marquis of jingan

Chapter 943 Tomb Sweeping and New Year Greetings

Shen Yi didn't just know about the family affairs of the Gu family.

The exact time should be around May 12, which is about half a year ago.

In the early years, Shen Yi promised Mr. Gu that he would help him find his family members, so he sent the "branch" of the Dibao Division in the southeast to investigate this matter. Two years ago, Shen Yi found Mr. Gu's daughter. The daughter is still in Taizhou, but she has already married and started a family, and has children.

According to Mr. Gu's request, Shen Yi entrusted someone to send some money to this Miss Gu, as old man Gu's compensation for this daughter.

But the other son moved out of Taizhou Mansion, and Shen Yi would not be able to find out for a while. It wasn't until half a year ago that someone from the mansion's newspaper department chased after the evidence, and finally found out the ins and outs of the matter, and sent it to Shen Yi's desk.

At that time, Shen Yi didn't associate Gu Xiuzhen, the granddaughter of the Gu family, with Gu Hengbo...or Empress Hui.

It wasn't until the clues were matched, and until the Bureau of Dibao found out that the Jiankang Chang family who had robbed the Gu family's bookstore all those years ago suddenly disappeared overnight two years ago, that Shen Yi finally confirmed that the person in the imperial city Pipa Jue was none other than Gu Xiuzhen, the daughter of the Gu family who was sold into a brothel back then.

Shen Yi was still in Huai'an at that time. After clarifying the cause and effect of the matter, even he, the coach of Huai'an, found it incredible.

Later, he told the mansion office to be more careful, and after several investigations, he finally confirmed the authenticity of the news.

However, he didn't immediately mention this matter to Mr. Gu, and even planned to keep it a secret from this Jiankang teacher until the old man died of old age.

Because of Shen Yi, he didn't want to have anything to do with that concubine Hui, and he didn't want to tell the tragedy of the Gu family, lest the old man would be sad.

Today, there are two reasons why Shen Yi is willing to tell Mr. Gu the truth.

The first reason is that Mr. Gu reminded Shen Yi today and brought him back from the brink of danger. Shen Yi is very grateful to this good teacher.

And the second reason is...

Today in the Palace of Ganlu, the emperor has already used his old friendship to let the eldest son Li Wang recognize him as his uncle. This relationship has already been contaminated, so if you mention this matter to Master Gu again, give him a The truth is irrelevant.

The old man sat on the ground and cried bitterly. Shen Yi helped him up and comforted him: "Master Gu, the two generations of your family have had a hard time, but this granddaughter has come to the end of all hardships. She gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor. I can't enjoy it enough, among the kings of this dynasty in the future, there must be one or even several who are the blood of the Gu family."

"You don't have to be too sad, old man."

Shen Yi said softly: "Perhaps a drink and a peck are both pre-orders."

The old man was even more sad when he heard the words, and cried: "She has no father or mother these years, I don't know how much she has suffered..."

Shen Yi was silent.

When he met Gu Hengbo, this Master Gu was already a famous prostitute in Qinhuai, known as Pipa Jue, and it would cost hundreds of taels of silver to meet casual people, which can be said to be quite beautiful.

According to another world, she was already a "star" at that time.

However, after Shen Yi found out the past of Master Gu, he knew very well in his heart that the little girl who was sold into the brothel back then, not only became a noble concubine, but just became a famous Qinhuai prostitute, she didn't know how much suffering she would suffer. How many smiles to accompany.

Shen Yi patted Old Man Gu on the shoulder lightly.

"Master Gu, that's all... in the past."

The old man was helped up by Shen Yi and sat back on the chair, still sad.

He has been wandering in Jiankang for more than 30 years, and he rarely shed tears, but now his eyes are red and swollen, and he has no image at all.

Shen Yi stayed with the old man in Dayifang until he was about to die, and after helping him back to his room to rest, he left two attendants to watch over him so as not to cause any accidents, then he left Dayifang and returned home.

In the next few days, Shen Yi would go to Dayifang to visit Mr. Gu when he had nothing to do, and sometimes he would take Shen Heng with him. The two brothers stayed there for several hours.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, the weather was clear and slightly warmer. Shen Yi drove a carriage and took Mr. Gu out of Jiankang City. He came to the outskirts of Jiankang City. at the cemetery.

On the cemetery, a monument was erected.

Two lines of characters engraved on the stele.

Gu Gong taboo Shao'an and Pei Gu Liu's tomb.

On the left and right sides of this line of characters, the words "Kao concubine" are engraved respectively.

Originally, on the lower right side of the tombstone, the name of the person who erected the monument should be engraved, for example, the words "filial daughter Gu Xiuzhenli" should be written, but the lower right side of the monument is blank and there is no name engraved on it.

This tombstone is very new, it looks like it was newly erected in the past two years, and the grave is clean and free of weeds, obviously someone often comes to take care of it.

Master Gu is now a noble concubine, so it is naturally impossible for her to go out of the palace often to erect monuments for her parents, but now that she is developed, she naturally has people under her command, and it is not difficult to send people out to clean the grave.

After seeing the words "Gu Shao'an", Mr. Gu almost went limp. He stumbled to the tombstone, hugged the tombstone and cried loudly again.

Although he didn't know that "Gu Liu's family", he personally chose the name Gu Shaoan for the infant child. How could he not be heartbroken at this time when nature and man are separated?

Shen Yi stepped forward silently, burned three sticks of incense in front of the tombstone, then stepped back a few steps, bowed and saluted, and then stood aside, waiting for Mr. Gu to vent his emotions.

This wait is several hours.

It wasn't until the afternoon that the old man's mood gradually stabilized. He carefully wiped the dust off the tombstone with his sleeve, then walked to the side of the carriage, looked at Shen Yi, and sighed silently.

"Ziheng is now an important minister of the court, but he wasted a day with me, a bad old man."

Shen Yi shook his head slightly and said: "The imperial court is still resting, and I'm also out of work. It's not important to respect ministers."

He looked at Mr. Gu and asked, "Shall we go back?"

Old man Gu nodded silently, and got into the carriage with the support of Shen Yi.

However, after he boarded the carriage, he did not get into the carriage immediately, but carefully looked at the location around the cemetery and remembered it in his heart.

Obviously, the old man is not going to come only once, but he will still come in the future.

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On the way back, Old Man Gu, who was silent for a while in the carriage, looked up at Shen Yi who was reading idle books, and suddenly asked, "Ziheng, my granddaughter is in the palace..."

Shen Yi put down his book, looked at Old Man Gu quietly, and replied, "You're doing well."

"She is His Majesty's favorite concubine."

Hearing this sentence, Mr. Gu was not only not happy, but worried.

To be favored means to be stared at by countless pairs of eyes in the palace.

Even, she will be stared at by the empress.

He was silent for a while, and wanted to speak again, Shen Yi replied without waiting for him to speak: "Master Gu, don't worry."

"The imperial concubine is very powerful."

"In terms of palace means, the students and Teacher Gu together may not be able to compare with her."

Mr. Gu nodded silently, and remained silent for a long time without speaking.

When the carriage was about to arrive at Jiankang City, the little old man looked up at Shen Yi, but in the end he still didn't say what was on his lips.

In this way, Shen Yi sent him back to Dayifang, and then returned home by himself.

At his home, Jiang Dashao Jiang Ming had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Shen Yi's return, Jiang Dashao rushed over excitedly, clasped his fists at Shen Yi neatly, and saluted: "Uncle Shen!"

Seeing him clasping fists, Shen Yi smiled dumbly.

Jiang Shangshu was a civil official, and so was Jiang Ming, a casual official. When civil officials and literati met, they usually bowed their hands and saluted. Only warriors in the army or people in the Jianghu would perform the clasped fist salute.

Obviously, Young Master Jiang already regarded himself as a martial artist.

"Are you recovering from your injury?"

Shen Yi asked with a smile.

"It's already healed. Father asked me to come and pay New Year's greetings to Uncle Shen and Auntie."

Shen Yi shook his head helplessly.

It's fine for him to be called uncle, but if Lu Ruoxi was called aunt in person by such a big man, he would be very angry.

Jiang Ming looked up at Shen Yi, and asked again: "When will Uncle Shen go back to Huai'an? Or sixteen? Call me when the time comes. Let's go back together!"

Shen Yi shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "The date of my return this year hasn't been set yet, so you don't have to worry, just spend more time in Jiankang to take care of yourself."

Jiang Ming said "ah", then scratched his head: "Uncle Shen Shiliu won't return to Huai'an?"

Shen Yi nodded: "It is estimated that it will be delayed for some time."

"There are things to do."

In addition to playing a central role in the Huai'an Army, Shen Yi also played an important role in logistics.

He needs to buy as many armors, gunpowder and firearms as possible in Jiankang, and bring back the imperial decree to expand the army.

There are still many things that need him to do.

"After the Lantern Festival, my nephew will go back by himself."

Young Master Jiang grinned.

"Leaving the army for more than half a month, my nephew already misses General Xue and the others!"

Shen Yi was taken aback for a moment, then smiled in relief.

"Alright, then you go back by yourself first."

"You are in Jiankang these days, you might as well ask your former friends and old friends, who are the children of the noble family, ask them..."

Master Shen was smiling.

"Do you want to go to Huai'an to join the army?"

(End of this chapter)