The Gu family was born as a general, and the ancestors of the Gu family worked hard with the Emperor Taizu to earn the title of Marquis of Zhongyong.

Moreover, this title is decreasing. According to the convention, the Marquis will be beheaded for four generations.

The Gu family has also declined. In order to preserve the glory of the ancestors and gracious descendants, the ancestors fought hard on the battlefield generation after generation.

Gu Hou Ye is such a successful example.

Master Gu's father was not a Marquis. At that time, his title had been reduced to a Viscount. If he was a son of a Duke, the Gu family would be expelled from the circle of nobles. At that time, the Gu family needed to find a way out.

But the Gu family has only two paths to go, one is to turn from Wu to Wen, to become an official through the imperial examination, and to change from a noble family to a scholarly family.

It's a pity that Gu Houye can't study well, and his two concubine younger brothers have no talent, so the only thing left is to go to the battlefield to fight for military exploits.

So Gu Houye packed his bags and went to the battlefield when he was sixteen years old, and later his two younger brothers were also sent to the battlefield when they reached the age.

They were lucky, they encountered Tatar prisoners in their lifetime, and they could make great achievements; their luck was not good, both of Gu Houye's younger brothers died on the battlefield.

That was his concubine brother, the relationship between the brothers was not that close, but they had fought for the family honor together for twenty years and relied on each other for warmth at the border, so the relationship was not much different.

Gu Houye was still very sad when his two younger brothers died in battle. He didn't want his descendants to experience such a parting of life and death again.

Therefore, after accumulating enough military exploits, he returned to Beijing to serve after he was re-appointed as Lord Marquis, and at the same time educated his descendants from Wu to Wen.

But the entire Gu family can read, and only one of the second household can read. Both his eldest son and third son can't read, and even their son doesn't have the talent in this area.

They can only use martial arts.

But the world has been at peace for a long time, and the emperor has been promoting his confidants in the army. Although the Zhongyonghou Mansion is honorable, it doesn't have much power in the army, so it is difficult for the eldest and third families to walk.

Gu Houye saw this early on, so he planned to let the Gu family go on a literary career. Sixteen years ago, he made great efforts to help his second son marry Qin Wenyin.

But he didn't expect that the second son who had become a young talent would make such a good hand of cards. After the political marriage with the Qin family failed, he didn't want to pay attention to the second son, but who would let Gu Huaijin give birth.

Of the five boys in the third generation of the Gu family, only Gu Lekang could read and showed talent at the age of three, obviously inheriting Gu Huaijin's talent for reading.

Therefore, among the grandchildren, Gu Houye valued his eldest grandson Gu Lezhuang the most, but he liked Gu Lekang the most.

Because he put half of the Gu family's hopes on Gu Lekang, in order to prevent his grandson from being taught badly by his son, after Gu Lekang showed his talent for reading, he accepted Gu Xiao, joined Gu Xiao in the clan, and gave him a lot of resource benefits, That's why Gu Xiao accepted Gu Lekang as his apprentice.

Master Gu's cultural knowledge is not very high. When he was young, he barely read the Four Books and Five Classics. He has no problem reading by himself, but it is impossible to teach his grandson the theory of making art. He still hasn't figured out what it is about making art.

His son is Tanhua, but does he dare to teach his grandson to him?

Gu Xiao is known as a great Confucian, with a great reputation, many scholarly families begged to teach their children to him, but the facts have proved that he is really good, all the disciples he taught stand out in the imperial examination, even the crown prince personally asked him to teach grandson.

After his grandson became a teacher, not only his reputation became more and more prosperous, but his grades also got better and better. Master Gu has always been proud of his original decision.

But now, Lord Gu Hou wanted to beat himself to death, blame him, why did he believe that there is nothing worthless under his reputation?

Moreover, Gu Xiao is so humane, he never thought that he would teach children like this for the sake of fame.

Master Gu looked at his grandson heavily for a while, and then he let out a breath after a long time, and said, From now on, except for going to pay your respects to your teacher every Monday and Friday, I won't trouble your teacher for the rest of the time. Changfeng Academy has strong teachers. They are enough to teach you, and they come to me in their spare time and serve by my side.

Gu Lekang was still a little puzzled, and said blankly: But, the teacher has something to do, and the disciple will do his best. How can I not go to the teacher's side...

Gu Houye looked at the ignorant grandson and sighed, Son, you have to look at some things with your heart, and you can only half believe what you see with your eyes. You go back tonight and have a good rest, and grandpa will take you to your teacher tomorrow to plead guilty.

Gu Lekang pursed his lips, but still bowed and retreated.

He was a little unhappy, feeling that his grandfather had a great prejudice against the teacher. He was thinking about how to adjust the relationship between the two elders tomorrow when he heard a pop in the study. came clearly.

Le Kang is your son, is that how you taught him?

Seeing that Gu Huaijin's face was still blank, Gu Houye was heartbroken, he waved his hands a little dejectedly: Forget it, you can go, you don't have to take care of Lekang's affairs in the future, I will teach him personally.

It's that expression again.

Gu Huaijin clenched his fists, he let his father down so much that he didn't even want to talk to him?

Gu Huaijin raised her head to look at her father, and asked stubbornly, Father, tell your son what I did wrong?

Gu Houye looked at his stubborn son, with a mouthful of blood on his chest, he laughed angrily: Do you think Gu Xiao taught your son well? When you were in Qingxi Academy, the master used the sea of ​​questions to pile you up like this. Yes? Gu Xiao only cares about his own reputation, but he doesn't care about your son's future. I don't understand these matters in the imperial examination, don't you understand? If I didn't show this test paper to the staff at home, I still don't know the tricks. And you, Tangtang Tanhualang, can't even see this...

This, yes, but Lekang is indeed excellent...

It's very good. It's good at doing the questions, but can an official do it well if he knows how to do the questions? You are still Tanhualang. It has been sixteen years. Have you taken a step forward?

Gu Huaijin's face turned pale.

Why do you think you stayed in the Hanlin editor for fourteen years?

Isn't it because the book in my hand is not finished? Gu Huaijin said with trembling lips.

How many books are there in the Hanlin Academy? You can't finish it in ten lifetimes. Do you want to stay in the Imperial Academy for the rest of your life and edit the first five grades? Let me tell you why you can't move a step, because you divorced Qin Wenyin, because you fell into a stone pit The Qin family! Master Gu didn't bother to care whether he was hit, pointed at his nose and cursed: Do you know how many contacts the three generations of the Qin family have accumulated? The student alumni of your father-in-law's generation alone is equivalent to the fifth generation of a scholarly family. Accumulation, you only saw the Qin family being exiled, why didn't you see the background of the Qin family, and the connections that the Qin family's son-in-law would inherit after the Qin family was exiled?

You are a Tanhua from a family of generals, how difficult is it for him to be suppressed by an exiled court from a scholarly family? He doesn't even have to do it himself, he just needs to show some disapproval with his brothers, classmates, and disciples. Your disgust, you will never turn over for the rest of your life!

Gu Huaijin fell limply to the ground, bit her lips and asked, Could it be that the son can only be slaughtered by him? Father, do you just watch your son being bullied like this?

He is Tanhua Lang, a genius who passed the exam when he was weak!

It's not impossible for you to get rid of his control, but can you do it?

Gu Huaijin's eyes shone brightly, and she straightened her back and said, Father, you said that even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire, my son is willing to venture into it.

Gu Houye was not moved, he just looked at his son and said quietly: One is to join the army at the border, and fight until there is a war. The Qin family is only famous among civil servants, and can't get involved in the army. And although my Gu family has declined in the army, I still have some connections.

Gu Huaijin pursed her lips. He is an old man and a frail scholar. Is he going to the battlefield to practice swords for others?

The other is to go abroad. You can go wherever it is difficult. Although you will be embarrassed, as long as you make political achievements, I can win you a chance to be promoted.

Gu Huaijin's heart moved, The son will go to inquire about the situation of the release tomorrow.

Master Gu raised his lips and said: Don't worry, you can decide whether to go or not after you think about it.

Gu Huaijin had just learned the truth about her being suppressed from her father, and urgently needed a way to show her ability, so she said without thinking: No matter how difficult it is, my son is willing to fight hard, and he must always pave the way for Lekang.

Master Gu curled his lips, and waved him away.

Does Gu Lekang need Gu Huaijin to pave the way?

Although Qin Xinfang must retaliate, he still has a strong character and will not affect the children. As long as Le Kang does not provoke them, Qin Xinfang is afraid that he will turn a blind eye to Le Kang, so as long as Le Kang is capable, his development will definitely be better than his father, because No one will hold him down.

This is also one of the reasons why Gu Houye still insisted on allowing Gu Lekang to be elected as an official when Gu Huaijin was suppressed.

After teaching his grandson to teach his son, Gu Hou Ye was quite overwhelmed, and returned to the main courtyard exhausted.

Mrs. Gu, Mrs. Zhao was sitting at the table, saw him coming in and hurriedly stepped forward to help him change, and asked in a low voice: What's the matter?

Tomorrow, I'll take Xiaosan to apologize, and you prepare darker clothes for me.

Mrs. Zhao sighed, and asked, Do you want to hire another gentleman for Xiaosan?

Master Gu shook his head, I'll take him personally, he's thirteen now, I'm afraid ordinary gentlemen can't teach him well.

Mrs. Zhao blamed herself, It's because I didn't teach the second child well, otherwise why would you work so hard.

Master Gu patted her hand and said, It's my fault for not being a godfather, and it's my fault for not teaching the children well...

His two daughters are very shrewd, they are not at all like his three sons, Master Gu really has no face to blame his wife.

Can't you walk around for the second child? It's been fourteen years. No matter how angry the Qin family is, it should be gone.

Master Gu smiled wryly, I'm afraid Qin Xinfang has forgotten her second child long ago, but the old Qin family refuses to let go easily.

Zhao Shi pursed her lips.

That's it. Huaijin and his generation are hopeless. We can only place our hopes on Lezhuang and his generation. Qin Xinfang will not care about the younger generation. After Le Kang passes the exam, he will be released. As long as he is not bad If you make a mistake, you will be promoted sooner or later.

The two of them didn't know that in another corner of the capital, their other grandson was holding a wine glass to hear how Shi Wei and others cheated on their most precious grandson.

Qin Xinfang doesn't care, but it doesn't mean Gu Jingyun doesn't care.

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