Chapter 8: Counting people often want to kill
Chen Jingxing made a decree that Wei Kun's death was martyred in the line of duty, and he was given a generous burial, and his family was given gold by the court. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
He also ordered the fence to be added to the Mu'en Bridge, and specifically banned the rule set by the emperor that the emperor should not walk in groups privately, so that all officials could freely join the group and borrow light to hurry.
On the evening of the same day, Gu Qingxuan's carriage drove directly from the official office to Jiang Yuelou, and met Jiang Hechuan in the private room on the top floor.
Gu Qingxuan nodded and smiled: "Everything is fine, this is also thanks to the early warning of Xian Ge, otherwise...... I'm afraid it's me Gu someone lying in the coffin, I really have to thank you father and daughter this time, where is your father? Uncle is going to have a drink with him tonight!"
"If you say bad luck, uncle, don't say it. There was still a hint of worry on her face, and she continued, "Father will come upstairs later, and Uncle will sit down and drink a cup of hot tea." After she finished speaking, she went to the piano pavilion opposite, sat down behind the veil, and lifted the strings, and a moving song.
Jiang Hechuan came, the two closed the door and sat opposite each other, Gu Qingxuan said: "The Lu family is still too anxious, they want to take my life so quickly, hum, fortunately, God will not stop me!"
Yesterday, Lu's father and son discussed that they couldn't keep Gu Qingxuan, so Lu Yuancheng, who wanted to compete for merit in front of his father, was smart and came up with a stupid and ruthless strategy to buy the eunuch Siming to take advantage of the heavy snow and cold weather to assassinate Gu Qingxuan when the hundred officials rushed to the court.
But he didn't expect that the eunuch Siming didn't know Gu Qingxuan, he only knew that he was the head of the household department, and when he saw Wei Kun walking in front of the household officials, he mistook him for Gu Qingxuan and made a killer.
This Jiangyuelou celebrities come and go frequently, and there are often officials who gather here, because there is a secluded and elegant room, there are many people who come here to discuss ulterior secrets, Lu Yuancheng, who likes the quiet and elegant Jiangyuelou, chose to meet with the eunuch Si Ming who disguised himself out of the palace here yesterday to make a business, but they didn't know that Jiangyuelou was Gu Qingxuan's eyes and ears.
Gu Qingxuan funded Jiang Hechuan to open Jiang Yuelou, one of the purposes was to find out the movements in Chang'an City, the two old friends have joined forces for 20 years, and Jiang Hechuan has provided him with more information than Lu Yuanzhi's promotion of him.
The two chatted about the recent events, Gu Qingxuan said: "I have been an official for 20 years, and I can achieve the second grade, thanks to your help behind the back, brother, today saved my life, this great grace, I Gu Qingxuan will never forget it until death!"
He personally poured wine for Jiang Hechuan, but Jiang Hechuan pushed it back, and said with emotion: "Qingxuan, don't you say that, I was down to that point back then, wasn't it thanks to you and my sister-in-law who pulled me along? I poured all my family wealth to help me open this Jiangyue Building, and my sister-in-law also hired a loving wife for me as a matchmaker, how can I forget this kindness? You and I are closely related to each other, and now you are in danger, but wherever there is a place where I can help, I will naturally do my best to help!"
Gu Qingxuan put down the wine glass, got up and bowed to him, he also got up to return the salute, and the two of them didn't say much. Jiang Hechuan asked Gu Qingxuan what to do in the future.
Gu Qingxuan only replied: "The hurricane has passed, and the grass remains." ”
On the second day, he sent someone to hand over the accounts of the household department for nearly ten years to the imperial history platform, and took leave at home on the grounds that he was seriously ill from the cold, and did not ask about political affairs.
Besides, the mother and daughter of the Gu family, they went out of Chang'an City, and the road was also closed by heavy snow that night, delayed for a long time, and after several difficulties, they finally arrived in Luoyang and lived in the backyard of Qingle Nunnery in Beishan.
This backyard is separated from the nun ashram with only a few people in front of it, and there is only one person living in the whole courtyard, a sixteen-year-old girl named Fusu, she is not a nun, she lived here to serve her grandmother who led the practice, and two years ago her grandmother died, and she had no other family, so she became an orphan.
But this orphan girl has a good background, her grandmother is the granddaughter of the king of medicine in Luoyang, their family was famous for researching drugs and making drugs, and then the family was in decline, and was retaliated by the enemy, almost all of them were destroyed, only she and her grandmother escaped by luck, were taken in by the Hong family, and were sheltered by the Hong family for the rest of their lives. Her grandmother in order to repay the kindness of the Hong family, but also for the skills of this sect to be passed on, in this Beishan opened a medicine furnace, personally made medicine for Hongmen pharmacies to sell, but also for the Hongmen dart people to develop a variety of health and wound medicine, when making blood invigorating medicine, accidentally made a medicine that can cause women to slip the fetus - Han Dansan. Who would have thought that there would be a large number of women from the official mansion who secretly bought it, and more than ten years ago, there was a concubine who used this medicine to kill the fetus of the favorite concubine. At that time, her grandmother felt that she had created a sin, so she stopped making this medicine and joined Qingle Nunnery to lead the practice.
This time, the mother and daughter of the Gu family brought the handwriting of the head of the Hong family to ask for the prescription of Han Dan San, and Fu Su Gu remembered the kindness of the Hong family, but she couldn't refuse, and listened to them confess the inside story, she had to find out the prescription in her grandmother's relics and make medicine for them.
After leaving Chang'an for more than half a month, Gu Qingning got the medicine, drank it without hesitation, was tortured in every way, blood flowed all over the bed, and fainted several times in the process, although he knew that it would not hurt his life, and the situation at that time was that life was better than death. Shen Lanxi also stayed up all night, almost accompanying her to shed blood and tears. Only Fusu was sober throughout the whole process and took care of him back and forth.
Gu Qingning fell asleep for a day and a night before he became conscious, and gradually woke up, and looked at Shen Lanxi's appearance in front of the bed in a hazy way, as if he was ten years old. Seeing her open her eyes, Shen Lanxi burst into tears again, holding her daughter's hand and sobbing: "Qingning...... It's okay, it's okay, it's all gone...... Qingning ......"
Gu Qingning's face was bloodless, and his lips were slightly dry: "No, everything has just begun." ”
Gu Qingning recuperated in Beishan for more than a month before she fully recovered, and with Fusu's help to regulate her body, she was already fine. The cold day has passed, Luoyang has come early in spring this year, and when they will leave, it is just in time for the peonies in Beishan to bloom, Shen Lanxi took her to enjoy the peonies, and the two went back to Qingle Nunnery to pack up their things and prepare for the return journey.
That night, Gu Qingning chatted with Fusu, thanked her, heard about her life experience, and thought about it: "Fusu, it is not a long-term plan for one of your daughters to live in the mountains for a long time, it is really pitiful to be lonely here, why don't you go to Chang'an with me, you accompany me here for a long time, I have a great grace, I will regard you as my own sister, and our sisters will never be separated in the future?"
This sixteen-year-old girl looked at Gu Qingning, her eyes were calm and unwavering, she was silent for a while, raised her hand to the center of her eyebrows, bowed to the ground, and said: "Sisters don't dare to climb high, it's enough to be a girl, please rest assured, Fusu will serve wholeheartedly, and will never reveal the matter of this mountain hermitage." ”
Gu Qingning was slightly stunned, speechless, and before she could respond, Fusu had already gotten up and walked out of the door. After a while, she came back again, her expression was as calm as before, she was opposed to Gu Qingning, took out a small bottle from her sleeve, opened the cork and drank the medicine in the bottle.
Gu Qingning didn't have time to stop him, Fu Su had already fallen to the ground with his chest on his chest, the corners of his mouth were bloody, and he stared at Gu Qingning who was at a loss with wide eyes: "Now you can rest assured...... Fusu will never leak secrets......"
"How can you drink poison? Even if I want you to keep it secret, I don't need you to take poison and kill yourself, why are you so stupid?" Gu Qingning was frightened by her.
Her voice grew hoarse: "No...... This is not a deadly poison, this is a dumb medicine...... Fusu showed his determination in this way...... Since then, he has been speechless...... No leaks...... I will never betray you...... You...... Neither can they turn their backs on me...... I'll do my best to help you...... And you will fulfill me and help me to accomplish my purpose...... Is it feasible?"
"Okay!" Gu Qingning pressed her shoulder, met her resolute eyes, and swore firmly.
The next day, the three of them drove out of Beishan in a horse-drawn carriage, and when they looked back, thick smoke drifted from the direction of the backyard of Qingrakuan and a raging fire ignited.
The secrets of the three of them were burned, but they were forever rooted in their hearts.