Chapter 35: Confrontation (2)
What really happened that year?
He and Gu Changying have entered the career since they were young, and have been known as confidants for more than ten years, when he was in Guankou, when he received Gu Changying's secret letter, he only saw a handful of loess.
Liu Yong recalled the past, his face was astringent, the past was brought up again, and his heart was not a taste, and said, "When the Tianji Pavilion invaded the government and the opposition, Yunyu almost covered the sky with one hand, at that time, the Xie family resisted the enemy at the border pass, and was encountering a serious flood in Dali, because the imperial court dug a waterway and allocated grain and grass to the south, the treasury could not take out the excess silver for disaster relief, the emperor was furious, and suddenly checked the treasury accounts, and the entire Yuan State officials were panicked, and the treasury accounts, the two sides of the strait accounted for more than half, and at that time, as the general Gu brother of both sides of the strait, was naturally affected, He was detained in the capital and had difficulty moving. Liu Yong recounted, the past was heavy, so he couldn't bear it, sat at the table weakly, and sighed, "At that time, your father probably knew that the officialdom was dark, and thought that the Gu family would be destroyed, so he sent me a letter, wanting me to secretly pick up your mother and two brothers, who knew that night, the Fang family actually sent someone to talk to your father secretly!" Yun Yu and the Fang family wanted to bring trouble to the east, and borrowed your father's hand to detain the Xie family for the crime of embezzling tax silver, they made a lot of false evidence, and jointly signed many officials of all sizes to impeach the Xie family, at that time, Xie Yi had just been recalled to Yancheng, there was a rebellion in the army, Xie Wang Ye was killed by spies, and was trapped in Tongyuan City for a month, and the border pass was about to be breached......"
Because he was too excited, Liu Yong couldn't continue to speak calmly, he was silent for a moment, sorted out his emotions, got up and walked a few steps, I don't know what switch was pressed next to the bookshelf, I only heard a click, the bookshelf was slowly separated, revealing a wall, Liu Yong pressed the switch on the wall, there was another world in the small wall, there was a wooden box on display, he stepped forward to take it out, handed it to Gu Rong, he continued, "At this time, I received your father's second letter. ”
Gu Rong opened the wooden box, and on the yellow envelope, it was her father's handwriting: Liu Yong opened it himself
It snowed heavily that year.
Liu Yong was on the way to Yandu when he received Gu Changying's second letter.
Brother Liu:
See the words as they are.
Last night, the Fang family sent someone to meet with me, I know that things are not as simple as I thought, the Xie family is a loyal martyr, Xie Hou Ye has been guarding the border for decades, and today he was framed by the villain, and he will suffer such a catastrophe, the Xie family will fall, the border defense will be broken, and I don't know how many people want their wives to be separated, and the family will be ruined. I know very well that no matter what, I will not escape death, and I am willing to bear all these trumped-up charges, and I only hope that after my death, Brother Liu can help me take care of my daughter, she is still young, I am in Jiuquan, and I am grateful.
Gu Changying
In just a few lines, Gu Rong's tears had already fallen.
She didn't know that there were so many reasons for what happened back then.
At that time, there were rumors all over the sky that the Gu family embezzled taxes and silver, and Gu Changying confessed all the sins at night, and the emperor was furious and ordered to be beheaded all over the house!
All the thoughts of Tianji Pavilion and the Fang family were disappointed, and Xie Yi was released, but Yun Yu said that the emperor, the Xie family had high merit, and there was no one in their eyes, so it was better to detain them for a few more days to kill their sharpness!
But the emperor agreed.
Xie Yi was still favored by the prince Gao Jian, who was still favored at the time, and was privately released from the prison, and hurried back to the border pass, all the way to be chased and killed by the people of Tianji Pavilion, and outside the city, he met Gu Rong who returned home.
At that time, she had just learned to go down the mountain, all the way to play, passing by Suzhou City, heard the villagers say that there were a hundred geese grass in the mountain, she couldn't help but go into the mountain alone to find, on that day, met the thanks before the ghost gate.
Gu Rong only heard Liu Yong continue, "At that time, I was powerless to return to the sky, so I could only inquire about your whereabouts in Yandu, but there was no news, in order to find you, I tried my best to recommend myself to sit in Yandu, and all the furnishings in the house have not changed, I just hope that you can find the house, but there is no news of you for many years, and I thought that you were also unlucky." ”
They had never met back then, when Liu Yong became the general manager of the capital, Gu Rong had been taken back to Yancheng by Gu Ping, and she had a high fever for a few days, and she lived in a mess.
Today, the old things are repeating themselves, and the cross-strait tax and silver issue has once again opened a hole, but it is aimed at the forces of all sides that have been entrenched under the surface for many years.
The emperor directed and acted to solve the cross-strait problem, and some people were unable to sit still, and wanted to concoct the situation of the year, but this time, the emperor became Gao Jian, and with the full support of the Xie family, he overrode public opinion and sent Wang Yan Erxia to the salt capital.
Finally, someone couldn't help it, and the entire undercurrent on both sides of the strait was surging, and even tonight, they wanted to kill Liu Yong, and there was no proof of death. Gu Rong has no doubt that if Liu Yong dies tonight, the news publicized to the outside world must be suicide in fear of crime.
Gu Rong figured out all the joints, and then asked, "Uncle Liu was taken to Qiushui Mansion in the morning, is it a threat?" ”
Liu Yong said, "The Qiushui family used the lives of my wife and children as bargaining chips, saying that as long as I confessed, my family would be safe." ”
Gu Rong was really good.
I don't know why this morning, I was afraid that something would happen to Liu Yong, so I asked my eldest brother to ask for someone, and then I figured out the joints, Liu Yong has been in the salt capital for several years, and he must have pinched something in his hands to make him jealous. And Liu Yong was taken away by the eldest brother, and the Qiushui family was afraid that Liu Yong would be asked something in the eldest brother, so the dog finally jumped over the wall in a hurry, so he sent someone to kill him.
But unfortunately, as soon as she came to Yandu, because she was confused about the past, she was extremely concerned about the capital, and she also sent someone to ambush here.
With that, the sky is already bright.
Gu Rong put away the wooden box and stepped out of the house.
The rockery flower gallery outside the house has been cleaned up, and the blood stains on the ground have disappeared.
"Rong'er!" Liu Yong stopped her behind him.
Gu Rong turned around, Liu Yong's face was pale, his complexion was not good, obviously he was frightened a lot last night, and reminded her, "The wooden box has a mezzanine." ”
Before Gu Rong could open the mezzanine, someone had already come to report, "My lord, Xie Shizi is here!" ”
Gu Rong waved her hand to stop Liu Yong from leaving the house, and said, "Uncle Liu, you should stay with your aunt and children after a night of fright, I just have something to look for him." ”
Gu Rong was extremely familiar with this mansion, and went to the front hall alone.
In the hall, Xie Yi was sitting on a high seat drinking tea, dressed in a black robe, with black jade like a crown.
Hearing the sound at the door, he raised his head, but saw that the person in front of him was Gu Rong, he was slightly surprised, put the tea cup down, and asked, "Why are you here?" ”
Gu Rong didn't answer his words, she looked stunned and looked up behind him.
Above the high hall, there is a picture of a bamboo forest.
This picture was painted by her on the mountain according to the bamboo forest of Lushan, and she took it home during the New Year, and her father hung it on the high hall, proud of it.
This picture is still here!
Gu Rong put away her emotions and said, "I'll follow my eldest brother and take a walk around Yandu." ”
Xie Yi had already walked up to her, and saw that her eyes were red and swollen, obviously crying, and her dress was still stained with blood.
The gratitude is not broken.
Gu Rong didn't get a drop of water for a long time, her throat was dry and sore, and she didn't want to speak, so she sat directly next to the chair, Xie Yi stood beside her, the afterglow of the early morning refracted his shadow to the ground, and she was only quiet for a moment, Xie Yi said tentatively, "Are you hungry?" Would you like something to eat? ”
Gu Rong said in a hoarse voice, "Okay." ”
After washing, he changed his clothes, and Ming Ba, who had been following Xie Yi all the year round, had already gone to the nearest market to buy hot wontons and dumplings.
The two of them sat at the table, the food was in their stomachs, and Gu Rong remembered to ask him, "Why did you come to the salt capital?" ”
Thankfully, "I'll take a walk too." ”
Ming Ba was waiting outside the door, not far away, and when he heard his words, he secretly said to the prince of the wood, and couldn't help but rush to say, "What to go!" Shizi, obviously you took the initiative to ask the emperor for an edict to come! ”
Xie Wang Ye has been sick in bed for a while now, Xie Yi is now the head of the Xie family, and he leads hundreds of thousands of troops at the border gates, how busy he is on weekdays, how can he have such leisure to go down to the two sides of the strait.
Unsolicited Request...... Gu Rong was so smart that she could guess his intentions at once.
The Wang family has no roots and no power in Luancheng, even if the emperor is behind it, but the power of the DPRK and China is intertwined, and the emperor has less real power in his hands.
He took the initiative to take responsibility for the two sides of the strait, but when he came to the two sides of the strait, he didn't interfere with the actions of the eldest brother, and everyone in the world said that he was grateful for his natural love of killing, and he was not close to women by nature, but after a long reunion, he was always different from her.
If he went down to the two sides of the strait, if he said that none of the reasons for this were because of her, I am afraid that she herself would not believe it.
Gu Rong lowered her head and took a bite of wonton, the tender filling spread out in her mouth, and when she looked at it with thanks, she only saw her slightly curled eyelashes, and a trace of heat steamed in the bowl, which made the scene seem extraordinarily quiet.
Jiuqi hurried over from the outer courtyard, saw the situation in the house, and stood outside the hall waiting for him with great eyes.
Xie Xiang simply ate two bites, put the dishes and chopsticks, and then went out of the house.
Jiuqi hurriedly said, "Shizi, everything has been prepared according to your instructions." ”
The sun was getting higher and higher outside, and the wind was blowing, Xie Yi raised his hand slightly, swept his robe, and said, "Watch tightly, run one, and go back to confinement yourself." ”
Ming Eight and Ninety-Seven were both stunned, and immediately solemnly replied, "Yes!" ”