The other people in the room also turned their eyes on the fourth master.

"Sister-in-law, the news came last night, and the emperor summoned several cabinet ministers overnight to discuss the plan to combat the captivity. In addition to letting the Marquis of Linjiang go to Hamiwei, he also ordered the general army of Datong to lead his troops to several guards adjacent to Hamiwei, for fear that if the war in Hamiwei was not lifted, there would be attacks by thorns and Tatars in other places. ”

"At the court meeting this morning, several ministers reported the news." The fourth old man frowned, and said worriedly: "After the next dynasty, the chief official Lord Bai told me the news and gave me a day off. I inquired for a long time, but unfortunately Lord Bai had limited information, and there was really no news of the eldest brother. ”

can't write two Gu characters in one stroke, although the fourth master has a disagreement with Mrs. Ge, but if the Qingyang Marquis Mansion falls, it will not be good for him.

There is such a big thing in the family, and personal grievances can only be put aside, after all, under the nest, there are no eggs.

"Sister-in-law, old lady, don't worry too much." The fourth master said: "No news is the best news, the eldest brother is the supreme chief officer of Hamiwei, there are elite guards around him, and the eldest brother himself has martial arts, so he will be fine." Let's wait a little longer, maybe there will be news of Big Brother soon. ”

The eldest lady stumbled and almost fell, but fortunately, Mama Jin quickly supported her.

The room suddenly fell into a deathly silence, and only the low cry of the eldest lady Gu Chonghua could be heard.

"Don't cry!" Old Madam Ge, who had not spoken, said suddenly: "Hou Yefu will never be fine, Hou Ye is fine, you guys are messing up first, spread it, people still think that our Qingyang Hou Mansion is really how." ”

Old Madam Ge's hand pinched the beads of the Buddha beads, and her eyes fell on the face of the eldest young master Gu Zhengrong, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, the high-spirited prince of the Hou Mansion, whose face was full of anxiety and worry from never knowing the suffering of the world.

She thought for a moment, looked away, swept over everyone one by one, and finally landed on the fourth master.

"Fourth, it's unbelievable that this kind of thing is happening right now. Your eldest brother doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, and your third brother is weak and has ...... ears Now, I can only rely on you and your second brother to carry it. ”

Old Madam Ge glanced at the second master and said, "Your second brother has been taking care of the housework, although he is familiar with the personnel in Beijing, but he is not an official in the end, and many things are not as good as yours." You have to take on a lot of it. ”

No matter what the fourth master thought in his heart, his face was full of humility: "Yes, old lady, my son can save it." ”

"The most important thing right now is to ask how your eldest brother is doing." The corners of Old Madam Ge's mouth twitched slightly, and said: "You pay one thousand taels of silver from the account, no, or two thousand taels, you go to find out the news, no matter what method you use, you must know whether your eldest brother is dead or alive, understand?" ”

For so many years, it has always been the fourth room that has given Mrs. Ge silver, and it is the first time that Mrs. Ge has spoken to the fourth master with such a pleasant face and given him silver.

She stared at the fourth master, trying to see something on his face.

The fourth master was very respectful: "What the old lady said is that I will go to find out the news." As soon as there is news of the big brother, I will tell you immediately. ”

After the fourth master left, the eldest lady Hao Shifang came back to her senses, her husband didn't know whether she was alive or dead, she couldn't be so decadent, the more critical it was, the more she had to stand up.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, the husband is gone, but the son is still there, and the Danshu iron coupon of the Qingyang Hou Mansion is still there, and the Gu family will not fall.

She immediately cheered up and told everyone to go back to their rooms, don't go out if you have nothing to do, don't listen to the rumors outside, and the most important thing is to restrain the people and save them from any trouble.

When everyone left, Old Madam Ge leaned softly on the chair as if all the strength of her body had been drained. She only felt a sense of fatigue all over her body, and a trace of remorse.

Yes, remorse.

She never thought that her son would have such a thing, she always thought that the Gu family's wealth and glory would be passed down from generation to generation, and she would never have to worry about it. But what happened today told her that this wealth and glory would most likely turn into powder in an instant.

What she didn't expect was that there was such a big thing in the family, and she didn't have anyone to rely on, so she actually asked the fourth to support her.

She hates it so much, if it weren't for the slut of the Sun family who secretly changed the teacup, how could the third child drink the poison/medicine in a daze, and how could he be deaf and weak in both ears? How could he develop such an eccentric character?

This qiē is all Sun's fault.

But today, she wants to let the lowly seed born by the Sun family help her take care of her family's affairs.

She didn't regret poisoning the Sun family back then, but regretted that she raised the second master into a cowardly and incompetent child. If she had been less jealous and suspicious of the second child at the beginning, and cultivated the second child well, maybe he would be of great use now.

But now it's too late, it's okay for him to manage the general affairs and take care of the business, but when it comes to an important juncture, especially when something as big as it is now, he can't afford it.

By the evening of the same day, the news of the loss of Hamiwei was no longer a secret.

The next day/court meeting, an official wrote to impeach the Marquis of Qingyang, saying that he received the favor of the country in his life, but did not want to repay the country. As the chief officer of Hamiwei, it is his duty to accept the frontier for the country, but now he is defeated and lost, and he must not be spared.

Although the emperor was angry, he did not give any instructions, and only left the excerpt of impeachment unpublished.

At the moment of the war, the emperor left the excerpt in the middle, and the court did not understand what it meant. The people of the Qingyang Marquis Mansion scolded the Yanguan for falling into the well, while walking around to find out the news, and at the same time let people say good things for the Qingyang Marquis in front of the emperor.

On the evening of the next day, the latest news came, saying that the Marquis of Qingyang was lazy in the Hami Guard, neglected to train the troops, and rarely supervised the training in person. In addition, he is very lustful, and he only knows how to drink with his concubines all day long. In addition to the concubines of the Marquis of Qingyang, there are also those who are accepted locally, not only the foreign women from the Tibetan side, but also the captive girls of the Tartary tartary.

And this time, the reason why the tile spur was able to break through Hamiwei so unconsciously was because one of the many concubines of the Marquis of Qingyang was a traitor in the city and reported the news for the tile spur, so that the tile spur army was able to win the city gate and kill the people.

As soon as the news came out, the city was full of wind and rain.

The officials wrote one after another, condemning the Marquis of Qingyang for eating the king's Lu, not thinking about his responsibility, bearing the holy will, and going against the expectations of the people, and should be severely punished.

Some people even say conclusively that the Marquis of Qingyang has rebelled a long time ago, and now his whereabouts are unknown because he defected to the enemy and went to the country of Tile, and some people say that he had a child with the Tilesha and went to the country of Tilesu to be his son-in-law.

There are many rumors, but there is no consensus. Although there are also people who say good things about Qingyang Hou, how can they be able to beat those voices of pain and scolding?

Most of them say that this time the tile thorn broke through Hamiwei, and the Marquis of Qingyang should bear the first responsibility, even if he did not defect to the enemy and commit treason, but he was defeated and lost his territory, and the crime of dereliction of responsibility and humiliation of the country was nailed to the iron plate.

The emperor was furious, and this time he did not choose to stay in the middle of the house, but gave instructions on the spot: "The commander of the Fusi of the North Town of Weibei in Jinyi will go to Hamiwei in the starry night, and the case must be thoroughly investigated." Gu Zhanpeng was deeply saddened, ashamed of the court, he wanted to see people dead and corpses, and he had to be arrested and questioned no matter what! ”

The emperor used the word "ask guilt", and his anger and disappointment were understood by the entire court.

When Jinyiwei was on the road, the secret guard beside Gu Zhanpeng, Marquis of Qingyang, also returned to the Marquis of Qingyang Mansion with serious injuries.

Because it has been bad news for several days, the Gu family is panicked, except for the fourth master and the second master who are running outside, and the third master who is lying quietly in his yard to recuperate, everyone else gathers in Anrong Courtyard most of the time to wait for the news. Gu Chongyang is no exception.

The dark guard's face was gray, his lips were chapped, his clothes were stained with blood, and there was a foul smell coming from his body. But at this moment, no one is in the mood to think about this, let alone blame the secret guard for his faux pas.

"What's going on with Master Hou?" Old Madam Ge's eyes stared sharply at the secret guard kneeling underneath.

I don't know if it was because the wound hurt too much, or because of the anger of the Marquis of Qingyang, the secret guard gritted his teeth and trembled, he said bitterly: "Old lady, the Hou Ye has been martyred." ”

When Mrs. Ge heard this, she fainted on the spot.

The eldest lady bit the tip of her tongue and forced herself to stay awake. She can't faint, she can't fall, the worst has happened, Qingyang Hou is really dead. She had to hold on, for the sake of her son.

The eldest lady asked the old lady to help the old lady into the inner room to rest, and asked the imperial doctor to ask for it, and then asked the secret guard: "You tell me in detail!" ”

"The Tile Thorn army came in at the third watch, when the Hou Ye and the soldiers were still asleep, no one thought that the Tile Thorn would come so quickly, and rushed into the guard in the blink of an eye. They cut down people when they saw them, and killed them when they saw them, and men could still get pleasure, but women had to suffer a lot□□ and in the end they still had to die. ”

Thinking of the events of that night, the Hami Guard became a hell of a nose, the shape was unbearable, the body of the dark guard trembled even more, and his voice began to choke: "Many people poured in, Hou Ye was outnumbered, surrounded by the Tile Thorn Legion, he knew that he couldn't ask for it, and he didn't want to fall into the hands of the enemy, so he swung his sword and killed himself." ”

"The aunt and grandmother and the fifth lady and the third young master did not escape the doom and were killed on the spot. None of the people brought by the Gu family to serve survived. ”

At this, the dark guard couldn't help but cry.

When he cried, the eldest lady Gu Chonghua and the eldest young master Gu Zhengrong couldn't help crying.

Gu Zhengrong rushed up angrily with tears on his face, and slapped the dark guard in the face: "What are you doing to eat?" Incompetent waste, what does your father raise you to do, you just watch your father kill himself. Waste, waste! ”