Guo Xin left Fu Zhaoxu early in the morning and returned home. Yu Niang was not at home, but seemed to have gone out to buy new clothes for Guo Xin. Guo Xin's salary as a commander is not a huge fortune, but it is quite a lot. He had no time to care about these things on weekdays, so he left them all to Yu Niang. Except for occasionally giving rewards to Wang Shiliang and other subordinates or having drinks with Shi Dejun, Zheng Zhun and others, he did not take care of them most of the time. However, Yu Niang had no one to rely on. While he was relieved to let Yu Niang take care of the accounts, he also wanted to find something for her to do on weekdays.
Guo Xin changed out of the clothes stained by the rain yesterday, took a shower and tidied up, and after thinking about it, he decided to greet his mother Zhang first.
It rained in the middle of the night yesterday, the weather was still gloomy, and the ground was not completely dry. The house was cold and cold, unlike the Qiguo Duke's house where there were so many people coming and going.
But Guo Xin was in a good mood, not only because of his good relationship with Fu Zhaoxu, but also because of his secret meeting with Fu Jinlu last night. His first impression of Fu Jinlu was not only beautiful but also brave. The Yu Niang he once knew was also brave, but the bravery in the two was completely different. Faced with the world alone, Yu Niang would either seize the opportunity to escape from the sea of misery, or she would not be able to escape the common fate of actresses in the world, like many young girls who sell themselves to prostitutes and be abused and toyed by people like Li Ye.
However, Fu Jinlu, whose origins are completely different from those of Yu Niang, is often forced to obey the family's interests because she is the daughter of a wealthy family, and does not have many choices of her own. Although it can be expected that even if Fu Jinlu really marries the Li family in Hezhong, she will still be able to live a well-off life by relying on the power of her mother's family, but because of this, resistance becomes valuable. From this point alone, Guo Xin also admired this lady from the Fu family. Or looking at it from another perspective, a woman trapped in a deep house and compound dared to secretly defy everything to fight for her own destiny, and he also saw his own shadow in it.
For such a noble and dignified woman, Guo Xin would definitely be lying if he said that he had no thoughts at all. However, when he agreed to help Fu Jinlu, it was indeed as he said, not just because of her, but more for himself. Firstly, he didn't want to see the Fu family and Li family tied together and wasting the relationship he had developed with Fu Zhaoxu. Secondly, as the son of the Privy Councilor and a promising young general in the Forbidden Army, his relationship with the Fu family seemed to be getting closer. It's not entirely impossible.
The only problem now is that Li Chongxun, how can he ensure that he will destroy the marriage plan between the Fu family and the Li family? Guo Xin thought of Li Ye again. This "old enemy" from Taiyuan was heard to be busy flattering Liu Chengyou to get an official position recently. However, he was criticized by Su Yang and other ministers, and he seemed to be quiet now. Guo Xin has never been a person who repays evil with kindness, but with his current strength and foundation, it is difficult to do anything to the relatives of the current dynasty and the Jiedushi Crown Prince, unless some more direct methods are used...
Guo Xin walked through the hall with his thoughts on his mind and met his three disciples coming out of the inner courtyard. After asking, he learned that in addition to the Zhang family, his two sisters-in-law, Liu family and Wang family, were also among them.
When I saw Mrs. Zhang inside, she showed great concern on her face: "Brother Yi, have you cultivated yourself?"
Zhang is not Guo Xin's biological mother in later generations, or even his biological mother in this life, but she is his only mother now. Compared to Guo Wei, who was so busy with work that it was difficult to see him, Guo Xin felt from the bottom of his heart that Zhang was closer to his family. But it wasn't until Zhang mentioned it that Guo Xin remembered that he hadn't said hello to Zhang since he fell off the horse. He immediately comforted Zhang and said, "I'm ashamed of myself. I'm embarrassed on the court, but I wasn't injured at all. I haven't been injured for two days." In the way.”
Mrs. Zhang waved her hand and led Guo Xin to sit down, and said distressedly: "My mother-in-law doesn't care whether you brothers are embarrassed or not, and I don't care who wins and who loses. Mother only wants us as a big family to be here." Live a peaceful life in Tokyo.”
Guo Xinxin secretly smiled bitterly: With his family's position and destiny, it would be more difficult for him to live a peaceful life in Tokyo than for the ordinary people on the streets. Even if Guo Wei gets on the Ninth Five-Year Plan, look at the chaotic world in all directions, An Ning Er I'm afraid the word is still very far away.
Liu on the side also said: "Mom, Erlang has been practicing horse riding since he was a child, and he is not in the battle this time, so he will be fine. Besides, Erlang has not been embarrassed. I heard from my brother Rong that Erlang is for us in Tokyo on the court. We have won back the fight, but if Li Chongxun hadn’t done something wrong, we still don’t know who would win and who would lose.”
"Brother is ridiculous, but my sister-in-law said the same thing. When I was a child, I learned to ride a horse and fell down countless times. Isn't it still jumping around now?"
At this time, Mrs. Wang suddenly said: "I think Erlang is fine too. I heard from my servants that Erlang didn't come back yesterday, which shows that his legs and feet are much better."
Guo Xin was stunned for a moment. What does it have to do with her whether he goes out or not? Turning to look at Wang, Wang deliberately avoided Guo Xin's sight, not knowing what she was thinking.
Then seeing the suspicious look from Mr. Zhang, Guo Xin explained: "The kid on the court hit it off with the eldest son of Duke Qi, so he went to visit him."
Mrs. Zhang looked at Guo Xin meaningfully: "It's a coincidence. Your father told me the night before that the three girls in Fu Yanqing's family are all talented and beautiful. However, due to lack of acquaintances, they didn't expect Yi Ge. But he came to visit himself. Why, Brother Yi doesn’t like Murong Yanchao’s daughter, but he actually likes Fu Yanqing’s daughter?”
Guo Xin was immediately happy when he heard this. It turned out that Guo Wei had already thought of colluding with the Fu family? However, this is indeed in line with Guo Wei's style of making early plans. He lives in the center, and it would be of great benefit to him if he could connect to Fu Yanqing, a big tree in an outer town.
Guo Xin immediately said calmly: "I have met the Fu family girl. As the rumors and mother said, she is indeed beautiful and dignified."
"It would be great if Brother Yi is interested. I will talk to your father about this later."
At this time, Ms. Zhang's face had relaxed a lot, and she smiled happily at Mr. Liu and Mr. Wang, "People say that nine times out of ten you will get injured. Fortunately, my brother Yi can just hit his bones. It's lucky that he didn't get hurt." Then he turned to Guo Xin and warned, "Even if this is the case, Brother Yi should go back to the house to recuperate. Not long ago, Taibao Liu gave your father some black hens. Later I sent the kitchen to make soup for Brother Yi."
Guo Xin, who was about to leave, raised his ears and asked, "I wonder which Taibao Liu my mother is talking about?"
"Brother Yi should also know Liu Ci, the right wing leader in the Fengguo Army."
Guo Xin nodded and felt reassured. Liu Ci once said to him that he wanted to serve as a military governor, and he did mention it to his father. It would be worthwhile to feed him the black hens.
"Mom is really partial," Mrs. Wang on the side interrupted again, "Does your mother still have Liu Taibao's black hens? The weather has been getting faster recently, and Brother Qing suffered some cold weather on duty, so I asked my mother for two. Replenish Brother Qing’s health.”
"Brother Qing has caught a cold? I'm being careless. Madam Wang can send someone to the kitchen to get it."
Wang was then satisfied: "In that case, thank you mother."
Ms. Liu also smiled and smoothed things over by saying, "The Wang family's wife is really considerate. Brother Qing is very lucky."
After chatting with the Zhang family for a while and leaving Zhang's place, Guo Xin was still muttering to himself: Why did Wang ask about his whereabouts? He didn't have much contact with Wang, but this sister-in-law already gave him the feeling that he had too many thoughts and too many desires. But he had more important things to do right now than guessing a woman's thoughts.
