Help! I just woke up and was stabbed by a big kid

Didn’t you say that you wanted to have a good talk with Su Yingjian?

Gu Xu coughed softly.

Fortunately, Su Yingjian was really willing to repair the relationship, and he endured Gu Yue's words again and again, saying: "What happened in the woods before was our Su family's fault, but that was not my order! When I was near Luoyang, I sent a message back, asking them not to act rashly, and the result was..."

"So what?" Gu Yue knew that he must not appear too proactive or eager during a negotiation, otherwise he would be taken advantage of.

"I can tell you everything I know, but on the condition that you don't blame me for the assassination," said Su Yingjian.

It was a very compromising condition. Gu Yue was worried: "Anything else?"

"Don't be prejudiced against us... at least, the third branch of our Su family." Su Yingjian said.

He thought to himself that he was sorry to his uncle and second uncle, because it was your fault for not listening to others and acting rashly.

Gu Yue looked at Gu Xu inquiringly.

Gu Xu hummed.

"Okay, let's go into the village and find a place to have a good chat." Gu Yue said.

Under the watchful gaze of the village chief, Su Yingjian and Luo Dao were finally able to enter the village.

There is nothing in the village that cannot be seen by outsiders.

The old man helped find an empty house for them to stay in. It was getting late, and they would have to leave tomorrow. This courtyard had two side rooms on the left and right, as well as a side house, so it was quite suitable for living.

Gu Yue brought two candle lamps into the room, and then lit the candles in the room, and the main hall immediately became bright. After sweeping the dust off the wooden chair so that Gu Xu could sit, Gu Yue was about to leave.

"You guys chat, I'll..."

"You stay too." Gu Xu said.

Gu Yue was a little surprised. What did it mean?

You've concealed so many things from him before, but now you're willing to let him hear those secrets that might be mentioned?

"Isn't it inappropriate for me to listen to your family's affairs?" Gu Yue said.

Gu Xu didn't waste any more words with him. He took a firm attitude, grabbed Gu Yue's arm and forced him to stay in the house.

Gu Yue looked at Su Yingjian again. The man looked unhappy, but did not say anything in rebuttal.

Is this... trusting me?

Gu Yue tried hard to control his silly smile.

"Dad, you can start asking." Gu Xu said.

"Me? Me?" Gu Yue pointed at himself.

Su Yingjian was too lazy to hesitate and asked directly, "You really didn't collude with King Yin?"

"What evidence do you have to accuse me of colluding with King Yin? You are throwing mud at me without any basis." Gu Yue retorted.

"King Yin said in person that you have some friendship with him, and he also advised my uncle not to take sides rashly. I think this can be regarded as a signal." Su Yingjian said.

"He's just talking nonsense." Gu Yue was no longer so angry when he heard this for the second time. "I heard about this from Xiao Xu, and I also found it very strange... He and I have no connection at all."

"Yes, we met King Yin on the official road that day." Gu Xu said.

"I have exchanged less than ten sentences with him, and he was full of sarcasm. He wouldn't think I was going to surrender to him, right?" Gu Yue held his head in his hands. "Could it be that he took me seriously when I asked him to introduce me to a wife? He thought that I would be completely devoted to him by using some pretty girl? This is too absurd..."

From Su Yingjian's perspective, it was a different story.

The family sent a message saying that Gu Xu was stupid and dependent on Gu Dashi, so he was so anxious and nervous, wanting to get close to Gu Xu and take some initiative. But after a few days of contact, he found that Gu Xu was not stupid, but rather quite shrewd and had his own people, so it was unlikely that he would be manipulated by Gu Dashi.

So he is not so anxious anymore.

The letter sent back home said the same thing, but why did Su Muyu still send someone to assassinate Gu Dashi?

It was unlikely that Gu Dashi was lying. This man had clear eyes and seemed to be wholeheartedly good to Gu Xu, and his actions did not seem calculated.

The three of them were silent for a while.

"I'll go back and check the people and things around me, and eliminate any hidden dangers immediately." Gu Yue had no clue, so he could only make this decision.

He then said, "Master Su, you should know the identity of Xiao Xu's parents. What happened back then?"

Su Yingjian said: "Since Gu Xu has told you everything, I have nothing to hide."

He recounted what happened that year.

Mr. Su and his wife have three sons and one daughter. The three sons are Su Muying from the first wife, Su Muyu from the second wife, and Su Muhua from the third wife. Now the eldest and second sons are both first-rank officials. The daughter is the child of Mr. Su and his wife in their old age, the apple of their eye when they were nearly 40 years old, and her name is Su Huaiyue.

Su Yingjian is the only son of Su Muhua, the third wife, and has never met Su Huaiyue.

All we know is that Su Huaiyue waited until she was 18 to get married, and she married Gu Shen, the prince of Shen Wang, whom she had a fleeting glimpse of when she was young. When Gu Shen was ten years old, he went to the fiefdom of Jiangnan with the old Shen Wang. Somehow, the two of them rekindled their relationship eleven years later and were determined to get married regardless of the situation.

Old Master Su doted on his daughter, but he also had some understanding of the current situation, so he asked the emperor for this grace on the grounds of resigning from office to retire. The late emperor was naturally unwilling, but the old Prince Shen also dragged his sick body to the capital and asked for a marriage. The two pressed each other, and the late emperor had to agree.

After all, the old King Shen and the Su family have a debt of gratitude to each other. He couldn't bear to watch one resign to avoid suspicion and the other dying without letting the other know.

Gu Yue asked: "Why do they insist on this arranged marriage? Can't they just hold the wedding themselves?"

Su Yingjian said, "At that time, the Emperor was already wary of the Su family and Prince Shen. If they got married without a word, wouldn't the old Emperor be scared to death?"

Also.

Not only are the two powerful and influential families not in conflict, but they are also tied together by marriage, which is like there is a thorn under the throne.

"I also heard that the late emperor originally intended to marry my third aunt to the emperor as his consort, but the age difference between the two was quite large, and he really couldn't bring himself to do so, so..."

"Ah? How old is the emperor?" Gu Yue was surprised.

"The emperor ascended the throne six years ago. He was already forty years old then," Su Yingjian replied.

It seems that the difference is a bit too great. If the marriage is granted, Old Man Su will be forced to rebel even if he doesn't want to.

Su Yingjian continued.

The wedding of the prince and Su Huaiyue was grand, and they were welcomed all the way to Yunxi fiefdom. However, the old King Shen died soon after more than a year, and Gu Shen became the new King Shen.

Soon after the old King Shen passed away, it was heard that the King Shen and his wife had a son. However, Mr. Su was very old and had never seen this only grandson.

"The only grandson? Doesn't the old man's concubine have a daughter?" Gu Yue asked.

"No, I do have many uncles," said Su Yingjian.

No wonder he loves her so much, it's really the heroine configuration. The story of these two people can write a book.

Almost seven years after the birth of the child, news of the rebellion of Prince Shen suddenly spread in Jiangnan. It was said that first the silver for disaster relief was embezzled, and then gold and iron mines were dug up in Yunxi but not reported. The current emperor, who had ascended the throne at the time, sent people to investigate and seemed to have found evidence of Prince Shen's rebellion.