First Mongolia (1)

In the seventeenth year of Emperor Kaihuang of Sui, late spring.

It is the moon and spring, the grass in the south of the Yangtze River grows, the peanut trees are mixed, and the warblers fly wildly. The Zhengxi Houfu Mansion in Guangfu Town, Wu County, is naturally also in this warm scenery. In the westernmost courtyard of the courtyard, a tree full of pear blossoms bloomed against the wall, and at this time it was time for the pear blossoms to bloom, and a slight wind made the petals like snowflakes fly around.

A woman sitting against the pillar of the porch was full of disarray, like scattered pear petals, unable to grasp the panic. In the past, when she was just a girl waiting for words in a small portal, she still knew how to appreciate the scenery of this late spring, and suddenly became a person who went to the West Houfu, and was matched with a concubine of the West Hou, Gu Li. When she first got married, she still felt that her husband was well-groomed, and she would secretly rejoice when she looked at it, and as time went by, all she got was a secluded and flat small courtyard, a husband who was born in a Hou Mansion and could not make contributions, and a few children who were not close to the elders.

At this moment, the Chen family was leaning on her back, looking at the floating pear blossoms, feeling a little worried and sad, and thinking about the things that had troubled her recently.

At the beginning of the month, people came from Yuhang, for the Qingming sacrifice. There have been no relatives in Yuhang for a long time, and the clan has been very lively for a while. The Gu family has a long history, the prosperous family of gate valves in the south of the Yangtze River, and the grandfather Gu Yewang, who opened the door and established the mansion, has many protégés, and the so-called relatives are naturally different. But this time it was my grandfather's eldest grandson, Gu Biao, who moved to Yuhang with his father Marquis An Yuan in his early years. Chen carefully calculated how much she could earn and how much benefit she could get in this hectic turmoil with her husband who took care of the chores of the Gu Mansion.

Chen could have carefully watched this lively scene in the secluded small courtyard, and she had always followed the rules and did not dare to overstep the slightest, so she went back to the courtyard gate one more time that day. Just take your girl to pick a blooming flower. I met Mrs. Lu from Yu Hang, and her delicate and well-behaved girl took Mrs. Lu's hand by mistake.

Gu Biao and his wife Lu have two Langjun under their knees, both of whom have reached the age of weak crowns, started their own families, opened the door on the side of the house, and set up two mansions by themselves. In addition, he raised the widow of his old friend Yu Xin, and he was accepted as a younger brother, and he was also fifteen or sixteen years old, but there was no girl. Mrs. saw this soft and glutinous little girl at first glance, and somehow she was so eye-catching, happy as if something, asked the name, ranking, repeatedly pinched the soft little hand and refused to let go, and even took off a jade bracelet with a gold silk arabesque pattern on her arm, and handed it to Chen, saying that it was a gift to the little lady.

Chen went back to the house and secretly rejoiced. Since the birth of this little girl, no one has been so happy. Because of her humble status, she was not a man this time, and her husband was already displeased. When he asked his grandfather for his name, he only raised his eyebrows and said, "It's just the order of the girls in the family." Because of the seventh, the seventh mother is called. Now that he has won such a lot of love from Mrs. Lu, Chen can't help but be secretly proud in his heart.

Before this little pride had time to dissipate, Gu Li brought the news like thunder on a sunny day. Because of Mrs. Lu's love, Gu Biao proposed to his grandfather that he would bring Qi Niang back to Yuhang to raise, and everyone had no objection. It turned out to be a granddaughter, and the eldest son of Marquis An Yuan asked to go, and it was not encroachment, and there was nothing wrong with it. It's just that when I get to Chen, it's a thunderbolt. After all, it is his own flesh and blood, and Xu will never see each other again.

Even a thunderbolt is helpless. Qi Niang's current identity is very embarrassing, the granddaughter of the scholar clan will be married in the future, she must be an aunt of the Houmen Shen Mansion, otherwise she will enter the middle and lower portal. The left and right are not as good as those serious girls in the front yard. About this Chen family was originally a little knowledgeable, thinking about it, if his Qi Niang followed Gu Biao, although he was only raised in front of him, he did not have much reputation, and if he won Gu Biao's love in the future, it is unknown that he would enter the clan of Yuhang Gu in the name of his daughter. After thinking about it again, I finally made a ruthless heart.

Five days later, Gu Biao and his wife resigned from their clan relatives, worshiped their uncle, thanked Gu Li and his wife, and then returned to Yuhang. When Chen talked back, his face was particularly sad, Zheng Xihou felt that he had lost his concubine, and made a promise in front of everyone that he would help him in the house with peace of mind, and he would carry him on a good errand in the future. Gu Li and his wife also put aside the matter of Qi Niang for a while.

It is still the scenery of late spring, the snow-like petals on the pear trees have fallen, the verdant green of the city has slowly thickened, and the slightly drunk wind follows the car out of the city. In the car, Mrs. Lu teased the child in the servant's arms, and finally sighed unbearably: "In the end, it is still difficult for her own mother." The girl's bright eyes vaguely shook Mrs. Lu's satisfied face, and she smiled lightly, so that Mrs. Lu's heart was full of spring breeze.

Yuhang Gu Mansion is far less heroic than Wu County's Zhengxi Hou Mansion. Marquis Anyuan has been dead for many years, Gu Biao did not inherit the title of marquis, only guarded the ancestral inheritance, devoted himself to ancient books, Bo Gu and the present, he has some extraordinary insight, and also taught several famous people, and his reputation spread far and wide from the south of the Yangtze River to the north, and he has the legacy of the ancestors of the Gu family. In the past few years, there has been an endless stream of celebrities who have come to seek advice and want to worship under Gu Biao. Gu Biao is really picky about students, and he has not taught much over the years.

But there was a life that followed him from the beginning to his side, and won his favor. Since the seventeenth year of the emperor's reign, he brought back the young Qi Niang, which was just for the sake of being able to have a coquettish smile on his knees, and to relieve the couple's regret of having no daughter. No, when Qi Niang was young, Gu Biao got up by chance and casually taught a few thousand words, and she was so decent. Gu Biao was overjoyed, and according to the convention of female poetry and male Chu Ci, he gave her a name and called Mu Qing. Since then, she has been taught some classic ancient books, and even current affairs and political commentaries.

On weekdays, Gu Biao reads and writes, and Qi Niang is studying ink on the side, her eyes wide open, and she pesters Professor Daddy a little. Gu Biao doesn't have to work hard, usually this little girl can be transparent with a little mention, the so-called Lan Xinhui is like this.

On this day, it was a scorching summer, and the bamboo shadows in the Gufu Yizhu Courtyard were heavy and the breeze was clear. By the rhombic lattice window, Gu Muqing, who was hanging these two hanging buns, was sitting on the table in the shadow of the bamboo, depicting a pair of treasure flowers for his mother. She didn't like these, but Mrs. Lu often asked her to learn female red embroidery, thinking every day, which little lady doesn't know how to do needlework, and I'm afraid that she will be laughed at by her in-laws in the future.

At this time, Mu Qingzheng was distraught, called the little maid Ah Liu, who was with him, and called a few times, but he didn't know where Ah Liu went. got up and went to Gu Biao's study sullenly. When I walked to the window along the corridor, I heard a conversation in the study, and when I looked over, I saw that Daddy was talking to an elderly man who was not confused, and both of them looked solemn and worried. Just wanted to leave, I suddenly heard a call from my father in the study, "Qi Niang." She had to turn around and go into the house.

"Qi Niang, come and see Yu Shibo." Gu Biao changed his expression and said softly. Mu Qing obediently saluted. The visitor was none other than Lang Yu Shinan, the secretary who returned to Yuezhou from the eastern capital to visit relatives. When Yu Shinan was young, he followed Gu Biao's grandfather, Gu Yewang, for more than ten years, and he was diligent. In the court, he was a secretary with Gu Biao, and he was like-minded and very friendly. On the way back to his hometown, he stopped by to visit an old friend.

After a while, Yu Shinan asked her name and age. Mu Qing glanced at Gu Biao, got his jaw, and then said childishly: "The Book of Poetry is elegant, and there are clouds in the chapter of the people: Ji Fu is a song, Mu is like a breeze." Hence the name. ”

Seeing that Gu Muqing behaved at a young age, spoke words and sounds, was innocent and pitiful, and knew that she was taught by Gu Biao himself, Yu Shinan couldn't help but praise: "Good, good, Mu Qing, pure and peaceful, it can be seen that your father has a heart for you." ”

I also asked about the books I read every day, what lessons I taught, and what insights I learned. Mu Qing replied modestly one by one. Yu Shinan nodded frequently in his heart, although women are not in the stream of reading, but if they have talent, they can't lead, wouldn't it be a pity to waste it.

The two turned their heads and discussed current affairs again, leaving Mu Qing to serve aside, and didn't want her to avoid it, so she listened as if she didn't understand.

Yu Shinan let out a long sigh and sighed: "Zhong Ke knows that in the middle of the month, the people of Henan and Huaibei counties have been gathered, and there are more than 10,000 before and after, and the Jiqu has been opened. How much money was spent, and how much money was filled. I'm afraid that seven or eight out of ten of the funds allocated will go into those filthy money bags.

"Officials protect each other, and they are exploited layer by layer, but there is no clarity." Gu Biao also sighed.

The two of them were indignant for a while, and they didn't know when they changed the topic, and suddenly Yu Shinan's words grabbed Mu Qing's ears, "The grandson of Yixing Gong, the governor of Changzhou, Shi Du Zhaci, Du Keming." When he was young, he was smart and good, and now he has just passed the age of a weak crown. Do you know the Ministry of Rites Squire Ko Hyo-ki?

"Is it the one who is good at discerning talents and promoting talents?"

"Exactly. He asserted that this Du Keming must be a stable and stable talent. Not long ago, the official worshiped Captain Fuyang, young and vigorous, unwilling to go with the same drain, and couldn't see the pickled things in the official, I think he seems to be disgusted. ”

Gu Biaoqi said, "Even Gao Xiaoji, who has the reputation of Bole, is not exempt from vulgarity? Even if he has the eye to discern people, he is also blinded by the filth of the **. It is rare that Du Keming came from a family of eunuchs, and he was honest and clean, and he could understand the world. A good man should have something to do, I just hope not to be shackled by the sesame-sized official hat. ”

I also heard Yu Shinan say: "The official hat can't fetter such a family brother." It's just a good means for Gao Xiaoji, he made a relationship with the Du Ling Du family, and married the Gao family's aunt to Du Keming. ”

The two of them were speechless together, and they both understood in their hearts that this is how the connecting rope between officials and officials came about. Dignitaries and dignitaries climb each other's relatives, and the family of gate valves is involved everywhere.

After being silent for a long time, Yu Shinan suddenly said: "I have worked with Na Du Keming once, and he is indeed a talented person. He has admired Zhong Zhong for a long time, and the future is unknown, if one day, he can really get rid of that shackles and come to you, and dare to ask Zhong to teach him, such a talented and far-sighted person, do not let him go astray. ”

Gu Biao agreed here. Mu Qing listened in a daze, blinking his eyes and secretly thinking, is there going to be more senior brothers? It sounds like this Du Keming is a noble character, over the years, Daddy has rejected so many celebrities and eunuchs, and before he has seen him, he has been willing to let him into the room. She never expected that since that day, she had been ignorant and had broken into the road that could not be turned back, and the love, resentment, joy, anger, and sorrow of her life had stood there and beckoned to her.

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