After a heavy rain in the capital, a hidden chill emerged, revealing a depression that was about to turn into frost.
Chang Geng ignorantly followed a bunch of strangers to send the old emperor away. On the day of the funeral, there were eight horse-drawn carriages pulling the coffin of Kowloon, and a hundred thousand steam horns were erected on both sides of the road, spontaneously playing mournful music, and spraying white smoke like a canopy , covering the entire imperial capital, the heavy armor separates the fence that the idlers cannot enter. Outside the armor array, the audience is crowded with people, including Daliang people, Yi people, Baiyue people, barbarians and even countless people from Western countries.
Countless peeping and speculating eyes fell on Chang Geng, Li Min, the fourth son of the emperor whose life experience was a mystery, but no one dared to talk to him under the eyes of the Marquis of Anding. Chang Geng was blatantly hidden by Gu Dashuai. In the past few days, except for the prince and the king of Wei, who each turned around in front of him twice, he had never been in contact with any other people.
When all the dust settled, Chang Geng was taken to the Marquis of Anding Mansion.
From the outside, Hou's mansion is really majestic. The door opened with eight characters, two animal heads with green faces and fangs, and white steam is sprayed from their mouths and noses. Thirty-six gears turn at the same time, and the heavy door latches "creak". When he got up, he revealed a tall iron puppet on one side.
Two sets of black iron generals' armors hung on the wall of the shadow wall.
Of course, when I walked in and took a look, I found that the only thing in the Marquis of Anding's mansion was the gate.
Although the courtyard of the Hou Mansion is deep, the vegetation is very scattered, and the facade is frighteningly majestic. There are actually a few old servants who are taciturn.
Most of the puppets and lighters burn coal, and only a small part use purple gold, usually large dams, wasteland puppets and other giant objects, which are owned by the local government directly under the government. As for those precious small parts, there are only certain High-ranking officials and nobles are eligible to use it.
Of course, the rules are the rules, and whether the folks abide by them is a matter of choice—for example, the rank of Mr. Guo, the prefect of Yanhui, is absolutely not enough, and there is more than one piece of purple gold in his family. Although the rank of Shuai Gu is very good, but The mansion was unexpectedly poor and simple, except for a few iron puppets, there were hardly any utensils burning purple gold.
The most valuable things in the entire Hou Mansion are probably the plaques written by Mr. Lin Mosen, a great scholar of the generation. I heard that Mr. Mosen was the enlightenment teacher of Marquis Anding, so these plaques must have come for nothing.
Fatty Ge and Madam Cao moved in together with Chang Geng. Three rural children who had never seen anything in the world probed their brains, and Fatty Ge said without restraint, "Uncle Sixteen"
Madam Cao scolds in a low voice, "That's Lord Hou!"
"Hehe, Lord Hou," Fatty Ge leaned over and asked with a smile, "Your family doesn't seem as refined as Mr. Guo's."
Gu Yun smiled disapprovingly and said, "How can I compare with Master Guo? They were far away from the emperor that day, and they were very rich. Unlike me, in order to save some money, I would go to the palace to eat dinner during the festival."
It sounded like a joke, but Chang Geng was listening, vaguely feeling that he had something to say.
Before he could think about it, Mrs. Cao murmured to Fatty Ge again, "Didn't it say in the play that there are garden swings and beautiful maids in the family's home?"
Fatty Ge seemed to understand very well, and said with a shy stomach, "The garden is all in the back. Women from big families can't show their faces at will, regardless of whether they are masters or servants. Are they just for you to see? If you don't understand, don't ask blindly."
Gu Yun smiled and said, "There are no maids in my family, just a bunch of bad old men and rough old women. To tell you the truth, the most beautiful person in the Hou Mansion should be a human being. You can see me if you want to."
He said, winking coquettishly, and laughing with white teeth.
Madam Cao quickly turned her eyes away shyly, and Fatty Ge didn't expect that the dignified Marquis of Anding was as shameless as "Shen Shiliu", and was also stunned.
Gu Yun put his hands behind his back, playing with the old Buddha beads left to him by the late emperor, and passed by the desolate courtyard in a hurry: "My mother died early, and I didn't marry a daughter-in-law. I'm not old enough to be a bachelor. What is this pretty girl doing? It looks weird."
Hearing this, it seemed like he was a serious person.
Madam Cao didn't dare to look directly at Gu Yun—he didn't dare to look at good-looking men, so she asked timidly from the side, "Master Hou, others say that 'the door is as deep as the sea'"
Gu Yun couldn't help laughing, and teased: "Why, you want to say goodbye to Xiao Lang and marry me?"
Madam Cao's whole person became a slender monkey butt.
Chang Geng's face darkened: "Foster father."
Only then did Gu Yun remember his identity as an elder, and he quickly became solemn with difficulty, with a lame look of kindness on his face, and said, "I don't have any rules here, I tell the kitchen what I want to eat, there is a study, an arsenal, and a stable in the backyard. , Studying martial arts or riding horses is optional. Usually Shen Yi will come over when he has time. If he is busy, I will invite you another gentleman - you don't have to tell me when you go out to play, take a good guard, and don't cause trouble for me when you go outside. Let me think, what else."
After pondering for a while, Gu Yun turned his head and said, "Oh, yes, and some old servants in the family are getting older, and their reactions are inevitably slow. Take more care and don't worry about them."
He just explained something indifferent, but Chang Geng's heart was inexplicably swept away by the rare warmth in his words - although the warmth was not directed at him.
Gu Yun patted him on the back: "I'm a bit deserted here, so I'll take this as my family in the future."
For a long time after that, Chang Geng never saw Gu Yun, the new emperor was going to be enthroned, the king of Wei was going to beat him, the barbarian princes who were tied back from the northern Xinjiang were going to be released, the barbarians had to break the contract for no reason and they had to ask for an explanation, and there were countless entertainments. The temptation, and so on, and so on.
Chang Geng thought he was diligent, but every morning when he got up, Gu Yun had already left, and he woke up at night, but Gu Yun had not come back.
In the blink of an eye, the summer heat is over, and after a rush of autumn, it is time to make a stove.
In the middle of the night, the flagstone road was covered with a layer of thin snow like an eyelid, and there was a slight white mist in the air. The sound of horses’ hooves sounded from the end of the path. Not long after, two black horses pulled a car through the mist and came to a stop. The back door of Hou's mansion.
The carriage made a soft sound, white steam was released from the three warm pipes around the body, the door was opened from the inside, and Shen Yi got out from it.
Shen Yi breathed out a sigh of relief, turned around and said to the person in the car, "I think you don't get out of the car either, just let someone open the door and drive in, it's too cold."
The person in the car answered, it was Gu Yun, his face was very tired, but his spirit seemed to be fine, and he instructed the driver: "Open the door."
The coachman trotted away. Shen Yi stomped his feet in place and asked, "Has the medicinal strength passed?"
Gu Yun lazily dragged a long voice and said: "It's over, it's not a problem to slaughter a few more Calais Yinghuo."
Shen Yi: "What did the emperor say when he asked you to enter the palace today? I heard that the Heavenly Wolf Department sent an envoy?"
"The old lame man presented a memorial sheet with a stubborn face, and his nose was almost wiped away, saying that he would give us 10% of the annual Ziliujin annual tribute, and let the emperor consider his son's young and ignorant sake. He put it back, and the old lame is willing to take his place and come over to be a prisoner himself." Gu Yun was not very interested, and he had no good words in his mouth, "Turtle son, the cubs have already given birth to seven or eight, and they are still young and ignorant. Is it because there is no good soil outside the gate, and the seedlings grow slowly?"
Shen Yi frowned: "You didn't have an attack in court, did you?"
"Where did I get such a big temper? But if I don't get angry, the poor and crazy Minister of the Ministry of households dares to agree." Gu Yun said coldly, then he changed his tone and sighed, "Sages of the Man Dynasty, I don't even know how to write the words 'Let the tiger return to the mountain'."
The heavy armored short cannon worn by the barbarians when they attacked Yanhui is mounted on the chest. It is a Western design. The bones of the Central Plains people are naturally thinner. Even the generals and soldiers in the army are generally not that strong. The design of heavy armor also values lightness. Agility and usually doesn't play "chest boulders" on the battlefield.
There is no doubt that behind the fascinating Calais is the group of Westerners who have always coveted the beam.
Gu Yun lowered his eyes, looked at the thin snow that was slightly reflective on the ground, and said in a low voice, "There are tigers and wolves outside the four borders."
He wanted to go straight into the sea, go straight to the Western Ocean, and hit their old home in Panbang all the way, but after years of fighting, the Daliang treasury was almost emptied by him. Now, because Gu Yun has established the new emperor, he has calmed down like a rainy day. Wei Wang, who was ready to move when the previous emperor was dying, the new emperor gave him a bit of face in everything.
But can face last forever
Shen Yi shook his head: "Don't mention this, how is the Fourth Highness with you?"
"Fourth Highness?" Gu Yun was taken aback, "It's pretty good."
Shen Yi asked, "What does he do every day now?"
Gu Yun thought about it for a moment, then answered uncertainly, "Let's play? But I heard Uncle Wang say that he doesn't seem to go out much."
As soon as Shen Yi heard it, he knew that Gu Dashuai treated the Fourth Highness as a sheep - he gave grass to eat every day, and nothing else, but it was no wonder he was because that was how the old man and the princess supported him back then.
Shen Yi sighed: "How did the late emperor treat you back then, forgot?"
An embarrassed look flashed across Gu Yun's face, but he didn't really understand how he should get along with Chang Geng.
Chang Geng has passed the age of coquettishly begging for candy with adults, and he has a precocious personality. When Yan returned to the small town, even the child took care of his poor adoptive father a little more.
It is impossible for Gu Yun to play with a group of children all day long, but it is also difficult for him to guide Chang Geng as an elder.
Because he was really forced to put ducks on the shelves, and he didn't have the age and qualifications to be a good father.
Although Gu Yun said that he wanted to leave the Xuantie Camp to Chang Geng in the future, it was just a joke after all, and he knew in his heart that it was impossible. Besides, Gu Yun knew how much hardship he would have to endure if he wanted to make a name for himself in the army. As long as he was still alive for a day, he would not want Chang Geng to experience the same hardships. .
However, at the same time, he also hoped that the little prince who was handed over to him would be promising, at least he would be able to protect himself in the future.
So how can a person not endure hardship and have a good future
Parents throughout the ages have been begging for the answer to this question, not to mention his half-hearted adoptive father, so he had no choice but to let Chang Geng grow up freely.
The driver had already opened the door, lit the light, and waited beside Gu Yun to speak.
Shen Yi said to Gu Yun: "It's too demanding to expect you to be meticulous and meticulous, but he has undergone a major change, and you are the only family around him, so treat him more seriously, even if you don't know what to do, It’s also good to dangle in front of him from time to time and write two copybooks for him.”
Gu Yun probably listened to it this time, and answered patiently, "Yeah."
Shen Yi unloaded a horse from the carriage and took up the reins.
He had already straddled his horse and took a few steps, but he couldn't help but turn around and nag: "The handsome, the ignorant young son, and the long-sick old father all taught you to be an adult. Whichever one you meet, you are lucky."
Gu Yun rubbed his brows painfully: "Mother, you bastard with a broken mouth, I beg you, get out of here!"
Shen Yi laughed and scolded, and ran away.
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