Has Marquis Anping been beaten today?

Gu Xingzhi looked at the approaching figure in front of him, forgot even the movement of getting up, put one hand on the ground, and looked ahead dully.

Jiang Jingyun took advantage of this to inject spiritual power into the frost and snow again, and without hesitation attracted the thunder to hit Gu Xingzhi.

Gu Xingzhi, who had been struck by thunder, still didn't respond, his whole body seemed to be locked in his acupuncture points, only the blood that overflowed from the corner of his mouth flowed slowly.

At the same time, the furious Xie Heng stopped suddenly, and his eyes gradually became clear.

He turned his head to look at Emperor Tai'an, saw that he was wearing a tea-white gown, and looked elegant and refined, he couldn't help being stunned, then looked at Xie Fan at the side, frowned, and said, "What's going on?"

Emperor Tai'an smiled slightly, cupped his hands to Xie Heng and said, "It's disturbing the ancestors."

Xie Heng raised his eyebrows, as if thinking of something, a spell lit up with his fingertips, and he pointed in the direction of Gu Xingzhi, and then a gleam of understanding flashed in his eyes.

"Forget it." Xie Heng hesitated for a moment, scattered the Lingwu in his hand, and called back the man who was still fighting, "Go back."

Emperor Tai'an bowed deeply to the approaching men, and said, "Thank you, generals."

Xie Heng turned around and led a group of people back to Tianshu one after another.

On Gu Xingzhi's side, he finally recovered his sanity from the cage, stood up tremblingly with his knees on his hands, and stared at the delicate-featured woman standing opposite him, wearing a lavender double-breasted waist-length skirt, Even with a simple bun, she is still a woman who can't hide her charm.

"Ah...Ah Niang?" Gu Xingzhi called out this call almost tremblingly.

The person standing in front of him was Gu Ying, the mother who Gu Xingzhi had been looking for for more than 20 years.

Gu Ying also looked at Gu Xingzhi, her expression was indifferent, without much fluctuation, but a pair of beautiful almond eyes were slightly pink.

"Is this the realm of clarity?" Gu Xingzhi looked around in disbelief, his eyes were full of scars, but there was no difference.

"Are you really A Niang?" Gu Xingzhi took a step back vigilantly, a trace of ruthlessness flashed across his eyes, and his eyes fell on Jiang Jingyun from time to time.

"It's me." Gu Ying finally spoke, and took out a length of red string from her sleeve, with a vague outline woven on it, which looked somewhat similar to Gu Xingzhi upon closer inspection.

This is exactly what Gu Ying and Gu Xingzhi weaved together when they were young.

"Auntie! I miss you so much." Gu Xingzhi stepped forward excitedly, hugged Gu Ying, and sniffed her breath greedily, only to find that the familiar plum fragrance that belonged to his memory had long since disappeared, which made him I was in a trance for a while, feeling a little empty in my heart.

Gu Ying shook the bell on it lightly, twitched the corners of her mouth, and asked softly: "He'er, how have you been doing all these years? Your father..."

"Dead." Gu Ying was cut off by Gu Xingzhi before she could finish her sentence.

"Dead?" Gu Ying was stunned, "Why...how did he die? Is it sick or something?"

"Killed by me." Gu Xingzhi said calmly, "Also, Aunt, my name is no longer Shen Qinghe, I hate his name. My name is Gu Xingzhi, and I want to take your surname."

"You killed Shen Xiao?" Gu Ying didn't care about addressing Gu Xingzhi, but focused on Shen Xiao.

"Why did you kill him?!"

"Not only him, but also his wife and children were killed together. There were no bones left in the family of three, and the family property was divided up by the tribe." Gu Xingzhi said, "They didn't treat me well, and Shen Xiao was even more merciless to you, even disregarding the old feelings They sold you out, causing our mother and child to be separated for many years. What is the use of such a heartless and ungrateful person?"

Recalling his childhood again, Gu Xingzhi still couldn't let go.

In a small courtyard at the westernmost part of the Prime Minister’s Mansion, a boy about five years old was sitting by the well holding a wooden basin. He seemed to be unable to see the frost on the ground, and happily rubbed the heavy winter clothes in the wooden basin. His hands were red from the cold and he didn't complain at all. Instead, he washed more and more vigorously, even humming an unknown song.

"He'er." A gentle female voice came from far to near.

Gu Xingzhi immediately stood up, subconsciously holding the wooden basin and wanting to leave. In a hurry, he forgot the slippery ice surface under his feet. With a sound of oops, he fell directly into the water basin. His pretty face was frozen by the ice water Bright red.

"You child, why did you come here to play in the water again?" Gu Ying looked at Gu Xingzhi's situation at this moment, was frightened out of her wits, and hurried forward to pick him up, and wiped off the water stains on his face with a handkerchief , touched his wet clothes again, and sighed helplessly, "Forget it, let's go back to the house with mother and change clothes."

Gu Xingzhi let Gu Ying take him back to the house and changed into clean clothes, but before he could sit down safely for a while, he ran out again, sat down around the tub again, pulled a small part of his sleeve, wiped some saponins, Rub it carefully.

Gu Ying went to the kitchen to cook some ginger soup, but when she came back, she saw the busy figure by the well again, no matter how good her temper was, she couldn't help but turn cold, and said, "Why are you so disobedient? Run here again coming?"

"The eldest lady said that as long as I do the work by myself, I can go to her to exchange money." Gu Xingzhi looked up at Gu Ying, blinked his big eyes, and smiled, "I washed three clothes today. I heard that Daddy is going to rest today." Mu, play with my younger brother in Jinyuan. Aniang, will you accompany me to find the eldest lady to get money later? Take me to see daddy by the way, I haven't seen daddy for a long time."

"Father only plays with my younger brother, Mommy, can I stay longer when we go to Jinyuan, I also want to play with my younger brother." Gu Xingzhi's face was full of admiration.

The flame in Gu Ying's heart was completely extinguished because of Gu Xingzhi's words, her eyes dimmed slightly, she started slightly wrongly, and said in a low voice: "Mother has money here, so there is no need to go to the eldest lady."

"No, Auntie, I want to earn my own money to buy things for Auntie. Besides, didn't Auntie just teach me a new spell a few days ago? I can move anything quickly, so I can try it out." Gu Xingzhi shook his head stubbornly. Shaking his head, he repeatedly scrubbed and washed his clothes with his red fingers from the cold, using his newly learned spells from time to time, and said to himself.

"When I have saved enough money, I will buy rouge for Auntie. Auntie is as beautiful as a fairy, and she will be even more beautiful with some rouge. When Dad sees it in the future, he will definitely like Auntie even more."

Gu Ying stood on the spot, with an unknown expression flashing across her eyes, her hands in her sleeves tightened secretly, the silk handkerchief in her palm was scratched by sharp nails, and suddenly deformed.

Gu Xingzhi refused to ask Gu Ying to help. In three or nine days, he washed five thick winter clothes with his immature hands. : "Aniang, Aniang! Let's go to Jinyuan! Hurry up!"

Gu Xingzhi dragged and dragged Gu Ying out of the yard, and as soon as he went out, he turned around and ran back. It didn't take long before he ran back, but he had an extra silver butterfly hairpin in his hand.

The silver butterfly is lifelike, the butterfly wings are hollowed out, and a few exquisite coral beads are embedded on it, shining brightly in the sun.The butterfly wings stretched naturally, fluttering from time to time following the movements of the owner, as if it came alive instantly.

Gu Xingzhi stopped, leaned on his knees and panted heavily, two blushes were tucked on his fair cheeks, and a little more embarrassment appeared in his dark eyes.

"Aniang, I bought this for you when I left the house a few days ago." Gu Xingzhi rubbed his head in embarrassment, "Ah Fu and the others said it looks good, Ai Niang, try it with it. Let Dad see it." Look into my eyes, okay?"

Gu Ying looked at the hairpin in Gu Xingzhi's hand, then looked at Gu Xingzhi again, caught a glimpse of the expectation in his eyes that was deliberately concealed, her heart was filled with embarrassment, a soft sigh escaped from her lips, she bent down slightly, and lovingly touched Gu Xingzhi He smiled and said: "Then trouble He'er to put it on for mother."

"Yeah!" Gu Xingzhi was overjoyed, and carefully pinned the hairpin between Gu Ying's buns, his gaze stayed on the graceful bun for a moment, and when he withdrew his hand, it seemed that he accidentally caught a strand of her hair , "Mother, your hair is messed up, why don't we go back and comb it again?"

"No need." Gu Ying pinned the strand of hair that Gu Xingzhi accidentally pulled out behind her ears, her eyebrows and eyes slightly curved, and she naturally led him, "Let's go."

"Auntie." How could Gu Xingzhi be like this, his pretty face immediately wrinkled into a ball, and he said unwillingly, "Auntie's hair is messed up, let's comb it again, otherwise those maids will definitely be hurt if they see it. Ridiculous."

In fact, Gu Ying's hair bun is not as exaggerated as Gu Xingzhi said, the strand of hair that was pulled out was pinned behind the ear, if you don't look carefully, you can't see anything inappropriate at all.

Gu Ying naturally knew Gu Xingzhi's little thoughts, but she didn't want to follow his will, she just turned around, let go of his hand, and said calmly: "If you don't want to go, then don't go."

Hearing this, Gu Xingzhi couldn't think of anything else, so he could only hold Gu Ying's hand tightly, carrying his small thoughts of grievance until he arrived at Jinyuan.

Mrs. Shen is not good-looking, maybe she can't even be considered beautiful, at most she can only be considered dignified.

In Gu Xingzhi's eyes, Mrs. Shen is an ugly woman, not as good as a strand of his mother's hair.But Shen Xiao dotes on her, and even her son loves her even more.

Shen Xiao is a civil servant, with a gentle and refined face, he is a very handsome man.But Gu Xingzhi had never seen him smile at Gu Ying, or even at himself.

Throughout the year, Gu Xingzhi could only see Shen Xiao when he held family banquets during festivals, and spent the rest of the time in the small courtyard.Even if they met, they were still far away, and they couldn't speak a few words to Shen Xiao, and Shen Xiao's attitude was very cold, just a few usual polite words, alienated and indifferent.

Gu Xingzhi thought that Shen Xiao didn't like children, that they were noisy and disobedient.So he always told himself in his heart to be sensible, so that Shen Xiao would like him.

Until later when Mrs. Shen gave birth to a son-in-law, Shen Xiao couldn't stop smiling from ear to ear, and named him Shen Murong, and Mrs. Shen's surname was Rong.Shen Xiao even hugged Shen Murong for a long time every time he came back from the court.

Gu Xingzhi hid at the gate of Shen Xiao's courtyard several times and saw Shen Xiao happily playing with Shen Murong, seeing Shen Xiao's smiling face, his eyes turned red several times.

While he hated Shen Xiao in his heart, he also hoped that he could smile at him, and he also hoped that he would not have to hide and peek at the side like an outsider. He wanted to blend in with them, and blend into Shen Xiao's world with Gu Ying. in life.

Now Shen Murong is three years old, just the age when he loves to run and play, holding a shuttlecock in his hand, chasing behind Shen Xiao happily, while Mrs. Shen is on the swing under the tree, looking at the playful father and son with a smile .

As soon as Gu Xingzhi came in, he saw Shen Murong throwing himself into Shen Xiao's arms, the smile on his face suddenly faded, he subconsciously raised his head to look at Gu Ying, and whispered: "Aniang..."

"Go, the eldest lady is over there." Gu Ying seemed not to see Shen Xiao, she turned her gaze to the side of Mrs. Shen, and walked over with Gu Xingzhi.

When Mrs. Shen saw Gu Ying, she was a little surprised. She nodded slightly and asked, "Why are you here now? But what's the matter?"

Gu Ying remained silent and looked down at Gu Xingzhi.

Gu Xingzhi turned his head away, looked at Shen Murong who was leaning against Shen Xiao's arms acting coquettishly, listening to the deliberately suppressed smile in Shen Xiao's words, his eyes were sore, and he kept blinking, trying to relieve it.

"He'er." Gu Ying gently shook Gu Xingzhi's hand.

"Do you want to play with your younger brother?" Mrs. Shen followed Gu Xingzhi's gaze, she understood, and asked softly, "Then you."

"No!" Before Madam Shen finished speaking, Gu Xingzhi interrupted, turned his head to look at Madam Shen, bowed awkwardly, and said, "I want to exchange money with Madam. Clothes can be exchanged for money, I have washed five pieces, and I want to change them."

At the same time, Shen Murong on the side suddenly burst into laughter: "Daddy is bad, Daddy lied, so the shuttlecock was hidden by Daddy."

Shen Xiao also laughed and said: "Ah, Rong'er found it so quickly? Rong'er is so smart!"

The father and son love each other deeply, and the happy scene dealt a heavy blow to Gu Xingzhi's fragile heart.

"Wow──" Gu Xingzhi burst into tears before he finished speaking, the grievances and jealousy all day were intertwined, and his heart exploded.He hugged Gu Ying's waist, tears streaming down his face, "Aniang, let's go back, let's go back, no more, I don't want anymore. Aniang, let's go back, shall we?"

Mrs. Shen looked at Gu Xingzhi in confusion.

Gu Ying apologized to Mrs. Shen, and led Gu Xingzhi back.

After all, the movement here disturbed Shen Xiao. Shen Xiao turned his head away. After seeing Gu Ying, his expression froze slightly, his brows frowned slightly, and he had no intention of going forward.

Gu Ying did the same to Shen Xiao, her expression was not too turbulent, she just nodded slightly to Shen Xiao.

Shen Xiao looked at Gu Xingzhi who was out of breath from crying again, his eyes rolled a few times, and he immediately turned away again.

Shen Murong poked his head out of curiosity to look at Gu Xingzhi, and exclaimed in surprise: "Daddy, it's brother!"

Saying that, he took a step to walk in the direction of Gu Xingzhi.

Before Shen Murong could take three steps, Shen Xiao dragged her back.

"I want my brother!" Shen Murong began to cry, "I want my brother, I want my brother!"

Shen Xiao couldn't coax him well, so he could only take Shen Murong into the house, and the soft voice drifted into Gu Xingzhi's ears along the wind.

"Hey, no brother, no brother, only dad."

……

At this moment, Gu Xingzhi completely gave up his attachment to Shen Xiao, shed tears silently, and let Gu Ying take him away in a daze.

On the day she came back from Jin Garden, Gu Ying went out while Gu Xingzhi was asleep, and later heard that Shen Murong had been poisoned.

After Gu Xingzhi woke up, he heard the news that Gu Ying was going to be sold, he also forgot to put on his shoes, and hurried out in unlined clothes.

The yard was brightly lit, and as soon as she got out of the yard, she saw Gu Ying being tied up, and a group of people held thick sticks on her body, urging her impatiently.

Shen Xiao stood under the verandah with a cold face, his eyes were full of coldness.

"Mother!" Gu Xingzhi yelled hoarsely, his liver and gallbladder were broken, he stumbled forward, pushed aside the noisy crowd, hugged Gu Ying, and shouted at the people around him, "Who are you, why do you touch my mother?" ?!"

An old woman beside Mrs. Shen came over, grabbed Gu Xingzhi by the collar, lifted him away like a chicken, and said expressionlessly: "Ms. Gu poisoned and murdered his son-in-law. There are all evidences, even She also admitted it herself. The master didn't send her to the yamen, but just sold her, which is already a great gift. With such a vicious biological mother, it's better for the young master to act as if he didn't know about it."

"Come here, take the young master away."

"Don't touch my mother!" Gu Xingzhi ran forward again, but he was hugged by a burly servant. Seeing Gu Ying being taken away, Gu Xingzhi burst into tears, kicking his legs in the air, and couldn't stop Shout: "Aniang!"

Gu Xingzhi lowered his head and bit the boy's arm, and took advantage of the moment when the boy was in pain and fell to the ground, but the ground was too slippery, so he fell suddenly, staring at his eyes, and his forehead was cut open by a raised stone A gash, blood flowing.

But he didn't feel the pain at all, he got up immediately, strode to Shen Xiao, knelt down and kowtowed, begging: "Father, please, don't betray my mother, how could she poison my brother? She No, my aunt is the best person in the world, she won't harm my younger brother. Father, please, don't sell my mother, okay? I only have aunt. "

Shen Xiao turned a deaf ear to it, and urged the front in a cold voice: "What are you still dawdling about? Why don't you take this poisonous woman away?"

"Don't—" Gu Xingzhi's pupils shrank suddenly, he turned his head to look at Gu Ying who was gradually going away, and kowtowed his head again, his forehead was rotten, and he didn't stop, "Father, if you want to sell me, you can sell me too. Sell ​​me too, I'll go with A Niang, I don't want to be here anymore, let me go with her."

"Why?" Shen Xiao finally lowered his head and glanced at Gu Xingzhi, "You should be glad that your surname is Shen, and keeping you here is considered a good deed."

"Then I don't want it anymore!" Gu Xingzhi said, "I want to go with my mother!"

As he said that, Gu Xingzhi stood up suddenly, ran towards Gu Ying like crazy, and was caught by the boy before him after running a few steps.

This time, the boy became more careful, he covered Gu Xingzhi's mouth early, looked at Shen Xiao, and waited for instructions.

Shen Xiao said: "Throw him into the pond, let him wake up properly."

As a result, Gu Xingzhi suddenly lifted into the air, and fell into the pond without even seeing Gu Ying clearly for the last time. The cold lake water was like steel needles, piercing into his body densely, not even the gap between the bones. Can let go.

It is said that the past is like clouds, but after so many years, Gu Xingzhi still can't let go of it.He had admiration for Shen Xiao, but Shen Xiao wiped it out bit by bit.

Gu Xingzhi sneered and said, "Their family went back to their hometown to worship their ancestors. I showed kindness and saved them from traveling all the way."

"Aniang, you." Gu Xingzhi didn't want to continue this topic, and found an excuse to continue talking, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Gu Ying cried.

The author has something to say:

Gu Xingzhi: Don't ask why, I don't like the name Shen Qinghe.

Gu Ying: Don't ask me why I'm crying, anyway, it can't be what you think.

Gouzi: Sorry, I didn't want to ask.