When free, Gu Jiu and Gu Shan went to the mourning hall to pay homage to Mrs. Jia.
It can be seen that the Hou Mansion planned to hold Jia's funeral from the very beginning, and specially invited the great monk from Baoguo Temple to perform the ceremony.
Jia Shi has no children, no one will keep her filial piety, no one will throw a basin for her.
Only her husband, Gu Rui, stood guard in front of the mourning hall.
Gu Jiu took the lit incense candle, stepped forward, bowed three times, and then inserted it into the incense burner.
She looked at Gu Rui who was standing by.
In just a few days, Gu Rui's good young master of the Hou's mansion became inhuman, with a scumbag beard, and he didn't even think about taking care of it.
He had lost weight at least a circle, his face was blue, there were dark circles around his eyes, and his eyes were also bloodshot. I don't know how many days I haven't slept well.
Gu Jiu secretly sighed, "Brother Hall, you can't come back to life after death, so be careful."
Hearing the voice, Gu Rui looked up at Gu Jiu, "It turned out to be Sister Xiao Jiu. Thank you Sister Xiao Jiu for visiting her. I heard that you entered the palace, but I couldn't help you. I am very sorry."
"Brother Hall, don't say that. You must take care of your health. Everyone in the Hou Mansion hopes that you can cheer up. We are all the same. I hope you are well."
Gu Jiu looked at Gu Rui worriedly, really worried that he would go on like this until the lamp ran out and he couldn't sleep.
Gu Rui shook his head slightly, "Thank you sister Xiaojiu for your concern, I'm fine. I've been thinking about the days when Mingyue and I were together these days, and I'm sorry for her."
Gu Jiu frowned, "Why did the hall brother say that? From my point of view, you and the hall sister-in-law are in harmony, and you treat her with sincerity, so why are you sorry?"
Gu Rui smiled wryly, "Sister Xiaojiu, you don't understand. She was not born with such poor health, she suffered a lot for me and hurt her body. But I failed to keep her, she left It must have been painful. I only wish I wasn't there for her all the time, otherwise she wouldn't have..."
Gu Rui could no longer say the rest. He was in so much pain that he curled up into a ball, gritting his teeth tightly, not letting himself make a sound in front of others.
He punished himself like that.
He blamed Jia Shi's death on himself.
He hated himself for being incompetent, for not being able to save the child, nor Jia Shi's life.
He couldn't bear it anymore, and finally fell to the ground, crying silently.
Gu Jiu couldn't bear to see it.
Gu Shan started to cry.
"Second sister, what should we do if the hall brother looks like this?"
Gu Jiu squatted down and took Gu Rui's pulse through the handkerchief.
Gu Rui was so exhausted, he was clearly burning his body.
He needed a sleep, a good sleep.
She had to discuss this matter with Sister Mei before making a decision.
Just at this time, someone broke into the mourning hall.
"Gu Rui, come out for me. Don't think that we will let you go if you act like you have no regrets. Tell Niu, what you are doing now is what you should do. You killed your sister , if you are sincere, you should pay for her life."
"Yes, pay for your life."
The Jia family broke into the mourning hall and forced Gu Rui to kneel in front of the mourning hall regardless of his physical condition.
"Gu Rui, kneel down well. Look, my sister died because of you. She is dead, but you are still alive. Doesn't your conscience hurt? When you married her, you kept saying you would Taking care of her for the rest of her life, is this how you take care of her? If I had known that my sister would end up marrying you, I would never have agreed to this marriage."
Gu Rui remained silent, allowing Jia's family to abuse him wantonly.
Gu Shan pulled Gu Jiu's sleeve, "Second Sister, what should we do? Are we really going to watch?"
Gu Jiu bit her lip, and called Xiao Cui, "Go ask Gu Yu, Fourth Brother Gu, and ask him to bring a dozen people over."
The Jia family bullied people too much, Gu Rui became what he is now, the Jia family must not be able to escape the responsibility.
If Gu Rui is a scumbag and really did something wrong to the Jia family, Gu Jiu has no objection to the Jia family's spoiling Gu Rui.
The only thing is that Gu Rui is not a scumbag, as far as she knows, since the two got married, Gu Rui didn't even have a maid, and there was only Jia Shi.
Gu Rui also tried his best when it came to Jia's pregnancy and miscarriage protection.
Jia's death was due to his frail body. What's more, Jia Shi's heart is ashamed, coupled with the impact of depression, she doesn't want to live anymore, and she has no will to survive.
In her case, medicine stones are ineffective, unless Jia Shi has a strong desire to survive.
You know, Jia Shi was bleeding profusely, but there was no way for a blood transfusion.
Under such circumstances, Doctor Hu was able to save her life, which can be said to have shown his housekeeping skills.
If Jiashi is willing to obey the doctor's advice, take medicine on time, and take good care of her, she will recover sooner or later.
However, unfortunately...
Gu Shan said in a low voice, "Brother Hall is so pitiful."
The Jia family was still pushing and shoving Gu Rui, saying all kinds of cruel words.
Gu Rui's face became more and more ugly, as if his heart was ashamed and he wished to die immediately.
If he hadn't been the eldest grandson of the Hou Mansion and shouldered the burden of inheriting the family business, he might really have died under the stimulation of the Jia family.
"enough!"
Gu Jiu really couldn't stand it.
"Do you have to force him to death? Be a human being and stay on the front line. I really want to see you in the future. If you force him to death, I don't believe that you will get half of the benefits. If you are not afraid of the revenge of the Houfu, then you can go ahead. I Let's see, how many lives do you have to accompany the eldest grandson of the Hou Mansion if you really forced him to death?"
"Who are you? When we do things, it's your turn to judge. Little girl, go away."
Gu Jiu sneered, "Idiot!"
"Who are you calling an idiot? You speak clearly, who did you call just now?"
Jia's family pointed at Gu Jiu, their fingers almost touched Gu Jiu's nose.
Gu Jiu stood still, so she bet ten taels of silver that Gu Yu and Gu Si should arrive.
"stop!"
The sound of stopping was like the sound of heaven.
Gu Jiu's heart suddenly relaxed, she won the bet, Gu Yu and Gu Sige really showed strength, and rushed over with people.
Gu Yu not only brought people here.
The brothers of the Hou's Mansion were filled with righteous indignation when they learned that Jia's family had gone to the mourning hall to torment Gu Rui again, and rushed to the mourning hall from the outer courtyard.
"Running to the territory of our Hou Mansion to act wildly, do you really think that there is no one in our Hou Mansion?"
"Go away and get your dirty hands away. How dare you point at my sister Xiaojiu, are you so tired of work?"
The brothers of the Hou Mansion led the guards, separated the Jia family, and pushed the Jia family outside the mourning hall.
The two sides quarreled and refused to give in to each other. With just one Mars word, both sides can fight.
"Call Gu Rui out, our Jia family only talks to Gu Rui. It's nothing to do with anyone, get out of here."
"Gu Rui, come out to me, you bastard. You killed my sister, you pay for his life."
Gu Rui stood up from the ground and walked out of the mourning hall silently.
Gu Jiu looked worried, "Brother Hall, don't go."
Gu Rui shook his head silently, "I'll give them an explanation, otherwise they won't give up."
Gu Jiu was dying of anxiety, and hurriedly persuaded: "How are you going to explain to them? Are you really going to die as they wish
Do you think you can solve the problem by dying? Totally impossible. If you are alive, the Hou family and the Jia family can still be relatives in the future, and visit each other during the festivals.
If you die, the Hou Mansion will have a deadly feud with the Jia family. The eldest grandson was forced to death, how could the whole Hou family swallow their anger.
If the Jia family is not killed, this hatred cannot be resolved. Hall brother, you have to think clearly. "
Gu Jiu was very worried that Gu Rui would be foolish for a while, and if he really wanted to do what Jia's family wanted, he would commit suicide.
She thoroughly analyzed the pros and cons, and told Gu Rui that she hoped that Gu Rui would quickly regain his senses and not act emotionally.
Gu Rui frowned, his brows were full of melancholy, "I just know, I don't even choose to die."
Gu Jiu felt sorry for Gu Rui, "Brother Datang, the dead cannot be brought back to life, and the living must live on. If the sister-in-law is alive in heaven, she definitely doesn't want you to torture yourself like this. She sees you now , I will definitely feel distressed to death, and hate myself for not being able to be by your side."
"Really?" Gu Rui asked in a daze.
Gu Jiu nodded heavily, "Really, really. Everything I said is true. Brother Hall, you must think clearly, and don't act emotionally."
Gu Rui suddenly laughed, turned around, picked up Jia Shi's spirit card, and strode out.
"Shut up!"
Gu Rui held up the spirit tablet and roared angrily.
Both parties in the quarrel fell silent.
Even the voices of the monks chanting scriptures were lowered.
Gu Jiu glanced at the great monk who was doing ceremonies in the yard. They watched everything that happened just now, and hoped that the great monk would keep his mouth shut and stop talking nonsense.
Gu Rui's eyes swept over everyone's faces.
He said loudly: "Mr. Jia is my wife. She is my person when she is born, and my ghost when she dies. If you dare to make trouble in her mourning hall again, I will prevent her from entering the ancestral hall of the Hou Mansion for the rest of her life." .If she has a spirit in the sky and blames her, it is also the responsibility of your Jia family."
The Jia family was stunned, never expecting that Gu Rui would dare to do this.
"Gu Rui, are you still human?"
"You don't let my sister's memorial tablet enter the ancestral hall of your Marquis Mansion, don't blame me for being rude to you."
Gu Rui sneered, "Have you ever been polite to me these days? As I said, if you dare to make trouble again, I will immediately throw away Jia's spiritual card like a shoe, and let thousands of people trample on it."
"you dare!"
"Why don't I dare." Gu Rui's face was gloomy, "If you dare to force me to death, why can't I discard Jia's spirit card and let thousands of people step on it."
"You, you have such a vicious heart. I knew you were not a good person. My sister married you, and it will be a blood mold for eight lifetimes."
"Gu Rui, you will die badly."
"Gu Rui, you will go to hell. My sister will wait for you in the underworld and watch your end."
Gu Rui looked cold and said nothing. The hand that held up the tablet slowly fell, as if it would fall to the ground in the next moment and be trampled on.
The Jia family was full of resentment, but they couldn't just watch Jia's tablet being discarded.
"Gu Rui, count yourself as cruel. Let's go."
"Just leave like this? Gu Rui is too cheap."
"Let's go! Do you really want to watch Gu Rui lose the tablet? The Gu family can ignore it, but our Jia family can't."
The Jia family finally left. This time I went very thoroughly.
I don't think I will come to the Hou Mansion to make trouble again.
The Gu family all looked at Gu Rui.
Unexpectedly, Gu Rui threatened Jia's family with Jia's spirit card.
There are even many people who are thinking in their hearts, saying that the young master and the young mistress have a good relationship, maybe it is fake.
Otherwise, how could the young master have the heart to discard the tablet of the young mistress and be trampled by thousands of people.
It seems that there must be an inside story about the death of the eldest young mistress.
The Jia family was making a fuss, and it really wasn't an easy matter.
Gu Rui doesn't care about other people's eyes, let alone their comments.
Holding Jia's spirit card in both hands, he returned to the mourning hall.
Fu put the spirit card back to its original place.
He leaned on the coffin, caressing his hands, with tears in his eyes.
He was muttering under his breath.
"Forgive me for making such a bad plan and using your spirit card to threaten them. You are such a quiet person, but they come to quarrel every day. I am really afraid that I will spoil you. Fortunately, I finally drove them away. You won't Blame me. If you are angry, why don't you just take me away, okay?"
There is no sound in the mourning hall, only the great monks are chanting scriptures for salvation.
Gu Rui buried his head on the coffin, motionless.
Gu Jiu stepped forward and called softly, "Brother Hall? Brother Hall?"
Nothing happened.
Seeing this, Gu Yu stepped forward and pushed Gu Rui, "Gu..."
As soon as he pushed, Gu Rui's body fell limply to the ground.
Everyone present was taken aback.
"Brother, are you okay?"
"Come on, come on!"
There was chaos in the mourning hall, and everyone thought of the worst.
Could it be that Gu Rui really went with Jia Shi
Gu Jiu collected herself and grabbed Gu Rui's wrist first, ignoring other things.
"It's still alive, it's still alive. Quickly carry him out, bring him back to his room, and send for the imperial physician."
"Yes, yes, please send someone for the imperial physician."
"Thank God, the young master is still alive."
Gu Rui drove away the Jia family, exhausting his last bit of energy.
Suffering for many consecutive days had hollowed out his body. When he lay on the coffin and finished talking with Jia, he couldn't bear it any longer, so he passed out.
He was too tired, physically and mentally tired.
Gu Rui was carried back to the room, and the imperial physician invited in, after the examination, he prescribed the medicine.
Gu Mei hurried over, with red eyes, and asked the imperial physician.
"How is my elder brother? How could he be in a coma when he is fine?"
"Miss's words are wrong. The young master's health is not good. He has been suffering for many days, and his energy and blood are both depleted. His energy and spirit are almost exhausted. In addition to the excessive sadness, his body has stretched to the limit. Persisting until now Come on, it's a miracle. The old man prescribed the medicine, and you take the medicine according to the prescription. In the next few days, let him rest well, eat well, drink well, sleep well, and regain his energy. In short, don't let him Don’t worry about it, otherwise it will affect your lifespan.”
Gu Mei's face turned pale with shock, she was so flustered.
After sending the imperial physician away, she ran into the room to visit Gu Rui.
Jiang Gu Rui was so thin, bearded and scruffy, he couldn't help crying.
The maids were also crying.
The good eldest grandson of the Hou family was tortured into such a state, no wonder some people said that Mrs. Jia is a vixen who seduced the soul of the young master. Once she died, the young master's heart also died.
Gu Mei cried a lot, and told the servant girl to take good care of Gu Rui.
There were still many guests outside, and she still had to greet them, so she couldn't continue crying willfully.
After wiping away her tears and washing her face, Gu Mei led her away.
Gu Jiu stood under the eaves and waited for her.
Seeing her come out, he asked with concern: "Sister Mei, is Brother Datang okay?"
Gu Mei shook her head and said, "Thank you, sister Xiaojiu, I have troubled you too much today. You have been tired all morning, so I specially ordered someone to prepare a table of noodles in the wing room, and you and sister Zhen will eat together."
"Thank you, Sister Mei. Don't worry too much about Big Brother, he will get better."
Gu Mei smiled wryly, "Brother's affection for sister-in-law is unusual, I don't know how long it will take for him to get out."
"It will come out." Gu Jiu comforted.
Time is the best medicine to heal wounds. One day, Gu Rui will pick himself up and start a new life.
The two walked out together.
Gu Jiu said, "Sister Mei, you already know everything about the kitchen. I'm going to make my own decision. I invite cooks and helpers from outside. I hope you won't be offended."
Gu Mei took Gu Jiu's hand, "Sister Xiao Jiu, I was about to talk about this, I have to thank you for coming up with such a good way to punish those old slaves who don't know the heights of heaven and earth.
The Hou Mansion has been in existence for many years, and there are quite a few old people in the mansion. Relying on the decency of serving the old Hou Ye and the old lady, their nostrils are turned upside down, and they don't take us little masters seriously.
You don't know, it's very difficult for us to get those old slaves to do something. It seems that they are masters and we are servants, we have to beg them.
Your method today has severely cured them and made things easier for us. "
Gu Jiu said: "I also came up with a temporary trick, as long as Sister Mei doesn't think I'm in the way."
"Sister Xiaojiu is worrying too much. Sister Xiaojiu doesn't need to show face to those people in the kitchen. If they want to make trouble, let them do it. When the old lady comes back, I have to talk about this matter, and get rid of those who just take money and don't do anything. All the people are cleared out."
Gu Jiu nodded secretly, it should be so.
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