The elders of the Gu clan of Renyifang have been replaced, and they are all loyal and upright people, and they will definitely not bully orphan girls or rob family property again.

Gu Huanyi listened to Gu Jian's words, and said with appreciation: "You have done things so well, it can be seen that you are good at managing the family, and I will be able to rest assured when I think about it." ”

Gu Jian said embarrassedly: "Thanks to Steward Song Ping's invitation to General Cheng to call the shots, I can calm all kinds of disputes in the clan." ”

Song Ping shook his hand and said: "What ability do I have to invite General Cheng, this is all Miss Cheng's face." ”

When Gu Huanyi sent Song Ping to Liangzhou with Gu Jian to deal with the affairs of the clan, he wrote a letter for Song Ping to bring with him.

This letter was addressed to Cheng Zhi, the general of Liangzhou.

Cheng Zhi was originally the head of the infantry of the Gu Jiajun, and when the Gu Jiajun had an accident, Cheng Zhi left the camp to visit relatives due to the serious illness of his old mother, and escaped a catastrophe, and was later merged into the Donglin Army together with the rest of the Gu Jiajun who stayed behind.

Now that the main general of the Donglin Army has fallen, Cheng Zhi, as the old general of the Gu Family Army, temporarily leads the defense of Liangzhou.

Cheng Zhi has a good personal education with the Gu family, and he is also the master of Gu Huanyi's brother Gu Jiayi.

Gu Jiayi has been practicing martial arts with his father since he was a child, but because of his mother's doting, he often protects him from being disciplined by General Gu.

But he couldn't practice martial arts without hardship, so General Gu had to find another master for him and hand over his son to outsiders to teach.

This person is Cheng Zhi.

Cheng Zhi's exercises are proficient, and hand-to-hand combat is a must, he treats Gu Jiayi like a parent, and teaches him a unique lesson.

Cheng Zhi watched the Gu family brothers and sisters grow up, he treated Gu Huanyi very well, Gu Huanyi's equestrian skills were still learned from him, so Gu Huanyi followed Gu Jiayi and also called Cheng Zhi "Master".

Gu Huanyi wrote a letter to ask the master for a little favor, but Cheng Zhizi would not refuse.

Gu Huanyi said to Song Ping: "When I left Liangzhou last year, Master was still on the front line, and when I come back this time, I will definitely pay a good visit to him." Go and get ready, I'm going to visit tomorrow. ”

Cheng Zhi also wants to see Gu Huanyi, he has a deep relationship with the Gu family, not a relative is better than a relative, Gu Huanyi, as the only seedling, carries all his joys and sorrows to the Gu family.

The next day, when Gu Huanyi went to see Cheng Zhi, Cheng Zhi was a big man, and his eyes were almost red.

"Good, good, good." He looked at Gu Huanyi, and was relieved to see that everything was fine with the little girl, "I heard your housekeeper say that everything is fine in the capital, and now that I see it with my own eyes, I am also relieved." ”

Gu Huanyi restrained his tears of emotion and said, "My biggest regret before I went to the capital was that I couldn't see you again. It's great that you're back safely from the front. ”

Cheng Zhi shook his head regretfully and said, "But the brothers are gone, even the general and Jia'er...... Ay! ”

Gu Huanyi also sighed, but time has passed, two years have passed, and both of them have gradually come out of the shadows and value the future more.

Gu Huanyi came to visit today, one is to reminisce, the other is to thank you, and there is nothing else to discuss, after making an appointment to go to the Yiyong Temple tomorrow to worship, Gu Huanyi plans to go back.

Cheng Zhi sent Gu Huanyi out, and as soon as he walked out, there was a strange sound of music in his ears.

She searched for prestige and saw a convoy of fancy clothes walking down the street.

Gu Huanyi's eyes immediately froze, and he said coldly: "Beiyi people! ”

One of the floats in the convoy has beads and jewels made of bones hanging from the four corners of the car, six of which are driven by the prince or princess of Beiyi.

How could the people of the Beiyi royal family swagger through the streets of Liangzhou?!

Cheng Zhi saw that Gu Huanyi's face was visibly red, knowing that she was very angry, and said embarrassedly: "I wanted to tell you just now, but I couldn't bear to see you wronged...... The Beiyi people offered to come to the Yiyong Temple to worship Gu Jiajun, and the matter was directly decided by the Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites, and it was approved. ”

Since the collapse of the Gu family army the year before last, the relationship between the two countries has been very poor.

Although Gu Jiajun did not die under the butcher's knife of the Beiyi people, the place where the Beiyi people garrisoned blocked the retreat of the Gu Jiajun to avoid disasters, which was one of the important reasons for the tragedy.

After the incident, the Beiyi people were afraid that Xuanguo would completely count the account on their heads, so they took the initiative to propose peace.

At that time, the Gu Jiajun and Donglin Army in the north had accidents one after another, and Emperor Xuan didn't want the situation to deteriorate, so he agreed after weighing it.

But the peace between the two countries does not mean that Gu Huanyi can forget the national hatred and family hatred, she regards Beiyi as an enemy, this cannot be changed!

Now, when the Beiyi people step into the territory of Liangzhou, they also want to enter the Yiyong Temple, which she must not accept!

Cheng Zhi said: "The Ministry of Rites means that Beiyi sent the princess to worship, which is full of sincerity and has the intention of apologizing. I know this is difficult for you to accept, but it is also an expedient measure for the imperial court to calm the people's minds. ”

After listening to Cheng Zhi's explanation, Gu Huanyi did not speak.

She could understand, but couldn't accept it.

An enemy country that killed 80,000 loyal and brave people, and now changes its face and says that if you want to be a friend, you will be a friend?

What was approved by the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple was what the emperor approved, and Gu Huanyi knew that Cheng Zhi had no way to change it, so he had to sulk and go home.

The Righteous Shrine is open to the public on weekdays, and the same is true on the day of death, when many people come in and out to pay respects.

In order to avoid conflicts between the local people and the Beiyi people, the Ministry of Rites and the people of Honglu Temple arranged the worship of the Beiyi people on the second day of the death day.

On the day of his death, Gu Huanyi came to worship with Cheng Zhi, Gu Jian and other clansmen, and when it was over, a person dressed as Beiyi mixed among the people and rushed to Gu Huanyi to ask for a meeting, saying that the princess of Beiyi really wanted to meet Gu Huanyi.

Gu Huan was puzzled and angry.

The people of Beiyi still dare to see her? Do you apologize to her? But apologies are useless in the face of blood feuds!

Cheng Zhi's face sank, and he reprimanded the Beiyi people: "This request of yours, the officials of the Ministry of Rites have already clearly rejected it, how dare you trespass without permission and forcibly ask for a meeting?" ”

When Gu Huanyi heard this, he felt even more strange.

It turns out that the Ministry of Rites has rejected the Beiyi princess, why does she have to see herself?

After thinking about it, Gu Huanyi said: "Since the people of Beiyi dare to come to see me, why don't I dare to see her?" I'll wait here tomorrow, and I'll hear what she's going to tell me!" ”

The next day, Wanyan Zhen, the princess of Beiyi, accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple, went to the Yiyong Temple to pay tribute.

Gu Huanyi watched the ceremony with a straight face, and after seeing Yan Zhen respectfully kneeling in front of her father's spiritual seat, her mood was slightly soothed.

After the ceremony, Wan Yanzhen walked up to her with a smile on her face and looked at her: "You are Gu Huanyi." ”

Wan Yanzhen is tall and plump, Gu Huanyi is much thinner than her, but because of anger, Gu Huanyi looks at her with anger and indifference, and her aura is not weaker than her.

The official of the Ministry of Rites stood in the middle of the two, very afraid of any accident, and was about to say something to ease, but after listening to Yan Zhen say to Gu Huanyi: "Miss Gu, there are many people here, can you borrow a step, I have something to tell you alone." ”