In order to divert Gu Qingci's attention, Li Cheng mentioned Gu Xuan to her.
Gu Qingci said: "My elder brother is just my direct sister, who treats me well since I was a child, but my elder brother is also like me, not liked by my father. I have been scolded by my father a lot, and he has become evil, and he has been wandering outside for the past two years , A lot of bad words have been spread over time, and many people say it. But I know that my brother is not that kind of person at all, he just feels depressed and can't vent it."
Gu Qingci has always felt that someone outside deliberately damaged his brother's reputation, and the biggest suspect was Aunt Zhou in the backyard.
When her brother is not well, the biggest beneficiary is her son.
"How old is Gu Xuan?" Li Chengze asked suddenly. He couldn't call his elder brother in private, so he just called him by his first name.
Gu Qingci replied: "My brother is four years older than me, and now he is nineteen years old, and he will perform the weak crown ceremony next year."
Li Cheng raised his eyebrows, Gu Xuan was one year younger than himself now.
But this age is not too young here, there are many people who are married at seventeen or eighteen.
Gu Xuan was not married, so Li Cheng asked one more question, "Has Gu Xuan ever been engaged?"
Gu Qingci nodded first, then shook her head.
Seeing that people didn't seem to understand, I had no choice but to explain: "Brother, he was engaged to be married, but it didn't go well..."
After hesitating for a long time, Gu Qingci still talked about it bit by bit.
But it turned out that Gu Xuan was not only engaged to a relative, but also engaged to two relatives.
One is a child marriage made in childhood, but what is helpless is that the little girl who was engaged to Gu Xuan died of illness when she was ten years old.
A few years later, when Gu Xuan was sixteen years old, the second wife arranged another marriage for him, but it was so evil, the second girl was engaged to Gu Xuan less than half a year later. , and died of illness.
At this time, bad rumors began to spread, saying that the third young master Gu was tough and restrained his wife.
The second wife never refused to be weak when it comes to matters related to her two daughters. She forcibly sold out two servants who were talking about the rumors, suppressed the limelight, and then went to Jing'an Temple in a hurry. After staying for half a month, the abbot gave Gu Xuan a written approval. The content of the approval said that Gu Xuan's fate and character are not hindered by wealth and honor, but he may not be suitable for early marriage.
The second wife got this comment, and believed him in her heart. Since then, she has never married Gu Xuan again, but only said that her son must get a weak crown before talking about marriage.
Li Cheng listened for a while, and felt a little embarrassed.
This person looks like he grew up in the rich clothes and fine food in the Hou's mansion, but he is far from being as happy and smooth as outsiders think.
Who's life is not always smooth sailing, no matter how rich people are born, there will be hardships.
Li Cheng couldn't help but think that his father-in-law was a little immoral, heartless and irresponsible, he didn't pay attention to his decent wife and children, and instead raised concubines, which ended up making his house restless.
If Gu Qingci didn't have a powerful mother, she wouldn't be able to develop such a proud and carefree temperament.
It can be seen that the second wife really loves the two children.
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It is inconvenient to have an injury on the hand, but fortunately it is the left hand, so eating is not a problem. As long as it does not get wet, it should heal quickly if you apply the medicine continuously every day.
But I'm afraid I won't be able to hide it from the East Courtyard, now that the Chinese New Year is only a few days away, I have to eat there every day.
But Li Cheng was afraid that Mrs. Sun and the others would anger Gu Qingci for no reason if they knew how the injury came about, so he didn't tell the truth. He kept quiet on the first day back from Taichi, and specifically told Yuan Bao and the others not to speak.
I concealed it for a day or two, and then when I ate again, I didn't intend to reveal it to the old lady. She only said that it was a minor injury, and it was fine for two days. Right now, Li Chengze's wound is covered with gauze, and there is no bleeding. Compared with the day before yesterday when he was injured, it seems that it is not so serious.
But if this is the case, the old lady is very distressed, and when she pulls Li Cheng, she only screams heartily.
Li Cheng comforted the old man: "This little injury is nothing to worry about. It doesn't hurt. Kuang Ci'er has a tube of good gold sore medicine. It works very well. If you want to apply it for a few days, it will be almost healed."
Sun felt relieved when she heard this, and said: "Your wife is a caring person, and now she is more and more polite."
In this way, if the injury is clear, there is no need to hide it. Because of this injury, Li Cheng didn't go out at all these days.
The next day, Gu Xuan came to visit.
Li Cheng was not surprised, knowing that he would definitely come to Li's house once.
Gu Xuan came to tell him about the abduction and injury of the Taichi thief.
The kidnapper had already been caught and sent to the Yamen prison, but he didn't expect that three people would be brought out as a whole. This is completely a gang of kidnappers who have no conscience. This time they have kidnapped more than 20 children and eleven young girls. They are all hidden in the den. After interrogation, Taichi is their last wave of action. Tickets are about to pack up and take a boat southward. The "goods" that have been abducted have a market here, and they don't have to worry about no one wanting them.
It's only because the abductor was blind, he abducted a child from a first-rank official's family, and let the servants of that family find out on the spot, chased him and caught him.
"Most of the rescued children have already been claimed back, and the kidnappers' dens have also been taken over."
Li Cheng also hated the abduction and trafficking of women and children the most. The people who did the abduction and trafficking were devoid of humanity and conscience.
Speaking of those people, Li Cheng kept frowning.
At any rate, the result was good, he was able to get rid of a group of kidnappers, and the knife in his hand was not in vain.
This is the first one, and the second one is of course thank you. Li Cheng sacrificed himself to protect Gu Qingci, and even helped Gu Xuan to save him from being injured.
Gu Xuan smiled: "That day, it was thanks to Cheng Ze, otherwise I wouldn't be able to stand here properly." He and Li Chengze were not very familiar, when he knew that his younger sister was going to marry him, he felt so Also very dissatisfied and unhappy.
It's just that the fact that he protected Gu Qingci with his body the day before yesterday changed Gu Xuan's opinion of him somewhat, and he was willing to visit him.
Gu Xuan took out a small long black box from his cuff, and when he opened it, there was a tube of ointment in it, which was specially used to treat wounds.
"This is the top-grade ointment from the Lord's offering. I got it from a friend with the cheek to ask for it. The effect of the medicine should be good. If you take it back and apply it, the wound will heal faster. If it is successful, don't dislike it."
Li Cheng accepted his offer, did not shirk it, and accepted it with a smile.
The two talked for a while, and the more they talked, the more Gu Xuan felt that Li Chengze was a good person.
Before I knew it, I told the other party a lot of things, and it wasn't awkward until I realized it.
As for Li Chengze, he deliberately led Gu Xuan to let go of his worries and talk to him, so his face was always calm.
Seeing his reaction like this, Gu Xuan felt that it was nothing.