Zhen Ping looked at the three people who broke in with panic. He had never seen Lord Gu, and Yao shi had not had time to tell him.
"Who are you?" he asked.
Gu Chenglin ignored him, stepped in one step, and looked around: "Where are the people? Where did you hide them?"
Zhen Ping looked at him calmly: "Who are you? Who are you looking for?"
Gu Houye and Huang Zhong also stepped in.
Gu Houye's eyes fell on Zhen Ping's face, and there was a hint of unkindness in the coldness. Of course, he knew the person in front of him. Although he had never seen it before, he had investigated it.
When Gu Chenglin told him that Yao shi met a man in a restaurant, and that man invited Yao shi to come to his address, he instantly guessed the identity of the man.
In fact, Marquis Gu didn't know about Yao's marriage contract earlier. He never thought that the Yao family would be so shameless and concealed that Yao's had an engagement with others, and married Yao's to him afterward.
He overheard Aunt Ling mention it by accident, saying that the little Ling family had told her that the Yao family seemed to be engaged to someone, and he didn't know if it was true or not.
So he went to check and found Zhen Ping.
A down-and-out scholar, who can't lift his shoulders and shoulders, his family is not rich, and he is not as good as himself.
Lord Gu felt that the other party was not a threat at all.
In addition, Zhen Ping was already married to someone else at that time, and he had no personal dealings with the Yao family, so he didn't do anything to Zhen Ping.
If it hadn't happened today, he would have almost forgotten about Zhen Ping.
"Has my wife Yao's been here before?" he asked lightly.
The words of his wife Yao Shi made Zhen Ping froze.
He never expected that this mighty and tall man was Yao Yao's husband, the Marquis of Ding'an.
The Marquis of Ding'an wore a black brocade robe and a silver fox cloak. His facial features were resolute and handsome. Although he had entered middle age, he was still burly and straight, and his bearing was undiminished.
"Never." Zhen Ping said.
"Why isn't she here? I saw her leave the house with my own eyes!" Gu Chenglin said domineeringly.
Although Gu Chenglin didn't resemble Gu Houye as much as Gu Yan, it was not difficult to see that he was the son of Gu Houye.
When he mentioned Yao's family, he didn't call his mother or wife a single word, so Zhen Ping could guess what Yao's life was in Hou's mansion.
Zhen Ping felt uncomfortable in his heart, and tried not to show himself on his face. He said, "Could it be that the wife of the Lingfu must have come to me when she went out?"
Gu Chenglin said disdainfully, "I saw the two of you talking in the restaurant this afternoon, and you asked her to come to your house! Don't try to argue, both my brothers and I heard it!"
Zhen Ping was full of grief and a hint of anger. What kind of stepson would do such a thing and bring his own father to catch his stepmother's "rapist".
Zhen Ping clenched his fists and said, "Yes, I met Mrs. Hou by chance this afternoon, and I chatted with her a few times, that's all, nothing else."
Gu Chenglin: "You obviously asked her to come to your house to see your mother!"
Zhen Ping: "I said this, but Mrs. Hou rejected me. She said that it is not suitable for us to have contact now."
Gu Chenglin: "Why didn't I hear it?"
Zhen Ping: "That's not clear."
Gu Chenglin still wanted to argue with him, but Huang Zhong had already looked around the house, returned to the courtyard and shook his head at Lord Gu.
Gu Houye frowned and said to Zhen Ping, "I'm sorry."
Gu Chenglin: "Father—you look for it—I hear it—"
Gu Houye threw the knife over with a glance, and Gu Chenglin closed his mouth angrily.
Lord Gu said angrily, "You're not going back to the carriage yet?"
"Oh." Gu Chenglin reluctantly got on the carriage.
He always felt something was wrong, Yao shi must be hiding somewhere, he really heard that the man asked Yao shi to visit his mother at home, Yao shi's appearance didn't seem to be categorically rejected at all.
Lord Gu also planned to leave.
Zhen Ping stopped him: "Master Hou, my wife and I are no longer related. I hope Master Hou will not misunderstand her."
Lord Gu said coldly, "Benhou knows the matter of Benhou himself, so I don't need you to tell me what to do!"
Zhen Ping lowered his eyes.
Gu Houye threw his sleeves out of the yard and got into the carriage.
After the carriage was far away, Zhen Ping dared to close the courtyard door. He turned around and looked at the boundless night, with endless worries in his eyes.
Yao shi is really not in the house, otherwise, with Huang Zhong's ability, it is impossible not to find her.
The moment the door was kicked open, a tall figure descended from the sky and walked away with Yao shi flying over the eaves.
Yao shi had never had such an experience, she was flying through the cold wind like a kite, and she didn't know if it was cold or frightened.
A big, strong hand grabbed her arm just in time.
Yao shi looked at each other in shock and opened his mouth in disbelief.
Gu Changqing said with an expression like this: "Go back to the mansion quickly, father is going back soon."
The surprise in Yao's heart couldn't be further added.
She never expected that the person who took her away at the critical moment would be her stepson Gu Changqing: "How could you... You... "
"Madam! Madam!"
Fang Momo ran over from the other end of the alley and gave Gu Changqing a salute: "Prince!" She said to Yao Shi again, "Madam, get in the car!"
Her carriage was originally parked near Zhen's house, but now it came here.
There were many doubts in Yao Shi's heart, but Gu Changqing said nothing, turned around and disappeared into the night.
Yao shi got on the carriage with the help of Fang Mo.
Mommy Fang handed her the water bag that had been warming under Madam Tang: "It's hot, Madam drink some hot tea to calm her down."
Yao shi took the water bag, pulled out the cork, and took a few gulps before finally feeling that his breath came back little by little: "Mother Fang, what's going on?"
Madam Fang patted her thigh and said, "Oh, my servants don't know either! The carriage was parked well at that end, but suddenly the prince came over and asked the servants to come and pick you up in this alley. The servants thought at the time, it's over, It was discovered by the prince! The servant did not care so much, so he did as the prince said. Madam, where did you go just now? ?"
Yao Shi was silent.
Therefore, Gu Changqing came to rescue her specially.
He also heard her conversation with Zhen Ping, and knew that if she went out, she must have gone to Zhen's house.
But doesn't he hate her the most
Why help her
Yao Shi was puzzled.
Yao shi did not go back to the house immediately, but went to Bishui Hutong.
Gu Houye waited for Yao Shi at the mansion for a long time and did not see her coming back, and also came to Bishui Hutong.
"Have you been here all the time?" Gu Houye asked.
Yao shi said without changing his face: "Otherwise? Where do you think I have gone?"
When Lord Gu returned to the mansion, he beat Gu Chenglin violently: "Don't learn to do well, but learn to slander your mother! Who will borrow your courage!"
Gu Chenglin was whipped by his own father's little leather whip.
Gu Chenglin shouted his grievance: "I didn't slander her! I saw her leave the house with my own eyes! She is sneaky, and at first glance, she is not doing serious things!"
"How dare you make a quibble!" Gu Houye started with another whip.
Gu Chenglin frowned and said, "If you don't believe me, go ask the eldest brother and the second brother! They heard it too! Yao Shi just made an appointment with that man! She just went to a private meeting with a wild man!"
At this moment, Gu Changqing passed by the door.
Gu Chenglin felt as if he was about to be pardoned, and exclaimed, "Big brother is here! Ask him!"
"What's the matter?" Gu Changqing came over.
Lord Gu said, "This kid said, when you were in the restaurant, you heard your wife and a strange man discussing a private meeting."
Gu Changqing said, "I didn't hear it."
Gu Chenglin was incredulous: "Brother, you lied! I heard it all, your ears are better than mine, how could you not hear it?"
"You heard it wrong." After Gu Changqing said, he bowed to Lord Gu, and turned back to his yard.
Lord Gu is really showing no mercy now.
Gu Chenglin was beaten badly.
In fact, Gu Chengfeng also heard it, but Gu Chengfeng went to take over the task to pay off the debt and was not in the house.
Although the incident this time was a near miss, it allowed Yao Shi to once again see Concubine Ling's methods. She became more and more certain that Concubine Ling was not simple, and of course she was vicious.
It's not strange for her to deal with Yao Shi, but she actually used her own hands to pull the big Gu Chenglin, which shows that this woman has no heart.
What kind of mother, what kind of pampering are all illusions.
Gu Chenglin was abandoned, half of the credit of the old lady, and half of this aunt.
On the other hand, the news that Gu Changqing asked the dark guards to investigate finally made progress.
study.
The dark guard bowed to Gu Changqing.
Gu Changqing said lightly, "What's going on? Have you found those people back then?"
The dark guard said: "There is a maid named Guizhi next to the madam. She is married far away and her whereabouts are unknown. However, the subordinates found out that her brother is guarding the ancestral tomb in the Ling family, and the subordinates asked him something about the madam and Aunt Ling."
Gu Changqing: "Talk about the key points."
Dark Guard: "Yao Shi didn't meet Marquis before he passed the door. Yao Shi and Marquis are innocent. Yao Shi had a marriage contract earlier."
Gu Changqing was convinced of this as early as last night when he saw Zhen Ping getting along with Yao Shi.
The Yao family not only had a marriage contract with Zhen Ping, but they were sincere towards each other. The two were forced to separate. The Yao family also did bad things to Zhen Ping.
An Wei said: "Madam did ask Yao Shi to let her be the successor of the Marquis. Madam didn't know that Yao Shi was already married, and seeing that she couldn't get rid of it, Yao Shi confessed to his wife, saying: I'm about to get married soon, and Aunt Ling was there that day."
Gu Changqing frowned, so Aunt Ling learned early in the morning that Yao Shi and someone had arranged a marriage. The reason why she didn't say it in time might be because she didn't think the marriage could happen.
"There is one more thing." An Wei said, "Master Hou rescued Aunt Ling."
"When did it happen?" Gu Changqing asked.
The dark guard said: "Many years ago, even Mrs. Ling didn't know about this matter. My subordinates only found out the news from Concubine Ling's biological mother. It was after the third son's full moon, and the wife returned with the third son in his arms. The door, Concubine Ling accidentally fell from the attic, and Lord Hou caught her."
Aunt Ling may have been thinking about her brother-in-law at that time.
Gu Changqing's eyes became colder and colder: "Continue talking."
The dark guard continued: "Also, the matter of Concubine Ling's concubine for Lord Hou was proposed by her biological mother. Originally, neither Mrs. Ling nor Mrs. Gu thought of this. Her biological mother successfully persuaded her. Second old man, but…”
Speaking of this, the dark guard suddenly stopped.
Gu Changqing gave him a cold look: "But what?"
The secret guard said, "Before Concubine Ling left the court, Mrs. Ling gave her a bowl of the medicine, and she could only get on the sedan chair after drinking it, otherwise the marriage would be over."
Gu Changqing: "Did she drink?"
"Drinked." The dark guard nodded, "But the prince would never have guessed that the night she married into the Hou residence, the old lady also gave her a bowl of absolute medicine."
Madam Gu looked unreasonable, but the dark guard never thought she had such a scheming.
Gu Changqing was also very surprised by this fact. He didn't expect his grandmother to do this. In his mind, his grandmother was a gentler and kinder old man than Mrs. Gu.
Unexpectedly, the two of them would tacitly attack Concubine Ling without any negotiation.
The two old people are all to protect their own grandsons and grandsons.
This is the truth of Aunt Ling's infertility for so many years.
She told the three brothers that she would never have children in her life, not because she didn't want to, but because she couldn't.
Gu Changqing didn't know what to say for a while. As a woman, she was very sad, but if it wasn't for her greed, how could she end up like this
The dark guard added: "My subordinates have also carefully checked the rumors that have been unfavorable to Yao's over the years. It was spread by Aunt Ling. Although my subordinates did not have sufficient evidence, the letter falsely accusing Yao's family of colluding with Hou Ye It should also be the work of Aunt Ling."
"I see." Gu Changqing wasn't too surprised by the result, but if she had long coveted her father, then her mother would have become a thorn in her side unintentionally, "What about the cause of my mother's death? Are you really sick?"
Anwei thought for a while, then shook his head: "This... I'm afraid I'll have to ask Aunt Ling. The day before Madam passed away, Aunt Ling accompanied Old Madam Ling to the mansion to visit Madam, and Madam's condition deteriorated sharply at night."
(End of this chapter)