Chapter 149: The Price

"Miss... Lingbao shook her hand and pleaded in a low voice.

"You don't have a brother, and he is not Lingyuan," Gu Banniang held Lingbao's hand with her backhand, and looked at Lingyuan with her eyes condensed, "There is only the young master of the Zhu family here."

Ling Yuan's face turned pale, and his hands were clenched.

Lingbao looked puzzled, and she couldn't help but turn her head to look at her brother.

Gu Banniang's gaze fell on the door, and the dazzling vermilion lantern swayed in the autumn wind.

"In front of Miss, there will always be only Lingyuan." Ling Yuan said in a deep voice.

Gu Bainiang looked at him, her face still cold.

"My Lingyuan, suffered from the gold thief, the family is ruined and the people are living in exile, dare to ask this Young Master Zhu, can you know the pain of displacement in brocade clothes and jade food?"

"My Lingyuan, I have a great wish in my life, I want to kill thieves with iron horses and golden swords for revenge, I have practiced good marksmanship, I only want to make small soldiers for General Ye, and I dare to ask this Young Master Zhu ......"

When she said this, she threw her hand, and Ling Yuan subconsciously reached out and caught the slender medicine cutting knife, "Do you dare to kill the gold thief and collect the old soil?" ”

"My Lingyuan, although he has a little cowardly courage, is by no means a merciless person, knowing that his relatives are worried and avoided。。。。。。

"My Lingyuan, although it is a little unbearable, but I also know loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness, and will never recognize a thief as my father..."She said word by word, "Dare to ask this Young Master Zhu, how dare you call yourself Lingyuan?" ”

This sentence of questioning was thrown, Ling Yuan's expression changed greatly, he took a few steps back, and the medicine cutting knife in his hand fell to the ground.

"Brother." Lingbao finally understood, and looked at Lingyuan in surprise, "Young Master Zhu?" How did you become Young Master Zhu? ”

The noisy words of those people replayed in her head again.

"Yes ... Which young master of the Zhu family? She asked, tugging at the hem of her garment, as if muttering to herself.

"There are seventeen righteous sons and twenty-eight virtuous grandsons, and one person is above ten thousand people to be the young master of the Zhu Chunming family," Gu Eighteen Niang said in a deep voice, looking at Ling Yuan, "Zhu Gongzi, am I right?" ”

Ling Yuan's expression was complicated, and he moved his lips but did not make a sound.

Lingbao had already screamed in surprise and rushed over to shake him, "Brother, what Miss said is true?" What Miss said isn't true, right? You're not, you're not。。。。。 ”

Ling Yuan just looked at her with a sad expression on his face.

"You're not, you're not, you are... By the way, you must be Zhu Gongzi's descendant... Lingbao shook him and said eagerly, with pleading on his face, "Brother, isn't that so?" Isn't that so? ”

"It's not..." Ling Yuan finally spoke, his voice hoarse, "Miss is right... I am the righteous son of Lord Zhu. One of the Eighteen Righteous Sons。。。。。 ”

Lingbao looked at him in a daze, as if he couldn't believe it, and big tears rolled down.

How ridiculous, when the young master was sent to prison, everyone knew that it was because he offended the very powerful Lord Zhu, she stayed outside the prison door of the Criminal Department, and everyone told her that the biggest official of the Criminal Department was Lord Zhu's brother, and the young master would definitely not be able to get out, when the family was ruined, on the way to escape, the displaced people knew that it was General Ye who blocked the iron hooves of the gold thieves who went south like a god, and everyone looked forward to the day when General Ye regained their homeland for them and returned to their hometown, but the god-like General Ye who won a hundred battles died, And died at the hands of this Lord Zhu, she still remembered that she and her brother listened to General Ye's heroic deeds with adoration on the way to escape, and her brother shot day and night for this, in order to follow General Ye one day。。。。。

How ridiculous, General Ye is dead, and his brother, who was bent on following General Ye to kill the enemy, recognized the person who killed General Ye as his father...

How ridiculous, she stayed outside the prison of the Criminal Department, cursing Lord Zhu's family every day to cut off their children and grandchildren, but her brother was the son of Lord Zhu's family。。。。。

Looking at his sister's expression, Ling Yuan felt a sharp pain in his heart, and reached out to hold her, "You listen to me... ”

Lingbao had already shaken him off and screamed, "You're not my brother, you're not my brother"

"Bao'er, listen to me." Ling Yuan reached out and hugged her and shouted loudly.

Lingbao raised his hand to hit him, but he raised it high and finally did not fall, hiding his face and crying loudly.

"Miss... Ling Yuan looked up at Gu Bainiang, his expression was dark and uncertain, "You listen to me... ”

"You say." Gu Bainiang stretched out her hand and lifted it, her expression indifferent.

Her reaction was so indifferent, Ling Yuan's heart was like falling into an ice cave, he couldn't wait to speak, but he was afraid that if he didn't say something, she would immediately turn around and leave, like a passerby from then on.

He's done so much, is this the result?

"I left Jiankang at that time... He took a deep breath and adjusted his mind to the best so as not to say the wrong word," he said。。。。。 I don't know where I'm being sold... ”

He seemed to be back in the cabin bound and locked up, watching the rushing river fly by, and his heart was dead, as for what the future holds, he didn't care at all, and living was no different from dying.

“。。。。 I don't know whose house it is... I am only responsible for walking a dozen dogs every day, and I eat and sleep every day。。。。。。 ”

"Lord Zhu's seventeen righteous sons and twenty-eight virtuous grandsons, either ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China or leaders in the popularity of talents, Zhu Gongzi, just by walking the dog, he slipped out of the name of a son, I'm afraid it's not so easy, right? There are many words," Gu Bainiang said lightly.

As the saying goes, "Fathers and sons fight tigers and brothers", the high-ranking and powerful Lord Zhu, who knows the darkness and cruelty of officialdom, knows this point even more, and it is very common to recognize cadres in the important ministers of the imperial court, especially among the generals who lead the troops, after all, the intimacy of people is maintained by blood relatives or in-laws, and the most reassuring thing is their own sons, such as General Ye, in addition to his own two sons, there are three other righteous sons, all of whom are selected talents in the military, and they are very handy in the battle.

But this Lord Zhu, I don't know if it's because he doesn't have a biological son or because he stands taller and the more bottomless his heart is, he is particularly keen on adopting a righteous son, which is also in line with the wishes of many people, some want to take shortcuts, and some want to avoid trouble, in short, until Lord Zhu falls, there are twenty righteous sons who have crossed the Ming Road, and among these twenty sons, there are naturally many grandsons, so that after the fall of Lord Zhu, the new emperor cleaned up the dynasty and then went to the court the next day to lose more than half of the ministers.

These righteous sons and grandsons who have recognized their godfathers are naturally not because of a lack of fatherly care, but just for profit, but where in this world are there good things that only get and do not pay, they enjoy the glory and wealth by virtue of their godfather and grandfather, but they also have to bear the fate of the fire at the city gate of the fallen tree and the sun scattering the city gate and the pond fish, so after the fall of Lord Zhu, these righteous sons and grandsons ended up very miserable, for example, Gu Bainiang heard that one of the virtuous grandsons was beaten to death by the angry people on the way back to his hometown.

These people are guilty of more than death, and Lord Zhu raised them not because of the lack of a son, but because they need to come forward and work together to eliminate dissidents and deceive them.

Among these righteous sons, there are those who are good at playing with the pen and reversing black and white specifically to slander mortal enemies and dissidents, those who specialize in embezzlement and bribery for the enjoyment of Lord Zhu's family, and those who specialize in spying on intelligence network information.

"So, is Master Zhu favored by Lord Zhu?" Gu Bainiang asked again, and there was already a chill in her eyes.

Ling Yuan's heart was cold, how could he forget that this girl who looked young had the state of mind to see through the world and understand human feelings.

Asked by this sentence, the things he was going to talk about, the grievances between Master Zhu and Gu Hai that he wanted to talk about, and the reasons he once thought were reasonable and normal, how ridiculous and pale it was, Gu Bainiang didn't mention the grievances of the two families at all, she only asked about interests, only about his interests.

“。。。 I accidentally saved the lives of Young Master Zhu and Mrs. Zhu... He said directly and simply, "Mrs. Zhu and Young Master Zhu, who were assassinated, I happened to follow that day, and I easily repelled Qiang... Repelled the incoming... I was injured, and Mrs. Zhu thought of me pitifully。。。。。。 ”

"The person who carried out the assassination is General Ye's old ministry or other righteous indignant people, right? There are not many mistakes," Gu Eighteen Niang asked suddenly.

Ling Yuan's face stiffened again, he moved his lips, lowered his eyes and said yes.

"You don't want to say that you are a strong man or a villain, which shows that you still have some conscience in your heart." Gu Banniang said lightly, "Also, you hid your background from the Zhu family, right?" No mistakes, not a lot of words"

"Yes." Ling Yuan replied in a low voice.

"So you knew that Lingbao was looking for you, and you avoided it." Gu Banniang said.

She used a declarative tone, not a question, and it was clear that she didn't need to answer.

Lingbao's tears suddenly welled up, she thought of how she went door to door like a beggar to find it, how to beg people in a low voice, how to endure the playful words of those little guys, how to sleep day and night, how frightened she was when she heard that whose house was dead, and who killed the minions, and stuffed all the money, as long as she asked the place to secretly take a look at the dead body, barren mountains and wild dogs, vultures。。。。。

"I have no choice... Seeing his sister's body swaying, Lingyuan felt ashamed in his heart, "I... ”

"You're not a last resort." Gu Banniang raised her hand to interrupt him, looked at him and said word by word, "This is your price, this is the price you have to pay in exchange for what you want." ”

Ling Yuan looked at her, speechless and powerless to refute again.

Yes, at this moment, when the girl was naked and asked in his heart, he realized that the words he used to persuade himself were really nothing more than self-deception.

It turns out that this is the price。。。。。

"Zhu Gongzi, this price is just the beginning, the more you get in the future, the more you will pay... Gu Bainiang looked at him, slowly approached, stopped in front of him, and stretched out her hand to pull the Lingbao who was holding his arm and crying, "So, today you don't want to take away the Lingbao, you don't want to take Lingbao in the same situation as you。。。。。 ”

Ling Yuan looked at her with a sad expression.

"Eighteen mothers... He suddenly murmured, "Don't... Don't want me... ”

Gu Bainiang's frightened and angry mood was suddenly brought up by this look, and she took a few deep breaths.

"When you were adopted as a adopted son, didn't you know that their family was a family?" No mistakes, no word skipping. She finally relented and asked this question that she shouldn't have asked to convince herself.

Ling Yuan looked at her, obviously understanding what she meant by asking this question, it was the first time he had looked at her so closely, looking at the face in front of him that haunted him every night.

"I... Know. He replied hoarsely.

Gu Banniang closed her eyes slightly, and then opened them.

"Good, at least you didn't lie to me again." She whispered, stretched out her hand to hug Lingbao, and turned around, "You can go." ”

"Brother." Lingbao couldn't help it anymore, turned around and threw himself into Lingyuan's arms, shaking him, "Brother, come back, don't be the son of that villain's family, come back, as long as you come back。。。。。 ”

Ling Yuan looked at his sister's bitter face, and his face was also full of pain, but there was fortitude in his eyes.

"Your brother can't come back... Gu Banniang didn't look back, and muttered, "Since he delusionally wanted to make a fortune by gambling, he can't come back... For the sake of glory and wealth, he still has something to be reluctant to。。。。。 ”

"No, I'm not here for glory and riches." Ling Yuan suddenly raised his head and said in a trembling voice.

"Oh? So what could be more important than glory and wealth? Gu Bainiang turned her head slightly, looking at him unhappily or angrily, "That's?" ”

Ling Yuan looked at her with a blazing gaze.

"I'm for you, for Gu Banniang." He said word by word.

Gu Bainiang was slightly stunned, and Lingbao also stopped crying and raised her head to look at him.

"I don't want to get ahead, I don't care about glory and wealth, I just want to earn an opportunity, an identity, an identity that stands with you without being ridiculed, and can protect your identity when others insult you。。。。。" Ling Yuan looked at her and said in a deep voice.

Gu Bainiang looked at him, and there was a trace of shock on her face.

This kid is an arrogant person, it seems that Gu Luo'er's public humiliation was a great stimulus to him, wanting money to gamble was just an inducement, and the deeper reason was that he couldn't accept that he was so small.

Men are all bloody, and being insulted by a woman and protected by a woman will make it unbearable for anyone to change.

If it was really because of this, it would be much easier to wake him up and avoid him from ending up in the future after the fall of Master Zhu. "You are wrong, a mountain is always higher than a mountain, no matter how high you stand, you will inevitably be scolded, only our own state of mind can protect us, not our identity... She said, turning around.

"But I need it... Ling Yuan looked at her and shook his head, "I need an identity worthy of you... ”

Gu Bainiang was stunned again when she heard this, looking at the flush on his face and the eagerness in his eyes, she suddenly realized.

"You mean..." She was a little unconvinced, "You... ”

"I am happy with Eighteen Niang, and I would like to have Eighteen Niang as my wife." Ling Yuan took her words, his voice trembled, and he said solemnly.

He had to say it, and if he didn't say it at this time, it seemed that he would never have the chance to say it again.

Just now, the girl turned around, her expression was indifferent, he had seen this kind of expression, when Gu Bainiang faced Shen Anlin, it was a kind of indifference that did not get along with each other, he didn't want to, he couldn't, when he finally had the opportunity to meet, he would become a passerby again, and never taste the sadness of seeing each other again in this life and this life.

Lingbao's eyes widened, covering her mouth, in this short moment, her mood can be described as extremely complicated, complicated I don't know whether it is sadness or joy or love or hate in my heart, but at this moment, hearing my brother suddenly say this, my heart still can't help but speed up and jump.

My brother hasn't changed, my brother's heart hasn't changed, he's still her brother...

Gu Bainiang looked at him in a daze, and suddenly raised her head and laughed.

"Miss... Lingbao was a little scared and couldn't help but speak, "What my brother said is true, Lingbao, Lingbao testified... ”

Gu Banniang didn't pay attention to her, but stopped laughing.

"Okay," she said with a hint of a smile on her lips, reaching out and patting her hand, "yes." ”

The two siblings looked at her, their faces were worried, her reaction was really strange, neither ashamed nor happy or angry.

"Children's affairs, human nature, this is not abrupt," Gu Bainiang looked at Ling Yuan, and said in a clear voice, "However, the marriage matter, the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, Zhu Gongzi, if you are interested in me, then please ask my father, if you want to hire me as a craftsman, I will marry you." ”

Ever since he said those words, Ling Yuan felt that his heart had stopped, and when he saw her laughing, his heart sank suddenly, and when he heard the next words, his heart chuckled and stopped, so that he felt that his whole body was suspended in mid-air.

"Is that true?" He heard himself ask.

"Marriage is a big event, how can it be child's play," Gu Bainiang replied with plastic surgery.

She must think that Master Zhu disagrees because she is Gu Hai's family, right? No mistakes in many words

This matter has already been said, and Lord Zhu has also come forward to rescue Gu Hai, so naturally he will not have a gap with Gu Hai's family because of this, and he is even more happy to turn the conflict into a jade silk.

Compared with this, Ling Yuan was more worried about Gu Hai's opinion, if he wanted to persuade Gu Hai, he was afraid that it would be difficult, but Gu Bainiang was a person who said the same, as long as she decided, whether it was Gu Hai or the Cao family, she would definitely not object.

Ling Yuan took a deep look at her, turned around and strode away, only to hear a bustle outside the door, and in a moment the carriage and horses were clean.

"Miss... It was only at this time that Lingbao spoke tentatively, "You... Are you telling the truth? ”

Gu Bainiang smiled and did not answer.

"Miss... Lingbao only felt mixed feelings in his heart, and said softly in a low voice, "Brother has always been Miss Xinyue。。。。。 ”

"I know." Gu Banniang said.

"That... That young lady too... Can.... Can... A hint of surprise flashed on Lingbao's face, and he raised his head and stammered.

"It's not him or what I want to do now..." Gu Banniang's eyes turned to the door, and a faint smile flashed on her face, "It's still the same sentence, if we gain some, we will definitely lose some, this is the price, the more we want, the more we lose... ”

A trace of puzzlement flashed on Lingbao's face, but looking at a trace of exhaustion flashing on Gu Banniang's face, she knew that today's incident was also a heavy worry for her, since she got acquainted, how much trouble their brother and sister had caused her, she held Gu Banniang's hand with interest, and walked to the inner hall.

"He quickly understood." Gu Banniang looked back at the door and muttered to herself.

After listening to his son Zhu Yang read a few recitals, they were all very agreeable, and Lord Zhu looked at Zhu Xuan who had been waiting on the side happily.

"The whereabouts of those scholars have been clarified, right? No mistakes, not a few words," he asked.

Lingyuan nodded.

"Then tell my uncle and let the criminal department arrest people." Zhu Yang said.

"Frizzy." Master Zhu glanced at his son with a bit of reproach.

Zhu Yang didn't care.

Lord Zhu no longer paid attention to him, but looked at Ling Yuan again.

"You just broke in in a hurry, and you want to stop talking?" He asked, sitting up from his rocking chair.

"Father," Ling Yuan knelt down on one knee, bit his lower lip, and raised his head and said solemnly, "My son wants to marry a wife." ”

Zhu Yang was eating tea with a teacup, and squirted out when he heard the words, but fortunately he turned his head quickly, so as not to drench Lao Tzu all over his head.

Master Zhu was also obviously surprised, "You want to marry a wife?" ”

Zhu Yang coughed, walked over and patted Lingyuan on the shoulder, "... Brother, you can really do it, just a sister appeared, and a daughter-in-law appeared. Also, mother, father, uncle, uncle, etc., let's talk about it together。。。。。 Our family is not afraid of ten or eight more people。。。。。 ”

Lord Zhu waved his hand to stop Zhu Yan from speaking, and looked at Ling Yuan, a loving smile appeared on his face.

"Xuan'er is seventeen this year, right? There are not many mistakes," he smiled, "It's time to get married, and you should be a father at your age..."

He stretched out his hand and twisted his beard, "Tell me, whose daughter do you like?" Dad went to let people protect the media and spread the branches for our Zhu family as soon as possible. ”

Ling Yuan's face was indescribably surprised, he kowtowed heavily and said thank you, father.

"This is a family, how can you be so polite, but you have seen the outside." Master Zhu smiled, and motioned to Zhu Yang, "Don't help your brother up yet." ”

Zhu Yang smiled and stretched out his hand to help, where did Lingyuan dare to really let him help, and said that he didn't dare to have Brother Lao, and stood up.

"Tell me, whose daughter?" Lord Zhu asked.

A hint of hesitation flashed on Ling Yuan's face, "The Gu family... ”

"Which.?" Lord Zhu's ears were a little back, and he leaned forward slightly and asked.

Lingyuan knelt down again, "Gu Hai, Gu family... ”

“？” Zhu Yang immediately lowered his face, "You kid has something wrong with his brain?" ”

Ling Yuan's body trembled.

Lord Zhu glared at Zhu Yan, "How can you talk to your brother?" I don't have a brother to apologize."

Although Zhu Yang is pampered, but before he dares to collide with his father, he is reluctant to hear the words, but he still arches his hand, "Brother Xuan, my brother has lost his words"

Ling Yuan hurriedly lowered his head and said that he didn't dare.

"Is it from Gu Hai's family?" Master Zhu asked, a hint of contemplation flashing across his face.

After Gu Hai was released from prison, he once summoned him in the face of King Wenjun, and hinted that he would let him out regardless of his previous suspicions, but this kid was really like a stone in the pit, just standing there expressionlessly, not saying a word of thanks, and having a virtue with the Qingliu ministers in the court, it was really boring, no wonder the emperor wanted to send him far away, which not only preserved his generous reputation but also avoided making him uncomfortable.

Such a person is really not suitable, although it seems to have an old relationship with King Wenjun, but looking at King Wenjun's performance, he is not very close, otherwise he would not wait until the moment of life and death to come forward, but to save his life.

"What about the girl's morality?" He picked up the words and asked casually.

"She's fine... Ling Yuan said, remembering the sentence mentioned by Gu Bainiang, hesitated for a moment, and still said, "She is a pharmacist, she makes good medicine, and she is the apprentice of the great pharmacist Liu Gong, and she is very famous。。。。。。 ”

Before his words fell, he saw Lord Zhu's face sank, and he patted the handrail and stood up.

"Fooling around, it's a craftsman, how can he be worthy of my family," he shouted.

Ling Yuan was stunned for a moment, and looked up at Lord Zhu, his face was shocked.

"Shinong industry and commerce, strict hierarchy, clear door, my Zhu family has been a poet for generations, and no matter what your identity was before, now you are the son of my Zhu family, how can you marry a craftsman is really a big joke in the world" Lord Zhu shouted with a heavy face.

"That's it, if you come in as a concubine and give off your identity, at most you will be raised in the outer room," Zhu Yang hurriedly introduced his brother.

Concubine? Outer Chambers? Ling Yuan shook his head quickly, it was impossible, impossible.

"Father... She's really a good woman... He couldn't help but take a few steps on his knees and pleaded.

"Hugh wants to say it again" Lord Zhu interrupted him with a flick of his sleeves, "The marriage is a major event, the order of the parents, I and your mother are in charge, you don't have to say it again"

So saying, he turned around and went into the inner room.

"Woman," Zhu Yang said with a smile, "Brother, you are still too tender, there are so many women in the world that you can't even see it, it's not worth making your father angry for a woman, come, come, open your eyes for your brother, you haven't seen the world like no interest... ”

Ling Yuan didn't hear what he said at all, he just knelt in a daze, and his ears echoed Lord Zhu's words How can you marry a craftsman, how can you marry a craftsman

When he was a slave, she was the young lady of the Shi clan that he could only look up to, and when he just stood up and wanted to protect her, Gu Luo'er's arrogant daughter insulted him with disdain, and at the same time insulted her for losing her identity.

Now that he had finally earned a status of sufficient weight to finally open his mouth to ask her to marry, she had become a craftsman, and in turn, others would use it to slander her and stop him.

Is this the world making people, or is it the price that Gu Bainiang said?

He gained glory and wealth, and got the status that everyone respected, but he lost the qualification for marital autonomy and the opportunity to stay with his beloved.

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Make up for yesterday's arrears, this National Day is so tired, hey, I won't go out to travel this year, it's really better to see the scenery than to listen to the scenery, and listen to the scenery is not as good as Ansheng。。。。。 I'm tired to death ... I've been bumpy for half a month.

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