I was Idle and Cool Chapter 75: Don’t say anything

Everyone in Beijing knows that the old lady is old and her body is not stable.

After opening the storehouse, the clever egret picked out some commonly used maintenance herbs, and also selected some auspicious ornaments. As Lu Jinxi said, the etiquette is not very generous, but it is very suitable.

Lu Jinxi had no opinion after reading the proposed list. After lunch, she put on a clean and simple new silk robe for Xue Chi, carried him into the carriage, and went straight to the Grand Master's Mansion.

The weather is fine today, the sun is shining and it is warm.

After passing Changshun Street, you can see the Taishi Mansion in the distance. Today is not a birthday banquet, the door is not opened, only the east side door is opened for people to come and go.

But Lu Jinxi didn't expect that a large number of carriages were parked outside the door, and there were many people holding various brocade boxes and walking towards the door.

This is weird.

Mr. Gu has never been a high-profile person, and because he had assisted Emperor Xiao Che of Qing'an to ascend to the throne, he had a high position, so he has always been taboo about "forming a party for personal gain". .

Today is not a birthday banquet, why is it still so crowded?

Xue Chi was the first to come back to the Grand Master's Mansion. Seeing this lively scene, both eyes were rounded, and when he got out of the car, he was full of amazement.

But Lu Jinxi had some doubts in her heart, so she waved her hand and asked Qingque to inquire.

After a while, the blue bird came back.

"Madam, the servants have asked about those people, and they are all from the palaces of dignitaries and nobles in the capital to give gifts. It is said that Master Taishi fell ill last night, and it was very serious. He didn't get up early in the morning and didn't go to the morning."

"Sick again?"

Lu Jinxi was startled for a while, a little surprised.

A few months ago, I said that the old lady was ill, because she went to the Jokhang Temple and was frozen by the snow on the mountain, and her legs were sick. But on the day of the birthday banquet, when she saw it from a distance, she only felt that this grand master was quite handsome, and she should have been raised almost.

And she gave the recipe for the ghost's hand to open, so it's not a big problem.

It's only been a few days, but I'm sick again.

The two dark eyebrows frowned slightly. She only felt strange, but she remembered that Gu Juefei asked Xue Chi to come to Taishi's mansion today, so she muttered: "Is it because I want to take care of the Taishi... "

"Mother?"

Xue Chi stood beside her with her book bag in her arms. Seeing that his mother hadn't moved for a long time, she couldn't help but ask.

Lu Jinxi finally came to her senses, but her mind had changed.

She was just going to send Xue Chi to Japan today, so she could do some courtesy along the way. But now Taishi Gu can be regarded as an elder of Lu Jinxi. She is sick and she is in the house again, so she can't turn a deaf ear.

So she thought for a while, and then said to Xue Chi: "I'll let your sister Qingque follow you, first let someone take you to the teacher's place, and the mother will go to see the old master, and then pay a visit to the master. Madam. Go by yourself and be obedient."

Sooner or later, Xue had passed the time when she was competing with her mother a while ago, and felt that his Mr. Gu was really a powerful person, so he valued his apprenticeship today.

Hearing Lu Jinxi's exhortation, he nodded quickly: "Mother, don't worry, I will do well today."

Looking at him like this, Lu Jinxi was relieved, and then he brought Xue Chi, Qingque and Egret together to the side door and handed him a letter of worship.

Gu Juefei arranged for someone to meet him at the door early in the morning.

As soon as I heard it was the wife of the general's mansion and the young master, even if someone came to lead people inside. It's just that Lu Jinxi didn't follow, and instead asked someone to report to the Grand Master's wife.

At that time, Tang Shi was in Gu Chengqian's house, holding a bowl of medicine in his hand, blowing lightly, with a worried look on his face: "The imperial doctor said that your illness is not serious, but you are in a hurry. Drink this medicine. , go smoothly, and calm down later, it will be fine."

Calm down?

Once Zaifu Gu Chengqian was lying on the couch, half covering his wrinkled eyelids. Although only one night has passed, he looks a lot older, his face is gloomy, and he even has a lot of gray hair.

Hearing Tang Shi's words, he lifted his eyelids, looked at the medicine bowl, and slowly closed his eyes again.

Seeing this, Tang's heart was filled with panic.

God knows how dangerous the situation was last night, and the whole house was scared to sleep. It was not until the sky was dawning that the imperial doctor said that the situation had stabilized, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

At that time, she remembered what happened before and after the questioning.

It's Gu Juefei again.

This eldest son, the eldest son of Gu Chengqian's original wife.

Under her repeated questioning, Wan Baochang was willing to reveal:

The old lady was in the ancestral hall in the middle of the night yesterday, waiting for Gu Juefei, who returned late. What the father and son talked about, even Wan Baochang himself did not know.

But after he went to look at it, the old lady had fallen to the ground...

The Tang family is a continuation of the string, no matter how big the heart is, it is impossible to see Gu Juefei from the bottom of his heart.

Not to mention, this eldest son is too good to be feared.

With him here, she couldn't breathe for a day. She only felt that the sky above Gu Mansion was covered with a thick layer of haze.

She is aware of the feud between Gu Chengqian and Gu Juefei, but she doesn't know the more specific reasons.

Six years ago, when Gu Juefei left, she breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that her mother and son would finally have a bright future; six years later, when Gu Juefei came back, she was unhappy, but she knew she couldn't do anything.

The existence like Gu Juefei is no longer something she can handle as a deep house woman.

Just thinking about it, since she entered the mansion, she has never done anything wrong, and she has never treated him badly. When Gu Juefei came back, she couldn't stop her, so she just recognized it.

But who would have thought, it's only been a few days? !

Gu Chengqian was so angry that he fell ill to the bed and was almost never rescued!

Tang Shi remembered, his eyes were almost red, his voice was a little more choked, and he finally couldn't hold back his complaints: "Your illness, not to mention your relatives and friends inside and outside the house, it's just that it doesn't matter. He came to deliver things, but he was just like a normal person, and he didn't even go out of the courtyard for most of the day! Who did he take in his eyes?

"Shut up!"

Without waiting for Tang Shi to finish speaking, Gu Chengqian suddenly opened his eyes and scolded loudly, just after finishing speaking, he coughed violently, his bloodless face suddenly flushed red.

"Cough! Cough cough..."

"Master, Master!"

When Mrs. Tang saw it, she panicked immediately, anxious and aggrieved. She quickly handed the medicine bowl in her hand to the maid next to her, and came up to Gu Chengqian, but her tears fell. .

"It's me talking nonsense, sir, don't be angry, I'm just not worth it for you..."

"Ahem..."

After coughing for a while, Gu Chengqian slowly recovered. It was just that after the flushing, his face became more and more pale, and there was a faint sense of gray defeat.

He closed his eyes, waved Tang Shi's hand wearily, and slowly leaned against the raised pillow behind the bed, without saying a word.

The whole room was quiet.

Gu Chengqian did not speak. From the inside to the outside, everyone hung their heads in fear, lest they be in trouble at this extremely sensitive time in the house.

As a result, the sound of footsteps coming up from the corridor became much clearer.

Wan Bao often comes in from outside the door. He is already old, and now he has not slept all night. He looks a little old and haggard, and only bows and says: "Sir, ma'am, Grandma Lu Er from the General's House is visiting from outside. , said that he was here to send Young Master Xue to school, but I heard that the adults were unwell, so I came to visit with a little gift."

The affairs of the inner house are all handled by the Tang family.

The matter that the wife was ordered to visit from outside should have been reported to the Tang family, but because the Tang family was in Gu Chengqian's house, Wan Bao often said it together.

Tang Shifang said two words, which made Gu Chengqian unhappy. Hearing Lu Jinxi's visit, he stood up and said, "Then ask her to sit in the flower hall first, and I will come later."

"No need."

Gu Chengqian interrupted her unexpectedly. In his old eyes, there was an emotion that was difficult for others to see, and his body trembled slightly.

"Yes, is that the General's wife? Just invite her in."

"Master?"

Tang was so surprised that he almost thought he had heard it wrong.

But Gu Chengqian didn't mean to explain at all, just waved his hand: "I have something to say to her, you can go out too."

Anything to say?

Tang Shi was stunned for a long time. He couldn't think of the intersection between Gu Chengqian and Lu Jinxi, the younger generation. He only remembered that he and Lu Jiuling were good friends. What can he say to Lu Jinxi?

It's just that in this mansion, Gu Chengqian's words are always useful.

Although she had doubts in her heart, she didn't hold back much, she just squeezed Jinpa and wiped the tears on her face, and then she put the medicine bowl aside: "This medicine has just been boiled, it is no longer hot, Master remember to drink it Next, I'll retire first."

When Lu Jinxi was led in by the servants of the Taishi's mansion, Tang Shi just went out, and just had a face-to-face. It's just that Tang Shi didn't say much, just smiled reluctantly, and after a few words of greetings, let her into the room.

The strong smell of medicine immediately rushed to my face.

When Lu Jinxi heard it, she suddenly remembered that when she first arrived in Lu's body, she had such a strong smell of medicine. Just smelling it made her mouth full of bitterness.

This is the first time she has really come to meet the legendary Zaifu who is powerful and powerful, the first rank of Daxia civil servant, and the grand teacher Gu Chengqian.

Although she was mentally prepared, she was still surprised when she saw what the other party looked like at the moment.

The Gu Taishi I saw at the birthday banquet that day, although the body is not very healthy, but the complexion is still good, in front of the many guests, chatting and laughing, no matter how you look at it, he is a real imperial Taishi.

But it's only a few days?

The man was leaning on the couch, lost his energy, and looked frighteningly old. Only those eyes that seem to have seen through the world can still see a bit of a sense of arrogance.

"Jinxi, the younger generation, meet the Grand Master Taishi."

Because she knew that her original father, Lu Jiuling, was on good terms with Taishi Gu, Lu Jinxi humbly called "Junior" and bowed down.

Because the weather was fine today, she was wearing a light lake blue spring shirt, and the snow-colored pleated skirt spread out gracefully. She only had a thin make-up on her face, and she looked very plain. Gentle.

Gu Chengqian looked up at her, feeling both familiar and unfamiliar.

Standing in front of him is Lu Jiuling's precious daughter Lu Jinxi, the grandmother Lu Er who is now in charge of the General's Mansion, and Xue Kuang, who used to gallop on the battlefield...

The widow.

Many years ago, he hugged this little girl. He grew up and got married in the blink of an eye, but the years didn't seem to leave too many traces on her.

As a result, Gu Chengqian suddenly remembered——

Yeah, how old is she now?

He's only twenty-seven, but he's already a widow.

At this moment, he couldn't help but feel sad.

Six years ago, when Xue Kuang died on the battlefield, he was only twenty-seven! It is the time of high spirits, it should be vertical and horizontal, and make achievements!

But what about now?

Iron-blooded loyal soul, died in a foreign country, no bones left!

The hand on the quilt suddenly clenched tightly, but still trembled.

Gu Chengqian gritted his teeth in order to control the grief that appeared in his heart. He looked at Lu Jinxi like this, but he seemed to see Xue Kuang in the past.

He has a cold and solemn face every day, and rules the army strictly, but when he walks with the brothers in the army, he is rarely open-minded.

Calm and self-sufficient.

Only when the uniform is covered and the sword is in hand, can I see that heroic spirit...

"Get up..."

Gu Chengqian blinked, the phantom in front of him disappeared, and his voice was slow and sluggish, as if he had lost his strength.

Lu Jinxi was only going to visit the Tang family, but did not expect to be met by the old lady. She is someone who has seen the big scene, so she is not afraid, but she doesn't understand the purpose of Gu Chengqian calling her to see her.

Somehow, all she remembered was Gu Juefei's old nonsense "marry you" and so on.

For a while, I was in a cold sweat for myself.

Hearing Gu Chengqian calling her to get up, she respectfully thanked her, then got up, folded her hands in front of her, and stood dignifiedly.

Gu Chengqian looked at her like this for a long time, until Lu Jinxi thought he was actually going to fall asleep before he spoke.

"Brother Lu has raised a good daughter. Your father and I are old acquaintances. You should call me 'Shibo'. In the blink of an eye, eleven years have passed..."

Eleven years?

Isn't that when the Lu family was ordered to marry Xue Kuang?

Lu Jinxi listened to Gu Chengqian's words, and always felt that something was wrong with this old lady, but because she knew so little about the past, she couldn't guess.

She remained silent.

Gu Chengqian didn't notice this either, he just turned his eyes, looked at a certain point in the void, and said slowly: "My eldest son, who has been away from home for six years, is really not very good. Literally. I heard that yesterday he was in the Yuewei Museum and accepted your child as a student..."

Inexplicably, Lu Jinxi's heart froze.

There should have been some discord between Taishi Gu and Gu Juefei, but after Gu Juefei returned from the Taishi birthday banquet, everyone in Beijing felt that this old account was over.

But she remembered Gu Juefei who appeared in the alley when the birthday banquet was over.

The body is covered in embarrassment and there are some scars on the neck.

It looks like it was smashed by someone with a medicine bowl.

In this huge Grand Master's mansion, who would dare to treat Gu Juefei, the eldest son of Gu, so recklessly? The answer doesn't really matter at all.

I just don't know what Gu Taishi means when he mentions it now.

She had a sudden change in her heartbeat, but there was already a little smile on her face, like the most common kind mother and younger generation in the world, she only said: "Hui Shibo, this is indeed the case. Brother Chi is five years old this year and has a temperament He is also stubborn, and if he can get the eldest son's blue eyes, I am afraid that the eldest son will see the general in the spirit of heaven. Jin Xi is grateful..."

“…”

In the face of Xue Kuang in the spirit of heaven?

Gu Chengqian couldn't really tell what it was like in his heart. In his mind, only the confrontation with Gu Juefei in the ancestral hall last night kept flashing back and forth.

"In your heart, I am so sinful, so unbearable. Even accepting a student is full of conspiracy! Father, why don't you think that I see him as talented, sincere, and willing to Give it all your money?"

"...you don't deserve it!"

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

Gu Juefei's words filled with anger, chills and malice appeared beside his ears like thunder, which made him suddenly unable to restrain himself, and his lips trembled.

Lu Jinxi...

That renegade son actually told him that he was going to marry Lu Jinxi!

It's not enough to kill Xue Kuang, now he has accepted Xue Kuang's only son-in-law as a student, and he wants to marry Xue Kuang's widow!

He wants Xue Kuang to have no peace in the spirit of heaven, and he wants him to die!

The evil in this world has been occupied by Gu Juefei alone.

Gu Chengqian has never regretted it so much, maybe he shouldn't have gone up the mountain - six years ago, since Gu Juefei left the house, he should never have had a son like him.

Perhaps, there would be no such thing as today.

Looking at Lu Jinxi standing in front of him, Gu Chengqian only felt that he had a pair of eyes, looking at him through her, making him want to tell the truth about everything at this moment.

But such a big conspiracy at the beginning, involving the internal and foreign affairs, was secretly promoted by the eldest son of his Gu family, and supported by the 95-year-old who is on the dragon chair today!

How could he say it, and how dare he say it?

After all, this is the guilt committed by Gu Juefei, and it is also the guilt that Gu's family will eventually bear, just like the ones he committed thirteen years ago when the palace changed...

In my heart, a storm surged.

But in the end, it finally returned to a deep silence.

After a long time, Gu Chengqian asked a very abrupt question: "What do you think, let's go first?"

Lu Jinxi was stunned.

This rhythm isn't quite right. For no reason, ask Gu Juefei what is he doing?

Not to mention, she actually had little interaction with Gu Juefei in the past. Even in recent days, the so-called "intersection" was private, and it stands to reason that few people know about it.

Unless, it was Gu Juefei who confessed.

As soon as he thought of this, Lu Jinxi's eyelids jumped up, and a bad feeling arose in his heart: Gu Juefei, this guy, can't do such a good job, can he?

Is this all told to the parents?

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, and she felt that Gu Chengqian's attitude was very strange. She didn't dare to talk nonsense, and only picked up what others knew to answer.

"Although the eldest son hasn't returned for six years, he worshipped at the Sanxian Temple yesterday, and the examination was held at the Yuewei Museum. He was accompanied by Hongru. Everyone said that the eldest son was talented, and in the past years he was the third best. My niece Although I am not familiar with the eldest son, I can imagine that the quality of talents is first-class. Brother Chi can worship him as a master, which is a blessing that cannot be cultivated in eight lifetimes.”

“…”

How ridiculous!

Everyone thinks Gu Juefei is good...

Gu Chengqian couldn't hold back for a while, and let out a laugh, but there were tears in his heart.

He didn't even see that he was wearing a painted skin, so how could he expect the world to see through it?

Again, he didn't speak for a long time.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, there happened to be a panicked voice outside. It was Chen Fan from Gu Juefei's side who came to report in a hurry, saying that after Xue was late at the other hospital, his face was pale, his head was sweating, and he screamed that his stomach hurt.

This time, Lu Jinxi, who is a mother, how can she still sit still?

Although she felt that Xue Chi's "situation" was very bizarre, after all, he was still fine just now, and this guy's body was strong, but he didn't show it on the face.

After all, she was still worried about Xue Chi, so she quickly accused Gu Chengqian of the crime, came out of the room, led by Chen Fan, and hurriedly went to another courtyard.

In the house, only the smell of medicine is left.

But Gu Chengqian suddenly felt that the bitterness of this little bit was not as good as the taste that permeated his heart: How many years did Huanhai rise and fall, how could he not see Gu Juefei's simple trick?

Xue Chi came well, why is it uncomfortable at this time?

Gu Juefei.

The eldest son of the Gu family, whom he was once proud of, now reminds him of this name, and he feels the blood oozing out from his throat!

He was worried that he was looking for Lu Jinxi to say something to her. But in the end he was in the game, blinding his eyes——

Even though the power is full of power, few people know about this old koan case, and no one dares to speak up!

Gu Chengqian only felt that he had no strength all over his body, and his eyes were blurred, and he could only see the white porcelain medicine bowl that was placed beside him.

Smoke of smoke rises up and then slowly disappears.

Until it cooled down, none of the people serving in this room dared to come up and persuade him to drink.