"enough!"

Xiao Qin finally spoke!

He opened his eyes, stood up, walked to the hall, and glanced at everyone: "I did it! I admit it! If you want to kill or behead me, come at me!"

Gu Er clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Mom is very responsible. I am just a son. I have a few questions that I would like to ask my mother."

"You ask!" Xiao Qin said.

Gu Erdao: "When I was in Haozhou, I encountered assassinations many times. At first I thought the assassins were sent by traitors and didn't take it to heart. But later I found out that the assassins were actually from the Bai family in Yangzhou. But

The Bai family was just a salt merchant, and I was on the front line at the time. How did they know their son's whereabouts?"

Xiao Qin didn't answer.

Gu Er continued to ask: "When I received a letter from my grandfather and went south to Yangzhou alone, I boarded the boat that the Yuan family went to Yangzhou to hire, and the name was not my real name. At that time, there were no other people on the boat except the Yuan family's elder husband and his wife.

Except for the villains, no one knows my identity and my whereabouts are very secret. Why was I assassinated as soon as I arrived in Yangzhou? How did the Bai family know my whereabouts?"

Xiao Qin looked at Gu Er and asked, "Did you doubt me when you were in Yangzhou?"

"No!" Gu Er shook his head and said, "I still believed in my mother at that time. What really made me doubt my mother was when I left Tokyo for Quanzhou! Some things really cannot withstand scrutiny."

Gu Er said as if he was mocking himself: "Actually, I realized some things very early on, but I just didn't want to believe them."

"Every time I make a mistake, my mother will protect me, but every time my father doesn't beat me harder, my mother really loves me and even praises me above all my brothers. That is flattering!"

Xiao Qin's face had become very ugly, but then he regained his composure, looked at Gu Er coldly, and said lightly: "I underestimated you!"

Gu Er said calmly: "I never dare to look down on my mother!"

"Actually, I have one more question!"

"What's the problem?" Xiao Qin asked.

Gu Er looked at Xiao Qin and asked calmly: "Is the eldest brother's illness also caused by my mother?"

Xiao Qin's expression froze for a moment, and her eyes finally lost their previous calmness and calmness.

Gu Er shook his head and said with emotion: "Then it seems that what Grandma Chang said is true. The person who told the elder brother that it was my mother who killed his mother must be the mother!"

Xiao Qin's face completely changed. The originally kind and peaceful look turned ferocious and terrifying.

Looking at those scarlet eyes full of hatred and anger, Gu Er couldn't help but tremble in his heart even though he was used to seeing mountains of corpses and seas of blood, separation and death.

Even though he had already guessed it, when he actually saw this scene and looked at his stepmother who was completely different from before, Gu Er still couldn't help but feel complicated.

Having been pretending for more than twenty years, I was once deeply kept in the dark.

Gu Er said mockingly: "It's useless for me, Gu Er, to claim to be smart, but he was treated like a doll and has been fooled for more than 20 years!"

At this point, Xiao Qin stopped pretending, took off the mask on his face, and revealed his true face: "It's a pity that the chess piece was wrong. The Bai family are all trash. After so many years, they haven't been able to take your life. You deserve it."

They can’t get your mother’s inheritance from that bitch’s family.”

"Shut up!" Gu Er's voice suddenly rose, and he looked at Xiao Qin coldly, with only endless coldness in his eyes: "You are not allowed to insult my mother!"

"She is a bitch! If it weren't for her, how could my sister die? If it weren't for her, how could you be born? This Ningyuan Marquis Mansion would already be San Lang." Xiao Qin accused her hoarsely.

"Hmph!" Gu Er snorted coldly: "I should have thought of it a long time ago. I have been planning for more than 20 years to pretend to be kind and kind all day long, so that everyone in Tokyo knows that you are virtuous and kind. No matter what I do,

Others will only believe you and not me. They will only think that you are right, and I am just rebellious... What you want is nothing more than the title of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion and the Gu family's property.

.”

"But why didn't you tell me? What if you had told me earlier that this title was given to the third brother? When did I, Gu Tingye, care about this title and this family property?"

"Title? Family property?" Xiao Qin suddenly smiled, covering her mouth and laughing in a low voice. Her smile was extremely bright, but her eyes were full of madness. She turned to look at Gu Yankai, who was sitting in a wheelchair next to her, and her eyes were filled with joy.

Tears fell silently: "Da Lang has been frail and sick since he was a child. The imperial doctors said that he would not live to be thirty. As early as twenty years ago, the title and family property of Marquis Ningyuan were destined to be yours. The entire Gu family, among your peers,

Among them, you are the only one who has received the true inheritance from the Marquis, and you are Sanlang, and your martial arts were also taught by the family general."

"If you hadn't died, how would this title go to my Sanlang?"

The first few sentences were all directed at Gu Yankai, but the last two sentences were directed at Gu Er.

The rest of the people in the room were stunned by this scene and could not even speak. The fourth child, Gu Yanping, the fifth child, Gu Yanchang, Gu Er's aunt, as well as the collateral uncle and two clan uncles, were all present.

He looked at Xiao Qin in disbelief.

In their eyes, this sister-in-law, brother-in-law, niece-in-law, who had always been kind, charitable, virtuous and courteous, and managed the household well, suddenly changed her face. She looked so unfamiliar that it made people tremble and fear her just looking at her.

"puff!"

As soon as Xiao Qin finished speaking, Gu Yankai, who was sitting in the wheelchair, suddenly spurted out a mouthful of thick blood, his face turned pale at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he fainted immediately.

"Father!"

With quick eyes and quick hands, Gu Er stepped forward and helped Gu Yan away.

"Brother!"

"Master Hou!"

Everyone gathered around Gu Yankai.

"Imperial doctor!"

"Mr. Zhang!"

Gu Er quickly pushed Gu Yan to the side hall.

Shitou and his guards were still guarding the door, not allowing anyone to come near. Shitou even personally watched Xiao Qin and Grandma Xiang's family, not allowing them to leave even a step.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After a while, Gu Yankai was helped to lie down on the bed in the room. Doctor Zhang used acupuncture to calm Gu Yankai's breath.

He quickly asked someone to make ginseng soup to hang on to his life.

This busy work lasted an hour, and Gu Yankai woke up slowly.

"Jiro!"

"Jiro!"

Gu Yankai stretched out his hand weakly and shouted.

"Father!" Gu Er hurriedly sat beside the bed and held Gu Yan's open hand.

Gu Yankai was very weak and it was difficult to speak. Before he could speak, Gu Er hurriedly said: "Father, don't worry, I won't take Xiao Qin's life. I will send her back to her hometown in Xiangyang and let her live there."

The ancestors of the Gu family faced the wall and thought about their mistakes, chanted sutras and recited Buddha's name, and ended their remaining lives."

"As for Saburo, I have already thought about it. Let him go to the Western Army to hone his skills. When will he get rid of his dandy habits, when will he return to Tokyo!"

The worry in Gu Yankai's eyes finally dissipated, and he looked at Gu Er with relief and distress, with tears already shining in his eyes.

"You...you have grown up...very good...much better than me...than I thought...much better!" Gu Yan was satisfied.

He had the strength to say these words intermittently.

"From now on, Gu Jia... will... leave it to... you."

Gu Er gently patted the back of Gu Yan's open hand and said, "Father, please rest in peace and recuperate. My son will take care of everything at home."

Gu Yankai finally let go of Gu Er's hand with relief, closed his eyes, and his breathing gradually became steady.

Gu Er slowly put down Gu Yankai's hand, stood up and walked out. The elders glanced at Gu Yankai on the bed and followed him out.

Outside, in the flower hall, Gu Er sat at the head of the table with a golden sword.

"You elders must have heard what I just said! Xiao Qin made a big mistake, but he gave birth to children for my Gu family and continued the family relationship. He was married to my father for more than 20 years, and he will live in Xiangyang in the future.

Let's build a Buddhist hall next to the ancestral hall in our hometown and let her chant sutras and recite Buddha's name in it and repent of her sins!"

"My eldest brother is ill in bed, and my eldest sister-in-law has to take care of him. In the future, my wife will take care of the internal and external affairs of the Hou Mansion. As for the clan, I belong to the Gu family and started my career with martial arts. I plan to

Reorganize the clan school, hire famous teachers, and all men in the clan who are over seven years old, under twenty, and girls under fifteen years old must join the clan school, study and practice martial arts, and practice archery, horseback riding, and archery.

Withdraw it from the Hou Mansion."

After saying that, Gu Er stood up and bowed to the three oldest clan elders and said: "Uncle, two clan uncles, you are the elders of the clan, and I need your help to keep an eye on matters related to clan science.

"

"Don't worry, Erlang. It's about the future of the family. We should do our best!" The oldest uncle spoke first, with a very respectful attitude, obviously acknowledging Gu Er's status as the head of the family.

The two clan uncles also expressed their stance. Gu Yanping and Gu Yanchang looked at each other. Although they were a little dissatisfied, they remembered Gu Er's tough stance just now, but they did not dare to refute.

Gu Er's aunt, on the other hand, looked at Gu Er with more and more complicated eyes.

"Auntie! I know that you were teased a lot by your husband's family when you were young because of my mother. I'm afraid the food you usually eat is a bit bland, so you have to ask your aunt to come home to get salt!"

"How do you know?" Gu Er's aunt was very surprised. It happened so long ago and she never mentioned it to anyone else. How could Gu Er know about it?

"What's so hard to guess? It's just because I dislike my mother's background!" Gu Er said: "But I still want to tell my aunt that it wasn't my mother who had to marry into the Gu family, it was the official family who was determined to do so.

The honorable nobles still owed money to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and several princes had been imprisoned. The Gu family was in great danger, so they had no choice but to find my grandfather's house, and visited my grandfather's house many times to ask for marriage. Only then did I impress my grandfather and mother. It was not me.

My mother is rushing to marry into the Gu family, and my aunt should know this better than I do!"

"Huh!" Gu Er's aunt is also very stubborn. Although she knows it in her heart, she still refuses to give in. After all, because of Gu Er's mother Bai, she has received a lot of teasing from her sisters-in-law in her husband's family.

Gu Er bowed and cupped his hands and said: "My aunt is a sensible person. I won't say more. If my aunt feels homesick in the future, she can come back. If there is anything that needs to be done by my nephew, there is nothing my nephew can do."
To be continued...