Chapter 45 (End of 6.19)

Wei Yun brought Wei Qiu and Wei Xia to Gu Chusheng's room, where Gu Chusheng was kneeling at the table to drink porridge. He has already bandaged the wound, the wound is not deep, but the flesh is injured, and it is not a big problem. He used to be a particular person, but now that Chu Yu is away, there is no need to pretend to be sick, so he sits upright and eats. Hearing the voice of Wei Yun coming in at this moment, Gu Chusheng got up quickly, Wei Yun strode in, supported Gu Chusheng who was about to salute, and said: "Master Gu, you don't need to be more polite, you are injured, so you don't have to do this."

Gu Chusheng coughed lightly, and while coughing, he said, "When you see the Marquis, you still have to have the proper etiquette."

He said this intermittently, but with sincerity. Wei Yun sighed, helped Gu Chusheng to sit down and said, "Your Excellency, Wei already understands the sincerity, please don't bother yourself, please make more plans for the future."

Hearing this, Gu Chusheng sighed: "I've caused trouble for Lord Hou."

Wei Yun shook his head. After Gu Chusheng sat firmly, Wei Yun sat down at the other side of the small table and quietly waited for Gu Chusheng to calm down. After waiting for a while, it was Gu Chusheng who raised his head: "Master Hou is here to ask about Gu's work in Kunyang, right?"

"Mr. Gu has heard about Mr. Gu," Wei Yun told the truth: "But hearsay is not as good as Mr. Gu's own words. It is better to understand what Mr. Gu has experienced so that he can plan the next step."

Wei Yun spoke calmly, Gu Chusheng nodded, and was ready for this. He said slowly: "This matter should start half a month before the Wei family's death."

When Wei Yun heard the words "Wei's family was killed", his eyes instantly turned cold, but his face remained calm, he raised his hand and said, "Listen to your words."

"Xiaguan was originally the county magistrate of Kunyang, and he was responsible for escorting grain and grass from Kunyang to Baicheng during the war. Half a month before the Wei family's death, the amount of grain and grass escorted by Xiaguan increased. From the amount of grain and grass, Xiaguan pushed back. , there should be nearly 200,000 before and after."

At that time, there were a total of 190,000 horses on the battlefield, and Gu Chusheng's estimate of the number was not a big mistake.

At that time, Yao Yong came here in secret and did not publicize it, and Yao Yong brought 90,000 horses and did not say much.

Gu Chusheng can realize the actual number of soldiers on the battlefield only by the amount of food and grass he escorts, and he is indeed a capable person.

"Later, after the battle of Baidi Valley, Xiaguan heard that 70,000 people of the Wei family died in the battle, and Yao Yong temporarily took charge of the commander's seal. Xiaguan knew that there was something wrong with the governor, so he went to Baidi Valley overnight to investigate the situation, and then went to Baidi Valley Mountain. I saw the horseshoe marks of the Qingzhou Army."

Gu Chusheng said with a sigh in his voice. Wei Yun slowly clenched his fists, Gu Chusheng glanced at him, and continued: "I know this is not good, although I don't know what happened, but the lower official always likes to make the worst guess, if Yao Yong There is a struggle with Lord Wei, and in the battle of Baidi Valley, the blame must be all on the Wei family, and Yao Yong has to work hard to exhaust the remaining forces of the Wei family. But the crime is on the Wei family. In prison, the remaining soldiers of the Wei family will never give up, and if they don’t do things that make the emperor fearful, how can they be willing to be chess pieces and sacrifice their lives for others?”

Wei Yun didn't speak.

At that time, there were 100,000 Wei family troops in Baicheng, 70,000 died, and 30,000 were left. After he was imprisoned, he had no contact with him. The first order he gave to the Wei family's guards after his release was to save your life and keep a low profile.

Gu Chusheng guessed the thoughts of everyone in the situation, and Wei Yun couldn't help but admire it.

He sat up straight, took a sip of tea, and continued: "The Wei family is a loyal minister for generations, and they will not become a chaotic minister here in Wei Yun."

Gu Chusheng didn't speak, he smiled, looked at the indifferent young man in front of him, and did not continue his words.

How could Wei Yun look like a half loyal minister in his last life? The emperor said nothing, and if it wasn't for Gu Chusheng to carry it, I'm afraid that Wei Yun is no different from Cao Aman.

He could even scolded the emperor in the imperial study: "My family is loyal to the people of Li and the people of Kyushu, and you are what the emperor is!" Gu Chusheng thought it was a bit ridiculous to say "loyalty" to him now.

It's just that he didn't show his face, and continued: "The struggle between Wei and Yao will inevitably affect the people. After that, I personally escorted food and grass, and was always concerned about the movements of Baicheng. In front of the slope of Baicheng, I went to watch the battle, and I understood at that time. , given the situation of guarding Yao in the city, I was afraid that Baicheng would not be able to defend it. That night, I visited General Qin's mansion, and I made it clear with General Qin that when the city was destroyed, General Qin left two thousand soldiers and horses with me, and a few soldiers in the city. A key point is set up in ambush. I will contact the people in advance and be ready to fight the enemy at any time.”

The General Qin that Gu Chusheng said was the leader of the 30,000 troops that the Wei family stayed in Baicheng, the Zuo General Qin Shiyue.

Qin Shiyue was a retainer of the Wei family, but Gu Chusheng did not tell Wei Yun about his contact with him.

Wei Yun frowned, and Gu Chusheng continued: "I asked General Qin not to tell Lord Wei first, and don't do anything unsure about it. It's not too late to talk to Lord after the network is ready."

Wei Yun looked up at him, Gu Chusheng's expression was flat, as if he was casting a net to catch a fish, and said flatly: "When Baicheng was looking for General Qin at dawn, because the two armies refused to resist Chengpo, I took the Wei family two thousand people with me. The soldiers, horses and people organized a resistance evacuation. Because the Wei family was wearing plain clothes at the time, everyone thought that I was the one who organized the evacuation of the people."

In this way, things became clear, Wei Yun probably understood Gu Chusheng's thinking, and raised his hand to signal him to continue.

"Yao Yong will never give me such a great contribution," Gu Chusheng looked at his gesture and continued: "I guess he will definitely take this work alone. After taking the credit, he has no more than two attitudes towards me, either I depend on me and submit Either he kills me. If the former is the best, I will join him and collect more evidence before I start. If the latter is okay, then there is naturally a second plan waiting for him."

Gu Chusheng said this, and his expression unconsciously took on some radiance. He picked up the tea and took a sip, with a graceful attitude, and he couldn't tell that someone else had just chased and killed him, and continued: "So I prepared the witness first. Hao was sent to another place. If something happened to me, someone would take them to Huajing. At the same time, someone would send gifts to Mr. Gongsun, Yao Yong's adviser, to test Yao Yong's meaning. From Gongsun's attitude, I could I guessed that Yao Yong was going to kill me, but I didn't expect him to do it so quickly, so I had to let Zhang Deng go first with the evidence, then pretended to be obedient and followed Mr. Gongsun to Yao Yong, and then kidnapped Mr. Gongsun halfway and jumped into the river. , hid in a hidden place in Hanoi, waited in the river for a full day, made a guide mark, and went upstream."

Hearing this, Wei Yun showed a subtle look on his face: "I heard that you were injured when you fell into the river?"

"Yes," Gu Chusheng didn't deny it, and said frankly: "The lower official's martial arts are not good, and he was injured by the arrow when he fell into the river."

"Then you stayed in the river all day?!"

Wei Yun was quite shocked. The temperature of the river water in December was absolutely unbearable. Although it would not freeze to death for those who practiced martial arts, it was definitely not a good experience. Gu Chusheng was a little helpless: "Yao Yong has a lot of people, so he must look for me along the upper and lower reaches. This is the best chance for him to catch me. If I don't take me in the river for a day, I will just catch turtles in the urn any time I go out. I can only wait for them to track them down. Once they get out of the river, as long as they can get out, it will be much harder for them to find me again."

Gu Chusheng said it lightly, Wei Qiu and others listened, but couldn't help but tremble in their hearts, they only felt that this person was really too cruel to him.

"Master Gu is really a man." Wei Yun sighed, Gu Chusheng knew what he was referring to, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He didn't think much of himself, to be honest, he was afraid that it would be Chu Linyang.

"Master Hou Miaozan, but he was only forced to help." Gu Chusheng smiled and continued: "After I went ashore, I found a cave to hide. Because I was always ready to escape, I carried some dry food and drank the cave. The stagnant water in the house did not starve to death. Then I waited until the eldest lady brought someone. Now I have all the evidence ready to prove that the Wei family army and the witnesses I organized to evacuate were also on their way to Huajing. Just waiting for the Lord Hou's order, Gu immediately went to stab him and stab him Yao Yong with a knife."

Wei Yun didn't speak, he considered Gu Chusheng's words.

If what Gu Chusheng said was true, then what Gu Chusheng did was not only to help Wei Yun bring down Yao Yong, but also to help the Wei family and gain a good reputation.

Wei Yun couldn't help feeling cold when he thought of this. He raised his eyes to look at Gu Chusheng and said calmly, "Wei is very grateful for what Mr. Gu has done, but there are a few questions that Wei has to ask."

"Please."

Gu Chusheng seemed to have expected what Wei Yun was going to ask, and his expression was calm. Wei Yun said directly: "Everything you do is for the sake of my Wei family. My Wei family and Master Gu are neither old friends nor old friends. Why does Master Gu sacrifice your future for this?"

Gu Chusheng took a sip of tea and didn't answer the question, he just asked with a smile, "What else?"

"You didn't seem to be afraid of Yao Yong from the beginning to the end. Even after jumping into the river, you knew that someone would come to save you, and left a sign to guide you. Who do you think will come to save you? Are you not afraid of being discovered by leaving those traces?"

Hearing these words, Gu Chusheng smiled lightly.

"To be honest, there are actually three reasons why Xiaguan is so desperate for his life and future to make such a move."

"One, Yao Yong and other villains are unbearable, and Bei Di is aggressive. If he indulges this person, he is afraid that the Great Chu country will be completely destroyed by this person. No matter how despicable Gu Mou is, he is also a great Chu Erlang. If the country is not a country, what is the home? Therefore, I want to join hands with the Hou Ye to suppress Yao Yong, and dare to be a pawn of the Hou Ye."

Wei Yun didn't speak, these beautiful words were never the key to the matter.

Gu Chusheng also knew that Wei Yun was not interested in this, and continued: "Secondly, Gu is the son of a sinner, if you want to steadily advance, from Jiupin county magistrate and back to my original position as a Hanlin bachelor, I am afraid that I may not be able to climb in my life. When I go back, I can only make a dangerous move. I hope that the Marquis will flourish in the future, and he will not forget to take care of his sincerity today."

"This, you can rest assured." Wei Yun nodded, played with the teacup in his hand, looked at the candlelight, and said calmly: "This marquis has always been a person with clear rewards and punishments, and will never owe meritorious persons."

"However, in fact, the first two reasons are just an introduction. Gu Mou made up his mind to take such a big risk, all because Gu Mou wanted to ask Xiao Hou for someone."

Hearing this, Wei Yun stopped turning the teacup and slowly looked over.

Under Wei Yun's sharp gaze, Gu Chusheng kept his expression still and said calmly: "Master Wei asked Gu why he dared to leave a mark, because Gu guessed that the one who came to save Gu must be Mrs. Wei, who was left by Gu. The mark was created together with the eldest lady when I was young, and only the two of us understand it."

Listening to this, everyone felt that the surrounding temperature dropped rapidly. Gu Chusheng took a step back, unfolded his sleeves, folded his hands on the top of his forehead, and bowed to Wei Yun with a loud voice.

"Gu Mou is willing to ask Mrs. Wei to marry Mrs. Wei at all costs!"

Wei Yun didn't speak, everyone noticed that there was a chilling air coming from Wei Yun. Wei Yun held the teacup with a calm expression. Gu Chusheng knelt down in front of Wei Yun, motionless.

After a long time, Wei Yun chuckled lightly.

"The district magistrate of Jiupin, the son of a criminal minister, please marry my lady of Weifu—"

"Gu Chusheng," Wei Yun raised his head slightly with contempt in his eyes: "Are you worthy?"

The author has something to say: [Small Theater]

Wei Yun: The magistrate of Jiupin also wants to marry my sister-in-law. Can you afford it?

Gu Chusheng (contemplation): I understand

(after 5 years)

Gu Chusheng: Your Majesty, I am now a cabinet scholar, do you think I am worthy?

Wei Yun: Go away, my sister-in-law is mine!

Gu Chusheng: ...the rules are changed as soon as they are changed, do you have any principles?!

Wei Yun: In front of love, there is no principle at all.

Gu Chusheng: ...