Accompany the prince to study

What happened in the prison that day, apart from Gu Qiao who knew the future through the script, only Gu Bao, one of the parties involved, knew best.But after he walked through the gate of hell, his throat was completely choked, and he became a mute. The whole person also quickly became negative in the face of the huge trauma, and kept silent about the past.

He only expressed the only two thoughts to the person Gu Qiao sent in the name of the prince—he would change his name and leave Beijing, and he wanted to see Gu Youyin die before leaving.

He no longer referred to Gu Youyin as his father, because at the moment Gu Youyin was about to strangle him to death, Gu Youyin did not regard him as his son.

It's not without warning that the Gu family and his son will have today. Many things are going on quietly and gradually, but they don't realize that this is part of the change at the moment.

The initial trigger was Emperor Wu's decree to send Gu Bao's family to the Imperial Prison and imprison them.

In fact, until he saw the wooden fence in the prison, Gu Bao still didn't understand what happened.He only vaguely learned part of the story from his mother that night—his father and mother actually wanted a civet cat in exchange for the crown prince, and completely replaced his cousin Gu Qiao with a fake prince who was easy to control. .

They didn't expect that the first time they did this, they were deceiving the prince, and they were discovered, which aroused the anger of Emperor Wu and the family was imprisoned.

Gu Bao was stunned on the spot, his expression as if he had been struck by lightning, probably because he didn't expect his parents to do such a stupid thing, they simply destroyed the Great Wall: "Isn't it enough for you to control Gu Qiao?"

People are not enough to swallow elephants.

His mother looked at him in disbelief, her mouth was wide open, as if she could swallow a snake, her eyes dodged, she was ashamed to see people, and she stammered: "You, you know?"

Gu Bao smiled wryly, how could he not know?It's just turning a blind eye and pretending to be deaf and dumb.

Now he can only ask: "That's all, nothing else?"

"Of course, of course, that's all." His mother cried bitterly. Although she had some "bold ideas", she was just an ignorant peasant woman trapped in a deep house. "What else can we do to Gu Qiao? That Wednesday The young master didn't say a word of truth, if he said directly that the crown prince wants to see him, how dare we respond indiscriminately? This is deceiving the prince!"

Gu Youyin still felt that he was not wrong, and he was plausible and confident: "Gu Qiao, that thing who doesn't know how to be grateful, I am his second uncle, how could he treat me like this?! Don't let me go out, I will let that little bastard Dan regrets living in this world!"

Until this time, the three members of the Gu family still didn't have a correct understanding of their situation. They felt that everything could be reversed, as long as they could get out.

They have old ladies, big girls, and the soft-hearted Gu Qiao.

However, they were never released. They just "bought off" a black iron guard guarding the prison, and they could hear some outside news sporadically, and each one was worse than the other.

First, for some unknown reason, the old lady turned from a near stroke to a real stroke, squinting and unable to speak.

Then the eldest girl Gu Qiwu and others were all driven out of the Duke's Mansion by the suddenly mad Gu Qiao, and now they are temporarily staying in the inn, seeing that they are almost out of money to stay in the inn.

Finally, there is Gu Qiao, who has changed a lot, and is different from what everyone thinks.

At this time, they were full of resentment towards Gu Qiao, resenting how he could treat blood relatives like this, hating how he could be so ruthless, shouldn't he close the door and solve it by himself, and not expose the family ugliness?How could they just be allowed to rot in the Imperial Prison and be seen as a joke by the whole world.

As the number of days in detention continued to increase and they were tortured every day, but there was no hope of getting out, the three of the Gu family finally couldn't sit still, and their resentment turned into fear.

The second wife of Gu started to have nightmares every night, Gu Youyin's eyes became more and more gloomy, and Gu Bao could no longer comfort himself with "we will be fine".

It turns out that deceiving the prince is such a serious matter.

Then, they got two new pieces of news - Gu Qiao was poisoned and seemed to be dying, and the crown prince was about to start choosing a concubine.

Gu Youyin laughed heartily at the first moment: "The bastard is the bastard, my chance is back!"

Looking back afterwards, Gu Bao felt that he should have noticed this sentence at the time, his father's subject was "I", not "we".In other words, from the moment he heard the news, Gu Youyin had already had an idea, and quickly drew a clear path.

Compared with Gu Youyin, Mrs. Gu was completely flustered, because she knew what her husband had done, and she had tried her best to oppose it but failed. Now she has a guilty conscience: "Let me just say, don't poison, don't poison How can Gu Qiao die at this time? It's over, it's over, will it be discovered that it's us..."

Gu Youyin rushed up, covered the mouth of Second Madam Gu fiercely, and there was no more affection in her eyes: "You lunatic, what are you talking about? Nothing! I didn't do anything!"

Gu Bao watched from the beginning to the end, the whole person could not speak, because all this was too beyond his range of cognition.Although he acquiesced to his parents to imprison his cousin because of some shady thoughts, he never thought of killing people, they were their blood relatives!

He looked at his parents, but felt that they were so strange.How could anyone attack their own relatives, what kind of person would have such vicious thoughts?animal?

The more Gu Bao thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became, until his stomach felt sour and he vomited it out.

"Bao'er, Bao'er, what's the matter with you?" Seeing that Gu Bao's condition was not right, Mrs. Gu got some strength, she broke free from her husband's iron-like hands, and walked towards her son with concern.

But when she took a step closer, Gu Bao took a step back, not wanting to be associated with them at all.

Gu Youyin immediately became angry, or he was looking for excuses: "What are you hiding? You think we are disgusting? How noble are you? You unfilial thing, we did this because of you?"

Gu Bao huddled in the corner of the wall in a daze, he didn't want to hear anything, he didn't want to think about anything.Because of this, after one night, he didn't have time to notice the changes in his parents who had shrunk to the other corner. He also didn't have time to see his mother's tears bursting out of the embankment and shaking her head, while his father's viciousness was revealed.

Then, the hellish nightmare began.

——His parents wanted to strangle him!

No, it was Gu Youyin who wanted to strangle him to death. His mother helped hold his hands and feet while crying: "No, don't do this, don't hate me, Bao'er, mother doesn't want to either."

She was very conflicted, saying that she did not want to kill her son, but at the same time said that she had to do it due to her husband's pressure.

But Gu Youyin didn't even touch her, even if she was really suppressed, she still had the strength to break free, but now she didn't do anything, or she had been used to forbearance to her husband for so many years.

Gu Bao kept struggling, but in the end his two fists were no match for his four hands. Amid the dizzying chaos, his parents had already turned into man-eating beasts in Zhiyi.

Fortunately, at the last moment, his mother regretted it again, or she was crazy and drove herself crazy in the struggle. One side was the son, the other was the daughter's future and the prosperity and wealth of the whole family. Think like that.Of course, it is also possible that she realized in the end that if this continues, she will not be let off by her husband, and she will become the scapegoat who was divorced.

She finally began to resist, and the couple wrestled and tore together, screaming and cursing became the lingering background sound of the night.

When the husband and wife fought each other, Gu Bao's whole body was already limp, no matter how difficult it was to open his eyes.He was probably going to die, and although he was not reconciled, he also felt that dying like this might be the best ending.

Scenes of the past began to pass quickly before Gu Bao's eyes. Looking back, he really did a lot of things wrong.

Gu Bao is the first son of Gu Youyin and Mrs. Gu Er, and also their first child.When he was born, they were still nesting in the countryside of Guannei with Mrs. Gu, living a hard life of digging food in the fields. It is said that they were not locals, but originally came here as refugees.

Gu Bao didn't even know that his father had another elder brother until his uncle who became Duke Xian sent someone to find them.It is said that the boss of the Gu family was arrested and sent to serve in the military. Unfortunately, there was a war and everyone thought he was dead.Because they didn't want to mention this sad incident, Gu Youyin and Mrs. Gu left their hometown and never mentioned it again.

But at that time, the little Gu Bao had faintly sensed that his grandma and father were lying, and he always felt that there was nothing to explain.

It was only after he grew up that Gu Bao realized that his grandma and his father thought that his uncle had committed a crime while serving in the military, so they ran away from their hometown in a hurry in order to clear up the relationship, and even asked carefully what was going on. None, for fear of being implicated.After many years, it was discovered that it was a misunderstanding. Not only did the uncle not commit any crime, but he was also awarded the title of Founding Duke for his military exploits. They immediately changed their faces.

Gu Bao found out, but he didn't tell anyone. He couldn't explain what was going through his mind at that moment. He only knew that he could go to the capital, become the nephew of the Duke of the State, and live a life envied by the whole village. life.

When he first came to the capital, everything was new and excellent. Gu Bao felt that there was no one more powerful than his uncle in this world. He was very grateful to his uncle's family for a while.

But man is such a greedy animal.

With the birth of his uncle's son and his mother's younger sister, Gu Bao was no longer the only child in the family, and his already uncomfortable heart was distorted by his parents' complaints.

Why?They are all sons of his grandma. His uncle is a high-ranking official and lives in a mansion. He spoils the son of a lone star like a little idiot, but people in the whole capital will praise "Gu Shizi is wise and smart early, like a pearl in the world!" side".But their family has to depend on others, and suffers from the ridicule of "country bumpkins" from others.

His uncle was not good to their family at all. If he was really good, why didn't he find an official for his father?Why don't others think that Gu Bao is a child prodigy?

Of course, Gu Bao didn't dare to express his dissatisfaction with his uncle, he was afraid of his uncle, he was afraid of that sturdy man who seemed to be carrying the wind when he walked, sat and lay down, like a knife without a sheath.He could only vent all his resentment on his little cousin, the uncle's only child, Gu Qiao.

He is a young man who lives in a luxury that never tires of eating, eating, and detailing. He is admired by all the stars and stands aloof.

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Influenced by his mother who was born in the general's mansion, he would never play with their children from poor relatives who were brought back from the countryside.He would only wear the most beautiful clothes, eat the most exquisite snacks, and say a simple sentence to his classmates who are also from honorable backgrounds: "Those are my second uncle's children."

As if they were so insignificant.

Gu Bao couldn't bear such humiliation, nor could he bear such cold treatment. From envy to jealousy to resentment, he almost knew everything by himself.He has been studying hard, trying to surpass his cousin, but he can only live under the brilliance of the child prodigy.

He will never forget that when he finally got the first place in the school, his cousin easily attracted everyone's attention with a soft sentence, "I followed Auntie into the palace today and met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince". Shattered his only pride.It was also on that day that he realized that no matter how hard he tried, he could not cross the class, the invisible and seemingly tangible barrier between him and his cousin.

He could only listen helplessly to every time A Niang took the younger sisters to offer incense, she prayed to the gods and Buddhas in the sky with vicious words, so that Dafang would be in bad luck, and then he would see how they would maintain their proud and showy faces.

Class is that you think you are just chatting with your sister-in-law and expressing goodwill, but she thinks you are showing off on purpose, and you will die badly.

Suddenly one day, his mother's prayer was really granted, and Gu Bao's life turned around, ushering in an unimaginable and even earth-shaking change.

The invincible uncle and aunt died, what happened to them and how they died, no one dared to tell the truth, they only presumed that it was an accident and it was Gu Qiaoke's fault.But the turmoil in the Duke's Mansion during that time could not be explained by a simple accident.What used to be a blazing fire cooking oil and blooming flowers turned into deserted and desolate overnight, and not many dignitaries and courtiers attended the uncle's funeral.

This was completely different from the grand burial that Gu Bao had imagined, and it was not easy for him to be sure of his uncle's death—his uncle was not posthumously named after his death.

Based on the uncle's past military achievements and status in the court, he was not posthumously named, which means that something very terrible must have happened, which caused the uncle to lose his favor overnight, and even implicated their Duke's mansion. .

Yes, theirs.

After the uncle and his wife passed away, Gu Bao learned the good news from his parents that they were about to become the new masters of the Duke's Mansion. From then on, this was their home, and he no longer had to look at anyone's face, and no longer had to humbly try to curry favor.

That was the first time that Gu Bao realized so clearly that his cousin was no different from him, and he could easily replace him as No.1 in the mansion.

It's a pity that the reality has given their family a slap in the face. They will never be able to replace their uncle, and they will never be able to inherit this beautiful mansion. His cousin is always the only legal heir to the title.

Then, his parents thought of "boil the eagle", and wanted to tame and raise Gu Qiao, so that they could be used for themselves.

Unlike his parents, Gu Bao knew very well that what their family did was shameful, even despicable.

It's just that at that time, he wanted too much to be the young master who was looked up to by everyone.

Although without the uncle, the days of the Duke's Mansion have plummeted, but at least they are still majestic and unfathomable in the eyes of the lower class.They are obsessed with the feeling of being held carefully by small people.

Gu Bao was transferred to a better college, and when he reached his age, he moved to concentrate on his studies, and he could only return home once in ten days and a half months.I don't know since when, the cousin he used to only look up to has quietly disappeared, and he can only occasionally hear a few ears about the current situation from the mouth of his concubine Gu Zhen'er.

Like Gu Bao, Gu Zhen'er and the others were full of jealousy towards the young Gu Qiao, and there was always a feeling of wishing to trample her into the mud.

It's just that Gu Bao, who grew up and studied, would even feel a little sorry for Gu Qiao whose wings were broken, but Gu Zhen'er only took pleasure in it.

Of course, Gu Bao said that he was pitiful and sympathetic, but he also had a sense of superiority, and he didn't intend to do anything. He felt that if he didn't make trouble, it was already the greatest kindness to Gu Qiao.This world is ruled by the weak and the strong, everyone's life can only be tasted by themselves, just like he looked up to Gu Qiao back then, just like Gu Qiao is nothing now.

***

Gu Bao thought of Gu Qiao again, from his birth, to the time when he smiled at him, and then to the hand he threw away when he tried to pull him.Memories are deceptive and self-interested. The disdain he always thought came from his cousin may just be because they excluded him from the beginning.

Every time he saw him rushing past the mansion with his younger siblings, the young Gu Qiao always took a few extra glances.

There is also the care of the uncle for their family. Without the uncle, the family would still be nestled in the mountains facing the loess and facing the sky.But what did they do to the uncle's only remaining child?Abuse him, imprison him, even... want to kill him.

Of course, it was useless to think about it, because he was going to die too.

This should be regarded as paying for Gu Qiao's life, it's really good.

It's a pity that the sky didn't go his way, and he woke up again. In an empty room, his throat felt like it had been sandpapered, and it hurt hotly. The feeling of suffocation.He wanted to ask for water, but found that he couldn't make any sound.

The person who took care of him was very indifferent, with an attitude that he could do anything as long as he didn't die, and introduced the situation to him in a business-like voice with no ups and downs.

Then ask him about his plans.

What is his plan?Father is not father, mother is not mother, the bent spine can no longer straighten up.

He thought about it all night, and then wrote down word by word on the note - Gu Bao died, and Gu Youyin had to pay with his life.

A part of him had literally died that absurd night.

He said that everything he has now is just what he deserves, and he has nothing more to ask for.This is fate's retribution for his jealousy, retribution for his inaction, and retribution for his retribution for virtue.He really felt that he deserved it, also because he wanted to live.

Born to be cheap, but still want to continue.

And the answer he gave really satisfied the person behind him, and that person specifically said, "You should thank Shi Ziye."Grandpa?Who else could be the eldest son, it can only be his cousin Gu Qiao.Gu Bao was lying on his back looking at the beams of the house, his eyes were dull and unfocused.

He was still wrong.

The cousin is different from him, not because of status, nor because of parents, but something from the soul.

Some eagles are not cooked well. You can break his wings, smash his beak, and tie him in a cage, but you can never extinguish his longing for freedom.

Once the wind rises in the future, it will surely break through the nine heavens.

The author has something to say: Gu Bao can't be a particularly bad person, and of course, he can't be a particularly good person either.

He's a rather selfish person.