The Gu family's congratulatory banquet was held for three days. Everyone looked glorious, and more and more news came back from the capital.
What kind of imperial robe is added to one's body, what kind of imperial official praise...
"...Yu'er will only turn seventeen after the New Year, which is three years younger than Wu Zhuangyuan's age of twenty..." Gu Changchun chatted and laughed with a few people.
Seeing Mr. Cao sitting on the other side of the table, "Brother Hai did well in the exam..."
Gu Changchun, a little tipsy, smiled at Mr. Cao for the first time.
Mrs. Cao hurriedly lowered his head and thanked her.
At this moment, a heartbreaking cry came from outside the door.
"Master, master, it's not good~~"
This voice only makes people feel scared. At this time of joy, who doesn't have the eyes to announce the mourning.
"Miss, miss, it's not good~~"
Then another voice came.
I saw three or four young men rushing in, looking as panic-stricken as if they were mourning for an heir.
Gu Changchun's face suddenly turned ugly. Before he could scold him, he heard the boys shouting in unison: "Master Hai has been sent to prison."
This sound made everyone in the courtyard stunned.
"Go to prison?" Mr. Cao screamed and stood up, "Who? Brother Hai?"
"Miss, miss," Gu Shiba Niang's servant found Gu Shiba Niang from the crowd and rushed over, "The young master has been sent to prison."
This time everyone finally woke up, there was an uproar and the drumming stopped.
Then I heard a scream from the woman, and it turned out that Mr. Cao had fainted.
Gu Shiba Niang looked at the young boy kneeling in front of her and crying bitterly, and felt that her body was shaking. Going to jail? Go to jail
"I can escape this moment, but I can't escape this life of insect life..." The old monk's voice seemed to ring in my ears.
She also wanted to faint, but she couldn't. Now she had to stand and stand firm.
There was a buzzing sound in her ears, and everyone's voices were heard in her ears, but they were distant and close.
"...Miss...Miss...The young master has been taken away for several days..." This is the young man crying.
"...Where is Yu'er? Is Yu'er okay?" Gu Changchun was shouting.
"...Oh my God...The second-level Jinshi was imprisoned in the blink of an eye. He must have done something rebellious..." This was a man shouting.
"...It's over, it's over, will it affect the nine tribes..." These are the women crying.
"...I had known that this family was Sangmenxing..." This is what everyone was scolding.
The banquet broke up in an instant. Gu Shiba Niang almost didn't know how she got back home, but in the eyes of outsiders, she was still calm as usual.
He ordered the servant girl to wake up Ms. Cao and sent her home first. He invited Peng Yizhen to come home and called the servant to inquire about the details with Gu Changchun and other clan elders.
It happened so suddenly that as soon as the person who announced the good news left, there was a bolt from the blue. It was only four days apart.
The boys reacted quickly and rushed all the way back to report the news. The disadvantage was that they did not know the cause of the incident.
"...We moved to a new house...The young master went out to have a drink with his classmates...A lot of people came late at night...The young master was taken away...with a vicious look..." The boy was tired and scared, and sat down. On the ground, the preface and the postscript are incompatible.
"Where's Yu'er? Is this the case with Yu'er too?" Gu Changchun slapped the table and shouted loudly.
"No, no, Master Yu is fine..." This was the answer from another boy, "Master Yu heard the news and asked me to come back, so he went to find the elder..."
Huang Shiying looked over and recognized Gu Yu's boy.
Hearing this, Gu Changchun breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back on the chair as if his muscles had been pulled away.
"That's good, that's good..." He murmured, and then looked at Gu Shiba Niang with a serious expression, "You brothers and sisters are really amazing..."
The coldness suddenly appeared in his eyes, and the trace of warmth brought by Gu Shiba Niang's money and Gu Haizhong's Jieyuan disappeared.
Gu Shiba Niang felt cold in her heart, nothing had changed, nothing had changed, these people's indifference to their family had never changed.
When the Cao family died, they were glad that the reputation of the Gu family was not tarnished. When Gu Hai died, they were glad that there was one less scourge that could endanger the reputation of the Gu family. When they died, they must also be glad that the Gu family had one less person. The stigma of abandoned wives….
The worry on Huang Shiying's face has not diminished.
"What happened to Brother Hai? The imprisonment of a new Jinshi is unprecedented. This must not be a trivial matter. It must have offended the emperor." She said in a deep voice.
The emperor was offended and everyone looked frightened. If the emperor opened his mouth, the Gu family would be uprooted and everyone would be dead...
"It's okay, the eldest master's letter will definitely arrive soon..." Gu Changchun stood up and paced back and forth with a bit of anxiety, "No, the government got the news faster than us, we have to go to them and ask...I'll go, I'll go in person …..”
As he spoke, he ignored the darkness, greeted a few of his contemporaries, and went straight to the government office in a sedan.
The rest of the people all looked panic-stricken, and looked at the Eighteenth Mother with a very unkind expression. If they were not afraid of her sharp behavior, they would have yelled in front of her, muttering angrily, and everyone dispersed.
"Eighteen Niang, don't worry, there is a great master in the capital, and Yu'er..." Huang Shiying stroked her head and comforted her softly.
But he saw the little girl turned her head sharply, and her blank eyes suddenly became sharp.
Yu'er... Gu Shiba Niang slipped this name on the tip of her tongue.
"If he did it, I will definitely let him be buried with him," she said one word at a time, then turned around and strode away.
Huang Shiying was left with a look of astonishment. What did this child mean? he? who is he? Yu'er
It was late at night, but the courtyard was still brightly lit, and everyone had a look of panic on their faces, without feeling sleepy.
Gu Shiba Niang had been sitting in the hall for a long time, as if she were an old monk in trance. No one came to disturb her, until Cao's cry came.
Gu Shiba Niang was startled as if she had woken up from a big dream. She looked around with some confusion and saw Ms. Cao coming with the support of her servant.
"Prepare the car, prepare the car, I'm going to the capital, I'm going to the capital, let's leave now." She shouted angrily, her steps empty.
"Mom, I'll go," Gu Shiba stood up suddenly and said in a deep voice, looking at Ms. Cao, "You stay."
"I'm going, I'm going, I'm going, my Brother Hai..." Ms. Cao was already exhausted and just cried and repeated these words.
"Mother!" Gu Shiba's voice was hoarse and sharp, making everyone shiver.
Mrs. Cao finally calmed down, looked at Gu Shiba Niang, covered her face and cried bitterly.
"Listen to me," Gu Shiba Niang took a deep breath and grabbed Ms. Cao's shoulders, "Mom, there are only two of us at home now. The only one we can rely on is ourselves. Logically speaking, we should both go. They all went to save my brother, but I thought about it, no, mother, no one else can be counted on now, and it is very likely to add insult to injury, so, mother, there must be someone left in the family. You are the elder, stay here, just in case. No matter what happens, you have the right to speak whether it is emotional or rational..."
Mrs. Cao was already in a panic, "Home? What else can happen at home?"
Gu Shiba Niang bit her lower lip and spit out two words: "Eliminate the clan".
Mrs. Cao rolled her eyes and softened again, which made all the servants shout and cry in fright.
Peng Yizhen, who had not yet left, administered the injection and prescribed a soothing decoction. Looking at the thin figure standing in front of the window, the old man couldn't help but have red eyes.
God, this is a crime
"Eighteenth Mother, Madam's heart can't stand the excitement. If you have anything to say, please speak softly." He said softly.
"Yes." Gu Shibaniang said softly.
"Baba Niang, do you really want to go to Beijing by yourself?" Peng Yizhen hesitated and asked.
"Yes." Gu Shiba Niang said.
"Eighteen Mother, for such a big matter, it's better for the elders of your family to come forward. You are a little girl..." Peng Yizhen advised softly.
"I am the only little girl who only cares about my brother's life and death." Gu Shiba Niang turned around and said calmly.
Peng Yizhen also knew the relationship between Gu Ba Niang's family and the clan members, and sighed after hearing this.
"This is a matter of life and death after all. Blood is thicker than water. Don't be too..." he said after considering it.
Gu Shiba Niang shook her head, with a sad smile on her face. Blood was thicker than water. That life was not a matter of life and death, but what was the outcome
It was these tribesmen who took the lives of mother and brother. In the face of the interests of the whole tribe, they were insignificant ants, the tail of a gecko that could be cut off at any time.
"You go, I'm at home." Cao's voice suddenly came faintly.
"Mom, you're awake." Gu Shiba Niang walked over in a few steps and suppressed her sobs.
Mr. Cao lay flat on the bed, his face pale, but his eyes were no longer as distracted as before.
"Eighteen Niang, go ahead, your brother will have to rely on you..." As she spoke, tears rolled down her eyes. She held her daughter's skinny hand, and her daughter crawled out of the hell Rakshasa and took her with her. With my heart full of trauma, I have been working hard these days, and I think good times are coming, but...
Such a thin daughter had to support the whole family. Ms. Cao finally burst into tears.
It wasn't until this moment that Gu Shiba Niang's tears fell, but she quickly shook them away.
"Mom, don't worry." She held her mother's hand back and shook it heavily.
"Madam, I'll go with the Eighteenth Niang." Peng Yizhen suddenly said from the side.
Ms. Cao and Gu Shiba Niang looked at him with a bit of shock when they heard this. At this time, everyone was avoiding them for fear of being implicated.
"Didn't the Eighteenth Mother always say that I can become a miracle doctor if I go to the capital?" Peng Yizhen said with a smile, "Stretching grass and hunting rabbits, you can do both."
Ms. Cao suddenly stood up from the bed and knelt down to Peng Yizhen as soon as she got to the ground.
Peng Yizhen was so frightened that he immediately knelt down.
"Madam, Lao Peng can't bear it." He ignored the etiquette and helped Mrs. Cao up. "Madam, you are all good people and my benefactors, Lao Peng. Our family does not speak the same language. These false courtesy Don't talk about it anymore. I'm going to write a letter and ask my family to bring their children to Jiankang. They are country people who don't have much knowledge, but they can still do a good job of guarding the house.