There were also two children aged four or five who couldn't help but scream and burst into tears.
The child was still young, so the mother naturally felt sorry for him. She immediately held the child and coaxed and caressed him.
Most of them wanted to leave here. After all, this was the matter of the third room and had nothing to do with their fourth and fifth rooms. However, they were still concerned about the presence of the lady, and after hesitating for a while, they still did not dare to leave.
Fourth Master Gu and Fifth Master Gu exchanged glances with each other. They didn't dare to say anything about the Madam, so they pointed their swords at Gu Jian.
"Second brother, father isn't really angry, is he?" Fourth Master Gu asked hesitantly.
Gu Jian was already panicking and felt very nervous.
Being questioned in public by his two half brothers, his face instantly felt hot and he was filled with shame and anger.
"Shut up!" Gu Jian's face turned green, and he angrily scolded him like a brother, "It's just a trick to scare you. It's all useless."
After Gu Jian shouted, the two children who had finally stopped crying started crying again, almost blowing the roof off.
Fourth Master Gu and Fifth Master Gu also looked unhappy, knowing full well that Gu Jian was taking his anger out on others.
Master Gu Wu said awkwardly, "Second brother, you are so loud, be careful not to scare the child."
The surroundings became even more chaotic. There were a few girls muttering to themselves, imitating Gu Yanfei's previous behavior and introducing themselves to the ancestral tablets, as if this would give them a sense of security.
Madam Gu seemed to be completely oblivious to the commotion around her as she stared blankly at the old marquis's tablet.
She unconsciously exerted force with her fingers, almost crushing the Buddhist beads in her hand, and her finger joints turned white.
"It's you, isn't it?" Gu Jian's sharp voice sounded again.
Gu Jian raised his intact left hand and pointed at Gu Yanfei who was a few steps away, and said confidently: "Yesterday, you and Zhen Jie'er knelt in the ancestral hall for a whole night. You must have taken the opportunity to do something to your grandfather's tablet, right?!"
The more Gu Jian spoke, the more he felt that this was the case, and his tone became higher and higher. He really wanted to give this wild girl a good beating in front of all his ancestors.
Gu Yanfei calmly rolled a strand of hair on his chest with his fingers, but smiled without saying a word.
In Gu Jian's opinion, this was tantamount to admission and even more of a silent provocation.
He wanted to teach Gu Yanfei a lesson, so he walked towards her in two steps.
But after taking two steps, his left foot tripped over his right foot, and he staggered, lost his balance, and fell forward.
"My Lord!"
“Daddy!”
Wang and several young men and women from the second house cried out in unison, but they were too late to help Gu Jian up, and could only watch him fall to the ground.
Gu Jian's right shoulder fell to the ground, adding insult to injury, and he let out a shrill scream.
Gu Yanfei shook his head and sighed, stroking his chin, "Ah, Grandfather is angry."
“Knock, knock, knock…”
The tablet in front was still vibrating constantly, and the monotonous sound made people feel irritated.
The veins on Gu Jian's forehead were throbbing and the severe pain from his right shoulder made his face twisted and hideous.
Wang cried distressedly, "Hurry, help the Marquis up."
No one moved, and all of them had the same thought in their minds: Father (grandfather) must be really angry.
Wang could only walk over and ask her son to help Gu Jian up from the ground.
Gu Jian was both ashamed and annoyed. He fell down in public and was laughed at by his two half brothers and others. It was like a slap in the face to him.
The pain in his right shoulder became more and more intense, so severe that he could hardly stand, but he could only barely stand, with cold sweat dripping from his forehead.
He is Marquis Dingyuan and the head of the Gu family. Of course, he cannot show weakness in front of the brother and sister, and he cannot bear the reputation of "displeasing the late father".
Of course it wasn't him who was wrong, it was his nephews and nieces!
"You guys really disappoint me!" Gu Jian almost used up all his strength to barely finish his words.
His voice became louder and louder, as if this made more sense: "Zhen Jie'er, you were not like this before. Why are you so selfish now? Your grandfather loved her so much when he was alive, but you actually tampered with his tablet. How can your grandfather's spirit in heaven rest in peace?!"
"And you, Gu Yanfei, you are a troublemaker. It's not enough that you almost ruined your third sister's marriage, and now you are going to mess up your eldest sister's marriage!?"
"Do you think you can fool everyone with just a few tricks?!"
Gu Jian wanted everyone in the family to see the true face of this girl.
Wang supported him, feeling uneasy, and couldn't help but look at the old marquis's tablet.
She really wanted to persuade him to stop talking, so that he wouldn't fall again.
The children were frightened by the loud cursing and started crying non-stop. The sharp cries made others feel even more nervous. Fourth Master Gu and Fifth Master Gu winked at their wives and children and slowly stepped back one step, then another.
Madam Gu seemed indifferent to all this. She stared at the old marquis's tablet motionlessly, as if she was missing something, or looking at someone who was not here.
Her old and cloudy eyes grew darker in the heavy candlelight, and her body became stiff.
After the initial panic, Mrs. Gu gradually calmed down.
When the old marquis was alive, she was not afraid of him; now that he is dead, she has even less to fear from him.
In the blink of an eye, fourteen years had passed! She was the only one left alive...
Madam Gu sighed, with a look of regret that seemed to last for a long time.
Her eyes swept lightly over Gu Yanfei without saying anything. To her, it didn't matter whether the unusual movement of the tablet was caused by Gu Yanfei or not.
The important thing is——
"Sister Zhen, stop messing around."
Madam Gu slowly turned her head and looked at Gu Yunzhen who was two steps away. She stared into her eyes and said in an unquestionable tone: "You must marry today!"
She slowly twisted the Buddhist beads in her hand, with a kind smile on her face as usual.
But at this moment, this smile made people feel chilling, as if she was wearing a mask on her face.
“Knock, knock, knock.”
When the lady's voice fell, the tablet of the old marquis began to tremble even more violently, as if stimulated by something.
The next moment, the tablet lost its balance and fell forward, falling from the high incense table and onto the ground...
"ah!"
Everyone in the Gu family gasped in shock, and several female members of the family cried out in shock with pale faces.
The tablet is made of nothing but wood. If it falls from this height, it will most likely break.
"My father-in-law has appeared..." Mrs. Gu's legs went weak and she almost fell down. Fortunately, her two daughters supported her in time.
Madam Gu naturally saw this scene and her eyes almost popped out of her head.
She totally ignored her manners and was no longer as elegant and graceful as usual.
Wang almost dropped her jaw when she saw this scene.
Gu Yunmeng originally wanted to sit back and watch to see what Gu Yanfei and the others were up to.
Seeing that Madam Gu almost fell down while trying to receive her grandfather's tablet, Gu Yunyi hurried forward and asked with concern, "Grandma, are you okay?"
"Grandfather's tablet..."
Gu Yun'er held Madam Gu's arm with one hand, trying to support her, and reached out to the tablet in her hand with the other hand, trying to take it.
However--
Before Gu Yun'er's fingers touched the tablet, she felt someone push her shoulder hard.
Gu Yunmeng was caught off guard and staggered backwards. He grabbed the incense table with his left hand and tried to steady himself.
She bumped into the incense table, and the tablets on it shook a few times, making an even more chaotic "thump thump" sound.
Madam Gu was like a frightened rabbit. She held the tablet carefully in her hands and looked around with a little panic. She felt that the ancestral hall was full of ghosts.
Madam Gu's heart was beating wildly, her face was pale, and she angrily scolded Gu Yunyan, "How can a girl be so reckless!!"
"Grandmother?" Gu Yunyan had just stood firm when Madam Gu scolded her. She was a little confused and couldn't believe it.
This was the first time she was scolded by her grandmother, and also the first time she was pushed away by her grandmother.
Gu Yunyan felt hurt, but at the same time she keenly sensed that Madam Gu's misbehavior came from the fear deep in her heart.
Grandma is scared?
Looking at Madam Gu's uncertain eyes and trembling fingertips, Gu Yunmeng couldn't help but wonder: What on earth is Grandmother afraid of...
Gu Yanfei was standing three or four steps away from Madam Gu, watching the scene calmly, without even moving his eyes or eyebrows.
Last night, when Gu Yunzhen was wiping the tablet of the old marquis, Gu Yanfei noticed that this tablet was thicker than the other tablets around it, as if something was hidden. She also tried to avoid Gu Yunzhen and wanted to open this tablet, but unless the tablet was cut open, it could not be opened at all.
So, while she was asking about the tablet, she quietly made some adjustments to make the tablet make noises at the appropriate time.
As it turned out, there was indeed something hidden in this tablet.
and……
Gu Yanfei's gaze moved across Madam Gu's face, which still showed a hint of fear, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.
Moreover, there is something hidden in the tablet that cannot be revealed!
Gu Yanfei's dark pupils were extremely clear and light. He shook his head and sighed, "I told you, Grandfather is unhappy."
Madam Gu held the tablet in her hands solemnly, as if she hadn't heard anything, and quietly put the tablet back on the incense table.
But after putting it down, she felt uneasy again. She still held the tablet with both hands, and her body was shaking almost invisibly.
It was the first time that Gu Jian saw the lady like this, and he always felt that she looked a little strange.
Suppressing the doubts in his heart and enduring the pain on his right shoulder, Gu Jian walked to Madam Gu and looked at the tablet.
After confirming that the tablet was intact, he breathed a sigh of relief, but then his anger began to rekindle.
"Gu Yanfei, this is your grandfather's tablet. If it gets broken, can you afford it?" Gu Jian scolded sharply, "Have you had enough of making trouble?"
But this time, Gu Jian didn't dare to get close to Gu Yanfei. He could only point at her nose and curse her from a distance.
Gu Yanfei ignored Gu Jian and continued looking at Madam Gu's face, from her forehead, to her eyebrows, to her eyes, nose, philtrum, lips, and finally chin.
Her eyes were so clear that they were almost straight, as if she wanted to engrave Madam Gu's face in her heart, and as if she wanted to see through her fate through her face.
Gu Yanfei suddenly chuckled and asked, "Madam, have you ever heard of the art of borrowing luck?"
Madam Gu's eyes widened slightly, and her hands holding the tablet trembled.
She didn't say anything, and Gu Yanfei didn't expect the other party to answer. She had already got the answer she wanted from the other party's subtle expression.
"In Taoist medicine, there are two techniques of borrowing luck. One is to bring good luck, and the other is..." Gu Yanfei said slowly, "...a substitute."
When Gu Yanfei mentioned the word "substitute", Madam Gu shuddered violently, her hands shook, and she almost pushed the tablet over.
Gu Yanfei noticed the other party's loss of composure and accurately captured the change in his expression at that moment.
Her pupils reflected brilliant light in the candlelight, and she sighed in her heart:
It's a substitute.
Gu Yanfei remained calm and continued as if nothing had happened: "The Murong family wants to have a happy occasion, so they want to borrow the eldest sister's luck, or even her life span."
"Madam, you are pushing my elder sister into the fire pit."
"Even my grandfather couldn't stand it!"
She ended her words with a sigh.
The others gasped, their faces filled with shock and confusion, but Third Madam Yan looked as if struck by lightning. The blood instantly drained from her face, leaving her as pale as a dead person.
Isn't it said that this wedding is just to use the happy event to drive away the evil spirits and save the old lady from danger? How could it be...
If what Gu Yanfei said was true, then once Madam Murong recovered from her illness, wouldn't her daughter's life span be shortened after she borrowed it? !
Yan looked at Gu Yanfei with red eyes and murmured, "Is it true?"
Gu Yanfei nodded affirmatively: "Of course."
"I once met a family who used a wedding as a means of prolonging the life of the groom. The groom was indeed saved from danger, and the couple lived in harmony for several years. However, the groom's calamity was a death calamity, and the life span required to resolve the death calamity was doubled. Just two years later, the bride died of dystocia."
"A year later, even the bridegroom died."
"This borrowed life span never lasts long."
Gu Yanfei said quietly, glancing at the frightened Madam Gu from the corner of his eye. Mrs. Yan's whole body began to tremble violently, and she was so frightened that she almost lost her soul.
She only thought of the wedding as an excuse to bring forward the marriage, and she didn't dare to take even the slightest risk with her daughter's life.
Her daughter is her life.
"Zhen Jie'er." Yan looked for Gu Yunzhen in a panic and held her daughter tightly in her arms.
Yan really couldn't stay there any longer. She wished she could take her daughter to Baiyun Temple to find a master to help dispel the evil spirit.
"As for the so-called 'substitute'..." Gu Yanfei looked at Madam Gu, and seemed to be just saying it casually, "It means that this unlucky person finds someone who is similar to him..."
With every word she spoke, Madam Gu's face became uglier, her eyes became more frightened, and her heartbeat quickened.
(End of this chapter)
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