After taking over a large house to the east and opening up the courtyard, the Gu Mansion was twice as big as when Gu Wuchen first came to Jiangning. At this time, the Gu Mansion was brightly lit with candles and lights, and the courtyard was heavily guarded inside and outside.
During the bloody battle in Jiyang, the inspector general Si Jiqi who was transferred by Gu Wuchen to serve as a bodyguard suffered heavy casualties. Gu Wuchen recruited his followers from the brave people who had experienced the bloody battle in Jiyang. This made the guards of the Gu family completely transformed and became more loyal to the Gu family.
.Although they are supported by the Ministry of Public Security and Envoy's salary, these three to four hundred people are almost considered to be the private soldiers of the Gu family.
It started to drizzle, the stone street was slippery, and the sound of horse hooves and ruts came from far and near. The lantern raised in front of the house could only illuminate the nearby raindrops. In addition to the guards on duty, the concierge in the foyer heard the sound of horse hooves.
In a hurry, he also walked out and looked outside. He didn't know who was rushing to take care of the house at this time.
The carriage stopped in front of the dismounting stone. Seeing Zhao Qinmin getting out of the car, the guard and the concierge called out respectfully: "Master Zhao, are you here?"
Zhao Qinmin nodded slightly and asked the concierge: "Is your Excellency in the house?"
"Here you are," the concierge replied.
This concierge was a junior member of the Gu family, and he was Gu Wuchen's distant nephew. He was quite smart and had a good eye for dealing with people, so Gu Wuchen used him to look after the door.
The concierge may seem humble, but in fact, the status of the concierge in an official residence is always equal to that of half a housekeeper - everything that is welcomed and delivered to the house must go through the concierge, and even the gifts at the entrance must be counted by the concierge. Who is it?
There are many things to pay attention to when receiving a warm welcome and rejecting anyone. Guarding the door is never a trivial matter.
Watching Zhao Qinmin enter the hanging flower hall, a new boy poked his head out from the hall and said to the concierge: "Fifth Master, Mr. Zhao didn't even look at you, why are you so respectful to him? What should I say?
Relationship, how many people in this house are closer to adults than you?"
"If you continue to talk nonsense, I will pull out your tongue." The fifth concierge reached out and slapped the young man on the head, and then said, "Don't look down on Mr. Zhao, who is just a commoner. Let me tell you one thing.
Don't go out and talk nonsense. I personally heard your Excellency tell Mr. Zhao in the Hanging Flower Hall that if Mr. Zhao is willing, recommend him to serve as magistrate for a term and then promote him to a more important position. Mr. Zhao rejected it on the spot----Sir
How much importance do you attach to Mr. Zhao, how could you possibly misjudge the person? You have to know that our uncle was even more unbearable in the past. He was even teased by others and called him a swineherd. Tell me, who is as powerful as our uncle now?
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"Why don't we belong to our family? It seems that the fifth master has a daughter?" the boy replied sharply.
"You bastard, you just want to amuse yourself like the fifth master," the concierge fifth master slapped the young boy on the head again, "Hezhe Lin Fu is not the uncle of the Gu family, and I am not a member of the Gu family?"
Zhao Qinmin was used to passing through the door in Gu's house. When he knew that Gu Wuchen was in the back garden, he walked directly over without announcing it. When he saw Gu Siyuan and Gu Junxun in the pavilion in the back garden, he stood beside Gu Wuchen and spoke, and then he restrained himself.
Some stood in the drizzle outside the pavilion, bowed and shouted: "Sir..."
"Oh, you're here. Come into the pavilion quickly, what are you doing standing in the rain?" Gu Wuchen greeted Zhao Qinmin to enter the pavilion.
Gu Junxun leaned forward and saluted Zhao Qinmin: "Mr. Zhao..."
"Qinmin is here to congratulate Miss." Zhao Qinmin bowed in return and was not busy talking about other things. He asked Gu Wuchen with a smile, "I heard that the seventh lady came to propose marriage. Did Miss and the eunuch of the capital exchange wedding invitations? I have learned the art of physiognomy.
, Miss and Lin Dujian are in the same horoscope, which can help a little..."
"..." A slight blush appeared on Gu Junxun's face, and he turned around and said to his father, "My daughter has gone to talk to sister Yingxiu first." After walking out of the garden, he looked back and saw Zhao Qinmin talking and laughing with his father and brother, and they seemed to be interested in the marriage.
I was so satisfied that I couldn't help but let out a sigh. There shouldn't have been any dissatisfaction, and I didn't go to my cousin Gu Yingxiu immediately. I looked at an elm tree on the side of the road in trance.
"Xunniang..."
Gu Junxun looked back and didn't know when her cousin Gu Yingxiu and her mother were standing behind her. She was startled and whispered: "Ah, mother, sister Yingxiu, when did you stand behind me?"
?Scared me."
"You were distracted. I called you first, but you didn't respond - what were you thinking?" Gu Yingxiu asked.
"I think she is crazy with joy. She is always distracted by whatever she is doing today. I don't know if she can look like a mistress if she gets married." Mrs. Gu said with a smile.
"Aren't you thinking about anything?" Gu Junxun smiled gently at Gu Yingxiu, but shook his head and refused to admit that he was thinking about other things. She didn't know what to say, and she didn't want to say anything in front of her mother. Ordinarily she
My mother gave birth to her and raised her. She shouldn't hate her, but I can't help but want to avoid her, want to hide from her mother...
I don’t know since when, all my thoughts have been tied to one person. Last fall, I went to Hekou to listen to my cousin talking about the marriage. I felt so happy that I had never been happier. But the subsequent indifference and taboo in the house made me uneasy just thinking about it.
It makes people feel chilling.
After changing the Gengtie and the horoscope, the marriage was considered to have a twist. Seeing his mother's face suddenly changed, Gu Junxun thought that this marriage might just be between the Lin family, the Tang family, and the Gu family.
, maybe that person doesn’t even know that there is someone who is thinking about him day and night.
Mrs. Gu saw her daughter's silence and said, "Sister Yingxiu, are you coming to the city? If you want to stay tonight, I will stay in your yard. You two sisters, please have a good chat..."
After saying that, I went to the other courtyard to do other things.
"Xunniang is no longer a little girl," Gu Yingxiu stood there looking at Gu Junxun, smiling, and asked, "Are you a little unhappy?"
Gu Junxun was still easily shy, so he lowered his head slightly and said, "I should be happy, but I can't tell what's stuck in my heart..." Then he mustered up the courage to ask, "You said he would like me before you came to propose marriage.
of?"
The little girl really cared about this. Gu Yingxiu sighed slightly in her heart and said with a smile: "Of course, this matter is a blessing in disguise. Don't think too much about it. Your parents are also doing it for your own good. Who doesn't want to have a family?"
My daughter marries a good family and enjoys glory and wealth? That boy Lin Fu, he has been attracted to you for a long time. If not, how could he have been so shameless to ask me to facilitate this? But, the world of men is broad.
It's true that we women attach our thoughts to one person, but never think that they can attach their thoughts to you alone..." She didn't know that if her affair with Lin Fu was known to Xun Niang, there would be trouble.
If something goes wrong, we can only take one step at a time.
"I won't get jealous with Yue'er, Xiaoman and the others..." Gu Junxun said with a red face and a voice like a mosquito.
Gu Yingxiu couldn't help but laugh. Xunniang was still a little girl. Seeing her like this, she just hoped that nothing more would happen to the marriage.
"The Governor is in Chongzhou. It seems that there is no need to be so antagonistic to Ninghai Town?" Zhao Qinmin said. He came in a hurry mainly because Ninghai Town Xiao Taoyuan sent people to the Governor's Mansion to complain. He thought that Lin Fu submitted a petition to impeach Ninghai.
Zhenshuiying was a little too impatient. Now Lin Fu and Gu Wuchen are in a quasi-sister-in-law relationship. Gu Wuchen's thoughts are not so easy to figure out. He said cautiously, "The relationship between Captain Xiao and us has always been good. This time it is considered a good one."
Completely turned against each other!"
"Look at this," Gu Wuchen picked up an opened private letter on his desk and handed it to Zhao Qinmin, saying, "After you read it, this matter must not be spread outside!"
Zhao Qinmin took the letter, but it was a private letter written by Lin Fu to Gu Wuchen. Gu Wuchen could show him the private letter sent by Lin Fu, which showed that he still trusted him. Zhao Qinmin felt relieved and opened the letter to read. The more he read, the more...
Shocked, Lin Fu wrote down the whole story of the Chongzhou boy case in a letter. He put the letter back on his desk and said: "This Xiao Taoyuan is really bold and reckless. I must have made a mistake..."
My son, I observed Gu Wuchen carefully and thought: Lin Fu delayed telling Gu Wuchen about the Chongzhou boy case until now, even after he took full control of Chongzhou. Speaking of which, he didn't have much trust in Gu Wuchen. What would Gu Wuchen think?
Last year when Taihu pirates attacked Xisha Island, the Ninghai Zhenshui Camp's garrison in Chongzhou refused to save them. Zhao Qinmin thought that Lin Fu and Xiao Taoyuan had a grudge at that time, but he did not expect that the Chongzhou boy case would have such twists and turns. At this time,
To prevent Xiao Taoyuan from jumping over the wall in a hurry and joining the East China Sea bandits, the Chongzhou boy case could not be made public. However, it was impossible for Lin Fu to compromise with Xiao Taoyuan, so he stopped talking about it.
Gu Wuchen didn't look at the letter anymore and said to Zhao Qinmin: "You take the time to go to Chongzhou and ask Lin Fu what he needs help from here. There are some things that are not clear in the letter. It's better to explain them in person----Si Yuan
He also went to Chongzhou and took a boat from Chongzhou to Qingzhou. His grandfather's side is even more short of manpower. I plan to let Si Yuan go to Qingzhou for training..."
"This is a good thing. The young master should have been on his own a long time ago," said Zhao Qinmin. He knew that Gu Wuchen still had high hopes for his son, so he added, "My boy is not good at studying. Please agree to let him go too."
Qingzhou, it's good to have a caring person to take good care of the young master..." In Jiangdong, Gu Wuchen was suppressed by Yue Lengqiu, so he had to be cautious at every step and did not dare to let Gu Siyuan go out to stand alone. In Shandong, no one could stand for the time being.
Coming out to compete with Tang Haoxin, who was the ambassador of Xuanfu, Gu Siyuan went there and had the opportunity to practice on his own.
In troubled times, in troubled times, the most important thing is to be in power, in charge of affairs, and in charge of the military. How can we still follow the rules and take the imperial examination and gain qualifications to enter the Imperial Academy?
"Your Zhao Jin is a talented person. It's okay to let him go to Qingzhou with Si Yuan." Gu Wuchen nodded and agreed to let Zhao Qinmin's son Zhao Jin follow him to Qingzhou. He added, "Qingzhou is too short of manpower. We need someone who can
As the leader, Si Yuan doesn’t have the ability yet—do you think Zhang Yubo or Chen/Yuan Liang is more suitable?”
Zhang Yubo was the Zuo Sikou of Jiangning Prefecture who joined the army, and Chen/Yuanliang was the magistrate of Moling County. Since Jiangning is the southern capital of Dai Viet Dynasty and is an official, the official rank of the Zhengyin officer is several levels higher than that of ordinary prefectures. The Zhengyin officer of Jiangning Prefecture is the third-grade governor.
, far from being comparable to ordinary prefects, Zhang Yubo and Chen Yuanliang are also full-ranked civil servants.
He was transferred to Qingzhou to assist Tang Haoxin, and at least he would be promoted to the fifth rank. Maybe after the next year, he would be promoted to the fourth rank with the title of Censor of Qiandu and become the deputy envoy of inspection or deputy envoy of Xuanfu. This would definitely be the way to Qingyun.
Zhang Yubo and Chen/Yuanliang were both Jinshi scholars, and their qualifications were barely sufficient, so it was suitable for them to go to Qingzhou.
Zhang Yubo was too upright and he was too close to Lin Fu, which Zhao Qinmin didn't like.
Zhao Qinmin thought to himself: Zhang Yubo's Zuo Sikou affairs power was mainly concentrated in the Dongcheng area, and Liu Xilin had already served as Dongcheng Lieutenant. Transferring Zhang Yubo to Shandong would have the least impact on this area; Chen Yuanliang, as the magistrate of Moling County, could directly take care of Hekou.
, it should be said that he could not leave. Gu Wuchen took out Zhang Yubo and Chen/Yuanliang at the same time for himself to compare. Maybe he also hoped that Chen/Yuanliang would go to Qingzhou.
"My subordinates think Mr. Chen is suitable," Zhao Qinmin said. "Sir Chen has been on his own in Moling County for a long time. If he goes to Qingzhou, he will be able to quickly help Mr. Chen open up the situation..."
"I don't know if it can be done. After all, this matter has to go through the official department." Gu Wuchen said. ,!