Chapter 19: Anguogong Mansion
As soon as Duke Anguo arrived at his mansion, he saw his little grandson waiting at the door with a servant. He sat on the steps in front of the door, holding his face with his hand and looking to both sides.
When he saw me, his eyes suddenly lit up and he stood up from the steps and trotted over to me.
"Grandfather, grandpa, what's going on? Is the number one scholar willing to accept me as his apprentice?" An Chengyu grabbed the corner of Duke Anguo's clothes, raised his head and looked at him expectantly, with a little nervousness hidden in his big eyes.
Looking at An Chengyu jumping around in his lap, Duke Anguo almost burst into tears. Fortunately, his lovely grandson was rescued.
The old and rough hand of Duke Anguo touched An Chengyu's fair and smooth face and pinched it gently, "I agree. Grandpa will do the job for two people. Just wait for two days, when Shaoqing Shen is on leave, and then Grandpa will take you to perform the apprenticeship ceremony.
But you have to promise grandpa that you will learn well from Shen Shaoqing, and you can't be like before, fishing for three days and drying the net for two days. ”
When An Chengyu heard that Shen Shixu agreed to take him as his disciple, he happily circled around Duke An Guo and cheered, "Oh, that's great, the top scholar agreed to take me as his disciple."
After watching An Chengyu cheering for a while, Duke Anguo reminded him, "Okay, okay, you look so happy, be careful not to trip yourself."
An Chengyu stopped and patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Grandpa. I haven't fallen since I was three years old. But I have to go back and tell my mother and aunt the good news, and I also have to prepare the gift for my apprenticeship in two days.
Grandpa, I won’t say any more to you. I have to get busy. ”
Duke Anguo had a face full of kindness as he watched his grandson jumping away. However, when he could no longer see An Chengyu's back, the kindness on his face disappeared without a trace, and he gave instructions to the butler beside him with a gloomy face.
"Old Zhang, go call my cousin back and tell him I have something to ask him."
Seeing that his own duke looked so bad, butler Zhang did not dare to delay and went to bring Luo Kun back in person.
Luo Kun tried to ask butler Zhang in a roundabout way, why Duke Anguo suddenly called him back, but he got no information. He felt uneasy and wondered if the incident from the previous two days had been exposed.
But then he shook his head and drove the thought out of his mind.
He handled that matter perfectly, and all the people related to that matter were dealt with by him, so there was absolutely no way it would be exposed.
Luo Kun concealed the gloom in his eyes, pretended to be a modest gentleman, and walked into the study of the Duke's Mansion.
"Uncle, I'm here. Why did you call me back so anxiously? Is there something wrong?"
Duke Anguo sat on the armchair in the study, examining Luo Kun who was standing in front of him. If he hadn't known the truth from Shen Shixu, he would have been fooled by his appearance.
He pretended to be innocent and diligent. He didn't look like someone who would sell out his own nephew out of greed. But such a simple and honest man actually had such a vicious mind!
"Do you really not know why I asked you to come here or are you pretending not to know?"
When Luo Kun heard the voice, his heart skipped a beat and he began to panic. But when he thought of the person he was dealing with, he suppressed his panic and said with an innocent yet puzzled smile, "Uncle, I'm stupid and I can't understand what you mean. If you have something to say, just say it."
Seeing that he would not cry until he saw the coffin, the Duke of Anguo slammed the table and said, "You don't know? I see that you know very well. It was you who kidnapped Chengyu a few days ago, right? You are so cruel! He is your own nephew. You watched him grow up with your own eyes, but you were willing to sell him to a kidnapper."
The more the Duke of Anguo spoke, the more distressed he became. He patted his chest and said with red eyes, "Are you doing this for me? Are you doing this for your two cousins who died? Luo Kun, Luo Kun, I think I have treated you well. After your sister passed away, I had a falling out with your father and took you to my side to take care of you. If you want to study, I will hire a teacher for you. If you want to learn martial arts, I will teach you myself.
You couldn't learn these and wanted to do business, so I took out my own savings and gave them to you. I treated you like my own son, but you wanted to cut off my roots! ”
When Luo Kun heard Duke Anguo recounting what he had done for him, his eyes flashed with reminiscence, gratitude, shame, anger, and self-blame, and finally these emotions turned into tears.
He knelt down and kowtowed to the Duke of Anguo, tears and snot streaming down his face. "Uncle, uncle, I'm sorry. I was bewitched and greedy. I'm sorry to you, to my cousin and to Xiao Yu'er.
All the mistakes are my fault and I am willing to pay the price. But my wife and children know nothing. I also ask my uncle to not do anything to them for the sake of my deceased mother. ”
Duke Anguo looked at him crying and apologizing, and waved his hand, "I am not like you, I cannot kill innocent people. Since you have been dedicated to the Duke Anguo Mansion in the past, I will protect them for the rest of their lives, but wealth and glory are out of the question."
When Luo Kun heard this, he closed his eyes, kowtowed three times, then stood up, opened the door and walked out.
After he returned, he confessed the matter to his wife. His wife was shocked at what he had done, but when she heard that he was going to surrender himself, she couldn't help but hold him back.
"I have to bear all the responsibility myself. You and Xiaofeng should live a good life in the future. Uncle said he will not do anything to you and will ensure your safety for the rest of your life. But it is impossible for you to have everything you want as you do now.
But I bought a house in your hometown in my early years. You and Xiaofeng can go there. Although your life will not be as good as it is now, at least you will have food, drink and a place to live. ”
After explaining these things to his wife, Luo Kun went to Jingzhao Prefecture. He had several lives on his shoulders, and he was also involved in child trafficking.
Soon news of his execution came, and he was beheaded at noon half a month later.
After leaving the courtyard where Shen Shixu lived, Xiao Jinyi went straight to the East Palace. As soon as he sat down and drank a cup of tea, he ordered the attendants around Xiao Yuanqi to go to the Imperial Hospital to ask for a royal physician for him.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuanqi put down the book he was reading and looked at Xiao Jinyi worriedly, "Why do you suddenly want to ask for a doctor? Did you suffer any hidden injuries on the battlefield before?"
While asking about Xiao Jinyi's condition, Xiao Yuanqi urged his attendants to quickly invite the imperial physician, and it would be best if the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau could come over.
Seeing Xiao Yuanqi so worried, Xiao Jinyi quickly explained, "I am not injured, but something seems to be wrong with my heart. I care too much about someone and feel that he is different from others in every way. I can't help but want to get close to him. But with my personality, I shouldn't have this kind of mood, so I suspect I am sick."
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