Volume 2 Ember Chapter 54 The Firstborn
Gu Jian held the handle of the knife with his hand and stared at the Gu Yan in front of him, as if he could see the bulging muscles on Gu Yan's body.
"Uncle Yan, stop for a moment," Gu Jie half-inserted between the two as a peacemaker, "My brother has been away for so long, and we have forgotten the rules of the Gu family, don't make it so difficult for him." ”
"That's what Jie'er said." Gu Yan rubbed the war knife pinned to his waist, took a deep look at Gu Key, turned around, and then went to observe the offspring of each training.
Gu Key shook off Gu Jie's hand suddenly, silently walked in front of the four elders, and bowed for a long time, "Four clan elders, Gu Key left home four years ago, and was able to come back today, and he didn't come to worship at the first time, it was the kid's negligence." ”
The elders seemed to be a little stunned, and they didn't react to the ancient key kneeling in front of them for a while. After all, in their memory, this innocent gentleman never seemed to know what etiquette and secular things were.
"Get up, keyboy." An elder suddenly squatted down and patted Gu Key's shoulder.
Gu Key was startled, and in the dusk, he raised his head to see the rather old but still chic face, perhaps because it was late, he didn't recognize this old man at the first time.
"You are ......"
"This kid!" The old man slapped Gu Key's back fiercely, feigning anger, "Even your Uncle Nie doesn't remember?" Stinky boy! ”
Gu Key's back suddenly straightened, and when he looked at it again, the old man in front of him finally became clear. I haven't seen him for a few years, and this old guy who always likes to run around the city with a wine jug on his back seems to be much older.
"Uncle Nie, in recent years, how are you?" Gu Key smiled miserably.
How good can it be, my uncle, who is often locked out by himself because of his late return, has not been teased by himself.
Gu Nie didn't respond, and carefully looked at the ancient key from head to toe, smashing his mouth from time to time to show his admiration. The three clan elders around him didn't look at the ancient key again, and paced close to the junior students who were practicing. They don't have much intersection with the ancient key, and they are not willing to control the descendants of this family too much, which is nothing more than to bring unnecessary trouble and disharmony within the family to themselves.
"Key boy, in four years, it seems that you have been tempered into a real man. You won't tease your good uncle like you used to, will you? ”
Gu Key was stunned, a little embarrassed, and nodded.
Seeing him like this, Gu Nie couldn't help laughing, the folds on his face trembled, and his thin figure couldn't hide much even if he was stuffed in a tight silk robe.
"Your body is much stronger, and it seems that you didn't die from a woman."
"Uncle...... If nothing else," the ancient key was a little secretive, "boy, I'll go visit my father first." ”
Gu Nie squinted slightly, and the hand that wanted to take out the wine jug from his waist slowly stopped, "To visit your father?" How? Gu Key, the most amorous eldest son of the Gu family, used to think about his biological father in his heart? I can't take it off guard, is it because your brain is broken, or is my cognition a little biased? ”
Gu Key was stunned for a long time, his eyes wandered away from Gu Nie, and he never dared to make eye contact with him. He knew that Gu Nie was his father's own uncle. What is he like to his father, for so many years, Gu Nie Ke has seen it in his eyes.
It's just that his father was too doting and eventually led to the bad character of the ancient key. My father grew up behind Uncle Gu Nie's buttocks since he was a child, and his nephew is so embarrassed, as the head of the family, it is really a sigh. Therefore, Gu Nie personally took on the task of cleaning up the ancient key.
From ancient times to the present, the ancient family has been inherited for more than 300 years, and all generations have been a wealthy gentry family, and the official and commercial rights are respectful. At that time, in Liesun City, there was often a scene that made people cry and laugh.
The innocent Gu Key is often bumped into by Gu Nie who is wandering outside, and he has been beaten countless times, but after being beaten, the evil young man is still taught repeatedly, and it seems that he has to distinguish himself from Gu Nie. Later, in order to avenge the beating, Gu Key often returned to the ancient mansion one step ahead of Gu Nie, locked Gu Nie outside, and teased the old man fiercely.
"Uncle, you ...... Here's what to say. Gu Jian remembered that time, and his head pressed even lower.
Gu Jie, who was nearby, picked up a long sword and began to practice, and the afterglow met the ancient key from time to time, as if he was demonstrating.
"Huh...... It's nothing," Gu Nie lifted the flask and took a big sip, "I'm old!" The old one can't even pee! ”
Gu Key couldn't laugh at all when he heard this strange self-deprecation. He was silent for a moment, but said nothing.
"Isn't it? Although it's only been four years, my old bones obviously can't teach you anymore......" Gu Nie glanced at Gu Key deeply.
"yes...... Uncle, you're old. ”
"Fart! Let me serve the old? Wait another two years! Stinky boy! The old man slapped Gu Key's back again, turned around and stopped looking at him, "What are you still doing in a daze?" Why don't you go and see your good father? ”
The ancient key stayed for a long time.
"It's just ......," Gu Key hesitated, "Does Father still want to see me?" ”
"Only brutes give up their little cubs." Gu Nie smiled, "Your concerns are unnecessary. ”
When the old man turned his head again, the ancient key had disappeared at the end of the square. He saw Kosuke's slightly unwilling appearance in the afterglow, and sneered for no reason.
"That's not right! Where did the little girl go? Gu Nie suddenly remembered something, "Gu Qi, this girl, must have followed the Gu Key and ran away again, alas! ”
In the front hall, a huge round sandalwood table was filled with all kinds of food, and several women with heavy makeup stood in front of the main room, talking in a slightly out-of-character whisper. At this moment, they caught a glimpse of a person hurrying in front of the door, and they were startled. When they reacted, they thought it was a rude servant, but when they wanted to scold, they were stunned again.
Gu Key glared at them demonstratively, and pushed open the door of the main room. The women of the branch of the clan recognized it as the ancient key, but what they didn't expect was that this evil young man who did all kinds of evil actually returned.
In the quaint but luxurious main room, it is so vast that you can almost have an echo when you speak. Quiet as a mist, a middle-aged man with a short beard sits on the chairman and closes his eyes to recuperate. The famous Guiyang fragrance that rises warmly moistens in the room, and the misty haze fills the whole room, and the quiet fragrance makes people's spirits quiet to the extreme.
"Father." Gu Key leaned down and respectfully bowed, "Son...... It's back. ”
For a long time, no one answered. Gu Key's biological father, Gu Xun just closed his eyes to regulate his voice, and no one else took care of this so-called eldest son.
"Father......" Gu Key's waist bowed even lower.
"You are not worthy of the surname Gu," Gu Xun said extremely bluntly, "You are not worthy of being my son." ”
"Father, I ...... Already. ”
"How?" Gu Xun glanced at Gu Key, "Don't you think it's enough to smear the Gu family?" ”
"I'm already atoning for my sins, Father."
"Brute," Gu Xun's voice suddenly turned into a roar, like a bell, "What's the use of atonement?" Can you restore the sins you have made? I'm so ashamed to have bred such a piece of waste as you! ”
After a long silence, Gu Key's legs gradually softened, and finally knelt in front of Gu Xun again, bowing for a long time.
"Do you think that kneeling before me and begging me means that I still indulge you as easily as I did before?"
"It's not like that, and so am I...... There is no other way. ”
"There's no other way!" Gu Xun slapped the guardrail of the Zen chair fiercely, gritting his teeth, "If you really have no other way, you won't shamelessly hide in the martial arts city, and don't come back and kneel in front of me and beg for my forgiveness!" ”
As soon as the words fell, Gu Xun picked up the rattan in his hand, broke out and approached Gu Key, and slammed it on him.
"If you really know it's wrong! There will be no repeated teachings, and people will be killed! You think I won't beat you if you don't stay by my side for the past four years, do you? You think you can live a better life without me, right? If it weren't for Lao Tzu begging Lu Dudu to give you an errand to live, you would have died, brute! Gu Xun gasped, and finally stopped what he was doing, only to find that Gu Xun was kneeling on the ground, enduring the rattan without moving.
"Do you expect your servants to hide these things from you, so that I won't find out and punish you?" Gu Xun wanted to stretch out the rattan and whip the ancient key, but the rattan finally stopped in mid-air and hung down weakly.
The rattan that had stagnated in mid-air fell silent, and the eyes that Gu Keyhad just closed opened suddenly, but what he saw was his father's stunned expression.
"When your mother died, you wanted to see it the most, but you ......"
"Mother...... What did she say? After a while, Gu Jian squeezed out a few words with great difficulty.
"Shut your mouth!" Gu Xun threw the rattan aside and walked inward, "Brute, come over to me!" ”
Gu Key followed Gu Xun into the inner room without saying a word.
The inner room, which also has a faint incense, makes the ancient key a lot more comfortable. He seemed to remember something, and turned his eyes wide to look at his father.
"This ...... This is the ...... of the bell flower rouge"
Gu Xun snorted heavily, and walked to the shrine card inside, his eyebrows and eyes became wider.
As a commoner, Gu Key's biological mother was able to be eliminated by her father and set up this ritual card, which is enough to show Gu Xun's love for this woman. Perhaps because he was afraid that Gu Key would feel inferior because he was the eldest son, this old father's doting was excessive, which eventually led to Gu Key's various immeasurable consequences.
And although Kosuke is the second son, he was born in the main house.
"Gu Qi's fat powder was also given to her by her father, right?" Gu Key suddenly asked.
Gu Key was stunned for a moment, and after a long sigh, he nodded, "It's really smarter than a dog's nose!" ”
"Father, it's been ten years since the last time the begonia tree bloomed, right?" Gu Key couldn't help but laugh as well.
"yes." Gu Xun was gloomy, quietly smelling the fragrance of the bell begonia flowers wafting in the air, "This year's bell begonia flowers are blooming ......"