Gu Huaizhong chased after him for a whole night and a whole day, but he didn't find anything except his exhaustion.
He stopped on the road more than once to ask the passing pedestrians and roadside vendors if there was a group of people passing by. Among them was a beautiful woman and a beautiful little girl, but it was a pity that all the people who came back to him shook their heads.
Until the evening hours on the second page. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, Gu Huaizhong finally reined in the horse and stopped in the middle of the official road.
He looked at the road going south in a daze, the avenue was straight. Under the light of the setting sun, the road was stained with a faint layer of gold, but it looked so bleak and pale in his eyes. Gu Huaizhong had never felt so powerless before, the sparse passers-by looked hurriedly passing by, they all had a goal in their eyes, but Gu Huaizhong seemed like a person who had lost his way.
He got off his horse, turned back silently, and gave Youyou a reluctant look at the road going south.
They left so decisively. So straightforward, so sloppy, his full of anger gradually turned into disappointment in the night after day of tracking, he should be angry, angry enough to use all his strength, mobilize all the relationships he can mobilize, The mother and daughter who dared to disobey him and betrayed him were caught, and then they were severely tortured and taunted. Give them back the shame they put on themselves bit by bit.
Gu Huaizhong suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, his whole body trembling because of the laugh. In the 20 years of Jiji camp, from the first time he saw General Liang when he joined the army, he swore from the bottom of his heart that one day he would also fight with Liang Like a general, he is majestic and commanding thousands of troops. With the aura of looking down on the world.
From admiration to closeness, he performed well in front of General Liang and won his favor. He stayed by his side and taught him martial arts and art of war in person. General Liang gave him more than what a father should give.
He took him back to the south of the Yangtze River to visit relatives, and he accidentally rescued a flower-like girl, who turned out to be the daughter of the great general.
That's right, since he married Liang Huaiyu for the first time, he felt that he had already reached the pinnacle of his life, and he was the proud son of heaven envied by everyone. He himself thought so. He returned to the border with the pride unique to young people, but found cruelly that he was a son of a poor family like him. What kind of incompatibility is it in the eyes of others to be able to marry the daughter of a great general? All his military exploits become less important before his unique identity.
At that time, he accidentally saved another woman, a woman who could only cling to him like a vine. He had sex with her in a daze, and when he woke up, he panicked. He knew that he was sorry not only for Liang Huaiyu, but also for General Liang who treated him like his own son.
At that time, it's not that I didn't have the intention to kill Liu Yue. He grabbed her delicate throat fiercely, but she didn't resist at all, but just looked at him calmly.
For some reason, seeing Liu Yue's eyes at that time, he gradually let go.
Like her, he was born in a poor family. Does it mean that those who come from lowly backgrounds deserve to be trampled upon
He kept her by mistake, and let her pretend to be a soldier to follow him until she realized that she was pregnant, which made Gu Huaizhong panic again. After all, it was his own flesh and blood, so he couldn't do anything, so he could only secretly send her to a nearby herdsman's house to raise her.
The conditions of the herdsman's house were not good, but Liu Yue didn't complain at all, and even gave birth to twins for him under such difficult conditions.
This made him ecstatic. At that time, he held his child with his own hands, and felt his heart swell a little bit.
He forgot that in the south of the Yangtze River, there was also a woman who endured pregnancy in October, endured the pain of childbirth, and gave birth to a daughter for him.
In Gu Huaizhong's impression, that woman was born noble, well-clothed and well-fed, and had everything she needed. Naturally, her daughter was taken care of meticulously, but the pair of children born in the frontier lived in a dirty tent, As the shepherds moved around, they had to keep the torment of the war. In contrast, his heart will naturally be more on this side.
Is he wrong? From Gu Huaizhong's point of view, he did nothing wrong.
Liang Huaiyu's conditions are really good, but Liu Yue has nothing but herself.
Even he knew his preference for Liu Yue, and his awe of Liang Huaiyu was growing day by day. The longer he kept her secret, the more uneasy he felt, the more uneasy, the more subconsciously alienated, at first he was still willing After writing a letter, he didn't even want to write a letter to Liang Huaiyu.
After General Liang was hit by an arrow, all the military affairs were handed over to him. He knew that his father-in-law was deliberately cultivating himself, and he was excited. As time went by, he became more and more comfortable in handling military affairs, and his power became more and more powerful. When he feels the pride and pride that comes from the bottom of his heart when he has the right, he also has a kind of dependence on the right, and he doesn't want to give it back.
Yes, he doesn't want General Liang to recover! Even in his heart, he viciously hoped that General Liang would die.
He couldn't tell anyone what was on his mind, he knew it was a crime, but he still told Liu Yue, because during those years, Liu Yue was the only one he could confide in.
He even secretly changed General Liang's medicine, hoping that he would recover more slowly, or not recover at all, and just resign and go back to his hometown to spend his old age, let him firmly control the Liang family army, non-toxic Not a husband.
The heavens are merciful, but General Liang couldn't afford to get sick, it got worse and worse, and finally passed away, which made Gu Huaizhong both surprised and happy.
General Liang's coffin returned to his hometown. Out of guilty conscience, he could only reply that he couldn't get out of his body. In fact, there were already some rumors in the Liang family's army that made him shudder because of General Liang's sudden death. was killed.
He changed the medicine secretly, but it would not be fatal. Gu Huaizhong had no choice but to squeeze out those generals who were loyal to General Liang in the Liang family army because he was afraid that his change of medicine would be revealed. Some of them rebelled deliberately. Under Emperor Jing's arrangement, the Liang family army, which was once frightened by Rouran, was disbanded by him by various means. The generals were either dead or missing, and some loyal soldiers were also missing.
Rouran launched an attack at this time, and Emperor Jing felt uneasy, and decided to go on a personal expedition. Gu Huaizhong knew that his chance had come. Sure enough, he became famous in the first battle, and he has been on the rise ever since.
Thinking back on the past, Gu Huaizhong felt a slight chill in his body.
Gu Huaizhong laughed loudly, so loud that the passers-by who passed by him all looked sideways. Is this man in front of him who looks like a brocade suit but has a dusty face crazy? Very well, Liang Huaiyu and Gu Yuqi are indeed his wives and daughters, they dare to act boldly, and as a woman, to make such a big commotion, they are not much less courageous than what he did at the border back then. Well, since your mother and daughter are so unfeeling, then he doesn't need to redeem anything. From now on, he, Gu Huaizhong, Liang Huaiyu, and Gu Yuqi are incompatible!
If they stayed obediently in the capital and stayed in his Marquis's mansion, Gu Huaizhong could pretend that nothing had happened before, because in the capital, under his supervision, their mother and daughter were completely restrained, it was impossible He has come into contact with people from the past, and now the mother and daughter are far away, and he has not found the remnants of the Liang family army back then. If they get in touch with those people, I'm afraid... The more Gu Huaizhong thought about it, the more uneasy he felt.
It took a long time for Gu Huaizhong to finish laughing. He raised his hand to touch the tears seeping from the corners of his eyes. After the disturbance that night, the capital city must have been in chaos. The mother and daughter left, but he couldn't. He still has to go back to face His Highness An's anger and His Majesty's questioning. Even His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess probably will intervene in this matter, including His Highness the Crown Prince, I am afraid that he will not let him go easily.
He dismissed Liang's army in a disguised form and replaced General Liang's medicine. Could it be that his daughter and granddaughter were collecting debts from him
A sinister thought gradually took root in his heart, but after being nourished by apprehension and fear a little, it grew crazily like sunshine and rain.
Liang Huaiyu and Gu Yuqi also rushed all night without stopping. When they arrived at the first town in the north, Gu Yuqi felt that everyone should take a rest here.
They did not all enter the town, and in order to avoid their pursuers, they stopped in a wood outside the town.
Gu Yuqi only let Chun Xing and Zhao Wu go to the town, bought some ordinary clothes with broken silver, bought dry food and water, and some necessities for daily life, such as pots, bowls, bedding, etc., and bought three large carts . The carriage of the Dingyuanhou Mansion carried the emblem of the Dingyuanhou Mansion, and it was too eye-catching to appear on the official road during the day.
When Chun Xing and Zhao Wu came back, the master and servant changed their clothes, ate some dry food hastily, and moved all the burdens to the newly bought cart before they started on the road again.
Before leaving, Gu Yuqi didn't forget to ask everyone to dismantle the original carriage, and take all the dismantled wooden boards with them, and burn them as firewood along the way, destroying the corpse like this.
In order to save time, Gu Yuqi divided the people into four groups, got into two cars to rest respectively, and the rest continued on the road on horseback, resting all the way without stopping, and walked like this for two days in a row, until the horses' physical strength reached the limit. Only then did Gu Yuqi choose a forest to rest.
Gu Yuqi has long been familiar with the Kyushu Chronicles in Gu Huaizhong's study, and even the map labels inside are familiar. She doesn't need any maps at all. She herself is a fire map. From the capital to Kuizhou, where there are towns, where There are post stations, and there are special products along the way, she knows all about it.
After taking a break, Dai Mei and Xia He bury the pot and cook together, while Gu Yuqi sits on the side, a little lost in thought.
Chun Xing and Zhao Wu were still sent by Gu Yuqi to buy things in the town ahead, and she also specially told Chun Xing to remember to buy a kind of herbal medicine called dead leaf grass.
As the name suggests, the leaves of this herb are like fallen leaves. Even in spring and summer, the leaves are withered and yellow.
Chun Xing and Zhao Wu didn't understand why the young lady wanted to buy this uncommon herbal medicine, and they bought all the dead leaves that could be bought in the towns they passed along the way, and specially packed them in large wooden boxes, but the young lady said, It's always right, just obey.
The yield of this kind of herbal medicine is not high, and fortunately, it is not widely used. It is a relatively rare herb, so although some pharmacies sell it, the stock is very small. The owners of the pharmacy were very happy to meet such big customers as Chun Xing and Zhao Wu who asked for everything. You must know that this kind of herbal medicine can't sell one or two catties a year.
"What is Ah Nan thinking?" Liang Huaiyu tidied herself up briefly, jumped out of the carriage, walked to sit next to her daughter, and raised her hand to gently smooth her daughter's loose hair.
Since leaving the capital, her daughter's worries have become more and more serious, and she will often be alone in a daze.
This made Liang Huaiyu very heartbroken. She only thought that Gu Yuqi had become depressed because of the bumps along the way. Her daughter was like a flower, and she was not even fifteen years old. Don't follow her around. This made Liang Huaiyu sometimes wonder if he was really impulsive, maybe Gu Huaizhong's decision was the best for Gu Yuqi
"If you want to go back..." Liang Huaiyu's eyes dimmed, "It's not impossible."
"Mother, don't think about it." Gu Yuqi was startled when she noticed Liang Huaiyu's downcast look on her side. She hurriedly grabbed Liang Huaiyu's hand and said with a smile, "You don't think I want to go back to the capital and continue to be such a prince?" Is it the concubine of the mansion?"
Liang Huaiyu looked at Gu Yuqi guiltily, his big eyes were full of doubts, wasn't it
"You really think too much." Gu Yuqi couldn't help laughing and said, "Mother, you know that what I have always yearned for is a free life. In fact, this time I really admire my mother for making such a big determination to leave Hou. Mansion, leave the capital. It is good to be well-clothed and well-fed in the capital, but neither of us is happy. Is life only for the little external enjoyment? I want to take my mother to experience a different kind of experience. life. We will have our own world, in that world, we don’t need to submit to anyone, we are the king there! Isn’t that good?”
King! ! ! Liang Huaiyu's eyes widened, this... this... this... isn't treason, isn't this treason
"Aunt, you..."
Seeing Liang Huaiyu's terrified eyes, Gu Yuqi couldn't help laughing out, "Mother, don't worry, I have my sense of proportion. I also know that this is just an extravagant wish." After she finished speaking, she also sighed, her eyes slightly A little erratic, "But I will do my best to let the two of us live freely and happily. No one dares to give us orders. At least we must weigh them before giving orders."
Hearing what Gu Yuqi said, Liang Huaiyu was a little relieved, and she couldn't help laughing, "Ah, what are you thinking in your head? Don't talk nonsense about the kind of people who will be wiped out in the future. " She reminded, "Then why were you in a daze just now?"
"I just remembered something." Gu Yuqi said seriously, "Mom, do you want to believe that I have a certain ability?"
"What ability?" Liang Huaiyu asked puzzled.
"I can foresee what will happen in the future." Gu Yuqi thought for a while, and then expressed in a tactful way that she was a monster who turned on the monster.
"This..." Liang Huaiyu was obviously taken aback, and slightly parted his vermilion lips, which could not be closed for a long time.
"Don't you believe it?" Gu Yuqi tilted her head and said, well, she is enough in this life, pretending to be a little girl, a prodigy, a talented girl, and now she has developed to pretending to be a magic stick! ! ! !
"What did you foresee?" Liang Huaiyu asked carefully. It is the number of Yanggou.
This kind of foreseeing the future is so mysterious that even Liang Huaiyu dare not just nod and say that he believes in his daughter.
"I foresee that in half a month or so, a rare disease will break out in Daqi." Gu Yuqi said with a long sigh. "So my daughter collected all the dead leaves and grass along the way."
Liang Huaiyu turned pale with shock, "Is it true?"
"Really!" Gu Yuqi nodded solemnly, "In another month and a half, dead leaves and grass will become more expensive than gold."
"Then..." Liang Huaiyu originally wanted to blurt out, should we tell other people about this and tell everyone to prepare early, but halfway through the question, seeing her daughter's strange eyes, she swallowed the rest of the words.
That's right, the current identity of my daughter has been expelled from the house by the Hou Mansion, so she can't be seen. If she still makes a big fanfare and says that a plague is about to happen, the price of dead leaves and grass will become extraordinarily expensive. trouble? It's not bad to be treated as a lunatic, but it's bad to be treated as a person with evil intentions and everyone shouts and beats.
"Mom, I didn't buy these grasses to make a lot of money, but to be useful." Gu Yuqi said, "If you believe me, just wait and see."
"Okay." Liang Huaiyu was skeptical at first, but what Gu Yuqi said was so decisive that she couldn't help but be convinced. Although her daughter often made unorthodox remarks and actions, there was never a single time when she was unreliable.
Here, the mother and daughter walked north, collecting all the dead leaves and grass that could be collected.
Gu Huaizhong also returned to Dingyuan Hou Mansion on the night of the third day. The first thing he did when he went back was to send a message to all the royal family and nobles in the capital that Liang Huaiyu was burned to death in the fire in the Hou Mansion. Gu Yuqi's whereabouts are unknown.
This was a decision he made after careful consideration while walking on the road.
There is a reconciliation letter between him and Liang Huaiyu in Jing Zhaoyin's mansion, and Gu Yuqi also broke away from him in front of Jing Zhaoyin's mansion. No matter where these two people are now, they are a disgrace to his Dingyuanhou mansion. He couldn't bear the so-called "booing and asking for warmth" as soon as he returned to Beijing. He expected that Liang Huaiyu would take Gu Yuqi away this time, and he would hide his name and stop showing his face easily. Liang Huaiyu has not been in the capital for a long time. Even if he went to a winter hunting meeting with him and became famous, but because of Gu Yuqi's illness, not many people saw Liang Huaiyu's real face. In your family, you are squatting in the capital for nothing, so how can you run around the world, so the chances of Jingzhong Xungui meeting Liang Huaiyu again are very few.
He has been chasing them down the south road for a long time but he has not found their mother and daughter's whereabouts, which proves that they are not planning to go back to Jiangnan at all. Since he didn't dare to go back to Jiangnan, he was afraid of his revenge, at least he wouldn't show up for a short time.
This period of time is enough for him to quell the rumors in Beijing.
As for that Jing Zhaoyin, after much deliberation, he still sent someone to send a large sum of money. The purpose of sending the money was naturally to conceal the content of that night and Li Shu, and claimed that it was Gu Yuqi who was rebellious and wanted to break away from the relationship with his father. female relationship.
Jing Zhaoyin originally wanted to secretly spread the content of He Lishu, so as to wash away the shame of being insulted by Gu Huaizhong that night, but for the sake of the money, he chose to keep it secret for the time being. At least it will be kept secret during his tenure. As for his transfer from Jing Zhaoyin's position in the future, he will not guarantee it.
Because he snatched the horses of the sergeants at the city gate, he had to go to greet the governor's mansion. Gu Huaizhong had already made plans on the way back. He first found out that His Royal Highness King An was still in the Huguo Temple, so he entered decisively. Gong went to see Emperor Jing.
As soon as he saw Emperor Jing, he prostrated himself on the ground, crying with snot and tears.
Emperor Jing received a report from the horse inspector that Marquis Dingyuan broke into the city gate privately and took away the army horses. In the past few days, reports of his impeachment have been flying all over the sky, which made Emperor Jing feel agitated, but when he saw Gu Huaizhong coming up, he cried in a daze. Rao Jingdi couldn't help feeling a little curious.
"What's wrong with Gu Aiqing?" Emperor Jing hurriedly asked someone to help Gu Huaizhong who was pretending to be about to faint from crying, and asked someone to give him a seat.
Gu Huaizhong's wailing was to test Emperor Jing. Seeing that he had given him a seat, he had confidence in his heart. The kindness between himself and His Majesty was still there, so he would probably listen to what he said.
Gu Huaizhong was still complaining to Emperor Jing while wiping his tears, saying how ruthless his wife was and how unfilial his daughter was, because his daughter accidentally offended His Highness King An, so he wanted to take his daughter to make amends to His Highness King An. Blamed him for not knowing how to cherish his daughter, and quarreled with him, and finally got to the point of reconciling, he went to Jing Zhaoyin's place in a moment of impatience, but his daughter beat him in front of Jing Zhaoyin for reconciliation . In a fit of rage, he drove his daughter out of the house. How did she know that the rebellious girl was so angry and resentful, she went back and set a fire, seemingly burning Liang Huaiyu to death in the fire, and now the unfilial girl fled fearing the crime.
He used an ambiguous appearance in front of His Majesty, and he knew in his heart that Liang Huaiyu was not dead, and if he told the truth, it would be a criminal deceiving the emperor. So he only said that Liang Huaiyu was probably burned to death, because he disappeared afterwards. He seized the horse and went after Gu Yuqi, that's why he ran into the guarding sergeant of the horse inspector.
Emperor Jing was stunned by this complaining, he was aloof, he only knew that Dingyuanhou's mansion was on fire, and Dingyuanhou took his horse out of the city overnight, how could he know that there were so many twists and turns in it, so he stopped talking, Even Emperor Jing didn't know what to say. Yun Ke is his son, he just received the news that Yun Ke was accidentally injured in Huguo Temple, and the injury was probably due to Gu Yuqi. A little girl can actually hurt his prince, it is estimated that Gu Yuqi's misfortune is not small. It's just that he was very surprised, why didn't Yun Ke explain the cause of the injury? Could it be that he deliberately wanted to cover up something for Gu Yuqi
He couldn't help thinking back to Gu Yuqi, wasn't that girl the very outstanding daughter of the Dingyuan Hou's mansion a few years ago? Both Yun Yi and the prince mentioned that girl intentionally or unintentionally in front of them, but they never thought that the girl was loyal on the surface, but she was so rebellious in her heart. This time, Yun Ke was provoked even more, and a little girl got involved with his three sons, which Emperor Jing had to guard against.
On the spot, he wished he could order to hunt down and kill Gu Yuqi with all his strength... and bring this rebellious girl back to the capital for him to "look up on" her. When Gu Huaizhong heard the words, his legs went limp, and he immediately knelt down to His Majesty, and asked His Majesty to recite the relationship between their monarch and his ministers, and turn over Gu Yuqi, after all, Gu Yuqi is still his daughter.
This time, his legs were not pretending to be weak, but his legs were really weak.
In fact, Gu Huaizhong is already wishing Liang Huaiyu and Gu Yuqi to die. All his shame is caused by this mother and daughter. They are already ruthless, so why does he still have kind thoughts towards them. But killing the mother and daughter can only be done secretly by him, and the emperor cannot be allowed to intervene. Once the emperor intervenes, many things may be exposed, which he cannot afford to expose.
Emperor Jing looked at Gu Huaizhong, who was kneeling in front of him and crying like a child, and felt a little bit unbearable. After all, it was his daughter. Emperor Jing felt that Gu Huaizhong had lost his wife and daughter in one night. It was already very miserable. If he ordered to hunt down his girl again, would he be a little sorry for Ding Yuanhou? After all, he was the one who would I carried it out of the dead, no matter what, people still have the grace to save his life, and more than once...
After thinking about it, he let out a long sigh, comforted Gu Huaizhong, and let him go back. However, because Yun Ke was injured by Gu Yuqi, he still fined Gu Huaizhong three months' salary. ah.
Emperor Jing touched his slightly swollen forehead. It's not easy for him to be an emperor, is it
Gu Huaizhong left the palace and boarded the carriage of the Dingyuanhou's Mansion, and then wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, his eyes were already full of coldness. He deliberately smeared Gu Yuqi, he just wanted to give the world the first impression that Gu Yuqi was a heartless woman who disregarded family affection. Even if Gu Yuqi and Liang Huaiyu knew something in the future, no one would easily believe them. Of course, he wouldn't give them a chance to know something they shouldn't know.
"Come here." He said in a deep voice to his confidant boy who was following the car.
"Master Hou." The boy leaned over and responded.
A token was handed out from the carriage, "Go and contact them, I have something to look for them." The servant took the token in his hand, responded, patted the horse forward, and left before the carriage.