Chapter 51: The Secret
Opium is indeed a foreign product, Yan Jiujiu had read it in the "Ming Huidian" when the sun never set, and this opium was originally a tribute from Siam and Bengal in order to curry favor with the emperors of the Ming and Ming dynasties.
At this time, she Jing Shilang and the two were already on the way back to the city, but the rain has not abated recently, and many low-lying areas are inevitably waterlogged, leading to the landslide next to Los Angeles Avenue, where it is not feasible, only to change to the road, even if the car is much safer than the carriage, but it is still difficult to escape the bumps of the road, but fortunately, although the road is rugged, but the distance is not far, Yan Jiujiu was swayed upside down, and the man on the side just closed his eyes and rested.
This pouring rain annihilated everything, and the sound of brushing and pulling all over the world Yan Jiujiu only felt exhausted, and the rain was isolated by the glass window to form a curtain of water, and the scenery outside the window blurred into a confused fog.
She was a little bored, and tentatively bumped into Jing Shilang, "Heyββ!"
Say. Jing Shilang wrapped his arms, his eyes were still closed, and his expression was calm and he couldn't see any changes, but he was afraid that the word that he spit out gently seemed to be an illusion.
Yan Jiujiu saw him pretending to be asleep and said, "That opium.... Could it be that the Gu family made a plan?"
The phoenix's eyes opened slightly, and the stars implied.
"Gu family, how did you think of the Gu family?"
Yan Jiujiu sighed: "I knew that the Gu family had already been submissive to you, but at that time, my heart was like playing a drum, seven up and eight down.... That Gu Xinci looked at the kind eyebrows... You don't know what happened to me in the French Concession, and I will never believe it unless I experience it personally..."
I would never believe that a woman as soft as Gu Xinci would kill her, let alone believe that my brother took her name just for Gu Xinci....
Jing Shilang smiled slightly and said coldly: "Have you ever thought that Yan Changxu is not your brother..."
"Brother..."Yan Jiujiu exclaimed: "Impossible, I grew up with him since childhood, although I went to the country where the sun never sets, but I never..."
Jing Shilang took her words, "You've never found out that he's actually your brother?"
Never found out that he was...
"Haven't you ever thought about why he is your brother? You recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors in the country where the sun never sets, you are the Gege who loves Xinjueluo, but what about him? He was born to your former aunt and the boss of the Yan family's rice shop? This doesn't make sense at all! My aunt married Boss Yan after my uncle was banned from the country, and Boss Yan didn't marry or have illegitimate children before..... Have you ever thought about it - he may not be your biological brother at all, Yan Changxu and the three of you are not related by blood at all!"
"Brother.... Brother won't..."Yan Jiujiu didn't know that he was already crying at this time.
"You still can't accept this reality..."Jing Shilang touched her head regretfully, "Blame me for being too eager for you to see the truth..."
Yan Jiujiu couldn't cry anymore, she shook her head silently, but her tears were like broken glass beads that kept falling.
The crystal tears hit his hand and reflected the colorful streamers, and Jing Shilang sighed slightly.
But he said quietly: "If there is nothing wrong with the secret pile, Yan Changxu should be a member of the Gu family." β
Yan Jiujiu only felt incredulous, "Impossible...."
"There is a period of secrecy in the Gu family, few people know that the current helmsman of the Gu family had a fairy-like love with Qingyun, a famous courtesan in the upper class of the French Concession, before he married his wife, but he was opposed by the Gu clan, Gu Ruiyuan was locked up in the ancestral hall of the clan for a whole year, it is said that after coming out, Miss Qingyun has died of illness, and even the body has been hastily cremated, dust to dust, dust to dust, dust to earth..... After that, Gu Ruiyuan married the current Mrs. Gu, and there is a daughter under his knees, which is Gu Xinci. β
After speaking, he looked at Yan Jiujiu quietly, his amber pupils were like a cheetah waiting for an opportunity to observe, very keen.
Yan Jiujiu was inexplicably looked at by him, and only said after a while: "What do you mean... Brother, is it the illegitimate son of Miss Qingyun and Gu Ruiyuan?"
Jing Shilang's cold face was a little smiling, and Yan Jiujiu didn't know why.
"Really?"
She suddenly remembered Gu Xinci's eyes that night in the narrow alley as if they had been quenched with venom, at that time she thought that Gu Xinci was very annoyed by herself, but now that she thinks about it, maybe Gu Xinci hated not her....
"Gu Xinci knows, right?"
Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to show such a smug smile when she made her brother say nothing to herself.
At this time, the car seemed to have crossed a big hurdle, Yan Jiujiu also bumped hard, her head almost hit the roof of the car, and then sat down to look at the road ahead, only to feel that there was a lot of light.
Jing Shilang asked her to do a good job, and said: "It is not unreasonable for you to say that the Gu family has something to do with this opium matter, the people of the Gu family have no virtue, they are mercenary, and they will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals, and there are countless people who have died unjustly under the Gu family's death knife over the years, but they are meticulous and cunning, and the evidence they have now cannot deal a heavy blow to them, and the practice of this opium matter seems to be from the hands of the Gu family... It's just that after all, it's a hundred secrets.... You have to be more careful when we go back to Los Angeles this time when I'm not with you, I will send someone to follow you from time to time, the people of the Gu family are now spreading nets everywhere in Los Angeles, there must be some scheme, that opium is not a beauty, let alone explosives..."
Yan Jiujiu asked: "This matter has not been verified yet, wait for us to discuss it after Daoluo City, don't bother, you have been..."
Enough has been done!
Yan Jiujiu finally swallowed this sentence into her stomach, sometimes she didn't seem to be able to see through the man covered by clouds, sometimes the clouds opened to see the moon, sometimes the sun and the moon were chaotic, she couldn't think through and guess what he was thinking at this time, and she felt even more precariously uneasy.
"Opium is a foreign product, you should know, during the Ming Dynasty, those vassal states paid tribute to the emperor of the opium called Wuxiang, these things are not only addictive for a long time, but also poison people's hearts, the Ming Dynasty emperor called Wuxiang 'Fushou ointment', he was greedy for the pleasure of smoking opium, so he did not go to court for 30 years.... As time went on, the supply of this opium was in short supply, so he sent people to look for it, knowing that it was more expensive than gold! At that time, not only the royal family was tainted with the bad habit of smoking opium, but even the rich and noble merchants who were vassals and elegant followed suit..."
Yan Jiujiu was shocked when she heard it, although she was annoyed that Jing Shilang had to go around in circles to tell her stories every time she said something, but after listening to this speech, she was even more shocked, this opium not only poisons people's bodies, but also consumes people's minds, if this thing is left from the Jing family, the Jing family's eternal reputation can be said to be ruined!
She said angrily: "But now we are just guessing that this Gu family has not yet shown the fox's tail..."
Jing Shilang waved his hand, "We are going back to Los Angeles on this trip, not only to write and test people, and to settle the young lady of the Fu family, but also to ask her to help us, the Gu family.... Joyful events are coming. β
Happy event?
Yan Jiujiu then remembered that Gu Xinci had a marriage contract with Shen Minyu's cousin.