In the scorching sun, the peasants were sweating profusely, bending down and burying their heads in the fields, harvesting wheat stalks with long sickles, peasant women and young children who had just learned to walk carried baskets on their backs to pick up the remains in the fields, and the sound of wheat threshing in the farms outside the ridges not far away came and went.

The vast golden sea of wheat is churning in the hot wind, and it is quite magnificent from a distance.

Gu Qingxuan tied a bundle of wheat and carried it to the edge of the field and put it into the wheat pile, put away the sickle, sat on the stalk for a while, and twisted an ear of wheat in his dirty hand, he raised it and looked at it carefully, the color was good, but the grain was not plump enough, and the shell was deflated as soon as he pinched it.

This year, there is less rain in spring and more drought in summer, and the cultivated fields around Chang'an are still like this, not to mention the places further north?

It seems that this year will not be a good year either.

The people will suffer another year.

He put the tassel back into the wheat pile, wiped the sweat from his face, fanned the wind with his hat, raised his eyes up, looked directly at the scorching sun, and lowered his eyes to look at the busy peasants.

Several elderly farmers came with freshly harvested wheat, laughing loudly and speaking with a strong northerner accent. They were originally refugees who had left their hometowns, came to Chang'an and had no home, and were placed in this southern suburb farm by Gu Qingxuan, so they had a place to farm, and they admired Gu Qingxuan very much.

When they first came, Gu Qingxuan was still only a seven-rank master bookkeeper, and at this time he was already in the middle of the three-rank imperial history of the dynasty, but they didn't know about this, but they often saw him carrying a hoe to come here to work with them. They won't call him Mr. or anything, nor will they be polite and polite, they will only call him Master Gu innocently, gossip with him in the field, how old are the children, when will they hold their grandchildren......

Gu Qingxuan sat comfortably on the edge of the field and laughed with a few old farmers, there was the sound of a carriage coming from the ridge, and he heard someone calling "Adult!" from a distance, he turned his head to see that it was Uncle Tang who was driving, and he was expected to come to bring him water and food.

The carriage stopped in a wide place, Tang Bo did not come directly, but opened the canopy door, Gu Qinghuan and Gu Qingning got out of the car one after another and walked towards him, walking in a hurry.

Gu Qingxuan sighed secretly and shook his head......

Because he has already figured out the law, generally Uncle Tang comes to him alone, the world is peaceful, if Gu Qingfeng comes with him, he must be here to report something good, if the eldest son and eldest daughter come, then something is wrong, if the two of them come together, the situation will be very bad......

"Father, go home quickly!" they walked briskly to this side, and Gu Qingning shouted to him from afar.

Gu Qingxuan looked at the two of them in wonder: "What's the matter, what's wrong?"

To his surprise, Gu Qingning looked happy, dragged his hand and said: "Father, the prince of Jin came to our mansion and said that he wanted to negotiate with you about the marriage of Qingfeng and the county lord, you should go back quickly!

Sure enough, it's still not a good thing......

Gu Qingning is a fan of the authorities, Gu Qinghuan is much sober about this matter, there is a secret speculation in his heart, he looks at Gu Qingxuan's expression, and asks, "Father, what do you think?"

He shrugged his shoulders, "What else can I think? The prince has come to the door, can I not show up?"

"Alright, let's go, father. Gu Qingning urged him to get in the car.

He raised his hand and motioned for them to go first, and he bent down to collect his farm tools and teapot, and said goodbye to the farmer.

Dressed in brocade clothes, he walked cautiously through the fields, dressed in a short cloth coat and a bamboo hat, his cheeks red from the scorching sun and his beard dry, and he walked slowly.

The two of them found that their father did not follow, and when they looked back, they saw Gu Qingxuan moving heavily on the ridge, as if he was uncomfortable.

They hurriedly turned back and went to help Gu Qingxuan.

However, before he could run in front of him, he saw Gu Qingxuan staggering in one place, his body began to shake, one was unstable, he suddenly collapsed, and plunged into the field......

"Father!"

They rushed over in horror and found that Gu Qingxuan was already unconscious, so they hurriedly carried him into the carriage with everyone and sent him back to the city to be treated by a doctor.

……

This is the second time that the Jin Wangfu has come to the Gu Mansion to officially confirm the marriage between Gu Qingfeng and the county lord of Chengshuo with the Gu family.

He still didn't listen to Qiao Huai'an's advice, and chose to marry another family again, the last time he married the most prominent family in Chang'an City, and this time he married the most promising family in Chang'an City in his opinion.

When he arrived, he learned that Gu Qingxuan, the head of the Gu family who was at home, had gone to the south of the city to farm, and the eldest daughter of the Gu family asked him to wait and let Gu Qingfeng entertain the prince at home.

However, who would have thought that he waited for a while, only waiting for Gu Qingxuan, who was in a coma from heat stroke, to be carried back, and he was unconscious, how could he say anything?

The children of the Gu family had no choice but to send him off first, make amends to him, and please discuss it another day.

If it weren't for Gu Qingfeng's coaxing, I'm afraid he would have been furious, and he couldn't wait for Gu Qingxuan to wake up, so he could only leave with a black face.

……

In the evening, when Gu Qingxuan woke up, he had already changed into a clean silk robe, with a cool handkerchief on his forehead, smelling the fragrance of tea in the room, and there was a little sound of falling in the house.

In the bedroom of the main house of the Gu family, there is a chess table not far from the bed, a tea case, someone plays chess, washes leaves and cooks tea, the chess game is not over, and the fragrance of tea has been served.

"Brother Gu Xian, can you take a comfortable nap?" someone asked.

Gu Qingxuan sat up, took off the handkerchief, cleared his throat, and listened to the only chirping of Xia cicadas in the courtyard outside, showing a shallow smile, and put on his clothes: "When did the Prime Minister come?" The lower official is slightly ill and slack, so be considerate." ”

"Oh, I arrived not long after the Jin prince left, I came to play chess with the virtuous brother, who would have heard that the virtuous brother had a heat stroke and fell into a coma, the old man couldn't rest assured, and waited here for the virtuous brother to wake up. Yin Jiheng said with a smile, still concentrating on the chess game according to "Immortal Machine".

Gu Qingxuan stretched his limbs, walked over, bowed for a while, sat down opposite him, and watched the chess game: "Thank you Prime Minister for your thoughts, and the lower officials are grateful." ”

Yin Jiheng didn't pick up the son, but took the pot in his hand, poured two cups of herbal tea, and naturally pushed one cup in front of Gu Qingxuan, as if the master was doing it, and said calmly: "The old man doesn't dare not think about you, the virtuous brother, if you don't pay attention, you will be someone else's in-laws, and if the old man doesn't pay attention, I'm afraid he will be estranged from the virtuous brother." ”

"Huh. Gu Qingxuan disagreed, "If you really want to be in-laws with other families, Gu will not 'suffer from heat stroke' today, the prime minister is too worried, the Gu family is shabby, and he can't climb into a famous family, he just wants to have a stable room." ”

"But how can the prince of Jin allow you to be 'stable'? I am afraid that the marriage between Ling Lang and the county lord cannot be postponed. Yin Jiheng said.

can't push it off, of course it can't be pushed off, Gu Qingxuan understands this better than anyone else.

Gu Qingfeng had already confessed his heart to himself, he must marry the county lord, and the county lord must also marry him. Putting aside what Jin Wangfu and what interests are clinging, just talking about this family business, how can he not let Qingfeng get his wish?

He said that as long as Qingfeng wants, he will help him fight for it, and he gives him the greatest right to choose, which is what a father should do.

Today's scene is not for King Jin, but for Yin Jiheng.

So he looked even more helpless at this time, and sighed: "Eh, why did the county lord take a fancy to me? How could I have thought that after destroying a family of relatives in the Jin Palace, I would become his family? This is really a trick." The prince of Jin has always been iron-fisted, saying that one is the same, Gu can pretend to be one and escape once, what can I do in the future?"

Yin Jiheng looked at him with such a sad look and asked, "Brother Gu Xian really doesn't want to marry the Jin Palace?"

Gu Qingxuan spread his hands dejectedly: "Why is it that at this point, the Prime Minister still doesn't understand Gu's mind?"

Yin Jiheng snorted and laughed: "It's just because Brother Gu Xian's mind is too difficult to figure out." ”

"If the Prime Minister has to think so, then Gu has nothing to say. His face drooped, clearly displeased.

Yin Jiheng said: "Is the old man still wronged you?"

He raised his sleeves and said: "Gu Mou is not wronged, Gu Mou is wronged! I don't know if this is the sin that has been created for several lifetimes, and I have made it back and forth, but I have made it difficult to make people on both sides of myself! Really, what is this called? If the Prime Minister suspects that Gu Mou has different intentions and wants to cling to him to the Jin Palace, then Gu Mou has no choice, it is a big deal to resign from the dynasty and not be this official, and he doesn't know how happy he is to farm at home, and he still cares about this heart? Now it is a mess of porridge and he can't figure it out, and there is trouble to find him in this private matter, and he can't give people a way out? If the Prime Minister didn't believe me, he shouldn't have formed an alliance with Gu, he has come to this point, and he is still thinking about who to marry and who to be close to? Is it necessary?"

"Then Brother Gu Xian, you can tell me, what is necessary? King Jin married the Lu family before, and then came to woo the Gu family, who can't see his thoughts? The fall of the Lu family is directly related to our Yin and Gu families, and he is showing favor to your Gu family now, doesn't he just want to provoke us and deal with our Yin family? Do you think the old man can still wait to ignore it?" Yin Jiheng had a clear mind, and was not confused by Gu Qingxuan's complaints.

Gu Qing Xuan'an sat down, looked at him, and laughed at himself: "When did the Gu family become fragrant and sweet? It is so favorable? It's just a family matter, not to mention that it hasn't been done yet, so what if it does? The Prime Minister can't sit still? Don't you want to think about what good this matter is for us?"

"The world is bustling, because of profit, because of profit, to be honest, if this matter is beneficial to what we are planning at the moment, we don't have to shirk it. He said, calmly facing Yin Jiheng's eyes, his eyes were sincere and sincere, and there was 100,000 helplessness.

"Prime Minister, think about it, today, in Chang'an City, apart from the Yin family, who else can influence the changes in the situation and the people's desires? Isn't it the Jin Palace? This is why Gu has not directly refused to marry the prince of Jin. Gu doesn't dare, Gu is soft-spoken, and he can't refuse a royal family in a tough way, and the prime minister also thinks about my Gu family?

"The Prime Minister guessed that he intended to provoke the Yin Gu family and want to disperse the Yin family's forces, but it was not impossible, but the Prime Minister didn't think about it, didn't he have to be the enemy of the Jin Palace? ”

"What the Lu family got married is a thing of the past, and the prince of Jin can also carry it. Prime Minister, think about it, if the marriage between my Gu family and the Jin Wangfu can pull the Jin prince into our camp and help the Prime Minister to complete the implementation of your proposal, wouldn't it be impossible?"

Yin Jiheng's eyes changed, with a smile, he nodded and said: "Yes, Brother Gu Xian, your analysis is correct, instead of fighting for the enemy, it is better to form an alliance for mutual benefit...... It's just that the old man just doesn't worry about your Gu family getting too close to the Jin Palace...... Even if the old man is narrow-minded, to be honest, if you Gu Qingxuan changes your mind and helps the surnamed Chen deal with my surnamed Yin, what should I do?"

Gu Qingxuan suddenly came to his senses, and laughed mockingly: "Haha, it turns out that the crux of the problem is here! The Prime Minister is not afraid of the Jin Palace, but of my Gu family! In the final analysis, the Prime Minister just doesn't believe in me Gu Qingxuan at all! It's really in vain that my Gu Qingxuan is truly allied with the Yin family! In the end, I can't exchange a little trust!"

Yin Jiheng didn't accept his sprinkling, bypassed his focus, and only said: "Just be an old man, the marriage between the Gu family and the Jin Wangfu is better than not marrying my Yin family......"

Gu Qingxuan said that he was tired, and before he could think deeply, he only said: "But the only daughter of my Gu family has vowed not to marry for the rest of her life, I am afraid that she will not have a marriage with the prime minister's family, otherwise why wouldn't Gu not cling to the Yin family?"

Yin Jiheng finished the last chess game, poured him another cup of tea, couldn't see any thoughts for a while, hooked his lips and smiled, and said: "The Gu family has no daughters to marry my Yin family, but don't forget, the old man has three sons......"

Gu Qingxuan's eyes trembled, and he instantly understood what he meant, calmly took a cup, drank tea, and said, "And the county lord is just an idiot of my Gu family......

"Hmph. Yin Jiheng snorted and chuckled, got up with his hands, didn't say much, and then said: "It's not too early, the old man should go, Brother Gu Xian should rest, calm his mind, be pure and have few desires, so that he can take care of his body." ”

Gu Qingxuan also got up, bowed his head and saluted: "Your Excellency sends off the Prime Minister." ”

He opened the door and sent Yin Jiheng out, and after walking out of the mansion with him, Gu Qingxuan's face was another color, and he said earnestly: "Gu has one last word, Prime Minister, if the prince of Jin really wants to use this to provoke the Yin and Gu families...... Then he succeeded. ”

Yin Jiheng stepped into the carriage, looked down at the door of Gu Mansion from a high place, lowered his eyelids slightly and looked down at Gu Qingxuan, leaned down, beat Gu Qingxuan's heart, and said: "It doesn't matter if he succeeds or not, what matters is the success of the Yin family." ”

After Yin Jiheng's carriage walked away, Gu Qingxuan, who had been silent for a long time, shook his head and sneered, waving his sleeves backwards, and the wind was light.

When he walked into the house, his children were waiting for him under the porch, and they all paid attention to Yin Jiheng's displeasure when he left, and vaguely guessed that he was dissatisfied with the marriage between the Gu family and the Jin Palace.

Gu Qingfeng stepped forward and said sullenly: "Father, Prime Minister Yin is not happy, there is no need for father to dislike him for the child's marriage." ”

Gu Qingxuan turned his face to look at his son, "It doesn't matter if he's happy or not, as long as my son is happy." ”

"Father......" Gu Qingfeng still had something to say, and his heart was still worried.

Gu Qingxuan smiled without warning, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't think about it too much, wait for you to be your county master with peace of mind." ”

……

However, a day later, Yin Jiheng entered the palace to face the saint and asked the emperor to send a decree to marry the lord of Chengshuo to his third son, Yin Qixiu.

And the emperor refused on the grounds that he was reluctant to remarry his widowed cousin.

Considering Yin Jiheng's face, the emperor let this matter stop in the imperial study, but somehow he still let Gu Qingxuan know, so he let Sangu be happy for several days.

Yin Jiheng has not yet realized that he is making a fatal mistake.

It's not to tear your face with Gu Qingxuan, it's not to despise the Gu family.

Rather, greed.

Greedy people lose their minds when they see profit, and they often forget that the word profit also has a knife.

Some people are very good at using this knife, even at the expense of lowering what they think is a bait.

……

Even if the two families knew the inside story, they only acted as if it had never happened. Yin Jiheng suffered a dumb loss because of his own thoughts, and after figuring it out, it was not good to completely break with Gu Qingxuan on the surface, he only pretended, as before, he was busy pushing the executive order, and he didn't care about anything else.

And every time Gu Qingxuan saw him, he looked like "I am very aggrieved, I am very helpless", and he was so hard that he had no temper.

Hold on, what should come will always come.

King Jin personally entered the palace to ask the emperor for marriage, saying that the county lord and Gu Qingfeng were in love, and he wanted to marry the Gu family and let his daughter marry again.

The emperor approved it, and immediately issued a decree to give marriage.