Chapter 104： No shame (one more)

Chapter 104 Worthless (one more)

The guests didn't know what was going on. Gu Yuan was still talking and laughing just now, why did he suddenly turn his face?

Everyone looked at each other, and there was something wrong with them.

Mrs. Gu Tai's smile instantly froze at the corner of her lips.

"..." Gu Xiao's expression was even uglier than Mrs. Gu Tai's, her lips stubbornly pressed into a straight line. Brother what does this mean? !

"Gu Yuan!" Mrs. Gu Tai raised her voice and called him by his first name.

However, Gu Yuan didn't stop, and walked out as if he hadn't heard of it.

The servants who were guarding outside the hall did not dare to stop Gu Yuan at all. After all, everyone in the house now knew that the eldest young master was the one who could draw the five cross bows.

Mrs. Gu Tai gritted her teeth, showed an apologetic smile to the guests, and said, "I'm sorry. :"

Then, he stood up resolutely, chased after him, and shouted, "Brother Yuan!"

Mrs. Gu Tai trotted forward in three steps and two steps, caught up with Gu Yuan under a plane tree in the courtyard outside the hall, and asked with a bit of exasperation, "What are you going to do?"

She tried her best to keep her voice down, but she felt like a light on her back. Even if she didn't look, she could feel the curious eyes in the hall being projected on them.

Gu Yuan finally stopped, turned half of his face, and looked down at Mrs. Gu Tai, who was half a head shorter than him, from top to bottom. The golden sunlight shone through the sparse branches and leaves above, outlining his clear side. face lines.

"Grandma wants me to help my second brother." Gu Yuan said sharply.

was broken by Gu Yuan, but Mrs. Gu Tai didn't deny it, and smiled lightly: "Brother Yuan, you are cousins. It is right for you to support each other and help each other."

"Should?" Gu Yuan also smiled.

The family should be like this. Mrs. Gu Tai raised her chin aggressively, as if it were a matter of course.

"Someone wants to ruin my future and wants me to repay my grievances with virtue, grandmother, I look so stupid?" Gu Yuan's tone was colder and sharper.

What is Gu Yuan implying? ! Mrs. Gu Tai looked at Gu Yuan suspiciously.

Without waiting for Mrs. Gu Tai to speak, Gu Yuan changed the subject and said again: "I heard that His Highness the First Prince is very fond of all kinds of weapons, I plan to take the rhino horn bow for His Highness to enjoy."

Gu Yuan was putting the threat directly on the table.

"..." Mrs. Gu Tai stared, her face turning blue instantly.

Mrs. Gu Tai didn't know about Gu Jian's actions on the bowstring of the rhino horn bow at first, but then Gu Jian accidentally leaked her words, and Mrs. Gu Tai asked about it, and only then did she know about it.

Of course Mrs. Gu couldn't admit it, and Gu Zuo said: "Brother Yuan, I sent someone to send a message to your second sister early this morning, you can keep this bow for a few days, and then wait until you have had enough fun. Just come back."

Gu Yuan stared fixedly at Mrs. Gu Tai, his black eyes were so sharp that he seemed to see through her heart.

When the last hope was broken, his mind was surprisingly clear and calm, like a traveler who had traveled for a long time finally got out of the fog.

"Brother Yuan, what do you want?!" Mrs. Gu Tai tried to hold Gu Yuan's hand, but Gu Yuan quickly stepped back half a step, only turned sideways, avoiding her gently and skillfully, her sleeves in the distance Her fingertips were less than half an inch away.

The eyes of the grandfather and grandson met in mid-air, as if they were engaged in a bloodless battle.

Gu Yuan's faction frankly stated his intention: "I want that rhino horn bow."

This rhinoceros horn bow symbolizes the glory of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion. Since the bow is in his hands, he will not hand it over again.

"..." Mrs. Gu Tai's pupils moved slightly, and her right hand clenched the string of beads in her wide cuff, as if she didn't recognize the young man in front of her, no, young man.

Gu Yuan's heart is like a mirror, motionless like a mountain.

When he was in the hall just now, he seemed to be enlightened, and suddenly he understood a lot of things from the attitude of those uncles.

He got the job of Luan Yiwei. For many people, it meant skyrocketing. From the inside to the outside of the mansion, people would come to curry favor with him and cling to him.

He is no longer the dispensable eldest son of the Gu family, he is the envoy of Luan Yiwei who is near the emperor.

To him, it was like a weapon.

He can use this weapon to achieve what he wants to do.

Last night, my sister took the bow for him, the first step has been taken, then, the next thing should be up to him to speak and face.

He is an older brother, and he cannot rely on his younger sister for everything.

Sister is right. This rhino horn bow should belong to him.

At the beginning, my father opened the rhino horn bow at the age of sixteen, and my grandfather gave it to my father.

He is a disciple of the Gu family. If he can draw this bow today, then the bow should be his.

Gu Yuan said slowly to Mrs. Gu Tai: "Emperor Taizu said that it is a pity in life that a good bow is dusty and unappreciated, and a good bow is given to heroes, and those who can live in it."

In those days, when Emperor Taizu gave the bow to his great-grandfather Gu Qin, he once said something like this, meaning that this good bow should be given to those who can use it, not dust in the box.

"Second uncle hides the good bow and makes it dusty, not a 'capable one'."

Gu Yuan's words were extremely sharp, as if he had stabbed Mrs. Gu Tai's heart with a sword.

After    finished speaking, he walked away without any reluctance.

"..." Mrs. Gu Tai's face flushed red and she was silent.

This time, she didn't catch up.

She stared blankly at Gu Yuan's tall and straight back like green bamboo, her eyes were dazed for a moment, her old eyes seemed to have a dark surging that was about to burst, and a little anger, a little doubt, a little uneasiness, a little powerlessness flashed in her eyes. ...more tired.

Her body swayed a bit, her feet slowly moved two steps, and her pace was shaky.

"Mrs. Tai, be careful." Li Ma, who was on the side, quickly supported Mrs. Gu Tai.

The sunny day after the snow became colder and the wind was biting.

The howling cold wind was like a wild animal roaring in demonstration, lingering.

"He..." Suddenly, Mrs. Gu Tai asked in a hoarse voice, "Don't you know?"

learned that his father Gu Ce was not born to her.

Above the head, the branches and leaves of the plane tree with yellow leaves swayed with the cold wind, and a few rays of sunlight cast mottled light and shadow on Mrs. Gu Tai's face through the gaps in the branches and leaves, which made her expression a little gloomy, a little obscure, and a little irritable. .

The sound of   "rustling" echoed in the courtyard.

Mother Li looked around vigilantly and made sure there was no one around, so she persuaded in a low voice, "Madam, don't think too much."

Even the late Marquis Gu Ce himself didn't know about this, so how did Gu Yuan know about it!

"..." Mrs. Gu Tai looked straight at the direction where Gu Yuan left, without blinking, her turbid and red eyes seemed to want his figure to be engraved.

Mammy Li caressed Mrs. Gu Tai's arm gently and continued to persuade: "Besides, even in the Gu family's ancestral hall, there is no 'her' tablet for a long time, and it is impossible for the eldest young master to know."

said, Li Ma's voice was even lower, and only their master and servant could hear them in the cold wind howling.

Mrs. Gu Tai seemed to mutter to herself: "I raised A Ce with my own hands, treated him as if I were my own, raised me carefully, and watched him marry and have children... Even the title of Hou's mansion is up to him. Inherit, just ask Ah Jian to be a rich and idle person."

"I admit to myself that I am not sorry for Ah Ce... and I am not sorry to my eldest sister. I am worthy of my conscience."

Mrs. Gu Tai's eyes slowly moved up, looking up at the blue sky, as if these words were spoken to some old people.

"Mrs. Tai is right." Li Ma nodded her head in agreement, "Mrs. Tai, it has been difficult for you these years."

She said these words from the heart.

After a pause, Li Ma added: "Besides, after so many years, those old people in Xizhou are long gone, and no one has mentioned 'that matter' anymore."

"Madam, please be patient, it is absolutely impossible for the eldest young master to know."

Another biting cold wind blew, and like a knife, it got into Li Ma's neckline, causing her to shrink her neck unconsciously.

"Besides, even if the eldest young master knows about it, what position does he have to blame Mrs. Tai? It is Mrs. Tai that you raised the old marquis with your own hands.

Mrs. Gu Tai still stood motionless under the tree, her chest heaving up and down, and there seemed to be two forces fighting and colliding in her eyes.

After a moment of silence, she said again: "But I always feel that Brother Yuan treats me no better than before..." She seemed to be guarding her, as if she had... resentment towards her.

Thinking, Mrs. Gu Tai tightly clutched the string of beads in her hand, almost crushing it.

In the past, Gu Yuan was not like this.

Mr. Li hesitated for a while, but still reminded: "Madam, yesterday's story... The eldest young master should also know about it. Is it because of this thing that even you are angry?"

Mrs. Gu Tai's face stiffened, she stroked her sleeve, and said lightly, "I'm doing this for his own good too."

"This child is stubborn since he was a child and can't listen to the advice of his elders. I asked him to study literature, and I took the trouble to find him the best academy in the capital. ."

"As long as he is in the army, there will always be people talking about his father's surrender, and this will never go away."

Mammy Li hurriedly said with relief: "Eldest young master is young, the rice he eats is not as much as the salt you eat, and I don't understand the painstaking efforts of Mrs. Tai."

Hearing Li Ma's soft words, Mrs. Gu Tai also felt that it was useful, and her expression softened a little.

She seemed to remember the guests in the hall at this moment, looked at them, and said, "Forget it, let's not mention the past."

"He has now entered the Luanyi Guard, which is a good job. He doesn't have to go to the battlefield, and he can still be in front of the imperial palace."

Even if the errand in front of the emperor is not high, it can be regarded by others.

In the future, Gu Yuan's future will be bright.

Mrs. Gu Tai sighed again and said in a low voice, "Brother Yuan has a promising future. Even if I go to Jiuquan in the future, I will be worthy of the old marquis."

She looked at the western sky again, her eyes were deep, her heart was as solid as a rock after going through a lot of ups and downs.

That's right, the Hou Mansion did not owe Gu Yuan.

She didn't owe Gu Yuan either.

She is worthy of her eldest sister, as well as Gu Ce and their father and son.

(end of this chapter)