Chapter 83
Others in the room also turned their attention to the fourth master.

"Sister-in-law, the news came last night. The emperor summoned several cabinet ministers overnight to discuss the plan to conquer captives. In addition to letting the marquis of Linjiang go to Hamiwei, he also ordered the general of Datong to lead his troops to Hamiwei. Several guards, I am afraid that the war in Hamiwei will not be resolved, and there will be attacks from Wacha and Tatars in other places."

"This morning's court meeting, several ministers reported the news." The fourth master frowned and said worriedly: "After the court, the chief officer, Mr. Bai, told me the news and gave me a day off. I asked It's been a long time, but it's a pity that Master Bai has only limited news, there is really no news about Big Brother."

He couldn't write two Gu characters in one stroke. Although the fourth master had a quarrel with Mrs. Ge, if the Qingyanghou's mansion collapsed, it would not be of any benefit to him.

With such a big incident happening in the family, personal grievances can only be put aside, after all, under the collapse of the nest, there are no eggs.

"Sister-in-law, old lady, don't worry too much." The fourth master said: "No news is the best news. As the supreme commander of the Hami Guard, the eldest brother has elite guards by his side, and the eldest brother himself has martial arts skills, so he will definitely not There is something to do. Let's wait a little longer, maybe there will be news from Big Brother soon."

The eldest lady staggered and almost fell down, but luckily, Nanny Jin supported her quickly with sharp eyesight.

The room suddenly fell into deathly silence, only the soft cry of Miss Gu Chonghua could be heard.

"Don't cry!" Mrs. Ge, who had been silent all this time, said suddenly: "Hou Yefu is so lucky that nothing will happen, and Hou Ye is fine, but you messed up first and spread the word, people thought we were Qingyang Hou. How is the government really doing?"

Mrs. Ge's hand was firmly pinching the beads of the Buddha beads, and her eyes fell on the face of the young master Gu Zhengrong. The fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, the high-spirited son of the Hou's mansion, had never known the sufferings of the world. Anxiety and worry.

She thought for a moment, then turned her eyes away, passed over everyone one by one, and finally landed on the fourth master.

"Fourth brother, it's really unimaginable that this kind of thing is happening right now. Your elder brother doesn't know whether he's alive or dead, your third brother is weak, and his ears are... Now, it's up to you and your second brother to carry it."

Mrs. Ge glanced at the second master and said: "Your second brother has been taking care of the family affairs. Although he is familiar with the personnel in Beijing, he is not an official after all. Many things are not as effective as you. You must take more responsibility."

No matter what the fourth master thinks in his heart, his face is full of humility: "Yes, old lady, my son will save it."

"The most important thing right now is to find out what's going on with your elder brother." Mrs. Ge pursed her lips slightly, and said, "You pay 1000 taels of silver from the account, no, it's still 2000 taels, you go to find out the news, No matter what method you use, you must know whether your elder brother is dead or alive, understand?"

For so many years, Sifang had never given money to Mrs. Ge, and it was the first time that Mrs. Ge spoke to the fourth master in such a pleasant manner and gave him money.

She stared at the fourth master, trying to see something from his face.

The fourth master is very respectful: "What the old lady said is that I will go to find out the news. Once there is news about the elder brother, I will tell you immediately."

After the fourth master left, the eldest lady Hao Shifang came back to her senses. She didn't know whether her husband was alive or dead. She couldn't just be decadent like this. The more critical she was, the more she had to stand up.

Take ten thousand steps back and say, the husband is gone, but the son is still there, and the iron coupon of the Danshu in the Qingyang Hou Mansion is still there, so the Gu family will not collapse.

She immediately cheered up and told everyone to go back to their own rooms, not to go out if there is nothing to do, not to listen to the rumors outside, and the most important thing is to restrain the servants, so as to save them from any trouble.

After everyone left, Mrs. Ge leaned softly on the chair as if all the strength in her body had been taken away.She only felt tiredness all over her body, and a trace of regret.

Yes, sorry.

She never thought that something like this would happen to her son. She always thought that the Gu family's wealth and prosperity would be passed down from generation to generation, and that they would never have to worry about it.But what happened today told her that this wealth and splendor could be reduced to dust in an instant.

What she didn't expect was that, with such a big incident in the family, she had no one to rely on, and she had to rely on that bastard fourth child to support her.

She hates it so much, if it wasn't for that bitch of the Sun family who secretly changed the teacup, how could the third child drink the poison in a daze, and how could he be deaf and weak?How could he develop such a weird temperament?

All this is Sun's fault.

But today she wants to let the bastard born of the Sun family help her with family affairs.

It's not that she regrets poisoning Mrs. Sun back then, but that she regrets turning the second master into a cowardly and incompetent playboy.If she had been less afraid and suspicious of the second child back then, and had trained the second child well, maybe he would be of great use now.

But it's too late now, it's okay to let him manage the general affairs and take care of the business, but when it comes to an important moment, especially when it's a big event like now, he won't be able to handle it.

By that night, the news of Hamiwei's fall was no longer a secret.

On the second day of the court meeting, some officials wrote to impeach Qingyanghou, saying that he had received the state's favor in his life, but he did not want to serve the country.As the chief official of Hamiwei, it is his duty to serve the country and accept borders, but now that he has lost his army, he must not be forgiven lightly.

Although the emperor was angry, he didn't give any instructions, and only kept the papers of impeachment.

At the moment of the war, the emperor kept the scriptures and did not publish them, and everyone in the court did not understand what he meant.The people in Qingyanghou's mansion scolded the officials for throwing stones into the well, and at the same time went around to inquire about the news, and at the same time asked people to say good things for Qingyanghou in front of the emperor.

On the night of the second day, the latest news came, saying that Qingyang Hou was lazy in the Hami Guards, neglected military training, and seldom personally supervised the training.In addition, she is very lustful, and all day long she only knows to hang out and drink with concubines in the inner room.Qingyanghou's concubines were not only brought over from the capital, but also taken locally. Not only were there foreign women from Tubo, but there were even three or four captive women from Waci Tatars.

But this time, the reason why Oach was able to break through Hamiwei so unknowingly was because one of the many concubines of the Marquis of Qingyang was a captive in the city and tipped off the information for Oach, so that the Oach army was able to make money. Open the city gate and do a lot of killing.

As soon as the news came out, the city was full of storms.

The speech officials wrote letters one after another, denouncing the salary of Qingyang Hou Shijun.

Some people even said conclusively that Hou Qingyang had rebelled a long time ago, and his whereabouts are unknown now because he surrendered to the enemy and treasoned and went to the country of Oach.

There are many rumors, and there is no consensus.Although there were some people who said good things for Marquis Qingyang, how could they defeat those voices who scolded and scolded him in pain?
Most of them said that Qingyanghou should bear the first responsibility for Wacha's breach of Hamiwei. Even if he did not surrender to the enemy and treason, he was defeated and lost the border, and the crime of failure to humiliate the country was nailed to the iron plate.

The emperor was furious. This time, he did not choose to stay in the middle school, but to write a memorial on the spot: "Let the commander of Jinyiwei Beizhen Fusi Xingye go to Hamiwei to investigate this case thoroughly. If you want to see a person, if you want to see a dead body, no matter what, you must bring him back and question him!"

The emperor used the word "inquiry", and his anger and disappointment were understood by the whole court.

When Jin Yiwei was on the road, the guard beside Qingyanghou Gu Zhanpeng also returned to Qingyanghou's mansion with serious injuries.

Because of the bad news these days, the Gu family was in a state of panic. Except for the fourth master and the second master who were running around outside, and the third master recuperating in his yard, the others spent most of their time in An Rong Yuan waiting for the news.Gu Chongyang was no exception.

The dark guard's face was ashen, his lips were chapped, his clothes were stained with blood, and there was a bad smell coming from his body.But at the moment, no one is in the mood to think about this, let alone blame the hidden guard for his rudeness.

"What's the matter with Lord Hou?" Mrs. Ge stared sharply at the hidden guard kneeling below.

I don't know if the wound hurt too much, or it was caused by the anger of Qingyanghou. The dark guard gritted his teeth and trembled all over. He said in pain: "Old lady, Lord Hou died for the country."

Mrs. Ge passed out on the spot when she heard the words.

The eldest lady bit the tip of her tongue tightly, forcing herself to stay awake.She couldn't faint, and she couldn't fall down. The worst outcome had already happened, and the Marquis of Qingyang was indeed dead.She has to hold on, for her son.

The eldest lady asked someone to help the old lady into the inner room to rest, and then asked someone to invite the imperial physician, and then asked the hidden guard: "Please tell me in detail!"

"Waci's army came in at the middle of the night. At that time, Lord Hou and the soldiers were still asleep. No one thought that Wacha would come so fast, and rushed into the guard in the blink of an eye. They chopped down when they saw anyone. If you kill anyone you see, men can still enjoy themselves, but if women suffer all kinds of humiliation, they must die in the end."

Thinking of what happened that night, the Hami Guardhouse turned into Abi Hell, the shape was horrible, the body of the dark guard trembled more violently, and his voice began to choke: "A lot of people rushed in, the Marquis was outnumbered, surrounded by the Wacha army , he knew that he couldn't ask for it, and he didn't want to fall into the hands of the enemy, so he swung his sword and killed himself."

"My aunt, the fifth young lady and the third young master also failed to escape the bad luck, and were killed on the spot. None of the people brought by the Gu family to serve them survived."

Speaking of this, the dark guard couldn't help crying.

When he cried, the young lady Gu Chonghua and the young master Gu Zhengrong couldn't help crying too.

Gu Zhengrong rushed up angrily with tears on his face, and slapped the secret guard on the face: "What do you eat? Incompetent waste, what do you do with your father raising you, and you just watch your father commit suicide. Waste, waste!"

(End of this chapter)

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