On the five-inch-high, three-inch-wide agarwood plaque, there are Qi Ji, Qi Zhan, Qi Yu, Qi Yi that she has heard of... More so, a name she was not familiar with.

The two of them have knelt down to worship their ancestors, Qi Maosheng pointed to the names on the sign and came to her one by one, who, what have they done for the Qi family, and who has made the Qi family lose something... History, like a picture scroll, gradually unfolded in Gu Xiyan's eyes.

In the end, Qi Maosheng's gaze fell on Qi Han's tablet: "Here, there should have been Qi Han's tablet..."

Did you think of his removal for unknown reasons?

Gu Xiyan couldn't help but walk over and hold Qi Maosheng's hand.

Qi Maosheng turned around and saw the worry in Gu Xiyan's eyes.

He let out a long breath and took Gu Xiyan's hand and walked to the railing outside.

The streets like delicate, the flickering lights, in the night, the entire Yongzhou City is under their feet.

The two stood quietly against the railing, the cool wind of the night gently lapping on them, and the placket of their clothes made the sound of hunting.

Qi Maosheng pointed to the location of Gongshun Courtyard: "Look, that's Gongshun Courtyard!" ”

Gu Xiyan looked at his hand.

The square Gongshun courtyard is divided into pieces, each courtyard is like a small square, there is no trace of light, from the Yu Nian Pavilion, although it is neat, but it looks dull and lifeless.

"Qi Han and Qi Xiao and I grew up there. Speaking of which, Qi Han's mother is still Mrs. Wei's personal maidservant, but I have been close to Qi Xiao since I was a child, and in my memory, Mrs. Zhou would bring Qi Xiao over every morning to greet Mrs. Wei... When I was seven years old, I came back from the Northwest Camp during the Lantern Festival. I met Qi Han on the way back to Huaiyuan, not only did he not salute me, but also said, my mother said that I am my brother..."

"What do you mean?" Gu Xiyan only felt that these words made people panic when they heard this.

Qi Maosheng's eyes flashed with brilliance: "Qi Han was born prematurely, and he was born on the same day as me, it is said that the two of us are about the same time, and in the end, my father opened his mouth, and I became an elder brother." ”

Gu Xiyan looked at him in shock.

Qi Maosheng nodded: "I will become the eldest son." ”

No grandeur!

"That. That Qi Han... said..."Gu Xiyan stammered a little when he spoke.

"I was young. I don't understand the importance of this yet... People up and down are preaching. said that my father liked Aunt Water the most... I feel disgusted, I feel that Aunt Shui is restless and disciplined, which makes Mrs. Wei lose face, Qi Han now says that he is the elder brother, and I am the younger brother, obviously relying on my father's love to bully me... At that time, I had just been sent to the Northwest Camp, and I was not used to many places, and I was annoyed, so I didn't say a word, and I stepped forward and beat him hard..."

Gu Xiyan listened. I thought of a tiger brain, lively and lovely Qi Maosheng, that scene must be very interesting.

But the information revealed in Maosheng's words made her unable to laugh.

Qi Maosheng's face was solemn, and the whole person was immersed in memories: "Qi Han ran back to Guiyuan crying and crying, and after a while. And my father came. I was sitting in the small kitchen of Huaiyuan at the time, eating Mama Wang's stewed pork belly with bamboo shoots and roasted pork belly, his face was pale, and he asked me, saying, I sent you to the northwest camp, is it just so that you can practice your skills to beat your younger brother..."

Gu Xiyan faintly felt that there was a lot of this, and she couldn't help asking, "Then what do you say?" ”

"I'll just say. Qi Han said he was my brother. In this case, he should know that respecting the old and loving the young is... How was he beaten by his younger brother. I also have the face to run to the elders to complain, if it's me, find a place to practice my fists and feet first..."Qi Maosheng's expression was a little surprised, "When my father heard this, his face changed greatly, and he grabbed the placket of my liat, put me out of the small kitchen, and then asked me sharply, who said that." I had a vague feeling that something was wrong. Although my father was strict, he rarely treated me with a straight face. I was very scared in my heart, but I didn't want to behave too cowardly in front of him, so I sneered and said, who else, of course, is Qi Han, who claims to be the second child! He wants me to salute him... I raised my fist at my father on the spot and said, "Tell you, he can be an older brother if he wants to, and he can win the fist in my hand... At that time, I had already started to practice moxibustion and yang techniques, and I had a little success, and I wanted to try my hand at it all day long..."

"When my father heard this, his face changed greatly, and he immediately threw me to the ground, and as soon as I stood up, I saw Mrs. Wei leaning against the door frame of the corner door with a cold face, and my father also saw Mrs. Wei, so he yelled at Mrs. Wei, this is the good son you taught..."

"Mrs. Wei must be very angry when she sees your father treating you like this!" Gu Xiyan said.

Qi Maosheng looked in the direction of Gongshun Courtyard, with a somewhat sad expression on his face, "Mrs. Wei didn't say anything, just glanced at her father coldly, and then turned around and left. ”

Qi Maosheng's expression was sad.

Noble origin, humble status... There are a lot of sad pasts!

Gu Xiyan couldn't bear it in her heart, and couldn't help but step forward and hugged Qi Maosheng as if she was comforting.

Qi Maosheng hugged her back, with a look of memory on his face: "That night, my father rested in the Huaiyuan. Early the next morning, I sent Bao Niang over and called Aunt Shui, Mrs. Zhou, Qi Han and Qi Xiao to Huaiyuan, and said that the Lantern Festival was over, and everyone gathered together while several children were there... Mrs. Zhou also cooked herself under her father's instructions and made her father's favorite rice balls... She used to be my grandmother's personal maid, cooking good meals, and often cooking for me and Qi Xiao... But I hate eating rice balls the most, slimy, and tasteless... But as soon as he came, all kinds of rice balls would be made in the small kitchen, and Mrs. Wei forced me to eat them in order to please him... Among the sons, I went to the northwest camp, I was upset, and as soon as I turned my head, I ran to the firewood room in the small kitchen and hid... Aunt Shui treats Qi Han as if she is an eyeball, opening and closing her mouth is always how we Qi Han is, and Mrs. Zhou is too, she takes Qi Xiao with her wherever she goes, and she laughs in her eyes when she sees him... Only Mrs. Wei, I started to walk at the age of three. If the posture is not good, the wicker will be pumped to the body, and they will not let the treasure girls beat, and they will beat it with their own hands, as if they have been stained with mercury... Although our relationship is not close, the three meals will not deduct me, and there is always something I like to eat in the kitchen... But that day, until it was time to eat, no one came to me... I was furious. I opened the back door of the firewood room and ran out... The people in the Gongshun courtyard are all in Huaiyuan. Quietly. I wandered outside alone for a long time, and I was so hungry that I secretly went back to the small kitchen of Huaiyuan from the firewood room..."

Qi Han's business... It's going to happen...

Gu Xiyan's heart was tightened, and she couldn't help grabbing Qi Maosheng's sleeve.

"There was a lot of laughter outside, and I could still hear Aunt Shui's cold-sounding and flattering laughter... I was so angry that I was just shaking... I, I've always been sorry that Mrs. Wei is not worth it... When I disappeared for so long, no one even noticed... I didn't want to go to the front hall to eat, so I lifted the steamer and nibbled on the meat buns, and when Mama Wang saw it, she persuaded me. Maosheng, your father likes you the most, you just go to him and shake it, he will be happy, I was hungry and panicked, eating and happy, and I didn't raise my head. Say that you all say that he likes me the most, and if he likes me the most, then let him give me the title, and I believe that he likes me the most..."

Gu Xiyan looked at Qi Maosheng in shock.

Qi Maosheng nodded.

"I'm just angry... Who knows, Mama Wang actually showed a frightened expression on her face, I thought she was frightened by my words, so I smiled and comforted her. Say. Don't be afraid, I'm just talking about playing. My grandfather told me everything. I am a concubine, I can't inherit the title, let me go back to the Wei family when I grow up, and say that all the things of the Wei family will be mine in the future, up to a tile, down to a needle will not be given to others, even Mrs. Wei and my aunt, don't think about it..."

Gu Xiyan interjected a little stammering: "Your grandfather, really said that? ”

It can be seen that Qi Maosheng and his grandfather have a good relationship. When he mentioned his grandfather, he showed a gentle smile: "I said, and there was a year when the Wei family worshiped their ancestors, and said it in front of all the relatives of the Wei family... He has no sons, and his aunt has given birth to five daughters, and treats me like a baby, if I don't inherit the title, I may really go back to the Wei family... The Wei family started by selling horses, and there were a total of seven horse farms, and I was going to raise horses at that time, and raise the best horses in the entire Xia Kingdom..."

"And then?"

Mama Wang winked at me, I didn't think so much at the time, and continued, don't worry, the Wei family will be mine at that time, and whatever I say will be what I say. If I take you all away, we won't have to look at Mrs. Xu's face, and my mother won't have to pretend to be sick every day in order not to ask Mrs. Xu for peace... Mama Wang looked behind me, and I suddenly understood. When I turned around, I saw my father standing behind me with angry eyes and staring at me... I was startled, and ran out, and before I could run out of the kitchen, I heard a tearing cry from the main room, and I was in a panic, and I didn't hear why someone was crying, but I remember very clearly, father, looking at me with very strange eyes... It seems to be very sad, and it seems to be very gratifying... I've never seen that look on a person's face, not before, and never again..."

"Maosheng..."Gu Xiyan shouted Qi Maosheng's name, but found that his teeth were chattering, "It's not that you three brothers grabbed rice balls to eat, that's why..."

"I don't know who said that, but I wasn't there." Qi Mao's iron arm was retracted and he hugged Gu Xiyan tightly. "Mrs. Wei married into the Qi family at the age of fourteen, and my father was sixteen years older than her... It is said that when she got married, Mrs. Xu was sick and she didn't even drink the bridal tea... So she and Mrs. Xu have never met, when her father is there, every time something happens, she says that she is sick, and her father does not force her... Even when her father died, Mrs. Wei did not go to the mourning hall to keep vigil for her father..."

Gu Xiyan was speechless: "They, they have lived together for more than thirty years, and they haven't met?" ”

Qi Maosheng nodded affirmatively: "At the beginning, it was my father who helped her block it by Mrs. Wei, and then I accepted the title, and I hinted at Mrs. Xu very clearly a few times, saying, since Mrs. Wei is not in good health, don't go to woo her... Mrs. Xu has been following the rules all these years, so there are some things that I can't do too much. As for Mrs. Wei's side, I've been worried..."Qi Maosheng's eyes were gloomy, "After my father's death, her emotions were very unstable, and she always liked to dig through some old accounts... I wanted to put Hongluan next to her and let her take care of her, so that she could also have a sustenance, but Ye Zisu didn't agree, and I couldn't say it too clearly, and I was worried that she would do something ridiculous in a moment's rage, so I had to invite someone from the Shura Gate to guard the second gate..."

It turned out to be for Mrs. Wei!

Gu Xiyan couldn't help but be angry.

Qi Maosheng looked at Gu Xiyan's surprised expression, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "She has a bad temper, I'm really afraid that she will do something that I can't make up... It's just that I'm very skilled, and I invited a few so-called martial arts masters before and after, and they were all folded in her hands... I had no choice, so I invited the people of Shuramon. Anyway, they are always in the same door, and they always have a few feelings for each other, which is why they have some peace... In the future, if you have anything, take care of her... Speaking of which, as a son, I haven't let her live a comfortable life..."