215 Confessions
Old Qu knew that she was finished, and was inspired by Gu An's words to tell everything about that year. Now Gu Shuyu locked her up without any face. It would be difficult to think about it again in the future.
Gu An and Tang looked at each other, and they didn't say anything, and led Gu Yan to say goodbye and go home.
Gu An sat on the chair and tapped the table with his fingers as he thoughtfully. Tang sat on the side without saying a word, his eyes full of hatred.
Gu Yan looked left and right, put down the tea bowl and sighed.
"Don't worry, parents, it's very easy to have a life of Old Qu, but it's not possible now. The news is too tight. We died just after we left Old Qu, which will cause people to be suspicious. Let's find another chance."
Tang snorted coldly, "If you get cheaper, let her live for a few more days."
But Gu An sneered, "It's too cheap for her to live so peacefully. She must make her life worse than death when she is alive."
A murderous intent flashed in Gu An's eyes, and a full of anger came out of his body. Tang looked back at him with a sense of distress.
That night, Gu Huai and Gu Feng asked Gu Shuyu to invite Gu An again. Gu An knew why they wanted to see him and directly took over the Wei left by Lao Dingyuan Hou Mansion.
"Don't you want to know what the greatest wealth of Dingyuan Hou Mansion is? Haha, I'm not sure if I tell you that Dingyuan Hou Mansion has started his military achievements. Every generation of Dingyuan Hou will fight on the battlefield and wrap up the body. However, when my father's generation is in his writing, my grandfather is very disappointed, so he didn't tell you the biggest secret of Dingyuan Hou Mansion.
When my grandfather went to war, he made arrangements. The soldiers in the mansion were all veterans who retreated from the battlefield, and there were secret guards in the mansion, all of which were left by the ancestors and passed down from generation to generation. These people were not affected by Dingyuan Hou. As long as Dingyuan Hou Mansion followed the literature, they would never appear until Dingyuan Hou Mansion had a martial arts mansion appeared.
By chance, I was like an orphan in the Hou Mansion, and I was so impatient that I walked on the old path of my ancestors. These people then appeared. They protected me to survive in the Hou Mansion. If they weren’t there, the old lady who killed me repeatedly, how could I survive until now?”
Gu Shuyu and his son looked at Wei Yi with black scarves in the inside of the house with shock. They couldn't believe that there were such masters in the Hou Mansion. No wonder Gu An knew everything that happened in the Hou Mansion. He could always grasp the dynamics of the Hou Mansion at the first time. No wonder he had fought on the battlefield for many years but had nothing to do. It turned out that his biggest guard of honor was the secret guard in the Hou Mansion.
Gu Huai narrowed his eyes hatefully and gritted his teeth and said, "Gu An, you are so brave. You dare to raise a secret guard. Are you not afraid of me telling the emperor?"
Gu An glanced at Gu Huai with contempt, "You are really not smart, you dare to take these people in front of you for your meeting. Are you still afraid that you will tell the emperor? Haha, you are so stupid. Do you know why the Dingyuan Hou Mansion was defeated? You are incompetent, and the second is that you did not get the biggest trump card of the Dingyuan Hou Mansion.
Which family of all sizes and important officials in the court has no secret guards? Especially the aristocratic families that followed the ancestors and emperors to conquer the country, each family has secret guards, which is just a matter of many problems. You are stupid, and you didn't think about it. You only knew that each family had secret guards, but you never thought that there were also Dingyuan Hou Mansion.
The emperor knew everything, but he was just unwilling to say it. Who would put the secret guards on the surface? As long as he did not rebel, the emperor could still tolerate it. And the emperor also knew about it. Not only did he know it, he also allowed them to help Prince An train the secret guards. Do you think the emperor would take care of it? Even if you told the emperor, what would happen? If you are not afraid of death, go and say it. After that, hehe, I promise that you will die within three days.
Of course, I will not take action, but those families with secret guards are different. They will not watch you put the secret guards on the surface, so don't say that I can't save you."
Queen Gu An ignored their expressions and left. Wei Yi stood in the study without moving and looked at Gu Shuyu.
"What the master said is true. You disappointed Mr. Hou. The reason why Mr. Hou stayed and refused to hand over to you is because he was afraid that the Dingyuan Hou Mansion would be completely defeated and there would be no possibility of resurrection."
After Wei Yi finished speaking, he left the study room, leaving only Gu Shuyu and his son alone to be secretly sad.
No matter what, it was too late for them to change now. The secret guards of Dingyuan Hou Mansion had already reached Gu An's hands. They couldn't take them back even if they wanted to. The secret guards would not listen to them, and they did not have the ability to conquer them. They could only watch the greatest honorary guard belonging to Dingyuan Hou Mansion was in Gu An's hands and had nothing to do with them anymore.
Gu Huai and Gu Feng were fine. They had no secret guards to protect them, so they didn't care much about it. They had been here for so many years and had lived the same life. They just secretly scolded the secret guards for being ungrateful and not relying on the big tree of the Dingyuan Hou Mansion and ran to protect Gu An's concubine son. They were the legitimate branches of the Dingyuan Hou Mansion, and those secret guards should be theirs.
But for Gu Shuyu, the blow was not an ordinary big deal. He knew that his father was extremely disappointed with him, but before his father went to war, he handed over most of the Hou Mansion to him. However, he did not expect that the biggest trump card in the Hou Mansion in Dingyuan was not those, but the ten secret guards in Gu An's hand.
Gu Shuyu couldn't help but wonder, if these secret guards were in his hands, what would Dingyuan Hou Mansion look like now? At least it wouldn't be like this now, and it would definitely be much more brilliant than it is now.
Gu Shuyu gradually hated the old Dinghou Mansion, but had no choice but to send his two sons out of the study. He reflected in the study and imagined how glorious the Dingyuan Hou Mansion would be with secret guards.
Gu Huai returned to the big room heartlessly. Although he hated Gu An and the older generation of Dingyuan Hou Mansion, he had no choice now. Fortunately, he inherited the title of Dingyuan Hou. As long as he could live as he pleased, he had a status and money to spend, he didn't care so much about other things. After returning to the room, he hugged his concubine and went to bed.
But Gu Feng couldn't sleep peacefully. He stood in front of his study and looked at General Shenwei's mansion from afar. The blue veins in his hand were protruding, and the folding fan in his hand made him pinch it "click".
Gu An, Gu An, Gu An...
When Gu An and Tang, who returned to the General's Mansion, met Gu Yan and told him about taking Wei Yi to Dingyuan Hou Mansion.
"I think it would be better to say this earlier. I took this opportunity to say it out for the sake of Emperor An's heart. Although the emperor believed that the secret guards in our hands were those left by the Dingyuan Hou Mansion, it is difficult to guarantee that one day he would doubt anything, or he is not sure what he is thinking now. Now we bring up the secret guards to let him know that we do have only this group of secret guards in our hands, so the emperor will be much less suspicious of us.
Although letting Dingyuan Hou Mansion know about the secret guards is a bit troublesome for us to act in the future, we can only do this.
It’s okay for Gu Huai, the brainless man, to say that as long as he has a title, he doesn’t care about anything else, your grandfather won’t say much. He knows that the secret guards are not good at Yu Dingyuan Hou Mansion, but Gu Feng may not be sure.
That guy is now close to the second prince on the surface, but secretly he is the eldest prince. I guess he wants to leave the Dragon Master, and it is really hard to say if he does something."
Gu An was a little worried, his brows were tightly frowned, and his fingers kept hitting the table. It was obvious that he was a little uneasy now.
Tang also frowned. She couldn't help Gu An, and could only make sure that she would not cause trouble for her husband and children. This feeling of powerlessness was not very good.
Gu Yan frowned and tapped the table with his fingers, which mixed with Gu An's rhythm of knocking on the table. Two rhythms, one high and one bottom, one fast and one slow, made people feel nervous and became more and more uneasy.
Suddenly, Gu Yan stopped his fingers and looked up at Gu An.
"Dad, this baby of the Empress..."
Gu An was stunned, then stopped knocking on the table, narrowed his eyes and looked at Gu Yan.
"You mean..."
Gu Yan nodded, "The emperor is healthy and his reign will not be short. As long as the four adult princes do not do stupid things, they can still live for ten or eight years. Then if the queen's belly is a prince..."
Gu An continued: "If it is a prince, it is a legitimate prince, if it is given to the emperor for another twelve or three years, then it is a great throne..."
"Now I'm afraid that the queen's belly is not a prince but a princess, and the queen's place may not be stable. The four concubines are not easy to mess with. Even the sick concubine De has many methods. She has been sick for several years and said she is seriously ill several times, but she is still alive. Recently, I heard that she has improved a lot and she even met the emperor in the Imperial Garden."
Gu An raised his eyebrows and smiled.
"Everyone is a fool of the emperor, but he doesn't expect that he is not old, but also very smart. He is very fair to the four princes, which means that these princes are not his ideal heirs. The fifth prince is still young and has a low background. Even if his mother is named a concubine, she is still famous. I don't know what will happen to the Empress. If it is a prince, it's okay, if it is a princess,... The battle for the throne has begun now. Yan'er, you are my daughter, the only princess in the founding country of the Great Wei Dynasty. Those four princes are not easy to meet. You have to be more careful."
Gu Yan nodded, "Daughter understands that if I want to plot against me, I will peel off a layer of skin."
When Gu An and Tang saw that their daughter was really concerned, they immediately felt relieved. They knew very well what their daughter was like and wanted to plot against their daughter. Haha, if you are not afraid of death, just come.
The next morning, Gu An did not sleep again, but handed over a memorable note and a drawing.
"Your Majesty, I have been in the border for many years. The official roads there are really hard to walk on. Although they have been repaired, they are still not satisfactory. Every time I go out, the chariots are bumpy, and the shock absorption on the chariots are not good. Every time I go out, some chariots are broken halfway, and some are not used before fighting. I rushed from Changzhou to the border, and I won't talk about the hardships I suffered. Fortunately, I designed a carriage that can reduce the bumps on the road and reach the border safely. I am grateful to the emperor for his kindness. Now I will redeem the shock absorption of the carriage to the emperor again. I hope the emperor will pay attention to it and order the Ministry of Works to build new chariots and carriages so that our Great Wei can have fewer casualties in fighting against the barbarians, and the subjects of the Great Wei will suffer less bumps when traveling."
The court officials were shocked. They thought Gu An would sleep today, or take out what happened yesterday and say it again. Unexpectedly, Gu An did not mention what happened yesterday, but also presented a drawing.
Everyone looked at the note in the hand of Emperor Wen of Wei with interest, and wanted to know what the drawings of the modified carriage and chariots were presented by Gu An, and whether it could really make the carriage less bumpy.
Emperor Wen of Wei looked carefully. Unfortunately, no matter how capable he is, he doesn't understand everything. He has a specialty in his profession. He doesn't understand too much. After reading for a while, he doesn't understand it very well, so he asked Sun Ying to hand over the drawings to Yang Pingwen, Minister of Works.
"Yang Aiqing, come and take a look. Can this drawing be used on the chariot?"
He doesn't want to care about carriages or something. He cares about chariots, which is what he cares about the most. If the chariots can be less damaged, the soldiers of the Great Wei Dynasty can die less. This is all human life!
Yang Pingwen took the drawings from Sun Ying and looked carefully. After a while, he presented them to Emperor Wen of Wei again.
"Your Majesty, the drawings presented by Lord Gu are very exquisite and not complicated. If you can put them on the chariot and the carriage, it will indeed reduce the vibration during driving. However, I have to test it a few times before I can know the final result."
Emperor Wen of Wei nodded and handed over the matter to Yang Pingwen.
Yang Pingwen was very reliable, but the result was presented to Emperor Wen of Wei in just three days.
"Your Majesty, Lord Gu is indeed a rare talent in the Great Wei Dynasty. Using this method can indeed reduce the vibrations between the chariots and carriages, and also increase the speed of the chariots and carriages. If the chariots and carriages of the Great Wei Dynasty were transformed in this way, it would definitely increase the combat power of the chariots and carriages and carriages and carriages to move more smoothly."
Emperor Wen of Wei was very happy and directly praised Gu An for his contribution to the Great Wei Dynasty and his contribution to the country. He could not be promoted anymore. His contribution was not that great, but he could be rewarded.
As a result, Emperor Wen of Wei was happy and gave a lot of good things. Pearl, jade, red, sapphire, etc. were nothing. He only praised a hundred pieces of brocade for making clothes, including fabrics for spring, summer, autumn, winter and ten jade ornaments, two jade Ruyi handles, Gu Yan and Tang each had three sets of jewelry heads made by the palace, and a Haoyue bow was given to Gu Zhehan.
Gu An knew that a drawing would not allow Emperor Wen of Wei to reward so many things. It was nothing more than asking Emperor Wen of Wei to find trouble when he went to Dingyuan Hou Mansion to find out. He also confirmed that Gu An's secret guards to the border were indeed left by the old Dingyuan Hou Mansion, which made him feel relieved.
When the court officials saw Gu An casually painted a drawing, Emperor Wen of Wei gave so many things. He even recognized Gu An's favor. Gu An's family must not be enemies. From then on, they treated Gu An even more politely. When they met, they would laugh and say hello. They were so polite.
Gu An once again attracted Emperor Wen of Wei, but he was not proud. He went to court to sleep as usual and ignored everything. After court, he still took Emperor Wen of Wei to his imperial study room for a walk. If he had any good things, he would think about slapping home.
In the afternoon, I returned to Beidaying and started shopping with the soldiers. Then I bought all kinds of food for Tang and Gu Yan. Life was very relaxed.
Chapter completed!