There are many heirs of the Gu family, only Qilang Gu Xun and Jiulang Gu Yu can stay in Jiankang, and several sisters are married, and the rest are all in the neighboring counties to serve as county guards or county commanders.

Unexpectedly, a few days later, Gu Xun's side also had an accident, and several brothers outside had not heard of the accident at home, so they had received an urgent call from Xiao Daocheng, only saying that it was an important matter in the court, and several people had returned to Beijing one after another, but as soon as they entered Jiankang City, they all let Chen Qingzhi take the northern army away, and now they are all grounded in the Gu family's mansion.

Speaking of Chen Qingzhi, he really "took care" of the Gu family enough, these days the Gu family's big mansion, it really didn't even fly out, and he was able to go in and out of the house every day, except for the food delivery, the one who collected swill.

Today is the seventh day that Gu Xun has been detained in Tingwei Prison, and the mansion has been quiet as empty for a few days, without any life.

I can't go out, I can't ask for someone, Gu Lu's face washes his face with tears all day long, except for resting every night, he almost knelt in the ancestral hall during the day with a string of Buddhist beads, and chanted the Buddha with his eyes closed to seek Gu Xun's safety.

Seeing that the seven-day period had arrived, Shiro Gu Xuan was already in a hurry, and ran to the ancestral hall to find Gu Lu's, but seeing that she was still chanting and chanting Buddha, she was really helpless, so she stood outside the ancestral hall and wandered back and forth. ”

Gu Xuan only glanced at her, his eyes were a little unkind, Li is now Gu Xun's concubine, no one in the house knows about this matter, even she doesn't know, Gu Lu only told her sister-in-law Gu Xuan, because Gu Lu wrote the document of degrading his wife as a concubine, it was persecuted by Li Rong and Huan Ling, Gu Xuan decided in his heart that the Li family's maiden family was not good, and now when he sees the Li family, he naturally can't give a good face.

Li walked into the ancestral hall, stood on the right side behind Gu Lu, and whispered, "Mother, eat something." ”

When the words fell, the Buddha beads in Gu Lu's hand were suddenly broken for no reason, and the Bodhi seeds were scattered on the ground, making a crisp sound, Gu Lushi opened his eyes, looked at the Buddha beads on the ground, his eyes were as big as copper bells, and he panicked for a while, crying and lying down to pick up the scattered Buddha beads.

Gu Xuan stood outside the ancestral hall, heard the movement inside, and hurriedly went inside to check, but saw Gu Lushi lying on the ground, he hurriedly held her up, and wanted to stop her, but she insisted on breaking free, he called a little impatiently: "Mother, mother!" ”

At this time, the Li family was still standing behind with the food, with a frightened look on his face, Gu Xuan couldn't hold Gu Lu, but he started a fire at the Li family, and reprimanded: "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and pick up the Buddha beads!" ”

Li was reprimanded by him, so he pulled back his thoughts, hurriedly put down the meal, and came to pick up the Buddha beads together, but heard Li say, "It's over...... It's all over ......."

Gu Lushi looked at the four or five Buddha beads in his hand, and he was already in tears, Gu Xuan said: "Mother, this is just a string of Buddha beads, and if it is broken, it will be broken." ”

"This Buddha bead has been opened, I worship it in the ancestral hall every day, and now it is broken, this is a bad omen!" Gu Lushi cried a lot, Gu Xuan supported her, and persuaded helplessly: "Mother, this is a string of ordinary Buddha beads, the rope is not good, so it is broken, can you not always say anything bad omen!" ”

Gu Lushi had calmed down a little when he heard this, but he cried and said: "I chanted the Buddha just to ask the Buddha to bless Zi Geng to be safe, and now the seven-day period has arrived, and today is not the time, Zi Geng will be tried by the three divisions, if he is convicted, then our Gu family will really be finished......

At that time, the Li family had already picked up all the Buddha beads on the ground and handed them over to Gu Lu's hands, Gu Lu hurriedly said: "Quick, quickly string them up for me, and chant the Buddha with sincerity." ”

Gu Xuan saw that Gu Lu's was obsessed, and he was angry for a while, grabbed the Buddha beads in her hand, stood up and threw them on the ground, Gu Lu's was shocked, and shouted: "Ziding! What are you doing? You're going to anger the Buddha like that! ”

How do you know that Gu Xuan's face was full of anger, and he actually stretched out his hand and pointed to the golden body of the Buddha statue, and reprimanded: "Mother, you kneel here every day and chant the Buddha, has the Buddha ever helped our Gu family?" Did he ever save Zi Geng? No! The Buddha will not save us at all! ”

Gu Lushi was silent, just whimpering and sobbing, what Gu Xuan said was true, the Buddha would not save the Gu family at all, the so-called praying to God and worshiping the Buddha is just asking for peace of mind in the final analysis, but with such peace of mind, she can't ask for it now......

"Mother," Li carefully helped Gu Lu to stand up, and at this time Gu Xuan had also calmed down, and said to Gu Lu in a serious tone: "Mother, it is better to ask for Buddha than for yourself!" ”

Li Shi took a handkerchief and gently wiped the tears on Gu Lu's face, Gu Lushi still couldn't stop crying, she said: "Now it is the county lord of Hengyang who has offended, my Gu family has become the target of public criticism, no one dares to come and go, who else can we ask for......"

Gu Lushi cried out again as he spoke, and Li Shi also reddened, and said in a tentative tone: "Mother, you still have to tie the bell to the bell, otherwise...... Let's go beg for ......."

Before the Li clan finished speaking, Gu Lu cried and shouted, "You want me to go and ask the county lord of Hengyang?" Do you want me to go there and humiliate her! ”

"But now there is no other way but to beg her! She has a lot of friendship with her husband, and she will always be merciful, "If she hadn't been grounded in the mansion, the Li family would have gone to ask for thanks."

"Will she show mercy? If she would have shown mercy, Zi Geng would have let her out! ”

This Gu Lu has always had a deep opinion of Xie Zheng, but this disaster was originally caused by her, but she is still so obsessed with it, Li is by her side every day, listening to her complaining from time to time, she is really annoyed, but because Gu Lu is an elder, she endured it, but Gu Xun was about to be interrogated by the three divisions, and she finally couldn't suppress the fire in her stomach, so she turned her back to Gu Lu and said: "If my mother can't pull her face, I will beg her, you don't have to come forward, my husband is my husband, I don't want to ask her, Who else can beg her? ”

Gu Lushi was stunned, as if she had been poked in the sore spot by the Li family, yes, she also knew that she would ask Xie Zheng, and there might be a glimmer of life for Gu Xun and the Gu family, but she just couldn't pull her face!

"I, I'll go with you to beg her," Gu Xuan didn't blame the Li family for being rude to Gu Lu, but agreed with her words, even if he hated Xie Zheng bitterly, but as Li said, there was no other way but to ask her for mercy at the moment!

Hearing this, the Li clan turned around, and was about to leave with Gu Xuan, Gu Lu was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked unusually calmly: "The Northern Army is heavily guarded, how do you get out?" ”

The two paused, and Gu Xuan only said: "Rush out too!" ”

Coincidentally, in the alley in front of him, two small servants suddenly walked by, and one of them said, "The swill collector is here, you hurry up and send those leftovers to the back door, and tell them to carry them away quickly, they stink to death." ”

The two little guys had already walked by, and Li suddenly had an idea, and said: "The swill wheel ......"

When Gu Lu's mother and son heard this, they all looked at Li's in unison, the two of them understood, Gu Xuan immediately walked forward, and Li quickly followed, Gu Lu's looked at the backs of the two, and suddenly called Gu Xuan: "Ziding!" You stop. ”

Listening, Gu Xuan stopped again, looked back at Gu Lushi very impatiently, but did not say a word, Gu Lushi walked up to him, lowered his head slightly, took a deep breath, and then said: "I caused the disaster, and the people were also offended by me, if you want to go, it should be me to ......"

Both of them were stunned, and as soon as Gu Lushi finished speaking, he said again: "Yuan Niang, let's go." ”

"Yes," Li felt a little relieved in his heart, and hurriedly walked to the back door with Gu Lu.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law hid in the wooden barrel that poured the swill, and escaped from the Gu family's mansion with the car transporting the swill, and fled farther away, before they climbed out of the barrel, and hurried to the Hou Mansion with their heads down along the way, but their bodies were too sour, and they were inevitably pointed at on the road, like rats crossing the street, although everyone did not shout and beat, but everyone avoided it, just like the current situation of the Gu family.

When I arrived at the Hou Mansion, the porter did not welcome the Gu family's housewife, but when I saw the foreign lady on the side, I couldn't say anything, so I had to invite them into the house, and when I heard that the two of them wanted to see the lord of Hengyang, they asked them to sit in the front yard guest hall.

But the two of them also knew that the smell on their bodies was compelling, and they were here to ask for people rather than guests, so they naturally didn't dare to sit down, so they just stood in the hall and waited.

Although Xie Zheng has been recuperating for a few days, due to the severity of his injuries, he has not become lighter so far, and there are even a few wounds that have not yet scabbed, and he is still carefully bandaged.

She was sitting on the bed, Yuzhi was sitting on the stool beside the bed, and the master and servant were chatting quietly.

The maid suddenly walked in and said, "Xie Niangzi, the mother of the Gu family and the lady from other families are here, saying that they want to see you." ”

Yuzhi was surprised: "Isn't the Gu family grounded now?" How did Lieutenant Chen let them escape! ”

Xie Zheng's face was calm, and he only complained: "What are they doing?" ”

"Needless to say, Gu Xun will be interrogated by the three divisions today, they must have come over at this time, they must have begged the lady to open up and spare Gu Xun!" Yuzhi also looked resentful, and after she finished speaking, she immediately said to the maid: "I went back to them, the lady is resting, it is inconvenient to see guests, send them away." ”

The maid looked at Xie Zheng, as if she wanted to listen to Xie Zheng's meaning, but Xie Zheng didn't say anything, just acquiesced, and the maid turned around and withdrew.

Hearing that Gu Lu was coming, Xie Zheng was already in a bad mood, sitting on the bed, and he didn't have the heart to talk to Yuzhi, but after a while, the maid walked into the house again and said, "Xie Niangzi, they refuse to leave, they insist on seeing you." ”

Xie Zheng was obviously a little upset, and only asked, "What about the county marquis?" Since he is a relative of his foreign family, he should ask him to go to the meeting, what should he do to disturb me? ”

"The county marquis went out early in the morning, and now ...... Haven't come back yet......"

Yuzhi couldn't sit still, so she stood up and wanted to go outside, and said, "I'll meet them!" ”

"Jade Branch!" Xie Zheng hurriedly called her away, thinking that the Li family came with the Gu Lu family, even if the Gu Lu family could be turned away, but Huan Ling's cousin, she was not good at slacking off, so she lifted the quilt and ordered, "Help me up." ”

When Yuzhi heard this, his face suddenly changed, and he frowned and persuaded him: "Lady, your injuries have not yet recovered, and the imperial doctor ordered you not to walk around on the ground!" ”

"I only go to meet them, it's not in the way, not to mention that I've been lying down for six or seven days, my waist and legs are sore, and if I don't walk around on the ground anymore, I'm afraid I'm going to be paralyzed."

Yuzhi stood there fixedly, but only looked at her, and did not step forward to help, but she didn't step forward to help, Xie Zheng actually held the wooden frame next to the bed and wanted to go to the ground, Yuzhi was finally deeply impressed by her, and walked over helplessly to help her down, carefully carried her to the front yard, and did not forget to take a cloak to put on her before going out.

The two walked to the front yard, and when they were walking from the side hall to the guest hall in the corridor, they smelled an indescribable rancid smell from afar, and Yuzhi said: "What kind of smell, sour and smelly, like the rancid smell of swill." ”

When the two saw Xie Zheng's pale face, weak and powerless, and needed the support of jade branches to walk, they were ashamed to look away, and then looked at Xie Zheng, standing outside and saluting her, Gu Lu's blessing body said respectfully: "The old man has seen the county lord of Hengyang." ”

Li also owed a debt and did not speak.

Xie Zheng didn't pay attention to them in a hurry, until she was helped by Yuzhi to sit down in the guest hall, and when she saw the two of them also walking in, she asked coldly: "Mrs. Gu has always had a holiday with me, why did she come here to find me today?" ”

"I ...... I ......" When Gu Lu's was struggling and didn't know where to start, Li supported her and secretly pushed her arm to remind her to pay attention to etiquette, Gu Lu's reacted and quickly changed his words: "Old body...... The old man is here to ...... I want to ask the county lord to open up to my son Gu Xun. ”

The word "begging" is really difficult to speak, but now for the sake of Gu Xun, Gu Lu's family has to put down his face.

As expected, these two really came to intercede for Gu Xun.

Xie Zheng was silent, firstly because she was tired and unable to speak, and secondly, because the Gu family was quite shameless, she didn't bother to say anything more to them.

Yuzhi was not as calm as Xie Zheng, she immediately mocked: "Mrs. Gu, you are joking!" Your son Gu Xun is so bold that he actually sent someone to assassinate my lady, and injured my lady like this, and he has been recuperating for six or seven days and now he can't even walk! But you still ran over with your face in cheek and asked my lady to open up to him? With all due respect, your Wujun Gu clan is also a famous family, how can you be so shameless like those scoundrels outside! ”

was scolded by Yuzhi, Gu Lushi always lowered his head, did not dare to argue and only said a few words, so he had to bear it.

And Xie Zheng never went to Yuzhi, all because what Yuzhi said, it was true and what she said in her heart!

Yuzhi said, becoming more and more excited, suddenly red eyes, and then said: "Do you think that my lady can still come out to see you now, so you don't think she is seriously injured?" Let me tell you, my lady has a total of more than a dozen wounds, large and small, not a few! It's a dozen! Do you know how much blood she shed? Do you know how much pain she has! Did you know that there were too many bruises on her body to count? You don't know! So you easily ran over and asked my lady to save your son, and you didn't even blush when you came to plead, I really don't know how you did it so brazenly. ”

"Yuzhi, don't say it," Xie Zheng called her weakly, Yuzhi raised his hand and roughly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and stopped saying anything for the time being.

And Gu Lushi still lowered her head, listening to what Yuzhi said, she really regretted not being at the beginning, she suddenly knelt on the ground, and sobbed: "I know that it is our Gu family who is sorry for you, but I really beg you, spare Zigeng, he is innocent!" ”

As soon as Yuzhi heard this, the anger that had just been suppressed surged up again, "Innocent? You still have the face to say he's innocent? Where is his innocence? Because my lady escaped death and came back to life, you think he's innocent, don't you? Then I'll stab you more than a dozen times and tell you to go to the ghost gate to take a trip, if you don't die, am I also innocent? ”

"No...... No...... I ......" Gu Lu wanted to tell the truth, but when she really came to Xie Zheng, she didn't dare to speak, and Li stood aside, so she could only be anxious.

Yuzhi suddenly seemed to think of something, and calmed down with her anger, but when she looked at Gu Lu's eyes, her eyes were gloomy, and she said, "Mrs. Gu, don't you want to save your son?" It's better to be like this, my lady's weak body, with more than a dozen knives in her body, it can be said that she has been closed in the ghost gate, if Mrs. Gu can also stand up to these dozens of knives, and then you can still insist on standing here, even if I Zhan Yuzhi breaks into the court and robs the prison, I will definitely rescue people for you, what do you think? ”

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