When Sheng Weiqiao was in the valley, he guessed from Sheng Sleeping Crane's various abnormal behaviors and words that the Hawksbill Island was not peaceful in those two months, and that even Gongsun Su, the sea lord, was probably in danger. At this moment, after hearing Gongsun Yingjiang's words I was not surprised, but I couldn't figure it out: "Ying Dun is one year younger than us, and he didn't seem to have any outstanding achievements before. He joined forces with our uncle's old troops to target our father, who has a big brother. I want to Even after everything is done, how can we suppress the Didong people?"
In a place where etiquette, justice and integrity are so important, there are endless cases of slaves bullying their masters!
Even if he is not the emperor and the young emperor ascends the throne, if there is no powerful empress dowager to assist the government, many people will be controlled by powerful ministers. Even if there is a powerful empress dowager, the little emperor will have to have sex with the empress dowager and relatives when he grows up. There is an opportunity to gain power.
What's more, the pirate den of Tortoiseshell Island, where fists are justice - think back when Gongsun Su, as the only son of the old sea master Gongsun, was appointed as the young sea master when he was a child. The less dangerous mission was questioned by everyone.
Just like Gongsun Yingdun, who is not the eldest son of Gongsun Su. He has not been seriously cultivated since he was a child. He has only been the young master of the sea for less than two years. He seeks talent but has no talent. He seeks achievements but has no achievements and seeks credit. To put it bluntly, Bad things to say: He is in the position of Young Master, all because he is Gongsun Su’s only living male heir. Once Gongsun Su has a problem, he will most likely not be successful!
Such a simple truth, even a smart child can imagine that the fourteen-year-old Gongsun Yingdun could not see clearly
For a moment, Sheng Weiqiao couldn't help but wonder, among the people who incited Gongsun Yingdun to disobey and rebel, was there some kind of lobbyist who appeared once in a century, and forced Gongsun Yingdun to be confused
Gongsun Yingjiang was wrong about that question and obviously felt very uncomfortable. He pursed his lips for a while and then said with a wry smile: "Why don't you say he has no brains?"
"That stupidity can be covered up by the word 'brainless'!" Sheng Weiqiao looked at her meaningfully, "Furthermore, Ying Dunfu is Gongsun Haizhu's biological son. People say that I Beating your son is a matter of course. What's more, if Ying Dun did something, it would be ignored. Gongsun Haizhu asked him to be beaten to death to clean up the family. I'm afraid many people would also applaud him - that kind of thing would not be allowed by my sworn grandfather. , where his father is, I’m afraid he can’t sit back and shut up, let alone him?”
What Gongsun Ying and Jiang Minghong meant: If she didn't explain the matter clearly and then used words like "brainless" and "confused" to deal with it, she wouldn't have rashly interfered with Gongsun's family affairs.
"Uncle is so troublesome!" Gongsun Yingjiang bit his lip, thinking about how much of the affair he should reveal, and secretly complained about Sheng Suihe in his heart, "What should I do to guide that aunt to get close to the old lady of the Xuan Yu family? There is a saying that when you are close to red, you are red and when you are close to ink, you are black. That aunt two years ago was so kind and easy to coax and deceive people. Isn’t it so difficult to do it? It’s all because of my uncle!”
However, looking at Sheng Weiqiao's unwavering gaze, Gongsun Yingjiang was stunned for a long time, and then he compromised: "Ying Dun did not agree with my uncle going to Chang'an for the examination, that's why he did that!"
Sheng Weiqiao was surprised when he heard this and said: "Why? Does he hope that his brother will give up his official career and return to Tortoiseshell Island to take over the Gongsun family's legacy?!"
Could it be that his previous speculation in the valley was wrong? Gongsun Yingdun not only refused to retaliate for his kindness, but was filled with gratitude to his savior Sheng Suihe, and was even willing to give up the Tortoiseshell Island that he should have inherited to his uncle... But No wait! All fools know that if Sheng Suihe goes to take the National Examination and the Palace Examination, he will have a better future if he is named on the gold list, right
It is true that Gongsun Yingdun, as a descendant of the Gongsun family who has been a bandit for four generations, is full of sincere passion for the banditry. He believes from the bottom of his heart that there is no greater cause in the east of the world than doing business without capital in the sea.
"No!" Gongsun Yingjiang's voice interrupted Sheng Weiqiao's speculations. The niece frowned, bit her lip, and looked like she didn't know where to start. She hesitated for a long time, and Fang Yong was helpless. He said in a tone of voice, "He doesn't want his little uncle to go to Chang'an to take the exam. As for whether he can return to Tortoiseshell Island and inherit the Sheng family and become a rich man, he doesn't care."
After a pause, Gongsun Yingjiang added with an expression that seemed to have some determination, "For Yingdun, it would be best for my uncle to neither go to Chang'an nor return to Tortoise Island, and just concentrate on taking care of it like his stepfather. In the Sheng family, when the moon comes in, there will be gold and in the night, there will be silver, and there will be wealth like the south wind!"
"..." Sheng Weiqiao was silent for a long time, so that Gongsun Yingjiang's face became more and more anxious, and she said lightly, "Let me guess: Gongsun, has he already thought of surrendering to the court?"
Gongsun Yingjiang's face suddenly changed!
She looked at Sheng Weiqiao in shock, but saw that her aunt's clear eyes were full of determination. The aunt and nephew looked at each other for a long time, and Gongsun Yingjiang sighed dejectedly: "Did uncle tell you in the valley?"
"...If he didn't tell him, wouldn't he be able to guess anything?!" Sheng Weiqiao said unhappily, "It's such an obvious thing. If you think about it for a while, you will know how much his aunt is in my mind." fool?"
Gongsun Yingjiang apologized uneasily: "I'm sorry, aunt, but he made a mistake - but, you should have kept that matter secret from me, right?"
"There are so many flaws in what I just said, do you really think he can't hear it?!" Sheng Weiqiao laughed at her continuous contempt, took a sip of the slightly cold tea, and sneered, "First of all, I said that Dao is learning how to read. There are not many people there, so my brother wanted to seek enlightenment from a serious teacher, but my father went out of his way to kidnap an old boy back, and that’s how we got that gentleman!”
"In this case, why does Brother Ke Ke suggest that everyone on the island should be students of that old boy?"
She glanced at Gongsun Yingjiang teasingly, "Yingjiang, did I really not pay attention in class? That's why I didn't expect it? Dao is the only serious teacher who can be a teacher. Brother, he doesn't support our Gongsun family." His bloodline was the result of my father's attention. As I said before, my direct grandfather had an adopted son at that time, and that adopted son was very much favored by my direct grandfather. My direct grandfather was still here At that time, my father, the young sea master, could not truly be the master after all - just imagine if everyone on the island went to ask that old Tongsheng for advice, how much time would the old Tongsheng have to give him guidance no matter how much he cherished his brother's talent?"
"Last year, my brother won the Xiao San Yuan, and my grandfather was overjoyed. He personally told my father to put aside all the things at home and concentrate on teaching my brother. In fact, my brother is not the only one who is studying in the family. It's not long since the second brother's filial piety was born. The fifth brother of the third room, who is the same age as Ying Dun, Ru Ming is also studying hard at the end of the month. I wonder if he doesn’t want his father to give personal guidance on his homework? However, his father went there and asked to take care of his brother who had already been convicted of the crime. Third uncle and third aunt are just too embarrassed to bring it up!"
"It's hard to find a famous teacher! Although a mere boy is not a famous teacher, for my brother who was in the wrong situation at that time, it is a blessing to have such a teacher!"
"Since he takes the initiative to seek enlightenment, does he value knowledge? How can he rashly offer advice that will cause him to lose the opportunity to study?"
"Is it possible that my uncle was young at that time!" Gongsun Yingjiang was unconvinced and retorted, "Children are not sensible, so they either don't repay or don't express themselves, and they say it out of excitement - that kind of thing can't be said! "
"No." Sheng Weiqiao looked at her, half-smiling, and said, "But as I said: Brother, he was only six or seven years old at the time. At such a young age, he was not taken seriously by my direct grandfather. Why did he say that The suggestion would make my direct grandfather angry for many months, so that my father had to mediate for several days before settling the matter? Although he had not met the old sea master Gongsun, he heard that he had a good relationship with his father. Based on that, he believed that the old sea master Your mind must not be too narrow."
"At least it can't be so narrow that a six- or seven-year-old child would make him angry for several days. To put it bluntly, his brother's life experience was unknown at the time and he was living in the Gongsun family. Where did he have the qualifications? This made the old sea master Gongsun frightened. Then the end of the month?"
Observing Gongsun Yingjiang's changing expression, Sheng Weiqiao said, "So he guessed... I'm afraid it was the old boy who was kidnapped to the island who suggested studying more to the old sea master Gongsun at that time, right?"
She held up her chin and continued to speculate, "Besides, the old Tongsheng's advice was probably not that the pirates also wanted to study more, and it was 10% that he persuaded Old Sea Master Gongsun to surrender to the court. Old Sea Master Gongsun was hesitant, so he had the attack. After some months of confinement, I sent Ying Dun to the old boy’s door, okay?”
"... Is it very true?" Gongsun Yingjiang wanted to say something, but after thinking for a moment, she sadly realized that she had no way to refute. She sighed feebly, put her head on the table, and asked in a low voice, "Auntie, are you with us? Tell them all, right?”
Sheng Weiqiao knocked on the table and said: "There is nothing else, just our three names - I said that the old boy was not entangled with Ying Dun and gave us our current names casually, but he thought otherwise, That makes it clear whether we should take that opportunity to test Old Sea Master Gongsun and Sea Master Gongsun’s attitude towards abandoning the dark side and turning to the bright side. We still don’t deny that name, and we can’t say no. Both Gongsun Old Sea Master and his son are leaning towards Lao Tongsheng’s suggestion. Wrong good?"
She asked if it was "right", but her face was clearly written "Absolutely so".
"Didn't Auntie say the names of the three of them?" Gongsun Yingjiang lay on the table and thought for a while, then raised his head and asked unwillingly, "Why did you say his and Yingdun's names? How come they are very young uncles?" He explained Is there any flaw in my uncle’s name?”
"That section has the most flaws!" Sheng Weiqiao looked at her with a look that said, "He simply couldn't bear to talk about me." He sighed, "No, he said that about me, Ying Jiang, after Zhai Muluci returned, I really should have done nothing. How many lessons have I gone to the school to attend... Although the teacher hired by our school is not a scholar, and my brother’s homework is supervised by his father personally, so he basically didn’t go there, but he has passed the college examination after all, and his foundation can be said to be solid. , it’s okay to teach us that way.”
After mentioning his niece a few words, Sheng Weiqiao stopped talking in circles and went straight to the point, "I said that the old boy changed his brother's name to 'Sleeping Crane'. Did he take the name of the peonies he planted in his early years? It probably means blessings." My brother’s future is as bright and beautiful as a peony—doesn’t it make it clear that I hope that my brother will come back one day and be able to use the knowledge he learned from that old boy to be named on the gold medal list and achieve prosperity?”
"They are doing business without capital, and what they ask for is not in vain!" Gongsun Yingjiang heard this and went to say, "Don't you think that the peonies you mentioned are in vain? I wish my little uncle that he will succeed again and again when he grows up, and his legs will be prosperous." As long as you have money, you can meet fat sheep every time and make a lot of money?"
Sheng Weiqiao: "..."
She looked at Gongsun Yingjiang for a while with a look that was filled with hatred, and then said quietly, "I have already said that Peony is the King of Flowers, King of Flowers, King of Flowers, what is the King of Flowers? Not orthodox, not righteous, and not worthy of honor! I told him, how do the actions of occupying Tortoiseshell Island and robbing passing merchant ships have anything to do with those words?!"
It’s unbelievable that the niece actually studied with Sheng Suihe, and she didn’t even know such basic knowledge!
Sheng Weiqiao couldn't help but ponder: Was it that Gongsun Yingjiang was too slack in listening to the class, or was that old boy so focused on Sheng Suihe that he could not surpass Gongsun and his siblings
—So now the elder sister is horribly ignorant, and the younger brother is horribly confused.
Seeing Gongsun Yingjiang silently shut up, Sheng Weiqiao continued, "Furthermore, when he saw that the old boy named his brother that way, he didn't just remember Peony in memory. I'm afraid it had a very literal meaning: There is a saying in the ancient book, 'Crane Ming Jiugao, the sound of Hearing Yu Tian's words, from ancient times to the present, cranes are often compared to virtuous people. Just like the old boy who named us "Ying Jiang" and "Ying Dun", did he want us to be docile and honest? Tong Sheng mistook his brother’s expectations, and to be honest, he mistook our expectations even more!”
"If you add the word 'sleep' before the word 'crane', you will warn your brother if you are afraid of it. Don't let your ambition and noble character soar into the sky just because you are on Tortoiseshell Island!"
When Sheng Weiqiao said that, he twitched the corner of his mouth slightly and thought: "That brother of his... Is his conduct really noble?"
But before she was trapped in the valley with Sheng Suihe, she must have thought that Sheng Suihe and the word "noble" were completely unrelated!
But thinking about all the care that her brother had given her in those two months, Sheng Weiqiao felt that although he was always teasing her, he was actually not bad at heart...
Just as he was slightly distracted, he suddenly heard Gongsun Yingjiang say angrily, "When they asked my husband what he meant by naming my little uncle, he didn't say that!"
"But my brother's name was not given by our gentleman - his name is Hengshu!" Hearing this, Sheng Weiqiao hummed without raising his head, "If he guessed correctly, that word should come from the previous poem 'The World Sees'" He always has a special tune, and everyone sneers when he hears Yu's great words, those two sentences."
"The whole poem is not true: The great roc soared together in the first month, soaring to the ninety thousand miles. If the wind comes from the east when it stops, it can still win over the Cangming water. When the world sees his extraordinary tune, they all sneer when they hear his great words; Xuan A father should still fear his offspring, but a husband should not despise his youth."
"The most famous first couplet of that poem is that both Peng and Crane are capable of soaring into the sky. Names and characters are juxtaposed. I dare say that our gentleman does not expect his brother to fly thousands of miles and the crane to fly nine high?"
Gongsun Yingjiang, who had never heard of that poem at all, was completely speechless. He put his head on the table again and said feebly: "Okay, okay, he said - it is true that he planned to surrender to the imperial court starting from his direct grandfather! As for the endless fights between relatives, clans, and courtiers in the imperial court over the years, no one took care of the troubles of Ruru in the north. It was all thanks to General Zhou's early reputation that no major troubles occurred until now. Those pirates were just It’s not even in the eyes of the imperial court!”
"Then, since no one from the imperial court has offered to recruit people, they can't join in on their own, right? It's neither face-saving nor easy to negotiate terms. Maybe they will be exiled if they surrender, or even show off their heads to the public as a whole family?"
"So when my husband came to the island, he discovered that his little uncle was very talented and had a natural talent for reading. So he discussed with his direct grandfather, his father, and arranged for his little uncle to go to the shore to become a prostitute when he grew up. Is it possible to get the best of both worlds by taking part in the imperial examination, and after joining the official position, looking for opportunities to propose recruitment? This is the best of both worlds: Gongsun family will have a reliable opportunity to become famous in the country; and my uncle can also take advantage of the opportunity to make meritorious deeds!"
Gongsun Yingjiang laughed bitterly when he said that, "Although my grandfather died unexpectedly at the beginning of the year before last, my father still implemented the plan after he succeeded the sea master. Who would have thought that Ying Dun would fight against him from the moment he knew about it? ! Even if he doesn’t stop this matter, he will fall in love with the remnants of his uncle’s side!!!”
Hearing this, Sheng Weiqiao's face instantly turned red: "What?! Brother - did he say that Sheng Suihe would go to the mainland when he grew up, or did he mean to be recruited to Tortoiseshell Island after the imperial examination?! Then he suddenly appeared back then? , entering the Sheng family under the guise of his father's illegitimate son... "
She asked with a trembling voice, "He...is he his brother or not?!!!"
- In those two years, she always regarded Sheng Suihe as her half-brother!
The most important thing she asked for was that the reason why she could accept sleeping with Sheng Suihe in those two months was because she felt that the two of them were biological brothers and sisters. She thought that blood relatives were a little too close due to the situation, so she wanted each other to have a clear conscience. In the past It's over.
But if Sheng Suihe actually has no blood relationship with her, then? ?
Do you want to settle the matter like that? ! !