Chapter 20: A False Alarm
Xin'er wiped her tears with her sleeve, and sobbed and told the bad news: "The eldest young master is happy today, and he drank a few more cups when he returned from his aunt's 'milk' and 'milk'...... I didn't think that the slave maid left for a while, and when I came back, I saw that the bedroom was on fire, and the slave and maid couldn't break in if they wanted to......"
Gu Zheng grabbed Xin'er's shoulders and shook her desperately, asking for the answer he wanted to hear: "Fire in the middle of the night? What about the eldest young master? Did he escape from the fire early in the morning? β
At this moment, Xin'er was already in tears, crying and shaking her head: "The eldest young master, he ...... He was so drunk that he couldn't escape......"
Xin'er's words made Gu Zheng push her to the ground uncontrollably, shook her head frequently, and asked in a scream of disbelief: "You mean that the eldest young master was burned alive?!" β
Seeing Xin'er covering her mouth and nodding, Gu Zheng suddenly felt that the world was spinning and fell into Liang Jingxian's arms: "How can this be, it can't be like this!" My brother came to see me in the morning, and he was fine then...... No! I don't believe it! I don't believe it's true! β
Liang Jingxian hugged Gu Zheng tightly, his heart was tightened, and he couldn't wait to bear the bad news for her, but he could only look at Gu Zheng helplessly, but he vaguely felt that something was wrong in his heart......
Gu Zheng cried for a moment in Liang Jingxian's arms, and suddenly broke free from his embrace: "Master Cen must have killed his brother!" He didn't give up the idea of getting rid of his brother at all, and I want to go to him for justice! β
Liang Jingxian instructed Spoon Er and others to take the cloak and follow, and chased out, and didn't bother to prepare the carriage, so he got into the carriage that Xin'er took when he came to report the news, and rushed to Tongzhou......
I never thought that the carriage had just driven out of the alley where Liang's house was located, and was intercepted by a man in black wearing a hat and a cloak, Liang Jingxian saw that someone stopped the car, and the muscles and flesh of his whole body immediately tensed, and put on a posture of being ready to go and move with the other party at any time, the other party waved his hand again and again, slowly approached the carriage, and lowered his voice to show his identity: "It's me." β
The man in black only said just two words, and then let Gu Zheng 'excitedly' lift the curtain and jump out of the carriage, but Liang Jingxian's obstruction rushed to the side of the man in black, and asked with full expectation: "Brother? It's you, right? β
"It's me, get in the car first." After Gu Feng finished speaking, he took the lead in helping Gu Zheng to re-board the carriage, and then he also got into the carriage, and as soon as he sat down, he took off the hat on his head, and saw that Gu Zheng didn't even comb his head and only put on a cloak on his body at random, so he couldn't help but feel distressed and took Gu Zheng: "Scared you, right?" It's all my brother's fault, my brother should come to you faster, and you won't be frightened. β
Gu Feng's "resurrection from the dead" had already made Gu Zheng cry with joy: "As long as you are good, brother!" β
Gu Feng explained succinctly: "I'm fine, it wasn't me who burned me, it was the stand-in that Master Cen found for me......"
I didn't think that before Gu Feng finished speaking, Liang Jingxian dug Gu Zheng out of Gu Feng's arms with a look of surprise, hugged Gu Zheng back into his arms domineeringly, and asked casually: "So this is the 'exchange' between you and Master Cen?" β
Liang Jingxian's stinginess and domineering made Gu want to find a crack in the ground to get inβββ how could anyone even eat the vinegar of his brother-in-law?! I have to rob my brother-in-law in person!
What a shame!
Fortunately, Gu Feng didn't think much about it, and his attention quickly shifted to explaining why he "came back from the dead": "Ziliang is really smart! That's right, this is the 'exchange' I made with Master Cenβββ I took the initiative to fake my death, so that there will be no Cen Qifeng and Master Cen in the world from now on, only the orphan Gu Feng. In this way, the Cen family will only be left with the newly recognized young master, and everything in the Cen family will naturally be inherited by him alone, and it will have nothing to do with me from now on. β
It turned out that Gu Feng chose to restore his original identity, cut off all contact with the Cen family, and be himself......
Although Gu Zheng's decision surprised Gu Zheng, after the accident, Gu Zheng admired Gu Feng's decisiveness very muchβββ from the cold to the expensive, and expensive to the cold! Not everyone can easily give up their glory and wealth, not to mention that Gu Feng is qualified enough to inherit the title, as long as he drags it out carefully, as long as he keeps his 'life', he will definitely be able to inherit the title in the end.
But Gu Feng chose to give up all this and chose to be his original self.
While appreciating and admiring Gu Feng's decisiveness, Gu Zheng couldn't help but ask: "Brother, if you give up everything in the Cen family, you have to start from scratch, and even the fame you obtained earlier must be given up, do you feel pity or regret?" β
"There's nothing to be sorry about, and I won't regret it! I believe that I have the ability to start from scratch," Gu Feng smiled and told Gu Zheng his plans, so that Gu Zheng didn't have to worry about him: "I will rely on my own ability to build a careerβββ just before I took the exam to become famous, many people thought that I was stained with the light of the Cen family, and now I can take this opportunity to prove that I have real talent and learning, just as I wish." β
When Gu Zheng and Gu Feng were talking, Liang Jingxian had been looking at Gu Feng quietly, he knew very well that Gu Feng had voluntarily faked his death and gave up his title and started from scratch for Gu Zheng, he also admired and appreciated Gu Feng's courage and backbone, and he really respected and recognized Gu Feng through this matter, and his attitude towards Gu Feng was not just about loving the house and Wu.
After telling Gu Zheng about his fake death, Gu Feng proposed to let Gu Zheng continue to play the trick, and rush to Cen's house to cry and mourn at night, so that outsiders would believe that the eldest young master of the Cen family really suffered an accident and lost his life.
Gu Feng also offered to disguise himself as a servant of the Liang family and go back to the Cen family with Gu Zheng: "I want to see my grandmother for the last time, my grandmother should not know what Master Cen did, she has always treated our brothers and sisters sincerely, I am afraid that she will be too sad and break her body when she learns ......of my death."
Gu Zheng also felt that there was no need to hide this matter from Mrs. Cen, so he immediately agreed to Gu Feng's proposal, so the carriage that galloped out of the alley got back on the road, went straight to Tongzhou, and finally arrived at Cen Mansion before dawn.
After Gu Zheng pretended to cry, he led Gu Feng to Rongshoutang, and when he entered the house, he knew that Master Cen was accompanying Mrs. Cen to persuade her to mourn.
Gu Zheng deliberately exposed Master Cen's true face in front of Mrs. Cen, and deliberately pushed Gu Feng in front of Mrs. Cen in front of him: "Grandmother, don't be sad, let's see who this is!" β
Gu Feng knelt down in front of Mrs. Cen with a "plop" and blamed himself with a face: "My grandson is not filial, which makes my grandmother sad." β
"Wind ...... Brother Feng? You...... How are you doing? Mrs. Cen was very 'excited' when she first saw Gu Feng, but after all, she had experienced many strong winds and 'waves', and she quickly calmed down and realized that things were not so simple: "What is going on? β
Gu Feng stood up with Mrs. Cen's hand and explained euphemistically: "I don't want to embarrass the master, so I designed such a fake death...... Grandmother, from now on, there will be no Cen Qifeng in the world, only Gu Feng. β
Who is Mrs. Cen, and how could she believe Gu Feng's words like this?
Mrs. Cen understood the strangeness of this after thinking about it carefully, and immediately glanced at Master Cen with sharp eyes: "You already know about this matter?" β
"Yes," Master Cen didn't expect Gu Zheng to bring Gu Feng directly to Mrs. Cen, and as soon as Mrs. Cen's gaze swept over, he secretly said that it was not good, lowered his head and did not dare to look at Mrs. Cen, and brazenly found an excuse to excuse himself: "It was Brother Feng himself who insisted on doing this, no matter how much I persuaded him, he refused to give up, and insisted on breaking off from our Cen family." β
Mrs. Cen glared at Master Cen with a blank face: "Don't think I'm old and confused!" Don't you want to fool me! Do you want to drive Brother Feng away when you have a parent? I'm telling you, don't even think about it with me! β
Master Cen didn't dare to disobey Mrs. Cen, so he could only explain for himself in a low voice, and after explaining, he pretended to take out a stack of silver tickets and handed them to Gu Feng: "Brother Feng, no matter what, I have treated you badly, and if you take this money, it should be regarded as a little compensation for me!" β
Gu Feng didn't accept the silver ticket given by Master Cen, but only smiled and explained to Mrs. Cen that he didn't want Master Cen to be embarrassed: "Grandmother, don't blame the master, this is indeed my own decision, I want to leave the Cen family and go out to break through." β
Mrs. Cen refused to leave Gu Feng alone, and took his hand to leave him: "Silly boy, this is your home, you don't have to leave, no one will feel embarrassed!" I don't allow you to run around, you leave me at home with me. β
Mrs. Cen repeatedly kept Gu Feng, but Gu Feng had already made up her mind, and no matter how hard Mrs. Cen tried to do so, she would not change her mind......
Mrs. Cen couldn't, so she could only sigh, first found an excuse to break up Master Cen, and then ordered the eldest maid to come out with a small box: "Since you have made up your mind, it is useless for grandmother to say more, just that, just do what you want!" If you accept this box, it will be a little thought from your grandmother. β
Gu Feng opened the box and saw that in addition to a stack of silver tickets, there were also some jadeite, pearls and ancient 'jade' that were not small, and immediately closed the box and presented it to Mrs. Cen: "I can't accept grandmother's things, I have just said it, this is my own decision, I don't want any compensation." β
Mrs. Cen raised her face with displeasure when she heard this: "What? Now you don't even listen to your grandmother? This is not compensation, it is a little thing that my grandmother gave to my grandson, if you insist on refusing to accept it, then you don't want to recognize me as a grandmother......"
Mrs. Cen said everything to this, Gu Feng could only reluctantly accept the box of things, and accompanied Mrs. Cen with Gu Zheng for a long time before leaving.
After Gu Zheng and his party walked out of the big 'door' of the Cen family, Gu Feng, who was walking at the end, suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at the plaque hanging on the big 'door', and after a long time, he exhaled heavily, with a relaxed and relieved face, as if walking out of this big 'door' made him a lot more relaxed from then on.
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