The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 146

After hearing Song Chen's words, Gu Erlang's face changed, and he looked at Xing Xiuyan with a bit of malice.

Back then when Gu Erlang was rescued in Xiniang Village, it was not Xing Xiuyan, but Lin Daiyu who fell in love with him at first sight.At first glance, that Ms. Lin was a charming girl with inner intelligence and outer beauty, and Gu Erlang couldn't help feeling a little more affectionate.

When Gu Erlang was entertained by the Xing family and learned that this Miss Lin was actually the only daughter of Lin Ruhai, the former inspector of salt, he was even more delighted.

Although he is a concubine, he has always been loved by his father. Lin Daiyu is just an orphan who lost his father. Even if he marries her, he is also the one who takes care of his family.When the family told the aunt about their thoughts, the aunt didn't take it seriously, and decided that the Xing family's furniture was huge, and that was a good place to get married.

Gu Erlang didn't like it very much, it wasn't that Xing Xiu was a bad smoker, on the contrary, while Gu Erlang loved Lin Daiyu, he also had a special love for Miss Xing's family. What he didn't like was his aunt's domineering attitude.In order to confront his aunt, Gu Erlang did something to damage his reputation. First, he made his aunt mistakenly think that Miss Xing's family did not abide by the etiquette of a girl's boudoir. Make yourself a concubine.

Maybe he can still enjoy the blessing of being equal, and even bring Miss Lin together in the room.

From Gu Erlang's point of view, marrying the daughter of a low-rank official from the Xing family was simply condescending. The Xing family had no reason to refuse her, only a large sum of dowry.But who would have thought that the Xing family was not only ignorant, but also planned to fight against him, so the old woman from the Gu family intervened.

Gu Erlang was so angry that Aunt Pian was still sneering and sarcastic. Gu Erlang wanted to take revenge. After the Xing family came to the capital, he secretly asked people to take action on the Xing family's business, while spreading rumors about Xing Xiuyan everywhere.

It lasted for more than a month, and finally his father found out about it. His father scolded him and made Gu Erlang understand the matter.

He is the son of the noble governor of Liangjiang, and the other party is nothing more than worthless, so he can only lower his own status by fighting against him.

Besides, what my father said is right, I am a person who wants to win the court, so I shouldn't spend my energy and time dealing with the Xing family.

For the next half a year, Gu Erlang devoted himself to following the few disciples his father gave him, and specially recited silently the art and Qingci written by them.Just when Gu Erlang was preparing to go to Beijing to prepare for the exam, it suddenly came out that the adopted son of the Xing family was actually the emperor's illegitimate son!

Gu Erlang panicked now, and hurriedly asked his father to come forward to take care of it.

Although Gu Peisheng was angry, Gu Erlang was his most promising son, and the Gu family would probably be handed over to him in the future. Gu Peisheng could only endure his rage and plan everywhere for him.

So there was a recent visit to Ouyang Mansion.

The Ouyang family and the Gu family are grasshoppers tied to the same rope.

When Gu Erlang was about to enter the door, he saw Xing Xiuyan, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. After not seeing him for a year, Xing Xiuyan's appearance became more and more beautiful, and he was more charming than before.Gu Erlang couldn't control his feet, so he just wanted to say hello, when he saw the third son of Song Shangshu's family coming on horseback.

Several houses in Fengwei Hutong are prominent households. Gu Erlang did not expect that Song Qianhu came for the Xing family at first. After hearing what Song Chen said, he realized later that Song Shangshu His son and Xing Xiuyan have been having an affair for a long time!
Thinking of the "unfair" treatment in the Xing family and worrying about the huge power of the Song family, Gu Erlang couldn't bear the rage and stepped forward, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "It turns out that Mr. Song and Miss Xing are old acquaintances. In the past, Miss Xing saved my life." Zhien, I heard that the Xing family settled down in Fengwei Hutong, so I also made a special trip to congratulate you!"

Song Chen looked at Gu Erlang coldly, with a smug smile on his lips, and said to Xiuyan, "Is this guy Gu Peisheng's son?"

Gu Erlang's complexion changed drastically: "Young Master Song, I respect that you come from a century-old Song family, but you shouldn't call my father by his name directly. Even if Song Shangshu is here, he should show more respect to my father."

"Respect? Hmph, I have always only respected the emperor, others are not worthy of that qualification!"

As he spoke, Song Chen pressed the sword on his waist, as if about to pull it out.Gu Erlang is a frail scholar. When he thought that he hadn't brought any guards with him these days, if he suffered a disadvantage in front of Song Chen, even his father might not be able to help him avenge his grievances. He took two steps back and poked Xing Xiuyan resolutely with his eyes.

"I thought Miss Xing was an innocent girl, but she turned out to be an uneducated wild girl."

Xiuyan stood on the steps with her hands down, condescendingly looking down at Gu Erlang, who was pretending to be an upright gentleman, but was already in a panic: "Didn't Second Master Gu ask people to spread rumors about me? I'm innocent." Well, it doesn't matter if you are uneducated, it's not the second young master Gu's turn to dictate here."

Song Chen looked at Xing Xiuyan and nodded slightly: "At the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are a lot of talents. Those stupid people who have no real talent and study and think that they can be named on the gold list after memorizing two good articles, really think they can hide it from the eyes of the world? "

Song Chen sneered: "Ha! The people in our Zhenfu Division are all working hard? If you want to find out the details of someone, it doesn't take half a day. Even the genealogy of his ancestor's eight generations is clearly written on the desk."

Gu Erlang's face was ashen, and he was terrified by Song Chen's few words.

He thought that his silent reciting of other people's articles had been kept a secret, so why was Song Chenming mocking himself secretly?
Gu Erlang suspected that there was a problem with his own people, but he didn't know that he himself underestimated the ability of the Zhen Fusi.As the largest supervisory agency of Emperor Xiaozong, the Zhen Fu Division far surpassed the Metropolitan Procuratorate in power.The power of those censors has been emptied, and all of them combined may not be as powerful as Song Chen alone.

Xiuyan suspected Gu Erlang at the beginning, so she sent someone to send the document to Song Chen, and within three days, the Zhenfu Department had a reply.

Sure enough, as Xiuyan expected, Gu Erlang himself has no knowledge. He studied at home for half a year, but only knew a few big characters.

The Gu family's power in the south of the Yangtze River is too great. Even if someone is dissatisfied with Gu Erlang's behavior, they dare not speak out because of Gu Peisheng.

Song Chen looked at Gu Erlang's back as he hurriedly entered the gate of Ouyang's house, and said with a sneer, "Gu Peisheng has stayed in the position of governor of Liangjiang for many years, and I'm afraid he should change it."

Xiuyan led Song Chen into the gate, but the two of them did not go in, for fear of being seen by Mrs. Lu.Xiuyan retreated most of the attendants, leaving only Meilian, Miying, and Fangguan, and asked Song Chen in a low voice, "I heard from my father once that if it hadn't been for the old concubine's accident this time, the two rivers Master Xu is going to take over the position of governor? But Master Xu has done a good job in Dali Temple, could it be that Gu Peisheng has already shown his feet?"

"Gu Peisheng is too greedy. He not only took money for the emperor, but also filled his own pockets. A while ago, our Zhenfu Division had handed over the booklet to His Majesty, and His Majesty must have already made a judgment in his heart."

Xiuyan thought for a while, but still couldn't hold back, and asked in a muffled voice: "When my son was in Tiekan Temple, I met a girl from the neighbor's house, and said that you saved her carriage and horses back then, and you asked me to come and talk with you." Thank you!"

Song Chen, a handsome man with a cold face, couldn't help pursing his lips to recover from Xiuyan's sour tone and said, "Oh? Is there such a thing?"

Xiuyan smiled but didn't smile: "Does Mr. Song think that I can't lie to you? That girl has a name and a surname. She is the daughter of Grandma Zhen's family in Ningguo Mansion. She ranks third. She is such a beautiful beauty! Mr. Song didn't see it, especially The third sister not only highly respects you, but also regards Mr. Song as a savior! It's a pity that you two don't have the chance to meet each other!"

Song Chen looked like he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, Meilian and Mio were awkwardly listening to the corner not far away, but Fangguan was in high spirits, and his eyes were always aiming at Song Chen dishonestly.

Let's say that when Gu Erlang entered the gate of Ouyang's house, several of his young servants were looking out from the gate, and when they saw the second young master coming back, they were ready to greet him with happy faces.Gu Erlang had suffered in front of Xing's house, and his stomach was full of discomfort. The three or four servants were bumping into the gunpowder barrel.

The boys fell to the ground, and the steward of Ouyang's family who was in charge of entertaining outside guests twitched his eyelids, but he didn't dare to say anything, he just stood aside and waited quietly.

The servants of the Gu family are used to this kind of "treatment", they hurriedly rolled from the ground to stand up, and approached with a smile on their faces: "Second Master's foot is very strong today, it can be seen that Second Master My family's kung fu has been practiced well. In the future, when the master goes hunting in the forest farm, our second master must show his hands in front of all the masters and sons."

Only then did Gu Erlang turn pale: "Bah, you bastards, I saw that the second master was being bullied at the door just now, and no one went to look for me. What's the use of keeping you?"

"Second Master misunderstood us!" The servants complained incessantly, "We see that the second master and the other party are talking about each other, so we think, think"

Before the boy "thought" was over, Gu Erlang had already made another kick in the other's heart.

The foreign affairs steward of Ouyang's family finally couldn't stand it any longer, and hurried over to help: "Second master, don't get angry, why bother to get angry at someone like the opposite door! The Xing family is a local rich man, and they behave in the world with a smell of earth. I don't know how to treat guests, even our old lady often talks about it, saying that their young lady has a good looks for nothing."

Gu Erlang looked at the housekeeper disdainfully: "The rich man? Humph! I'm afraid it's the rich man of the Xing family who has accumulated several years of buying money, and your Ouyang family's century-old foundation is thousands of times richer."

Steward Ouyang blushed when he was told, and said in a muffled voice: "Second Young Master Gu will stay here for a while, I'll go back to my ancestors." Steward Ouyang hurriedly led his subordinates inside.

One of Gu Erlang's confidantes immediately stuck to Erlang's ear: "Second Master, can we just endure this foul breath?"

Gu Erlang rolled his eyes: "I can't bear it? Could it be that there is still a lawsuit going to the Jinluan Palace?"

"What the second master said is exactly!" The little servant hurriedly said: "We are taking advantage of it, even if it is in the Golden Luan Hall, it is the Xing family's fault! The second master's important thing is"

The servant acted like a thief, and often looked around secretly: "The important thing is, what is the second master's idea of ​​a good way to finally drag Ouyang's family into the cold water!"

(End of this chapter)