Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 11 Gu Family (Thanks to the leader of "Hukou Daddy")

Sloping alley.

The large house on the east side of the alley is the Gu Mansion, and there is a courtyard on the west side that is slightly smaller but in a better location. It was bought by Lu Yanning specifically to make it easier for his wife to travel with her parents' home.

It was late at night, and several maids were knitting baby clothes under the lamp in the front hall.

Gu Jingnian had been carried into the inner hall to talk to Gu Caiwei alone.

"Get up, lying down is tiring." Gu Caiwei felt heavy and a little tired, so she sat on the couch and said, "There is no one else here, so don't be restrained."

She has this confidence because of the Lu family's profound background and her proper management.

Gu Jingnian then sat up and asked, "Is my brother-in-law back?"

"I think it will be soon. He is on duty tonight. He has never missed a roll call. It is possible that he went directly to the palace."

Gu Jingnian said: "If he doesn't come back tomorrow, I will go look for him."

"Why do you need to go? With his abilities, you have nothing to worry about." Gu Caiwei said with a smile, "Besides, you are still 'seriously injured'."

"I promised Pei Nian that I would take her there."

Gu Jingnian briefly explained what happened between him and Pei Nian, and at the end, he said, "Sister is about to give birth, don't worry, I will take care of it."

"You have no martial arts skills and no helpers. It's too dangerous."

"Believe Pei Nian once. She really wants to find out the truth."

After that, Gu Jingnian changed the subject and asked, "Is Mr. Ying still at Sister's house?"

Mr. Ying's name is Ying Shilun, he is the teacher of Gu family, it is said that he was a counselor of Gu Beiming in his early years, and was blinded by a stray arrow. When the siblings were young, they often followed him to learn the languages of various ethnic groups.

Speaking of this, no one cared about Gu Jingnian's teaching back then, but Gu Caiwei insisted on taking him to learn to read and write. Later, when Ying Shilun was old and addicted to alcohol, he lived a lonely life, and it was Gu Caiwei who took him to the Lu Mansion to take care of him.

"Where else can he go? He's still addicted to alcohol and has been drunk for several days."

Gu Jingnian said: "I want to meet Mr. Ying."

At this moment, there was a noise in the front yard, and a maid came hurriedly and reported: "Madam, the tenth young master is here, and he insisted on visiting the eleventh young master."

Gu Caiwei frowned slightly and said, "It's getting late, let him come back later."

"That's what I said, but Master Ten said that since we are brothers by blood, there is no reason for us not to care about each other. We have to meet each other to feel at ease."

"Okay." Since Gu Caiwei had no reason to stop him, she ordered, "Go and ask my eldest brother to come as well."

Gu Jingnian lived in a rather bad condition at the Gu family, but he had an independent room at the Lu family, which was not luxuriously decorated but was comfortable.

He was carried back to the wing, and soon a group of people came in one after another.

The leader was Gu Jiye, the tenth son of the Gu family. With a concerned look on his face, he walked to the couch, took a look, and said with a smile, "Are you okay? Are you seriously injured?"

"He deserved to be hurt."

Suddenly a woman came up to say something. She was Zong E, the wife of Gu Jizong, the second son of the Gu family.

Zong E was the cousin of Madam Zong, the head of the household. Her marriage was arranged by her aunt. She gave birth to three boys in the first five years after marriage. Unfortunately, not long after, Gu Jizon died in battle. Zong E neither remarried nor returned to her parents' home. Instead, she raised the three children and helped her aunt manage the Gu household.

"I helped raise you two since you were little. Don't I know what kind of personality he has? He always hides behind others. Have you ever seen him get hurt?"

Zong E said this to Gu Jiye, but the target of her criticism was actually Gu Jingnian.

Gu Jingnian ignored his brother and sister-in-law's questions, closed his eyes and went to sleep as if he didn't hear them.

"Your brother is asking you a question." Zong E said, "If others see you, they will think that the Gu family didn't teach you etiquette."

"Speak softly." Gu Caiwei said unhappily, "He is injured and needs to rest."

Gu Jiye smiled obediently and watched the show with an expression as if he was watching a show.

"Can he still rest in peace right now?"

Zong E pretended to be surprised and turned to Gu Jingnian who was leaning on the couch.

"Your legitimate brothers fought for their country, their blood stained the yellow sand, and they never regretted it even if they died a hundred times. What about you? You have only known how to avoid trouble since you were young, and you are afraid of going to the battlefield, so you don't even practice martial arts. That's fine, if you just want peace, the Gu family will not lack you for food, but what did you do this time? You brought disaster to the Gu family!"

When Zong E said this, she suddenly raised her voice and pointed with her finger.

"You took the initiative to go to the Marquis of Wuding's mansion to break off the engagement, and offended the mansion. You went to those low-class places to fool around, causing a big trouble. You were caught by the Kaiping Division, and you still dared to run back to the Lu family. Do you want to kill all of us?! I never say that the legitimate and illegitimate children are legitimate. Now seeing that your brothers are all heroes, it can be seen that your cowardice, selfishness and meanness are in your mother's womb..."

"enough!"

Gu Caiwei gave a clear scolding and said, "This is the Lu Residence. I'm afraid it's inappropriate for my second sister-in-law to come to my house to preach."

Zong E seemed to give in and sighed, "Fourth Mother, you are protecting him again, but do you know what has happened now? If you don't discipline him, he will bring death to the family. How can you still take him out of Kaipingsi? You have to send him back!"

As she spoke, she winked, and immediately several servants came forward to look after Jingnian.

"Who dares?!" Gu Caiwei was angry.

Gu Jingnian remained calm when being scolded, thinking Zong E was nothing. But when he saw that these idiots of the Gu family were going to cause Gu Caiwei to have a miscarriage, he frowned and opened his eyes.

"do not move."

The person Gu Caiwei immediately went to comfort was Gu Jingnian.

She put her hand on Gu Jingnian's shoulder, stopping him from doing anything.

The servants of the Lu Mansion immediately stood in front of her, and the two sides stood facing each other, neither giving in.

At this moment, a majestic and steady voice sounded.

"What are you doing?"

Everyone turned to look, a look of awe on their faces.

"Brother."

The one who came was the eldest son of the Gu family, Gu Jizu.

Gu Jizu was only 38 years old but his hair was already full of white hair, his face was full of scars and wrinkles, and he looked very lonely, but one could still see the handsomeness he had in his youth, especially his eyebrows and eyes, which were very similar to Gu Jingnian's, with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes.

He was sitting in a wheelchair with a blanket around his waist because he had lost his legs. Eighteen years ago, he joined the army to destroy South Vietnam. The Jingchao Pass could not be captured for a long time. He climbed a thousand-foot cliff at night and killed the famous general Li Zhaotian. He also lost his legs in that battle and never stood up again.

The person pushing the wheelchair was a beautiful woman, her hair was simply tied up in a bun with a wooden hairpin inserted, which was the most common hairstyle for married women, and it made her look more beautiful than any jewelry.

She was the wife that Gu Jizu had married seven years ago. Her name was Miao Chunniang. She came from a poor family and could not even read. People said that she had nothing but her beauty. But it was her beauty that could impress the eldest son of the Gu family who was determined not to get married.

Zong E had always wanted to adopt a son for Gu Jizu, and she was worried that Miao Chunniang would give birth to a child for the eldest son. Fortunately, seven years later, Miao Chunniang was still slim and graceful, and if the eldest son did not want to cut off the family line, they might still adopt her son.

Because of this selfishness, apart from her aunt, Zong E only obeys Gu Jizu in the Gu family.

"Brother, I'm afraid you don't know yet, but Gu Jingnian has caused great trouble to our family, so I have no choice but to send him back to Kaiping Division..."

"It's not your turn to decide."

Gu Jizu ignored Zong E's flattery and said, "I guess you've been meddling too much in the backyard, and now you even dare to interfere in matters outside the mansion."

"Brother? I'm doing this for the good of the Gu family." Zong E said aggrievedly, "If you don't hand him over, Kaiping Division will cause trouble again..."

"He is my brother, it is not your turn to manage him." Gu Jizu's voice was not loud, but his tone was unquestionable, "Everyone go back."

Now that Gu Beiming is not here, he is the head of the Gu family.

Although Zong E, Gu Jiye and others were unwilling, they had to leave in disappointment.

Gu Jizu then looked at Gu Jingnian and said, "Since you like staying with Si Niang, then just rest and recuperate."

After that, he nodded to Gu Caiwei and said gently, "Just focus on giving birth and don't worry about anything else. If the Gu family is really in trouble, I'll still be there for you."

"Thank you, brother." Gu Caiwei then smiled.

The brother and sister are born from the same mother, so naturally they have a good relationship.

Gu Caiwei didn't notice that behind her, Gu Jingnian's hands were shaking uncontrollably under the quilt.

He closed his eyes again, as if he could feel the stinging pain in his wrist, as if an entire tendon had been plucked out.

There was a light layer of sweat on his forehead.

Facing Zong E and Gu Jiye, Gu Jingnian did not have any emotional fluctuations. He never took them seriously. On the contrary, when Gu Jizu came, his fearful reaction was stressful. He could not control himself, and even deep hatred appeared in his eyes.

Gu Caiwei always believed that Gu Jingnian hated the Gu family because he hated the housekeeper, Madam Zong.

But she never knew that the person Gu Jingnian hated the most was actually his elder brother Gu Jizu...

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Gu Jizu's wheelchair was pushed out of the lobby, and Gu Jiye and Zong E, who were waiting outside, came forward to greet him.

"Brother." Gu Jiye said, "Father was framed, and we are worried that Gu Jingnian will get into trouble and be used against him."

Gu Jizu glanced at him as if he were an idiot and said, "This is not your business."

"but I……"

"Let's go back."

Several people looked back at their home together, the atmosphere was depressing.

Gu Jiye was dissatisfied, thinking that maybe Gu Jizu himself was decadent and negative, and wanted to let the Gu family fend for themselves.

He walked behind, looked at Gu Jizu with disdain, and his eyes fell on Miao Chunniang's slim figure, and did not move away until he sent his brother and sister-in-law back to the yard.

He and Zong E had to report to Madam Zong about what happened tonight.

The two men sent the servants away and talked as they walked.

"The Gu family just has too many burdens."

"Who says it's not true?" Zong E said, "It's not easy for my aunt to take care of such a large family."

"Mother is worried that I've offended Marquis Wuding because of that bastard." Gu Jiye said, "Let me go to the Marquis's mansion tomorrow to apologize."

"Si Niang has been there, why should we let you go?" Zong E raised her eyebrows, smiled knowingly, and said, "Aunt wants to let you go?"

"That's right." Gu Jiye said, "In fact, I am a good match for the daughter of the Marquis's Mansion. The original marriage was too strange."

His tone was not happy, instead he made a dissatisfied "tsk" sound.

"But, it's really annoying for me to pick up what that bastard doesn't want..."

Zong E said: "The Gu family is in danger right now. Wu Ding Hou is highly respected and powerful. Only if we make friends with him can he help the Gu family."

"I know." Gu Jiye said calmly, "Someone has to take responsibility for the family. I should stand up."

Zong E smiled and said, "My little brother has grown up."

"Second sister-in-law!" Gu Jiye was a little annoyed.

"Okay, okay, I won't call you little brother anymore... I suddenly remembered that I had been in the Gu family for a long time, but you didn't know that I was actually married into the family. You even asked me, 'Why did you spend so much time at our house?' At that time, you were always chasing me around in your crotchless pants. Sigh, I haven't heard you call me 'Sister' for many years."

When Zong E got married at the age of seventeen, Gu Jiye was only three years old. In the blink of an eye, he had grown tall and handsome, and was ready to get married and have children.

And she has been a widow for almost ten years...

"Sister." Gu Jiye suddenly called.

Zong E stopped, looked at him deeply, smiled, and said jokingly, "Tell me, are Gu Caiwei and Gu Jingnian, the brother and sister, closer, or are we closer?"

"Oh, them? They have loved hiding and playing since they were little. Who knows what they are like."

"That's right. We are just distant cousins, not as close as them."

As the night wind blew, Gu Jiye could smell the fragrance of his second sister-in-law.

His eyes fell on her plump, bright lips, and his eyes gradually became blurred.

The next moment, a plump body pressed against him, and the two of them groaned and bumped into the bamboo forest beside the path.

Dry wood and raging fire, a little light will ignite...

There were no servants moving about in the back garden, but when the moon came out from behind the clouds, a pair of eyes could be vaguely seen in the darkness.

(End of this chapter)