Follow-up (7) debunking
Gu Jing saw his father's angry appearance, and hurriedly stepped forward and whispered a persuasion, "Dad, now is not the time to get angry, I am thinking about how to suppress this matter and prevent people from saying ugly words to ruin my little sister's reputation." ”
Xuanping Hou heard this, took a deep breath, and then calmed down, as his son said, what he has to do now is to deal with the aftermath, not to investigate, as soon as his reason came back, he said politely to the bandits, "Please thank Mrs. Xiangyang Hou for her help on behalf of Ben Hou, he will personally prepare a gift and come to thank you." After a pause, "And please tell Mrs. Xiangyang Hou on your behalf that you must not spread the word, after all, it is about the reputation of the little girl......"
"Marquis Xuanping, don't worry, my wife also means this, otherwise I would have let the little one hand over the people to the royal forest guards at that time." The bandit said respectfully.
Xuanping Hou's father and son really put their hearts at ease, and they were very grateful to the Ye family in their hearts, and besides, Lin Long, the wife of Xiangyang Hou, was Lin Dong's own sister, so Lin Dong didn't have to worry too much about that, the imperial guards could use some money to clean up, so thinking about it, they suddenly had no worries.
Politely sent away the bandits, Shimo, the imperial guards and others, even if this matter was suppressed, and then came back to look at Dong Feng with a frightened face, Xuan Pinghou's anger rose again, and he stepped forward and grabbed Dong Feng's collar and lifted him up and slammed him to the ground.
"Just because you dare to make a move on Benhou's daughter?"
Dong Feng's head hit the ground, and blood flowed out immediately, and he felt dizzy for a while, but despite this, he still had to think of a way to save himself, no one helped him, and he struggled to get up by himself, "Master Hou, it's not that I have a bad idea of Ling Qianjin, it's someone who instructed me to do this......"
"Who instructed you?" Gu Jing squatted down and viciously grabbed Dong Feng's collar and questioned.
Dong Feng's head was even more dizzy, but he couldn't help but answer, so he said, "Yes......"
"Master Hou, the old lady is here." The voice of the subordinate recalled.
Gu Guo on the other side also knew that Dong Feng had been escorted by the bandits, so he immediately got up angrily, "I'm going to find your father, I can't let go of such a rotten toad." ”
She shouldn't have shown Dong Feng a good face in the first place, so that the other party had a crooked mind and hit her daughter with her idea, so in retrospect, she really regretted it.
"Mother," Gu Xuefei hurriedly called, "My daughter thinks there is something strange about this. ”
"What's the matter?" Gu Guo immediately stood up and looked back at his daughter in confusion.
Gu Xuefei was helped up by the maid on the side and walked to her mother, "Mother, think about it, even if this Dong Feng is guarding near our house, it is impossible for him to know my whereabouts so accurately, how can he know which carriage I am riding in when I go out to incense?" After all, our family has so many big and small masters in and out, can he still grow through the sky? ”
"You mean?" It's really a word to wake up the person in the dream, Gu Guo's family also found something wrong at this time, it stands to reason that Dong Feng is just a mere scholar, even if he has two money, it is not much, how did he set a trap to secretly instruct his daughter?
"Mother, my daughter suspects that someone has reported to him," Gu Xuefei boldly guessed, "and this person is a person from the mansion, but I don't know who is so bold that he actually wants to lead this disciple to insult me and ruin my name, so I am designed to marry my fate." ”
"How unreasonable, if you find out who this person is for me, see that I don't tear his bones and fry his skin." Gu Guo said angrily, this trap is too vicious, how can it ruin the reputation of a girl's family like this? Don't let her raise her head and be a man?
Gu Xuefei came back and thought about everything several times along the way, and naturally she could find the flaws, and some places were extremely scary, "If my daughter is really harmed by Dong Feng's gang and forced to marry him, who can benefit from it in the end?" My daughter thought about it for a long time, and then she figured out something she couldn't figure out......"
Gu Guo's face was even more ugly, and his daughter's unfinished words all pointed to a person, a person she didn't think of, her hands were subconsciously clenched into fists, and when she was gritting her teeth, someone came to report what happened in the front hall.
"What did you say?" She asked in a loud voice.
The servant who came to report shrank for a moment, but still boldly replied to the words of the housewife, "The old lady led the people to the main hall......"
"This old woman, I haven't troubled her yet, she is in a hurry to stand up for Dong Feng, I want to see what kind of fame she can make as a widow." Gu Guo scolded loudly, and then looked at his daughter, "Sister Fei, you can rest assured in the house to recuperate, your father and mother are in charge of this matter, and you won't be bullied casually, can we really be dead when our fathers and mothers die?" ”
After speaking, without waiting for her daughter to answer, she immediately hurried to the main hall.
Gu Xuefei stood in place coldly, in her opinion, the old lady Gu Jin is a good person who does not come, and who comes is not good. Since she was a child, this old lady has been very kind to her, and she really respects this stepgrandmother as an elder, if it weren't for this incident, she really didn't want to think about people in a vicious direction, but now she can't help but don't want to.
Dong Feng is a distant relative of the Gu Jin clan who can beat him with eight poles, if he is really designed to marry Dong Feng, the Gu Jin clan will be able to benefit from it, no matter how you think about it, the Gu Jin clan is the most suspicious.
Yuzhi took advantage of the departure of the head wife Gu Guo, and then dared to step into the warm pavilion, and saw Gu Xuefei stiffly there, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Gu Xuefei's arm, and scolded the big girl on the side, "What are you doing in a daze?" Do you know how to wait for a girl? ”
Gu Xuefei came back to her senses at this time, waved her hand and said, "It's none of their business, I'm thinking about things." ”
"Girl, this matter has passed like this, don't think about it too much, besides, it's a good thing to meet the champion again......" Yuzhi comforted her girl.
"I must have been ugly at the time." Gu Xuefei was a little annoyed.
Who doesn't want to appear beautifully in front of their sweetheart, who is like her, the ugliest side is displayed, and I can't wait to erase the previous picture now.
"Girl, you're on the horns again, aren't you?" Yuzhi said with a smile, "The champion is a gentle character at first glance, where would he care about this with the girl?" The slave maid heard that Mrs. Xiangyang Hou also asked her subordinates to send Dong Feng, who killed a thousand knives, it can be seen that Mrs. Xiangyang Hou must have been present at the time, and I am afraid that she will also be interested in the girl. ”
When Gu Xuefei heard this, she thought of this layer and hurriedly covered her face, "This is terrible, I was so ugly at the time, where would Mrs. Xiangyang Hou still take a fancy to me?" ”
She and Lin Dong's affairs haven't been brushed up yet, so the other party's family has lost their favor first, is there any hope for this marriage to be realized? The more she thought about it, the more she felt that her future was bleak.
Yuzhi was busy pulling down her girl's hand, "Girl, you really think too much, I heard that Mrs. Xiangyang Hou is a virtuous person, where will she judge people by their appearance?" Besides, the girl's appearance follows Mrs., it is very peugeot, and when Ming'er accompanies Mrs. Xiangyang to the Xiangyang Hou Mansion to eat full moon wine, and generously show your talent in front of Mrs. Xiangyang Hou, the slave maid doesn't believe that Mrs. Xiangyang Hou can still be blind and can't see? ”
When Gu Xuefei heard this, it seemed to make sense, so that her mood did not fluctuate, "No matter what, I still have to thank her for this, if it weren't for her, I'm afraid that this Dong Feng would have run away a long time ago." After a pause, "Let's go to the main hall and have a look." ”
"The girl really wants to go over?" Yuzhi had a slight hesitation on her face.
Gu Xuefei patted her head, "If you don't say that I really forgot, Yuzhi, you just stay and don't go with me, otherwise my father and mother are afraid that they will embarrass you again......"
"Girl, the slave doesn't mean that, the slave means the girl, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to go over now......" Yuzhi hurriedly defended.
My own girl has just escaped, and now she has gone to wade into this troubled water, and maybe there will be ugly words coming out.
"This Dong Feng conspired with others to harm me, Yuzhi, I can't sit idly by, as a party concerned, if I am silent, won't I be destroying my prestige?" Gu Xuefei said, "Besides, it's in my Xuanping Marquis Mansion, I don't believe that anyone with such a long tongue dares to talk nonsense, and my mother is not a vegetarian." ”
It can be seen that her mother can't hold her head up to the aunts and concubines in the backyard, and as the wife of the house, she must look like the wife of the house.
Yuzhi was a little relieved at this time, but she was still worried about Gu Xuefei, so she had to follow, Gu Xuefei couldn't resist her, so she could only agree and take her to the main hall.
At this moment, before the Gu Guo clan, who arrived in a hurry, entered the main hall, he heard Gu Jin's crying voice, "Master Hou, the old man never thought that this muddy boy would buy off the people around me and let her secretly communicate the news with the intention of getting involved with Sister Fei, I learned about this today, where can I still sit still?" It's all the trouble I provoked, I shouldn't have felt sorry for him in the first place, thinking that it was a distant relative of my own family, I could help it, who would have thought that he would have a thief's heart, and the rotten toad wanted to eat swan meat......"
There was also a female voice crying and repenting, "Master Hou, it's all the old slave's fault, the two grandsons of the old slave's family are seriously ill and have spent all their savings, so they can't hold it for a while and accept his money from this guy, the old slave never expected him to do such a thing that is not tolerated, and blame the old slave for leaking the girl's whereabouts and making the girl almost killed......"
This latter's voice Gu Guo is not unfamiliar, this person is Gu Jin's cronie Hua Mama, who has always been a greedy person in the house, it seems that this time Gu Jin wants to push her out to blame.
Thinking of this, she sneered, this voice was still quite loud, and for a while, the master and servant of the Gujin clan stopped their voices of defense, and they all turned their heads to look at the door.
"Madame, you're here." The Marquis of Xuanping, who was sitting on the main seat, greeted Gu Guo.
Gu Jing diligently got up and helped his mother to come and sit.
"Master Hou, this place is so exciting, I will regret it if I don't come to see him." Gu Guo's expression was uncertain, and his eyes were even more focused on Gu Jin, who was wiping his tears with a handkerchief.
Slut, I see how you pretend, she thought to herself.
Gu Jin didn't dare to meet Gu Guo's gaze, and slightly avoided the other party's gaze, "Sister Fei is okay, right?" ”
"Naturally, it's very good, and I don't follow the way of others." Gu Guo snorted coldly.
"That's really good, thank you for the blessing of the Buddha, and when I go back later, I will definitely recite the scriptures and pray for Sister Fei'er......" Gu Jin said with a flattering smile, no matter how he looks at it, he doesn't look like a person harboring evil intentions.
Gu Guo snorted coldly, "The old lady's kindness, our sister Fei really can't stand it." ”
When Gu Jinshi heard this, he didn't care about wiping his tears and pretending to be weak, he looked up at Gu Guo's directly, in terms of age, she was only a little older than Gu Guo's, if she gave birth to an heir, I was afraid that there would also be a grandson as big as Dong Feng, but it was just a matter of making people. "What do you mean by that?"
Gu Guo looked at her fearlessly, would she still be afraid of a widow? I don't look at what kind of fresh radish skin she is, and she dares to beat her daughter's idea? "What do I mean, Mrs. Dian understands in her heart."
"How did I understand in my heart? If you don't make it clear, I'm still not done with you, I know that my position in the mansion is very embarrassing, and the old marquis is gone again, and none of you look at me in your eyes...... Whining...... Old Marquis, why did you go so early? Leave me alone and being bullied......" Gu Jin immediately began to cry with good singing and songwriting.
Xuan Pinghou's face was instantly ugly, this stepmother fortunately had no heirs, otherwise how could his life be so comfortable? It seems that she hasn't done anything too much over the years, so he allowed her to retire in the house, and now crying like this, doesn't it mean that he treats him badly? "What do you mean, old lady?"
Gu Jin blindly cried but did not answer.
How could Gu Guo eat her set? In the past, it was only by eating too much that she would indulge her guts to become fat, and she dared to stretch out her clutches to her daughter, and got up with a "whoosh", this sound made Gu Jinshi not care about crying, looking up at her, not knowing what she was going to do?
Dong Feng has been huddled in the corner, after this distant relative Gu Jinshi came in and put all the blame on the grandmother beside him, he knew that he had a hard time arguing, Gu Jin's blocked his way, he never thought that Gu Guo came in but didn't show Gu Jin's good face, his heart ignited a glimmer of hope, especially when he saw Gu Guo coming towards him, he hurriedly said, "Mrs. Gu, this matter was instructed by Gu Jin, he wanted me to tarnish the reputation of the girl in your mansion, so as to marry her so that she can enjoy her old ......age in peace."
Gu Guo didn't expect that without her coercion and temptation, this Dong Feng was so knowledgeable, he suddenly stopped and looked at Gu Jin, whose face was pale, "Is what he said true?" ”
"He's lying, I didn't, Sister Fei is my granddaughter anyway, how could I harm her reputation like this?" Gu Jin was busy arguing to himself, "Obviously, he bought the grandmother next to me, so he got the news, and now he pushes things on me in order to get rid of the crime, do you believe these words?" ”
Gu Guo's expression had been very cold, she ignored Gu Jingong's rebuttal, and turned her head to look at her husband, "Master Hou, do you believe her rebuttal?" Anyway, I don't believe a word, without her instructions, these subordinates dare to be so bold? "Eyes glared at Mama Hua, "I'll give you another chance to change your words now, if you don't tell the truth again, don't talk about your two seriously ill grandchildren, I want your family to have a good life." ”
Mama Hua's body had already shrunk to the ground tremblingly, and the words of the housewife pierced her heart like a sharp arrow, feeling that Gu Jin's gaze fell on her body, she really wanted to have a hole in the ground to hide.
Gu Guo saw that the old grandmother was silent, so he shouted outward, "Come on, take this flower grandmother down for me, and then go and tie up her family, both men and women will be sold to the kiln, and I will make her family a cheap from now on." ”
Mama Hua didn't expect Gu Guo to do such a desperate job, so she was stunned immediately, and there was no reaction when her hands and feet were pulled up.
"You dare!" Gu Jin said busily, "Mama Hua is my dowry, and the deed of sale of her family is in my hands, who dares to touch her except me?" ”
"Why wouldn't I dare? If I respect you, call you an old lady, what can you do if you don't respect you? You're just your father-in-law's stepfamily, and you know what your background is. Gu Guo sneered.
She is from the capital Guohou Mansion, this Gu Jin is just the daughter of a small trader, and she can climb to the steproom of the Hou Mansion, which shows that she used the means at the beginning, just in terms of background, this Jin family is not even worthy of giving her shoes.
Gu Jin's face was immediately red and white, and when Gu Jin's said this at this age, she immediately felt that her old face couldn't hang up, and she said without much confidence, "I am the wife of the old marquis, your mother-in-law, you regard it as unfilial." ”
"Unfilial?" Gu Guo repeated disdainfully, "Do you really think you are my mother-in-law? It's just a bed warmer, and it's funny to put on a shirt and forget that you're a monkey. "Once Gu Guo hates someone, he will naturally not save face for the other party.
Gu Jin's body was so sarcastic that her body staggered, but no one present helped her, including the big girl beside her.
When Mama Hua saw this situation, she immediately knew how to choose, if she didn't care about her family, she would definitely not betray the Gu Jin clan easily, but now the situation is stronger than people, "Madam, I'll recruit, I'll recruit them all-"
Gu Guo squinted at Mama Hua at this time, and raised his chin slightly, "Let her down." ”
Mama Hua crawled to Gu Guo's on the ground, and told the original story of the matter while crawling, including how Gu Jin's family planned to calculate Gu Xuefei's marriage to Dong Feng, and how she accepted Gu Jin's benefits to come to confess after the matter was exposed, etc., and the faces of the people present were even more pale.
"You, you ......" Gu Jin looked at Mama Hua hatefully.
Mama Hua cried and looked at the former master, "Old lady, the old slave is also forced, the old slave can die, but the old slave's family can't die, they are still young, I can't bear to see them fall into the dust, old lady, you can forgive the old slave......" kowtowed while saying.
Gu Jin's hand covered her forehead, and her face was as dead as ashes.
Gu Guo didn't bother to look at her, and turned his head to look at her husband with an unsightly face, "Master Hou, you have heard it, this Jin family is unforgivable, I ask Lord Hou to expel her out of the house as punishment." ”
"Dad, I agree with my mother's proposal, if she does such a thing, she can just call her mother's family to take her back." Gu Jing also stood up to support his mother, mainly because the Gu Jin clan had gone too far and exceeded his patience.
"Master Hou......" Gu Jin's face really didn't have any blood on her face this time, she immediately got up and knelt down, "Master Hou, you give me another chance to change my ways, don't let my mother's family come to take me back, there is no place for me to stay......"
She knows very well what kind of person her mother's family is, as long as she gives benefits, she can provide for her, if she can't give them any more benefits, then her fate can be imagined.
"It's too late for you to say this now, for the sake of my dead father all these years, I also want to support you until you are old, but what you did this time made me angry, why are you so cruel to a young unmarried girl? She's still the younger generation you've seen since childhood. Xuanping Hou was heartbroken.
"Master Hou, I'm also thinking about Sister Fei'er, Sister Fei'er ...... her," Gu Jin said again and again.
Gu Guo saw his daughter walk in out of the corner of his eye, and stepped forward and slapped Gu Jin fiercely, "What else do you want to talk nonsense?" Kim, if you want to test my patience, then try it. ”
Gu Jinshi covered his face that was hurt, and looked at Gu Guoshi with some fear, she had seen the means of governing the backyard, but she didn't expect that she would use this method on herself, so she immediately chose to be silent.
"Mother." Gu Xuefei walked into the main hall and felt relieved to see that the honest Gu Jin clan had obviously been cleaned up by her mother.
"Sister Fei, why are you here? Hurry back and rest, Ming'er will take you to the full moon banquet of the Xiangyang Hou Mansion for her mother. Gu Guo smiled and took his daughter's hand, "There is still some dirt here that has not been cleaned up, go back and wait for your mother to clean it up before you come over." He instructed his son again, "Brother Jing, hurry up and help your sister go back to rest." ”
Gu Jing didn't want his sister to see these pickled dirty things, and secondly, he felt sorry for what his sister encountered today, so he obeyed his mother's order to get up and stepped forward, pulling his sister to turn around and leave, "Little sister, brother sent you back, brother has got some good things recently, and I will send them to you later......
"Sister Fei, listen to your mother and your brother." Xuanping Hou also tried to squeeze out a smile, he is such a daughter, so he is naturally more favored.
Gu Xuefei felt that her family's care was not disobedient, and seeing that Gu Jin's mask was also torn off, she nodded and obediently pulled her brother out of the main hall.
Xuanping Hou waited for his daughter to leave, and then raised his voice, "Go, call someone from the Jin family to bring me this dirty thing back." ”
When Gu Jin heard this, he immediately spurted out a mouthful of old blood and fainted.
Gu Guo ordered in disgust, "Drag her out and lock her up in the firewood room, and there are people who are optimistic about her yard, don't let them out one by one today, and then bring someone to seal up the property in her yard, so as to save her from stealing the property of the Hou Mansion." ”
"Yes, ma'am." The subordinate was commanded to go out.
Xuanping Hou glanced at the frightened Dong Feng, "Get this thing out for me too, save me from dirtying this hall, wait for me to repair a book, and swear that he can't even keep his reputation." ”
When Dong Feng heard this, he couldn't wait to learn from Gu Jin's family and fainted, but unfortunately he was a big man, he really couldn't faint for a while, ten years of hard work in the cold window was in vain, and he was nothing without fame, and when he thought of the future days, he regretted not being at the beginning.
After these idle people and others had withdrawn, Gu Guo said in a low voice to Xuanping Hou, "I can't let go of the Jin family, I have to think of a way to let her die." ”
Xuan Pinghou glanced at his ruthless wife, "You can do what you want, but remember not to let people catch you." ”
"Master Hou rest assured," Gu Guo said, "The concubine body is not so stupid. ”
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Sorry.,It's late.,I fell asleep last night with the yard.,I overslept as soon as I slept.,So it's expected that the morning will become the afternoon.,It's all the fault of a dream.,Woo......