Gu Yingying secretly looked at Li Yuan and felt very sweet, but suddenly she felt that something was wrong with her. Why was she so happy that Li Yuan could win the favor of her grandfather? Could it be that... Gu Yingying suddenly felt a fever on her face, she quickly scolded herself not to think so wildly, and turned her attention to Li Yuan again.
"Li Xiaowei, this is my eldest son, the father of Mrs. Yingying, the eldest son of the head of the family, Zhiyuan. This is the second master Zhitu, and this is the third master Zhiyuan." Gu Jiu introduced the three middle-aged men one by one. .
Li Yuan came forward to greet them one by one, treating them as uncles. Of course, it was to give Gu Yingying face, but also to show humility. Otherwise, with Li Yuan's identity, he would not have to consider himself a junior even if they were several decades apart in age. The three of them bowed slightly and returned the courtesy.
"This is my Gu's eldest son, Sun Yaode, the elder brother of the eldest lady. You should be very close to me." Gu Jiu introduced the young man.
Li Yuan smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Brother Gu, you are so polite. Brother Gu is indeed a talented person. Every member of the Gu family is a beautiful person. He is indeed a daughter of a famous family and is extraordinary."
Gu Yaode snorted from his nose, with an extremely arrogant expression. He was obviously very disdainful of the little captain in front of him. Not only was he disdainful, he also wanted to cause trouble for Li Yuan.
"Commander Li from Chu State, do you know what wrong things you have done?" Gu Yaode shouted coldly.
"Brother Gu, forgive me for being stupid, but I don't quite understand what you said." Li Yuan was a little surprised.
"Don't call me Brother Gu so affectionately. I don't want to call you brother or brother. Please stop using those flattery words to get close to me. Let me ask you, I heard that you took my sister back to Suzhou?" Gu Yaode He shouted coldly.
Li Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, what's wrong?"
"What's wrong? You and my sister rode together for a whole day and a night, right?" Gu Yaode shouted.
Li Yuan suddenly understood that it turned out to be the reason for this incident. Gu Yaode must have blamed himself for acting abruptly.
"Brother, what are you going to do? Why do you ask these questions?" Gu Yingying frowned and scolded.
Gu Yaode glared at Gu Yingying and said, "Can't I ask? How can you, a single girl, ride on a horse and walk alone for a day and night with this lowly soldier? If this spreads out, won't my Gu family teach you? Are you stabbing someone in the back?"
Gu Yingying said angrily: "Brother, what are you talking about? Are you trying to tarnish my reputation? The matter is urgent, and I am anxious to come back to report the latest news about the Jin army. Lieutenant Li's horse is fast, so I begged him to lead him." I’ll come back together, so what’s the point?”
Gu Yaode sneered: "What's the matter? You don't know your identity? You are the eldest wife of my Gu family, how can you be like this? And, and your identity will be very different soon, how can you still be so willful? If this spreads to Hangzhou - —”
"Yaode, shut up!" Gu Zhiyuan shouted in a deep voice, interrupting Gu Yaode's words in time.
Gu Yingying frowned and said: "Brother, what are you talking about? What will happen to my identity? What will spread to Hangzhou or something? Please tell me clearly."
"Yingying, don't say it anymore. Your eldest brother is doing it for the sake of my Gu family's reputation. Your behavior is indeed inappropriate. Although the matter is urgent, you can't be so casual. This Lieutenant Li is a gentleman, that's all. If He is a person with malicious intentions, isn't it... That's all, don't mention this matter again, it's over here." Gu Zhiyuan said in a deep voice.
The father started to shout, but the Gu brothers and sisters did not dare to say any more. Gu Yingying only glared at Gu Yaode fiercely, and then turned her apologetic eyes to Li Yuan.
Li Yuan's expression remained as usual and he stood there quietly. He had seen the dispute between the Gu family brother, sister and father and son just now, but it was not the slightest embarrassment to the sophisticated Li Yuan.
Li Yuan had seen too many aristocratic sons like Gu Yaode who came from a well-known family, and had experienced even worse contempt than Gu Yaode. Li Yuan had long ignored all of this. Li Yuan was just smacking the words that Gu Yaode was interrupted by Gu Zhiyuan. What was the difference in identity and what Hangzhou knew. It seemed that there was something fishy in it, as if Gu Yaode almost exposed some kind of secret.
"Yao De, you should go back and rest. You have nothing to do here." Gu Mingli, the head of the Gu family, frowned and looked very unhappy.
"Grandpa." Gu Yaode called.
"Still not going?" Gu Mingli shouted.
Gu Yaode did not dare to say anything, so he agreed in a low voice, glared at Li Yuan fiercely, and strode away.
"Li Xiaowei, I am making you laugh. But he is not wrong about this. After all, you are riding together for a day, and it is inevitable that people will talk about it. My Gu family has a clean family background and a big tree. If it is known to others at this time, It's inevitable that people will talk nonsense in private. But I don't mean to blame you. It's not a big deal. I hope you won't take it to heart." Gu Mingli said with a smile.
Li Yuan nodded and said: "I didn't think carefully. If I had known this, I wouldn't have done this."
Gu Mingli smiled slightly and said: "Don't mention this anymore, let's talk about business. Lao Xing, bring a stool to Captain Li and let him sit down and talk."
Master Xing agreed and brought a wooden stool for Li Yuan to sit down. Li Yuan thanked him and sat opposite Gu Mingli, but he heard Gu Mingli say: "Li Xiaowei, before I invite you to come, I heard Yingying tell you what happened in Wujin County.
Your handling was very appropriate. The action of sinking the ship and blocking the river was very decisive and bought the people time to evacuate. It was a very important move. Captain Li acted so appropriately. It is no wonder that your Majesty has so much trust in you. . "
Li Yuan glanced at Gu Yingying, raised his hands and said to Gu Mingli: "Gu Weng praised me, speaking of this, I also want to thank you, the Gu family. If the eldest lady hadn't provided several grain ships from the Gu family, this method would not have been possible. .
Your Gu family has lost three, no, it should be four large ships, plus tens of thousands of stones of food and countless goods. This loss is really not small. I'm worried that Yingying will be blamed by you. Well, these losses to the Gu family will be compensated in the future. "
Gu Mingli stroked his beard and chuckled: "Compensation? Does Lieutenant Li keep his word? I am a little surprised that you, a lieutenant, can actually agree to compensate us."
Li Yuan realized that he had let something slip, and hurriedly explained: "I have a low official position, so naturally I can't be the master. You can't even sell my bones to compensate me. What I mean is that I will take care of this matter." Report it to your Majesty, and your Majesty may compensate you as appropriate."
Gu Mingli smiled and waved his hand and said: "My Gu family has already reached out to ask for compensation even though we have lost several ships, tens of thousands of stones of grain and some goods. Lieutenant Li must have underestimated my Gu family. The Jin army crossed south to attack Wuyue, and my Gu family As the people under the rule of Wu Yue, it is their duty to fight against foreign enemies. Even if all the family property is dedicated to fight against the enemy, my Gu family will never frown at all. "
Li Yuan hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Gu Weng's words are inspiring, but I am too narrow-minded. I think if the soldiers and civilians of Suzhou hear these words of Gu Weng, they will be excited and fight against the enemy regardless of their own safety."
Gu Mingli chuckled and said: "There is no need to publicize it, but do what you should do, regardless of fame and fortune. This is one of my Gu family mottos."
Li Yuan nodded and said: "I have learned a lesson."
Gu Yingying said naughtily: "So, grandpa, you won't blame me? I'm still a little worried."
Gu Mingli chuckled and said: "Silly girl, please tell me, this is what my Gu family should do. Even if it is not done right, how can my grandfather blame you? You just need to say a word, even if you take my old bones, I will also leave these old bones to you."
Gu Yingying moved her head on Gu Mingli's arm, her face filled with happiness.
Gu Zhiyuan, who was sitting next to him, smiled apologetically and said, "Father, don't spoil Yingying like this, or you will spoil her."
Gu Mingli yelled: "If you don't pamper her, how can you pamper you? In the generations of my Gu family, who can act as well as Yingying? How can the family's business and other matters be done without her help? Which one of you can do things more properly than her?" ?”
Gu Zhiyuan quickly shut up, and the two brothers beside him also looked embarrassed.
