The return of the son-in-law

Guo Zhan'an walked up to Guo Feng'an, bent slightly, looked directly at the latter, and asked, "Second brother, did you fall into the water in the middle of the night, or did you fall into the water early in the morning?"

"Naturally, it's very early in the morning," Guo Feng'an stammered, "I just got up too early and didn't wake up, so I accidentally fell into the water."

Guo Zhan'an turned to look at Liu Pianpian: "What does the wife think?"

Liu Pianpian had to defend her son no matter what she said at the moment, and said, "An'er is young, how could she lie? It fell into the water during the day."

Guo Zhanan got up and stood up straight, and said to Guo Xiantong: "Father, people in my yard said that the second brother fell into the water in my yard in the middle of the night, why don't we ask the concierge and the doctor to come together and ask, how about it?"

Seeing his resolute appearance, Guo Xiantong already believed him.He wanted to save some face for Liu Pianpian, but he remembered what he said in the study before, thinking that even if Liu Pianpian and Guo Feng'an lied, it's not a big deal, if it's a big deal, he would just scold him a few words, and he gritted his teeth and agreed.

It's just that he has never been introspective, and now he just blames Guo Zhan'an in his heart, blaming him for being too serious. He has already turned the page, but he insists on finding out about this matter.

Guo Zhan'an got Guo Xiantong's consent, and said: "Then I have to trouble my father to send someone to call the porter, and then go to the medical hall to invite the doctor who came to the house that night."

Guo Xiantong knew that he was doing this to avoid suspicion, and he was unambiguous, so he directly sent two people in his yard to run errands.

With the testimony of the porter and the doctor, the truth of Guo Feng'an falling into the water in Guo Zhan'an's yard in the middle of the night was laid before Guo Xiantong.

Liu Pianpian knew that it was futile to defend herself at this moment, so she decided to ruthlessly point at Guo Feng'an and scolded him: "Tell me about you, what are you doing in your elder brother's yard in the middle of the night? Ah! I know you usually I admire your elder brother, but your elder brother is not close to you, but you can't do such a thing!"

Hearing what Liu Pianpian said, on the surface he was scolding Guo Feng'an, but in fact he was accusing Guo Zhan'an of not being friendly to his younger brother.

Guo Zhan'an naturally wouldn't just sit and let Liu Pianpian pour dirty water on himself, he wasn't annoyed, just looked at Guo Feng'an with a smile, and asked him, "Second Brother, what are you doing in my yard in the middle of the night?"

Guo Feng'an rolled his eyes and said, "I, I just want to meet Big Brother."

"Oh? Then what are you doing seeing me in the middle of the night?"

"I, I, I," Guo Feng'an couldn't answer, he hesitated for a long time before he managed to come up with a reasonable reason, "I had a few questions when I was studying, my eldest brother is Tanhualang, I I just wanted to ask my brother."

"Please teach me, won't you?" Guo Zhan'an asked again.

Guo Feng'an thought that Guo Zhan'an believed it, so he nodded quickly: "That's right, I just ask the teacher!"

"Nonsense!" Guo Zhan'an suddenly protested, "I came to ask the teacher at night, and I didn't go through the main entrance, but I insisted on climbing over the wall. Where did I learn it! I went to the Zhuangzi in the suburbs that day, and I personally dealt with this matter. Father said, you were there at that time, how could you not know that I was not in the yard that night!"

Guo Feng'an's face was pale and pale, but he opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

Guo Zhan'an took advantage of the situation and said, "Could it be that you wanted to come into my yard in the middle of the night and do something while I was away?"

Although Guo Feng'an was young, he knew that this matter must not be admitted, so he shook his head repeatedly.

Guo Zhan'an continued to ask: "Then tell me, what do you want to do when you enter my yard in the middle of the night when I'm not around?"

"Young master, enough is enough!" Liu Pianpian said loudly suddenly, hugged Guo Feng'an in her arms, and stared at Guo Zhan'an viciously, "Are you trying to force our mother and son to death!"

She finally understood that Guo Zhanan's "Madam" was clearly mocking her!

Taunting her for not giving up, mocking her for being shameless, mocking her for making the same mistakes again and again for the title of "wife", stealing chickens and losing money, not embarrassing Guo Zhanan, but hurting her own son!

How could Guo Zhan'an let it go so easily, and said: "Ma'am, what you said is clearly that you want to force me to death! The second brother climbed over the wall and entered my yard in the middle of the night. Wouldn't it make everyone laugh at me for even a yard? If you can't control it, how can you control the huge Xuzhou?"

"I will naturally let the people in the mansion shut up and not tell this matter."

"Don't tell? On the way back to the mansion, I heard that Guo's mansion is going to kick out my brother-in-law! Ma'am, is this what you said not to tell? Oh, I see, my wife is married to the Liu family," Guo Zhanan looked suddenly enlightened, but what he said was like a blunt knife, slowly cutting Liu Pianpian's heart, "Two years ago, Liu Yuanheng sent people to ambush me in the mountains, trying to kill me. If Huo Pianpian hadn't Yu Zai, he held back those killers for me, and in the end he gave up his life to block the sword for me. I couldn't survive King Liang's rescue. That's right, isn't Madam going to drive Huo Yu out this time? Don't you want to vent your anger for Liu Yuanheng and punish this brat who ruined his plan?"

Liu Pianpian really panicked this time. Although she hated Guo Zhanan very much in her heart, she originally thought that the matter of driving Huo Yu out was a certainty. It was publicized, but she never thought of venting her anger for Liu Yuanheng.

Not to mention that her father is only Liu Yuanheng's concubine, he would not be able to get into Liu Yuanheng's eyes at all on weekdays, and she herself is thanks to the fact that Liu's family has only two daughters, her and Concubine Liu in the palace, Liu Yuanheng's deceased wife He brought her up by his side, so he was close to Liu Yuanheng since he was a child; even if she was really the granddaughter of Liu Yuanheng's direct relatives, she wouldn't have the guts to meddle in these political affairs!

After these repeated blows, the Liu family's vitality was severely damaged. Even if Concubine Liu in the palace regained the favor of the emperor, Liu Wenhua was still a fifth-rank official in the court, but it was not as good as when Concubine Hua was in the harem and Liu Yuanheng had all the power in the court. day is over.

And all of this was caused by Guo Zhanan himself.

Now Guo Zhan'an is talking to himself, and he has misinterpreted Guo Feng'an's behavior as venting his anger for Liu Yuanheng.If she couldn't come up with a reasonable reason, I'm afraid Guo Zhan'an would not let their mother and son go so easily.To make matters worse, the Liu family might also be affected.

Liu Pianpian hardly dared to think about what kind of scene it would be.

Here Liu Pianpian was startled and frightened, while Guo Zhanan ignored her, and looked at Guo Fengan who was in Liu Pianpian's arms: "Second brother, what are you going to do in my yard?"

Guo Feng'an is young, how can he resist Guo Zhan'an's majesty?He immediately burst into tears: "I, I just want to go in and steal some potatoes to eat."

Guo Zhan'an asked again: "Really? Don't lie to me. Our mansion is not so poor that we can't even afford potatoes, right? The second young master of Guo's mansion, who is so good, is thinking about the potatoes in my yard?"

Guo Feng'an didn't understand the meaning of Guo Zhan'an's words, so he nodded desperately and said, "I just wanted to ask my elder brother for some potatoes, but my elder brother is not here, and those people in my elder brother's yard won't give me any. I just wanted to sneak in, anyway potatoes There are so many, I can’t see it even if I take a little away.”

Liu Pianpian seemed to grab a life-saving straw, and said eagerly: "Yes, An'er wants to eat potatoes, but in this winter, how can you buy them if you have money? Other people's houses are full of potatoes. There is production, but our family’s Zhuangzi belongs to you, young master, if you don’t give us to eat, where can we get potatoes to eat?”

Guo Zhanan sneered: "My wife is really good at talking. It wasn't that you looked down on the output of my Zhuangzi at the beginning, saying that none of those Zhuangzi had good output, and you asked me to hand over these Zhuangzi to you and let you replace them. I will take care of it for two years, and reorganize it from top to bottom, and wait for the output on Zhuangzi to improve, and then return it to me?"

These are what Liu Pianpian said that day in order to defraud Zhuangzi's land deed from Guo Zhan'an. In fact, she has long been envious of these Zhuangzi, and she can't be too obvious, so she can only suppress them.Now Guo Zhan'an used what she said that day to block her again, and Liu Pianpian's mouthful of blood was stuck in her throat, she couldn't vomit or swallow.

"Besides, even if you really want to eat, why don't you wait for me to come back? It's just waiting for one more night, don't you even have such a little patience?" Guo Zhan'an looked at Guo Feng'an again, "The most important thing in reading is to guard against arrogance and impetuosity. , Second brother, you have also studied for several years, why are you still so impatient?"

Guo Feng'an was terrified, just crying, unable to say anything.

Guo Xiantong looked at Guo Feng'an who was still crying, and felt unhappy: "Why are you crying! You dare to climb over the wall in the middle of the night just to order food. Is this what you have learned after studying for a few years!"

Guo Zhan'an added fuel to the flames: "Being a gentleman on Liang for the sake of appetite, father, second brother can no longer let him do what he wants."

Liu Pianpian looked at Guo Zhanan warily: "What do you want to do?"

"I remember that my second brother's husband needs to be replaced every few months. At first, I thought that those gentlemen were too pedantic, and my second brother couldn't get used to it. Now that I think about it, I'm afraid that my wife dotes on my second brother too much, and I don't want him to suffer."

Liu Pianpian hugged her son tightly, and looked at Guo Zhan'an with red eyes: "You don't want to be bloody! I understand, you clearly want to kill your second brother! If this is the case, this Guo Mansion is yours." Already!"

"My wife's words are wrong." Guo Zhan'an said indifferently, "You dote on the second brother so much that you really ruined him. In my opinion, how about sending the second brother to Tianyi Academy?"

"Tianyi Academy?" Guo Xiantong came from an ordinary family and had never been to Tianyi Academy.But he also knew that Tianyi Academy produced a lot of talents. When Emperor Wen was in power, the officials from Tianyi Academy accounted for half of the court, which was more than the number of officials from Jiangnan School.Guo Feng'an went there to study, and the people he made friends with might be the six ministers, or even the prime minister, three to forty years later!

Moreover, Tianyi Academy is located on the outskirts of the capital, if Guo Feng'an is sent there, the risk of traveling far away can be avoided.

As a result, Guo Xiantong couldn't help but be moved.

"Your elder brother is right. Your mother pampered you too much in the mansion. When the first month comes out, I will send you to Tianyi Academy in the suburbs to study. You come back once a month, and you can stay in the academy to study at other times." .”

Of course Guo Feng'an was not happy. He just wanted to open his mouth to cry, but Liu Pianpian blocked his mouth with one hand.

"What the master said is that I dote on the child too much, so I should send him to study in Tianyi Academy."

Guo Zhan'an has not forgotten the purpose of coming this time: "Since it was Huo Yu who saved you, why did you lie? It also caused my wife to mistakenly think that Huo Yu ran into you. If I hadn't come back just in time, Huo Yu would I'm afraid I'm going to be kicked out."

Guo Feng'an blushed when he was told, he naturally knew that what he did was disgusting, but in his heart, the fear of being scolded by his father surpassed everything else, so he cooperated with Liu Pianpian in lying.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Guo Zhan'an couldn't help frowning: "I'm asking you something."

"Cough, that's fine." Guo Xiantong's face was also hot, but his son made a mistake, and he, as an old man, always wanted to come forward, "This time we blamed Huo Yu, An'er will go to apologize to Huo Yu tomorrow. Don't look at me, clean up the warehouse today and find two treasures to send over."

Liu Pianpian looked at Guo Xiantong in disbelief: "Master, this, this treasure..."

"The son is here to thank Mrs. and Mrs. for Huo Yu." Guo Zhanan interrupted Liu Pianpian and looked at Liu Pianpian with a half-smile, "Ma'am, Huo Yu prefers jade and swords. It is a pity that the treasured sword can only accumulate dust in the warehouse. One of the treasures is that treasured sword. As for For the remaining one, Huo Yu is in poor health. It would be nice for the wife to choose a good nuanyu. Poor Huo Yu suffers from this injustice, I also need to prepare some more to make amends, lest he always think that the second brother is a person who is full of lies .”

Liu Pianpian was so angry that her face was almost distorted, but Guo Xiantong was still there, and she couldn't refute, so she could only smile and say: "Young Master, don't worry, don't worry, I will naturally choose."

After this rectification, Guo Zhan'an was in a good mood, and he didn't look at Guo Feng'an, who was crying with tears and nose, and after saluting Guo Xiantong, he left leisurely.