I was Idle and Cool Chapter 73: The cold night of Gu Juefei

Gu Juefei did stay late at the Yuewei Museum.

Even when the letter had arrived at the General's Mansion, the others were still sitting upstairs in the Yuewei Museum, with a long table beside him, and there was half a bottle of wine in the bottle on the table.

It's just that Ji Zhiyin, who was drinking with him before, has gone back now.

Chi Lao is old after all.

Today, the Yuewei Museum tried it out, and it was a complete success, so he lost his shape and happily pulled Gu Juefei to drink two glasses.

Gu Juefei didn't say anything yet, this old gentleman shouted that he couldn't do it after drinking three glasses of wine.

In the end, Gu Juefei arranged for someone to send him back.

As for himself, he stayed in the Yuewei Pavilion and drank a small pot of wine.

"Eldest son, everything is packed, shall we go back?"

Chen Fan sounded outside the door with a somewhat brisk voice.

He was just sent by Gu Juefei to clean up the answer sheets for this examination at the Weiwei Library. Because Meng Ji was away, he had been busy for a while, and it was over at this time.

But when he came back, he was surprised to see Gu Juefei sitting alone by the window.

Gu Juefei has never been a bad drinker, and his head is still very clear.

Hearing the voice, he poured himself a glass of wine and did not look back: "Are you picking up money on the road? So happy."

Chen Fan suddenly felt a little embarrassed, but fortunately Gu Juefei just sat by the window and still looked out, and didn't notice his embarrassment, so he hurriedly said: "Well...not very happy, that's, that's right, that's right. I think the eldest son seems very happy today, so Chen Fan is also very happy."

Are you happy...

Gu Juefei looked at the wine in the glass, but he couldn't help but smile when he heard the words: "Your kid has become a fortune-teller, isn't it? You can see whether I am happy or not."

"Uh..."

Chen Fan scratched his head, a little tangled.

He actually has a stubborn temperament, and he didn't really hear that Gu Juefei was just making a joke on him. Instead, he thought about it for a long time and replied seriously: "Anyway, Mr. Ji said that Young Master Xue has spiritual energy. He also said that you didn't do anything in vain this time, and I think you're just different from usual, so you must be very happy."

Different from usual?

Gu Juefei is curious about what he usually looks like.

He raised his eyebrows slightly, drank the wine in his glass and asked, "Where's Meng Ji?"

"Mr. Meng sent Mr. Ji back, saying that he wouldn't be able to come back in a while, and he was going to inquire about the news from Princess Yongning."

Chen Fan recalled what Meng Ji said when he left, and answered honestly.

"He said that at the time of the apprenticeship ceremony, he saw that the eldest princess left halfway, and he felt that something was wrong. As for the news, he said that he would come back to you when he came back."

Gu Juefei is still very relieved when Meng Ji does things.

But Princess Yongning...

He frowned slightly, and the smile on his lips became somewhat ironic: he didn't see the situation at the apprenticeship ceremony at that time, but when he turned his head back, Princess Yongning had disappeared.

I guess I know, but I'm afraid she's not very used to it.

There weren't many people who knew about Xue Kuang back then, and Princess Yongning was one of them.

She can helplessly watch Xue Kuang being plotted to death by him, but now she can't watch him coveting Xue Kuang's widow, and she can't stand him accepting Xue Kuang's direct son as a student...

In the final analysis, she and the general's mansion still have a lot of origins.

Isn't the late husband of Princess Yongning the uncle Xue Huan of Xue Kuang? It's just that he was killed at the border back then, and he died in battle.

The thoughts overlapped so far, and the dark light in Gu Juefei's eyes became more and more obscure, but it disappeared as he lowered his eyes.

Putting down the wine cup, holding the long table in his hand, he got up.

After the prosperous period, the Yuewei Museum looked a little desolate on this starry night.

Gu Juefei glanced at him, but what suddenly appeared in his mind was Xue Chi's answer sheet, but Lu Jinxi was watching him with a delicate expression.

He smiled slightly, then turned around and walked outside: "Let's go, it's getting late, it's time to go back."

*

When the child has entered.

There are thousands of households in the capital, and there is silence. Apart from the soldiers patrolling the city, there were no other figures on the street. Whether it is a dignitary or a commoner, they are now in a general sound sleep.

Only at this moment, Wan Baochang, the chief steward of the Grand Master's Mansion, felt uneasy.

"Alas..."

He stood near the side door, looking at the lantern of the Grand Master's mansion hanging next to him for a while, and the stars and moon in the sky for a while, but his heart was up and down, and he couldn't help but start pacing back and forth.

"Tattoo..."

On the silent road, the sound of hooves was heard in the distance, and it was getting closer.

Wan Bao often heard it, and was shocked, he stopped quickly, and looked at the source of the voice.

A short while later, a large jujube red horse with a tall head and a carriage at the back appeared on the road. Gu Juefei, who was wearing a black azure crane cloak, came back alone.

At the gate of the mansion, he turned over and dismounted, and there was a faint smile on his lips.

"Wan butler, are you still here at this hour?"

Saw Wan Baochang waiting by the door at a glance, Gu Juefei handed the reins to the servant who came up, walked up, and asked in a normal tone.

Wan Baochang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw him: "You're back, Master has been waiting for you for a long time."

“…”

At this moment, Gu Juefei stepped into the gate of the mansion, but suddenly stopped, and the faint smile on his lips slowly disappeared.

"Wait for me?"

"Yes, in the ancestral hall, after you come back, I will let you go."

Wan Baochang glanced at him cautiously, but actually felt a little nervous. Because today's scene always reminds him unconsciously of six years ago...

It's also night.

Also waiting for Gu Juefei to come back.

It's also the ancestral hall.

The difference is that tonight the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and it rained heavily that night.

Gu Juefei looked back at the night sky, as if he wanted to see if there would be an earth-shaking downpour tonight, but soon, he withdrew his gaze, nodded, and smiled plainly: "I'll go. "

This demeanor seems to be no different from Gu Juefei of the past.

After speaking, he started again, but the direction he was going was no longer his own courtyard.

Wan Bao often looked at him, feeling inexplicably uncomfortable.

He wanted to follow, light a lantern for the eldest son, and send him there, but when he thought of Gu Chengqian's order, he stopped and stayed where he was.

*

The large Taishi Mansion has lights out everywhere.

Only the ancestral hall located in the deepest part of the house is still lit. Three or five dim yellow lamps illuminate the plaques in the hall and the portraits of the sages of the Gu family hanging on the three walls. According to the dark red wooden staff on the record——

Gu Family's "Family Law".

Of course, it also followed a figure in the hall.

The grand master, who used to be a powerful man in the court, now has a little old-fashioned dragon bell. The gray hair was dazzled by the dim candlelight. But his figure was still straight, as if he was still standing on the court.

The events of the past overlapped in his mind.

Xue Kuang's young face kept flashing in front of his eyes, and in the blink of an eye, it was covered with blood, which was cut off by the sharp light of the sword.

Gu Chengqian stood for so long that he had forgotten the time and was even a little dazed.

He didn't react immediately when the footsteps sounded behind him.

Until the voice he was waiting for sounded: "It's so late, I don't know if the Grand Master is looking for me, what's the matter?"

Smooth voice, no emotional ups and downs.

The unfamiliar and polite "Master Taishi" separated the father and son who should have been close.

When Gu Chengqian looked back, Gu Juefei had already walked in.

He stopped a few steps behind him, his face was calm, and he couldn't pick out the slightest mistake, and there was even a little smile in his eyes.

It was as if he was not facing his father, but any ordinary person in the world.

How familiar?

How strange.

This is what people all over the world acclaim, the next head of the Gu family.

At this moment, great ridicule, accompanied by disappointment and anger, poured out of his heart.

Gu Chengqian closed his eyes slightly, he almost tried his best to keep himself calm, just looked at him, and said coldly: "You kneel down."

Kneel down?

Gu Juefei heard the words, but suddenly hooked his lips, and there was no surprise in his demeanor. It seems that before he came, he already knew what would happen and what would happen.

Six years ago, wasn't that so?

When he returned from the palace, Wan Bao often told him that his father was waiting for him in the ancestral hall. So he went, and what was waiting for him was the same "kneel down" that seemed to be utterly disappointed.

Six years ago, I didn't know what was waiting for me, so I knelt down according to my words.

But today...

Gu Juefei's gaze swept across the "ancestors and ancestors" of the Gu family in the ancestral hall, and finally fell back on Gu Chengqian's body. He smiled and asked lightly: "Taishi Sir, what did you hear today?"

There is no irony in the words, and there is no concealment.

People are still standing upright in the hall, where does it mean to kneel at all?

"Okay, okay, okay! You're good at it now..."

When Gu Chengqian saw this, the anger that had been suppressed suddenly kept rising and falling in his chest. He turned around directly, took down the "family law" on the record, and held it tightly in his hand.

"I'll ask you again, do you kneel or not?!"

"Kneeling?"

Gu Juefei finally sneered after hearing this.

"I'm not wrong, why should I kneel?"

"No fault?!"

Gu Chengqian couldn't help but questioned loudly. The calmness and rationality of Zaisuke all his life were almost exhausted at this moment.

"You Gu Juefei dare to say so openly that you are right?!"

"Bang!"

The dark red wooden staff was raised high and swung directly towards Gu Juefei!

"Xue Kuang has already made plans for you, he died in battle, and there are no bones left! How lonely is his widow alive?"

"It's not enough for you to figure him out, and now you have to accept him as a posthumous student!"

"A six-year-old child is innocent and doesn't know the world! Gu Juefei, Gu Juefei, how dare you do such a thing that betrays God's conscience and destroys human relations!"

"Bang!"

It's another big hit!

The piercing pain immediately came from the body.

This is the pain that Gu Juefei had experienced six years ago. At that time, not only did he feel pain, but he even felt full of incomprehension. The bone-eroding chill was more than physical pain.

But now, what's left?

As expected, he knew that he wanted to accept Xue Chi as a student.

The Princess Yongning, who was the insider of what happened back then, didn't like him much, let alone his father, who always felt sorry for Xue Chi, a "loyal and good general"?

What he should have thought long ago, when he came back, it would be a violent storm.

Once Saisuke.

The father who drove him out of the house.

Gu Juefei thought that he should feel a little deeper at this time, but in the end, his heart was ashes, perhaps, there was the slowly rising, squeezing for too long...

Unwilling, and angry.

"In your heart, I am so sinful and unbearable. Even accepting a student has become a full of conspiracy calculations!"

He stared at Gu Chengqian's body trembling with anger, his gray hair due to his old age, and finally laughed almost sullenly.

"Father, why don't you think it's me who sees his talent, intelligence, and sincerity, and wants to teach him all my money?"

Father...

Simple words, at this moment, are extremely heavy.

The moment he heard it, Gu Chengqian was in a trance uncontrollably, and countless images appeared in his mind.

It was the first time when young Gu Juefei could write his name, when Gu Juefei went to school and refuted Mr. Gu for the first time, when Gu Juefei decided to travel far away, and when he went out to say goodbye, it was Gu Juefei who was inscribed on the Golden List When I saw him at the Xinglin Banquet...

One at a time, one by one.

But these voices ended on a rainy night six years ago.

They all turned into a rusty and indifferent "Master Taishi"...

The one standing in front of him is Gu Chengqian's son!

He taught him knowledge, knew him by etiquette, knew him by righteousness, heard him by the world's livelihood, and hoped that he would become the most resourceful, best, and best person in the world.

The love between father and son dissolves in blood.

Who can endure irrelevance, who can cut it with one stroke?

The wrinkles on his face were filled with traces of time, and Gu Chengqian's eyes suddenly turned red.

How much does he think about it, let him shout like this, write off everything in the past?

Six years like the chasm between father and son, never existed; also when they only saw the grievances and calculations of breaking up, never happened...

But he can't.

Xue Kuang is watching him in Tianying Soul!

The innocent soldiers in the army looked at him!

How can all this be written off like this?

Looking at Gu Juefei in front of him, this "perfect man" who could hardly pick out mistakes in the eyes of others, Gu Chengqian's face was suddenly filled with hatred and disgust!

The cruel three words finally came out: "...you don't deserve it!"

You don't deserve it.

Like a loud slap in the face, it suddenly fell on the face!

Gu Juefei suddenly felt that it was actually raining on this starry night.

It's big and it's cold.

It's even bigger and colder than it was. It froze his body and flesh, bones and blood, and also drowned out the hope of the last spark in that mass of dead ashes, and it will no longer rekindle.

Not worthy.

Ten years of cold windows, learning to become rich five cars; four years of study tours, knowledge all over the world. He once made a world-class strategy, once issued practical theories, and once saved the people of Li from starvation and cold...

Twenty-nine years, in the end, in exchange for a "unworthy"!

Just because of Xue Kuang!

A meritorious minister, a chaotic minister and thief!

"Unworthy of..."

Gu Juefei suddenly wanted to laugh, but in the end, he was afraid that he would burst into tears, so he had to bury the irony and disappointment in his heart.

Then, pour out a little bit of leaching malice.

The good-looking eyebrow peaks are stained with a few frost-like chills.

He finally smiled. The emotions in his heart that had been suppressed for six years were finally released at this moment, like an endless cloud covering his eyes, full of malice.

"It's not worthy anymore, then if I tell Master Taishi you-I still want to marry Lu Jinxi?"

“…”

At this moment, Gu Chengqian was stunned.

A chill rose from under his feet, making him tremble uncontrollably, and the anger in his chest boiled to the extreme at this moment!

"You, you!"

"I'm about to stand, and I'm already at the age of getting married, having children, and starting a family."

Gu Chengqian pointed at Gu Juefei's finger, trembling with his old body and gray beard, but Gu Juefei didn't have the slightest reaction, just spoke in a straight voice.

"Now I'm happy with her, and Master Taishi had a lot of praise for her earlier, isn't it?"

"Badness..."

When Gu Chengqian heard this, he was already trembling with anger.

Gu Juefei, who is standing in front of him, seems to be the handsome young man of the past, but at this moment, in his eyes, he is a real beast with a human face, a monster in human skin!

"They are orphans, widows and mothers, they have no grievance against you... How dare you! How dare you?!"

"Badness!"

"Badness!"

"I'll kill you!"

He clenched the dark red wooden staff and was about to swing it towards Gu Juefei's body.

But maybe it's because he stood for a long time tonight, maybe it's because his body is not as good as before, maybe it's because the blood of anger surges up, at this moment, he only feels that his eyes are darkened, and his ears are buzzing one slice.

"When!"

The hard iron and sandalwood staff slammed heavily on the ground.

Gu Chengqian held on to one end of the wooden staff, gasping for breath, only to feel that his standing was unsteady, and he was about to fall to the ground.

Old.

Also sick.

Gu Juefei stood in front of him, watching this scene, without speaking, he was clearly lit by the candles of the ancestral hall, but he seemed to be standing in darkness.

After a long time, he slowly walked up.

Removing the heavy iron sandalwood staff from Gu Chengqian's clenched hand, put it back on the shelf in front of the case, and said lightly: "The weather is cold and dew is heavy, Master Taishi should go back to rest early. If there is nothing to do, I will retire first."

After speaking, he bowed.

Gu Juefei stood on the spot almost slumped, and only looked at him with those eyes that were about to burst into flames, but Gu Juefei didn't even look at him, let alone what his reaction was. go.

"Don't think about it!"

"Gu Juefei, I won't agree, you can't think about it!!!"

About ten steps out, the hoarse and angry voice came from the ancestral hall behind him.

Gu Juefei's footsteps stopped, but he didn't look back, just raised his head and looked at the night sky...

It is still the bright moon, and there are still stars.

Nothing has changed.

Just like people.

No promise...

So what?

Gu Juefei slowly withdrew his gaze and walked towards his courtyard in the west of the mansion. After passing through the corridors and passages he had walked thousands of times, he saw the door that was hidden.

Get used to the days in Xue Cui Ding, and now he is the only one in his courtyard.

So at this moment, the yard is pitch-dark, with no light at all, only the begonias and pear flowers that were planted a few years ago, glowing a little white under the moonlight.

He walked in.

Just before he could open the door, a small, snow-white shadow suddenly appeared in the room on the other side: "Woo, woo, woo!"

It turned out to be a snow-white puppy.

It seems that when Gu Juefei opened the door, it heard movement, or smelled a familiar smell, and rushed out and ran towards Gu Juefei.

It's just that it's too happy and has a lot of fun running.

Seeing that it was about to get to Gu Juefei's side, it didn't have time to stop, and slammed its head into the low threshold, and suddenly cried out "Oooooooooo" pitifully.

Gu Juefei saw it and was stunned for a moment.

Even though the pain on the shoulders, back, waist and side was piercing, at this time, he couldn't help but laugh: "The lost dog meets the lost dog, and the heartbroken meets the brokenheart. If you bump into this, you will feel aggrieved... "

"Woohoo."

The little puppy bit the corner of his robe and wagged his tail. I don't know if he understood.

So Gu Juefei didn't go back either, as if he was out of strength, he slowly sat down on the steps. When the wind blows in the cold night, it seems to be cold to the bone.

Perhaps because of the moonlight, there was no blood on his face and lips.

In the air, there is a faint smell of blood, mixed with a faint floral fragrance.

Seeing him sitting down, the little milk dog also ran two steps over and lay down beside him.

One person and one dog, watching the moon together under the eaves.

"Unworthy of..."

Gu Juefei just put his hand on its fluffy little head, looking at it, or maybe looking at himself; asking it, maybe asking himself.

"Gu Juefei, I said that I am sincere now, do you believe it..."