Regarding this gift, both Wei Xinyong and Gu Xinian initially thought that it was probably a slightly beautiful dancer or something like that.
The main reason is that several of the hostages sent by Xu Zongwen, whom Gu Naizheng was responsible for entertaining, have already accepted the dancers sent by Gu Naizheng. As the saying goes, if there is one, there are two... I guess it's because the other side couldn't take it anymore, so it wanted to go here, right
But what Wei Xinyong had heard was that... Xu Zongwen's nephews probably didn't know yet... that Gu Naizheng definitely didn't give them dance performances as they thought, just to please them or talk to them.
This matter is a bit long to tell: when the imperial capital fell earlier, the masters were all killed and wounded, and the servants were even less concerned. He is even lower than ordinary servants, but every family knows how to prepare it, so it is even more uncontrollable.
Of course, this kind of thing is not mentioned when observing filial piety.
But now that Xiaoman is here, the imperial capital is still at peace for the time being. Each family has also begun to send people around to select and buy people... Are you a noble family? If you can't support your family and enjoy life because of the chaos in the world, then you can't be called a noble family.
The same goes for the Gu family.
But what is different from other families is that Gu Naizheng is very picky about the appearance of his family's servants - you may still remember how mean he was when he talked about the group of lotus pickers who former prince Shen Xun thought were pretty good.
And it was impossible for him to buy people one by one in person.
Nowadays, the vitality of the imperial capital has not been restored. Although Yaxing has been rebuilt, it cannot gather many people. Therefore, they usually send their servants to Gyeonggi to buy them, so that they are less likely to be brought to Gu's house for him to take a look at and make a decision when he is satisfied.
And since the person who bought it has signed the deed, it is unlikely that he will return it all if he is not satisfied.
Ordinary people would just stay as maids or something.
But not Gu Naizheng!
He trained these people casually a few times, made them into dancing clothes, and gave them all to the hostages on Xu Zongwen's side, whom he was responsible for guarding.
The point is, after delivering it, he ran to Huo Zhaoyu to ask for the money...
If Wei Changying, who was thousands of miles away, knew about this, he would definitely be happy to think that the former Mr. Gu and now Mr. Gu have really not changed his original intention even after several years - she and Shen Zangfeng's wedding trip back then was very insightful. Everyone knows not to bother. Gu Naizheng just stepped in and ate with them, and actually ate and drank most of the food and wine specially served to the couple at the Jiejia Restaurant...
The scary thing is that he still firmly believes that after this meal, he has a good relationship with Wei Changying, his sister-in-law...
Therefore, Wei Xinyong and Gu Xinian were already prepared to accept a group of mediocre dancers with mediocre looks and barely learned dancing skills.
It just so happened that this place was short of a few maids, so it didn't matter if they were clumsy. Anyway, since the death of the tiger slave at the hands of the Qingzhou Army, Wei Xinyong had never felt that anyone was caring when serving him.
But what they never expected was!
What Gu Naizheng sent was not the expected Yingying Yanyan.
There were seven or eight mighty and burly men!
... It was fine at first. After being stunned for a moment, Gu Xinian said with a smile: "After all, brother is thoughtful. This courtyard is too deserted. It would be better to have a few guards, gardeners and the like inside to increase the popularity." Of course, outside the courtyard is Someone is guarding it.
Unexpectedly, Gu Naizheng, who walked in right after these men, let out a long and energetic laugh, and then asked in a proud voice, "Mr. Wei, what do you think of these guys?"
Wei Xinyong was generally very easy to talk to when interacting with nobles, and he nodded politely.
but!
Before he could find a few polite words to praise the guards this time, Gu Naizheng was already excitedly showing off his thoughtfulness: "I'm just telling you, Mr. Wei, you came to the imperial capital alone as a guest, you must be unable to suppress your lovesickness! And my brother-in-law Since I am responsible for accompanying Mr. Wei during this period, how can I neglect him in this matter? Even if he doesn't think of it, I, as an elder brother, have to make up for it for him... "
These words made Wei Xinyong and Gu Xinian still a little bit unable to recover. Wei Xinyong only subconsciously asked: "Who can I not suppress my longing for?"
Gu Naizheng took it as a matter of course and said in a calm tone as if he were talking about a crape myrtle outside the window: "Who else could it be besides General Mo?"
Then…
Wei Xinyong and Gu Xinian felt nine thunders hitting their heads at the same time, and their whole bodies felt bad. Fortunately, Gu Xinian grew up with this brother, so his reaction was extremely quick. He suppressed a mouthful of blood and jumped up. He pushed Gu Naizheng out of the door and quickly slammed the door shut. Looking back, Wei Xinyong had already smiled desolately and asked what he just said...
"Uh..." After explaining casually, Gu Xinian felt that he was going crazy now... How was he going to explain? There's no way to explain this, okay? The key is that Gu Naizheng did it himself!
Gu Xinian was ready to strangle his brother-in-law to death. Wei Xinyong must not be a manly man - otherwise he would have noticed the clues in the days he spent with him. Even if he is a good man, this is not a shameful thing. You send your male pet here openly and openly, and you still express your gratitude at the throat... Are you looking for death
After you give it away secretly, tell me secretly, and I can smooth things over for you!
But the matter was not over yet, before Gu Xinian could think of words, the door was banged again!
"Open the door! I want to hear what he wants to say!" Wei Xinyong held on to the desk in front of him and gasped for a long time. He grabbed the inkstone that Fang had often played with in the past few days and smashed it out, shouting angrily!
Gu Xinian had to fight to the death with his eldest brother in order to avoid a hostage with a special identity and a weak body. No matter how he thought, Gu Naizheng, who was in a happy mood and was in good health, would win. What's the old saying? The scourge will last for thousands of years!
If Gu Naizheng gets into trouble so easily, he would no longer be Gu Naizheng! For example, many heroes died in the fall of the imperial capital, and Gu Xi Nian struggled to escape, but Gu Naizheng escaped so easily because he arranged for his wife's grandfather to anger his mother-in-law two years ago and sent them away. A calamity…
Poor Mr. Gu Er wiped away the cold sweat and endured the feeling that nothing was right in his body. He humbly apologized on behalf of his brother and finally coaxed Wei Xinyong to calm down a little. He was willing to sit down and have a sip of tea to calm down.
Only then did he notice that the banging on the door outside had stopped at some point: "Brother, you are impatient to leave. If you don't leave, I won't be able to survive!"
Just when Gu Xinian cursed, the door to the inner room was pushed open. Gu Naizheng gasped and patted the dust on the window sill where the hem of his robe was stained. He walked out dissatisfied and said, "I haven't finished speaking yet, Wei." Sir, there is no need to be so impatient... Hey, second brother, why did you push me out of the house and still stay here?"
Seeing Gu Naizheng's unpretentious look of astonishment, Gu Xinian felt that he didn't need to consider that Wei Xinyong and Gu Naizheng would lose if they fought hard, because now he desperately wanted to go into battle in person: "Brother!!! Are you crazy? !”
Gu Xinian used his last will to restrain the urge to kill his brother, but Gu Naizheng didn't understand him. After hesitating for a while, he said to Wei Xinyong: "Let's talk about your brother-in-law's and Mr. Wei's matters later. Let me tell you first. The person I sent here today..."
Wei Xinyong didn't know whether he was so angry that he couldn't stand up, or whether he was so angry that he didn't know how to retaliate against him. At this moment, he was sitting there with resentful eyes, nodding, and even laughing: "Say it!"
"Mr. Wei, you are not one of those idiots from the Xu family. I won't tell you such lies as choosing from thousands of people since you were young and being carefully cultivated by famous teachers for decades." Gu Naizheng said solemnly, "I am a gentleman" on his face. , "In fact, they are all private soldiers eliminated by my family or the Pei family. They are all injured and can no longer go to the battlefield. But there is no problem in this bed... The main thing is that I have to explain to you, Mr. Wei, Huo Jiayao later If that stingy man sends someone over to check with you, you must remember the number of people and don’t say there is less, otherwise I won’t be able to get all the money... "
"Mr. Wei, please calm down... Mr. Wei? Mr. Wei! Mr. Wei, please wake up!"
A moment later, Gu Xinian's horrified voice came outside, "Quick! Someone is coming! Go and ask for the imperial doctor... No, go and ask for Miss Duanmuba!"
...and Gu Naizheng, who had been kicked out of the inner room by his concubine who lifted up his robe, returned home disheveled and embarrassed, and complained to his wife Su Yuli in confusion: "Madam, you judge, you said Ziyang is with Is this Wei Xinyong crazy? He treated me like this! If it weren’t for Ziyang’s sake, I wouldn’t want to give those people to Wei Xinyong as playthings!”
Su Yuli asked what happened. She had long been indifferent to her husband's words and actions over the years, but these days she was worried about her parents' family, and she couldn't help but be shocked!
"You, you, you!" Su Yuli didn't even know what to say. She pointed at the tip of her husband's nose and stuttered for a long time before saying, "Why did you give Wei Xinyong a man?! Is he a manly man?"
"He's not a good man. Why didn't he even go back to the Wei family because of that Mo Binwei?" Gu Naizheng's confident question made Su Yuli almost vomit three liters of blood on the spot, but the guy still said plausibly, "Isn't it because he is afraid of Wei?" Does the old boss object to his unfaithful relationship with Mo Binwei? Otherwise, a fool would leave a nice big tree alone and go find refuge with a mud-legged guy who didn’t even have a name in the first place!”
He added, "The Holy One wanted to surrender Princess Qingxin to him two days ago, but he pushed it away without even thinking about it - who doesn't know that Princess Qingxin is extremely beautiful? Even though the Wei family is now declining, Wei Xinyong himself has great potential. He is so talented and dares not to go back to Ruiyu Hall. How could he care about this? Princess Qingxin is so beautiful that even Shitou would be tempted by it. It must be a good man to be able to abandon him like a broken shoe. ah!"
He was very angry, "I specifically inquired about Mo Binwei's appearance and specially selected a group of people with the most military demeanor for him..."
"Snapped!"
Before Gu Naizheng finished speaking, Su Yuli, who couldn't bear it anymore, raised her hand and slapped him!
"Madam, why did you hit me?" Gu Naizheng touched his face, shocked!
"I..." Su Yuli is good at controlling her husband. Although Gu Naizheng is a weirdo among the children of the aristocratic family, those she has trained over the years are also very obedient. In private, Su Yuli often scolded him... But this was the first time she had been slapped in person, so even Su Yuli looked at her palm and felt a little dazed for a moment...
But Gu Naizheng seemed to have come to his senses and accused angrily: "Princess Qingxin is indeed beautiful - I just told the truth, I didn't say you were ugly, and I didn't say I wanted to divorce you and go to the Lord, you... you jealous woman !”
Su Yuli gasped for breath. She always felt that although her husband was strange and tight, it was not difficult to get along with him with the magnanimity, broadmindedness, and vision she had cultivated since she was a child. But now, Su Yuli deeply realized that she was wrong!
This kind of husband... Can I ever want this kind of husband again? !
Seeing that Gu Naizheng was about to say anything more, Su Yuli felt her head heat up, rolled up her sleeves and slapped her again, and shouted angrily with a ferocious face: "Shut up!!!" (To be continued)