After hearing the words "official career", Twelve Niang's expression suddenly changed. However, she was in his arms and he couldn't see anything. They were so close, heart to heart, but neither could see clearly what was on each other's faces. look.
He was worried that she was hiding something from him.
And she couldn't say a word about her troubles.
"I don't want to stay here anymore," she said.
"Why, is your throat uncomfortable?"
"No, I'm tired of this place."
"Then where do you want to go?"
"I don't know, but I just don't want to be here."
"What's the reason?"
She didn't say anything, but insisted, "Do you want to leave with me?"
Gongyang Nong said, "If you leave, what will I do here?"
He came up with a suggestion, "If you're tired of staying here, why don't we go to a few nearby capitals for a few months and then come back?"
She was discouraged and sat on the edge of the bed, staring at the driftwood table with a broken corner. He didn't know what she was thinking.
"It's better not to leave." She changed her mind again.
Within two months, five or six letters arrived from the post station on the street. Gongyang Nong thought for a moment and then opened the letter. What was written in the letter was that his father's health was getting worse and worse day by day.
It seems that his father already knows that he is in Changzhou, Li'er.
When he got home, he didn't mention those letters to her. He knew that she had been thinking wildly recently. If she knew that her father knew where they lived, she would definitely be restless. He didn't want her to be frightened.
As soon as he came back, she stepped forward and hugged him, "Why are you back late today?"
Gongyang Nong wanted to hide his sadness, but he didn't understand that he couldn't hide his emotions very well in front of her.
One afternoon after this, the couple was having dinner, and the afterglow of the setting sun reflected on the side of the stone bench in the courtyard, dyeing the gray-green slate into gold.
The person who came to the door first greeted Gong Yangnong and said, "Eldest Master, the master has come to Changzhou and is living in Feicui Building. He asked you to go see him tomorrow."
Now, Gongyang Nong knew that those letters about his serious illness in the past few days were just rhetoric. He was warning him to go back as soon as possible.
Seeing that he ignored him, he came to find him personally.
Maybe he had been living in Changzhou for a long time, and people were asking for news about him and Twelve Niangs.
Gongyang Nong and Twelve Niangs felt uneasy. No one took a few bites of this meal. Until all the dishes on the table were cold, no one touched the plate of pig's trotter jelly. On weekdays, he and she All loved this dish.
Gongyang Nong guessed that this time, he would not be able to escape so easily. This might be a catastrophe. His father had high hopes for him when he was very young. He remembered that when he was seven years old, he could already memorize the Four Books and Five Classics by heart. He learned to play chess at the age of ten. The gentleman who taught him how to play chess ended up losing half an eye to him. He has always been his father's hope.
My father said that the wealth he has saved his whole life will be handed over to him in the future, and no one else can take it away.
But he didn't want the road to success that his father had prepared for him.
Although Twelve Niang didn't say anything, Gongyang Nong knew that she was more uneasy than him, so he took the initiative to hold her hand and said, "Don't worry."
Twelve Niang was extremely calm at this time. She let go of his hand and said, "It's okay. Since it's your father who's here, I naturally want to meet him."
"Okay, I'll buy a new set of clothes for you." Gongyang Nong said.
She shook her head, "I won't go. Your father wants to see you, so I can't go."
She didn't call his father her father and left herself out of Gongyang's family. Gongyang knew her thoughts well. He put his arms around her shoulders and comforted her, saying, "Don't be afraid, don't be anxious. I will find a way to escape. He has been there all these years." You can’t find me, so what if you find me now?”
The next day, he went to Jade Tower.
After not seeing his father for many years, when he saw him again, his temples were gray and he was almost in tears. He remembered the last time he and his father met. He said that he would never marry a woman other than Twelve Niangs in this life. His father's At that time, he was very angry and hit his head with the cup in his hand. His forehead was covered with blood at that time. His father was frightened, but he refused to give in. He said that it would be best to smash him to death to prevent him from embarrassing Gongyang Nong. , he left home angrily. Speaking of which, that was more than ten years ago.
Father and son meet.
After all these years, Gongyang Nong has been polished by time and does not have so many edges and spikes.
He knelt down to pay his respects to his father.
The father said, "I have something to talk to you about. You kneel down and listen."
"Yes, father."
"Are you still with that actor?"
"She is no longer an actress."
"But she can't get out of her humble status in this life. How is she different from a slave? Leave that actor and go home."
"She has a name, her name is Twelve Niangs."
"You left home for her, and now after all these years, you don't regret it at all?"
"Yes, my son admits that he has no regrets at all. She is worthy of anything I can do for her."
"She is a vixen. I said you were obsessed with her. It is because of her that you became an unfilial child."
"No, father, she didn't push me to do anything. I left just because I wanted to."
"Can you just be a teacher for the rest of your life?"
"Father, I don't have any ambitions. I can't bear the heavy responsibility of the Gongyang family."
"Did you know that the city lord has no children? After you were born, he had already written a decree to ask your majesty, and your majesty also agreed. The city lord said that the children of the Gongyang clan, no matter which one they are, male or female, as long as He is a bloodline of the Gongyang family, and whoever can beat him in the game will be handed over to him as the city lord."
Gongyang Nong was stunned. No wonder his father asked him to teach him how to play chess very early. He recalled that when he was a child, he and his elder brother went to play chess with an old man. Later, he won the old man. The old man stroked his head and asked told him something.
Gongyang Nong couldn't remember clearly what he asked, but he remembered that he replied that the honor of the Gongyang family was inviolable, and no one was allowed to insult the Gongyang family. Anyone who offended the Gongyang clan would have to pay with blood.
This is what his father taught him to say. If he can defeat the city lord, let him say this.
It turned out that the old man was the prince of the head of the Gongyang clan.
Gong Yangnong said, "I heard that he passed away a few years ago, so someone else should have taken over the position of Beiqiu County Duke now."
The father said no, "Now, I am in charge of the affairs of the Gongyang family. I am just waiting for you to go back and inherit the position of Duke."
Gong Yangnong is ready to fight against his father for Twelve Niangs.
"I won't go back."
"Is it worth it for you to give up everything for a woman?"
"A few years ago, I didn't care about the glory you cherish. I have never cared about the wealth of the Gongyang family."
"Do you know that your story has spread throughout Yujian City, and you have made the Gongyang family a joke. If the Duke hadn't insisted on leaving that decree before he died, the Gongyang family would not have let you go."
"Father, there is no way I can let her down. Since I promised her, I will never let her down in this life."
"She is a lowly woman and a prostitute. How can you attach Gongyang's surname to her low status?"
Gongyang Nong said no, "She has never used Gongyang's surname, so she will not tarnish Gongyang's reputation. It is my fault alone and has nothing to do with her. Please tell me, father. If father insists on taking me away, please kill me."
(End of chapter)