83, Everlasting Lamp
"Daddy, what's wrong?"
Gu Nian couldn't care about anything else, hugged Gu Shi'an, and tears fell anxiously.
What was it that made his father look so crazy, and his anger at the moment was something Gu Nian had never seen before.
Her gaze fell on Gu Shi'an's big broad palms, and blisters were grinded out.
A tear fell on Gu Nian's face, and when she looked up, she saw the tears rolling down Gu Shi'an's eyes.
"Niannian, why are you back?" Gu Shi'an came back to his senses and muttered, his spirit seemed to have been drained overnight, and the whole person was very depressed.
Gu Shi'an wanted to laugh, but the smile that came out of the corner of his mouth was more ugly than crying, he touched Gu Nian's face with trembling hands, and wanted to say something, but in the end he just choked up, and said in a trembling voice, "It's nothing, it's really nothing." ”
"Daddy, what's wrong?"
Gu Shi'an wanted to squeeze out an expression that was fine, but failed.
In this life, all he has in his heart are two women, a wife and a daughter.
When his wife died, he felt that the world had collapsed, he was exiled, and he exchanged his life for a future, just to hope that his daughter would be well.
He just wanted to give his wife a better place to sleep, closer to him and his daughter, but what did he find?
What about the bones of his wife?
Who took his wife's bones?
The ancestral tomb of the Gu family is in a very remote place, surrounded by mountains and rivers, the scenery is good, and the feng shui is also very good.
The Gu family is in this quiet place, and they are neighbors with several other high-ranking families, all waiting here to protect their descendants.
Although it is impossible to have the same guards as the Imperial Tomb, it is difficult to sneak in.
He could tell at a glance that Jing Ning's grave had been moved, and that it was an empty coffin.
It was empty and clean that no one had ever buried in it.
This means that there is no Jingning's bones in the coffin, and she can take Jingning's bones before falling into the coffin without knowing it, how much hatred is this, so that she can't fall to the ground after death?
Who the hell is it? Is it Yu's old pious woman?
He shook his head. He saw Jing Ning's coffin buried with his own eyes.
Was it before the coffin was sealed?
The corners of Gu Shi'an's eyes showed a hint of coldness.
He only felt that the qi and blood in his body were surging, and his throat spit out fishy sweet blood.
The pain and fear made him feel like he couldn't even rest his soul.
He trembled and stroked the top of Gu Nian's head, his daughter had just gotten married, and he couldn't let him suffer with him.
He squeezed out a smile, "It's nothing, Daddy has touched something." ”
Gu Nian didn't believe it, but thinking that this was the gate of the mansion, and there were always people passing by outside, she hugged Gu Shi'an and said, "Daddy, don't hide anything from me, now that my daughter has grown up, you are not far away to worry me, but I want to share it with my father." ”
Gu Shi'an's smile was more ugly than crying, she was not stupid, something big must have happened.
Thinking that when the identity of King Su's orphan was dug up, his father didn't have such pain, what happened to him today that made him almost collapse?
Her? Maternal?
She suddenly widened her eyes, smelled Gu Shi'an's earthy smell, and then looked at Nanshan, the little girl who had been standing silently behind Gu Shi'an, who was also covered in dust.
"Daddy, did you go to the Gu family's ancestral grave? If there's anything that hurts, I don't want you to do it alone. We are the closest people. ”
Gu Nian was originally very happy to come to see Zhou Yuyan, but at the moment he was only full of sadness.
Gu Shi'an didn't expect Gu Nian to be so keen, he just wanted his daughter to be happy for the rest of her life, when Jing Ning left, he took his hand and told him, "You must take care of Niannian." ”
How could he not take good care of it, it was the only blood and bone she left for herself, and seeing her was like seeing Jing Ning.
"I originally wanted to go and see the situation there, but when I went, I actually saw Xintu......" Gu Shi'an thought that he didn't know who took Niannian's bones, and now he didn't know where he was drifting, he rose into a rage that wanted to destroy the world.
"New soil? Isn't it that the zodiac festival has not been selected yet? Gu Nian asked incomprehensibly.
Gu Shi'an's face began to distort again, "I didn't choose well, but your mother is gone." ”
"She's gone? What does it mean to be missing? Gu Nian looked at Gu Shi'an blankly, and after half a ring, her eyes widened in disbelief, only to feel that her whole body was cold, as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, and her face turned pale, pale, and there was no blood at all.
She stared blankly at her crazy father, holding herself in both hands, trying to keep something, but she couldn't catch it.
She has been through so many times, even if she has been assassinated and killed every time, once pushed off a cliff, fed poison, and cut off her hands and feet, but she has never experienced such a malicious and terrible thing.
She trembled all over, and it wasn't until a strong, generous embrace behind her enveloped her that Gu Nian felt that she had a temperature on her body again.
"Father, do you mean new soil? Was it just removed? Gu Nian asked in Xiao Yue's arms.
Gu Shi'an sat on the steps in front of the door, "No, the new soil is just a trick, I've opened it and seen it, and it's clean inside." As if it had never been used. ”
Xiao Yue frowned, "Will the people of the Gu family know about this matter?" ”
Gu Shi'an said, "I smashed the ancestral grave of the Gu family." ”
"Daddy, let's go inside, it's full of people here." Gu Nian said.
Gu Shi'an stood up and admonished, "Don't let your grandmother know." ”
Gu Nian nodded, she must not let her grandmother know about this, her body has been greatly damaged after the last poisoning incident, and she is really afraid that she will not be able to accept such a big stimulus.
The three of them were about to turn back to the house, when a large group of people outside rushed towards this side with great momentum.
Gu Nian looked at it, it was Gu Liangdong who was bringing people over.
I saw Gu Liangdong walking up to Gu Shi'an angrily, tilting his head, and shouting loudly,
"Gu Shi'an, you bastard, you actually dug up the Gu family's ancestral grave."
"You ruthless and unrighteous guy, the Gu family is just raising a dog and wagging its tail, it's good for you to dig up the ancestral grave of the Gu family, you are not afraid of thunder and thunder?"
Gu Shi'an saw Gu Liangdong coming over with someone and scolded him, his face was pale, his face was a little more hateful, and he almost looked at Gu Liangdong under the steps with a fecal gaze.
He slowly walked down the steps and walked in front of Gu Liangdong, "Have you scolded enough?" If you don't come, I'll go to you too, and you've saved me a lot of things. ”
He grabbed Gu Liangdong by the collar, "Let me ask you, where did the Gu family get Jing Ning's bones?" ”
Gu Liangdong was originally imposing, but after being grabbed by Gu Shi'an's collar, his attitude softened, and said, "What Jingning's bones, didn't you say that you want to choose a day to move the grave?" ”
"I've already promised you, what are you still dissatisfied with, you want to dig up the Gu family's ancestral grave?"
"Heh......" Gu Shi'an looked at Gu Liangdong and sneered.
When An Yuanhou's subordinates heard Gu Liangdong's voice appear, they hurriedly went out of the mansion and rushed over to block Gu Liangdong's angry scolding figure.
Gu Liangdong also wanted to scold Gu Shi'an, but an elder of the clan stopped him, and the title of the Gu family's mansion was directly confiscated by the emperor, and even the family property was confiscated.
Without the title, Gu Liangdong's branch has become a very ordinary branch in the Gu clan.
In the past, he was high, but now he is as low as a dog, and the clan elder asked Gu Liangdong to keep his mouth shut, but he could only keep his mouth shut.
The clan elder stepped forward and looked at Gu Shi'an with stern eyes,
"The bones of the county lord of Jingning are gone, no one can think of this, and we are also very sympathetic, but this is not the reason why you destroyed the ancestral tomb of the Gu family."
"We really didn't expect this to happen." The patriarch's voice was dry, and he said with difficulty,
"I hope that this is the last time for you, not everyone can tolerate the things you do, and we will not be held accountable, but next time, Gu Shi'an, you are still surnamed Gu in front of you, so, next time, dare to do such a thing, don't blame us for being unkind to you."
"The Gu family doesn't have a title anymore, but at the feet of the Son of Heaven, there is always a place to be reasonable, no matter how it works, even if our Gu family rolls the nail board, we will definitely sue the emperor."
Gu Shi'an raised his hand and looked at the wound on his hand, "It was I who disturbed the ancestors of the Gu family, it's just that I hope you can hand over those people who watched the ancestral grave, Jing Ning's bones are gone, I always have to find a way to find it." ”
The patriarch naturally agreed, and he was also complaining about the people guarding the grave, and unknowingly, let people sneak in. I don't know which immoral ghost would do such a thing.
He let go of Gu Shi'an, it is nothing more than that the Gu family is now in decline, Gu Shi'an is surnamed Gu, of course he can pull a child of the Gu family in the future.
Besides, the clan elder looked at Xiao Yue, the king of Jin who was standing on the side with a straight face,
This time, although Gu Shi'an was wrong, it was not for no reason, his wife's bones were gone, and there must be resentment.
can only be regarded as the Gu family's bad luck.
When Gu Liangdong heard the clan elder say this, he knew that he would definitely not embarrass Gu Shi'an, so he said, "Third uncle, just let go of this bastard bastard so easily?" That's the grave of your ancestors. ”
"Why do you want him to wear linen and filial piety in front of the graves of his ancestors, kneel in front of those ancestors to confess his sins and apologize."
"Alright, don't you think it's big enough?" The clan elder scolded, and said to Gu Shi'an, "I will let people send those grave guards over, but I also ask you to raise your noble hand and show some mercy to them." ”
Gu Shi'an bowed, as long as he didn't embarrass him, this result should be pretty good.
Seeing this, the clan elder retreated with the people who followed him, leaving only Gu Liangdong alone, he couldn't believe it, the clan elder let go of Gu Shi'an so easily, he held his breath in his heart, and his eyes turned black with anger, so he turned around and left.
There was such a commotion at the door, so naturally it would inevitably reach the princess of the backyard, and she immediately sent someone to invite Gu Shi'an and them in.
Gu Shi'an was covered in mud, so he went back to the guest house to freshen up and change clothes, while Gu Nian and Xiao Yue slowly went to the inner courtyard.
"Lord Wang, why are you here?" Gu Nian turned his head to look at Xiao Yue.
Xiao Yue glanced at her lightly, "Your mirror maid said that you went back to the Hou Mansion, so come and have a look." I'll pick you up and take you back by the way. ”
Gu Nian pursed her lips, she wanted to laugh, but she couldn't laugh, but when she arrived at the princess of the inner courtyard, she had to cheer up.
"Cousin." When Gu Nian saw Zhou Yuyan with a stomach, she happily stepped forward and took her hand, looking like she was going to stick to her.
Xiao Yue stepped forward to greet the princess of the protector, and pulled Gu Nian, who was about to stick to Zhou Yuyan's body, without a trace.
"Niannian, what was the noise outside just now?" The Protector Princess asked.
Gu Nian's eyes rolled and said, "The people of the Gu family came to find trouble with their father, so they made a fuss, but they were scared away by the prince." ”
After speaking, she also looked at Xiao Yue, hoping that she could help protect the princess together.
Who knows, the eldest princess of the protector said coldly, "Don't lie, you say, what's going on?" ”
"You don't have to hide it." Xiao Yue suddenly spoke lightly on the side.
Gu Nian's face changed suddenly, and he only heard the princess drink half a cup of tea and looked at Gu Nian, "Say it." ”
Gu Nian couldn't hide it, so she poured it out, and the princess of the protector widened her eyes when she heard this, the teacup in her hand was tightly pinched in her hand, and the water in the teacup was shaken out and her hands were wet.
She just squeezed her tightly, her eyes bloodshot, and she whispered, "Where did Jing Ning's bones go?" ”
"Father will check it out and see when he lost it." Gu Nian didn't dare to tell the eldest princess of the country, Gu Shi'an said that it was actually very clean inside, as if it had not been used, and the mother's bones must have been stolen when she was just buried.
The princess whimpered, tears falling from her eyes.
The death of her daughter will always be the deepest pain in her heart, and now she even told her that her daughter's bones are gone.
Gu Nian hugged the princess and wiped her tears, "Father and prince will definitely find my mother's bones, you have to take care." ”
The princess of the protector cried in a low voice, and Zhou Yuyan and Gu Nian sat beside her left and right, letting her vent.
This kind of thing really makes people panic.
When her emotions calmed down, the eldest princess gritted her teeth and said, "These dogs, I think they are dead." ”
"I'm not going to give up on this." The eldest princess of the protector has a gloomy gaze, as long as she does not involve any trouble, she must seek justice for her daughter.
Gu Nianxiang pursed his lips and said softly, "This matter has to be carefully investigated, and the most important thing now is that you have to take care of your body, grandmother." ”
The eldest princess of the protector had a gloomy face, "Let people investigate, no matter who did such a thing, there is no need to wait until the future, as long as the evidence is found, I will tear off a layer of his skin." ”
Gu Nian naturally agreed with the approach of the eldest princess of the country, "This matter will be investigated immediately, don't worry, don't be annoyed, otherwise when the truth is found out, you will be angry, the more times like this, the more you should take good care of your body." ”
Zhou Yuyan also echoed on the side, "Grandmother, don't worry, once this matter is found out, no matter which one it is, sooner or later he will be stabbed in the vital role." ”
Gu Shi'an changed his clothes and washed up and came over to greet the eldest princess of the country, and seeing her expression, he knew that she must have known about the disappearance of Jing Ning's bones.
Under the persuasion of the two sweet-hearted babies, the eldest princess of the protector had calmed down at this moment, and said to Gu Shi'an, "Bury that grave again, otherwise people will know that you dug your daughter-in-law's grave, and it will only spread a bad reputation." ”
"You have experienced a lot of suffering and pain, there are debts and ghosts, and there will always be a time when you and I will take revenge."
After the pain was extreme, she became numb, but the eldest princess comforted Gu Shi'an.
Such a thing naturally has to be investigated slowly, and since that person dares to do it, he is completely sure that he will not be discovered.
What's the purpose of just making a new one? Provocation? Taunt?
Everything is unknown, and the truth must be discovered slowly.
After Gu Nian left the Marquis of Anyuan's mansion, he felt particularly tired, during this time, things were one after another, and he was always uneasy, her poison, the poison on her mother, and the revelation of her father's identity, everything, the hand behind him has been manipulating, what does he want to do?
Sure enough, a few days later, Emperor Yongping issued a holy decree, announcing that he would give the prince of King Su to Gu Shi'an's will, and he was sincere in every word.
"I have always wanted to implement the legacy of the first emperor when he was here, so that the first emperor and the king of Su can smile."
"It's just that I didn't find the orphan of King Su before, and I first ascended to the great treasure, and I left the east to be rebuilt, and I suffered repeated military disasters, so this matter was delayed.
Now, now that the orphan of King Su has looked back, a few days ago, after discussing with the clansmen, I felt that King Su's lineage could not be cut off, and I was determined to return the orphan Gu Shi'an who was given to him by the prince, and changed the surname Gu back to the surname Lin. ”
He also said that the original Su Wangfu was returned to Gu Shi'an as the palace, and the Su Wangfu has always had old servants who are trying their best to repair it, so as long as it is repaired a little, it can be moved over.
In the past, the house in Liyu Hutong was also rewarded by Emperor Yongping, since he didn't say to take it back, Gu Shi'an lived there first.
King Su was only imprisoned at the beginning, and although he was named an anti-king, the title of King Su was never removed.
And since the emperor said that the first emperor had a testament, it should be true. It's just that the content of this testament is probably only known to the current emperor.
After sealing the king, Gu Shi'an was about to move out of the Marquis of Anyuan's mansion, he moved back to Liyu Hutong first, and Xiao Yue took Gu Nian to live in the house next door to Gu Mansion in Liyu Hutong.
November 28 is a good day, Gu Nian didn't believe in those strange forces before, but she has lived again and again, and she has to believe if she doesn't believe it.
So, on this day, she went to Izumo Temple early in the morning to incense in the company of Xiao Yue.
There is a large hall in Izumo Temple that is specially used to light everlasting lamps for everyone, and she thought that her mother's bones were now gone, so she donated sesame oil and lit an everlasting lamp for the lord of Jingning, but what she didn't expect was that there was already a lantern of the lord of Jingning in the temple.
She even saw a person there familiarly offering incense in front of the everlasting lamp.
"Why are you here?" She stepped forward and asked, surprised.
The man turned around and smiled at Gu Nian.