marquis of jingan

Chapter 942
Seeing the old man drinking, Shen Yi slightly sighed and toasted the old man.

The master and the apprentice were chatting while drinking, the old man was knowledgeable about the past and the present, and his conversation was also very interesting. Unknowingly, the two talked about it late at night.

Seeing that the old man was a little sleepy, Shen Yi lowered his head and took a sip of his wine, hesitating in his heart.

After a long time, he clenched his fists before making up his mind, and looked up at the old man who was already a little drunk.

"Mr. Gu, the student asked someone to inquire about your son's news."

Old man Gu was drinking happily at first, but after hearing this, his hands froze. He silently put down his wine glass, looked up at Shen Yi, and suddenly asked, "Did you just find out about it recently, or did you know about it a long time ago?" I just didn't tell the old man?"

Shen Yi lowered his head and took a sip of his wine, but didn't speak.

Old man Gu finished his glass of wine with his head up, squinted his eyes and said, "It's because the old man pointed you out today that you are willing to say it, isn't it?"

Shen Yi neither admitted nor denied it.

After a long time, he sighed slightly: "It's not that I want to hide it from Teacher Gu, but I've been thinking about whether to tell Teacher Gu, and how to tell Teacher Gu."

Old man Gu looked up at Shen Yi, and let out a sigh of relief: "You tell me, the old man has been here for so many years, why hasn't he experienced such a big storm?"

Shen Yi nodded, took out an envelope from his sleeve, put it in front of the old man, and said, "This is the evidence that the student asked to check."

"The senior brother in your family, after leaving Taizhou Mansion in the early years, should be..."

"Moved to live in Jiankang."

"He opened a bookstore called Yingshuzhai in Jiankang West City."

Speaking of this, old man Gu's eyebrows and face trembled, and his body trembled slightly.

Gu Ying is his name.

However, this name has not been used for a long time, and now people ask him, he only said that his surname is Gu, and his name is Gu Tiantai.

The word "tai" is pronounced as "tire".

That's how old man pronounced his name when he told people about it.

Because there is a Tiantai Mountain in his hometown of Taizhou.

Shen Yi dipped his hand into the tea, and wrote the English character on the table. This English character was different from the ordinary English character. The "big" character below did not protrude, and the middle of the English character became hollow.

The old man only took one look, then covered his face with tears streaming down his face.

This is taboo.

His son came to Jiankang probably to find him, so he wrote the name of the bookstore as his name, but because the son avoided his father's taboo, he wrote it in different characters.

Most likely, he had inquired about Gu Ying in Jiankang City.

But Gu Ying has long been insane, and no longer uses his real name to show others, so the father and son have not been able to see each other for so many years!
Shen Yi saw that the old man was still in a stable mood, so he sighed slightly, and continued: "Senior Brother Gu started a family in Jiankang, and the bookstore was doing very well, but in the second year of Hongde, the bookstore collapsed, Senior Brother Gu The whole family disappeared, and the students inquired about it..."

"Senior brother Gu's family was driven out of the city, and the family seems to owe a lot of money, so senior brother Gu couldn't get sick because of this, and passed away."

"Sister Gu followed soon after."

When Shen Yi said this, he shook his head slightly: "As far as the students know, at the beginning, someone should have seen Senior Brother Gu's business was good, so they were jealous and wanted to occupy this shop. Later, they used some tricks to make Senior Brother Gu's family ruined. .”

Old man Gu punched hard and hit the table. He couldn't help panting heavily, then his eyes were red, and he looked up at Shen Yi.

Shen Yi said in a low voice: "I don't tell Master Gu, partly because of this reason, I am afraid that Master Gu will be sad when he hears it."

Old man Gu clenched his fists tightly, and couldn't help but shed tears from his eyes.

"Does my son have descendants?"

"The other part of the reason for hiding from Master Gu is here."

Shen Yi sighed, and said in a low voice: "Senior Brother Gu's family has no son, but they have a daughter named Gu Xiuzhen. When Senior Brother passed away, this girl was still young, only in her teens, and she was sold by those creditors to the banks of the Qinhuai River. , teach her piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, zither and pipa..."

The old man suddenly raised his head and looked at Shen Yi, his right hand was shaking uncontrollably.

"Ziheng..."

He stood up with tears running down his old face.

"Can you help her redeem her body and find her a clean family..."

Shen Yi got up quickly, supported the old man, and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Gu, if it was that simple, the student would have redeemed the girl and brought it to you."

After Shen Yi helped the old man to sit down, he said helplessly: "In fact, your granddaughter was redeemed by someone a few years ago. Because of some coincidence, now..."

When Master Shen said this, he felt strange and unbelievable in his heart.

When he first received the news from the Di Baosi, he had this feeling. Even if he said it again, he still felt a little unbelievable.

However, he still looked at Old Man Gu, and said the sentence in full: "I have already entered the palace and become the noble concubine of this dynasty..."

Old man Gu stared at Shen Yi with wide eyes, sat back on the chair, and murmured: "It's midnight, are you trying to make me happy?"

"Students know whether Teacher Gu believes it or not."

Shen Yi said helplessly: "The student didn't believe it at first, knowing that the student tracked down the family who murdered Brother Gu's shop back then..."

"This family was originally a wealthy family in Jiankang City. There is a fifth-rank Beijing official in the family. They have been in Jiankang for many years and have many connections in Jiankang Mansion."

Under the moonlit night, Master Shen looked at Old Man Gu, and said quietly: "Two years ago, this family was ransacked because of committing crimes."

"All the males in the family will be exiled."

Two years ago, Empress Hui had just given birth to the eldest son of the emperor, and it was the time when she was most favored.

Shen Yi poured himself a glass of wine, and poured another glass for Old Man Gu.

"None of these exiles are alive."

Hearing this, even old man Gu felt a chill in his heart.

I heard Shen Yi continue to say: "Originally, the students didn't dare to be sure about this matter, because it was too coincidental, and the students didn't believe it until they found out the fate of this family."

Shen Yi pointed to the envelope on the table, and said slowly: "The evidence is here, Master Gu can take a look for himself."

Master Shen said helplessly: "Whether it's a chance meeting or a fate, sometimes things are just so coincidental and so bizarre."

The old man looked up at Shen Yi, and suddenly asked a question.

"Ziheng, you know how she got into the palace, don't you?"

Master Shen blinked.

"Know a little."

Old man Gu's mood has calmed down now, he wiped his tears with his sleeve, and looked at Shen Yi: "Can you talk about it?"

Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "Master Gu, think about it for yourself, can you talk about this matter?"

Mr. Gu was silent for a long time, then shook his head slightly: "No."

A brothel girl entered the palace inexplicably, gave birth to the emperor's eldest son, and became a noble concubine!
As long as this sentence spreads out, it will immediately cause an uproar in Jiankang.

Shen Yi looked at old man Gu, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Master Gu, if there is a chance in the future, the student can ask that noble concubine to come to see you, but her background and how she entered the palace are not clear. The less people know about it, the better."

Old man Gu remained silent.

After an indeterminate amount of time, he looked at Shen Yi with a sad expression on his face: "This old man might as well not know about it..."

He bowed his head for a while without saying a word, and after a while, he continued: "Zi Heng, do you know where my son's bones are buried?"

"I heard."

Shen Yi lowered his head slightly and said: "The weather will clear up in a few days, I can take you there, Mr. Gu, but it has been repaired there, you can go to see it once or twice, you can't go often."

Old man Gu nodded, and there was another silence.

After a long time, he sighed, thinking of the sad place, and suddenly sat down on the ground, crying loudly: "My daughter, I can give some money as compensation, my son..."

"I'm going to owe you life after life..."

(End of this chapter)