Gu Mingjue became angry as he listened to his son's blaming words: "Are you blaming me as a father for not doing a good job?"
"Father, if you hadn't ignored my mother because of that man surnamed Liu, and even allowed her to deal with my mother and deliberately angered her, my mother would not be silent in front of my uncle now."
When it comes to closeness, his mother is his uncle's relative.
Without his mother as a bond, the uncle would never recognize his father as his brother-in-law.
Gu Nanshan talked about Gu Mingjue's pain, which made him very uncomfortable.
"Things are over. Besides, I have killed Liu Yiting with my own hands. Your mother too has been angry for so long. She is not a little girl, so she is still so ignorant. Only when I get better can she get better. Besides, you are my son, then He is also her son, and even for you, he should not remain silent."
She began to shift the responsibility to her mother again.
Gu Nanshan looked down on his father's behavior from the bottom of his heart.
Unfortunately, the power in the family seems to be in the hands of the father, but in fact most of it is still in the hands of the grandfather.
He only likes the eldest son.
Although I have a direct descendant, I am not the elder.
If his eldest brother hadn't died, his grandfather wouldn't have cared about him at all.
Gu Nanshan clenched her hands in her sleeves and looked out the window. The only voice left in the car was Gu Mingjue's nagging about his mother.
The carriage stopped at the side entrance of Han Mansion. Gu Nanshan got off the carriage but did not go in. Seeing the carriage go away, Gu Nanshan turned around and entered the alley in front.
The carriage that Gu Mingjue was riding in was inconspicuous. It swayed all the way and stopped beside the Kong Mansion a quarter of an hour later. As soon as Gu Mingjue got off the carriage, a man of about forty with a sword on his left waist led Gu Mingjue into the Kong Mansion.
Not long after entering the Kong Mansion, Gu Mingjue's eyes were covered with black cloth by this man.
"Well, no need. I am absolutely loyal to Lord Kong."
The man explained with a smile and kept moving his hands: "These are the rules, no matter who comes, they will be like this!"
Gu Mingjue was very unhappy.
Who are you fooling!
Think he is a bumpkin from the countryside?
Isn't it just because of his sudden show of kindness that Kong Chong still can't completely believe him?
Gu Mingjue's eyes were covered with black cloth, so the men led him with a rope the rest of the way. This scene made Gu Mingjue feel that he was not coming to the Confucius Mansion, but to the guillotine.
Gu Mingjue was so shocked by this idea that he broke into a cold sweat.
"How long until it arrives?"
"It will be soon. Mr. Gu, just be patient."
Gu Mingjue felt that he had been walking for about a quarter of an hour before the black cloth on his eyes was removed. His eyes were suddenly exposed to light, and Gu Mingjue reflexively used his hands to cover them.
"Master Gu, please sit down."
After Gu Mingjue adapted to the light, he discovered that the place he was now was not an ordinary room, but should be in a dark room.
Because he couldn't see the sun outside, the room was dark with candles burning in front of him.
"Master Kong, this..."
Gu Mingjue pointed around the room and said, "There's no need to start this fight."
Kong Chong smiled and pushed the tea that had been brewed in front of him to Gu Mingjue: "Master Gu, don't worry too much, there is no other way. There was an assassination at the gate of the city yesterday. The officials have doubts about me. I don't know anyone in this mansion." Without the eyes of the palace, we have to be careful."
So that's it.
Gu Mingjue felt better.
Then he began to flatter him: "There is an assassination in the city. This can't be blamed on your lord. After all, your lord is the Privy Councilor. He has so many things to do every day, so how can he keep an eye on them all the time."
"It's better that Mr. Gu cherishes me. The officials don't even think about it. If I hadn't maintained the order of this capital, this capital would not be as orderly as it is now."
"Yes, yes, Master Kong has worked hard and achieved great results. It is too much for the officials to blame you for this matter."
The two of them were talking behind closed doors.
They knew in their hearts that what they said could not be spread, so they were naturally not afraid to talk about the rights and wrongs of the official family.
"Master Kong, I came to see you this time because I hope you can put in a good word for me in court. It's already more than half of this year, and the official assessment and promotion at the end of the year..."
"Hey, Mr. Gu, you also said that there is still half a year, don't worry!"
How can we not be in a hurry.
Year after year, he has been in the position of prefect of Jiangning Prefecture for seven or eight years.
Seeing that all the colleagues, judges, and professors under him were promoted, some were on equal terms with him, and some were even transferred to Kyoto and served as officials in the capital.
He was still standing still.
He is already fifty-one years old. If he does not get a chance to be promoted, he will remain a prefect until his death.
"Master Kong, I will definitely not let your efforts go in vain. If you have any instructions, I can do it and I will not shirk it."
Kong Chong looked at Gu Mingjue with a half-smile.
"Prefect Gu, showing loyalty is not just a matter of words. You have been an official for many years, so you must be well aware of this truth."
Gu Mingjue thought about it again and again and looked at Kong Chong: "Master Kong, if I can come up with something exciting, can you guarantee that I will be admitted to the Privy Council?"
Kong Chong heard Gu Mingjue's determined tone.
I became interested in what he said.
However, he did not agree directly, but asked Gu Mingjue: "What is the relationship between Privy Councilor Gu Ziyuan and you?"
"He is my nephew."
Kong Chong said: "If that's the case, then I can't guarantee that you can enter the Privy Council. Since we are from the same family, the possibility of being officials in Beijing together is very small. If we are still in the Privy Council, no matter how powerful I am, I will not do anything." No."
"He is my nephew, yes, but he is not included in the family tree."
"oh?"
Kong Chong is in a lot of trouble now, but when it comes to Gu Qingjue, I don't know why, but I just want to know more about him.
Even if he wasn't the one who broke into Yichun Garden that night, given their master-disciple relationship with Zeng Shengji, they were destined to be on opposite sides in the future. Knowing about him might be helpful in the future.
"Tell me, why didn't you enter the family tree?"
Genealogy is so important, otherwise you will not be able to enter the ancestral graves after death and become a lonely ghost.
Gu Mingjue said: "This has to talk about my younger brother, who cut off ties with his family for the sake of a woman of unknown origin."
"... Later, I also wanted to add his name to the family tree myself, but this child was stubborn and didn't agree. He didn't even want to show his face. The elders of the clan didn't even see him. He wouldn't be so unclear. Plus.”
Kong Chong: "You still don't know who Master Gu's mother is?"
Gu Mingjue choked.
An old fox is an old fox, and he can grasp the key points in just a few sentences.
Gu Qingjue's mother was Fan, and Fan was involved in the treasure hidden in the previous dynasty. Of course, he couldn't tell Kong Chong.
If he found out, she would not come to seek his asylum, but to die.
"That woman seems to be my younger brother's fellow junior sister. She has no father or mother."
