Chapter 66 Chapter 66

Gu Huaisheng said to the class owner: "Let's go out and talk."

Louguan was standing nearby, and when he heard them discussing his worth, he inevitably felt like he was being treated as an object.

The two of them went outside, while Jiang Jingchun and Lou Guan were still inside.

There was a basin of water for washing face on the table nearby. Jiang Jingchun walked over, washed a towel and came back.

She handed it to Louguan who was standing nearby and said, "Louguan, wipe your face."

His makeup is now all over his face, he must be feeling very uncomfortable.

She had never thought that Louguan would experience such a thing, but fortunately she was not so stupid and hopeless, otherwise Louguan might have really been killed today.

Louguan took the towel, his fingers still trembling a little.

He pinched the handkerchief, put it over his face, covered his face with the handkerchief, and continued to sob.

The blood on his body stained Gu Huaisheng's snow-white cloak, making it particularly conspicuous.

Jiang Jingchun patted his shoulder soothingly and said, "Louguan, don't be afraid. My cousin is very powerful. No one will bully you anymore."

Louguan nodded. After being rescued from the water and fire, he still couldn't stop the pain when he thought about the past... It's over, it's finally over...

He can be a human being from now on.

Be whoever you want to be.

After a while, Gu Huaisheng came back from outside with the deed of sale of the building in his hand. It seemed that the matter had been settled.

He gave this thing to Lou Guan and asked, "What are your plans for the future?"

Lou Guan shook his head and replied to Gu Huaisheng with his head down, "I don't know yet. I can leave here and go anywhere."

Gu Huaisheng thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you stay at the Marquis' Mansion for a while? If you want that person to suffer, you may need to step in."

Lou Guan is considered a witness.

If you really want to make Doctor Li suffer, you will inevitably need witnesses.

After listening to the comments, the guest was silent for a moment, and then asked cautiously, "Is this okay?"

He is a nobleman, but he is an actor...

It will dirty the door of the mansion.

He heard people say that gentlemen do not despise shamans, doctors, musicians, and craftsmen.

They are the lowest of the low.

Gu Huaisheng saw what Lou Guan was thinking at a glance. He thought for a moment and then said, "The threshold of the Marquis's Mansion is not dangerous. No one can't get in. Come on in. You are our friend and our guest."

friend?

guest?

He never thought that one day these two words would be applied to him.

Louguan's eyes moved.

Jiang Jingchun immediately said, "Yes, Louguan, you don't have to think of ways to make others happy. You can be angry, sad, and upset. You are our friend, so just stay for a while. When you find a place to go, it won't be too late to leave."

Louguan finally nodded, tucked his cloak around him, and followed the two men out.

On the way back, Gu Huaisheng naturally held Jiang Jingchun's hand. She was used to being held by him and no longer pushed him away.

Gu Huaisheng went too far this time and got a little closer to her. Jiang Jingchun glanced at him and he immediately said, "It's so cold."

It was windy outside, and it was indeed cold coming out all of a sudden. Even with her cloak on, she felt that she could not withstand the cold wind. Gu Huaisheng gave his cloak to Lou Guan and wore a thin brocade dress.

"Are you still afraid of the cold?"

Jiang Jingchun didn't push him, after all, his clothes were given to Lou Guan. But she was a little surprised. Would Gu Huaisheng also be afraid of the cold?

He looked like he wasn't afraid of anything.

Gu Huai laughed, "Cousin, what are you talking about? I am also a human being."

Jiang Jingchun also felt that he had said something confusing.

She didn't say anything else and let him stick to her.

The person on the nearby building saw the interaction between the two people and couldn't help but smile.

When I see something good, I become happy unconsciously.

He used to think that their relationship was not very good, otherwise Jiang Jingchun would not have gone to the theater to have fun.

But now it seems that he was obviously overthinking it.

What could go wrong with two people like this getting together?

*

After Lou Guan followed them back to Gu's house that day, a few days later Gu Huaisheng convicted Doctor Li of "rape incomplete" and sentenced him to fifty strokes of the cane.

Not only that, he also openly impeached him. When Emperor Taihe heard about this, he ordered him to be exiled to Lingnan.

The punishment for adultery in this dynasty is particularly severe. If it is rape, the punishment is hanging. If the rape is not completed, the punishment is fifty strokes of the cane and exile for 3,000 miles.

Doctor Li was beaten with fifty sticks, which left him half dead. Now he has been sent back home to heal the injury on his buttocks, and will be exiled to Lingnan at the end of December.

Doctor Li was filled with hatred and anger. He had never thought that Gu Huaisheng would dare to do such a thing. He was really a mad dog! In this day and age, who hasn't done something dirty? Would he die if he turned a blind eye? He even went so far as to report it to the emperor.

ill.

Doctor Li was so angry that he tied a doll on his head at home to curse him.

After his injury had healed enough to see people, Doctor Li hurried to the Wang family.

Although he had not met Wang Shun many times, they had some friendship and he usually listened to him.

Now that this has happened and the matter has been brought to the attention of Emperor Taihe, the only one who can save him is Wang Shun.

In the evening, as it was getting darker, Doctor Li guessed that Wang Shun had finished his shift, so he hurried to Wang's house.

By the time he almost reached the palace, it was already completely dark. After a servant went in and delivered a message, he was taken in.

Wang Shun was sitting in the main room. He was wearing thick winter clothes. It was freezing cold, but he had not taken off the collar around his neck because he had just finished his shift.

Hearing the noise outside, he looked up at the person who came. Doctor Li was still limping, and it seemed that the wound on his buttocks had not yet healed.

Wang Shun knew more or less why he came to see him today, probably because of the exile.

Lingnan is a bitterly cold place. It is indeed somewhat miserable that he has to be sent away before he can even survive this year.

Sure enough, Doctor Li started crying as soon as he sat down.

"Sir, you must save me!"

Seeing him crying so miserably, Wang Shun remained calm and even took a sip of the tea beside him.

He said calmly, "It's not that I don't want to, but the order of your exile was issued by the emperor, and I really have no choice."

Wang Shun did not want to save him. He was just a doctor in the Ministry of War. He had spent half his life indulging in pleasure and had not accomplished anything. Was there any need for Wang Shun to save him?

The doctor's father was at least a third-rank official, but he had been in that position for most of his life, and his position had become lower and lower.

Emperor Taihe is getting older and older, and he has more and more ideas of his own. He is having trouble taking care of himself now, and he is not sure whether he can celebrate the New Year next year. Why should he bother himself for such a person?

After hearing Wang Shun's words, Li Lang felt cold in his heart. He said hurriedly, "How could that be? Doesn't the emperor listen to you the most? If you can't do anything about it, then I am really finished, right?"

Who would have thought that Wang Shun's face suddenly turned pale when he heard this, and he slammed the teacup heavily on the table, spilling some of the tea. "Don't say such things again, the emperor is listening, are you trying to harm me?!"

What does it mean that Emperor Taihe listens to him the most? When Emperor Taihe heard this, did he still think of him as the young emperor he used to be?

Doctor Li did not expect Wang Shun to react like this. He was really frightened by him. Seeing this, he could only stammer: "No... I didn't mean that..."

Wang Shun interrupted him immediately, saying with a cold face: "Besides, you committed rape before it was completed, how can I save you? Don't you know that our emperor doesn't like such things? You were in a theater, not a brothel. Others didn't want to do it, but you insisted on slapping them and taking off their pants. What did you want? Is she really that beautiful that you had to take off her pants?"

Not to mention that Emperor Taihe didn't like it. Although Wang Shun was treacherous, he never took such things seriously.

I was looking for happiness and ended up being a noisy person. Now, who can I blame for this?

Doctor Li felt wronged after hearing this, "What's the difference between a brothel and a theater? When the time comes, I can buy it home. Aren't they all the same..."

Wang Shun almost rolled his eyes at him, "Then why don't you buy the person home and do it first? Do you have to be in such a hurry?"

Doctor Li was so angry that he felt like he was sitting on pins and needles. Could he be blamed for this? He was so angry that day. Jiang Jingchun came to buy someone again. She was going to buy the person and take him home. What could he do? He thought he could have some fun before she came back, but he didn't expect her to leave and come back again.

He recalled an incident that happened a long time ago, and he felt even more unhappy. At this point, he couldn't control his mouth. He said, "Who doesn't want to have some fun? Isn't this human nature? Everyone can do it, why am I the only one who has to be punished? Let me say something unpleasant, wasn't your young master like this in the past? He couldn't walk when he saw some pretty girls..."

As soon as he said this, Wang Shun interrupted him. Wang Shun frowned, and when he saw that he dared to associate with Wang Yu, he could not hide his anger and directly took the cup and smashed it on him.

"You idiot, my son has been in the ground for more than ten years now. There is a limit to how much you can push and pull. How dare you go after him?!"

Why not talk about Wang Yu? He is very good, and he can touch people's hearts with just one touch.

Seeing Wang Shun's big reaction, Doctor Li knew that he had accused the wrong person, but he was not talking nonsense, so why would he make it seem like he had wrongly accused Wang Yu?

He dodged the cup that was thrown at him and said hurriedly, "I'm not making this up. Your young master asked me for a dancer and I gave it to him. Although it's been almost ten years, I still remember it clearly."

The reason why he remembered it so clearly was because the dancer was so beautiful. He had never touched her before and gave her to Wang Yu first. How could he not remember her?

Wang Shun calmed down a little after hearing Doctor Li's detailed words. He asked him, "What dancer? What dancer did you give him? Tell me clearly."

Hearing what Wang Shun said, it seemed that he knew nothing about this matter.

Oh... yes, yes, he remembered.

At first, Wang Yu warned him not to tell Wang Shun about this, but he said that his father was strict, so he asked him to help keep it secret.

I just didn't expect that Wang Yu was so amazing that Wang Shun didn't even notice any clues.

Thinking of this, he told what happened at that time.

Wang Yu was only seventeen years old that year.

Wang Yu did not take part in the imperial examination, but was directly assigned a job in the Ministry of Revenue by Wang Shun. Because of his status, many people wanted to curry favor with him. He had a bad temper and did not know how to refuse others, so he was often called to participate in social events.

That day, he was invited to Doctor Li's home.

Doctor Li was a bad boy when he was young, he didn't care about men or women. That day he bought a beautiful dancer from somewhere else. The dancer was beautiful and he brought her back from a brothel. The madam said she was still a clean girl and she usually sang songs and danced for people. She was not sold on the first night.

He fell in love with this beautiful girl at first sight and bought her home.

Doctor Li's family used to be a well-to-do family. His father was still alive at that time, and he lived a happy life. Dancers were not cheap, but he could take them away if he gritted his teeth.

I had thought that the goddess-like dancer would be a hot-tempered person, but I had not expected that she was quite different from what I had imagined.

She was extremely seductive and good at deceiving people. Doctor Li had long wanted to have fun with her, but he was seduced by her for three or four days.

Later, he held a banquet at home and invited Wang Yu.

He asked the dancer to come out and dance as if he was showing off his treasure.

Unexpectedly, after that night, Wang Yu came to him and asked him why he had begged the dancer.

Doctor Li was unwilling to do so. Not only did he spend a lot of money on this dancer, but she was also so beautiful. Where could he find another person like her?

But Wang Yu seemed to really want it.

Doctor Li thought again. Wang Yu was the only son of Wang Shun. In the future, the entire Wang family would be passed on to him. It would just be a woman. If he gave her to him now, and she remembered his kindness in the future, it would be a great benefit to him.

Thinking of this, the pain in my flesh didn't seem so severe anymore.

Just give it...just give it.

Later, Wang Yu repeatedly warned Wang Shun not to tell this.

Doctor Li showed an expression that showed he knew everything.

After all, Wang Shun was well-known in the capital for his strictness. If he knew that his son had asked a dancer for pleasure, wouldn't he be scolded as well?

He finally gave the dancer named Cen Yin to Wang Yu.

I hope Wang Yuke will remember his kindness in the future.

Who knew that Wang Yu died before he was twenty years old?

This transaction still resulted in a loss.

Li Langzhong finally told Wang Shun the whole story.

He said that he gave Wang Yu a dancer named Cen Yin.

He said, "Don't think I'm using the young master as an excuse. I just want to say that it's human nature to be happy and romantic. You don't have to be so angry..."

Wang Shun said: "Shut up!"

How dare he compare himself with his son?

Doctor Li shrank his neck and dared not say anything.

Some time ago, Wang Shun asked Xiao Lun to investigate the matter of Wang Yu's wife and daughter, but he didn't find anything. He only found a few private properties that Wang Yu bought in the capital.

You wouldn't know until you checked. Once you checked, you found out that Wang Yu had secretly bought three houses, and he bought them under a pseudonym. It took Xiao Lun a lot of effort to find out.

Wang Shun was indeed generous with money to Wang Yu, and buying a house was not a strange thing.

But I didn't expect that he was smart in this matter. He was afraid of being discovered, so he deliberately took a detour to buy it.

If Wang Yu has a wife and daughter, they must be kept in those houses.

But after all, that happened more than ten years ago, and things and people have changed. Those manors have long been empty, so how can there be anything to see? There is no other way, Xiao Lun can only go back to look for the old people. If he can find them, maybe he can find out something.

If I can't find it...everything will be buried in the torrent of memory.

However, no one expected that the wife Wang Shun was talking about would be a dancer given to him by Doctor Li.

Thinking of this, Wang Shun scolded him, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?!"

If he had told me earlier, he would have known about this matter earlier.

But Doctor Li had no idea that Wang Shun would be so angry.

He originally thought that Wang Yu was just playing around. Wasn't she just a prostitute? Wasn't she just a plaything? It was possible that Wang Yu had already been tired of playing with her. What could he say in retrospect? Besides, after Wang Yu died, would he still run to Wang Shun and foolishly say that he had given his son a prostitute? Wang Shun might even blame him for bringing up his son badly and dislike him as well.

Is it necessary for him to be so foolish...

Wang Shun was very angry and felt that all this was a coincidence. If he had told him earlier, he would not have been unaware of it for more than ten years.

If it were in the past, he would have scolded Wang Yu if he knew that he liked a dancer and said that he was his wife. He might even have killed the dancer if he got angry. But now, what else could he be angry about? He was angry that he didn't find out earlier!

This idiot made Wang Shun angry just by looking at him. He yelled at Doctor Li, "Get out! You should be exiled!"

Doctor Li had no idea why he was like this, and he didn't dare to stay any longer after being scolded. Looking at his expression, he was afraid that he would want to stab him to death with a sword, so he dared not stay any longer.

I was so scared that I almost pissed myself off.

After Doctor Li left, Wang Shun called Xiao Lun over.

He asked him to search Wang Yu's three private residences under Cen Yin's name.

The owner of the private house is called Wang Yu, but there is only one Cen Yin inside, so the scope can be narrowed down and the search can be done faster.

*

The days entered December and the end of the year. Time passed quickly. As the year was coming to an end, everyone in the mansion became increasingly busy. Red lanterns were hung in the mansion, and the moonlight dyed the earth. The lanterns glowed red at night, making it even more festive.

The mansion had prepared for the New Year early. Jiang Jingchun married into the family that year, so Mrs. Gu asked her to help out. Jiang Jingchun also became busier, as there were more things to do on a daily basis.

However, it’s good to be busy. I’m not bored and I have less things to think about.

Lou Guan stayed in the Marquis' Mansion for a few days. The people in the Mansion treated him very kindly, and Gu Huailang liked him very much.

He had a very gentle personality, and even though he no longer stayed in the theater, his temperament had not changed much. Gu Huailang knew that he had a good temper, and he had often pestered him during the time when he was staying in the Marquis's Mansion. Jiang Jingchun was afraid that he had too much free time, so he often took time to invite him to Cangzhuyuan to play mahjong.

The first snow this year fell particularly late, and it was not until almost New Year's Day that the snow fell.

It was almost evening. The fading sun fell in the courtyard of Cangzhuo Courtyard and slowly climbed up the steps of the corridor. The card table was set up in the main room. The doors and windows were tightly closed to block out the biting cold wind. Jiang Jingchun was playing mahjong with Louguan. Gu Huailang was talking a lot and sat aside, talking non-stop. Jiang Jingchun talked so much that his head hurt. Fortunately, Louguan was very patient and responded to him intermittently.

New Year's Day is coming soon. The capital city has been very busy recently. Lanterns have already been strung up on the streets. New Year's Day is a major festival. Every year at this time, there is joy everywhere. The palace also attaches great importance to this event. When the time comes, there will be court congratulations. Ministers and officials will come to congratulate the emperor, and the ladies will come to congratulate the empress.

At that time, it would be quite a hassle. Jiang Jingchun got a headache just thinking about it.

Gu Huailang wore a tiger-head hat and was wrapped up like a small rice dumpling. He counted his fingers and chattered non-stop, "The streets will definitely be very lively on New Year's Day. There will be drums, music, singing and dancing, lanterns, acrobatics...! It will definitely be fun. Last time during the Dragon Boat Festival, my mother lied to me and prevented me from going out. When my sister-in-law and brothers come back from the palace, they must take me with them if they want to go shopping."

After being cheated by Mrs. Gu once, Gu Huailang would never trust her again. She had completely lost her credibility in his eyes.

When New Year's Day comes, such a lively day, it goes without saying that Jiang Jingchun and the others will go to the street, and he must get close to them.

Although his brother is not close to him, at least he doesn't lie.

As long as my sister-in-law agrees, everything will be easy.

After hearing what he said, Jiang Jingchun naturally agreed.

Gu Huailang looked at Lou Guan again and asked, "What about Brother Lou? Was Brother Lou still here at that time?"

Lou Guan planned to leave tomorrow. It would not be nice for him to keep bothering others in the Marquis' Mansion. After all, it was good enough that they could redeem him. They had their own lives to live, and it would not be a good thing for him to stay all the time. He thought that after Doctor Li was exiled from the capital today, he could also leave the Marquis' Mansion. He would not be without a place to go in this world.

At least I have the skill of singing opera, so even if I beg, I won't starve to death.

He was about to open his mouth to reply when a voice suddenly rang out from outside the house, "Snow, it's snowing!"

After hearing this, Gu Huailang could no longer sit still. He ran to the window, climbed onto a chair, opened the window, and looked into the yard.

Snowflakes were falling from the sky, just a few at first, then countless snowflakes were falling. Millions of snowflakes landed in the small courtyard. The snow was falling so fiercely that a thin layer of snow covered the ground in a short while. Gu Huailang thought that maybe within an hour he could make a snowman and have a snowball fight outside.

As soon as the window was opened, the wind from outside rushed in. Jiang Jingchun shrank her neck due to the cold and held the soup bowl tighter in her hands. It was snowing outside and everyone had no interest in the card table, so they dispersed before the game was finished.

Jiang Jingchun also walked to the window and looked at the wind and snow outside.

The snowflakes were falling all over the place, and the whole world turned silvery white.

It's snowing.

This year's first snow came particularly late, but it was very heavy.

Jiang Jingchun stood behind Gu Huailang, who was kneeling on a chair. Jiang Jingchun reached out and touched his face, which was cold from the wind.

She put the hottie aside and put both her hands on his face to warm his frozen little face.

Gu Huailang was still in the excitement of the snow, pointing at it happily and saying, "It's snowing, sister-in-law! Let's make a snowman! We can go make a snowman later!"

Jiang Jingchun was actually a little afraid of the cold, and she didn't really want to go outside and freeze. Besides, she was no longer a child and didn't like to play these things. But seeing Gu Huailang so happy, she still responded with a smile.

The snow was blowing hard. There was a corridor outside the window, but she felt that the snow would drift to them through the corridor. She stretched out her hands, which were already frozen and numb from the wind. She could no longer feel the cold.

The snow seemed to really float into the corridor. She felt the snow falling on the palm of her hand and quickly melting into snow water.

She looked at her palm and caught a glimpse of the yard door being opened.

I looked up and found that it was Gu Huaisheng who was leaving.

He was still wearing the scarlet official uniform with a fox fur coat draped over it, giving off an air of loneliness and loneliness under the moonlight. The two of them stared at each other across the flying snow. Jiang Jingchun suddenly saw Gu Huaisheng's figure appear in her eyes. She was unable to react for a moment and even forgot to retract her hand.

The two of them stared at each other across the flying snow, and for a moment, neither of them moved.

Then, Jiang Jingchun saw Gu Huaisheng also stretched out his hand towards her.

The young man's robe was rustling in the wind. He stretched out his hand to her in the heavy snow, with a smile in his eyes that shone through the heavy snow.

Jiang Jingchun was stunned, not knowing what was wrong with Gu Huaisheng again, he was acting very strangely. After he came to his senses, he immediately withdrew his hand.

When Gu Huaisheng saw her put down her hands, he also put them down, but the smile on his face was still there.

After a while, he walked into the house on the snow, with some snow falling on his shoulders.

Gu Huaisheng entered the room, and Jiang Jingchun and Gu Huailang also looked back from the window.

She closed the window behind her.

After Gu Huaisheng entered the room and closed the door, the warmth in the room suddenly surged up again.

He greeted the visitors nearby, then walked up to Jiang Jingchun and asked her with a smile, "I was shaking hands with you just now, why are you hiding?"

Jiang Jingchun thought he was inexplicably confused, "Are you crazy?"

What's the point of shaking hands across a huge yard? Who will shake hands with him?

Gu Huaisheng said: "I saw you reaching out to me."

Jiang Jingchun pursed her lips and said, "I was just touching the snow."

She touched the snow, why was he so willing to do it there again.