The green rice fields are inlaid into a large undulating field, with peach, plum and cherry trees adorning them.A white-walled and green-tiled house in the depths of the scenery, surrounded by the walls is the Geng family’s manor.
Father, why don’t you invite our family on my aunt’s birthday?
The questions asked by Geng Hao seem to be extremely difficult to answer.His father Geng Qi pondered and couldn't answer for a long time.
Geng Hao had some blood in his eyes, as if two balls of fire were burning in his eyes.
He wasn't so angry today. Since he came back from the Liyuan last time, Geng Hao felt like he had thorns all over his body, and no one dared to provoke him!
The man who paid twenty coins for Geng Hao and rescued Mu Zhen in the Liyuan was actually the King of Han Zhu Gaoxu.
Geng Hao still knows a lot of things and dare not say to outsiders that Zhu Gaoxu is not because that person is the real son of the current emperor.
However, he had a word he dared not speak out: This person was the enemy of his grandfather Changxing Hou!
If my grandfather was still alive, why would the Geng family fall to this point?
That day, when Zhu Gaoxu encountered an assassin in Liyuan, he saved Mu Zhen’s life with naked hands; what Geng Hao couldn’t let go of the truth was that he actually avoided it at that time...
Although Mu Zhen did not blame him later, she kept comforting him: my cousin knows martial arts and will avoid weapons all at once. That is human nature; my cousin is a scholar, so why should he be brave with others?
But Geng Hao still feels very humiliating!
When my cousin left the Liyuan, she turned around several times. She said it nicely, but in fact she was still moved by Zhu Gaoxu?
In comparison, Geng Hao was even more ashamed and turned into anger.
...At this time, my father Geng Qi finally spoke: The Queen of Xiping will not send invitations to our family, but there is his own reason.Hao'er, don't worry about this matter.
Geng Hao just remembered the incident of the assassin in the Liyuan Garden. When he was angry, he blurted out: When did the Geng family lose face when his grandfather was there?!
You... Geng Qi's face turned red immediately, pointing at his son but couldn't speak.Geng Hao's mother quickly walked over, supported Geng Qi, and turned around and said, Hao'er, admit her mistake to your father!
Geng Qi stomped his feet and said: "You are unruly and unruly, are you going to make a fuss?"
Geng Hao's anger was not dissatisfied and he was not convinced at all. He simply expressed his previous resentment: Song Sheng's two young men were in the capital, and I was still as stubborn as friends; but now they are going to marry a princess, let's see what I have? If I meet them again in the future, will I kneel down to them?
His father was so angry that he trembled all over and went to find a stick immediately.
Unexpectedly, Geng Hao said with his neck straight: Father has beaten me, I will save trouble if I beat you to death!
His father raised the wooden stick and was immediately hugged by his wife. The wife cried, "If you teach him, teach him. If you continue to hit such a thick thing, how can I live if I have a few things?
His father sighed, finally let go of his hand and the wooden stick was taken away. He glared at Geng Hao and said: Song Sheng is a general in the northwest and the court is using it. Song Sheng still has an old age with the Yàn Palace. How can the Geng family compare?Don't compare everything with other people's homes...
Geng Hao muttered: Do parents always compare with other sons?
His father gritted his teeth and waved his hand, and was hugged by his wife. He stared at Geng Hao with his eyes wide open and cursed: You ungrateful and unfilial son!Who gave this manor? Who doesn’t want the fertile land outside, and has to give it to our Geng family?What’s wrong with us in the Mu Mansion? So what if the old lady doesn’t send an invitation to her birthday?You fucking...
Geng Hao still confronted his neck: My aunt's birthday, all the high-ranking officials and nobles in Yunnan must go, it is a good time to find a way!My father always guards those fields, without thinking about the problem at all. When will our family make a breakthrough?
Mrs. Geng cried and shouted: Hao'er, why don't you go away!Your father is angry, don't talk too much.
Geng Hao then turned around and slipped out of the main hall.
He ran into his room, took out a box from the cabinet and opened it, and there were more than a dozen small pearls of different sizes, which he bought from fishermen one after another.
Geng Hao held it in his hand, thinking about making something like jewelry, as a gift to his aunt.
The pearl is a little smaller, but if he made the thing himself, the meaning would be different.
……
In early June, the birth date of the old lady of the Mu family was even more lively than during the Chinese New Year.
The nearby streets are almost incomplete. Many local officials and chieftains set off last month just to catch up with the banquet today.
There were crowds of people inside and outside the Mu Mansion, and there were also screams of killing pigs and sheep, and there were noises in the fun, and there were noisy and noisy.
The most congested in front of the main gatehouse is because the slaves have to count the gifts and sing gift lists when registering and making books. Many people are waiting in line.
Moreover, Xiping Hou Musheng personally welcomed the guests in front of the door. He was surrounded by a group of young and strong men, and there were several officials around him.
If it is a person who is not very important, the officials around Mu Sheng will greet him, and he just smiles and nods.
If it were a great figure such as the King of Han, the governor, the commander-in-chief, Mu Sheng would also give a greeting and go up to greet him.
Geng Hao held a wooden box and finally lined up to the front of the door.
Mu Sheng discovered him, and Mu Sheng's face changed suddenly, and the unwelcome meaning was written on his face!Geng Hao stepped forward and said, "I'm going to celebrate my aunt's birthday."
Mu Sheng nodded without saying a word and glanced at an official beside him.The official hurriedly came up, grabbed Geng Hao's arm and said: Please, please come from the young master.
I brought some gifts... Geng Hao said.
Guan'er said: No need to be there, the young master will give it to the old lady in person later.
OK.Geng Hao nodded.
The two of them entered the inner hall. Geng Hao thought he could see the old lady directly, but he was taken to a remote room!
What does it mean?Geng Hao asked, holding back the humiliation.
How lively the Mu Mansion is today, the festive sounds are very close and seem to be far away and have nothing to do with Geng Hao!
The official said in a deep voice: The old lady is in the middle hall of the outer hall, so she is not free for the time being. The outer hall is full of people and eyes. I hope Mr. Geng should not be too careful... The dishes on the table will also be indispensable.
Geng Hao's eyes were so angry that he turned red. Do I seem to be someone who has never eaten delicacies?
Guan'er hurriedly waved his hand and said: "The minister doesn't mean that, but the minister means that. After the luncheon, the old lady will meet the prince again. Is that okay?"The young master rests inside for a while and be calm.
Geng Hao clenched his fists and thought to himself: As expected, the people in this world are all snobs!
At this moment, a voice outside the door said: My cousin is here to celebrate his grandmother's birthday too.
Guan'er turned around and said: Miss, this... the official dare not be rude, but the Marquis means that there are too many people today, and there are all kinds of people. It is not good to let Mr. Geng walk around in the front hall.
I see.Mu Zhen smiled and said, "You go and do your business, I will comfort my cousin, and there will be no bad things."
The official said, "I'm working hard."
Geng Hao saw Mu Zhen's beautiful face, delicate facial features, and cousin's smiling appearance, which made him calmer.Geng Hao was still standing there and feeling depressed.
My cousin is angry?Mu Zhen tilted her head to look at him.
Geng Hao said: How can you not be angry?The people from my Geng family seem to be shameful!
Mu Zhen whispered: I heard my grandmother talk to my father yesterday, and several of my cousin's uncles were impeached by a man named Chen Ying. My father seemed very worried.My father was nervous when he saw my cousin today. He had no other intentions, maybe it was because of that incident.
Geng Hao said: Chen Ying was a villain despised in the Jianwen Dynasty. He was like a dog that bites people randomly, and many people have been impeached!
Chen Ying is indeed a bad guy.Mu Zhen echoed, and she whispered again, "Cousin, don't be angry, it's nothing wrong with this today."It just so happens that I can have an excuse to be with my cousin, otherwise I wouldn’t even have a chance to talk now.
After hearing this, Geng Hao glanced at the servants coming and going outside and said: Let’s stay here?
Mu Zhen said: That's not very good. Let's go to the front hall to watch the show.Li Lou came first and was singing opera for the guests of the Mu family in the front hall!
Geng Hao nodded.
Mu Zhen pointed at the box in his hand, what gift did my cousin prepare for me?
Geng Hao said: I originally gave it to my aunt, but today is not my aunt’s birthday?After hearing this, Mu Zhen curled her mouth and said, forget it, you can give it to my grandmother later.Geng Hao handed the box up: The gift is too light, and the Marquis of Xiping will not accept it. Anyway, I have already come in, so I will give it to my cousin... I made it myself.
Mu Zhen opened the box and saw it, and praised: What a beautiful bracelet!Then he said, "It's better to give it to my grandmother. Since my cousin made it himself, that's a lot of thought."
The two of them said a while and walked towards the outer hall.
On the way, Mu Zhen suddenly called Geng Hao and said carefully: The man we met before was the one who saved me and injured. It turned out to be the King of Han!
Geng Hao nodded and said: I know.Didn’t someone call him in the Liyuan that day?
Mu Zhen pondered for a moment and said: The King of Han is here today, I know where he is sitting...
What does it mean, cousin?Geng Hao's face changed.
Mu Zhen hurriedly said: Don’t be anxious, please listen to me.My sister knew my cousin’s ambitions, and I was also very sad when I saw my cousin getting angry everywhere.It’s not just my cousin who is worried, I’m also thinking about a way out for me.
Geng Hao didn't say anything for the time being.
Mu Zhen continued: My sister has figured out the relationship.My cousin's family hid in Yunnan to avoid disaster. It was nothing more than my uncle Changxing Hou who offended Jin Shang; no one dared to pull the Geng family at the moment...but except the people from the current emperor's family!And there is only one person from the Supreme Master’s family right in front of him, and that is the King of Han!
Geng Hao widened his eyes and looked at Mu Zhen with an incredible look: What does cousin mean is that I want me to curry favor with the king of Han?
Mu Zhen said: It's not considered pleasing...but I think this is my cousin's only way out.And the opportunity is very good. We have met the King of Han three times, so it is considered a bit of friendship. Now my cousin defects to him is much easier than ordinary people.
Geng Hao took a deep breath and shook his head and said: Cousin, do you know who killed my grandfather?
Mu Zhen's face was pale and she couldn't speak.
Father, why don’t you invite our family on my aunt’s birthday?
The questions asked by Geng Hao seem to be extremely difficult to answer.His father Geng Qi pondered and couldn't answer for a long time.
Geng Hao had some blood in his eyes, as if two balls of fire were burning in his eyes.
He wasn't so angry today. Since he came back from the Liyuan last time, Geng Hao felt like he had thorns all over his body, and no one dared to provoke him!
The man who paid twenty coins for Geng Hao and rescued Mu Zhen in the Liyuan was actually the King of Han Zhu Gaoxu.
Geng Hao still knows a lot of things and dare not say to outsiders that Zhu Gaoxu is not because that person is the real son of the current emperor.
However, he had a word he dared not speak out: This person was the enemy of his grandfather Changxing Hou!
If my grandfather was still alive, why would the Geng family fall to this point?
That day, when Zhu Gaoxu encountered an assassin in Liyuan, he saved Mu Zhen’s life with naked hands; what Geng Hao couldn’t let go of the truth was that he actually avoided it at that time...
Although Mu Zhen did not blame him later, she kept comforting him: my cousin knows martial arts and will avoid weapons all at once. That is human nature; my cousin is a scholar, so why should he be brave with others?
But Geng Hao still feels very humiliating!
When my cousin left the Liyuan, she turned around several times. She said it nicely, but in fact she was still moved by Zhu Gaoxu?
In comparison, Geng Hao was even more ashamed and turned into anger.
...At this time, my father Geng Qi finally spoke: The Queen of Xiping will not send invitations to our family, but there is his own reason.Hao'er, don't worry about this matter.
Geng Hao just remembered the incident of the assassin in the Liyuan Garden. When he was angry, he blurted out: When did the Geng family lose face when his grandfather was there?!
You... Geng Qi's face turned red immediately, pointing at his son but couldn't speak.Geng Hao's mother quickly walked over, supported Geng Qi, and turned around and said, Hao'er, admit her mistake to your father!
Geng Qi stomped his feet and said: "You are unruly and unruly, are you going to make a fuss?"
Geng Hao's anger was not dissatisfied and he was not convinced at all. He simply expressed his previous resentment: Song Sheng's two young men were in the capital, and I was still as stubborn as friends; but now they are going to marry a princess, let's see what I have? If I meet them again in the future, will I kneel down to them?
His father was so angry that he trembled all over and went to find a stick immediately.
Unexpectedly, Geng Hao said with his neck straight: Father has beaten me, I will save trouble if I beat you to death!
His father raised the wooden stick and was immediately hugged by his wife. The wife cried, "If you teach him, teach him. If you continue to hit such a thick thing, how can I live if I have a few things?
His father sighed, finally let go of his hand and the wooden stick was taken away. He glared at Geng Hao and said: Song Sheng is a general in the northwest and the court is using it. Song Sheng still has an old age with the Yàn Palace. How can the Geng family compare?Don't compare everything with other people's homes...
Geng Hao muttered: Do parents always compare with other sons?
His father gritted his teeth and waved his hand, and was hugged by his wife. He stared at Geng Hao with his eyes wide open and cursed: You ungrateful and unfilial son!Who gave this manor? Who doesn’t want the fertile land outside, and has to give it to our Geng family?What’s wrong with us in the Mu Mansion? So what if the old lady doesn’t send an invitation to her birthday?You fucking...
Geng Hao still confronted his neck: My aunt's birthday, all the high-ranking officials and nobles in Yunnan must go, it is a good time to find a way!My father always guards those fields, without thinking about the problem at all. When will our family make a breakthrough?
Mrs. Geng cried and shouted: Hao'er, why don't you go away!Your father is angry, don't talk too much.
Geng Hao then turned around and slipped out of the main hall.
He ran into his room, took out a box from the cabinet and opened it, and there were more than a dozen small pearls of different sizes, which he bought from fishermen one after another.
Geng Hao held it in his hand, thinking about making something like jewelry, as a gift to his aunt.
The pearl is a little smaller, but if he made the thing himself, the meaning would be different.
……
In early June, the birth date of the old lady of the Mu family was even more lively than during the Chinese New Year.
The nearby streets are almost incomplete. Many local officials and chieftains set off last month just to catch up with the banquet today.
There were crowds of people inside and outside the Mu Mansion, and there were also screams of killing pigs and sheep, and there were noises in the fun, and there were noisy and noisy.
The most congested in front of the main gatehouse is because the slaves have to count the gifts and sing gift lists when registering and making books. Many people are waiting in line.
Moreover, Xiping Hou Musheng personally welcomed the guests in front of the door. He was surrounded by a group of young and strong men, and there were several officials around him.
If it is a person who is not very important, the officials around Mu Sheng will greet him, and he just smiles and nods.
If it were a great figure such as the King of Han, the governor, the commander-in-chief, Mu Sheng would also give a greeting and go up to greet him.
Geng Hao held a wooden box and finally lined up to the front of the door.
Mu Sheng discovered him, and Mu Sheng's face changed suddenly, and the unwelcome meaning was written on his face!Geng Hao stepped forward and said, "I'm going to celebrate my aunt's birthday."
Mu Sheng nodded without saying a word and glanced at an official beside him.The official hurriedly came up, grabbed Geng Hao's arm and said: Please, please come from the young master.
I brought some gifts... Geng Hao said.
Guan'er said: No need to be there, the young master will give it to the old lady in person later.
OK.Geng Hao nodded.
The two of them entered the inner hall. Geng Hao thought he could see the old lady directly, but he was taken to a remote room!
What does it mean?Geng Hao asked, holding back the humiliation.
How lively the Mu Mansion is today, the festive sounds are very close and seem to be far away and have nothing to do with Geng Hao!
The official said in a deep voice: The old lady is in the middle hall of the outer hall, so she is not free for the time being. The outer hall is full of people and eyes. I hope Mr. Geng should not be too careful... The dishes on the table will also be indispensable.
Geng Hao's eyes were so angry that he turned red. Do I seem to be someone who has never eaten delicacies?
Guan'er hurriedly waved his hand and said: "The minister doesn't mean that, but the minister means that. After the luncheon, the old lady will meet the prince again. Is that okay?"The young master rests inside for a while and be calm.
Geng Hao clenched his fists and thought to himself: As expected, the people in this world are all snobs!
At this moment, a voice outside the door said: My cousin is here to celebrate his grandmother's birthday too.
Guan'er turned around and said: Miss, this... the official dare not be rude, but the Marquis means that there are too many people today, and there are all kinds of people. It is not good to let Mr. Geng walk around in the front hall.
I see.Mu Zhen smiled and said, "You go and do your business, I will comfort my cousin, and there will be no bad things."
The official said, "I'm working hard."
Geng Hao saw Mu Zhen's beautiful face, delicate facial features, and cousin's smiling appearance, which made him calmer.Geng Hao was still standing there and feeling depressed.
My cousin is angry?Mu Zhen tilted her head to look at him.
Geng Hao said: How can you not be angry?The people from my Geng family seem to be shameful!
Mu Zhen whispered: I heard my grandmother talk to my father yesterday, and several of my cousin's uncles were impeached by a man named Chen Ying. My father seemed very worried.My father was nervous when he saw my cousin today. He had no other intentions, maybe it was because of that incident.
Geng Hao said: Chen Ying was a villain despised in the Jianwen Dynasty. He was like a dog that bites people randomly, and many people have been impeached!
Chen Ying is indeed a bad guy.Mu Zhen echoed, and she whispered again, "Cousin, don't be angry, it's nothing wrong with this today."It just so happens that I can have an excuse to be with my cousin, otherwise I wouldn’t even have a chance to talk now.
After hearing this, Geng Hao glanced at the servants coming and going outside and said: Let’s stay here?
Mu Zhen said: That's not very good. Let's go to the front hall to watch the show.Li Lou came first and was singing opera for the guests of the Mu family in the front hall!
Geng Hao nodded.
Mu Zhen pointed at the box in his hand, what gift did my cousin prepare for me?
Geng Hao said: I originally gave it to my aunt, but today is not my aunt’s birthday?After hearing this, Mu Zhen curled her mouth and said, forget it, you can give it to my grandmother later.Geng Hao handed the box up: The gift is too light, and the Marquis of Xiping will not accept it. Anyway, I have already come in, so I will give it to my cousin... I made it myself.
Mu Zhen opened the box and saw it, and praised: What a beautiful bracelet!Then he said, "It's better to give it to my grandmother. Since my cousin made it himself, that's a lot of thought."
The two of them said a while and walked towards the outer hall.
On the way, Mu Zhen suddenly called Geng Hao and said carefully: The man we met before was the one who saved me and injured. It turned out to be the King of Han!
Geng Hao nodded and said: I know.Didn’t someone call him in the Liyuan that day?
Mu Zhen pondered for a moment and said: The King of Han is here today, I know where he is sitting...
What does it mean, cousin?Geng Hao's face changed.
Mu Zhen hurriedly said: Don’t be anxious, please listen to me.My sister knew my cousin’s ambitions, and I was also very sad when I saw my cousin getting angry everywhere.It’s not just my cousin who is worried, I’m also thinking about a way out for me.
Geng Hao didn't say anything for the time being.
Mu Zhen continued: My sister has figured out the relationship.My cousin's family hid in Yunnan to avoid disaster. It was nothing more than my uncle Changxing Hou who offended Jin Shang; no one dared to pull the Geng family at the moment...but except the people from the current emperor's family!And there is only one person from the Supreme Master’s family right in front of him, and that is the King of Han!
Geng Hao widened his eyes and looked at Mu Zhen with an incredible look: What does cousin mean is that I want me to curry favor with the king of Han?
Mu Zhen said: It's not considered pleasing...but I think this is my cousin's only way out.And the opportunity is very good. We have met the King of Han three times, so it is considered a bit of friendship. Now my cousin defects to him is much easier than ordinary people.
Geng Hao took a deep breath and shook his head and said: Cousin, do you know who killed my grandfather?
Mu Zhen's face was pale and she couldn't speak.