Chapter 50 Chapter 50

Gu Huaisheng broke the silence with a chuckle. He looked at the two people staring at each other as if nothing had happened. In the end, he just took the wrist of Jiang Jingchun, who was already in a daze, and sat down.

He greeted Mr. Song Ge and said nothing else. He wiped his hands and washed his mouth as usual.

The people around him heaved a sigh of relief when they saw this. They knew from his expression that he didn't take it to heart.

That's right, Gu Huaisheng is not such a petty person.

Everyone followed suit and took their seats.

Jiang Nan explained to everyone: "The master came today and stayed for lunch."

Naturally, people wouldn't say anything after hearing this.

The dinner was a little awkward at the beginning, as Jiang Jingchun and Song Xuan'an's eyes were glued to each other. But fortunately, after they were seated, Jiang Jingchun realized what was happening and immediately retracted his gaze, starting to eat with his head down.

Halfway through the meal, Mr. Song Ge spoke first and talked about Wang Shun.

It was nothing more than repeating at the dinner table the fact that Wang Shun wanted to rebuild the Tianlu Terrace.

After he said this, the air was silent for a moment.

Mr. Song Ge went to ask Gu Huaisheng what he thought.

Gu Huaisheng listened to what Master Song said, but his eyes were always on Jiang Jingchun. She was a little absent-minded during the meal. She kept her head down and just ate the rice without even picking up any dishes.

He lowered his eyes and saw the back of her head. Her hair was pulled behind her ears. Her earlobes were round. Perhaps because she was afraid of pain, she had never pierced her ears, and she never wore any earrings.

Gu Huaisheng thought of Chen Shi, when she was in the clean room, her entire earlobe was extremely red.

Seeing that Gu Huai was absent-minded and did not respond, Song Ge, who was standing by, could not help but remind him, "Young Marquis, what are you thinking about?"

"Nothing, I was just distracted."

Gu Huaisheng came back to his senses and replied to Song Gelao. He asked, "Is the money in the national treasury enough for him to repair it? Isn't there still a war in Mongolia?"

Mr. Song Ge was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, so he naturally knew whether there was money in the national treasury.

He said with difficulty, "Yes, but I lose money every year. How long can I last if it continues like this? Do I have to rely on the money from Jiangnan to support me forever? I don't think it will be possible."

Speaking of the money from Jiangnan, Song Ge Lao suddenly thought of something and his face turned ugly, "Could it be that he still hates that he robbed Jiangnan in the past, so that he still misses the money from the south today..."

If this is true, then Wang Shun must be crazy. It has been almost twenty years, why bother?

At that time, someone in the cabinet proposed to replace rice with mulberry trees in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. That is, to convert rice fields into mulberry fields. The silkworms grown in this way could be woven into cloth, which could be exported overseas and earn a large amount of silver income.

Although the idea was good, the process of converting rice to mulberry trees did not go smoothly.

Farmers are not very willing to convert their farmland to mulberry fields. Although mulberry seedlings can make money, the most important thing is to have food in their mouths. Who is willing to give up the ability to make a stable living to gamble on such an invisible fortune? Besides, even if they really make money, how can it go into their pockets?

Wang Shun and Song Ge Lao were both concerned about the situation in the south and wanted to take the initiative to convert rice to mulberry fields and seize control of the large number of mulberry fields.

It just so happened that Jiang Nan was the newly crowned champion at that time, and was under the care of Song Gelao. Song Gelao valued his ability and sent him to the South, while Wang Shun sent his son Wang Yu there.

Unfortunately, Wang Yu died in the south. In the end, Wang Shun was too heartbroken and took care of his son's funeral. Naturally, the land was taken by Song Ge Lao and his men, and the initiative was in their hands.

Jiang Nan was also more respected because he handled this matter well.

It is hard not to think too much about Wang Shun's current behavior. The money from selling silk in Jiangnan comes in the middle of every three years. Wang Shun has been eyeing this batch of money more than two years ago. He first wanted to use it to repair the Tianlu Terrace, and the emperor approved it for him. However, after the Tianlu Terrace collapsed once, he actually wanted to rebuild it again.

This was indeed outrageous, but Wang Shun had great power and relied on the emperor's favor, so it didn't seem so strange.

Gu Huaisheng only knew about the case of replacing rice with mulberry trees in a place in the south of the Yangtze River. The specific love, hatred and vengeance were probably only known to the people involved.

After thinking for a while, he said to Song Gelao: "Why don't you go to the emperor first and take this money to approve it for the northern border to defend against the Mongolian cavalry. If Wang Shun wants to build Tianlu Terrace again, the Ministry of Revenue will say that the money was used to fight the war and it can't approve the money now. Everything has its priorities, and the emperor will make his own considerations. If this doesn't work, I am willing to write a joint letter with you."

It is better to put the money in the northern border than in the pockets of Wang's party.

After hearing what Gu Huaisheng said, Song Ge Lao was a little hesitant, "Will the emperor listen to this?"

Emperor Taihe almost regarded Wang Shun as his own father.

The emperor would carefully consider any outrageous requests made by Wang Shun.

I'm afraid that the first lesson Wang Shun taught Emperor Taihe was to respect teachers and elders, which is why Emperor Taihe is so obedient now.

Gu Huaisheng said: "He can tell the difference between what is important and what is not."

The war in the northern border has always required military supplies. Isn't Wang Shun's current behavior equivalent to snatching military supplies? If Emperor Taihe can tolerate this, then it is really...

People can be confused, but they can't be confused to this extent.

Besides, who knows whether the emperor is really confused or not.

Elder Song pondered for a moment, and took Gu Huaisheng's suggestion to heart. He planned to go to the emperor to discuss this matter in a few days.

The two of them didn't talk about it anymore. After all, it was someone else's family dinner and it wouldn't be nice to keep talking about it. Since they already had a way to deal with it, there was no need to keep talking about it.

Mr. Song Ge stopped thinking about it and finally remembered the little grandson he had brought with him.

He glanced at Song Xuan'an who was sitting next to him and saw a dead look on his face.

This damn kid would cry and wail at home if you didn't bring him out. If you brought him out, people who didn't know would think he was here to attend a funeral.

He squeezed Song Xuan'an's thigh under the seat. Song Xuan'an turned around to look at him, and heard him cough lightly and whispered, "Eat your meal well and stop thinking about it."

After hearing what Mr. Song said, Song Xuan'an's expression finally became normal and he said "hmm" in response.

When Fang raised his eyes, he saw Gu Huaisheng, who was sitting opposite him, picking up some food for Jiang Jingchun.

Song Xuan'an heard Gu Huai say calmly: "Eat more vegetables. You've been tired these past few days."

There was a hint of tenderness in his calm tone, and his eyes were full of concern when he looked at Jiang Jingchun.

Tired? Tired of what?

Jiang Jingchun didn't understand why he suddenly said that, but because there were so many people present, she didn't say anything. But when she raised her eyes, she saw Song Xuan'an opposite her with a very strange expression. She seemed to understand something...

She turned her head to look at Gu Huaisheng, and looking into his smiling eyes she understood more clearly what he was thinking.

Deliberate.

Deliberately doing such things and saying such words to anger others.

Jiang Jingchun didn't say anything because there were people around, but she calmly pushed the dish he had brought aside.

Gu Huaisheng saw everything she did. The smile in his eyes gradually faded, and his hand holding the chopsticks tightened a little, but fortunately he didn't say anything in the end.

The lunch went quite well, at least nothing unpleasant happened.

After lunch, Mr. Song Ge took Song Xuan'an back home.

Song Xuan'an looked unhappy and his eyes were always on Jiang Jingchun.

In the end, Song Ge Lao still dragged him away.

On the way back home, Song Ge Lao looked at Song Xuan'an, who still looked as if his soul had been taken away, and couldn't help but scold him twice.

"I've brought you out to meet her once. Look at how harmoniously she and Gu Huaisheng are getting along. You should let it go. What are you doing like this? Who are you showing it to? Gu Huaisheng is still watching you, and you're about to look down on her. Aren't you deliberately trying to make her unhappy? If they have a quarrel today, it's all your fault."

Song Xuan'an was unwilling to accept the fact and said, "She doesn't like him at all. Can't you see that?"

Elder Song Ge snorted immediately, "So what? She's married now. If she doesn't like him, does she still like you? Grandfather knows that you two had a good time together before, but now you should listen to grandpa and stop thinking about these old things. She's married now. You're being so persistent. It's not good for you or her, you know. Let it go. Don't do things that hurt others and yourself."

Perhaps the words "marriage" and "wife" were too harsh, and Song Xuan'an's eyes became redder and redder.

When Song Ge Lao saw his expression, he immediately thought, "It's over." He must not fall into this trap. He hurriedly said, "Go back and ask your mother to find you a good man. Isn't there a good man in this big world?"

Song Xuan'an was leaning on the car window beside him, his eyes looking out the window.

"no."

Song Xuan'an's words reached Song Gelao's ears, but Song Gelao was no longer accustomed to him this time, "How can it be gone? Just go find it."

"Where's Song Xuanjing? Why don't you go find him first?"

Song He favored Song Xuanjing and took lightly what he did, so Song Xuan'an went to tell Song Ge Lao about the matter some time ago.

However, Mr. Song did not believe him. He said that the Song family had a good reputation and how could the children of the family do such a thing as killing each other?

None of them believed him.

Song Xuan'an did not place his hopes on any of them.

But now Song Ge Lao wanted to force him to get married, so he used Song Xuanjing as a scapegoat.

Song Ge Lao called him and choked, but after reacting, he immediately said after snorting at him, "Why are you in such a hurry? We will do it one by one and it will all be done."

Song Xuan'an was too lazy to mention Song Xuanjing again, so he shut his mouth and refused to say anything.

On the other side, Jiang Jingchun and Gu Huaisheng stayed with the old lady for a while and then prepared to return to Gu's house.

On the way back in the carriage, Jiang Jingchun couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

She didn't expect that Song Xuan'an would be here today too. Thinking of the past, she couldn't help feeling sad. The results of the autumn examination would be announced in two or three days, and she didn't know if he could pass this time.

She still hasn't asked who the person who hurt him was.

Gu Huaisheng noticed that she was in a bad mood, but he asked, "You've come back to see your grandmother, why are you still unhappy?"

You know the answer but still ask.

Jiang Jingchun still remembered what happened just now. She frowned and looked at Gu Huaisheng with dissatisfaction, "You did it on purpose just now, didn't you?"

He deliberately picked up food for her and said such words to annoy her.

Doesn't she know what's going on in his mind?

"What's wrong with me? Is there anything wrong with me caring about my wife? Besides, why do you feel sorry for him? If he wasn't stupid and didn't know people well, would he end up like this?"

Gu Huaisheng didn't want to argue with her, but when he thought of the look Jiang Jingchun gave Song Xuan'an, his voice inevitably became a little colder.

Why does she feel so sorry for him?

If Song Xuan'an had been more considerate and looked at what others gave him, would he have let himself end up in such a situation?

Jiang Jingchun was not convinced. He kept saying that others were stupid to show that he was the only one who was capable. He was good, but did he think that everyone could be as good as him? Oh, as long as anyone was not as good as him, they were all stupid, right? Why did he always say such things in such a condescending manner?

Jiang Jingchun responded: "He is also very pitiful. He was also harmed by others. No one knew that such a thing would happen. Who wanted such a thing to happen?"

Shouldn't the culprit be hated? Song Xuan'an was just ignorant of people. After the incident, why should we blame the victim for not anticipating that the perpetrator would harm him?

Who could have expected it?

Gu Huaisheng just sneered when he heard Jiang Jingchun's words, "You think everyone is pitiful, but why can't you have mercy on me?"

This is pitiable, and that is pitiable.

Two not very smart people went together, and they really sympathized with each other. How could the Song family be a clean place? If it was really clean, how could such a thing happen? He thought about it, if Jiang Jingchun really married Song Xuanan, would she be torn apart by those people?

"What's so pitiful about you? Is there anything pitiful about you?" Jiang Jingchun frowned.

Isn't he looked down upon by everyone? He is the only powerful person in the world, so why should others pity him?

Gu Huaisheng's fingers unconsciously clenched on his knees. He looked at her with an indescribable sarcasm in his tone and said, "Well, he is pitiful. He is not stupid. He is the most innocent person in the world. He must pay the price for his actions. No one will bear his faults."

The two of them had huge disagreements on this matter, and neither of them was willing to give in.

Gu Huaisheng didn't understand Jiang Jingchun. He thought that her feeling sorry for him was unnecessary and irritating. Jiang Jingchun also didn't understand Gu Huaisheng. He thought that his words and actions were rude.

He was not polite in his words, and Jiang Jingchun was not nice in her words either. Her tone was a little sarcastic, "No one is responsible for him? Am I not responsible for him?"

As soon as these words came out, the air froze, Gu Huaisheng's thin lips were tightly pursed, and there seemed to be a flash of coldness in his eyes.

She carried it for him?

Song Xuan'an was framed, and she went to beg him and married him. Isn't this just her taking the blame for the mistake he made this time?

It sounded as if she married him just to work for him. Although this was a good statement, it sounded a bit unpleasant to Gu Huaisheng.

She is quite right.

The more correct it is, the worse it sounds.

The things he had forced her to do in the past had now become the sharp blade in her hand stabbing at him.

Hearing her defending Song Xuan'an like this, he rarely looked gloomy. He mocked her, "Yes, you are very capable. I helped him this time for my own selfish desires, but cousin, I have already married you. If you beg me for him again next time, do you think I will still be soft-hearted?"

Song Xuan'an is not a very smart man. After the first time, who knows if there will be a second time. Gu Huaisheng does not think that he can defeat those people in his family. Don't let him be imprisoned again and provoke Jiang Jingchun to say something to him.

He is not a very kind person to begin with. If he is given the opportunity again now, he will take advantage of his weakness to kill him.

It would be best if you don't appear in front of Jiang Jingchun again from now on.

Jiang Jingchun was too lazy to argue with him again, and finally said, "Why should you care? If it happens again, I won't ask anyone else for help."

Besides, nothing like that happened at all, so why was he making malicious assumptions?

After saying this, Jiang Jingchun glanced away.

Don't ask him for help no matter who you ask.

These words made Gu Huaisheng burst out laughing, but his eyes had already become uncontrollably gloomy.

He stood up and sat next to Jiang Jingchun, turning her face away from the window. The expressionless face suddenly enlarged in front of Jiang Jingchun. Her facial features were clearly very beautiful, but they were inexplicably frightening.

He clamped her chin, forcing her to look at him, his voice carrying an indescribable chill. *

"You are so heartless. I helped him, and you still say such things. You would rather ask anyone else than me... huh? I am your husband. If you don't ask me, who else would you ask? Don't even think about asking anyone for him. No one can help you."

He is the only one who can help her.

Obviously, this thing has not happened yet, and no one knows whether it will happen in the future, but the two people are already arguing over something that has never happened.

Gu Huaisheng also knew that there was really no need for him to quarrel with Jiang Jingchun over something that had never happened, but when he heard her defending him over and over again, the defenses in his heart were shattered bit by bit, and jealousy seeped into his every limb.

Jiang Jingchun naturally didn't know how hurtful her words were to him.

How could he have a good face when she spoke for Song Xuan'an?

But she could not sense his emotions at all. After all, in front of Jiang Jingchun, to put it bluntly, he was "strong on the outside but weak on the inside". No matter how sour he felt in his heart, he would definitely want to compete with her with his mouth.

Jiang Jingchun was really angered by Gu Huaisheng's domineering and almost overbearing look. She looked at his face so close to her and wanted to glance away, but her chin was clamped by him and she couldn't move.

She glared at him, but he didn't let go.

Even a rabbit will bite when it is angry.

Jiang Jingchun was so angry that he didn't care about anything else. He just grabbed his hand and bit it hard.

Gu Huaisheng didn't expect her to suddenly lose control, so he bit her without caring. He suddenly felt the pain and groaned, but after he finally reacted, he just frowned and let her bite him tightly.

She bit his palm, as if she would not stop until she had bitten off a piece of flesh.

A strong smell of blood wafted from her mouth. Jiang Jingchun didn't expect that Gu Huaisheng actually didn't move and let her bite it.

She looked up at him, and met his eyes as deep as a pool. He was looking at her coldly. Even though his brows were furrowed in pain, he said nothing and made no move.

Jiang Jingchun felt as if blood was spreading to her throat, and the fishy smell was extremely unpleasant.

She gradually relaxed her grip, only to see a deep pressure mark on his palm, which was already bleeding.

Jiang Jingchun was so angry that she lost her mind and didn't want to care about anything else.

She was a little frightened by the bloodstain, but soon thought, he deserved it, he deserved the current situation.

Gu Huaisheng looked at Jiang Jingchun and knew what she was thinking.

Even if he died in front of her, she wouldn't even blink an eye.

Gu Huaisheng looked at Jiang Jingchun, chuckled, and said, "How cruel, my lady."

Although he was smiling, his expression was creepy.

Jiang Jingchun knew that she had angered him, but so what? She was also angry, so why was it that he was angry and she was the one who bowed her head?

If he had the guts, he could kill her. Let him do whatever he wants. She was too lazy to care about him anymore.

Gu Huaisheng saw her glance away, but he didn't care and the smile on his face became even wider.

He extended his index finger and dipped it in the blood from his palm.

The bright red blood was even more glaring on his fingertips.

The next moment, he touched Jiang Jingchun's lips with his fingers again.

Jiang Jingchun didn't expect that he would suddenly have another outburst, and his lips were touched by his blood unexpectedly.

She was about to open her mouth to curse him, but the slender white finger was put into her mouth while she opened her mouth, and the taste of blood instantly flowed into her mouth along the tip of her tongue.

Jiang Jingchun was stunned by his shameless behavior. For a moment, she was held by the icy hand and couldn't even say a word.

He smiled at her and said, "Did you taste my blood? You bit my hand so badly that the scar will stay there for a year, two years... As long as I don't care, it will never disappear. If you kiss it, it won't leave any marks, but if you bite it, I will always have a mark of your teeth on my body."

"Hate lasts longer than love."

"If you can really hate me for the rest of your life, that would be great."

Jiang Jingchun looked at Gu Huaisheng like this and after hearing his words, she felt that he was completely crazy.

She bit him, and why did it seem like he enjoyed it?

Is there something wrong?

If his finger hadn't been in her mouth, she would have probably cursed.

Just as the carriage arrived at Gu's house, as soon as it stopped, Jiang Jingchun shook off the hand in front of him and got off the carriage as if escaping.

It’s not that Jiang Jingchun doesn’t dare to provoke him, but Gu Huaisheng’s brain is becoming more and more weird, and he always does some inexplicable and crazy things.

After getting off the carriage, she quickly spat twice to get rid of all the blood and anger, and then ran in almost as if escaping.

After she ran away, Gu Huaisheng was left alone in the carriage.

He stared at the mouth of his tiger that was bitten by her and was almost bleeding, and was in a daze for a long time.

The pain in my hand was nothing, but this bite felt like it was biting my heart.

Gu Huaisheng vaguely felt that he seemed to have done something wrong.

Maybe I shouldn't have used Song Xuan'an's affairs to threaten her, because it seemed that this would only make her more resentful towards him and think that he was shameless and despicable.

But at that time, he was completely overwhelmed by the thought that she was about to marry someone else, so how could he care about anything else?

It seems that when the heartbeat speeds up, the whole person becomes extremely stupid.

What they did was stupid and foolish.

He thought that since they could never reach a good compromise on the matter of Song Xuan'an, he would mention him less in the future. Because every time he mentioned him, it seemed that there was no better result except that Jiang Jingchun thought he was unreasonable.

By then, Jiang Jingchun would probably feel even more that she and Song Xuan'an were a pair of ill-fated lovers who were forcibly separated.

And he is the one who hits the duck with a stick.

This belated thought gave Gu Huaisheng an inexplicable sense of irony.

Beat the duck with a stick...

Oh, he has become a person who uses a stick to beat a cuckoo.

He took out a towel and wiped the blood off his hands, then got off the carriage.

Jiang Jingchun had already disappeared.

I guess what he said just now scared her again.

Shu Liang felt strange and went forward to ask: "Madam, what's wrong with you? You are running so fast all of a sudden..."

He asked carefully and glanced at Gu Huaisheng's expression. Seeing a hint of anger between his eyebrows, he guessed that the two of them might have had an argument again.

To be honest, Gu Huaisheng is quite sullen in this regard. He would show no emotion when he was angry about other things, but every time he quarreled with Jiang Jingchun, it was obvious at a glance.

They loved to quarrel all the time before they got married, and they didn't want it to continue like this after marriage.

What's the problem?

Shuliang saw that they quarreled every other day and didn't think it was a big deal, but he couldn't help but said, "Master...it's not good for you to quarrel every day..."

Jiang Jingchun is not an unreasonable person. Even if he doesn't provoke her, she can't just scold him for no reason.

When you quarrel, there is always back and forth.

I'm afraid both of them love to quarrel, and once they start they can't stop.

It's really not him who said that it would be better if this marriage didn't happen...

Gu Huaisheng didn't say anything, but Shuliang hit the nail on the head and his expression became even more unhappy.

Shu Liang said: "Sir, the lady seems to be easy to talk to, why are you making such a fuss......"

Although it may sound a bit talkative to say these things, Shuliang felt that if Gu Huaisheng continued to live like this, he would be doomed.

The two of them went inside Gu's house, and Gu Huai said, "It's not like I wanted to quarrel."

She could vent her anger on him, and he didn't care, after all, he was the one who did the wrong thing first. But she looked at Song Xuan'an affectionately in front of him, and was more affectionate than she was to him as a husband. What should she do?

Gu Huaisheng's voice sounded a little dull, and to others it sounded a bit unspeakably aggrieved.