When Gu Qing returned to Chang'an, Xifu was already in chaos.

He hurried to Songshou Temple, but saw Liu squatting under the cloister with a fan guarding the medicine stove, carefully opening the medicine jar from time to time to take a look, and frying the soup very carefully.

She inadvertently looked back and saw Gu Qing, she was immediately surprised and delighted, hurriedly put down the pu fan, rubbed her hand on the skirt, and happily greeted her and bowed down: "The general is back." ”

Gu Qing was a little surprised when she saw her here, and frowned slightly: "Why are you here?" What is this doing? ”

Liu Shi blushed a little, lowered his head slightly and said softly: "The old lady is very sick, and the medical officer prescribed the decoction, but she should watch the fire carefully, for fear of damaging the medicinal properties, and the maid did not dare to be careless, so she thought that she would come over and watch the decoction for the old lady in person, so it would be better to rest assured." ”

Gu Qing listened to her cautious explanation, and her originally cold face eased slightly: "How is the old lady's body?" ”

Liu Shi sighed, frowned and said in a low voice: "A few days ago, I was a little sick, and I asked Yuan Yuan to come to the old lady to see a doctor, and she prescribed a decoction, and the old lady was much better after using it, but ......"

She hesitated a little embarrassed for a moment, and then said: "It's just that the eldest lady invited Qi Shanggong from the Shanggong Bureau in the palace to come, counted and took back all the family wealth deeds placed here in Dongfu, and said that she had shortened the money and silver of 20,000 gold in Dongfu, and asked Qi Shanggong to testify, write an IOU and send it, and let the old lady stamp the seal of Dongfu." ”

"The old lady was so angry that she fell ill again after stamping the letter, and she looked a little heavier than before, and she was afraid that she would have to take care of it for a long time."

Liu said, frowning between his eyebrows and sighing lowly: "The maid is useless, and she can't share the worries of the old lady, so she can only serve in front of her, and she can do her best." ”

Gu Qing's face darkened, and he nodded slightly to the Liu family for a long time: "It's hard for you, I'll go in and see the old lady." The tone was rare mild.

A flash of joy flashed in Liu's eyes, but it was the rules and regulations that gave Gu Qing a curt: "The maid is here looking at the decoction, and Mama Deng is waiting in the room." ”

Old Madam Gu, who was lying on the couch, chattered weakly: "...... There are so many grange shops, all of them are excellent, just let that cheap hoof take it back...... Hey, that's my life, it's all my Gu family's wealth, how can I give it to that little beast who eats inside and out! ”

She felt pain when she thought about the deed that was taken back, and then thought about the IOU that Gu Mingzhu brought, 20,000 gold, and there was actually a difference of 20,000 gold in the East Mansion in the West Mansion! She suddenly felt that her chest was even more congested, and she was almost out of breath, obviously these were her family wealth, how could it be like this!

"The general is here." When Mama Deng saw Gu Qing come in, tears of joy were about to flow out, these days there has been a lot of turmoil in the house, and there have been waves of unsettled, and she has also suffered a lot of grievances in front of the old lady, and she is really haggard with fear, and seeing Gu Qing is like seeing a savior.

When Mrs. Gu heard that Gu Qing was back, her chest was no longer blocked, so she sat up and cried sadly: "Da Lang, you are finally back, if you don't come back, I'm afraid I'm going to die here......"

Gu Qing looked at his mother-in-law, her expression was complicated, and after a long time, she sighed in a low voice and stepped forward, sitting on the side of Old Madam Gu's couch: "A-Niang is relieved, I will deal with anything." ”

When Mrs. Gu heard this, she let out a long breath, as if the grievances she had suffered over the past few days had dissipated a lot, but she grabbed Gu Qing's hand fiercely: "Mingzhu's little hoof actually dared to calculate me, I don't know what rhetoric was used to deceive the queen of heaven to stand up for her, and actually snatched back those grange shops in the East Mansion, and dared to take an IOU to force me to stamp the letter, you can't please spare her, she is guilty of unfilial piety and disobedience!" ”

As she spoke, she gritted her teeth with hatred: "Da Lang, you can't indulge her in doing anything wrong, you have to get back all those family wealth and deeds!" That's my life! At the beginning in Qingzhou, your grandfather died early, leaving me and your two brothers to depend on each other, it was I who worked hard for people to feed the two of you brothers, you can't ......"

Gu Qing hung her head, listening to Old Madam Gu's whispering face, over the years, whenever she asked him to bow his head and obey her, she would talk about the past.

This was the case when I wanted to bring over the family wealth from Dongfu. This is the case when he married Luo, and it was the same when he bought Liu's, and now he still says so, Gu Qing has slowly become numb, she is his mother, she gave birth to him and raised him for all these years, what else can he do, he can only do what she wants.

Old Madam Gu talked for a long time, and when she saw that Gu Qing didn't say a word, she stopped unwillingly: "Yueniang has been sent to the Taoist temple, staying in the mansion will only be a disaster, now it is a pearl, you can't let her come again, get those family wealth back quickly, and your brother, they are still in the prison room of the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion, you can't ignore it." ”

Gu Qing got up sullenly: "I'll go to Dongfu to take a look, A-Niang is sick and sick, and her body is important." ”

Out of Songshou Temple, he exhaled a breath, looking at the white clouds slowly circulating in the sky, over the years he would rather guard the northwest than return to the house, just because he really didn't want to see these messy things in the house, he didn't have the ability to let his mother listen to himself, and he didn't want to look at other women, only the clean and upright life in the barracks could make him feel comfortable and at ease.

In the East Mansion, Gu Mingzhu heard that Gu Qing was back and had arrived in the East Mansion to see her, with a sneer on her face, if she guessed correctly, she was afraid that her good father was here to be a lobbyist.

Is it to persuade her not to force Old Madam Gu to repay the money and silver, not to fight against the West Mansion again, or do you want to get back the family wealth of the East Mansion?

No matter what it was, she was not surprised, Gu Mingzhu had already died for this father who was a high and powerful person but had never given him shelter over the years.

She took the maidservant to the main hall and bowed to Gu Qing, who was sitting on the upper seat eating tea and soup: "Father." ”

The tone was calm and unwavering, without the slightest joy of reunion after a long absence, only indifference, just like the father-daughter relationship between them.

Gu Qing was complicated and entangled in his eyes, looking at Gu Mingzhu, who was already slim in front of him, and opened his mouth for a long time, but he sighed: "You get up." ”

Gu Mingzhu walked to the side and sat down, also silently holding the tea and soup, and did not ask him what he meant.

For a moment there was silence in the hall.

glanced at Gu Mingzhu a few times, but Gu Qing quickly turned his eyes away, and then said, "Have you taken all the things that your aunt left?" What's missing? ”

Didn't he come to ask for the old lady's money? Didn't you come to ask the teacher about sin?