herself to smile, and her heart was filled with resentment.
Seeing the crowd gathered to congratulate and fawn over Minglan, who was covered in wealth and splendor, Mo Lan held it back and just said a few sour words before closing her mouth. Ru Lan looked at the child, unable to conceal the envy in her eyes, Wang could only
After a few glances, he went to untie Rulan. Her biological mother was not able to help, so as the eldest sister, Hualan simply helped to greet the guests. She was good at entertaining guests and laughing, which won her a lot of praise.
Gu Tingye was really happy and excitedly took the baby out to present the treasure. He shamelessly praised the baby from his fingers to his nostrils to his close friends.
different.
Uncle Shen Guo couldn't stand it anymore and decided to cause trouble. He asked General Zheng Xiao to take the lead in making noise. Everyone picked up the wine cups and poured wine, and then Po took the opportunity to bring Brother Tuan back.
Old Mrs. Sheng was particularly happy. She hugged the meat dumpling and kissed her again and again. Brother Tuan also liked her and snored to sleep in her arms. Looking at the sleeping little face, the old lady's eyes were moist, as if she had
All the gaps in the past have been filled.
Minglan nestled in the arms of the old lady. In fact, she was very satisfied. It would be great if everyone could be happy.
On the day Mrs. Tai moved, Mrs. Zhu came to Minglan House, ate two cups of tea quietly without saying anything, sat for a while and then left. Before going out, she suddenly turned her head and whispered sadly.
Said: "As a woman, you actually don't have a choice in many things."
Minglan knew what Mrs. Zhu meant, and she was not unaware of what the concubine did. However, if she disapproved of marrying her husband, how could she expose her mother-in-law? So she could only act cowardly and selfishly and pretend to be deaf and dumb.
Gu Tingwei has an errand. He has a second brother who is unwilling to help or promote him but will not harm him. He has a family background in the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion to rely on. She has a generous dowry, and the wife also has a lot of private rooms. She can move out and have a good time.
As you live your life, don't worry about things that don't belong to you. You may not be able to be peaceful and happy. It just depends on what people think.
Minglan smiled and stood up to send him off.
Mrs. Zhu stood in the courtyard, bowed her body in a gentle and respectful manner, and the two sisters-in-law said goodbye.
The author has something to say:
My little cousin is going to school, and she demands that Guan fulfill her contract, otherwise she will not go to kindergarten.
So one day, on a sunny and auspicious day, he very solemnly learned how to bark like a dog to his little cousin. At the same time, he treated her to a pizza and bought her a pair of hairpins. The little cousin was very happy.
Went to school with a small bag.
I think everyone can tell that the article is almost over, so don't worry, it will be over soon.
Those who deserve to be tortured will be tortured, and everyone will have an end.